Latest from the Newman Society

College-Bound? Try These Catholic Summer Programs

What better way for a high school student to spend a week or two this summer, than to enjoy a fun and spiritual program at a Newman Guide Recommended college! A faithful Catholic education can prepare students not only for a career, but also for life. Whether or not you […]

Photos: Newman Guide Schools are Pro-Life

It’s natural for faithful Catholic schools to treasure and celebrate life! That’s especially true at the schools recommended in The Newman Guide, which are proudly pro-life.   The Newman Guide recognizes model Catholic schools that provide students a strong Catholic formation and have policies clearly rooted in Catholic teaching. These […]

A Sign of Hope: Newman Guide Colleges March for Life

The faithful Catholic colleges recommended in The Newman Guide will be well-represented at the annual March for Life on Friday, January 24, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Students, presidents, and faculty and staff members from these institutions will peacefully march and pray for an end to abortion in our country. In […]

Family of Pro-Life Leaders Formed at Newman Guide College

How can we build a pro-life culture in America? The faithful Catholic schools and colleges recommended in The Newman Guide are critical to the success of pro-life efforts. Through Newman Guide education, students are taught about the value of all human life, from conception to natural death. They learn that […]

Newman Guide Scholarship Contest Invites Applications

LINK TO PRESS RELEASE The Cardinal Newman Society’s Ninth Annual Scholarship Contest seeks to award one lucky recipient a potential $20,000 off college tuition at a Newman Guide Recommended college and is expanding the contest to include Catholic high school juniors and seniors this year. Applications are due by February […]

Rosary College Recommended in The Newman Guide

A growing Catholic community in Greenville, S.C., enjoys vibrant parishes with beautiful liturgies, faithful Catholic schools, and homeschool programs. Now there’s one more reason for Catholic families to love Greenville: Rosary College.   Rosary College opened in the fall of 2024, welcomed its first class of 20 students, and is […]

A Growing Light in the Darkness: Newman Guide Colleges Increase in 2024-25

LINK TO PRESS RELEASE Not only do the colleges recommended in The Newman Guide share a common mission of faithful Catholic education, but they also share enormous enrollment growth, with several breaking records this fall. And the number of Newman Guide Recommended colleges is growing, too! This would be great […]

Two New Colleges Recommended in The Newman Guide

Two new colleges, The College of St. Joseph the Worker in Steubenville, Ohio, and the Catholic Institute of Technology in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, are now provisionally recommended in The Newman Guide for their strong Catholic identity. Once these institutions have graduated a first class, they will have the opportunity to […]

Catholic Radio Host Big Proponent of Newman Guide Education

In the early centuries, Catholic monasteries were the hubs of cultural transformation, and communities were built around them. Today, Dr. Marcus Peter argues that it’s faithful Catholic colleges that are the new hubs transforming the culture. At Newman Guide Recommended colleges, the “sacramental life and Catholic intellectual tradition form the […]

Newman Guide Virtual College Fair

High school students, parents, and Catholic educators are invited to register now for The Newman Guide Virtual College Fair, presented in partnership with Kolbe Academy, Wednesday, October 9, 2024. “Live” sessions will run from 1:00 p.m.-3: 00 p.m. ET, as well as 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. ET. Registration is free and […]

Marriages, Religious Vocations Fostered at Newman Guide Colleges

While Catholic marriages and religious vocations are declining in the United States, Newman Guide Recommended colleges are bucking this trend. Catholic families should seek out these faithful colleges where students are prepared not only for career but also for vocation—including marriage, single life, the priesthood, and religious life.  Forming husbands […]

2024 Scholarship Winner: Newman Guide College ‘Final Piece’ in Catholic Formation

This year’s winner of The Cardinal Newman Society’s $5,000 scholarship to a Newman Guide Recommended college sees faithful Catholic college education as a critical “final piece” in his lifelong Catholic formation. “Our journey in Catholic formation mirrors the complexity of a puzzle coming together,” writes Dominic Kalpakgian of Classical Academy […]

A Win for Benedictine College

Nothing could be more sensible: a Catholic college with a proud heritage in football invites Harrison Butker, a faithfully Catholic athlete—one of the best kickers in the NFL, whose team just won the Super Bowl—to speak at its commencement ceremony. From any rational perspective, Benedictine College did everything right. And […]

High Percentage of Catholic Teachers is a Hallmark of Newman Guide Schools

What distinguishes a Newman Guide school? One key element is the witness of Catholic teachers. Pope Pius XI wrote, “Perfect schools are the result not so much of good methods as of good teachers.” He is one of the many Church leaders quoted in The Cardinal Newman Society’s resource, The […]

Highs and Lows of Catholic Commencements in 2024

You can tell a lot about someone by the friends they keep. And you can tell a lot about a college by whom it chooses to honor by delivering a commencement speech or receiving an honorary degree. The distinctly faithful Catholic colleges recognized by The Cardinal Newman Society in The […]