CACHE introductory brochure

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The Cardinal Newman Soc

Archbishop

RaymondBurke is

PrefectoftheSupremeTribunalofthe

Apostolic Signatura, the Catholic Churchs

highestcourtattheVatican.Priortohis

appointmenttothispostbyHisHoliness

PopeBenedictXVIin2008,Abp.Burke

servedasArchbishopofSaintLouisand

BishopofLaCrosse,Wis.Heisamember

oftheVaticansCongregationforBishops,

the Congregation for the Clergy and the

PonticalCouncilforLegislativeTexts,

and is President of the Commission of

AdvocatestotheVaticancourts.

IIProvidinginsightfulandvaluableanalysis

of critical issues and developments in higher

education, the Church and government that

impact Catholic colleges and universities.

IIIFosteringcollaborationandmutualsupport

among academic and religious leaders who are

committed to faithful, quality Catholic higher

education.

What We DoThe Center facilitates communication and

collaborationbetweenandamong

Church leaders and those administrators,

faculty and staff at Catholic colleges and

universities who are dedicated to strong

Catholic identity.

Weprovideanalysis,supportandadvicefor

those at Catholic colleges and universities

whoareworkingtopreserveorenhance

WhenfaithfulBelmontAbbeyCollegewastoldbythefederalgovernmentthatitwasguiltyofdiscriminationb

refusing to cover contraception in its employee health plans, The Center immediately recognized the danger an

sprangintoaction.Withindaysoftheruling,theCentercommissionedanalysesbylegalscholarsandinsuranc

expertsandpreparedbriengsforbishopsandCatholiccollegeadministratorswhowereshockedbythebraze

violationofBelmontAbbeysreligiousliberty.ThankstotheCenter,Catholiccollegeleadersandbishopsareno

awareoftheproblemsandhaveseveralpotentialsolutions.

theirinstitutionsdelitytotheMagisterium

and adherence to the principles ofEx corde

Ecclesiae.

Weproducetimely,expertreviewandanalysis of the most critical issues facing

Catholic colleges and universities.

Making a Difference

EcclesiasticalAdvisor


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The Cardinal Newman Society

Board of Advisors

Rev.LeonardKennedy,C.S.B.,Ph.D.FatherLeonardKennedyisformerPresidentofAssumptionCollegeoftheUniversityof

WindsorandSt.ThomasMoreCollegeoftheUniversityofSaskatchewan.Hepreviously

served as Director of the Center for Thomistic Studies and Dean of Philosophy at the

UniversityofSt.Thomas,Houston.

Hon.KennethWhitehead,Ph.D.KennethWhiteheadisformerU.S.AssistantSecretaryofEducationforPostsecondary

EducationandformerExecutiveVicePresidentofCatholicsUnitedfortheFaith.

HeservesontheBoardofDirectorsoftheFellowshipofCatholicScholarsandthe

Philosophy Education Society.

John Hittinger, Ph.D.John Hittinger is Professor of Philosophy in the Center for Thomistic Studies and

foundingDirectorofthePopeJohnPaulIIForumfortheChurchintheModernWorldattheUniversityofSt.Thomas,Houston.HepreviouslyservedastheuniversitysVice

President for Academic Affairs and as Academic Dean and Provost of St. Marys College in

OrchardLake,Michigan.

Rev.JosephKoterski,S.J.,S.T.L.,Ph.D.FatherJosephKoterskiisAssociateProfessorofPhilosophyatFordhamUniversityin

NewYorkandEditor-in-ChiefofInternational Philosophical Quarterly. He also serves

as President of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, the Apostleship of Prayer and the

InternationalSt.ThomasSociety.

Rev.Msgr.StuartSwetland,S.T.D.Msgr.StuartSwetlandholdstheArchbishopHarryFlynnChairofChristianEthicsatMount

St.MarysUniversityinEmmitsburg,Md.,wherehepreviouslyservedasVicePresident

forCatholicIdentityandMission.HeisalsoDirectorofPre-TheologyatMountSt.Marys

Seminary and served for more than a decade in Newman Center ministry. He is the

ExecutiveSecretaryfortheFellowshipofCatholicScholarsandwasnamedaPrelateof

HonorbyHisHolinessJohnPaulII.


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KimberlyShankman,Ph.D.St. Thomas Aquinas Fellow in Academic AffairsKimberlyShankmanisDeanoftheCollegeatBenedictineCollegeinAtchison,Kan.

A scholar in American political thought and constitutional law, she previously taught

atRiponCollegeandhasservedontheKansasStateAdvisoryCommitteetothe

UnitedStatesCommissiononCivilRights.SheistheauthorofCompromise and the

Constitution: The Political Thought of Henry Clay.In2010,Dr.Shankmanwillfocusher

workasaFellowonanalyzingcorecurriculaatCatholiccollegesanduniversities.

Anne Hendershott, Ph.D.

PopeJohnPaulIIFellowinStudentDevelopment AnneHendershottisProfessorofUrbanAffairsatKingsCollegeinNewYorkCity.She

waspreviouslyassociateprofessorattheUniversityofSanDiegofor15yearsandserved

as chairman of the Sociology Department. She is the author ofStatus Envy: The Politics

of Catholic Higher Education, The Politics of Abortion, The Politics of Deviance and

The Reluctant Caregivers: Learning to Care for a Loved One with Alzheimers.

Dr. Hendershotts research as a Fellow will focus on gender relations and students

behaviorsandbeliefsonCatholiccampuses.

Rev.D.PaulSullins,Ph.D.

St.IgnatiusofLoyolaFellowinCatholicIdentityFatherPaulSullinsisProfessorofSociologyandFellowoftheInstituteforPolicy

ResearchandCatholicStudiesatTheCatholicUniversityofAmericainWashington,D.C.

HeisalsoDirectoroftheSummerInstituteofCatholicSocialThought,co-sponsoredby

theSocietyofCatholicSocialScientistsandTheCenter.Heisco-editorofCatholic Social

Thought: American Refections on the Compendium and editor ofNow and Forever: The

Catholic University Student Prayer Book.FatherSullinsworkasaFellowwillexamine

measures and perceptions of Catholic identity and their impact on student recruitment,

enrollment and retention.

VeryRev.RichardDufeld,Cong.Orat.,M.A.(Oxon)

John Henry Cardinal Newman Distinguished Fellow

FatherRichardDufeldisActorfortheCauseoftheCanonizationofJohnHenryCardinalNewmanandProvostoftheOratoryofSaintPhillipNeriinBirmingham,England.

AfterleavingBirminghamtohelpestablishtheOxfordOratory,wherehewasordained

priestin1992,hereturnedtoBirminghamtoprepareforthebeaticationofCardinal

NewmanbyHisHolinessPopeBenedictXVIinSeptember2010.FatherDufeldswork

as Distinguished Fellow will focus on promoting the thought and legacy of Cardinal

Newman,particularlyonmattersofhighereducation,intheUnitedStates.

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The Cardinal Newman Society

Institutional MissionEmbracing the vision of faithful Catholic higher

education proposed by John Henry Cardinal

Newman, Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict

XVI, in full conformity to ExcordeEcclesiae

and other guidelines of the Vatican and the

U.S. bishops.

2010 Research Project: MeasuringCatholic Identity

Drawing upon the Catholic Churchs

guidelines for Catholic higher education,

an attempt to respond to the challenge

ofArchbishopMichaelMiller,CSB,former

SecretaryoftheVaticanCongregationfor

Catholic Education, who urged Catholic

college and university leaders to develop

measurablebenchmarkstoreviewtheir

success with regard to Catholic identity.

2010 Research Project: Catholic Identityand Student Enrollment

Analysis and recommendations of research

topics and methods to consider the impact of

a perceived strong Catholic identity on

student applications and enrollment at U.S.Catholiccollegesanduniversities.

2010 Research Project: ImplementationofEx corde Ecclesiae: 1990-2010

AreviewofU.S.effortstoimplement

the 1990 apostolic constitution on Catholic

universities, Ex corde Ecclesiae, upon the

constitutions 20th anniversary, with

attentiontoboththerenewalofCatholic

AdvancingtheRenewalof

Catholic Higher Education

2010IssueandResearchPriorities

identity in Catholic higher education and

shortcomingsinthebroadimplementation

ofsignicantportionsofboththeVaticans

guidelines.

2010 Research Project: The GrowingThreat to the Religious Liberty of Catholic

Institutions

Abroadlegalanalysisofthegrowing

legislative and regulatory threats to the

religiouslibertyofCatholicinstitutionswith

recommendations for positive actions that

theinstitutionsandChurchmighttaketo

protect Catholic identity.

Academic QualityStriving for an integrated education strongly

rooted in the liberal arts and the Catholic

intellectual tradition, and faithful to the

Magisterium of the Catholic Church.

2010 Research Project: Survey ofCore Requirements at Catholic Colleges andUniversities

A review and summary of current core

requirements for undergraduate students at

Catholic colleges and universities in the

U.S.,withanattempttocategorize

approaches and identify prevailing trends.

Evaluating Catholic Core Curricula

Anexplorationofhistoricaland

contemporary criteria for identifying an


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ideal core curriculum for a Catholic college

oruniversity.WhatisessentialtoCatholic

highereducation?Whatmakesacurriculum

stronger? How does a core curriculum relate

to the nature of Catholic higher education?

Student Life

Helping students encounter Christ in others

and in the world by deliberately fostering

intellectual, spiritual and social development

outside the classroom.

2010 Research Project: Sexual Health

Crisis on Campus

A review and summary of medical and social

sciencedataonthesexualbehaviorof

college students and its consequences.

2010 Research Project: Gender Relationson Catholic Campuses

Asociologicalanalysisofmale-female

relationships on Catholic college and

university campuses in light of Catholicteaching and the mission of Catholic

higher education.

2010 Research Project: Students SpiritualDevelopment at Faithful Catholic Colleges

Acomparisonofa2010CARAreportnding

that Catholic students decline in faith

practiceanddelityislargelythesame

atCatholicandnon-Catholiccollegesand

universities, to a new survey of students at

strongly faithful Catholic institutions.

Crafting Employee

Health Plans for

CatholicInstitutions

BehaviorandBeliefs

of Current andRecentStudentsat

Catholic Colleges

NewmansUniversity

in Todays Culture

CollegeAffordabilityandCatholicIdentity

ContraceptionMandatesandImmoral

Cooperation

TheEffectsofPornographyonIndividuals,

Marriage, Family and Community

Ex corde Ecclesiae: Echoes of Newmans

IdeaofaUniversity

Considering Catholic Honors and Platforms

Implicationsof

Mandatory

InsuranceCoverage

of Contraceptives

for Catholic

Colleges and

Universities

A Record of Accomplishment


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The Center and its program,

please contact:

DavidHouse,Ph.D.,ExecutiveDirector

9415WestStreetManassas,Virginia20110

703/895-1493

[email protected]

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