Category Archives: Newman Guide

Dr. Scott Hahn Appointed to New Endowed Chair at Franciscan University

May 15, 2012 – 4:03 pm

During Franciscan University of Steubenville’s commencement exercises on May 12, Franciscan University President Fr. Terrence Henry, TOR, announced that theology professor Dr. Scott Hahn will receive a new endowed chair named in honor of retired University chancellor Fr. Michael Scanlan, TOR. Officially named the Father Michael Scanlan, TOR, Chair of Biblical Theology and the New Evangelization, the new [...]

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EWTN to Feature Conversion Story of Magdalen President from Anglicanism

May 4, 2012 – 11:07 am

Dr. George Harne, president of The College of Saint Mary Magdalen in Warner, NH, will appear on EWTN’s program The Journey Home next Monday, May 7. On The Journey Home, host Marcus Grodi regularly interviews guests about their conversions to the Catholic faith.  On Monday, Dr. Harne will relay his conversion story from Anglicanism to [...]

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Iconography Flourishing at Faithful Catholic College

May 3, 2012 – 10:01 am

This summer, The Thomas More College of Liberal Arts is hosting a week-long training seminar in the art of writing icons (i.e., painting).  The College’s Oxford-educated artist-in-residence David Clayton will guide participants through the program, which will focus on the Western traditions in iconography. At the completion of the seminar, participants will have produced a [...]

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Bill McGurn: Catholic Church Possibly Only Institution Still Speaking Language of American Declaration

May 2, 2012 – 3:17 pm

In other words, in a day when the foundation of the American founding is itself either obscured or contested, we Catholics hold that there are self-evident truths about man, and that they can be discovered and understood by reason. Wall Street Journal columnist William McGurn delivered these comments last month to alumni from Thomas Aquinas [...]

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Obama’s Concept of ‘Common Ground’ Leads to Persecution, Says Christendom Board Member

May 1, 2012 – 9:56 am

When President Obama was honored and delivered the 2009 commencement speech at Notre Dame–despite opposition from 83 bishops and 367,000 individuals led by The Cardinal Newman Society–he proposed honoring conscience and drafting “a sensible conscience clause.”  The Obama administration’s assault on religious liberty over the past year has caused some to recall the president’s words [...]

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Faithful Catholic Colleges Honoring Faithful Catholics

April 30, 2012 – 12:21 pm

The faithful Catholic colleges and universities profiled in The Cardinal Newman Society’s Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College are once again this year honoring bishops and other leaders with clear support for Church teaching. Here is a snapshot of some of the great choices for commencement speaker and honorary degrees that have been announced thus [...]

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Belmont Abbey, Becket Fund Demand Their Day in Court

April 24, 2012 – 2:12 pm

In response to the Obama administration’s spurious attempt to dismiss or at least delay Catholic Belmont Abbey College’s lawsuit against the HHS contraceptive mandate, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty is demanding that the court forge ahead. The Becket Fund announced today, April 24, that it filed an “Opposition to Motion to Dismiss” in the [...]

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‘Mission and Vision’ of Aquinas College in Nashville Attracts New Director

April 24, 2012 – 11:54 am

Dan Donnelly was drawn to Aquinas College in Nashville, Tennessee, because of the College’s “potential to become a model for Catholic higher education.” The Nashville Business Journal recently conducted an interview with Dr. Daniel K. Donnelly for its “New to Nashville” section.   Previously an associate academic vice president at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Donnelly started with Aquinas [...]

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Vatican Official Laments ‘Marginalization of Christianity’ in U.S. Catholic Colleges

April 23, 2012 – 3:13 pm

The “marginalization of Christianity” in America’s Catholic colleges and universities is a “particularly disturbing manifestation” of religious intolerance in the United States, according to Archbishop Francis A. Chullikatt, the Vatican’s envoy to the United Nations. Archbishop Chullikatt made the comments last Thursday during his keynote address on religious liberty at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. The [...]

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‘John Paul II Lecture’ Features Renowned, Orthodox Theologian

April 23, 2012 – 10:15 am

The University of Dallas recently brought Fr. Matthew Lamb, a theologian lauded for integrity, intelligence and orthodoxy, to campus for the Sixth Annual John Paul II Lecture. Fr. Lamb is chair of the Theology Department at Ave Maria University in Florida.  His talk last week at University of Dallas titled “Blessed John Paul II on [...]

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Fordham Theologian Knocks Vatican Findings of Doctrinal Problems with Nuns

April 20, 2012 – 1:28 pm

While criticizing the Vatican’s move to reform the U.S. Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) in light of doctrinal problems, a Fordham University theology professor proclaimed on PBS Newshour: “Let me just say, as a scholar — as a scholar of religion and a theologian, Church teaching does change.” The news broke on Wednesday, April 18, that the [...]

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Taylor Marshall Appointed Dean of College of St. Thomas More

April 19, 2012 – 4:01 pm

Last week, The College of Saint Thomas More in Fort Worth, Texas, announced that philosophy professor Taylor Marshall is taking over as academic dean.  College president Michael King lauded Marshall, noting that “he brings the complete package” in terms of the intellectual, spiritual and moral formation of students. From the College of Saint Thomas More [...]

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Aquinas College Nursing Dean Receives Endowed Chair from Dominicans

April 16, 2012 – 3:26 pm

The Dominican Friars of the Priory of Saint Catherine of Siena have chosen Aquinas College (TN) nursing dean Br. Ignatius Perkins, O.P. as the first recipient of an endowed Chair in Catholic Health Care Ethics.  The Chair, which will be located at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., comes with a $1 million [...]

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Benedictine College Finds Patron for New Dorm in St. Michael the Archangel

April 13, 2012 – 2:26 pm

The Cardinal Newman Society regularly asks its members to invoke the intercession of St. Michael the Archangel for the renewal of Catholic higher education.  So naturally we were delighted to learn that one of the faithful Catholic colleges we promote in The Newman Guide recently broke ground  on a new men’s dorm named after none other [...]

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Don’t ‘Make the Mistake of Separating Intellect and Virtue’

April 12, 2012 – 1:16 pm

A popular notion in many universities today is that smart students make for virtuous graduates, but the president of Catholic University of America is arguing that the “arrow between intellect and virtue travels in a different direction”. In an article penned for Our Sunday Visitor, John Garvey draws upon the wisdom and arguments of Blessed John [...]

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