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1 national catolic register, september 9, 2012 Tis National Catolic Register resource is made possible troug te cooperation of bisops, college presidents, our benefactors and our advertisers. Tis year, 33 scools went on record in answer to tese questions: Text of te questionnaire we sent to Catolic colleges. 1. Did te president make te public profession of fait and take te Oat of Fidelity? 2. Is te majority of te board of trustees Catolic? 3. Is te majority of te faculty Catolic? 4. Do you publicly require all Catolic teology professors to ave te mandatum? 5. Did all Catolic teology professors take te Oat of Fidelity? 6. Do you provide daily Mass and posted times (at least weekly) for individual confession? 7. Do you exclude advocates of abortion, eutanasia, embryonic stem-cell researc or cloning as commencement speakers or recipients of onorary degrees? 8. Do you exclude sponsoring pro-abortion campus groups? 9. Do you exclude coed dorms? 10. Do your student ealt services exclude referrals to abortion businesses? C6 C6 C6 Aquinas College Te Augustine institute Ave MAria university Belmont Abbey College Benedictine College Te Catolic Distance University Te Catolic University of America Cristendom College College of SAINT Mary College of ST. Mary Magdalen desales University Fiser More COllege Franciscan University of Steubenville Holy apostles college and seminary HOLY CROSS COLLEGE Holy Spirit College Institute for te Psycological Sciences Pontifical jon Paul II institute for studies on marriage and family at te catolic university of america jon paul te great CATolic university Living WATer college of te arts mount st. mary s university our lady seat of wisdom academy redeemer pacific college St. Carles Borromeo Seminary Graduate Scool of TeologY st. gregory s university saint vincent college Tomas Aquinas College Te Tomas more college of liberal arts university of dallas university of mary university of St. Tomas wals university wyoming CATolic college poto illustration by melissa artog / source images sutterstock

2 NatioNal CatoliC RegisteR, september 9, 2012 ere are te 33 scools tat eac answered 10 questions about teir college s institutional standards and campus culture. a ceck mark indicates a positive answer to our Catolic identity question. scools comments explaining a No answer are included. Online at NCRegister.com / Resources Aquinas College 4210 arding pike Nasville, TN (615) ; toll-free (800) AquinasCollege.edu enrollment: *Mass and COnFessiOn Institution: Our new master s degree programs in teacer education and nursing education are based on strict Catolic and Dominican teacing and tradition. aquinas College is in te eart of Nasville and is te only four-year Catolic liberal arts college in middle and east Tennessee. Mass & Confession: Daily for bot. Te Augustine Institute 6061 s. syracuse Way greenwood Village, CO (303) AugustineInstitute.org enrollment: 264* n/a * ealt services Okay COuRTesy OF aquinas COllege Faculty: 100% Catolic faculty. Mandatum: required of te entire faculty. Mass and Confession: Daily Mass, individual spiritual direction and confession are all available and regularly attended or utilized. Clubs: We not only exclude proabortion groups; we do no external business wit groups tat promote practices in opposition to Curc teacings. Dorms: We do not directly provide dormitories. We do promote ouseolds, were many of our students coose to live togeter in eiter exclusively female or exclusively male communities. Healt: We do not provide ealt coverage, and we only promote practices in aderence wit Catolic Te Catolic Identity College Questionnaire offers objective questions about a university s Catolic identity. We designed te questionnaire so tat a YES answer reflects essential elements of te renewal of Catolic identity called for by Pope Jon Paul II s 1990 apostolic constitution on iger education, Ex Corde Ecclesiae (Out of te Heart of te Curc), its 2000 Application to te United States, canon law and oter relevant Curc documents. Te Institution n President s Oat: Canon 833: Te president of a Catolic university is personally bound to make a profession of fait, according to te formula approved by te Apostolic See, in te presence of te cancellor or diocesan bisop or a delegate at te beginning of te term of office. Te Profession of Fait and te Oat of Fidelity, Acta Apostolicae Sedis 1989: Te obligation of a special oat of fidelity as been extended to presidents of Catolic universities. n Catolic Board: U.S. Application: To te extent possible, te majority of te board of trustees sould be Catolics committed to te Curc. n Catolic Faculty: U.S. Application: Te university sould strive to recruit and appoint Catolics as professors so tat, to te extent possible, tose committed to te witness of te fait will constitute a majority of te faculty. n Mandatum Required: Canon 812: It is necessary tat Catolic teologians ave a mandatum from te diocesan bisop. Pope Jon Paul II (to American bisops, 2004): By teir very nature, Catolic colleges and universities are called to offer an institutional witness of fidelity to Crist and to is word as it comes to us from te Curc, a public witness expressed in te canonical requirement of te mandatum. teacings. We also take te extra step of only coosing business vendors tat do not support tese practices as well. Enrollment: Teological Master s program: Offering teological M.a. degrees bot on campus and troug video-distance education, te augustine Institute as become te sixtlargest Catolic master s program training people for ministry in te u.s. Ave Maria University 5050 ave Maria blvd. ave Maria, Fl Study in Australia Many students at Catolic colleges and universities in te U.S. are keen to study abroad especially in Australia, but were sould tey go? $300 - $400 Early Bird Special Available Contact Campion in te U.S. troug our representative Atena Study Abroad 73 Mill St, Suite B, Gaanna OH, USA 18669ABROAD To obtain your study in Australia kit, contact Campion in Sydney, Australia: or study@campion.edu.au Campion is Australia s first Catolic Liberal Arts College. Proud of its Catolic fait, it treats Cristianity seriously. Subjects in pilosopy, literature, istory and teology reflect courses studied in te U.S. Studying at Campion allows students to ave a full cultural experience te true meaning of study abroad - and subjects can be credited back to your degree in te United States. Campion sould be te coice of all Catolic study abroad students wising to come to Australia. Campion offers tree modes of study: A full degree (3 year Bacelor of Arts) for students wising to complete te wole degree.study Abroad (6 monts) Excange programs (one semester or more) Reasonably priced, fully accredited, and caring, Campion, located in Sydney, Australia offers personalized attention wit small class sizes. Campion College is te only Australian College listed in te Newman Guide. Questionnaire Sources (877) ave-univ ( ) AveMaria.edu enrollment: 970 (850 undergraduates; 120 graduate students) Belmont Abbey College 100 belmont-mount olly Rd. belmont, NC (888) BelmontAbbeyCollege.edu enrollment: 1,711 Benedictine College 1020 N. second st. atcison, ks (913) Benedictine.edu enrollment: 1,660 Catolic Distance University 120 e. Colonial wy. amilton, Va (888) , ext. 700 CDU.edu enrollment: 1,200 3 *MandatuM required 3 *teologians Oat * n/a Mass and COnFessiOn n/a speakers Vetted n/a unobjectionable CluBs n/a no COed dorms n/a ealt services Okay U.S. Application: Bot te university and te bisops, aware of te contributions made by teologians to Curc and academy, ave a rigt to expect tem to present autentic Catolic teacing. Catolic professors of te teological disciplines ave a corresponding duty to be faitful to te Curc s magisterium as te autoritative interpreter of sacred Scripture and sacred Tradition. U.S. Application: Catolic students ave a rigt to receive from a university instruction in autentic Catolic doctrine and practice, especially from teologians. Mandatum Text: I ereby declare my role and responsibility as a teacer of a teological discipline witin te full communion of te Curc. As a teacer of a teological discipline, terefore, I am committed to teac autentic Catolic doctrine and to refrain from putting fort as Catolic teacing anyting contrary to te Curc s magisterium. U.S. Application: If a particular professor lacks a mandatum and continues to teac a teological discipline, te university must determine wat furter action may be taken in accordance wit its own mission and statutes. n Teologians Oat: Canon 833: Catolic teologians are personally bound to make a profession of fait, according to te formula approved by te Apostolic See, in te presence of te university president if e is a priest, or te diocesan bisop or a delegate, at te beginning of teir term of office. Te Profession of Fait and te Oat of Fidelity, Acta Apostolicae Sedis 1989: Te obligation of a special oat of fidelity as been extended to Catolic teology professors. Campus Culture n Mass and Confession: U.S. Application: Mandatum Required & Teologians Oat: since our teology faculty are primarily adjunct, te mandatum is taken in te diocese of teir full-time employment. CDu is an online university. Te Catolic University of America 620 Micigan ave., Ne Wasington, DC (202) CUA.edu enrollment: 6,894 (3,633 undergraduates; 3,261 graduate students) -- *MandatuM required -- *teologians Oat -- *no COed dorms Mandatum Required: Catolic teologians must receive a canonical mission from te local bisop/cancellor tat obliges tem to teac in te name of te Curc it is different from te mandatum. Teologians Oat: Te Catolic faculty recite te profession of fait in te presence of and along wit te local bisop/cancellor and president at te opening Mass of eac academic year. Catolic faculty ave not been required to take te Oat of Fidelity because of te canonical mission/ niil obstat binding te ecclesiastical faculties. No Coed Dorms: starting in fall 2011, all fresmen except for students in te onors program moved into single-sex residence alls as part of a cange to Catolic university s ousing policy announced by president garvey. In fall 2012, all sopomores and fresmen will reside in single-sex residence alls. eventually, all students living on campus will be oused in single-sex residence alls. Currently, we ave bot single-sex residence alls as well as residence alls wit floors segregated by gender. Cristendom College 134 Cristendom Dr. Front Royal, Va (800) Cristendom.edu enrollment: 400 College of Saint Mary 7000 Mercy Rd. Omaa, Ne (402) CSM.edu enrollment: 1,050 Catolic students ave a rigt to be provided wit opportunities to practice te fait troug participation in Mass, te sacraments, religious devotions, and oter autentic forms of Catolic spirituality. Te university sall make provision for effective campus-ministry programs, including te celebration of te sacraments, especially te Eucarist and penance, oter liturgical celebrations, and opportunities for prayer and spiritual reflection. n Speakers Vetted: Te U.S. Bisops 2004 Catolics in Political Life : Catolic institutions sould not onor tose wo act in defiance of our fundamental moral principles. Tey sould not be given awards, onors or platforms tat would suggest support for teir actions. n Unobjectionable Clubs: U.S. Application: It is important for Catolic universities to implement in practical terms teir commitment to te essential elements of Catolic identity, including activities of officially recognized student and faculty organizations and associations. n No Coed Dorms: U.S. Application: It is important for Catolic universities to implement in practical terms teir commitment to te essential elements of Catolic identity, including te commitment to create a campus culture and environment tat is expressive and supportive of a Catolic way of life. n Healt Services Okay: U.S. Application: It is important for Catolic universities to implement in practical terms teir commitment to te essential elements of Catolic identity, including te commitment to provide ealt care in conformity wit te Curc s etical and religious teacing and directives. 3 *MandatuM required * 3 *no COed dorms 3 *ealt services Okay Mandatum Required: all teology faculty ave te mandatum. Dorms: as a women s college, we only ave residence alls for women. Healt Services: Our ealt service is provided by alegent ealt, te Catolic/luteran ealt system. College of St. Mary Magdalen 511 kearsarge Mountain Rd. Warner, N (603) Magdalen.edu enrollment: 76 3 TeOlOgIaNs OaT DeSales University 2755 station ave. Center Valley, pa (877) 4-Desales DeSales.edu enrollment: 2,468 (1,576 undergraduates) -- *CatOliC FaCulty Catolic Faculty: Te university does not ave tose statistics. COuRTesy OF Desales university continues on page c3

3 NatioNal CatoliC RegisteR, september 9, 2012 continuing page c2 list Fiser More College 3020 lubbock ave. Fort Wort, TX (817) FiserMore.edu enrollment: 22 full-time; 40 part-time Institution: Catolic identity lies at te eart of oly spirit College. Te graduate program now includes master s degrees in teological studies and teology. Living Water College of te Arts box 100 Derwent, alberta T0b 1C0 Canada (780) LivingWaterCollege.com enrollment: Varies by course * 3 TeOlOgIaNs OaT Being Catolic in te World Today Illiteracy is a great poverty... Institution: Te college recently added st. jon Fiser as co-patron wit st. Tomas More in its college name. oly Mass, every day, including sunday, is in te extraordinary form. Te scool calendar is in sync wit te liturgical calendar. Faculty, staff and students cant te Divine Office (terce) to begin eac day and sare a common midday meal following oly Mass. Te common midday meal includes a spiritual reading. academic and student life is ordered to obtain te means to know, love and serve god. Franciscan University of Steubenville 1235 university blvd. steubenville, O (800) Franciscan.edu enrollment: 2,490 Holy Apostles College and Seminary 33 prospect ill Rd. Cromwell, CT (860) HolyApostles.edu enrollment: 250 n/a no COed dorms Institution: Te mission of oly apostles College and seminary is to cultivate ordained, consecrated and lay Catolic leaders for te purpose of evangelization. Te bacelor of arts program offers a pilosopically based Catolic liberal arts degree for te purpose of graduate scool and life. Courses are offered on campus and troug distance learning. Holy Cross College state Rd. 933 N. Notre Dame, IN (574) HCC-nD.edu enrollment: 475 Holy Spirit College 4465 Nortside Dr. atlanta, ga (678) HolySpiritCollege.org enrollment: 18 full-time undergraduate students; 25 full-time graduate students; more tan 25 part-time students Institute for te Psycological Sciences 2001 jefferson Davis wy., suite 511 arlington, Va (703) IPSciences.edu enrollment: 82 n/a* no COed dorms n/a* ealt services Okay Institution: Ips now offers a variety of continuing education classes and timely online seminars for mentalealt practitioners, tose involved wit pastoral care, and anyone wit an interest in matters of fait and mental ealt. Dorms: Ips is a commuter campus. Healt Services: Ips does not provide ealt services. Pontifical Jon Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family at Te Catolic University of America 620 Micigan ave., Ne, Mcgivney all Wasington, DC (202) JonPaulII.edu enrollment: approximately 90 n/a *President s Oat n/a *MandatuM required n/a *teologians Oat 3 *Mass and COnFessiOn n/a no COed dorms n/a *ealt services Okay President s Oat, Mandatum Required, Teologians Oat: Te institute is a graduate, teological, pontifical institute (not a university) founded by pope jon paul II. Wit its central mission/goal of providing a compreensive understanding of marriage and family tat is faitful to te teacing of Catolic magisterial tradition, any institute faculty member is suc only because e or se upolds tis mission along wit an expertise e or se offers. all te institute s professors ave received approval from te local bisop and te Vatican s Congregation for Catolic education. Mass and Confession: an institute Mass is celebrated weekly; te many daily Masses and confession times at te adjacent basilica of te National srine of te Immaculate Conception are frequented; and te local abundance of priests for spiritual direction are sougt out easily troug te many local religious communities, te srine, te student body and faculty at te institute and Te Catolic university of america, etc. Healt Services: We offer a student ealt-insurance plan, but no ealt services (i.e., a student clinic). Jon Paul te Great Catolic University Old grove Rd., suite 200 san Diego, Ca (858) JPCatolic.com enrollment: 210 n/a * ealt services Okay COuRTesy OF INsTITuTe FOR Te psycological sciences Healt Services: We do not offer student ealt services. living Water College is working toward presenting its full tree-year, degree-granting program. Currently, we are offering sort courses wic contain te essential elements of te full program: te integration of art, fait and reason. COuRTesy OF MOuNT st. MaRy s university Mount St. Mary s University Old emmitsburg Rd. emmitsburg, MD (800) MSMary.edu enrollment: approximately 2,100 (1,680 undergraduates) 3 TeOlOgIaNs OaT -- *NO COeD DORMs Institution: Mount st. Mary s university is proudly and joyfully Catolic. We fully embrace te letter and spirit of Ex Corde Ecclesiae. Tis teacing is embodied in our governing documents. Dorms: In reference to our residence alls, students are divided by secured floors, wit women on one floor and men on anoter or tey are in separate, private apartments. additionally, we enforce a strong visitation policy werein students and guests are not allowed on opposite genders floors after midnigt on weekdays and after 2am on weekends. Tis policy allows te Mount to successfully develop students capable of living in an adult community wile practicing te igest moral standards. Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy p.o. box karol Wojtyla sq. barry s bay, Ontario k0j 1b0 Canada (613) SeatofWisdom.org enrollment: *MAnDAtUM RequIReD 3 TeOlOgIaNs OaT Mandatum Required: Our bisop as indicated tat e approves of our teologians teacing teology, is confident tat tey teac wit te mind of te Curc, and wises tem to continue doing so; and we are working to give tis a formal embodiment in te Canadian context. Redeemer Pacific College 7600 glover Rd. langley, bc, Canada V2y 1y1 (604) RPCollege.bc.ca enrollment: 80 3 TeOlOgIaNs OaT A round te world, many lack access to a quality education and te improved quality of life tat comes wit it. As Catolics, we know tat providing access to knowledge is an essential part of our legacy to te world and tat tere is no better gift to elp cange a life forever. But wit so many in need, were does one begin? Tere is a way to elp. We are Catolic Relief Services, te official international umanitarian agency of te Catolic community in te United States. Since 1943, in nearly 100 countries, we ve given people ope troug assistance were In Banjul, Te Gambia, CRS provides food support programs to Catolic scools, improving a cild s ability to learn and stay ealty. Giving ope to a world of need. POPE JOn Paul II, speaking to university EducatOrs, may 2003 it s needed most. And 94 cents of every dollar we spend goes directly to elp te people we serve. Rigt now, we re elping to provide an education to cildren wo migt oterwise ave none. And by supplying meals at scool, we re elping keep cildren in class and improving teir ability to learn so tey can cange teir lives and improve teir communities. Wit your elp, we can do even more. Te world is not beyond your reac. Togeter, we can make a great difference. Visit crs.org/world or call to learn more. Discover te Beauty of Trut for te rest of our lives we will be able to pursue te Tomas Aquinas College Great Books in te Ligt of Fait Danielle Couinard ( 14) Omaa, Nebraska PHOTO BY SEAN SPRAGUE Tomas Aquinas College California continues on page c4

4 NatioNal CatoliC RegisteR, september 9, 2012 te RegisteR is made possible by donations from its ReadeRs. Wyoming Catolic College A LEADER TODAY FOR THE LEADERS OF TOMORROW WYOMING CATHOLIC COLLEGE IS SEEKING A NEW PRESIDENT TO HELP ADVANCE ITS UNIQUE VISION OF CATHOLIC HIGHER EDUCATION. ARE YOU THAT LEADER? DO YOU KNOW THAT PERSON? AN EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY IS CALLING. WILL YOU ANSWER? POSITION PROFILE AND NOMINATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE AT IN THE BIG CITY continuing page c3 list N/a *NO COeD DORMs Dorms: RpC does not ave any dorms of its own, so all resident students live in te residence of our affiliate, Trinity Western university, Canada s premier Cristian liberal arts university. TWu as bot single-sex residence alls as well as residence alls in wic men and women are separated by eiter floor or wing. St. Carles Borromeo Seminary Graduate Scool of Teology 100 e. Wynnewood Rd. Wynnewood, pa (610) StudyCatolicteology.com enrollment: 480 3* MandatuM required Mandatum Required: Te graduate scool of Teology and program of Catolic studies teology professors (undergraduate and graduate) take te Oat of Fidelity and make te profession of fait publicly before te arcbisop and receive te mandatum. Institution: gst s mission focus is on implementing Ex Corde Ecclesiae and Fides et Ratio in te work of te New evangelization. St. Gregory s University 1900 W. Macartur st. sawnee, Ok (888) st-gregs StGregorys.edu enrollment: *TeOlOgIaNs OaT COuRTesy OF st. gregory s university Teologians Oat: Te local bisop as conferred te mandatum troug an interview wit proposed faculty members, conducted eiter by te bisop personally or by is appointed vicar general. Saint Vincent College 300 Fraser purcase Rd. latrobe, pa (724) StVincent.edu enrollment: 1, *president s OaT 3 TeOlOgIaNs OaT -- *NO COeD DORMs President s Oat: Te president is prepared to take te Oat of Fidelity at any time; owever, tis was not requested by te local bisop, wo did preside at te inauguration. Teologians Oat: Our teology professors wo teac in te seminary take te Oat of Fidelity, but tose teology professors wo teac only in te college are not required to take te oat, as stipulated by canon law. Dorms: students are segregated by floor or wing requiring card access, and we strictly enforce all visitation policies. Tomas Aquinas College 10,000 N. Ojai Rd. santa paula, Ca (805) tomasaquinas.edu enrollment: *MAnDAtUM RequIReD 3 TeOlOgIaNs OaT Mandatum Required: since our arcdiocese grants te mandatum only to tose wit a terminal degree in teology, we do publicly require it of suc faculty members. In addition, we require tat all Catolic faculty take te Oat of Fidelity and make a profession of fait. Te Tomas More College of Liberal Arts 6 Mancester st. Merrimack, N (603) tomasmorecollege.edu enrollment: 93 3 TeOlOgIaNs OaT University of Dallas 1845 e. Nortgate Dr. Irving, TX (972) UDallas.edu enrollment: 2,843 3 TeOlOgIaNs OaT -- NO COeD DORMs University of Mary We embrace Catolic life in a city of opportunity. Te University of St. Tomas, te only Catolic university in Houston, is a place were you can prepare for and find a career. Take a virtual tour today admissions@sttom.edu university Dr. bismarck, ND (800) CometoMary.edu enrollment: 3,084 * CaTOlIC FaCulTy 3 *MAnDAtUM RequIReD NO*TeOlOgIaNs OaT Houston s only Catolic University Founded by te Basilian Faters Located in te Museum District COuRTesy OF saint VINCeNT COllege continues on page c6 Are Tey Ready for Teir Journey? Have your cildren, grandcildren, godcildren, nieces or nepews eaded back to scool yet? 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5 NatioNal CatoliC RegisteR, september 9, 2012 C5 Affordable. Serious. Catolic. Te University of Mary as te most affordable, serious Catolic university in te nation, te university of mary offers a unique experience for students wo want to prepare for a future tat is grounded in fait and marked by service to oters. Faitfully Cristian Joyfully Catolic Gratefully Benedictine more tan 3,000 students 58 undergraduate majors 10 master s degrees 1 doctoral degree NCaa Division ii atletics Wit nearly 60 undergraduate majors, a Catolic Studies program, two vocations-based residence alls, and a flourising campus ministry program, students at te University of Mary are prepared to be leaders in teir fait, teir profession, and te world. Rome Campus: Te University of Mary offers an amazing study-abroad experience at te eart of te Curc. Tuition, room, and board rates are te same as on Mary s ome campus. CatoliC scolars program: Troug te support of generous donors, eligible graduates of Catolic ig scools nationwide receive free room and board at te University of Mary. Wit annual tuition of $13,600 and tese premiere programs, te University of Mary offers a serious Catolic education at an exceptional value. cometomary@umary.edu

6 Nat iona l Cat ol ic R egist er, sep t em ber 9, C6 continuing page c4 list Catolic Faculty: We do not presently ave complete data on te religious affiliation of our faculty members. Te majority of te university administration is composed of practicing Catolics. Mandatum Required: Teology professors ave been granted te mandatum personally by te local ordinary. Teologians Oat: We do not presently require teology professors to take te Oat of Fidelity. Dorms: Our residence alls are not coed. One of te residence alls does ost men and women in different corridors, wit secured dividers after visitation ours. We also ave two apartment buildings wit doors wic open directly to te outside. 3 TeOlOgIaNs OaT -- *NO COeD DORMs -- *NO COeD DORMs Dorms: Te university maintains living areas for undergraduate students. Tese include dormitory/residence rooms, coops and apartments. Only one dorm, but men and women are separated by floors and by wings Montrose blvd. ouston, TX (713) ; (800) (admissions) Sttom.edu enrollment: 3,234 Wyoming Catolic College p.o. box 750 lander, Wy (307) WyomingCatolicCollege.com enrollment: 124 Wals University 2020 e. Maple st. NW Nort Canton, O (800) Wals.edu enrollment: 2,963 University of St. Tomas Dorms: all dorms ave single-sex wings and/or floors. some residence alls ave four-person apartments tat are singlesex. 3 TeOlOgIaNs OaT 3Mass and CONFessION 3speakeRs VeTTeD 3uNObjeCTIONable Clubs 3NO COeD DORMs 3ealT services Okay 3pResIDeNT s OaT 3CaTOlIC board 3CaTOlIC FaCulTy 3MAnDAtUM RequIReD 3TeOlOgIaNs OaT COuRTesy OF WyOMINg CaTOlIC COllege Cristendom College is one of te best liberal arts colleges in America. - George Weigel Equip yourself wit a degree from Cristendom College. Become a Cristendom student... Experience rigorous academics tat teac you ow to tink and solve problems. Discover a Catolic formation tat makes you a well-rounded and etical person. Jon Curran 91 (Pilosopy) Supervisory Special Agent, FBI Micele Velasco 91 (Political Science) Vice President, Finance, Sirius XM Frank O Reilly 83 (History) CEO, Petrine Construction Katleen Gilbert 07 (Classics) US Bureau Cief at LifeSiteNews.com Bryan Hadro 04 (Pilosopy) Web Developer, ESPN Jesse Bata 02 (Political Science) Commercial Airline Pilot, SkyWest Emily Minick 10 (Political Science) Policy Assistant, US Senate Economic Committee Adrienne Alessandro 05 (Englis) Tecnical Writer, NASA Pil O Herron 00 (Pilosopy) Neuroscientist Erin MacEgan 07 (Teology) Registered Nurse Sean Kay 97 (Englis) Partner, PricewaterouseCoopers Mark Rolena 00 CEO, Catolic Carities Colorado Springs, CO Tomorrow s Leaders. Here Today. Front Royal, Virginia NE W C vis aree it c r D ri eve ste lo nd pm om en.ed t P u/ rog elp ram Cristendom elps sarpen analytical skills, wile immersing you in an amazing Catolic environment unlike tat at most oter scools in te country. Te goal of Cristendom's curriculum is te development of te entire person. My reasoning skills were oned. My ability to problem-solve and sift troug dense material to get tat important information ad greatly increased. My understanding of te bigger picture deepened, and te need to continually prioritize and order tings in my life developed. I left Cristendom wit a ric and abiding sense of moral and etical issues. Wat some of our alumni do: Become a Catolic leader... Tere is noting employers want more. Tere is noting te world needs more. cristendom.edu/leaders At Aquinas College, 8 Houses Will Soon Be Home Dominican-Run College Plans Oxford System by s t e v e W e at e R b e F or centuries, Oxford University in England as provided its students wit te option of living, eating and worsipping in residential colleges next to renowned scolars. In tat tradition, Aquinas College of Nasville, Tenn., plans to tie its expansion in enrollment and academic programming wit its first residences and a ouse system, were students will join togeter wit staff and faculty in spiritual and social communities. We want our students to experience te joy of just being togeter, explained Sister Mary Sara Galbrait, Aquinas president. Aquinas College is run by te Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia, an order tat still wears teir traditional abit and remains faitful to te teacings of te Curc. Like many oter faitful orders, tey are growing, wit 20 new postulants arriving at te Nasville moterouse annually; tey now number about 265. Teir average age is te mid-30s. Sister Mary Sara erself attended Aquinas in its formative years, in te early 1960s, wen it trained bot nurses and sisters to teac in Catolic scools across America (and now Canada and Australia). Wile working on er doctorate in istory at te University of Sydney, se learned about te ouse system. Wen te order brougt er back to Aquinas College, already in te midst of planning its expansion, se proposed te ouse system as an option for bot te students wo commute daily from Nasville and surrounding communities and tose, starting next year, wo will reside on campus. Communities, Not Buildings As te idea developed, it became clear tat tying te idea to pysical buildings, as at Oxford, would bot delay a good idea needed now and limit te number of ouses to tree very big ones. So te ouses will not be buildings, but eigt communities. Eac student will be assigned to one for is or er entire four-year stint. Residential and commuting students will participate in common meals, prayer, seminars and activities as part of te ouse system, said Sister Mary Sara. Staff and faculty are also being invited to join te ouses, and many ave responded entusiastically, tus providing bot parental figures and academic mentors in a more familial context tan te classroom or office. Te ouse members will plan teir own activities, but Sister Mary Sara empasized te aspect of worsipping, learning and playing togeter. How we use our leisure is a crucial part of living our fait, se said. Se BUILDING COMMUNITY. Dominican sister Mary sara galbrait, aquinas president, talks wit students wile on a walk on campus. Courtesy of Aquinas College foresees talent nigts and interouse competitions on te sports fields and elsewere. Toug its first residence will open to 30 students tis fall, Aquinas opes to ave tree new buildings operating by 2017 to accommodate its entire current enrollment of more tan 700. By tat time or soon tereafter, owever, te college opes to ave doubled its student body. Wit te residences and ouse system in place, te college opes to draw students from across te country. A fundraising campaign is well under way, wit $39 million as its goal. Franciscan U. Concept Sister Mary Sara points to Franciscan University of Steubenville, Oio, as anoter scool wit a ouse system. According to Tom Sofio, Franciscan s communications director, te program was instituted in 1974 by ten-president Fater Micael Scanlan. It was intended to address te pervasive loneliness and lack of direction e saw among te undergraduate students, said Sofio. He described te college fresman in a cinderblock dormitory as te loneliest person on eart. Out of some 2,000 Franciscan undergraduates, 935 belong to one of te scool s 23 men s or 23 women s fait ouseolds. Eac as its own patron saint, its own spiritual and social rules and cosen social service. Madonna of te Streets, for example, is a women s ouseold tat as cosen street counselling outside of abortion facilities as its social ministry. All members commit not only to communal worsip and prayer, but also to correct one anoter wen someone seems to be faltering in scoolwork or community life. Recent Steubenville grad Maggie Andreola joined te Regina Angelorum fait ouseold as soon as se arrived on campus four years ago because se wanted to ave te older sisters se never ad in er own family. Se and er sisters met at different times during te week for te Rosary, Mass, breakfast and for fellowsip. Andreola attributes muc of er spiritual growt at Franciscan to er fait ouseold. Wen I came ere, I didn t ave tat muc of my own spiritual relationsip wit Our Lord. I grew so muc. I don t tink I d be te person I am today witout te emotional leadersip, te spiritual leadersip and te psycological leadersip of my fait ouseold. Aquinas College is oping for te same results. Steve Weaterbe writes from Victoria, Britis Columbia. EXCELLENT. CELLENT AFFORDABLE. CATHOLIC admissions@avemaria.edu VISIT US TODAY!

7 NatioNal CatoliC RegisteR, september 9, 2012 Good Reads for te College-Bound College Guide Book Picks by KeRRy craw for d a n d patr icia a. craw for d Many young people will embark tis fall on a familiar rite of passage: starting college. Going off to college comes complete wit all te callenges tat leaving ome, studying ard and making new friends entail. It is also a time wen young Catolics need to consider ow tey will live out teir fait on campus. How will tey keep close to te sacraments? Were will tey find a paris community: te capel on teir Catolic campus or te Newman Center at te state university? How can tey stand firm in a place were values migt run counter to teir own? Te following books offer tangible elp for te big and little issues tat college students face addressing everyting from identifying teir life s vocation to practical tips for surviving wen Mom s not around to cook. Tese are great resources for tis exciting yet callenging transition. Catolic and College Bound: 5 Callenges and 5 Opportunities Written by george R. szews acta publications, pages, $5.95 Heading for college? Of course, tere will be tests. But tese tests, according to campus minister Fater George Szews, go beyond essay or multiple coice. Up for grabs: te practice and knowledge of your fait, your moral center, te quality and style of your life and your assumptions about family and friends. As college life unfolds, surprises await you. How will you respond? Tis slim book lays out a plan of action, starting wit claiming your Catolicism and growing in your fait. Never preacy and always encouraging, tis book is a must for any Catolic navigating te college experience. Letters to a Young Catolic Written by george Weigel basic books, pages, $14.95 Stuff matters, according to teologian George Weigel, for trut and love are revealed troug te tings of te world. And it is in te world te center of God s action were you discover is love tat satisfies. You also discover your vocation, tat unique someting tat only you can be and do. Weigel elps readers to understand teir Catolic fait in te world tat tey see, taste, ear, touc and feel. Te sacraments, wit teir outward signs, of course, but, also, Cartres Catedral, te grave of a young priest martyred in Poland, G.K. Cesterton s favorite pub, and te millions wo gater for World Yout Day are just a few of te toucstones Weigel introduces in is guided tour of te Catolic world. How to Stay Cristian in College Written by j. budziszewski T1nk, pages, $15.99 Going to college can be like moving to Mars, te autor writes. You find yourself in a foreign land, unfamiliar wit te inabitants, te geograpy and te culture. Spiritual snares abound. Sucking off your fait in God can seem as easy as slipping off your jacket. Budziszewski, a university professor, sould know. He deserted God in college, later accepted Crist, and, muc later, around te time tis book went to press, converted to Catolicism. His experiences and tose of te students e as mentored convince im tat it s possible to remain centered in Crist if you remember wose you are (not wo you are!). Dissecting ostile non-cristian worldviews and myts about love, politics and relationsips abounding on campus, te autor elps readers to find teir bearings and blessings in te collegiate landscape. Ask Me Anyting: Provocative Answers for College Students Written by j. budziszewski T1nk, pages, $15.99 Provocative questions deserve provocative answers. J. Budziszewski, writing as Professor Teopilus (Lover of God), does not disappoint. Teo, for sort, is te type of professor wo tackles te toug questions college students ask. To name a few: Wy wait until marriage to ave sex? Wat do I do wen professors attack my fait? Are tere any moral absolutes? Can war be justified? Te resulting stories tat e crafts fiction in te service of real life are rooted in te many questions te autor received wile writing earlier for Boundless, a Cristian webzine geared to young adults. YouCat (Yout Catecism of te Catolic Curc) edited by Cardinal Cristop scönborn Ignatius, pages, $19.95 Written for teens and young adults, endorsed by Pope Benedict, and launced on World Yout Day 2011, YouCat now ranks as te bestselling Catolic book in te world. Doctrine, sacraments, moral life and prayer and spirituality are explored in a lively Q-and-A format, supported by reinforcing quotes from te Bible and saints and references to te Catecism of te Catolic Curc. Tis Catecism will not make life easy, Pope Benedict warns in is foreword, because it will demand of you a new life. Te Gospel message always does. It is tat same message needed in te world today and on college campuses. Read it, study it, and sare it wit oters, te Holy Fater urges: You need to know wat you believe. Te Secrets of College Success Written by lynn F. jacobs and jeremy s. yman jossey-bass, pages, $15.95 Tis manual serves up more tan 600 practical tips to elp college students find teir way and, better yet, succeed academically. Using insider information, te autors bot college professors know wat is needed for tat acievement. Written in quick format (e.g., Te 14 Habits of Top College Students, 6 Tings You Didn t Know About Grading but Really Sould, Top 10 Time-Management Tips Wy It s Never Good to Procrastinate ), it is umorous, real and motivating. If you want to stand out in te crowd of nearly 20 million American undergraduate college students, tis book will elp you make te grade. Were s Mom Now Tat I Need Her? Surviving Away From Home Written by kent p. Frandsen, betty Rae Frandsen and katryn Frandsen aspen West publising, pages, $16.95 Students (or anyone) living on teir own for te first time, on or off campus, will find tis book full of elpful advice. Te autors cover all te basics. Cooking is covered: Tere are simple recipes and a place for you to record family favorites. Oter pointers cover cleaning, laundry, ouseold repairs and first aid. Mom says markers trougout te book igligt top tips. Wile muc of te content can be accessed troug te Internet, aving everyting in one andy volume as its advantages. Tis is a must-ave ow-to for students away from ome. Happy reading! And God bless you in your college career! Te Crawford sisters write from Pittsburg. by amy smit Iam a Jane Austen fan. I ave read er novels multiple times and enjoy watcing te movie adaptations. I took an Englis class in college titled Jane Austen. Tat was suc a great class rereading er novels, watcing movie clips and writing papers on te temes of eac of te books. I applaud tat er books reflect concepts of true love and virtue and fait someting tat is wort studying in college. Her writing as stood te test of time for good reason. For me, tese are six reasons to read Austen s novels, wit six lessons for Catolic college girls (tat also apply to college guys and everyone of all ages): C7 A Catolic College Girl s Guide to Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice s Lesson: People can cange. And love prompts good actions. Sense and Sensibility s Lesson: A balance of sense and sensibility is needed in love and life. Persuasion s Lesson: True love waits; love never fails (see 1 Corintians 13). Emma s Lesson: Mr. Knigtley is a true gentleman... and love elps people become better people. Mansfield Park s Lesson: Goodness always prevails. Nortanger Abbey s Lesson: Don t be so obsessed wit te latest fad so as to almost miss out on finding true love. Happy reading and studying, college students! Amy Smit is te Register s associate editor. 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8 C8 NatioNal CatoliC RegisteR, september 9, 2012 Deepen your knowledge of Catolicism CDU FILMMAKERS AT WORK. From left to rigt, co-producer Mckenna Daniel, director paul Duda and scriptwriter and assistant director Nick van liesout are ard at work auditioning actors for Project Callisto. Courtesy of Paul Duda Canging te Culture for Crist, 1 Film at a Time Jon Paul te Great University Students Put Morality in Movies by Josep pronecen Tere s nowere to run in space. A sci-fi triller sort film exploring te consequences of our coices. Tat s te teaser promoting Project Callisto (ProjectCallisto. com), a movie under way using te talents of aspiring filmmakers at Jon Paul te Great Catolic University in San Diego. Te film is te senior project for Paul Duda from Manassas, Va., wo is studying movie directing and production. Duda and is crew of more tan 20 fellow students ave entered te pre-production pase. Duda just finised raising te minimum $5,000 necessary for filming, wic begins at te scool tis fall quarter. Professional actors from Los Angeles will be ired. Duda describes two of te goals beind te project: We re attempting to promote Cristian truts troug te temes, and we re looking to break into te industry to actually make a difference. Te ultimate goal for imself and te crew is to get into te filmmaking industry and tell Catolic and Cristian truts in a way tat s marketable to everybody. Duda points out tat tis project is not an explicitly Catolic film, but it does focus on and address a universal trut: ow pride as consequences and is ultimately self-destructive. Obviously, tat s someting everybody can relate to, Catolic or not, e says. Tey can see ow pride can be a destructive force in teir lives. Te movie centers on te female captain of a spacesip wo tinks se can take care of everyting erself. Her pride gets er into a situation se can t get out of on er own, and te story poses te question: Will er pride lead to er demise? Duda explains wy e approaced te subject tis way: One of te main reasons we went wit a more universal trut is because it s our first major production. We wanted someting tat upolds our moral standards and at te same time doesn t pigeonole our careers and doesn t not allow us to work in Hollywood. Tis is an approac te college encourages, Duda says: to try to make films and tell stories tat are marketable so we re not just sitting on te outskirts and making tese films for Catolics only. In te words of te university s mission and core purpose, te scool works to impact our culture for Crist by forming creators and innovators, leaders and entrepreneurs at te intersections of communications media, business and teology, guided by te spiritual, moral and social teacings of Jesus Crist. Nick van Liesout, te scriptwriter and assistant director, is a junior majoring in film production and directing. He is looking forward to directing projects after graduation and to go werever God takes me. Te film s co-producer, McKenna Daniel, is an MBA graduate student wit a concentration in producing. At Benedictine College in Atcison, Kan., as an undergraduate, se studied mass communications and pilosopy. After graduation, se worked for a year wit Heroic Media, a fait-based prolife organization tat uses media to present ope-filled alternatives to abortion and tus build a culture of life. Because Hollywood is (potentially) te biggest megapone for our fait and witness worldwide, se decided to study at Jon Paul te Great. It s important to tell stories wit real eroes, Daniel believes. People in te movie teater can identify wit caracters and teir virtues, and tat s were people come away wit an impact on teir life. Dominic Iocco is te supervising professor and executive producer of te film. Iocco serves as Jon Paul te Great s provost. He teaces students tat audiences relate to movies in different ways, depending on approac. People came out asking temselves a simple question, e says of te animated film Finding Nemo. Am I a good dad? Tat, to me, is as effective as it could be for a paying audience. On te oter side, if Te Passion of te Crist came out every year tat scale, tat impact, tat well done tat would be a great ting, e adds. But tat s still only two ours out of everybody s life te entire year. We ad Te Passion and te wole world isn t converting because of tat movie. Tat s were Cristians get into trouble. We want to make a movie tat gets everybody to convert instantly. Iocco believes tat, ideally, a film sould present someting true and beautiful, sow people wat te trut is, and let trut stand for itself. Ten audience members own questioning can lead tem to conversion. Te job of te media is not to convert tem, but to start tem on tat process to seek te trut, e says. Tat s te great asset te movies can be. Tat approac seems to be wat Duda is after: to make movies tat entertain but also provoke tougt via strong moral temes. Te culture of Hollywood (is someting) many people see as depraved, e says, but to be Crist s ligt in tat darkness I would like to do tat. Josep Pronecen is te Register s staff writer. 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9 C9 D1 Nat iona l Cat ol ic R egist er, sep t em ber 9, Catolic Distance University Brings Teology Studies to Students Worldwide by J o s e p p R o n e c e n W at do a computer executive commuting to Belgium from Prague, a worker on a Mississippi River steamboat, a deacon in Wasington state, a omemaker in Virginia, soldiers in Iraq and Afganistan, and an average citizen in Australia ave in common? Tey re all graduates or current students at Catolic Distance University. Not one of tem ad to travel to te university s eadquarters in Hamilton, Va., 50 miles west of Wasington but tey take or ave taken te same classes taugt by major professors, interact wit eac oter, and grow dramatically in teir knowledge of te fait. Catolic Distance University is unique among institutions of iger learning. Founded in 1983 as te first catecetical institute in te United States to award te catecetical diploma and teac te Catolic fait toug distance education, it offers courses in print format and online. It makes suc perfect sense, says Marianne Evans Mount, CDU s president. Wen our Holy Fater specifically mentions tecnology as being part of te New Evangelization, wy not a university tat delivers very solid and inspiring education to te Curc and te world? In just one course taugt by Fater Bevil Bramwell of te Oblates of Mary Immaculate, wo is CDU s undergraduate dean and caplain, tere were students from Sout Africa, Hong Kong and Bagdad, as well as military personnel in Iraq and Afganistan. Courses focus on teacings of sacred Scripture, te living tradition of te Curc, te magisterium, wit an empasis on te Catecism and te documents of Vatican II. Among its programs, CDU offers a Bacelor of Arts in teology for students wit existing undergraduate credits, a Master of Arts in teology, a graduate certificate in sacred Scripture, a catecetical diploma, awarded by te autority of te Vatican s Congregation for te Clergy, and a ost of courses for tose not seeking degrees. CDU s newest degree is an online two-year associate s degree in liberal arts wit a concentration in Catolic studies. Wit a mutual agreement, Mount St. Mary s University (a College Guide scool) in Maryland accepts tis degree for students ONLINE CATHOLICISM. Catolic Distance university allows te faitful worldwide to learn about te fait for teir own personal study as well as to earn degrees. student Caty branly at graduation. Courtesy of Catolic Distance University applying to Mount St. Mary s. Past and present students come from all 50 states and 60 countries worldwide places like Cile, Cina, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pilippines, Taiwan, Tanzania and Trinidad. Closer to ome, in nortern Virginia, Caty Branly received er B.A. in teology from CDU and is now studying for er master s all online. We re aware of Te enormous TreasUre CaTolICIsm Is, and We re TryINg To put IT IN a CompleTe Form on Te WeB. Se went to a Catolic college in te 1970s, wic, oddly, did not offer a degree in teology. Later on, se wanted to study te fait. CDU became te perfect answer, given er military family was always on te move. In some places, you are completely isolated; tere s no place to go to get a degree in Catolic teology, Branly says. One of te strengts (wit CDU) is you can go to class no matter were you are at, any time of te day. Se as found great benefit in being able to review lectures again; se also as ample time to tink about answers before responding to a question from te professor or an observation from a fellow student. For weekly lectures, tere are PowerPoint presentations. Tey can be read, plus te narration is often delivered as an MP3 file to download and listen to as many times as students need to. Te convenience is a plus, but te quality is wat matters to te students. Te content of te courses is penomenal, Branly says. Every course is grounded in te magisterium and te Curc documents. You were constantly being referred back to te Catecism, and you were reading encyclicals, documents of Vatican II and te early Curc Faters. We re aware of te enormous treasure Catolicism is, Fater Branwell notes, and we re trying to put it in a complete form on te Web. Deacon Peter Flatley is grateful for te opportunity to learn more about is fait. He is retired as a colonel after 24 years in te Marines. Having settled on te Olympic Peninsula on Wasington s Pacific coast, I still felt a need to know more about my fait, recalls te deacon, wo as always been a practicing Catolic and attended Catolic institutions. But te closest Catolic college was 2 1/2 ours from im and didn t ave te ortodoxy I searced for, e says. Ten e found te perfect matc in CDU. Te good Lord in is divine Providence was putting everyting on te table and said: How can you resist? Here it is rigt now, Flatley recalls. I wanted to know te fait for myself and make sure if I was going to represent te Curc to anyone else, I was going to represent it accurately. St. Jerome said, Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Crist. I would say: Ignorance of te Catecism is ignorance of te Curc. From tat point on, I felt more confidence presenting and talking about te fait. He earned a master s degree, and e found someting else te deaconate. Te Lord enligtened me one step at a time, e says. Te more you learn of te fait, te more you love te fait. As President Mount adds, CDU 100% ands on te teacings of te Curc. At CDU, tey are going to get te trut. Concurs Fater Bramwell: We are representing wat te core of Catolic teology is. And creating Catolic community online. Tere is an online capel were students and faculty post prayer intentions. We recognize te power of tecnology to bring people togeter and sare teir knowledge and teir spiritual lives wit one anoter in a very controlled situation wit our online caplain, explains Mount. Tere is yet anoter strong partnersip tat is about to expand between CDU and EWTN. We go way back, says Mount. Te collaboration began years ago, wen CDU offered only printed correspondence courses. But because people enjoy watcing EWTN, te Register s parent company, te scool considered: Wy not give tem te opportunity to take a course based on content on EWTN? Mount recalls. Tat was someting we tougt was a great idea. Wit sows suc as Fater C. Jon McCloskey s series on Cardinal Jon Henry Newman, te scool and te TV network became partners in education as EWTN programming was incorporated into CDU s curriculum. Tis year te CDU Presents series is now broadcast weekly on EWTN Radio. Also tis year, EWTN s president and CEO and te Register s publiser, Micael Warsaw, was named to CDU s board of directors. Now we re exploring anoter possible way of using courses tat were developed, Mount says. One avenue is to ave EWTN programs available online. We tink EWTN is a great veicle for education, says Mount. By partnering wit tem, we can bring te ricness of te TV programming, wit te wonderful video programming from EWTN, and marry tat wit te wonderful systematic university education tat CDU offers. Looking at wat CDU is doing, Fater Bramwell empasizes: We re going to use te Internet well. We re going to use it for Catolicism. Josep Pronecen is te Register s staff writer. 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10 Nat iona l Cat ol ic R egist er, sep t em ber 9, C10 D2 Rams Quarterback Lives for Crist Including in College Kellen Clemens Looks Beyond Football for His Deepest Identity by t R e n t b e at t i e k ellen Clemens as been playing football as far back as e can remember. After learning te game from is fater on teir cattle ranc, e went on to set igscool records. At te University of Oregon, e set single-season passing records and ended is collegiate career as te scool s No. 3 man in bot passing yards and toucdowns. After being cosen in te second round of te 2006 NFL draft, Clemens as served as a backup quarterback for te New York Jets, Wasington Redskins and Houston Texans. He is in tat same position wit te St. Louis Rams for te 2012 season. Clemens explains tat te sport is someting e does, wile being Catolic is wo e is. How did you start playing football? My dad played in ig scool as a quarterback, and ten as a defensive back at Portland State. I learned all about football from im on our cattle ranc in souteastern Oregon. However, we didn t ave a Pop Warner League were I m from, so instead of playing on organized teams, I d play at recess wit my friends on te playground. Ten, in sevent grade, we jumped rigt into playing wit pads playing for real, you could say. I ve been playing real football ever since sevent grade. Wat are some of your top football memories? Playing football in ig scool was a lot of fun because I was at a small scool. Tat made it possible to play wit te same group of guys for four consecutive years. Eac year a class would graduate, and a new one would come in; but as far as my own class, we got to play togeter te wole way troug. Tat s far less likely to occur at a larger scool, were a class can be divided up among different-level teams, and ten one year someone migt get cut. At a small scool suc as te one I attended, it s more like a family of broters. We would practice, play games and even do off-season workouts togeter. We just enjoyed being around eac oter. Tat s someting tat matters more tan te actual game itself: te camaraderie formed among te guys. If you talk wit retired players about wat tey miss from teir playing days, tey ll tell you tey miss te teams tey were on and te relationsips tey formed, rater tan winloss records or awards. Te satisfaction of awards doesn t last. Tropies end up collecting dust, but te satisfaction of te relationsips does last. Wat is most difficult about playing professional football? Te fact tat it s a business. It s not te same as playing in ig scool, were you ave a family type of atmospere and coesion tat endures for a long period of time. Wile it still is possible to form lasting relationsips, it s more of a callenge. You can get cut or traded very quickly, so tere s less time to bond. You ave to mentally separate te game from te business aspect. On te one and, you enjoy te game, but on te oter and, you realize tere s te constant pressure to perform wit perfection. So many eyes are on you, and everyting you do is analyzed. Tere are certain expectations of you, and tis is due in part to te fact tat a lot of money canges ands between te fans and te owners, and ten between te owners and te players. Did you grow up in a devout family? I m a cradle Catolic, wit four sisters, and te fait was always an integral part of our lives. I went to confession, received oly Communion and was confirmed. We were taugt te difference between rigt 3:00 PM Messages 100% Dante Edit So excited! Just got accepted to te College of St. Mary Magdalen!! Nice! Are tey academically serious? Did Socrates wear a toga? Wo s Socrates? You know, I tink tey re still accepting applications... TeaM potograper NeWMaN lowrance and wrong and enjoyed te stability tat brings. We also benefited from being so close to nature on our family s cattle ranc. Tat encourages you to be umble and also to respect and work wit God s creation. Ten I left my small souteastern Oregon town of Burns to attend te University of Oregon in Eugene, wic is te second-largest city in te state. Tat was a big transition period, were I left almost everyting I ad previously known. Tere was a void tat needed to be filled, and it became very clear tat I ad a decision to make: I could eiter drop te fait and pursue oter tings, or I could lay claim to it and become te man God wants me to be. It would ave been easy to decide in favor of te first coice, because you don t ave your parents telling you wen to go to Mass. You re on your own and ave to make your own decisions about wat you ll pursue. Tat can be a callenge because tere are tings in college wic seem like fun on te surface but aren t in armony wit te dignity of te uman person and don t provide lasting appiness. I knew tat my relationsip wit Jesus Crist was more important tan anyting else in college. I made a conscious effort to deepen tat relationsip, in part by attending daily Mass. I really started to take te fait as my own, rater tan simply relying on oters to keep it going. Tat was a key time in my life, and I look back wit gratitude for te grace God gave me to make te rigt decision. Everyting else flows from tat decision of ow you respond to God s call. I knew being Catolic was important, but wat I ve come to realize more deeply since college is tat being Catolic means everyting to me. It s wat I am in my very essence. Football is someting I do, but being Catolic is wo I am. I m Catolic in my bones, in my blood owever you want to say it. Tat is a great way to describe it Catolic by blood since Jesus gives us is body and blood in every Mass we attend. One of my favorite passages in te Bible is from Jon 6: Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat te fles of te Son of man and drink is blood, you ave no life in you. He wo eats my fles and drinks my blood as eternal life, and I will raise im up on te last day. Jesus wants us to be completely united to im forever, and tis unity begins ere on eart, primarily troug te oly Eucarist. I like to expand my knowledge of te Mass, so one of te most recent books I ve read is 7 Secrets of te Eucarist by Vinny Flynn. Te first capter is about ow te Eucarist is alive. In oter words, te Eucarist is not just a symbol, but te very Person of Jesus Crist. Wen you get to know tat better, it really canges ow you see Mass and ow you receive Jesus in oly Communion. Oter tan your collegiate years, are tere specific times tat come to mind wen reflecting on your Catolic fait? Tere are so many good tings to tink about, but te first one tat comes to mind is from April of My wife, my daugter (wo was only 6 weeks old at te time) and I ad te onor of being at Pope Benedict s Mass in Wasington, D.C. We even got to sit rigt next to te aisle were e would be processing. On is way out after te Mass, Pope Benedict stopped and kissed our daugter, and e traced te sign of te cross on er foreead. Tat was a very special moment we ll always remember. Wat do you enjoy most about family life? I really enjoy being married. It s exactly wat I tougt of te sacrament as being wen I was younger. Academically Excellent Passionately Catolic T wo tings attracted me to Franciscan. First, te passionately Catolic atmospere and community: Te people ere are trying to be saints, and tat s an incredible ting to be a part of. Second, I knew Franciscan could elp me realize my dream of becoming a doctor. Te biology and cemistry programs are incredibly callenging. I ve ad to die to myself in order to meet te rigorous demands of te program. It s more tan wort it toug. On top of te coursework, I m also getting te cance to do researc wit my professors as part of te Franciscan Institute for World Healt. For me, tat researc includes an internsip at Abbott Laboratories in Cicago, were I get to work alongside a team doing Neglected Diseases researc. Tat s an opportunity few students from anywere get because internsips in te parmaceutical industry are so competitive. Wat really sets te sciences at Franciscan apart, owever, is tat God doesn t get left out of te classroom. I ve come to understand more fully wy I believe wat I believe, and I ve learned ow to stand firm in tat. For Catolics wo want to be doctors in tis day and age, tat s essential. Matt Home State: Illinois Major: Biology Know te Trut. Love te Fait. Transform te World. Te College of Saint Mary Magdalen magdalen.edu www. franciscan. edu Admits qualified students of any race, color, national and etnic origin, disability, and sex. Sometimes you can look aead in life and ten te reality can be a lot different from wat you expected, but wit marriage, it is exactly as good as I tougt it would be. Te Holy Family is our model, as far as ow to live our lives. Tat s really raising te bar, because Jesus, Mary and Josep are te ultimate in ow a family sould function. Te Holy Family is an image of te Trinity, wit Josep in te role of God te Fater, Mary in te role of te Holy Spirit, and Jesus actually being te Son. Tis is a beautiful ting to tink about and attempt to pattern your own family after. It s striving for tat perfect interaction of te Trinity. Tere s a lot of pressure in te business of football, so wen you come ome to your family, it s quite a relief. My kids (we now ave a son and a baby on te way) accept me unconditionally. Tey don t care ow well or badly I played tat day, or if I played at all. Tey just want a ug and to be told tey re loved. Family life puts te business of football in te proper perspective, in large part because of te simplicity of kids. We gave our son Micael as a middle name, after St. Micael te Arcangel. I ve always been appreciative of St. Micael s protective role in driving out Satan. Tat protection is someting I wanted to pass on to my firstborn son, so tat if anyting appens to me, e can be te guardian of te ome. I also appreciate St. Sebastian s patronage for atletes and Our Lady of Mount Carmel s patronage of te wole Curc. I wear a brown scapular in order to connect to tat patronage. Tis is an election year, so ow are you voting? You ave to vote for te candidate wo is most pro-life. Tat s te fundamental issue tat underlies everyting else. Witout life, tere are no oter issues to discuss. Some people say tat oter issues are just as important as being pro-life. Being for te poor is mentioned as one of tem. Well, wo is more poor tan a baby? Wo as less power to care for imself? Obviously, being pro-life is being for te poor. Trent Beattie writes from Seattle.

11 NatioNal CatoliC RegisteR, september 9, 2012 C11 D3 Bringing St. Augustine To te Big Screen Catolic Publiser Promotes Sponsored Screenings JOHN PAUL c a t o l i c u n i v e r s i t y by tim d R a K e ARLINGTON, Texas Te first feature-lengt motion picture on te life of St. Augustine ad its official U.S. premiere in Texas recently. Te official premiere of Restless Heart: Te Confessions of Augustine (RestlessHeartFilm. com) took place Aug. 29 at te Catolic Marketing Network Trade Sow, wic was eld in Arlington, Texas. Restless Heart, originally titled St. Augustine, was directed by award-winning Canadian director Cristian Duguay and was coproduced by Italian, German and Polis production companies. It originally aired as a two-part television program in Italy in American Catolic publiser Ignatius Press as repackaged te film and will not only be distributing te DVD in Nort America, but as also developed a program tat allows parises, organizations and individuals to bring te film to teaters in teir locale. For te past few years, Ignatius Press as worked wit European production companies to secure Nort American licenses to release saint films on DVD. Wen te company eard tat a film was being made about St. Augustine, it expressed interest in obtaining te Nort American rigts. We are trilled to bring Restless Heart to te big screen, said Mark Brumley, president of Ignatius Press. St. Augustine is one of te first doctors of te Curc. His story is inspiring and compelling, and is writings are among te most respected in te world, even today. We re doing tis on a bigger level because we understand te importance of films for impacting te culture in modern society and te importance of evangelizing troug te film medium, said Antony Ryan, director of marketing wit Ignatius Press. We decided tat if we were ever going to try to get tese films in teaters, tis was te perfect movie to do it wit. Te film draws largely from te Confessions of St. Augustine to tell is story. Unlike many saint films, it does not sy away from telling about is less-tan-saintly early life and is conflicts wit is moter, St. Monica. Born in Nort Africa, St. Augustine led a edonistic lifestyle and ignored te advice of is Cristian moter before is conversion and baptism in Milan, Italy, at te age of 33. His Confessions and te City of God are two of te Curc s great spiritual classics. Augustine was declared one of te first doctors of te Curc by Pope Boniface VIII in Te film as drawn praise from many wo ave seen it. Tis film brings te words of te Confessions to life by enabling us to more fully understand te relationsips and te culture tat saped Augustine and to better grasp is talents and ambitions, sins and struggles and, ultimately, is sanctity, said Cardinal Francis George, arcbisop of Cicago. Restless Heart draws us to appreciate te magnitude and te totality of Augustine s conversion of mind and eart. As te life and times of tis saint for all ages are beautifully re-created before our eyes, we understand better tan ever te danger of being in love wit love, te insatiable void of a life defined by secular pursuits, said Bisop Felipe Estévez of St. Augustine, Fla. Appealing to te restless eart in eac of us, tis film of fait and ope is sure to become a spiritual classic. Pope Benedict XVI saw a sortened version of te treeour film in September He praised te film for its depiction of man s searc for trut. Tis (is) te great ope tat it ends wit: We cannot find trut by ourselves, but te Trut, wic is a person (Crist), finds us, said Pope Benedict. We ope tat many wo watc tis inspiring uman drama will allow temselves to be found by te Trut and in return also find Love. As a young priest in 1953, te Pope wrote is doctoral tesis on St. Augustine s teacings, and is first papal encyclical Deus Caritas Est (God Is Love) owes muc to te tougt of St. Augustine. St. Augustine s message as remained, and, even as te world canges, tat message lives on because it is based on trut and guides carity, wic is our common destiny, said te Pope. According to Victor Pap, vice president of marketing and outreac wit te Maximus Group, a public-relations firm elping Ignatius promote te film, tere is widespread interest in te movie. Denver s Augustine Institute, a graduate scool for Scripture and teology, organized a screening on te feast of St. Augustine, Aug. 28. Te director was first inspired to make tis film because te Holy Fater ad lamented tat no one ad taken te really interiorly great people of istory and made films of teir lives, explained Tim Gray, president of te Augustine Institute. We wanted to ost a sowing because we re an institute for evangelization, and Augustine is our model. Said Ignatius Ryan, Tis is a tremendous opportunity to launc te Year of Fait and engage in te New Evangelization. Tim Drake is te Register s senior writer. Tis week s spotligt: Entrepreneurial Business Program Curriculum focuses on innovation and business creation On-campus launcpad empowers students to create companies Mentorsip from senior executives Extensive internsip opportunities Rigorous Liberal Arts Core in teology, Scripture, literature, art, and music Fait meets business innovation jpcatolic.com/impact Build te Culture of Life in America... wit every call! JOIN SIENNA, THE PRO-LIFE MOBILE PHONE COMPANY! 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12 D4 C12 NatioNal CatoliC RegisteR, september 9, 2012 paid advertisement Te Catolic Association welcomes Cardinal Dolan to Wasington, DC. courtesy of te Arcdiocese of New york Welcome Your Eminence and tank you and all te Seperds of te Catolic Curc for standing firm in defense of te flock. We applaud your leadersip to protect te freedom of religion and rigts of conscience of all Americans as ensrined in te First Amendment of te United States Constitution. We umbly ask all Catolics and people of fait to join us in prayer for our Country, our President, our Members of Congress, our Judiciary, and our Seperds of te Curc. May te Holy Spirit grant tem wisdom and grace to fulfill teir responsibilities wortily, morally, and in te interest of te common good. As Cardinal Dolan eloquently said, Te Catolic Curc defends religious liberty, including freedom of conscience, for everyone. TeCatolicAssociation.org