College & University
Ave Maria University and Fr. Fessio: Honoring them Both
By • Catholic Online • 7/24/2009
We encourage our readers to pray for Father Fessio and for Ave Maria University as well as to continue to support both. AVE MARIA, Fl (Catholic Online) – We have watched in admiration as the work of building a new Catholic University has unfolded in Southwest Florida. Ave Maria University has a ...
Ave Maria University fires Fr. Fessio again
Catholic News Agency • 7/22/2009
The priest had previously been fired from his position as university provost in March 2007, and was rehired in a less prominent position after protests from students and other Catholics. NAPLES, FL (CNA) - Fr. Joseph Fessio, SJ, the founder of Ignatius Press and a former student of Pope Benedict, ...
Pope Meets With 1,100 University Students
Zenit News Agency • 7/15/2009
Pope called University students to ' become the ferment and leaven of a society enlivened by evangelical love.' VATICAN CITY (Zenit) - Benedict XVI is urging students to be witnesses of faith in their universities, acknowledging that their Christian presence is becoming more demanding, but also ...
Interview with President of Thomas More College on Encyclical
Catholic Online • 7/15/2009
'Caritas in Veritate' contains lessons for all Christians, not just those involved in the fields of business and politics. MERRIMACK, New Hampshire (Zenit) - Benedict XVI's social encyclical "Caritas in Veritate" contains lessons for all Christians, and not just those who are directly involved in ...
Cardinal Newman Society: Catholic Colleges Lost
Zenit News Agency • 6/19/2009
Our leading Catholic universities have lost their way, and they need clear direction from the bishops. MANASSAS, Virginia (Zenit) - Many Catholic universities are lost and are in need of specific policies to help them go in the right direction, says the Cardinal Newman Society. The society said ...
Sic Transit Gloria: Good Bye Notre Dame
By • Catholic Online • 6/5/2009
This latest scandal cannot be seen as an isolated incident, to be lamented and then forgotten when football season starts. SOUTH BEND (Catholic Online) - I love Notre Dame – the Notre Dame that I knew. My father graduated from there in 1930, and he was proud to send his sons there. It was there ...
Notre Dame's Watershed Moment
By • Zenit News Agency • 5/29/2009
It needs to return to the basics of what it means to be Catholic and what it means to be a Catholic university. SOUTH BEND, Indiana (Zenit) - While the debate over Notre Dame's Catholic identity is nothing new, the recent controversy surrounding its decision to honor President Barack Obama may be a ...
A Catholic College and Abortion Advocates: Here we go again
By • Catholic Online • 5/22/2009
Seattle University, a Jesuit institution, has invited Planned Parenthood to participate in a discussion on 'reproductive rights' WASHINGTON (Catholic Online) – Thursday, May 21 is Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord for Catholics in dioceses that have not opted to observe the feast on Sunday. ...
Interview: Can Notre Dame Turn Back the Tide?
By • Zenit News Agency • 5/21/2009
Fully Catholic without compromise. That's the approach to Catholic higher education that Pope Benedict proposes. MANASSAS, Virginia (Zenit) - In the wake of the recent Notre Dame controversy, an opportunity arises to renew Catholic higher education in its identity and mission, says the Cardinal ...
Notre Dame Becomes the Symbol of Catholic Dissent
By • Inside Catholic • 5/20/2009
The saddest thing of all, and the most tragic, Notre Dame has committed a scandal. WASHINGTON (Inside Catholic) - The "party's over" at Notre Dame, as the old Comden and Green song says: The party's over It's time to call it a day They've burst your pretty balloon And taken the moon ...
