Impact culture for Christ
JP Catholic, inspired by Dr. Connolly's visit to Franciscan University, has a practical approach geared toward teaching students the technical and artistic skills necessary to create media projects — and the entrepreneurial skills to market them. The school graduates its second class on Sept. 11.
Ex Corde Ecclesiae: 20 years later
Legatus member Dr. David House says the state of Catholic colleges in the U.S. aren’t as good as they should be, but they’re a lot better than they were 20 years ago. Positive change, he says, is developing slowly like a glacier moving across the landscape.
Christendom comes of age
Christendom is planning a comprehensive 20-year master plan involving expansion of the chapel, athletic and fine arts facilities, a three-tiered piazza and two academic buildings.The first project is a cruciform Gothic structure enlarging the chapel and doubling the amount of seating.
Christians need not apply
This summer saw a string of incidents where both students and professors on secular campuses across the country were maligned for refusing to bend in their close-held religious beliefs. ADF's David French contends that the academy is so hostile to Judeo-Christian morality that it has completely shut out any discussion on the subject.
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Impact culture for Christ
Connolly was inspired to found a new university dedicated to changing the culture...
Ex Corde Ecclesiae: 20 years later
House reflects on the impact of John Paul II’s charge to Catholic colleges...
Christendom comes of age
Northern Virginia college builds on its faithful past and plans for future growth...
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Why share Legatus?
Unfortunately many Legates are reluctant to invite prospective members to Legatus...
Ex Corde Ecclesiae’s rough ride
Although many colleges have rejected Ex Corde, faithful colleges are growing . ....
Fighting the good fight
Mainstream thinking in the academy is that Christian morality has no place in education...
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Tackling lazy leader syndrome
Dave Durand argues that lazy leaders have an obligation to motivate their team despite their own personal struggles. Similarly, doctors have an obligation to give their patients the best advice — even if they’re not following the advice themselves. Priests, too, have an obligation to rail against sin despite the fact that every priest sins... [Read more of this article]
Civilization, culture and the free market
Ethikos president Dr. Paul J. Voss writes that the free market — which conforms to and upholds the dignity of the person and has created more wealth for more people than any other economic system in history — is not completely free. He contends that the free market depends on telling the truth; it depends on ethical behavior of the participants... [Read more of this article]
Dealing with society’s four crises
The Acton Institute’s Michael Miller writes that the world is going through crises of reason, truth, freedom and beauty. The current financial and moral crises in our culture are symptoms of the four greater crises. He argues that Pope Benedict has been addressing these four major crises throughout his pontificate — and that there is hope... [Read more of this article]
Read more from our Ethics Matters columnistsFrom the editor
Our annual focus on Catholic higher education brings some fascinating stories — Christendom plans for the future, JP Catholic takes on Hollywood, and we look at the impact of Ex Corde Ecclesiae, John Paul II’s document for Catholic colleges, 20 years after its publication.
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