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Only Catholic College in Georgia Graduates First Class
BY PAUL A. BARRA
June 28-July 11, 2009 Issue 
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — The first and
only Catholic college in the state of Georgia celebrated its first commencement
exercise May 16. At the same time, the pioneering, lay-founded Catholic school
also announced a new affiliation that could drive its future growth.
Southern Catholic College is... READ MORE
Sacramental Storyteller
BY EDWARD PENTIN Flannery O’Connor Explored the Work of Grace in People’s Lives, Professor Says
June 21-27, 2009 Issue
Flannery
O’Connor was not only one of America’s most accomplished authors of the 20th
century — she was also a devout Catholic whose writings reflected her deep
faith.
Henry Edmondson III, a professor of
public administration and political science at the Georgia College and State
University,... READ MORE
Education Behind Bars
BY Anthony Flott Catholic College Contributes to Reducing Recidivism
June 14-20, 2009 Issue
Like other
college students, James Shehan and Tuan Huynh have dreams of making a
difference. Shehan hopes to mentor troubled youth and keep them off the
streets. Huynh wants to become a biblical counselor.
Unlike other college students,
Shehan and Huynh are convicted murderers.
Both are serving... READ MORE
How Catholic Med Students Cope
BY AMY SMITH Discussing Faith and Pro-Life Issues at Secular Medical School
May 24-30, 2009 Issue
Medical
school is challenging academically — but also ethically and morally. That's why
Catholic students at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville,
Tenn., have formed new organizations that encourage discussions on the
relationship between faith and medicine, as
well as pro-life... READ MORE
Students Committed to Christ in the Capital of the World
BY Justin Bell
May 17-23, 2009 Issue
Born and
raised in Baltimore, Greg Bramble began to drift from his Catholic faith around
the age of 12, about the time his family stopped attending Mass.
When he arrived at Columbia
University in New York, he found many opportunities and made many friends, but
was unhappy and unfulfilled.
One... READ MORE
College Mourns ‘Bold’ President
BY DANA LORELLE
May 10-16, 2009 Issue
There are
plenty of numbers from the life of Dr. Thomas Dillon, the 18-year president of
Thomas Aquinas College in California who died in a car accident in Ireland days
before his 63rd birthday. Among them: 38 — number of years he spent at the
college; $100 million — amount raised under his... READ MORE
TV’s Monastery
BY Sue Ellin Browder A School for the Lord’s Service
May 3-9, 2009 Issue
Father
Christopher Jamison is the abbot of Worth, a Benedictine monastery in Sussex,
England. He is also president of the International Commission on Benedictine
Education and the host of the popular BBC documentary series “The Monastery.”
On Abbot Jamison’s recent trip to
the United... READ MORE
Bookstore Alert
BY BARB ERNSTER Catholic Universities Unwittingly Promote Peter Singer
April 26-May 2, 2009 Issue
DALLAS — With
three kids in college, Alex Galbraith is aware of the assault on traditional
values on college campuses — even Catholic campuses. But when he received an
eFollett ad promoting The Life You Can Save
by Peter Singer from the bookstore at the University of Dallas, where his
daughter... READ MORE
Shakespeare in Alberta
BY Thomas L. McDonald A New Catholic College Explores the Bard
April 19-25, 2009 Issue
Aquixotic endeavor rises in the rolling hills
of Alberta, Canada. Two hours west of Edmonton, and an hour from the nearest
city of any real size, lies the town of Derwent.
Population? Approximately 117.
Yet an amazing project has taken
root in this isolated outpost. Deacon Ken Noster and his... READ MORE
Jane Austen: Living Toward the Eternal
BY AMY SMITH Jane Austen’s Novels Help Us Pursue the Good, Scholar Says
April 12-18, 2009 Issue
The novels of
Jane Austen have been literary favorites for generations.
Perhaps her best-loved work is Pride
and Prejudice, the quintessential romantic comedy that follows
Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy as they progress from wrong first impressions to
self-awareness, then mutual respect and love.... READ MORE
Faith at a Fair Price
BY Anthony Flott Study Links Faithfulness to Affordability in Catholic Colleges
March 29-April 4, 2009 Issue
A study released by the Cardinal Newman Society
indicates that one fruit of faithfulness at Catholic colleges is affordability.
But one Catholic education administrator says the study isn’t comparing the
right fruits.
On Feb. 18, the Newman Society, a
Manassas, Va.-based organization that works... READ MORE
Students Paying to Be Poor on Spring Break
BY PAUL A. BARRA Students from many Catholic colleges are “paying to become poor,” said one college official, commenting on spring break mission trips.
March 22-28, 2009 Issue
MANASSAS,
Va. — Spring break activities for many Catholic college students have evolved
from the old pattern of too much beer and too few clothes on a sunny beach. And
it’s not just because recent drug violence in Mexico is making partying
dangerous there.
“People are sometimes amazed by... READ MORE
Teaching Business and Ethics
BY Annamarie Adkins Jeffrey Cornwall, author of Bringing Your Business to Life, also brings an ethical view to the business classroom.
March 15-21, 2009 Issue
As it is for many converts, it was the Catholic
intellectual tradition that drew Jeffrey Cornwall to the Church. So it’s
natural that he should bring his faith to his intellectual work.
Cornwall
directs the Center for Entrepreneurship at Belmont University in Nashville,
Tenn., and is... READ MORE
2 Crises on Campus
BY JEFF ZIEGLER Economic Crisis, Catholic Identity Are Top Concerns of College Presidents
March 8-14, 2009 Issue
Catholic colleges and universities seem to be
facing two challenges these days: one financial, the other spiritual.
The Association of Catholic Colleges
and Universities held its annual meeting in Washington amid growing concerns
about the nation’s economic crisis. Georgetown University’s... READ MORE
Stronger Schools
BY Amy Smith Catholic Identity Means a College Community in Pursuit of Truth, Says Msgr. Swetland
February 15-21, 2009 Issue
It’s National Catholic Colleges Week, where a
number of activities around the country are planned to highlight the
accomplishments of Catholic colleges and celebrate their role in society.
Sponsored
by the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities and the National
Catholic College... READ MORE
Designed to Teach
BY JENNIFER SAWYER Thomas Aquinas College Almost Set to Dedicate $23 Million Chapel
February 8-14, 2009 Issue
SANTA PAULA,
Calif. — The dedication of Thomas Aquinas College’s new campus chapel promises
to be a significant landmark in the history of Catholic liberal arts education.
Those who travel to the campus for
the early March event will be greeted by Our Lady of the Most Holy... READ MORE
Catholic Identity College Guide
BY The Register Always in 'Resources' Above See how Catholic universities answer 10 questions about their Catholic identity.
February 8-14, 2009 Issue
See the print version here.
The National Catholic Register and Faith & Family college guide is made possible through the cooperation of bishops, college presidents, our benefactors, and our advertisers. This year, 28 schools agreed to take our survey.
Below find:
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Big Man on Campus
BY Anthony Flott With Orthodoxy’s Centenary, A Chesterton Revival at Colleges
February 1-7, 2009 Issue
Parents and
professors beware: There is a danger lurking on Catholic university and college
campuses that threatens to radically change students.
G.K. Chesterton.
Once embraced by higher education,
Catholic and secular, Chesterton later was mostly erased from curricula. But as
the world marks the... READ MORE
By Hook or by Book
BY TIM DRAKE Hard Times Force New Publishing Arrangements in the New Year
January 25-31, 2009 Issue
Catholic book
publishers have been hit by the economy like everyone else. Given the pressures
they face, that could mean Catholics will have a more difficult time finding
books they want to read.
In response, publishers have been
forced to make cutbacks and seek alternative arrangements to survive... READ MORE
Vatican Upgrades Rome Bioethics School
BY Edward Pentin
January 4-10, 2009 Issue
VATICAN CITY — In a year when the
“culture of death” seemed to win many victories, news from Rome seemed to
provide some hope.
The Vatican gave its highest stamp
of approval to the School of Bioethics at Rome’s Pontifical Regina Apostolorum
College in order to help the faculty reach the top... READ MORE
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