In the latest story from Our Sunday Visitor’s series on the study-abroad programs at Catholic colleges and universities, writer Maryann Eidemiller reports on St. Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania, which has been sending students through its fully immersive program to Ambialet, France,
Students who study abroad in Spain not only immerse themselves in the Spanish culture but also live out Jesuit values in a concrete way, according to Jesuit educators with international programs in that country. “The Jesuit mission has always sought to engage
Two major Catholic colleges are building on-campus schools to teach the most modern technology, ages old philosophy and 21st century skills in one of the oldest professions in the world: nursing. Providence College in Rhode Island plans a massive five-story building of
Holly Taylor Coolman, an assistant theology professor at Providence College, writes in an essay about an event at the school in which two pro-abortion professors and two pro-life faculty members discussed the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The event,
Monsignor Owen Campion, OSV’s chaplain, looks at the challenges that lie before those who minister the Faith on college campuses today. He writes: “Catholic campus ministries are vital. Students arrive on campus, most living away from home for the first time, curious
The history of Western music would not be what it is today without the influence of the Catholic Church. In music programs at Catholic colleges and universities around the country, the Catholic faith plays a crucial role in the course of study.
The search for meaning and truth is timeless. Michael Dauphinais sought it decades ago when he was a student at Duke University In North Carolina, and so, too, are the students in his classes at Ave Maria University in Ave Maria, Florida.
The liturgy plays a central role in the life of the Church. The Second Vatican Council famously called the Eucharist the “source and summit” of the Church’s life. This is no different at Catholic colleges and universities today. Whether in theology courses
While many Catholic devotions come and go out of popular use, Mary is ever present, even on Catholic college campuses where the waves of secularism threaten inundation, educators and religious told Our Sunday Visitor. “Mary has been receiving renewed attention from our
Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pennsylvania, founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1926, offers a four-year bachelor of arts major in religious studies, as well as minors in ethics, Catholic studies, and religion and society. Father James Piszker is the university chaplain,