Catholic Colleges

[TruthLoverJC]

Hi, I am a high school junior this year and am starting to look for colleges/universities. I get a lot of brochures and emails but haven’t visited any schools yet. If I go to a Catholic school, I want to it be actually faithful to the Church and grounded in a strong spirituality in addition to having good academics and atmosphere. I would also like to stay in New England or the Northeast US, so… Does anyone have any suggestions for good Catholic colleges in this area or personal experiences with them? Thanks!

 

[Dorothy]

Hi, I am a high school junior this year and am starting to look for colleges/universities. I get a lot of brochures and emails but haven’t visited any schools yet. If I go to a Catholic school, I want to it be actually faithful to the Church and grounded in a strong spirituality in addition to having good academics and atmosphere. I would also like to stay in New England or the Northeast US, so… Does anyone have any suggestions for good Catholic colleges in this area or personal experiences with them? Thanks!

This is an excellent site to learn about Catholic colleges that are loyal to the Magisterium of the Church, and also to find out about some disagreeable things that are happening about some Catholic colleges that invite controversial and dissident speakers to their campus.

cardinalnewmansociety.org/TheNewmanGuide.aspx

 

[Operalan]

Franciscan University of Steubenville (disclaimer: I have a son there and am a bit biased. However, it is an outstanding Catholic university and adheres faithfully to the Church’s teachings.)

Mount St. Mary’s in Emmittsburg, MD—I have admired this school for over 20 years and have heard very good things.

A lot also depends on what you want to study.

 

[PietroPaolo]

Can’t beat Franciscan U of Steubenville. Also, Christendom College in Virginia, Ave Maria U in Florida, and Thomas Aquinas College in California.

 

[Dorothy]

All of the colleges others have mentioned so far are on the list of colleges that are truly Catholic according to the Newman Guide to Catholic colleges.

 

[llenadegracia]

College visits are a wonderful thing. Take advantage of them! When I visited my public state university on a tour, there was no mention of the Newman center…but that didn’t mean we didn’t have a vibrant one! We have a Newman center with 200+ weekly at Mass and daily Mass on most weekdays…scheduled Confession times…multiple annual retreats…various student lead ministries, but no mention was made on my tour! Obviously I was on a tour of the university, so it is not as if there should have been a mention of the Newman center (would be nice, though!). Anyway, what I’m getting at is this: Poke your head around campus. If you tour public colleges, make sure you stop by the Newman center or other clubs you see yourself interested in. Same goes for Catholic universities…go check out the ministries.

I’m from the Midwest so I don’t know of any colleges in your area, but go check them out! The testimonies of others combined with hopefully your own visit/tour should help. Good luck!

 

[L_Marshall]

In Massachusetts, Assumption College in Worcester may be the best. It’s teetering a little bit, but it got a new president about 5 years ago and he’s been working a lot with the administration and the bishop of the Diocese to improve the Catholicity of the campus. I’d check it out.

It’s also a good school academically, and it’s a good size – ~2300. Small enough where you know many of the people, but large enough where you can have a diverse amount of friends.

 

[TruthLoverJC]

Thanks for all the responses. Very helpful!

Re: Catholic Colleges
In Massachusetts, Assumption College in Worcester may be the best. It’s teetering a little bit, but it got a new president about 5 years ago and he’s been working a lot with the administration and the bishop of the Diocese to improve the Catholicity of the campus. I’d check it out.

It’s also a good school academically, and it’s a good size – ~2300. Small enough where you know many of the people, but large enough where you can have a diverse amount of friends.

I know a few people that go/went to Assumption. It’s close to where I live and I’ve heard good things. Thanks!

 

[hwriggles4]

In Massachusetts, Assumption College in Worcester may be the best. It’s teetering a little bit, but it got a new president about 5 years ago and he’s been working a lot with the administration and the bishop of the Diocese to improve the Catholicity of the campus. I’d check it out.

It’s also a good school academically, and it’s a good size – ~2300. Small enough where you know many of the people, but large enough where you can have a diverse amount of friends.

TruthLoverJC:

About a year ago on EWTN, (I think it was Life on the Rock), there was a story about a group of brothers or priests that are working with Catholic Student Centers at some of the non-Catholic colleges around Boston. This group seemed like a strong, solid Catholic group faithful to the magesterium.

TruthLoverJC, I know one university this group was working at was Northeastern University. There were two other colleges mentioned, but I don’t remember the names. You might be able to run through the EWTN archives and find out.