The Idea of a Catholic College

For this inaugural post, I have chosen a title alluding to the Blessed John Henry Newman's ideas of a university and a photo of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, where a great school that was centered largely around the liturgies of the Church flourished in the 11th century.

Newman wrote about "the idea of a university" at a time when the universities of Europe had been larely secularized. This is certainly the case in America today. American Catholic colleges and universities today are largely built on unsustainable economic models; they are too costly for most to attend without either exorbitant loans or significant strains on family resources; and, sadly, too many of them have sacrificed their Catholic missions and identities in efforts to sustain enrollments.

Collegium sanctorum angelorum has been born to change all of this. In the few months of our short existance we have met with some enthusiastic support, some disbelief, some resistance, and with a few of the many ways that the devil will engage us to thwart our efforts to fulfill our mission. Even this, however, gives us encouragement: if our mission would not threaten the devil's grip on American culture - including in some ways the Church - he would not bother with us.

The website gives more detail about who we are and about our plans. This Blog will keep you up to date with our day-to-day progress. Stay tuned; stay alert; and share the link with everyone.

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