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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. us from the Church, a public witness expressed in n Unobjectionable Clubs: U.S. Application: It is • Clear writing the canonical requirement of the mandatum.” important for Catholic universities to implement • Teamwork U.S. Application: Both the university and the in practical terms their commitment to the essen- bishops, aware of the contributions made by theo- tial elements of Catholic identity, including activi- • Strong communication logians to Church and academy, have a right to ties of officially recognized student and faculty expect them to present authentic Catholic teach- organizations and associations. It’s time to maximize your ing. Catholic professors of the theological disci- n No Coed Dorms: U.S. Application: It is impor- potential. plines have a corresponding duty to be faithful to tant for Catholic universities to implement in prac- the Church’s magisterium as the authoritative tical terms their commitment to the essential ele- interpreter of sacred Scripture and sacred Tradi- ments of Catholic identity, including the commit- tion. ment to create a campus culture and environment BeYourBoldSelf.com U.S. Application: Catholic students have a right that is expressive and supportive of a Catholic way to receive from a university instruction in authen- of life. tic Catholic doctrine and practice, especially from n Health Services Okay: U.S. Application: It is theologians. important for Catholic universities to implement Mandatum text: “I hereby declare my role and in practical terms their commitment to the essen- responsibility as a teacher of a theological disci- tial elements of Catholic identity, including the pline within the full communion of the Church. As commitment to provide health care in conformity a teacher of a theological discipline, therefore, I am with the Church’s ethical and religious teaching committed to teach authentic Catholic doctrine and directives.
ere are the 38 schools that each answered 10 3 CATHOLIC BOARD 3 CATHOLIC FACULTY questions about their college’s institutional 3 MANDATUM REQUIRED standards and campus culture. A check mark 3 THEOLOGIANS’ OATH
indicates a positive answer to our Catholic Campus Culture: H 3 MASS AND CONFESSION identity question. Schools’ comments expanding upon 3 SPEAKERS VETTED a “Yes” answer and explaining a “No” or N/A answer are 3 UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS included, as well as more comments (denoted by *). N/A NO COED DORMS 3 HEALTH SERVICES OKAY View online at NCRegister.com / “Resources.” School’s Comments: Institution: The Aquinas College vi- 3 NO COED DORMS sion is to be a leader in the formation The Athenaeum of Ohio / Mount 3 HEALTH SERVICES OKAY St. Mary’s Seminary of educators who are sent forth to School’s Comments: teach, preach and witness to truth 6616 Beechmont Ave. Institution: In addition to its semi- and charity for the salvation of souls Cincinnati, OH 45230 nary programs, The Athenaeum of and the transformation of culture. (513) 231-2223 Ohio/Mount St. Mary’s Seminary Our academic programs and service Athenaeum.edu offers academic master’s degrees to the broader community focus on Enrollment: 260 in biblical studies, Catholic studies, education: preparing students to be DISCOVER TRUTH pastoral ministry and theology. teachers and leaders in schools and The Institution: communities and providing ongoing 3 PRESIDENT’S OATH formation opportunities for teach- Aquinas College 3 CATHOLIC BOARD ers, leaders and catechists already engaged in these important works. 3 CATHOLIC FACULTY 4210 Harding Pike 3 MANDATUM REQUIRED We see our work of education as Nashville, TN 37228 encompassing the human, spiritual, ENCOUNTER BEAUTY 3 THEOLOGIANS’ OATH (615) 297-7545 intellectual and professional forma- AquinasCollege.edu tion of the whole person. This total Campus Culture: Enrollment: 65 3 formation in the context of a commu- MASS AND CONFESSION nity is united in Christ and the Church 3 SPEAKERS VETTED The Institution: 3 UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS 3 PRESIDENT’S OATH EMBRACE EXCELLENCE CONTINUES ON PAGE B3
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An Equal Opportunity University NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER, SEPTEMBER 15, 2019 B3 and includes mutual seeking of truth AveMaria.edu Spiritual Formation is a live, online, and growth in charity. We strive Enrollment: 1,100 interactive program that draws together for the integration of faith, Christians worldwide into deeper culture and life that is the hallmark of The Institution: union with Christ through mystagogi- Catholic education. 3 PRESIDENT’S OATH cally oriented spiritual education and Religious and lay students are 3 CATHOLIC BOARD formation focused on the faithful, welcome. Aquinas College offers op- 3 CATHOLIC FACULTY mystical and ascetical patrimony of portunities for Mass and confession 3 MANDATUM REQUIRED the Catholic Church. Our programs regularly, with daily adoration of the 3 THEOLOGIANS’ OATH are geared toward all adults, with Blessed Sacrament. students ranging in age from 18 to 84. The Avila Institute for Spiritual Campus Culture: Formation offers a graduate-level pro- Augustine Institute Graduate 3 MASS AND CONFESSION gram for those looking to develop the School of Theology 3 SPEAKERS VETTED skills needed to weave their faith into 3 UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS their occupations or to be a spiritual 6160 S. Syracuse Way 3 NO COED DORMS Greenwood Village, CO 80111 director or mentor. Also, the School N/A HEALTH SERVICES OKAY (303) 937-4420 of Spiritual Formation allows people to deepen their own spirituality and AugustineInstitute.org School’s Comments: incorporate their beliefs and Catholic Enrollment: 450 Institution: Ave Maria University is Tradition into their personal lives, an authentically Catholic university helping to clear their path to heaven. The Institution: situated in the growing area of beau- Campus Culture: Avila Institute has 3 PRESIDENT’S OATH tiful Southwest Florida. With 33 ma- no physical campus. It is an online 3 CATHOLIC BOARD jors and an average class size of 20, institute. 3 CATHOLIC FACULTY students are able to build relation- 3 MANDATUM REQUIRED ships with our elite faculty as they 3 THEOLOGIANS’ OATH benefit from a classical liberal arts Belmont Abbey College education at an affordable cost. Ave 100 Belmont-Mount Holly Road Campus Culture: is unabashedly Catholic, upholding Belmont, NC 28012 3 MASS AND CONFESSION the teachings of the Church through (704) 461-6700 3 SPEAKERS VETTED traditional values and sacramental BelmontAbbeyCollege.edu 3 UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS availability, although students of all Enrollment: 1,527 N/A NO COED DORMS faith backgrounds benefit from the N/A HEALTH SERVICES OKAY vibrant campus life, extensive service opportunities, and numerous clubs The Institution: 3 School’s Comments: and athletics. Ave’s student body PRESIDENT’S OATH 3 Institution: The Augustine Institute is 85% Catholic and evenly divided CATHOLIC BOARD was founded in 2005 in response to between men and women, who come 3 CATHOLIC FACULTY BELMONT ABBEY COLLEGE Pope St. John Paul II’s call for a New from 43 states and 20 countries. Ave 3 MANDATUM REQUIRED adult community while at the same center, an observatory, renovated our small class sizes provide the ideal Evangelization. Today the graduate Maria University encourages students 3 THEOLOGIANS’ OATH time upholding themselves and their every sports facility, and added archi- environment for students of all abilities school offers master’s degrees in the- to seek truth through its strong faith colleagues to excellence and virtue. tecture, banking, Great Books, STEM to thrive. Through the study of history, ology and leadership that are practi- community and commitment to Campus Culture: Fellows and honors programs. literature, philosophy and theology, cal, contemplative and accessible. At academic excellence while equipping 3 MASS AND CONFESSION Benedictine College Campion students are taught to think the heart of the program is a group them to positively impact the Church 3 SPEAKERS VETTED Campion College Australia critically, argue rationally and develop of dedicated Catholic educators com- and the world. 3 UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS 1020 N. Second St. the creative, analytical and research mitted to the harmony of scholarly Health Services: Ave Maria Univer- 3* NO COED DORMS Atchison, KS 66002 8-14 Austin Woodbury Place skills that are important in any career. reflection and apostolic activity. The sity does not offer on-campus health 3 HEALTH SERVICES OKAY (913) 367-5340 Toongabbie NSW Australia 2146 While many people view a university Augustine Institute is a fully accred- services. Students are able to use the Benedictine.edu +61 2 9896 9603 education as mere job training, Campion ited member of the Association of clinic in town. School’s Comments: Enrollment: 1,900 Campion.edu.au focuses on the formation of the entire Theological Schools (ATS.edu). Every Catholic Board and Faculty: With Enrollment: 90 person: spiritual, intellectual, social and regular faculty member has a man- Avila Institute for Spiritual regard to the board of trustees, the The Institution: vocational. college follows the policy outlined in datum to teach in the Archdiocese of Formation 3 PRESIDENT’S OATH The Institution: We have a lively, close-knit and faith- Denver and makes the “Profession of the apostolic constitution Ex Corde filled college community, with numerous 3 CATHOLIC BOARD 3 PRESIDENT’S OATH Faith” and “Oath of Fidelity” to the P.O. Box 803 (corporate address; no Ecclesiae of St. John Paul II and the social, sporting and chaplaincy societies/ 3 CATHOLIC BOARD magisterium of the Church. physical campus) norms contained in “The Application 3 CATHOLIC FACULTY activities to aid personal development 3 Campus Culture: Whether on-cam- Helena, AL 35080 of Ex Corde Ecclesiae for the United 3 MANDATUM REQUIRED CATHOLIC FACULTY and faith enrichment. pus or online, students receive a rich (833) 772-8452 States” promulgated by the U.S. Con- 3 THEOLOGIANS’ OATH 3 MANDATUM REQUIRED Campion is grounded in the Catholic intellectual, spiritual and evangelical Avila-Institute.org ference of Catholic Bishops. 3 THEOLOGIANS’ OATH faith and exercises faithfulness to formation. On-campus students enjoy Enrollment: 288 Theologians’ Oath: The mandatum is Campus Culture: the teachings of the Church, helping a common life of prayer, including the proper requirement for under- 3 MASS AND CONFESSION Campus Culture: students to live out their faith in all areas daily Mass, confession and indi- The Institution: graduate faculty and institutions, and of life. 3 SPEAKERS VETTED 3 MASS AND CONFESSION vidual spiritual direction. On-campus 3 PRESIDENT’S OATH we require it of all Catholic faculty On-campus accommodation is seg- 3 3 SPEAKERS VETTED students also receive personalized 3 CATHOLIC BOARD members in theology. The “Profession UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS regated, male and female, across all 3 UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS internship opportunities with Denver- 3 CATHOLIC FACULTY of Faith” and “Oath of Fidelity” are 3 NO COED DORMS dorms and residences. Individuals are area apostolates. Students in the N/A MANDATUM REQUIRED (IN-PROGRESS) more proper for pontifical faculties 3 HEALTH SERVICES OKAY 3* NO COED DORMS not permitted to enter rooms of the op- state-of-the art distance-education 3 THEOLOGIANS’ OATH teaching in seminaries. 3 HEALTH SERVICES OKAY posite sex, and access to living spaces is program receive a personalized expe- Coed Dorms: We have six residence School’s Comments: limited. Each residential area is assigned rience, including one-on-one interac- halls. Five of the six are single-sex, and Campus Culture: Institution: Benedictine College is School’s Comments: a residential tutor, a senior student of tion with faculty and the flexibility of N/A MASS AND CONFESSION only one is coed. It is reserved for up- a mission-driven school launching a Institution: As the only Catholic liberal the college who plans social activities on-demand study. perclassmen, and each floor is divided N/A SPEAKERS VETTED new generation of Catholic leaders. arts college in Australia, Campion goes and assists students with settling into by men and women. Visitation policies college life. N/A UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS Since 2012, the Benedictine Col- to the core of education, faith and hu- are enforced in this hall, as they are in All residential tutors are under the direct Ave Maria University N/A NO COED DORMS lege 2020 plan has built five new man flourishing. Located in western all of our residential halls. This upper- Sydney, Campion offers a uniquely inte- supervision of the senior residential tu- N/A HEALTH SERVICES OKAY academic buildings, including a 5050 Ave Maria Blvd. classmen residence hall provides those 100,000-square-foot science and en- grated and fully accredited Bachelor of tor, who is a member of staff. students who live there an opportunity Ave Maria, FL 34142 School’s Comments: gineering building, five new residence Arts in the liberal arts. 90% of our teach- to demonstrate the ability to live in an (239) 280-2556 Institution: The Avila Institute for halls, three new chapels, a recreation ing staff have a Ph.D. in their field, and CONTINUES ON PAGE B4
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Catholic Distance University 115 W. Congress St. Charles Town, WV 25414 (304) 724-5000 CDU.edu Enrollment: 220
The Institution: 3 PRESIDENT’S OATH 3 CATHOLIC BOARD 3 CATHOLIC FACULTY 3 MANDATUM REQUIRED 3 THEOLOGIANS’ OATH
Campus Culture: N/A MASS AND CONFESSION CHRISTENDOM COLLEGE N/A SPEAKERS VETTED 3* THEOLOGIANS’ OATH N/A UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS School’s Comments: Institution: We are a new institution, N/A NO COED DORMS Campus Culture: founded in 2015 as a section of an N/A HEALTH SERVICES OKAY 3 MASS AND CONFESSION existing boys’ school. Our intensive 3 SPEAKERS VETTED two-year program confers a fully ac- School’s Comments: 3 UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS credited European B.A. degree in the Institution: A pioneer in distance 3* NO COED DORMS liberal arts with French and includes learning, CDU was founded in 1983 3 HEALTH SERVICES OKAY as the first catechetical institute study visits throughout Europe. Our in the United States to award the School’s Comments: Vatican-awarded two-year M.A. in “Catechetical Diploma” and teach the Mandatum: Catholic theologians must arts and letters is a low-residency Catholic faith to adults using distance receive a “canonical mission” from the program for researchers, writers and education. CDU offered its first de- local bishop/chancellor that obliges them teachers. gree program in 1996. to “teach in the name of the Church” — it Coed Dorms: Separate halls of Today CDU is a fully online, accredited is different from the mandatum. residence are provided for male and university offering an A.A. degree in Theologians’ Oath: The Catholic facul- female students. Liberal Arts with a concentration in ty recite the “Profession of Faith” in the Catholic studies, a B.A. in theology presence of and along with the local Christendom College degree completion program, and bishop/chancellor and president at the M.A. degrees in theology and theol- opening Mass of each academic year. 134 Christendom Drive ogy and educational ministry. The Catholic faculty have not been required Front Royal, VA 22630-6534 university also offers a “Catechetical to take the “Oath of Fidelity” because (800) 877-5456 Diploma” program, several gradu- of the canonical mission/nihil obstat Christendom.edu ate certificates, an undergraduate binding the ecclesiastical faculties. Enrollment: 493 certificate and continuing-education Dorms: Beginning fall 2014, virtually certificates and courses. Archbishop all undergraduate students reside in The Institution: Timothy Broglio serves as chancellor single-sex residence halls. In addition, 3 PRESIDENT’S OATH of the university, and Marianne Evans three halls have religious in residence 3 CATHOLIC BOARD Mount, Ph.D., serves as president. For — two female residence halls have sis- 3 CATHOLIC FACULTY more information, visit CDU.edu. ters living with students, and a priest 3 MANDATUM REQUIRED Mandatum & Theologians’ Oath: lives in one of the male halls. 3 THEOLOGIANS’ OATH Since our theology faculty are primarily adjunct, the mandatum is taken in the Chavagnes Studium Campus Culture: diocese of their full-time employment. 3 MASS AND CONFESSION Campus Culture: Catholic Distance 96 rue du Calvaire, 3 SPEAKERS VETTED University is the only fully online uni- 85250 Chavagnes en Paillers, France 3 UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS versity recommended by the Cardinal +33 2 51 42 39 82 3 NO COED DORMS Newman Society, which promotes Chavagnes.org/studium/ 3 HEALTH SERVICES OKAY and defends faithful Catholic educa- Enrollment: 12 tion. School’s Comments: The Institution: Institution: Christendom College is a The Catholic University of 3 PRESIDENT’S OATH Catholic liberal arts college offering a time-tested and rigorous education America 3 CATHOLIC BOARD 3 that develops the student’s intel- 620 Michigan Ave., NE CATHOLIC FACULTY lect in such a powerful way that he Washington, DC 20064 3 MANDATUM REQUIRED graduates with the ability to mas- (202) 319-5000 3 THEOLOGIANS’ OATH ter any subject — no matter how CUA.edu complex the vocational calling. Our Enrollment: 5,956 Campus Culture: curriculum and committed faculty 3 MASS AND CONFESSION are complemented by a culture of The Institution: 3 SPEAKERS VETTED unmatched personal attention, help- 3 PRESIDENT’S OATH ing each student discern and develop 3 UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS 3 CATHOLIC BOARD his academic and vocational goals. 3 NO COED DORMS 3 CATHOLIC FACULTY Our students thrive in a supportive 3* MANDATUM REQUIRED 3 HEALTH SERVICES OKAY CONTINUES ON PAGE B5
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Enrollment: 533 fers one undergraduate degree (the cultures and a living experience of The Institution: B.Phil) and three graduate degrees, the universal Church. Since students 3 PRESIDENT’S OATH The Institution: as well as certificate programs in come from both Roman and Byzan- 3 CATHOLIC BOARD 3 PRESIDENT’S OATH Catholic studies, Catholic classical tine Rites of the Church, ITI draws on 3 CATHOLIC FACULTY 3 CATHOLIC BOARD education and sacred art. All of our the rich theological traditions of both 3 MANDATUM REQUIRED 3 CATHOLIC FACULTY programming is devoted to providing the East and the West. The ITI strives 3 THEOLOGIANS’ OATH 3 MANDATUM REQUIRED a fully integrated education grounded “to breathe with both lungs of the in natural and revealed truth. Church” (Pope St. John Paul II). The 3 THEOLOGIANS’ OATH Campus Culture: Dorms: We do not directly provide Greek Fathers and Thomas Aquinas 3 MASS AND CONFESSION dormitories. serve as particularly central points of Campus Culture: 3 SPEAKERS VETTED Health Services: We do not provide reference. 3 MASS AND CONFESSION 3 UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS health coverage; we do only pro- Mass and Confession: ITI liturgical 3 SPEAKERS VETTED 3 mote services in accord with Church life provides students with access to NO COED DORMS 3 UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS N/A HEALTH SERVICES OKAY 3 teachings. both Holy Mass and the Byzantine NO COED DORMS Divine Liturgy of the Eastern Catholic 3 HEALTH SERVICES OKAY School’s Comments: Churches. Both liturgies are celebrat- International Theological Institution: JPCatholic is the “Catho- ed daily, and priests are available at School’s Comments: Institute — School of Catholic lic University for Creative Arts and all times for confession and spiritual Institution: Holy Apostles is a Catho- Theology Business Innovation.” We’re shaping direction. lic liberal arts college in the business the next generation of artists and Health Services: Health insurance of changing the world one person at Schlossgasse 21 innovators with academic excellence, for students is organized differently a time. By offering a solid, Catholic 2521 Trumau, Austria unparalleled creativity and an au- in Austria and does not involve the education, we provide people with +43 2253 218 08 thentic community centered on Jesus school in any way. much more: the tools to evangelize, ITI.ac.at Christ. Develop your creative talents in a thoroughly Catholic understanding Enrollment: 100 filmmaking, animation, graphic design, of the world, personal fulfillment, and John Paul the Great Catholic illustration, acting, entrepreneurship, the means to support their families. The Institution: University marketing, creative writing and more We believe that students should have 3 PRESIDENT’S OATH the experience of a quality Catholic 3 CATHOLIC BOARD 220 W. Grand Ave. education, regardless of where they 3 CATHOLIC FACULTY Escondido, CA 92025 FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE live, their job or the time available to 3 MANDATUM REQUIRED (858) 653-6740 them. Some institutions offer a good 3 THEOLOGIANS’ OATH JPCatholic.edu and Christ-centered culture dedicated Confession: Mondays and Wednes- Enrollment: 300 education, many call themselves to helping them realize their poten- days, 10:30-11:30am CONTINUES ON PAGE B6 tial and become the great men and Clubs: campus ministry, intramural Catholic, and a few are affordable or Campus Culture: women God has called them to be. sports, drill team, library activities convenient. However, Holy Apostles 3 MASS AND CONFESSION Christendom is not merely a curricu- committee, Phi Theta Kappa, soccer offers it all. We are passionate about 3 SPEAKERS VETTED lum of courses — it is an organic way club, student ambassadors, student this mission, because now, more than 3 UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS of life and culture that helps the whole activities club, student senate, walk- ever, the Church needs well-formed 3 NO COED DORMS person mature in wisdom, virtue and ing club. men and women who can speak the N/A HEALTH SERVICES OKAY ability. Students graduate inspired and truth boldly in love. School’s Comments: empowered to achieve true greatness Franciscan Missionaries of Our Discover Institution: Founded at the direct re- the eternal wisdom of the Church and become tomorrow’s leaders. Lady University Holy Spirit College quest of Pope St. John Paul II, the ITI 4465 Northside Drive, NW is an ecclesiastical theological faculty DeSales University 5414 Brittany Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70808 Atlanta, GA 30327 housed in a 12th-century castle just 2755 Station Ave. (225) 768-1700 (678) 821-2954 20 miles outside of Vienna, Austria. Center Valley, PA 18034 FranU.edu HolySpiritCollege.org As an international school, classes Experience (877) 4-DESALES Enrollment: 1,400 Enrollment: 40 are conducted in English, and degrees vibrant Catholic culture in the beauty DeSales.edu are granted by the Holy See, both in of rural Canada Enrollment: 1,736 The Institution: The Institution: theology and specialized studies on 3 PRESIDENT’S OATH 3 PRESIDENT’S OATH marriage and the family. New is an interdisciplinary three-year bach- The Institution: 3* CATHOLIC BOARD 3 CATHOLIC BOARD elor’s in liberal arts. The curriculum 3 PRESIDENT’S OATH 3* CATHOLIC FACULTY 3 CATHOLIC FACULTY includes philosophy, theology, natural 3 CATHOLIC BOARD 3 MANDATUM REQUIRED 3 MANDATUM REQUIRED science, literature, rhetoric, history, Receive * CATHOLIC FACULTY 3 THEOLOGIANS’ OATH 3 THEOLOGIANS’ OATH an authentically Catholic law and government and economy, as 3 MANDATUM REQUIRED Annual tuition, room & board: well as music, fine arts and the classi- 3 THEOLOGIANS’ OATH Campus Culture: liberal arts education Campus Culture: cal languages. usd 3 3 MASS AND CONFESSION $10,500 * MASS AND CONFESSION Also offered is a one-year “Studium 3 SPEAKERS VETTED Campus Culture: 3 SPEAKERS VETTED Generale” program, an affordable 3 MASS AND CONFESSION 3 UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS 3 UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS 3 way to study abroad and earn college 3 SPEAKERS VETTED N/A NO COED DORMS NO COED DORMS credit. Faithful to the magisterium, 3 3 HEALTH SERVICES OKAY Ontario, Canada UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS 3 HEALTH SERVICES OKAY ITI brings together students from * NO COED DORMS all over the world. It seeks to be a School’s Comments: www.seatofwisdom.ca 3 HEALTH SERVICES OKAY School’s Comments: place of interchange between diverse Institution: As a premier Catholic Institution: Holy Spirit College of- School’s Comments: institution in the Southeast, Fran- President’s Oath: DeSales’ new ciscan Missionaries of Our Lady president took office Jan. 1, 2018. University (FranU) provides dedicated Faculty: The university does not have students with a rigorous and forma- those statistics. tive education that prepares them Dorms: Some DeSales residence halls to be highly skilled professionals, California do house both genders, separated by integrated thinkers and faith-filled wing or floor. Access to these areas is citizens. The university was founded Open House limited by proximity card access; oppo- in 1923 by the Franciscan Missionar- site genders cannot access each other’s ies of Our Lady (FMOL) and is faithful areas without being escorted as a guest to its mission grounded in Franciscan October 13 during normal visitation hours. values. Accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Divine Mercy University Commission on Colleges to offer doctorate, master’s, bachelor’s and 45154 Underwood Lane associate degrees, the university has Sterling, VA 20166 an enrollment of approximately 1,400 (703) 416-1441 students and offers degrees in nurs- DivineMercy.edu ing, health sciences, humanities, and Enrollment: 300 behavioral and natural sciences. Faculty and Board: Faculty and board The Institution: members are Catholic and non- 3 PRESIDENT’S OATH Catholic. 3 CATHOLIC BOARD Confession and Coed Dorms: FranU 3 CATHOLIC FACULTY does not offer confession or dorms. 3 MANDATUM REQUIRED 3 THEOLOGIANS’ OATH Franciscan University of Steubenville Campus Culture: 3 MASS AND CONFESSION 1235 University Blvd. 3 SPEAKERS VETTED Steubenville, OH 43952 3 UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS (740) 283-3771 N/A NO COED DORMS Franciscan.edu N/A HEALTH SERVICES OKAY Enrollment: 2,200, or 2,929 including online enrollment School’s Comments: Institution: Divine Mercy University The Institution: consists of a School of Psychology (In- 3 PRESIDENT’S OATH stitute for the Psychological Sciences) 3 CATHOLIC BOARD and the School of Counseling, offering 3 CATHOLIC FACULTY on-campus and online degrees in 3 MANDATUM REQUIRED psychology and counseling. We also 3 THEOLOGIANS’ OATH Now with Campuses in California and New England! offer a wide variety of on-demand training and certification programs Campus Culture: for individuals, parents and “first 3 MASS AND CONFESSION responders,” as well as continuing-ed- 3 SPEAKERS VETTED ucation programs for counseling staff, 3 UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS New England Open House therapists and other mental-health 3 NO COED DORMS professionals. 3 HEALTH SERVICES OKAY Coed Dorms: DMU is a commuter October 6 campus. School’s Comments: Health Services: DMU does not pro- Oath, Board and Faculty: The presi- vide health services. dent and all members of the board of trustees of Franciscan University of Donnelly College Steubenville make a public “Profes- sion of Faith” and take the “Oath of 608 North 18th St. Fidelity.” All members of the board of Kansas City, KS 66102 trustees are Catholic. In addition to (913) 621-8700 the theology faculty, all philosophy, Donnelly.edu sacred music faculty and other ap- Enrollment: 350 propriate personnel take the “Oath of Fidelity” and make a public “Profes- The Institution: sion of Faith.” 3 PRESIDENT’S OATH Institution: Franciscan University of 3 CATHOLIC BOARD Steubenville offers an academically 3 CATHOLIC FACULTY excellent education rooted in passion- 3 MANDATUM REQUIRED ate Catholicism and the search for 3 THEOLOGIANS’ OATH truth that prepares students to meet the challenges of the secular world; Campus Culture: 97% of students are Catholic, and 3 MASS AND CONFESSION 94% of the faculty are Catholic. 3 SPEAKERS VETTED With more than 42 undergraduate 3 UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS degrees and nine graduate programs, 3 NO COED DORMS students are prepared for a wide range of careers and vocations. 3 HEALTH SERVICES OKAY Special programs include a study- School’s Comments: abroad semester in a restored Institution: Donnelly College is 14th-century Austrian monastery, a a Catholic institution of higher priestly discernment program, human education that seeks to continue the life studies minor, science intern- mission of Jesus Christ in our time ships, Great Books honors program by making the love of God tangible in and mission trips across the U.S. and quinas five countries. 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tion and community services with Holy Apostles College g h e personal concern for the needs and T Thomas Aquinas College 33 Prospect Hill Road abilities of each student, especially F i de um Cromwell, CT 06416 s ct those who might not otherwise be Qu elle Truth Matters aerens Int served. (860) 632-3010 [email protected] Mass: weekdays, 8:05am HolyApostles.edu NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER, SEPTEMBER 15, 2019 B6 at an authentically Catholic university in Southern California. Our unique academic model prepares students for their careers with a focus on hands- on projects, mentorship and portfolio preparation, combined with a Catholic liberal arts education in humanities, theology and philosophy. Our pro- grams are structured on a year-round quarter system, and students gradu- ate with their bachelor’s degree in just three calendar years. Health: The school does not offer health-care options for students.
Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family at The Catholic University of America 620 Michigan Ave., NE, McGivney Hall Washington, DC 20064 (202) 526-3799 JohnPaulII.edu Enrollment: approximately 74
SACRED HEART MAJOR SEMINARY The Institution: N/A PRESIDENT’S OATH Health: The college does not provide Institution: In addition to provid- 3 CATHOLIC BOARD any health coverage for students. ing sound formation of religious and 3 CATHOLIC FACULTY diocesan seminarians, Sacred Heart N/A MANDATUM REQUIRED Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College Seminary and School of Theology of- N/A THEOLOGIANS’ OATH fers Master of Arts programs with a P.O. Box 249 concentration in spirituality, Scripture MOUNT ST. MARY’S UNIVERSITY Campus Culture: 18 Karol Wojtyla Sq. or theology for seminarians, priests 3 MASS AND CONFESSION Enrollment: 85 Birmingham, B44 9AG research degrees through the Open Barry’s Bay, Ontario and laity. We also offer English and 3 SPEAKERS VETTED England University and Liverpool Hope Univer- K0J 1B0 Canada culture studies, accent modification, Hispanic studies, an annual Holy Land 3 UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS The Institution: +44 121 360 8118 sity in England. (613) 756-3082 N/A NO COED DORMS 3 PRESIDENT’S OATH Maryvale.ac.uk Campus Culture: Maryvale is part- SeatofWisdom.ca archeological expedition and interfaith dialogue through our Lux Center for N/A HEALTH SERVICES OKAY 3 CATHOLIC BOARD Enrollment: 750 time and distance learning. Students Enrollment: 110 Catholic-Jewish Studies. 3 CATHOLIC FACULTY only attend a maximum of three times School’s Comments: 3 MANDATUM REQUIRED The Institution: a year, mostly on weekends, for resi- The Institution: 3 President’s Oath, Mandatum, 3 THEOLOGIANS’ OATH 3 PRESIDENT’S OATH dential study periods, and they stay in PRESIDENT’S OATH St. Vincent College Theologians’ Oath: The institute is 3 CATHOLIC BOARD single study/bedrooms, not dorms. 3 CATHOLIC BOARD a graduate, theological, pontifical 3 CATHOLIC FACULTY Health Services: Health services are 3 CATHOLIC FACULTY 300 Fraser Purchase Road Campus Culture: Latrobe, PA 15650 institute (not a university) founded 3 3 MANDATUM REQUIRED not provided. N/A MANDATUM REQUIRED MASS AND CONFESSION (724) 532-6600 by Pope John Paul II. With its central 3 SPEAKERS VETTED 3 THEOLOGIANS’ OATH 3 THEOLOGIANS’ OATH mission/goal of providing a compre- StVincent.edu 3 UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS Mount St. Mary’s University hensive understanding of marriage and Enrollment: 1,867 3 NO COED DORMS Campus Culture: Campus Culture: family that is faithful to the teaching 16300 Old Emmitsburg Road 3 3 HEALTH SERVICES OKAY 3 MASS AND CONFESSION MASS AND CONFESSION of Catholic magisterial tradition, any 3 SPEAKERS VETTED Emmitsburg, MD 21727 3 SPEAKERS VETTED The Institution: institute faculty member is such only (301) 447-6122 N/A PRESIDENT’S OATH School’s Comments: 3 UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS 3 UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS because he or she upholds this and MSMary.edu 3 CATHOLIC BOARD Institution: Located in beautiful New N/A NO COED DORMS 3 NO COED DORMS has an expertise in the subject matter Enrollment: 2,209 total (1,796 under- 3 CATHOLIC FACULTY England, Magdalen College of the N/A HEALTH SERVICES OKAY 3 HEALTH SERVICES OKAY graduates) 3 MANDATUM taught. All of the institute’s professors Liberal Arts calls her students to a REQUIRED have received approval from the local 3 transformative education of the whole School’s Comments: School’s Comments: THEOLOGIANS’ OATH bishop and the Vatican’s Congregation person. This education is ordered to Institution: Maryvale Institute is a The Institution: Mandatum: Our bishop has indicated for Catholic Education. human flourishing and communion, distance-learning education institute 3 PRESIDENT’S OATH that he approves of our theologians Campus Culture: Mass and Confession: An institute animated by the perennial questions, whose mission is to provide authen- 3 CATHOLIC BOARD teaching theology, is confident that 3 MASS AND CONFESSION Mass is celebrated weekly; the adja- given shape by the Great Books, and tic Catholic formation for laypeople 3 CATHOLIC FACULTY they teach with the mind of the Church 3 SPEAKERS VETTED cent Basilica of the National Shrine nourished by a vibrant liturgical and and for religious at both the further- 3 MANDATUM REQUIRED and wishes them to continue doing 3 UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS of the Immaculate Conception also sacramental culture. Joyfully Catholic education and higher-education 3 THEOLOGIANS’ OATH so; and we are working to give this a * NO COED DORMS offers Masses and confession daily. in this ascent toward true freedom and levels by offering courses in theology, formal embodiment in the Canadian 3 HEALTH SERVICES OKAY Health Services: We offer a student a vision of the Good, Magdalen College catechesis and philosophy. It is based context. health-insurance plan but no health Campus Culture: calls all within her community to enter in the historic Maryvale House, which 3 MASS AND CONFESSION School’s Comments: services (i.e., a student clinic). the great conversation of authors has been a center of Catholic faith, 3 SPEAKERS VETTED Sacred Heart Major Seminary President’s Oath: The president is a seeking wisdom that has unfolded worship and spirituality for more than 3 UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS Benedictine priest. Magdalen College of the Liberal across the ages and to cultivate a life 400 years, and it was the first home * NO COED DORMS 2701 Chicago Blvd. Dorms: Students are segregated by Arts of virtue, poetic imagination, service of Blessed John Henry Newman fol- 3 HEALTH SERVICES OKAY Detroit, MI 48206 floor or wing requiring card access, and and life-giving fidelity. lowing his reception into the Church. (313) 883-8500 visitation policies are strictly enforced. 511 Kearsarge Mountain Road Maryvale offers ecclesiastical degree School’s Comments: SHMS.edu Warner, NH 01463 programs validated by the Pontifical Institution: Mount St. Mary’s Uni- Enrollment: 485 (603) 456-2656 Maryvale Institute School of Theological Studies at Faculty of Notre-Dame, Paris, as well versity, a community of friendship in Magdalen.edu St. Charles Borromeo Seminary Old Oscott Hill as undergraduate, post-graduate and pursuit of truth, goodness and beauty, The Institution: is proudly and and joyfully Catholic. 3 PRESIDENT’S OATH 100 E. Wynnewood Road Our campus environment — with 3 CATHOLIC BOARD Wynnewood, PA 19096 a beautiful, natural setting, historic 3 CATHOLIC FACULTY (610) 785-6287 architecture and comfortable size — 3 MANDATUM REQUIRED SCS.edu/school-theological-studies lifts the spirit and cradles the heart. 3 THEOLOGIANS’ OATH Enrollment: 77 (175 in seminary) Our academic programs, our student life and our physical environment Campus Culture: The Institution: embody our Catholic identity, inspiring 3 MASS AND CONFESSION 3 PRESIDENT’S OATH students to experience the wonder of 3 SPEAKERS VETTED 3 CATHOLIC BOARD learning, the joy of community and the 3 UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS 3 CATHOLIC FACULTY nobility of duty to friends, to society T HOMAS M ORE C OLLEGE 3 NO COED DORMS 3 MANDATUM REQUIRED and to God. N/A HEALTH SERVICES OKAY 3 THEOLOGIANS’ OATH L IBERAL AR T S President’s Oath: President Tim of Trainor made the public “Profession of School’s Comments: Campus Culture: Faith” and took the “Oath of Fidelity” Institution Mission Statement: 3 MASS AND CONFESSION at his inauguration Oct. 23, 2017. Sacred Heart Major Seminary primarily 3 SPEAKERS VETTED Coed Dorms: In reference to our forms priests according to the heart of 3 UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS residence halls, students are divided Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd; and 3 NO COED DORMS by secured floors, with women on one further, prepares priests, deacons and 3 HEALTH SERVICES OKAY floor and men on another — or they lay ecclesial ministers, equipping them are in separate, private apartments. for the work of ministry in the New School’s Comments: Additionally, we enforce a strong Evangelization. Institution: The school offers a visitation policy wherein students and Health: There is no student health Master of Arts in theology, plus guests are not allowed on opposite service on campus. undergraduate certificate programs gender’s floors after midnight on and summer-resident programs for weekdays and after 2am on week- religious. ends. This policy allows the Mount Sacred Heart Seminary & School Degrees include Bachelor of Arts in to successfully develop students ca- of Theology philosophy, Master of Arts in theol- pable of living in an adult community 7335 S. Hwy 100 (U.S. 45) ogy, divinity and philosophy; pro- while practicing the highest moral grams include priestly and perma- standards. Franklin, WI 53132 (414) 425-8300 nent diaconate formation programs, SHSST.edu laity programs including certificate Newman College Ireland Enrollment: 170 ministry to black Catholics, and the Catechetical Institute. +011 353 8727 86552 The Institution: Mandatum: Theology professors NewmanCollege.ie (undergraduate and graduate) take Enrollment: 20-25 3 PRESIDENT’S OATH 3 CATHOLIC BOARD the “Oath of Fidelity” and make the 3 CATHOLIC FACULTY “Profession of Faith” publicly before The Institution: the archbishop and receive the man- 3 MANDATUM REQUIRED 3 PRESIDENT’S OATH datum. 3 THEOLOGIANS’ OATH 3 CATHOLIC BOARD 3 CATHOLIC FACULTY Thomas Aquinas College 3 MANDATUM REQUIRED Campus Culture: 3 MASS AND CONFESSION 3 THEOLOGIANS’ OATH 10,000 N. Ojai Road 3 SPEAKERS VETTED Santa Paula, CA 93060 3 UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS Campus Culture: (805) 525-4417 3 NO COED DORMS 3 MASS AND CONFESSION & 3 HEALTH SERVICES OKAY 3 SPEAKERS VETTED 231 Main Street 3 UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS Northfield, MA 01360 School’s Comments: 3 NO COED DORMS (800) 634-9797 N/A HEALTH SERVICES OKAY CONTINUES ON PAGE B7 School’s Comments: Institution: Newman College Ireland is a faithfully Catholic, academically excellent liberal arts college, introduc- ing students to the life of the mind and preparing them for their vocations or A PPLY AT WWW .T HOM A S M ORE C OLLEGE . EDU careers in a way that gives precedence to the Catholic faith. The college is pleased to announce that scholarships are available. Culture: Newman College Ireland is a A liberal arts education aims to free men and community of professors and students women from the constraints of error, false opinion, joyfully striving to acquire both intel- lectual and moral virtues with the aid and the uncertainty of life. This was at the heart of a rich sacramental life. Campus: Newman College of Ireland is of the great Greek educational system—paideia— undergoing major transitions this year between locations. In this transitory this, united to faith in Christ, is the heart of the year, it is located in New Hampshire at Thomas More College (see page B7). education at Thomas More College of Liberal Arts. Negotiations are being made to be per- manently located in southern Ireland M , NH at a Cistercian abbey. Please check the website for details at the beginning R, I of 2020, when new registrations will be accepted. Newman College Ireland looks forward to a permanent campus V O H - O F as soon as possible. President’s Oath: given October 2015. OUR LADY SEAT OF WISDOM COLLEGE NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER, SEPTEMBER 15, 2019 B7
ThomasAquinas.edu Enrollment: 439 (both campuses)
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School’s Comments: Institution: Though Thomas Aquinas College opened its doors 20 years prior to the promulgation of Ex Corde Ecclesiae, its founding document foreshadowed in many ways Pope St. THOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE EAST John Paul II’s directives to Catholic Campus Culture: intellect and make it despairing of universities and colleges. Our mission 3 MASS AND CONFESSION ever being able to know the Truth. is to provide a genuinely Catholic 3 SPEAKERS VETTED The liberal arts do not make men and liberal education under the light of 3 UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS women virtuous. the teaching Church and according 3 NO COED DORMS What gives our college the courage to the doctrine and method of the 3 HEALTH SERVICES OKAY to engage in such a pursuit — hope- universal doctor of the Church, St. ful of discovering the truth — is that Thomas Aquinas. The college has two School’s Comments: this endeavor takes place with the campuses — one in California and the Institution: The program of studies guidance of the Church’s wisdom other in Massachusetts — and offers at Thomas More College is ordered and Tradition. Knowing the fount of on both campuses one integrated towards the pursuit of wisdom. Each Truth gives us the courage to seek curriculum that spans the major person lives with answers to the the Truth. disciplines and employs the Great questions: “Who am I?”; “Where am Fundamental to the success of this Books and the discussion method in I going?”; “How do I get there?” We endeavor are the teaching fellows of its classes. Graduates go on to a wide answer these questions by the simple the college. Well-schooled in their variety of pursuits: law, medicine, fact that we live, we pursue goals, own disciplines, and broadened by education, journalism, public policy, we make choices, we prioritize our the college’s curriculum, their art is military service, business, technology lives according to how we understand not to impart knowledge or profess and the priesthood and religious life. ourselves, our culture, the world, our what they think. It is, rather, with the Mass and Confession: During the relationship to it, and what we con- text as the teacher, to lead students week, Mass is offered four times daily, sider most important or needful. to see the Truth for themselves. It while two Masses are offered on Sat- Though we live with answers that is only after a student has had the urdays and three on Sundays. Confes- may seem sufficient, we must have delightful experience of knowing and sions are heard before and after each the courage to ask some fundamen- being able to say with confidence, “I of these Masses. The first Mass of the tal questions: “How did I arrive at know what I know, and I know that day is said in the extraordinary form; my answers?” “Who taught them I know it” are they prepared to truly all others are offered in the ordinary to me?” “Are they true?” Socrates flourish as liberated human beings, form, in English and Latin. said long ago, “The unexamined capable of fulfilling their ultimate Coed Dorms: The college has only life is not worth living.” This simple purpose. single-sex dorms, and visitation by statement has endured because it is the opposite sex is prohibited at all true. The cultural milieu that each of University of Dallas times. us breathes provides a narrative of what it means to be a human person. 1845 E. Northgate Drive Thomas More College of Liberal But is that narrative correct? Are the Irving, TX 75062 Arts cultural values of consumerism, eco- (972) 721-5125 nomic well-being, pleasure, youth and UDallas.edu 6 Manchester St. freedom from all duty the pursuits Enrollment: 1,450 Merrimack, NH 03257 that will give each of us what we truly (603) 880-8308 desire: happiness and peace? The Institution: ThomasMoreCollege.edu At Thomas More College, we seek to 3 PRESIDENT’S OATH Enrollment: 93 find the answers to these questions. 3 CATHOLIC BOARD Each student is challenged to reach N/A CATHOLIC FACULTY The Institution: into the wisdom of the past and read N/A MANDATUM REQUIRED 3 PRESIDENT’S OATH with great care and attention the 3 THEOLOGIANS’ OATH 3 CATHOLIC BOARD greatest that has been thought, writ- 3 CATHOLIC FACULTY ten and spoken. Such a pursuit can 3 MANDATUM REQUIRED Campus Culture: seem daunting or even hopeless to 3 MASS AND CONFESSION 3 THEOLOGIANS’ OATH students, because they quickly realize 3 SPEAKERS VETTED the greatest minds are in disagree- ment. Such study can corrupt a young CONTINUES ON PAGE B8 #walshu
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3 UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS 3 HEALTH SERVICES OKAY * NO COED DORMS 3 HEALTH SERVICES OKAY School’s Comments: Decision Institution: The university has an School’s Comments: Our Lady of Perpetual Help Society CONTINUING PAGE B1 STORY Faculty: The university does not have dedicated to the preservation of Walsh’s to Christ as a student. Catholic heritage. those statistics. Caroline Christie, a sophomore Dorms: Our one coed residence hall Dorms: All dorms have single-sex is segregated by wing and floor. wings and/or floors. Some residence from Hamden, Connecticut, attend- Members of the opposite sex do not halls have four-person apartments that ing Benedictine College in Atchi- have keycard access to each other’s are single-sex. son, Kansas, describes the impor- wings. tant characteristics she found at Wyoming Catholic College Benedictine. University of Mary 306 Main Street “Three qualities of Benedictine 7500 University Drive Lander, WY 82520 College that really attracted me Bismarck, ND 58504 (307) 332-2930 were the community, the academic (800) 288-6279 WyomingCatholic.org excellence (including the profes- Enrollment: 179 UMary.edu sors), and the abbey on campus. Enrollment: Main campus: 2,681; overall Having the monastery on campus is enrollment 2018-2019: 4,601 The Institution: 3 PRESIDENT’S OATH a huge plus. The monks are all great UNIVERSITY OF MARY The Institution: 3 CATHOLIC BOARD friends of the campus.” 3 PRESIDENT’S OATH 3 CATHOLIC FACULTY University of St. Thomas Students’ stories of their college 3 CATHOLIC BOARD 3 MANDATUM REQUIRED visits are inspiring reminders of the 3 N/A CATHOLIC FACULTY 3800 Montrose Blvd. THEOLOGIANS’ OATH role faith plays in choosing a college. 3 MANDATUM REQUIRED Houston, TX 77006 “I remember seeing from a dis- 3 THEOLOGIANS’ OATH (713) 525-3500 Campus Culture: StThom.edu/catholic 3 MASS AND CONFESSION tance the oratory. It was the first Campus Culture: Enrollment: 3,314 3 SPEAKERS VETTED thing I saw, and from the second I saw 3 MASS AND CONFESSION 3 UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS it, something changed within me a lit- 3 SPEAKERS VETTED The Institution: 3 NO COED DORMS tle bit. There was something inside of 3 3 UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS PRESIDENT’S OATH N/A HEALTH SERVICES OKAY me that was calmed for the first time 3 NO COED DORMS 3 CATHOLIC BOARD in a long time,” recalled Sam Cimaglio, 3 HEALTH SERVICES OKAY 3 CATHOLIC FACULTY School’s Comments: 3 MANDATUM REQUIRED Institution: Wyoming Catholic a senior history major at Ave Maria School’s Comments: 3 THEOLOGIANS’ OATH College is a four-year college com- University who is from Chicago. Institution: Founded and sponsored mitted to offering a liberal arts Cimaglio had been struggling in education that steeps its students in by the Benedictine Sisters of An- Campus Culture: his faith for a time leading up to his nunciation Monastery, the University 3 the beauty of the natural world and MASS AND CONFESSION visit to Ave Maria, and his experi- of Mary is the nation’s most serious, 3 SPEAKERS VETTED imbues them with the best that has been thought and said in Western ence visiting that day inspired him affordable, Catholic university, teaching 3 UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS civilization, with an emphasis on in accordance with the magisterium * NO COED DORMS to have hope. of the Church. With 58 undergradu- the moral and intellectual heritage 3 HEALTH SERVICES OKAY “I went into the adoration cha- ate majors, 18 graduate degrees and of the Catholic Church. The college encourages its students to view the pel,” he continued, “and I said the four doctoral programs, and a stellar School’s Comments: challenges of our time as opportuni- first prayer I had actually said in my academic reputation, the University of Dorms: The university maintains living ties for heroism, uniting tradition heart in months: ‘Lord, I really like Mary continues record-breaking enroll- areas for undergraduate students. These and hope. ment and campus growth, offering a include dormitory/residence rooms, it here — you’ve got to make this Health Services: We do not offer rich sacramental culture where students co-ops and apartments. There is only happen, because this is just where I student health services. The em- flock to daily Mass, adoration and our one dorm, but men and women are ployee health plan that we offer to am supposed to be.’” beautiful fieldstone grotto dedicated separated by floors and by wings. to the Blessed Mother. With 17 NCAA our faculty and staff is in keeping Mercugliano also shared his sports, a beautiful campus in Rome, with the Catholic Church’s teach- experience of visiting the adoration semesters in Peru and other interna- Walsh University ings and therefore does not include chapel at Franciscan. tional learning opportunities, we have a abortion, contraception or any 2020 E. Maple St. NW “It was when I visited the chapel robust “Catholic Scholars” program with other illicit procedures. North Canton, OH 44720 eligible Catholic high-school seniors at Franciscan that I realized I (800) 362-9846 — The compilation of this guide receiving free room and board, 24/7 wanted to go to Franciscan.” He Walsh.edu was overseen by Register dining, online and distance learning at emphasized the importance of seek- Enrollment: Nearly 3,000 summer intern Paulina Hoeing. satellite campuses, and the innovative ing out spiritual solitude during a “Year-Round Campus” option, allowing campus visit. “Find a place to pray students to earn a bachelor’s degree in The Institution: 3 2.6 years or a master’s in four — less PRESIDENT’S OATH while you are there.” time, less cost, less debt. 3 CATHOLIC BOARD When Aguilar visited Ave Faculty: In accordance with North 3 CATHOLIC FACULTY Maria, she also had a moment in TIME OF PRAYER. Dolores Mihaliak from the University of Dallas chose 3 Dakota state law, U Mary does not main- MANDATUM REQUIRED which she felt strongly that God her school after much consideration and prayer; ample prayer time is 3 THEOLOGIANS’ OATH tain a record of the religious affiliation of was calling her to go to school employees. available at the adoration chapel at Franciscan University of Steubenville. Theologians’ Oath: Theology profes- Campus Culture: there. Courtesy of Dolores Mihaliak and Jocie Pavia sors take the “Oath of Fidelity” at the 3 MASS AND CONFESSION When she and her mother time of their hiring. 3 SPEAKERS VETTED walked into the Mother Teresa big discernment point, don’t be “Once I knew that was where he 3 UNOBJECTIONABLE CLUBS Museum at Ave Maria, she saw a skeptical of it. Be practical, but also wanted me,” she said, “I felt so * NO COED DORMS SHUTTERSTOCK photograph “of young Mother have faith.” much peace in knowing that it Teresa. Her birth name was Agnes, Kepler did not visit the Univer- didn’t matter how far I was going to and that is my confirmation saint, sity of Mary before deciding to be from home. I knew it was going and when I saw that, I just knew attend, but she came to know that to feel like home.” that I was going to go there.” God was calling her to go there Paulina Hoeing is a student at Reflecting on this moment, Agu- through quiet prayer, journaling in Ave Maria University. ilar advises: “If there is something adoration and conversation with She was the Register’s intern that really sticks with you that is a faith-filled people. this summer.
A Student’s Prayer
BY ST. THOMAS AQUINAS
Come, Holy Spirit, Divine Creator, true source of light and fountain of wisdom! Pour forth your brilliance upon my dense intellect, dissipate the darkness which covers me, that of sin and of ignorance. Grant me a penetrating mind to understand, a retentive memory, method and ease in learning, the lucidity to comprehend, and abun- dant grace in expressing myself. Guide the beginning of my work, direct its progress, and bring it to successful completion. This I ask through Jesus Christ, true God and true man, living and reigning with you and the Father, forever and ever. Amen. Source: Catholic.org St. Thomas Aquinas by Abraham Van Diepenbeek (1596-1675) Adam Jan Figel / Shut- terstock.com
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CHRISTENDOM.EDU/OPENHOUSE NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER, SEPTEMBER 15, 2019 B9 Wyoming Catholic College Unites East and West in Faith weeks “forces you to think in a and what a superb metaphor it still shines brightly. ‘School of certain way and to encounter was — he was calling for an end to Conceived in 2005 by former Discipleship’ God” in a new way that’s impossi- the attempt to draw upon only Wyoming Bishop David Ricken, ble amid so many worldly distrac- half the available spirituality. Stu- now of Green Bay, Wisconsin, Launches tions. In the community college dents at Wyoming Catholic Col- WCC was founded to address New Year he attended, he didn’t make a sin- lege now have the rare opportu- what the college’s philosophical gle friend in two years. But being nity to experience the wholeness vision statement calls “the crisis BY SUE ELLEN BROWDER out in the wilderness, crossing of the traditional faith.” of disintegration we now face in rivers and climbing peaks, has Incoming freshman Zechary Western culture, especially in LANDER, Wyo. — A small given him “a bond with these men Lee, son of a Byzantine Rite Catho- education.” What’s more, even Wyoming town (population 7,500) that I would never have found lic priest in Sugar Creek, Missouri, while refusing to take federal tax situated under the mountains and anywhere else.” suggested that the Byzantine lit- dollars, which have too many surrounded by ranches is hardly To further its mission of inte- urgy, with its icons, singing and strings attached, the college is the place you’d expect to find grating faith with reason and edu- incense — which engage “all of flourishing. Student enrollment some of the most beautiful litur- cating the whole person, the col- your senses” — has “a very special has grown from 35 in 2007 (when gies, along with one of the most lege now has two chaplains: place at Wyoming Catholic. I know the school opened its doors) is 179 rigorous academic programs in Father Paul Ward, who offers they’ve had opportunities for [the today. “We expect enrollment to America. And yet that’s what Holy Mass in both the ordinary Byzantine liturgy] before, but never surpass 200 students within a few greeted 54 new freshmen here at and extraordinary forms of the with this intensity.” years, with an ultimate goal of no the convocation Mass in Holy Roman Rite, and Byzantine Rite The integrated form of Great more than 400,” Arbery said. The Rosary Catholic Church Aug. 25, chaplain Father David Anderson, Books education the new fresh- student body at the college is as Wyoming Catholic College SEEKING CHRIST. Wyoming Catholic College seeks to offer an integrated a well-known lecturer on liturgi- men receive here is rare in many 100% Catholic. launched its 2019 academic year. Catholic education, rooted in celebrating the faith in full. Courtesy of Wyoming cal theology and the early Church ways. According to David Delio, In his homily, Bishop Biegler After spending 21 days together Catholic College Fathers. The two priests work president of The Newman Idea, spoke of the rigorously disci- on a physically and spiritually together as a team, along with about 4.5 million Catholic stu- plined physical, intellectual and demanding wilderness trip in the lege, he observed, seeks to “form a here first. I thought that to fully Holy Rosary priest Father James dents are currently attending col- spiritual challenges the new stu- breathtaking grandeur of the young person body and mind, live life, I needed to be formed Schumacher, to provide students leges and universities in the dents will face. Pointing out that Wind River and Teton Mountains, heart and soul, faith and reason.” wholly. And the eduation here — with a complete immersion in United States. Yet approximately discipline is not simply punish- the budding young scholars were He continued, “We seek to this whole integral view of life — both Eastern and Western liturgi- 14,000 — fewer than half of 1% of ment for wrongdoing, but that it is welcomed “home” to an intellec- form disciples who think, speak is everything: your mind, body, cal traditions. all Catholic undergraduates in also agonizing training in disci- tually demanding school year by and act like Christ. That’s why and soul all coming together.” Referring to the first millen- higher education in America — pleship (the two go hand in hand), Cheyenne Bishop Steven Biegler. Catholic education includes help- Anthony Lizzio, 20, from Hart- nium of Christian history, Pope are attending schools ranked as Bishop Biegler said, “Discipline Also attending Mass and the cere- ing young people learn how to land, Michigan, had gone to a St. John Paul II wrote in 1995 of “recommended” by the Cardinal means staying the course when monies that followed were college pray the way Jesus prayed.” community college and was plan- the “light of the East” and urgently Newman Society for their adher- life gets tough in the trials of life. staff, faculty, priests, parents, Incoming freshman Cecilia ning to transfer to a state univer- called for the Catholic Church to ence to Catholic teaching. A reluc- It means persevering to the end friends and neighbors. Wiesner, 19, from Aurora, Illinois, sity to study welding and engi- “breathe with her two lungs!” tance to promote teaching the tra- by the grace of God.” The overarching vision for the said this balanced emphasis on neering when a friend who attends “Every time we celebrate the ditional faith may even have led The bishop firmly yet gently type of classical liberal education the body, mind and spirit was the college convinced him a lib- Eucharist ... we find in the Body some Catholic colleges to fold. exhorted the excited novitiates to offered at Wyoming Catholic Col- what initially drew her to the col- eral education like that at Wyo- and Blood we share ... the call to “Catholic colleges with small see themselves as being in “a lege is to immerse students into lege. “I think a lot of problems and ming Catholic “forms you to do our unity,” the Pope wrote. Not- enrollments and endowments school of discipleship.” the good, the true and the beauti- complicated situations come things well. It doesn’t just give ing “that the venerable and that downplay their distinctive “See yourself as a beloved son ful so they can come to know the down to a lack of balance in your you the tools. It forms you as a ancient tradition of the Eastern religious identity,” Delio observed, or daughter, learning from God. world in a poetic way through the life,” she said. She believes the person to be able to learn what- Churches is an integral part of the “tend to become lost and even See your journey as being guided imagination and be inspired to balanced way students are taught ever [you’re called] to learn and heritage of Christ’s Church,” he swallowed up by the fierce com- by the loving hand of our Father ask the big questions: What’s the to live here is “an important mind- do it so much better than anyone observed, the “first need” for petition in the higher education in heaven,” he said. “Seek to grow meaning of life? What is evil? set to have” — and hard to find in else. So that’s where the practical Roman Catholics “is to be famil- marketplace.” as a disciple of Jesus.” He further What is good? What is eternity? our present society. aspect of this college comes in.” iar with that tradition, so as to be Between 2016 and 2019, he urged faculty, staff and chaplains In an inspiring homily, Bishop Another freshman, 18-year-old He also likes the fact the college nourished by it and to encourage said, “We lost about 10 Catholic present to “help [these young peo- Biegler spoke of the “formation of Sofia Piliero from Vail, Colorado, “takes your cellphone away from the process of unity.” colleges and universities, and that ple] listen to the voice of the Lord the whole person that Catholic said that while she’s fascinated you” when you arrive. He said The college’s president, Glenn number appears to be going up.” more than to your voice. Remem- education seeks.” An authentic with fine art and fine-art restora- being torn away from the world Arbery, expands on this idea, say- Happily, amid such dark news, ber, you’re training disciples.” Catholic education like that tion, she realized she couldn’t you were once in and being tossed ing, “When Pope John Paul spoke Wyoming Catholic College is one Sue Ellen Browder writes from offered at Wyoming Catholic Col- pursue art well “without coming into the wilderness for three of the ‘two lungs’ of the Church — place where the light of Christ Lander, Wyoming. NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER, SEPTEMBER 15, 2019 B10 Photo by UMary Student Josh Reiner Josh Student UMary by Photo
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