Category Archives: Curriculum

Georgetown Alum William Peter Blatty Says Canon Law Suit “Our Only Hope”

May 18, 2012 – 10:38 am

William Peter Blatty’s 1971 novel The Exorcist—which went on to become an Oscar-winning movie—depicts an epic battle of good versus evil waged under the auspices of the Catholic Church.  Reportedly based on a real exorcism Blatty heard about as an undergraduate on a scholarship at Georgetown University, the novel is steeped in Catholicism. Indeed, the “hero” of The [...]

By Charlotte Hays | Also posted in Abortion, Alumni, Catholic Identity Policy, Ex corde Ecclesiae, Strong Catholic Identity, Student Life | Comments Off

Victory in House for Religious Freedom of Catholic Colleges

March 3, 2012 – 10:26 am

The U.S. House voted 303-114 to repeal Obama administration regulations that threatened the religious liberty of Catholic colleges and the independence of all U.S. higher education by encouraging states to increase their scrutiny of colleges. H.R. 2117, the Protecting Academic Freedom in Higher Education Act, repeals Department of Education regulations that The Cardinal Newman Society decried in November [...]

By CNS Staff | Also posted in Financial Aid, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

Building the Perfect College? Don’t Forget God

December 16, 2011 – 10:34 am

How to build the perfect college is a question that’s plagued thinkers and saints (not mutually exclusive) from Plato to John Henry Cardinal Newman and is the heart of a great piece by Father C.J. McCloskey in Crisis Magazine. This is obviously a great concern for Father McCloskey as he sits on the Cardinal Newman Society’s [...]

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Belmont Abbey Goes Old School

October 28, 2011 – 10:03 am

Belmont Abbey College is going old school. The Catholic school recently introduced their new core curriculum where it would seem everything old is new again. And that’s a good thing says Ed Jones, the director of Marketing at Belmont Abbey, who introduced the new old curriculum for the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy. This [...]

By CNS Staff | Also posted in Strong Catholic Identity, Uncategorized | Comments (2)

Wyoming Catholic College’s Unique and Adventurous Way of Learning Latin

October 14, 2011 – 10:11 am

In what has to be one of the most unique ways to learn a language, a group of students and faculty from Wyoming Catholic College immersed themselves in the outdoors and Latin this past weekend. Dr. Scott Olsson, Assistant Professor of Mathematics and the Natural Sciences writes: This outdoor weekend marked WCC’s first Latin Immersion [...]

By CNS Staff | Also posted in Strong Catholic Identity, Uncategorized | Comments (1)

How to Be a Catholic College in Day-to-Day Operations Is Center’s Focus

September 6, 2011 – 1:34 pm

“Today, Catholic educators freely acknowledge that something important has been lost, and they want to get it back,” said Cardinal Newman Society (CNS) President Patrick J. Reilly in an interview with The National Catholic Register about the work of CNS’s Center for the Advancement of Catholic Higher Education. Over the summer, CNS announced that the Center would now be based at Mount St. [...]

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Notre Dame Endows Chair in Byzantine Theology

September 3, 2011 – 2:11 pm

The University of Notre Dame announced yesterday that it has established an endowed chair in Byzantine Theology.  From the Notre Dame press release: The position, which will focus on the theology of the medieval Greek-speaking church, will be named in honor of Archbishop Demetrios Trakatellis, primate of the Greek Orthodox Church of America. The Archbishop [...]

By CNS Staff | Also posted in Notre Dame | Comments (2)

Three ‘Newman Guide’ Colleges Are Only ‘A’ Rated Catholic Schools in New Report

September 1, 2011 – 10:57 am

“What Will They Learn?”–the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) report rating colleges based on seven required key subjects–has bestowed “A” ratings on only three Catholic colleges in the United States, all of which are recommended by The Cardinal Newman Society at TheNewmanGuide.com for strong Catholic identity.  The Catholic colleges are Thomas Aquinas College, [...]

By CNS Staff | Also posted in Newman Guide, Strong Catholic Identity | Comments (6)

Msgr. Swetland Discusses Work of CNS Center with Our Sunday Visitor

August 30, 2011 – 2:36 pm

Msgr. Stuart Swetland, executive director of The Cardinal Newman Society’s Center for the Advancement of Catholic Higher Education, was recently interviewed by Our Sunday Visitor about the unique mission of the Center. From the interview conducted by Emily Stimpson: OSV: When it comes to what’s happening in the classrooms at Catholic universities, with what in [...]

By CNS Staff | Also posted in Catholic Identity Abuse, Strong Catholic Identity | Comments (1)

Two Catholic Colleges Land ISI ‘Exceptional’ List Spots, Another Deemed ‘Train Wreck’

August 17, 2011 – 3:21 pm

Providence College in Rhode Island and Christendom College in Virginia were the only two Catholic colleges to be included in the Intercollegiate Studies Institute’s (ISI) list of “Top Ten Exceptional Schools” in its latest edition of Choosing the Right College. The intro to Providence reads in part: Based in a lively, culture-rich New England city, Providence [...]

By CNS Staff | Also posted in Catholic Identity Abuse, Faculty, Newman Guide, Strong Catholic Identity, Student Life | Comments (2)

Experts Urge Bioethics Studies at Catholic Colleges

June 15, 2011 – 10:50 am

From the Cardinal Newman Society press release: A leading expert in Catholic bioethics is calling on Catholic colleges and universities to ensure that students are knowledgeable of key bioethical concerns in today’s culture—a plea that is supported by several bioethics professors at Catholic colleges. Dr. Marie T. Hilliard is director of bioethics and public policy [...]

By CNS Staff | Also posted in Faculty | Comments Off

US Bishops’ Doctrine Director Responds to Fordham Profs Defending Censured Sr. Johnson

May 16, 2011 – 1:48 pm

National Catholic Reporter told last week how the executive director of the U.S. bishops’ doctrine committee, Fr. Thomas Weinandy, responded  to a letter sent by Fordham University faculty members in defense of Sr. Elizabeth Johnson.  Her book Quest for the Living God was censured by the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine in late March for “misrepresentations, ambiguities and [...]

By CNS Staff | Also posted in Catholic Identity Abuse, Faculty, The Bishops | Comments (4)

Loyola Chicago Student Disillusioned by ‘Traditional Catholic Ideas’

May 11, 2011 – 1:59 pm

Writing an opinion piece for The Loyola Phoenix, a professed agnostic student discusses her disillusionment with Jesuit Loyola University of Chicago.  She writes: “I’ve found that Loyola’s moral landscape of traditional Catholic ideas is more limiting than I once thought.” From the article: At first, I was proud to attend a Jesuit institution. I really believed [...]

By CNS Staff | Also posted in Student Life | Comments (5)

Catholic Colleges Remove Planned Parenthood Connections from Websites Following CNS Report

May 3, 2011 – 11:02 am

From the Cardinal Newman Society press release: On May 2, 2011, three weeks after releasing the report “A Scandalous Relationship: Catholic Colleges and Planned Parenthood,” The Cardinal Newman Society (CNS) confirmed that many mentions of ties to the notorious abortion provider were removed from Catholic college websites. The initial Internet search, conducted by CNS and [...]

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Cardinal Wuerl Reasserts Bishops’ Authority Over Theologians, Undergraduate ‘Catechetical’ Texts

April 19, 2011 – 11:29 am

On April 18, Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, chair of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine, sent a “resource” to the bishops outlining the relationship between bishops and theologians, the USCCB announced in a press release yesterday. Cardinal Wuerl’s letter gives the rationale for the Committee on Doctrine’s critique of Fordham University professor Sr. Elizabeth [...]

By CNS Staff | Also posted in Catholic Identity Abuse, Faculty, Strong Catholic Identity, The Bishops | Comments Off
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