Conservative Roman Catholic Colleges?

<p>None are mentioned along with Harvard or Brown. Or even Georgetown And that might be a blessing.</p>

<p>I've heard many profs from Franciscan speaking on Pgh Christian radio, and they are outstanding, well-read, have perspective, and are biblically conservative. I've heard from others good things of Thomas More, but nothing firsthand. Showing my ignorance perhaps, but I'm unaware of Christendom being deemed a Catholic college. St. Vincent is a lovely, fine institution with good reputation among Catholics.</p>

<p>Mercyhurst, John Carroll, and Gannon are well regarded Catholic colleges in OH, PA.</p>

<p>Christendom is a staunchly Catholic college offering a superb liberal arts education.It is one of only four colleges in the U.S. refusing any federal financial assistance (the others being Hillsdale,Grove City,and Patrick Henry).The Newman Guide to Catholic Colleges calls it a joyfully Catholic college.The school is located in a beautiful setting by the Shennadoah River near front Royal,Va. An erudite,conservative student would thrive at Christendom.
Compare it with Thomas Aquinas College in California and University of Dallas.</p>

<p>Thanks! I stand edified and informed. Looking @ the Christendom site, looks to be a most interesting, attractive place.</p>

<p>If I understand correctly, both Seton Hall and Boston College are quite conservative.</p>

<p>My children have attended Franciscan for several years now as high school students and it is definitely a ProLife institution. In fact, I would say that prolife issues represent the main political interest on campus. The student body there is not really conservative, as a whole, except on the prolife front - and it is all encompassing there. There are great academics and my children have found the instruction to be superior. So, at Franciscan, you can be a social progressive, provided you are devoted to the prolife cause - and fit right in. Of course, the dorms are single gender, but there are still dances, dating, smoking, drinking, etc. I am not sure there are dances, etc. at either Christendom or at Ave Maria (could be wrong about that).</p>

<p>I would never EVER guess that Seton Hall or BC are conservative. Certainly most members of their student bodies are not.</p>

<p>I'm curious and ignorant...is there any campus where it's in vogue to be both a serious, non-dogmatic Catholic and embrace abortion?</p>

<p>Serious, non-dogmatic, pro abortion? Well, you could probably go to just about any state u and find likeminded folks. Even some of the less conservative Catholic schools would have a bunch of places reserved for such thinkers.</p>

<p>Yeah, but Bob Jones is definitely not Roman Catholic.</p>

<p>It's funny, when people say Catholic Colleges, I instantly think of Jesuit schools, i.e. Georgetown, Boston College, Fordham and Notre Dame (Which I know isn't technically Jesuit, but similar.) But I'm seeing what looks to be a pretty large divide between the 'Jesuit' colleges and the strictly 'Catholic' colleges.</p>

<p>Most Jesuit campuses are either explicitly or implicitly pro-choice. Sadly, goes back a long way when RFK needed a politically expedient platform to get himself elected to the US Senate from NY. The Kennedy's ...and Massachusetts in their haydays...were very Catholic, pro-life. Bobby changed all that, and it was Jesuit priests who blessed the whole thing, embracing pro-choice stance that Bobby might get elected in a pro-choice state. Lots of history on the private meetings they had, etc.</p>

<p>But the Jesuit campuses are effectively ...well Jesuit. I'd not call them Catholic, and definitely not "Christian." And the same could essentially be said for the Kennedy's. Guess who's the latest in line to want to rule Greater Manhattan?! She probly can't spell pro-life let alone explain or endorse it.</p>

<p>simpson could hardly be more correct ... Bob Jones is NOT Catholic! That made me smile.</p>

<p>Well, I certainly don't want to start a posting war, but I really think its unfair to judge a college on "how Catholic" it is. There are no degrees of Catholicism, there is Catholic and there is not Catholic, when you try and say that one college is less Catholic, or less Christian than another, you're really just saying that you disagree with it.</p>

<p>Conservative does not equate to "more Catholic", nor does liberal equate with Satanism, they're just political viewpoints, and while I do agree that an atmosphere like Georgetown's is definitely less spiritual than that of, say, Thomas Aquinas, I don't think that this makes one more valid than the other in terms of faith.</p>

<p>Ironic to be discussing the abortion topic relative to what is and is not instructed at various Catholic colleges as today we "celebrate" 36 years of the practice of killing innocent children in order that she may have a choice beyond should I engage or not ...</p>

<p>So what are 50 million+ lives, the oldest of which would just now be reaching the fruitful times of their adult lives, probably about the age many of their parents decided to "ice" them...</p>

<p>Of course there are degrees of Catholicism. I daresay that Nancy Pilosi's "version" of Catholicism comes nowhere near that of Benedict XVI. It's nowhere close to mine either.</p>

<p>On the other hand, you might be right. One is either Catholic, or not Catholic. My guess would be that Speaker Pilosi, despite her protestations (what word usage!), is under the "not."</p>

<p>We agree about Speaker Pilosi. I think her alleged catholicism (small "c" intended) is a sort of in the Adam & Eve camp ... "design your own faith that fits your fancies, feminism, fanaticism & fruit(s) ..." denomination. :eek: I believe it's called the "Original Sinners Club" ;)</p>

<p>I am going back a page to everyone's responses about TMLA, Christendom, FUS, and U of
D to thank you for the information. My son was accepted into all of them, but did not apply to TMLA... at least not yet. We are visiting FUS in a couple of weeks and will have to visit Christendom shortly thereafter. Son likes U of D but it is so far! I do think it is difficult to find an academically challenging school that has a strong Catholic identity. We looked at Georgetown last summer and he was not even interested in applying. The only mention of its' Catholic identity was to say the founder envisioned an "inclusive" environment. Then they showed us the slides of the LGBQT club.
If anyone has children who went to these schools and you have information that might be helpful, please post. Thanks!</p>

<p>since when is feminism anti-Catholic? :O</p>

<p>Well, w/ respect for those misguided by this secular perversion of God's orderly roles for his people, probably the last time we had a woman pope or priest and a man give birth.</p>

<p>And He doesn't care if we're Catholic, Christian, or just our culture's chronically "good person" ...society's efforts to reinvent little boys into little girls and vice versa is so sadly warped. And we wonder why our kids, families and marriages are so messed up ... Wonder no more, at least about a great many.</p>

<p>Hello,
I am interested in completing my undergraduate degree in theology or philosophy. I want to attend a conservative Roman Catholic program. Is anyone aware of Saint Joseph's of Maine Theology (on-line) program? How about the Catholic Distance University?</p>

<p>It may not fit your needs, but I understand Liberty has well-regarded programs of study in these @ amazingly reasonable cost using distance learning.</p>

<p>I have a question for everyone. I'm at a CC now, and have almost finished my first year, but I want to transfer to a Conservative Roman Catholic College, that has a good field for Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Information Technology. I really wanted to go to Ave Maria, but they don't have any fields for these. I would really appreciate ANY help you guys can offer! Thank you so much! God Bless!</p>

<p>I believe Dayton might have some of the programs of which you speak but I can't speak to their conservatism. Did you check out U of Dallas?</p>