Providence College joins list of 21 'faithful Catholic colleges'

September 17, 2009

In its newly published second edition of The Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College, the Cardinal Newman Society has added Providence College to its list of faithful Catholic colleges in the United States. Founded in 1917, the Rhode Island college is administered by Dominican friars.

The 21 colleges now recommended by the Cardinal Newman Society are Aquinas College, Nashville, Tenn.; Ave Maria University, Ave Maria, Fla.; Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, N.C.; Benedictine College, Atchison, Kan.; the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.; Christendom College, Front Royal, Va.; the College of Saint Thomas More, Fort Worth, Tex.; DeSales University, Center Valley, Pa.; Franciscan University of Steubenville, Steubenville, Oh.; Holy Apostles College & Seminary, Cromwell, Conn.; John Paul the Great Catholic University, San Diego, Calif.; Magdalen College, Warner, N.H.; Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, Md.; Providence College, Providence, R.I.; St. Gregory’s University, Shawnee, Okla.; Southern Catholic College, Dawsonville, Ga.; Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, Calif.; the Thomas More College of Liberal Arts, Merrimack, N.H.; University of Dallas, Irving, Tex.; University of St. Thomas, Houston, Tex.; and Wyoming Catholic College, Lander, Wyo.

 

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Further information:

• New Guide Recommends Faithful Catholic Colleges (Cardinal Newman Society)
• [First] Newman Guide Profiles of Catholic Colleges Now Online (Cardinal Newman Society)