World Youth Day will feature the talents of many
young Catholics, but one is a veteran World Youth Day performer.
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New Model
BY JUSTIN BELL
University of Chicago’s Lumen Christi Sets Precedent for Catholic Institutes
June 29 - July 5, 2008 Issue 
Harrison Christian, 21, a junior at the University
of Chicago, wanted to start a spiritually-oriented reading group on campus last
year. Thomas Levergood, 45, founder and executive director of the Lumen Christi
Institute there, thought this was good for an extension of undergraduate
programming at... READ MORE
At the Heart of the Church
BY EDWARD PENTIN
University Run by Evangelization of Peoples Congregation Brings World to Rome
June 22-28, 2008 Issue
Cardinal John
Henry Newman studied here, so have Cardinals Francis George of Chicago, George
Pell of Sydney, and thousands of priests, religious and laypeople.
But the Pontifical Urbaniana
University is no ordinary Vatican educational institution. Run by the
Congregation for the Evangelization of... READ MORE
Franciscan University Launches Bioethics Program
BY PATRICK NOVECOSKY
Bioethics Program
June 15-21, 2008 Issue
STEUBENVILLE,
Ohio — Patrick Lee is getting used to his new title. The head of Franciscan
University’s Institute of Bioethics was recently handed the first fully endowed
chair in the university’s history.
“Up until last year, I thought of
bioethics as one of the things I did,” he... READ MORE
Birth of a College
BY STEVE WEATHERBE
Respected Evangelical University Was Midwife to Catholic Startup in Western Canada
June 8-14, 2008 Issue
When Whitney
Agassiz toured Europe with the women’s soccer team from Trinity Western
University, she not only provided standout defense for the evangelical
university based in Langley, British Columbia. Like her teammates, she also
testified to church and school audiences about her faith in Jesus... READ MORE
College Founders Life
BY Joy Wambeke
May 25-31, 2008 Issue
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta once said that we can do no great
things in this life, only small things done with great love.
Indiana produced a saint of its own, and what she said about
sanctity anticipated Mother Teresa by 140 years or so.
“What have we to do in order to become saints?... READ MORE
College Commencements 2008
BY TOM MCFEELY
Most Catholic Colleges Avoid Contentious Graduation Speakers
May 25-31, 2008 Issue
MANASSAS, Va. — Cardinal Newman Society president Patrick
Reilly says that in terms of Catholic identity, marked improvement is apparent
in this year’s roster of commencement speakers.
Very few of the 2008 speakers at Catholic colleges pose a
problem in terms of conferring honor on prominent... READ MORE
Brave New School
BY KIMBERLEY HEATHERINGTON
New Catholic High School in Virginia Will Teach 4-Year Bioethics Curriculum
May 18-24, 2008 Issue
DUMFRIES, Va. — It’s not your parents’ Catholic high school
— and that’s progress. When Pope John Paul the Great Catholic High School opens
on a 40-acre campus in August 2008 in Virginia’s Diocese of Arlington, among
the innovations it will claim is a four-year bioethics curriculum... READ MORE
‘Strong Language’
BY JUDY ROBERTS
Theologian on Pope’s Message Of Thinking With The Church
May 11-17, 2008 Issue
Michael Novak is a theologian and author who is director of
social and political studies at the American Enterprise Institute in
Washington, D.C.
He has served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations
Human Rights Commission and to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in
Europe. He... READ MORE
Where Latin Lives
BY JOSEPH PRONECHEN
With Pope as a Guide, Colleges Help Revive ‘Dead Language’
May 4-10, 2008 Issue
“Usus autem linguae Latinae Nostra in vita cotidianus fere,
immo perpetuus adhuc fuit,” “Using Latin has been an almost daily, indeed,
a constant feature of my life,” Pope Benedict XVI told the Latinitas Foundation
in November 2005.
The Pope told the members of this Vatican institution... READ MORE
Student Attendees Show Benedict’s Youthful Legacy
BY TIM DRAKE
April 27-May 3, 2008 Issue
WASHINGTON — When senior Peter Osgood was accepted into The
Catholic University of America four years ago, he expected to earn a degree.
Not only will he earn his bachelor’s degree in biology next
month, but he also had the opportunity to meet Pope Benedict XVI when he came
to campus on April... READ MORE
The Last Meeting Ratzinger Convened
BY JOHN ROMANOWSKY
Cardinal Prompted Catholic University’s 2008 Search for a Global Morality
April 20-26, 2008 Issue
In October, 2004, Father David O’Connell, president of The
Catholic University of America, received a letter from Cardinal Joseph
Ratzinger, prefect for the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith.
The letter requested an international symposium on the
possibility of a common morality for the... READ MORE
When the Pope Comes to Campus
BY TIM DRAKE
An Interview with Catholic University President Father O’Connell
April 13-19, 2008 Issue
Vincentian Father David O’Connell, president of The Catholic
University, has been involved in making invitations, helping to secure the
campus and even preparing Pope Benedict for the speech he will make to Catholic
educators.
Father O’Connell spoke to Register senior writer Tim Drake,
who... READ MORE
Rebuilding the Cornerstone of Catholic Thought at the University
BY Justin Bell
April 6-12, 2008 Issue
Robert Louis Wilken is chairman of the St. Anselm Institute
for Catholic Thought, an independent entity that seeks to “promote Catholic
intellectual life at the University of Virginia.”
In a recent article in First Things magazine called
“Catholic Scholars, Secular Schools,” Wilken,... READ MORE
On the Dignity of Women
BY Valerie Schmalz
Notre Dame Conference Provides Counterpoint to ‘Monologues’
March 30-April 5, 2008 Issue
When Amelia Ruggaber was date-raped the summer after her
sophomore year at the University of Notre Dame, the only thing on campus
dealing with the issue of sexual violence was the play “The Vagina Monologues,”
she said.
“There really wasn’t anything that was student-run,”
Ruggaber said,... READ MORE
Speaking Out
BY ANTHONY FLOTT
Clinton, Obama Appearances at Catholic Universities Spur Debate
March 23-29, 2008 Issue
Consider the irony: Hillary Clinton this year has succeeded
where Pope Benedict XVI has not — receiving a warm welcome to speak at a
Catholic university.
In January, protests and the fear of demonstrator violence
led the Holy Father to cancel an address at Catholic La Sapienza University.
One... READ MORE
Spring Into Action
BY MARGE FENELON
College Students Seek Out Alternative, Mission-Driven Breaks
March 16-22, 2008 Issue
Chris Schilmoeller is going on an alternative spring break
trip this year because for him, it’s the Second Joyful Mystery all over again.
“Mary brings Jesus to Elizabeth, and look at all the good
things that happened to that,” said the University of Nebraska psychology
major. “There’s so... READ MORE
Not Going to College Yet?
BY SHEILA LIAUGMINAS
Consider What American Missionary Teens Are Doing
March 9-15, 2008 Issue
Two friends from the suburbs of Chicago could hardly contain
their excitement after graduating from high school last summer and planning a
major trek that promised some radical adventure, and maybe a little danger.
But this was not your average post-high school road trip.
The graduates of Joliet... READ MORE
Benedictines in the Bible Belt
BY ANTHONY FLOTT
St. Gregory’s University Still Growing in Oklahoma
March 2-8, 2008 Issue
It’s easy to feel out of the loop when you’re the only
Catholic university in the middle of a Bible Belt state.
“Make no mistake,” says St. Gregory University professor
Jean Thornbrugh, “Catholicism is not the prevalent religion.”
Yet even that is not without its advantages at... READ MORE
Good Business
BY PHILIP S. MOORE
Catholic Colleges Growing Ethics Programs
February 24-March 1, 2008 Issue
As the top executive at Chrysler’s Toledo, Ohio, assembly
facility, Myrlene Gelibert-Bush isn’t in the business of bringing her Catholic
faith into the workplace.
Yet, the 43-year-old mother of three said it’s not left at
the factory gate, either. Gelibert-Bush said it’s her responsibility... READ MORE
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