- Feb 5, 2002
- 185,385
- 68,035
- Country
- United States
- Gender
- Female
- Faith
- Catholic
- Marital Status
- Married
- Politics
- US-Others
By and large, Catholic and non-Catholic students alike are looking for truth, 'something that’s permanent,' in a world that is deeply divided politically and otherwise
American college campuses are cloaked in the annual splendor of fall colors, and students are buckling down in a new semester. Amid the many diversions of campus life, Catholic chaplains say unexpectedly large numbers of students at universities across the country — including many secular institutions — are expressing interest in the Catholic faith.
It’s reached the point where many Newman Centers — named, of course, for the newest Doctor of the Church and patron saint of education, St. John Henry Newman — are almost overwhelmed by the response from young men and women on campus to their educational, recreational and sacramental offerings.
“We’re in a golden age of campus ministry right now,” Father Ryan Kaup, pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Church and Newman Centerat the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), told the Register.
“We so often focus on the negative, but there’s a lot of hope” on college campuses, he continued.
Continued below.
www.ncregister.com
American college campuses are cloaked in the annual splendor of fall colors, and students are buckling down in a new semester. Amid the many diversions of campus life, Catholic chaplains say unexpectedly large numbers of students at universities across the country — including many secular institutions — are expressing interest in the Catholic faith.
It’s reached the point where many Newman Centers — named, of course, for the newest Doctor of the Church and patron saint of education, St. John Henry Newman — are almost overwhelmed by the response from young men and women on campus to their educational, recreational and sacramental offerings.
“We’re in a golden age of campus ministry right now,” Father Ryan Kaup, pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Church and Newman Centerat the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), told the Register.
“We so often focus on the negative, but there’s a lot of hope” on college campuses, he continued.
Continued below.
‘Golden Age of Ministry’: College Newman Centers Report ‘Staggering’ Surge in Conversions
By and large, Catholic and non-Catholic students alike are looking for truth, 'something that’s permanent,' in a world that is deeply divided politically and otherwise.
