<p>Whats the difference between going to a Jesuit Univeristy and attending Notre Dame a Roman Catholic University? Does a Roman Catholic university share different beliefs and what exactly seperates the two?</p>
<p>The Jesuits are a religious order within Roman Catholicism. That considered, Jesuits hold the same core beliefs as other Catholics.</p>
<p>However, Jesuit universities are criticized as being "less Catholic" than most Catholic universities. I attend a Jesuit high school, and yes, the Jesuits do have a rather liberal approach to Catholicism. Having visited multiple Jesuit universities, I can definitely say that none of them really pushed Catholicism very much.</p>
<p>Jesuit is RCC. Notre Dame is CSC - Congregation Sante Cruce, Congregation of Holy Cross. Both are teaching orders within the RCC. The stereotype of Jesuits is that they are more liberal than the RCC as a whole.</p>
<p>That being said, religion influences the grander concepts and goals of respective universities, but classes and such are pretty much independent of this, unless you take a class taught by a CSC priest.</p>
<p>Yeah...from what I've heard, most catholic universities don't push Roman Catholicism, though they will expect you to act in a manner respectful to all beliefs.</p>
<p>I believe that I read somewhere in the literature that Notre Dame sent us or on their website that the official view from ND is that part of our religion is challenging our beliefs in order to strengthen our faith.</p>
<p>And for the record, Jesuits are an order within the Roman Catholic Church.</p>
<p>"part of our religion is challenging our beliefs in order to strengthen our faith"
It is true. One of my philosophy professors spent two classes trying proving to us that Christianity can't be true. They wont force Catholicism on you in anyway, but they will help you develop your faith, whatever that faith is.</p>
<p>Notre Dame is a Catholic school run by the Congregation of the Holy Cross. The Jesuits (Society of Jesus) are a seperate order of priests, brothers, and members-in-formation.</p>
<p>Jesuit schools tend to not be hardcore Catholic. Then again, ND really isn't either. If you want hardcore Catholic, look in to Thomas Aquinas or Franciscan of Steubenville.</p>
<p>Something noteworthy is that ND's first year of studies was originally based on the Ratio Studiorum at Saint Louis University, a Jesuit school.</p>
<p>Dan, was that prof Gutting by chance? I had him my sophomore year and it sounds like him. ND is an interesting place, you get a lot of different viewpoints from very well-known scholars which is how it should be.</p>
<p>I don't think the OP is looking for hardcore Catholic but Ave Maria is also an option for that, though they are having some problems right now</p>
<p>No, It was David. I never could figure out if he actually believed what he was saying, or if he was just trying to give us another perspective.</p>