Universities with strong Catholic programs on campus

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Anonymous wrote:Georgetown, Notre Dame, and Holy Cross have most prestige among Catholic schools. ND is the most conservative of the three.

Catholics don't view Georgetown as Catholic.

Georgetown is a secular school that used to be Catholic. Look at their website and social media. Even Georgetown and the Jesuits running it would agree that Georgetown is no longer a Catholic school, but rather a secular school with a catholic history that is not part of their current identity.

this one Georgetown hating pp comes in on every single thread .....

I am the person you are quoting.

I actually think Georgetown is a great secular school.

It is just not even a lottle bit Catholic any more. In fact, it mostly hides and rejects its Catholic heritage.

My Catholic DC is a current undergraduate at GU. The Jesuits there stress interfaith dialogue and respect. At university ceremonies religion is frequently mentioned, but usually in the context of several religions, not just Catholicism.

My DC gets annoyed by her felllow students who sometimes rail against the school’s refusal to have an official pro choice group, birth control on campus etc. DC says that these students seem largely unaware that GU is a Catholic school.

That being said there is a large and very active Catholic student group on campus.

Georgetown students' personalities are sufficient birth control.

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Anonymous wrote:Georgetown, Notre Dame, and Holy Cross have most prestige among Catholic schools. ND is the most conservative of the three.

Catholics don't view Georgetown as Catholic.

Georgetown is a secular school that used to be Catholic. Look at their website and social media. Even Georgetown and the Jesuits running it would agree that Georgetown is no longer a Catholic school, but rather a secular school with a catholic history that is not part of their current identity.

this one Georgetown hating pp comes in on every single thread .....

I am the person you are quoting.

I actually think Georgetown is a great secular school.

It is just not even a lottle bit Catholic any more. In fact, it mostly hides and rejects its Catholic heritage.

My Catholic DC is a current undergraduate at GU. The Jesuits there stress interfaith dialogue and respect. At university ceremonies religion is frequently mentioned, but usually in the context of several religions, not just Catholicism.

My DC gets annoyed by her felllow students who sometimes rail against the school’s refusal to have an official pro choice group, birth control on campus etc. DC says that these students seem largely unaware that GU is a Catholic school.

That being said there is a large and very active Catholic student group on campus.

Georgetown students' personalities are sufficient birth control.

I don’t know any Georgetown students/alumni , but this made me LOL on a Monday morning.

[Anonymous]

The Newman Center at the University for Arizona worked for me.

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Newman Hall - Holy Spirit Parish is a very active Catholic parish and student center at UC Berkeley. The 9 PM Sunday candlelight services are very popular with students, and the timing doesn't interfere with the partying on Thurs-Fri-Sat nights (or the Sun morning hangovers)!

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Anonymous wrote:You could consider a college where there are FOCUS missionaries. There are currently over 200 colleges. www.focus.org

This.

+2

Awesome way to immediately connect with the like.

Our DC1 found their “home” and it made freshman year a snap!

(Family experience with Delaware, UVA, and WVU)

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I loved the Alibrandi Center at Syracuse! It was a time of great spiritual growth, because I was doing it on my own, without any parental input.

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Anonymous wrote:GMU seems to have a large and activate Catholic campus ministry.

Was just thinking this. I drive by their building (right next to campus) regularly. Plenty of churches in the area.

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Villanova, Holy Cross, Boston College?

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Anonymous wrote:Princeton has The Aquinas Institute. https://princetoncatholic.org My child loves the program. He has established a great group of loving and supportive friends. Also, I appreciate the events and socials throughout the year which brings students, their families, and alumni together.

My child likes like The Aquinas Institute better than our youth and young adult program at our family parish.

If Georgetown and ND are lottery tickets I don’t think Princeton is in the cards.

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Holy Cross and Boston College fit the bill.

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Among top 10 schools, Duke and Dartmouth have strong Catholic centers. For Catholic schools always admired Holy Cross - one step below ND.

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Anonymous wrote:You could consider a college where there are FOCUS missionaries. There are currently over 200 colleges. www.focus.org

Focus doesn’t seem like a Catholic program, more like a new nondenominational generic Christian evangelical thing. Can anyone clarify?

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Anonymous wrote:William and Mary has its own church. It used to be the town's Catholic Church, but it was given to the college when a larger church was built outside of town. Very strong Catholic community there. https://www.tribecatholic.org

+1 for the W&M suggestion

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St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish is a vibrant student center at the University of Arkansas flagship campus in Fayetteville, Ark.

Given that roughly 20% of the US population identifies as Catholic, many universities will have a robust Catholic student center.

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Anonymous wrote:You could consider a college where there are FOCUS missionaries. There are currently over 200 colleges. www.focus.org

Focus doesn’t seem like a Catholic program, more like a new nondenominational generic Christian evangelical thing. Can anyone clarify?

Different groups. The one mentioned in this thread is the Fellowship of Catholic University Students.