Faithful Catholic Colleges Or Colleges With Strong Catholic Presence/n

[beata_virgo_maria]

I don't post much on phatmass, but my sister is looking for college next year, and I don't know of many catholic colleges to recomend to her. Does anyone know of any faithful Catholic colleges /or colleges with a faithful/active Catholic newman center? I only have these so far. Any ideas would be great!

• Aquinas College (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Ave Maria College (Ypsilanti, Michigan)
• Ave Maria University (Naples, Florida)
• Belmont Abbey College (Belmont, North Carolina)
• Benedictine College (Atchison, Kansas)
• DeSales University (Center Valley, Pennsylvania)
• Franciscan University of Steubenville (Steubenville, Ohio)
• Magdalen College (Warner, New Hampshire)
• Our Lady of Corpus Christi (Corpus Christi, Texas)
• Our Lady of Holy Cross College (New Orleans, Louisiana)
• St. Gregory’s University (Shawnee, Oklahoma)
• University of Dallas (Irving, Texas)
• University of St. Thomas (Houston, Texas)




(edited to fix spelling mistake)

Edited October 5, 2006 by beata_virgo_maria

[Thy Geekdom Come]

Franciscan University doesn't have a Newman Center and I wouldn't recommend it unless your sister is charismatic and/or wants to become a catechist.

[IcePrincessKRS]

Christendom College in Front Royal is a very faithful liberal arts college (and if your sister decides to become a nun they will forgive any loans she takes out with them)... they do not have a Newman Center, though.

[beata_virgo_maria]

Thanks, I meant to say only a faithful newman center if the University wasn't Catholic. But, I am trying to find names of faithfull Catholic University's also.

[ardillacid]

University of Minnesota and University of North Dakota both have faithful Newman Centers

[FutureIHMNJ]

Immaculata University, Immaculata PA

[EcceNovaFacioOmni]

Ave Maria College in Michigan is no longer taking applications from what I understand. They are in the process of moving to Ave Maria University in Florida.

Really, you can find faithful Catholics almost anywhere. The local state university parish used to be liberal where I live and it was where the Neuman Center was based. What happened? Another, I presume more orthodox, Catholic club was founded on campus as an alternative.

[goldenchild17]

It's definitely not a Catholic school by any means, but University of Arizona has a good Newman Center and other Catholic groups. That's what my friends tell me anyways, I don't go to any of them myself.

[xTrishaxLynnx]

I like this thread... I'm looking to transfer to a Catholic college... I can't stand the community and state colleges around here.

There's also St. Joseph's College here in Maine, but I looked at it and personally I'm not interested in applying there.

I'm not sure what your sister is looking for, so maybe you can add it to your list. Here's the site [url="http://www.sjcme.edu/index.htm"]St. Joseph's[/url]

[hopeful1]

hey, i don't know if you were looking at any schools in Florida, but i'm at University of Central Florida and we have an awesome Catholic Campus Ministry. You're welcome to PM me about it if you're interested.

[xTrishaxLynnx]

I'm looking for a Catholic college with a good Psychology program, that possibly offers a program in Counseling as well.

[EcceNovaFacioOmni]

[quote name='xTrishaxLynnx' post='1084529' date='Oct 5 2006, 12:23 AM']
I'm looking for a Catholic college with a good Psychology program, that possibly offers a program in Counseling as well.
[/quote]
I actually met someone who wanted to do graduate school in counseling or something at Franciscan U. Apparantly you can study it from a Christian focus.







If your sister would like to join me, I'm at the University of Dayton (udayton.edu). Don't judge by the name, it's actually a Catholic school run by the Society of Mary. I am thinking about trying to transfer, however, to Notre Dame (nd.edu).

[xTrishaxLynnx]

[quote name='thedude' post='1084563' date='Oct 4 2006, 11:42 PM']
I actually met someone who wanted to do graduate school in counseling or something at Franciscan U. Apparantly you can study it from a Christian focus.
[/quote]


I've looked into Franciscan, I saw that they have a Psychology program... I'll have to look further into what they offer as far as Counseling. Sounds pretty sweet though.

[Eia]

Does anyone reading this thread attend University of Dallas? I live in the area and am seriously thinking of pursuing Masters-level studies there. I'm looking for the insider's perspective.

[xTrishaxLynnx]

An insider's point of view sounds like something that might help me... if anyone cares to share. I have considered Franciscan, though it was not the first college I thought of transferring to. I had heard a lot about another college I was looking at from a friend who goes there, but decided against that one because it didn't seem like they were as rooted in the faith. Franciscan seems like a great school, maybe I'm just being too hesitant about it?

[N/A Gone]

La Crosse has an amazing Newman center with a great priest. I even drive more than an hour on sunday to see him.

What does your sister wanna study?

[scardella]

[quote name='Revprodeji' post='1084666' date='Oct 5 2006, 01:53 AM']
What does your sister wanna study?
[/quote]

I think that's a very important question here... Some of these colleges have good reputations in some fields, but not as good in others. On an academic level (in my field), I probably could've done much better going elsewhere (I went to FUS, BS in Comp Sci). However, the Catholicism of FUS was so overwhelming that I couldn't say no. I think, though, that I knew I could handle myself when I got out into the field anyway, but I had difficulty finding a job afterward.

That said, I can recommend FUS and OLHCC from personal experience (at least in terms of Theology). I'm awfully tempted to apply to the master's program in Theology that just started at OLHCC. They've only got 3 theology profs, but I know two of them, and they are amazing. And FUS is FUS. It's simply amazing.

Edited October 5, 2006 by scardella

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='beata_virgo_maria' post='1084465' date='Oct 4 2006, 11:29 PM']
Thanks, I meant to say only a faithful newman center if the University wasn't Catholic. But, I am trying to find names of faithfull Catholic University's also.
[/quote]
The University of Nebraska in Lincoln and the University of Illinois (or is it Illinois University?) in Champagne-Urbana both have awesome Newman Centers.

Try to look for a place that has the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS), which is an amazing organization.

[url="http://www.focusonline.org/campuses.html"]http://www.focusonline.org/campuses.html[/url]

[rkwright]

Texas A&M has the second largest group of Catholic Students in the U.S. last I heard...

somewhere around 15,000. Extremely active parish.

[missionseeker]

Southern Catholic College is awesome. mostly. lol

the food isn't so grand and they don't offer a lot of majors yet but they do offer psychology, i'm not sure which concentrations and stuff but they do offer it.

www.southerncatholic.org

if you have any questions feel free to pm me.