Cardinal Newman Society’s Guide
There’s an organization called the Cardinal Newman Society which aims to “renew & strengthen” the Catholic identity of the 224 Catholic colleges within the U.S. Many of these institutions are “Catholic” in name only. Their faculty are not always Catholic; they don’t always teach their students the truths of the faith. I experienced this betrayal personally when, as an 18-year-old, I took my first philosophy class from a (tenured) Buddhist at a Jesuit university.
Anyway, the CNS has finally published a Guide to Choosing a Catholic College. Among all of the “Catholic” schools, which ones made the cut, according to the CNS? Here they are:
- Christendom College - Virginia
- College of St. Thomas More - Texas
- Franciscan U. of Steubenville - Ohio
- Magdalen College - NH
- University of Dallas - Texas
- U. of St. Thomas - Texas
- Ave Maria U. - Florida
- Holy Apostles - Connecticut
- JP the Great Catholic U. - CA
- Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy - Ontario
- Southern Catholic College - Georgia
- Wyoming Catholic College - Wyoming
- Aquinas College - Tennessee
- Belmont Abbey - NC
- Benedictine College - Kansas
- Catholic U. of America - DC
- DeSales U. - Pennsylvania
- Mount St. Mary’s - MD
- St. Gregory’s U. - OK
- Thomas More College of Liberal Arts - NH
