For students at Catholic colleges and universities, studying Church history is more than learning a timeline of saints, leaders and incidents through the centuries. It goes beyond recognizing the Church’s many contributions to science, the arts and the causes of justice, peace
The impact of the Catholic Church on western civilization and culture is undeniable. At many Catholic colleges and universities, students learn about the role of the Church in the history of art — and the role the Catholic faith can continue to
Did attending a Catholic college prepare you to know and defend your faith? Writer Patti Maguire Armstrong posed that question on social media, and responses varied. Here is a sampling in the negative with names and schools withheld. “Graduated from [a college]
Teaching students about their faith on the campuses of Catholic colleges and universities is now an all-hands-on-deck mission, educators around the country told Our Sunday Visitor. Gone is the robust energy of Catholic culture in America. Gone is the assurance that just
The dark bronze sculpture seems to shimmer in contrast to the stark white stucco walls and the sharp black granite adjacent to the Chapel of St. Basil at the University of St. Thomas in Houston.
Since early 2022, the Catholic university has hosted
In early April, nearly 50 college students from across the Archdiocese of Philadelphia gathered at La Salle University for a cross-campus listening session as part of the first phase of the global "Synod on Synodality."
The event was the culmination of a six-week
At Catholic college and university graduation ceremonies across the country, speakers praised students for lessons learned during these past four years that had nothing to do with classes, projects or late-night study sessions, but instead with how they adapted to their workload
In a special report on Catholic colleges and universities, writer Joseph LaPlante explores how restrictions aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19 force professors to address new realities of how they were teaching — and how their students were learning. From using new
Campus ministers say that while students may not be familiar with God, ‘It’s not a lost generation’
In a special report on how Catholic colleges are evangelizing to the rising number of "nones" -- those who are unaffiliated with a particular religion -- writer Nicole Snook talks to several campus ministers who say that while many students do not
In a new essay, Leonard J. DeLorenzo addresses the identity and mission of Catholic higher education. He writes: “Depending on the audience, what it means to be truly Catholic varies. To some, it would mean emphasizing one’s distinctiveness to the point of