The U.S. Catholic College Revolution

Aleteia ^ | 4/20/14 | Tom Hoopes

[marshmallow]

As Notre Dame and Georgetown sink further into the mire.

[MichaelCorleone]

Heartening news.

[stars & stripes forever]

As Notre Dame and Georgetown sink further into the mire....

Alumni should stop their contributions until there is a turnaround. But are Godly principals as important as football and political science?

[Da Coyote]

“As Notre Dame and Georgetown sink further into the mire....”

Indeed.

The prime diff between these two formerly Catholic universities and the pond scum that is Harvard is that Harvard is slightly less left wing.

[goodwithagun]

Here on Steubenville, Franciscan University is making up for them.

[Servant of the Cross]

Positive news for Catholic Colleges.

The only purpose served by the existence of a Catholic College is to be authentically Catholic in its mission.

[Phillyred]

I will never forgive them for when they covered up our Lord for Obama’s sake.

[Mercat]

We live about 50 miles from Benedictine College and I know several folks who have gone there. It’s a wonderful resource for our archdiocese.

[Salvation]

**Alumni should stop their contributions until there is a turnaround.**

BTTT! Everyone stop.

[defconw]

I want a John Paul The Great sweatshirt!

[Opinionated Blowhard]

I went to a “Catholic” university. Most of its faculty supported abortion. The Catholic Church needs to decertify every single university that has “Catholic” in its title and make them re-apply for certification to prove that they actually are, remotely Catholic.

[Pontiac]

The Catholic Church needs to decertify every single university that has “Catholic” in its title and make them re-apply for certification to prove that they actually are, remotely Catholic

By the time our new Pope is finished I fear that the Catholic Church will no longer be Catholic.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

I think that is the biggest point. Catholics desperately want a conservative or even Orthodox Catholic university.

One that has strict adherence to morality and spiritual values. “Diversity” of religions, morals, ethics and debate are not wanted. There is no reason for students to be taught by Muslims, Protestants, atheists, or those that teach heterodoxy or outright heresy.

That those subjects are even mentioned, it is only from the Catholic perspective of what they really are, not what they say they are.

A school is defined as much or even more by what it does *not* permit, than what it promulgates.

Students should graduate motivated and capable of getting good jobs, then getting married and having families, raising their children in their faith.

[setha]

Unfortunately, the University of Dayton offsets them. Despite being a Catholic (Marianist) university, it’s more like Notre Dame’s lesser twin in terms of its students and staff.

Students end up making St. Patrick’s Day look like a small riot. The staff seem to be more interested in the business side of things, given their purchases of former NCR Corporation land - especially the shiny (former) World Headquarters building - and pursuing international students.

The good part is that they’re less of a party school than they have been in the past.

[Slyfox]

I went back to college as an adult to the University of Dallas. It has a classical core and is specifically Catholic. I got a great education. What I wanted was to acquire the kind of knowledge that our Founders got when they attended the early years of Yale and Harvard. I did get that, well, without having to learn Latin and debate my professors in that language, although that aspect was available.

I learned how to think and write, plus I got enough knowledge to be able to defend my faith.

[xsmommy]

U of Dallas is a fantastic school. My oldest daughter graduated from UD in 2011. They offer the Rome semester in the sophomore year and unlike most study abroad programs, they really are very academically rigorous and carry a full courseload while there, on their Rome campus. It was a wonderful experience, and we continue to donate to the school because we feel so strongly about it.

[Hieronymus]

I’m at one of the institutions, and in even more heartening news, we are having a banner year in admissions. Not only is the education being provided, people are coming.

[Slyfox]

Because I had a family to take care of I could not do the Rome semester. The University of Dallas is actually an honor's college. Everyone is treated was if they were taking honor courses. And when I graduated with my bachelors I got hooded, something they only do at other colleges for a masters. For my history degree I had to write a thesis, something that is not required elsewhere accept at places like St. Andrews in Scotland.

UD uses the same approach that made up a college education back in the 1950s, before colleges went haywire. George Weigel, friend of JPII sent his kids there.

UD does a great job of preparing a student for the rigors of post-graduate work.

[Steve_Seattle]

They are filling in the void created by the apostasy of the Jesuit universities, which are steeped in gay activism and far-left politics.

[Steve_Seattle]

"The prime diff between these two formerly Catholic universities and the pond scum that is Harvard is that Harvard is slightly less left wing."

And that's no joke. When Obama was first elected, a local newspaper polled some professors at Seattle U (Jesuit) and the University of Washington. 100% of the Seattle U respondents voted for Obama, whereas "only" about 75% of the UW profs did