‘Why Do You Have Ashes?’: Catholic Students Marked by Faith on a Secular Campus
Catholic students describe their experience of Ash Wednesday at American University in Washington, D.C.
Catholic students describe their experience of Ash Wednesday at American University in Washington, D.C.
The change takes place amid a national trend of decreasing enrollment, which has affected colleges of all sizes across the country — though some Catholic colleges have continued to grow in spite of the trend.
Rooted in the Church’s mission and powered by modern technology, CatholicIU forms students around the world in truth, vocation and Catholic identity — living out its motto, Gaudium de Veritate (“Joy from Truth”).
Several of these institutions are making history with their participation in the tournament this year.
COMMENTARY: A university should be a place where students can pursue ultimate truths about God and the human person, not merely a place where they learn skills to help with employment.
Overall, 17 Catholic institutions were found to have some connection with Planned Parenthood.
Catholic university graduates were 19% more likely to report that morality is extremely important in their decision-making.
A faithfully Catholic STEM university would help students keep their faith and enable researchers to live their faith, Nolan hopes.
COMMENTARY: It seems like the path to Catholic and liberal arts education is to hunker down at high-quality but tiny colleges.
Cardinal Czerny said Pope Francis invites us to follow St. Francis of Assisi in ‘immersing ourselves in the wonder and awe of nature.’
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