Conservative Roman Catholic Colleges?

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<p>College of the Holy Cross! Are you kidding me?! You actually think the College of the Holy Cross is conservative? Absolutely not! They were deemed to liberal and actually had to put interfaith seminars and hold more 'conservative programs' too make themselves look more religious and conservative. </p>

<p>On Oct. 24, 2007 a conference was held at the College that included seminars from Planned Parenthood and NARAL, two prominent supporters of abortion rights. The conference had been held at the college since 2000, but due to a higher profile resulting from an award being given to pro-choice Gov. Deval Patrick, alumni who found out about the event organized an effort to ask Fr. McFarland to cancel the event, and when he refused, asked Worcester Bishop McManus to demand College President Fr. McFarland to revoke the contract. Bishop McManus wrote a public letter asking Fr. McFarland to cancel the event, and threatened to remove the Catholic status of the College if the event was not cancelled. Catholic Bishops can determine whether colleges in their diocese can call themselves Catholic, even though the direct chain of authority often no longer reports directly to Church authority as outlined in Catholic apostolic constitution "Ex Corde Ecclesiae" released in August 1990. Bishop McManus has not yet followed through on his threat to remove the Catholic name from the college.</p>

<p>Liberal alumnis include Chris Mathews and Jon Favereau (Obama's speech writer)</p>

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<p>To the OP Ava87,
Ursuline College might be a possibility for you.
Ursuline</a> College: Quick Facts</p>

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<p>Run by the Sisters of the Holy Cross -- excellent education, pro-women, tied heavily to its Catholic roots. It is not a Christendom college, but it is a spiritually rewarding and academically strong college for Catholic women.</p>

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<p>This isn’t exactly on topic, but, in reguards to Thomas Aquinas College, because it is a conservative Catholic school, does anyone know if you must be Catholic to attend? I am conservative Christian and love the ideas and teaching style of Thomas Aquinas, but i am unsure about the atmosphere, or if they would want me.</p>

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<p>sashimigrl - Thomas Aquinas doesn’t require you to be Catholic. There are many international students, and although the vast majority of students there are orthodox Catholics, there aren’t any harsh feelings toward non-Catholics. It’s a wonderful and eye-opening education no matter what your religious affiliation. :)</p>

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<p>Spring Hill College is NOT CONSERVATIVE OR TRADITIONAL. Having known many students, teachers and priests from the school–I have to warn any Conservative or Traditional Catholic Parent. </p>

<p>Spring Hill College is CINO or Catholic In Name Only School. The grounds and buildings are pretty and the college is older but so is Notre Dame and Loyola in New Orleans.</p>

<p>Spring Hill is a kind of little country club for the rich kids who could not get into Notre Dame or Catholic University of America.</p>

<p>If you want to spend 20,000 dollars a year and subject your son or daughter to a party atmosphere with rich kids who don’t even attend the daily Mass on campus held at noon everyday–then go ahead and send your child here.</p>

<p>But, if you really want your child to be around Traditional Catholics who are MOTIVATED about Christ and the Catholic Church as something more than a pedigree to wield against others—THEN SEND YOU MONEY AND CHILD TO AVE MARIA UNIVERSITY IN BEAUTIFUL SOUTH FLORIDA.</p>

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<p>University of Dayton!
It is a jesuit school.
They are really enthusiastic about service in the community and in the world.
Many mass options throughout the week.
The campus is gorgeous.
Programs are great! (esp. business)</p>

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Pretty disgraceful comment. A Catholic school doesn’t have to be extremely socially conservative. A look at the Catholic religion yields a focus on Social Justice (Glenn Beck: “Code word for Socialism! No one should go to churches that preach social justice!”) and helping the poor, which do not always match up to conservative views.</p>

<p>Oh, and someone mentioned Catholic University of America as conservative, but I didn’t really get that impression. A lot of students there seemed to be Social Justice oriented. Also, there were quite a few gay male students (attracted by the theater program), and everyone seems okay with this.</p>

<p>And remember, Jesus was of the poor, for the poor, against the rich. Anyway, this thread is pretty old, so I hope, for the OP’s sake, that she found a school that fit her beliefs. And I hope that people who made comments like the one above realized that they didn’t have to put down members of their own faith who don’t share their political beliefs.</p>

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<p>Dayton isn’t Jesuit. There are only 28 Jesuit colleges in the country… <a href=“http://www.ajcunet.edu/Member-Institutions[/url]”>http://www.ajcunet.edu/Member-Institutions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Susan Sarandon went to Catholic U., so it spawned at least one super-liberal.</p>

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<p>Dayton is NOT a Jesuit College. Never has been and never will be. There are 28 Jesuit Colleges. Dayton is not one of them.</p>

<p>Dayton is run by the Marianist Order. It is a fairly conservative school, however. </p>

<p>The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities is at [Association</a> of Jesuit Colleges and Universities](<a href=“http://www.ajcunet.edu%5DAssociation”>http://www.ajcunet.edu) and members are at : [Member</a> Institutions](<a href=“http://www.ajcunet.edu/Member-Institutions]Member”>http://www.ajcunet.edu/Member-Institutions)</p>

<p>The members are alphabetically:</p>

<p>Boston College
Canisius
College of Holy Cross
Creighton
Fairfield
Fordham
Georgetown
Gonzaga
John Carroll
LeMoyne
Loyola Chicago
Loyola Maryland
Loyola Marymount
Loyola New Orleans
Marquette
Regis
Rockhurst
St. Joes
Saint Louis Univ.
St. Peter College
Santa Clara Univ.
Seattle Univ.
Spring Hill College-Alabama
Univ. Detroit Mercy
USF
Scranton
Wheeling Jesuit
Xavier University-Cincinnati.</p>

<p>Jesuit colleges on average are not conservative. The Jesuit Order is also sort of divided. Some Jesuits are conservative and some are rather liberal. But there are conservative Jesuit colleges…relative to the other Jesuit colleges. </p>

<p>Notable liberal Jesuit colleges are Holy Cross, Boston College, Georgetown, All the West Coast Jesuit schools.</p>

<p>The more conservative (or middle of the road) Jesuits are Fordham, Fairfield, St. Joes, Scranton, Saint Louis, Marquette, Creighton, Loyola Maryland and Chicago. I have heard that Spring Hill in Mobile Alabama is a conservative Catholic College. Its Jesuit.</p>

<p>You can find liberal faculty anywhere. The student body may be more liberal or more conservative depending on where you go.</p>

<p>Christendom College in Virginia is a respected up and coming, highly selective conservative catholic college. Its also very small. Its not Jesuit. </p>

<p>Franciscan University of Steubenville Ohio is conservative. Its franciscan.</p>

<p>Villanova is run by the Augustinian Order and is generally more conservative than not.</p>

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<p>BillyMc:</p>

<p>I know Glenn Beck rants about Social Justice. Its something that is very bizarre coming from him. He came from a horrific broken family and but for “social justice” and him finding God in the Mormon religion (a fallen away Catholic by the way…so he has an issue with Catholics and the Mormons in general are VERY anti catholic in what they preach in their temples) he wouldnt be where he is today. Further, the Mormon Church is structured as a fundamentally social justice oriented church with mandated tithing and requires ALL mormons to lend a helping hand to any other mormon in financial or spiritual distress. They run their church almost like a jewish kibbutz. Fact. Oddly, Beck has a kid at Fordham Lincoln Center in New York. Fordham is very much into social justice. </p>

<p>My kid is at Fordham. My kid is conservative politically, and doesnt like Glenn Beck. My kid is into social justice inside the Church and in non profits. So being into Social Justice doesnt mean you are a liberal person at all. It means you have a heart and want to help people. </p>

<p>Catholic University is more doctrinal than some other catholic colleges,particularly in teaching theology. But you are correct its not overtly conservative in faculty or student body. I classify it as middle of the road. You can find what you want there: either liberal faculty with strong views or conservative faculty with strong views.</p>

<p>I am conservative on many issues, but not all issues. When Beck starts ranting about Social Justice I turn off the television or change the channel.</p>

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<p>As a liberal Catholic (yes, Virginia, liberal Catholics exist), I just don’t think Scott Hahn, a very conservative Catholic theologian, is the fourth person of the Holy Trinity … like the way he is treated at Steubenville.</p>

<p>I remember pre-charismatic Steubenville … it was seen as school for students who couldn’t get into Dayton or Duquesne or John Carroll or St. Vincent’s or St. Francis of Loretto.</p>

<p>The originial poster might want to check into St. Vincent’s, which is about 50 east of Pittsburgh. With the exception of Steubenville, it is the most conservative Catholic school in the western Pennsylvania/eastern Ohio/northern West Virginia region. It has a first rate science program and a very strong academic program.</p>

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<p>Actually, a Catholic school is in alignment with the Church. Therefore, institutionally, it must be the modern idea of socially conservative, even if this has no effect on campus (e.g., they focus on other things).</p>

<p>But a Catholic university cannot both call themselves Catholic and allow abortions on campus, distribute contraception, etc. </p>

<p>I don’t think any Catholics on this thread would have a big problem with someone who is in line with the faith but has different beliefs elsewhere. Unfortunately, many people/colleges can’t even manage to follow Catholicism at a basic level. So…</p>

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<p>OOPS meant marianist, as i read all of the posts about jesuit schools i fell to word association. But my point was to say that it is still a very catholic school.</p>

<p>And although “conservative” can mean sticking strictly to the catholic faith, the catholic faith does not necessarily match up with political conservative values. (I would argue that the faith would advocate for helping those in need by giving up some of your own income (medicare etc). ) This is not exactly the most conservative ideal.</p>

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<p>Absolutely. But on hot-button issues like abortion, euthanasia, gay marriage, human cloning, etc., the Catholic perspective would be considered conservative. Fiscally, it might even be liberal.</p>

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<p>“Aren’t all Roman Catholic Colleges conservative!?”</p>

<p>No. The Jesuit schools are very different from other Catholic universities, which in turn are much more liberal than your Christian universities.</p>

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<p>Christendom College, University of Dallas, Ave Maria University, University of St. Thomas (Houston)</p>

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<p>I saw a post that said they are “middle of the road”, but we can’t find any other conservative Catholic colleges with engineering programs.</p>

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<p>University of St. Thomas in Minnesota may be of interest to you. Also look at the Loyola schools (various versions). Also, Boston College, ND and Georgetown are sort-of the flagship catholic universities in the U.S.</p>

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<p>I would certainly not call BC, ND, and Georgetown “conservative” Catholic colleges – nor are most of the Loyola (= Jesuit) schools. In fact, they tend to be among the most liberal of the Catholic colleges/universities.</p>