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NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER, SEPTEMBER 15, 2019 B1 l Catholic Nationa Regist The er’s 2019 CA Y THOLIC IDENTIT COLLEGE GUIDE SACRED HEART SEMINARY & SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY B2 THE ATHENAEUM OF OHIO / MOUNT ST. MARY’S his National Catholic Register resource is made possible SEMINARY through the cooperation of bishops, college presidents, our B2 AQUINAS COLLEGE B3 AUGUSTINE INSTITUTE benefactors and our advertisers. This year, 38 schools went on record in answer to these questions: B3 AVE MARIA UNIVERSITY T B3 AVILA INSTITUTE B3 BELMONT ABBEY COLLEGE Text of the Questionnaire We Sent to Catholic Colleges UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS B3 BENEDICTINE COLLEGE 1. Did the president make the public “Profession of Faith” and take the “Oath of B3 CAMPION COLLEGE AUSTRALIA Fidelity”? B4 CATHOLIC DISTANCE UNIVERSITY 2. Is the majority of the board of trustees Catholic? B4 THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA 3. Is the majority of the faculty Catholic? B4 CHAVAGNES STUDIUM 4. Do you publicly require all Catholic theology professors to have the mandatum? B4 CHRISTENDOM COLLEGE 5. Did all Catholic theology professors take the “Oath of Fidelity”? B5 DESALES UNIVERSITY 6. Do you provide daily Mass and posted times (at least weekly) for individual B5 DIVINE MERCY UNIVERSITY confession? CAMPION COLLEGE B5 DONNELLY COLLEGE 7. Do you exclude advocates of abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem-cell research, cloning or advocates of the redefinition of marriage as commencement B5 FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES OF OUR LADY UNIVERSITY speakers and/or recipients of honorary degrees? B5 FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE 8. Do you exclude sponsoring campus groups and clubs that are not in line with Catholic teaching (examples: abortion- and LGBT-related clubs)? If allowed, B5 HOLY APOSTLES COLLEGE please explain. B5 HOLY SPIRIT COLLEGE 9. Do you prohibit coed dorms? B5 INTERNATIONAL THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE 10. Do your student health services prohibit referrals to abortion businesses? CHAVAGNES STUDIUM B5 JOHN PAUL THE GREAT CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY B6 PONTIFICAL JOHN PAUL II INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES ON MARRIAGE AND FAMILY B6 MAGDALEN COLLEGE OF THE LIBERAL ARTS B6 MARYVALE INSTITUTE What Goes Into Choosing a College? B6 MOUNT ST. MARY’S UNIVERSITY B6 NEWMAN COLLEGE IRELAND Students Share Advice About B6 OUR LADY SEAT OF WISDOM COLLEGE Decision Process B6 SACRED HEART MAJOR SEMINARY B6 SACRED HEART SEMINARY & SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY BY PAULINA HOEING B6 ST. VINCENT COLLEGE y process of choosing a college taught me a lot B6 SCHOOL OF THEOLOGICAL STUDIES AT ST. CHARLES “M about God’s plan for my BORROMEO SEMINARY life,” said Jocie Pavia, who is from Stratford, Connecticut, and has been B6 THOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE studying at Franciscan University in B7 THOMAS MORE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS Steubenville, Ohio, for the past two years. “It taught me,” Pavia continued, B7 UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS “that if I use my best efforts and try to follow what I believe God has put in B8 UNIVERSITY OF MARY my path, he will bless my decision.” B8 UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS For young men and women seek- ing to choose the college that will best B8 WALSH UNIVERSITY form them spiritually, intellectually and professionally, Pavia and other B8 WYOMING CATHOLIC COLLEGE current college students stand as examples and sources of both practi- cal and spiritual wisdom. In fact, the Catholic college stu- dents that the Register spoke with all emphasized these three components of a Catholic college — the spiritual, intellectual and professional — as important touchstones in the discern- ment process. DEEP DISCERNMENT. Ariel Aguilar from Ave Maria University, who is shown in front of the campus oratory, says she “First and foremost,” advises trusted God throughout her school-choice process. Courtesy of subjects Pavia, “pray about your college-deci- sion process. God will make it clear spiritual in the decision process: neering student from Durham, Con- go to a Catholic school,” she told the which school he has in mind for you. “I think it is very important to necticut, who is enrolled in Francis- Register. “I knew I wanted to get the Start with what is right in front of you, start from a practical side, as well. can’s four- to five-year dual-degree ethical Catholic Church teaching.” and don’t worry if the process seems Though we are called to not live of the engineering program, says that his While acknowledging that practical simpler than it should be.” world, we are called to live in the selection of schools to apply to “was concerns and major availability are Similarly, Ariel Aguilar, a senior world.” rooted initially in major availability.” important factors, Pavia also urged business major from New Orleans Knowing that she wanted to end After deciding his course of study, students, “Don’t decide on a school who is attending Ave Maria Univer- up working in theater made Miha- Mercugliano quickly narrowed down solely for a major, because attending sity in Ave Maria, Florida, urges stu- liak’s decision clear. his list of schools to the three that an authentically Catholic university dents: “Try not to be anxious. Trust “The University of Dallas offered a offered his desired degree. can and will be so much more than a that God is going to reveal his plan solid curriculum and variety of A native of Croydon, New Hamp- degree, as important as it is.” when it is time.” degrees which would enable me to be shire, Maria Kepler is a junior nursing Students express similar opinions Dolores Mihaliak, of Avon, Con- more competitive for jobs after col- student attending the University of that an education from an authenti- necticut, will graduate from the Uni- lege. This, alongside the opportunity Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota. She cally Catholic university is not just versity of Dallas this year with to be around people of a similar faith said that her discernment process about a degree and a job. It is about degrees in theater and business. She and moral background, made it a per- focused mainly on her faith. the overall character of the school, BENEDICTINE COLLEGE emphasizes the importance of consid- fect fit for me.” “When I decided I wanted to go to and, ultimately, about growing closer ering the practical along with the Zachary Mercugliano, an engi- school for nursing, I knew I wanted to CONTINUES ON PAGE B8 NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER, SEPTEMBER 15, 2019 B2 Questionnaire Sources he Catholic Identity College Questionnaire and to refrain from putting forth as Catholic teach- Be offers objective questions about a universi- ing anything contrary to the Church’s magiste- ty’s Catholic identity. We designed the rium.” T questionnaire so that a “YES” answer U.S. Application: If a particular professor lacks a reflects essential elements of the renewal of Catholic mandatum and continues to teach a theological disci- your identity called for by Pope St. John Paul II’s 1990 apos- pline, the university must determine what further tolic constitution on higher education, Ex Corde action may be taken in accordance with its own mis- Ecclesiae (Out of the Heart of the Church), its 2000 sion and statutes. “Application to the United States,” canon law and n Theologians’ Oath: Canon 833: Catholic theo- other relevant Church documents. logians are personally bound to make a profession of faith, according to the formula approved by the The Institution Apostolic See, in the presence of the university bold n President’s Oath: Canon 833: The president of a president if he is a priest, or the diocesan bishop or Catholic university is personally bound to make a a delegate, at the beginning of their term of office. profession of faith, according to the formula approved The “Profession of Faith” and the “Oath of Fidel- by the Apostolic See, in the presence of the chancel- ity,” Acta Apostolicae Sedis, 1989: The obligation of lor or diocesan bishop or a delegate at the beginning a special oath of fidelity has been extended to of the term of office. Catholic theology professors. The “Profession of Faith” and the “Oath of Fidelity,” self Acta Apostolicae Sedis, 1989: The obligation of a spe- Campus Culture An education in the cial oath of fidelity has been extended to presidents of n Mass and Confession: U.S. Application: Cath- liberal arts and Catholic Catholic universities. olic students have a right to be provided with n Catholic Board: U.S. Application: To the extent opportunities to practice the faith through partic- intellectual tradition sets possible, the majority of the board of trustees should ipation in Mass, the sacraments, religious devo- you up to grow in faith, life be Catholics committed to the Church. tions and other authentic forms of Catholic spiri- n Catholic Faculty: U.S. Application: The university tuality. The university shall make provision for and career. No matter where should strive to recruit and appoint Catholics as pro- effective campus-ministry programs, including your journey takes you, even fessors so that, to the extent possible, those commit- the celebration of the sacraments, especially the ted to the witness of the faith will constitute a major- Eucharist and penance, other liturgical celebra- beyond your major, you will ity of the faculty. tions and opportunities for prayer and spiritual have the leadership skills n Mandatum Required: Canon 812: It is necessary reflection. that Catholic theologians have a mandatum from the n Speakers Vetted: The U.S. Bishops’ 2004 “Cath- employers want. Our core diocesan bishop. olics in Political Life”: Catholic institutions should curriculum helps you Pope John Paul II (to American bishops, 2004): not honor those who act in defiance of our funda- enhance skills like: “By their very nature, Catholic colleges and uni- mental moral principles. They should not be given versities are called to offer an institutional witness awards, honors or platforms that would suggest • Problem solving of fidelity to Christ and to his word as it comes to support for their actions.