Faithful college coming to New England to help spur Catholic revival in ‘secularized’ Northeast
December 5, 2018 (Cardinal Newman Society) — The Catholic Church in New England will soon have a new higher education option with the arrival of Thomas Aquinas College, a well-respected Great Books college in Santa Paula, California, that plans to begin classes next fall at its new branch campus in Northfield, Mass., pending approval from its accreditor.
It joins two other nearby colleges — Northeast Catholic College in
Warner, New Hampshire, and The Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in
Merrimack, New Hampshire — providing authentic Catholic education and
embracing faithful Catholic tradition, liturgy and culture in a region
where Catholics have struggled with clergy scandals and increasing
secularism. All three colleges are recommended in The Newman Guide for their strong Catholic identity.
“When Pope John Paul II made the case for the ‘new evangelization,’
he acknowledged that the faith has withered in many societies where it
was once dominant, such as our own,” said Philip Lawler, a Catholic
journalist and program director of the Center for the Restoration of
Christian Culture at Thomas More College.
“New England is ripe for this ‘new evangelization,’” Lawler believes.
“The pendulum has swung so very far in one direction — toward secular
materialism — that a reaction is inevitable. In the long run, people
will not accept an ideology that is so foreign to the intrinsic nature
of man.”
For four decades, Thomas More College has provided a traditional
Catholic liberal arts education and helped lead and inspire the renewal
of Catholic life in New England.
Likewise, Northeast Catholic College students enjoy a strong
Catholic, liberal arts education while serving the poor in the Boston
area or sharing the cultural and musical traditions of the Church. The
college’s president, Dr. George Harne, says the faculty and students
“are seeking to build bridges through liberal education and to be
faithful to our own calling.”
That, Harne says, is especially important in New England. He
describes it as “one of the most secularized, post-Christian parts of
the country,” where there is a “sense among those who live here that
‘we’ve tried Catholicism and it has failed.’”
Northeast Catholic and Thomas More invite Catholics to rediscover the
richness of the faith and intellectual heritage that laid the
foundation for New England values of religious freedom, individual
rights and social responsibility. Now Thomas Aquinas College will join
in the conversation, with its experience facing similar challenges of
secularism in California.
“Having a strong Catholic identity has been key to the College’s
success,” said Anne Forsythe, director of college relations. “That
identity can be found not only in our campus life and in the vibrant
spiritual life of our students and faculty, but also — and primarily —
in our academic program, which is ordered to theology, in particular the
works of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Church’s Universal Doctor.”
The College was donated the Northfield campus by the National
Christian Foundation, which considered more than 150 applicants. The
campus formerly housed a preparatory school and consists of 100 acres of
land and 20 buildings.
“We have heard from many alumni of the former Northfield school, who
have been praying for years that a solid Christian — and in some cases,
Catholic — school would rejuvenate their beloved campus,” Forsythe
continued. “So it appears very much that God has great things in store,
and Thomas Aquinas College is looking forward to becoming part of this
thriving community and to doing our part to help revitalize Christian
culture.”
Kelly Salomon is director of Newman Guide programs for The Cardinal Newman Society.
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OCTOBER 20, 2018
Collegium : if Schaefer announces that the old Mass will be offered and Magisterial documents will be interpreted with rational Feeneyism ( invisible people in 2018 are invisible) he may not get the academic accreditation . He also may may not get the mandatum from the bishops, to teach theology. Only irrational Cushingite theology is permitted since it is obligatory for the Left that a rupture with Tradition be created
https://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2018/10/collegium-if-schaefer-announces-that.html
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