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*these views are from the outside of the university, as a community member, and contain opinions from both alums, faculty, staff, and other community members. My bias is that I feel pain from the division of the two schools of thought, which only is widening. —again in my opinion.
I am caught between hearing two opposite sides, and neither side tends to agree with one another. St. Ambrose University, founded in 1882 as a seminary, in Davenport, IA, has nearly two different “half” histories. The first half, pre Vatican 2, is full of aging alums who remember their school as a Catholic school. They remember praying the rosary, they remember being typical college students too, but many tend to still love their faith, and fall into the “traditional/conservative Catholic” spectrum.
The second half of the university is post Vatican 2. Now don’t get me wrong, there are some wonderful priests (a shrinking minority), practicing Catholic students (a small %) on campus. The university is run by a nun, who, many would never guess is a nun. Many consider her a liberal nun-- especially after giving an honorary degree to a well known Pro-Abortion community member.
Today, you can hear chatter from two sides-- people who complain about the Latin mass coming back and the church taking a step back from all the “crazy conservatives” … and on the flip side, you hear others say “the school is too liberal, its not even Catholic”
I’m torn. I love the school, I’m sad at the decisions I do see it making. I’m even more sad at the lack of unity among its members… as everyone is either one side, or the other…or keeping quiet.
I am caught between hearing two opposite sides, and neither side tends to agree with one another. St. Ambrose University, founded in 1882 as a seminary, in Davenport, IA, has nearly two different “half” histories. The first half, pre Vatican 2, is full of aging alums who remember their school as a Catholic school. They remember praying the rosary, they remember being typical college students too, but many tend to still love their faith, and fall into the “traditional/conservative Catholic” spectrum.
The second half of the university is post Vatican 2. Now don’t get me wrong, there are some wonderful priests (a shrinking minority), practicing Catholic students (a small %) on campus. The university is run by a nun, who, many would never guess is a nun. Many consider her a liberal nun-- especially after giving an honorary degree to a well known Pro-Abortion community member.
Today, you can hear chatter from two sides-- people who complain about the Latin mass coming back and the church taking a step back from all the “crazy conservatives” … and on the flip side, you hear others say “the school is too liberal, its not even Catholic”
I’m torn. I love the school, I’m sad at the decisions I do see it making. I’m even more sad at the lack of unity among its members… as everyone is either one side, or the other…or keeping quiet.