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Students at many of America’s 224 Catholic colleges and universities are living and studying in a campus culture that in many respects mirrors that of our society as a whole.

At its most fundamental level, that culture is one that has rejected the "assumption of chastity" that should form the basis for student life at any college or university, but most especially at Catholic ones.

Unfortunately Catholic values and teachings on life, love, and sexual ethics are for most students all but invisible on campus. Worse still, many staff, faculty, and administrators promote activities and lifestyles directly contrary to Catholic teachings, and many school policies encourage those activities.

Rampant promiscuity is endangering students and putting them at risk spiritually, physically, and psychologically.

CNS is launching a program to re-establish chastity as the cornerstone of Catholic campus culture by proactively promoting Catholic values, such as Pope John Paul II’s exhortations on love and responsibility.

This multi-phase program is bringing together leading Catholic social scientists, educators, and speakers to develop a comprehensive campus-based program.

America is on the precipice of redefining marriage and launching into full-scale embryonic stem cell research. It is unclear whether abortion on demand can be halted. Americans have already accepted premarital sex, contraception, and divorce as the norm. Reversing these tragic developments is already a monumental task, but it will be impossible if Christ’s disciples abandon morality. Never before has Catholic education been so critical to the future of the United States, the family, and the Catholic Church in America.

Beyond these societal implications are the very real and harmful effects that promiscuous activities have on young men and women, and statistically speaking on their children as well.

This is a program that must be successful, and with prayer and the involvement of like-minded professional like you will be -- because it deals with the true nature of life and love as described so beautifully by Pope John Paul II throughout his pontificate.

About the Project

Why this Matters

While promoting Catholic teachings to students on Catholic campuses serves obvious spiritual needs, there are also important practical reasons why students need to be taught Catholic sexual values and encouraged to live a chaste life. Read more...

Overview of Campus Culture

It is not news that the American college experience for too many young Catholic men and women has become one characterized by excessive drinking and promiscuity, with a significant decline in support for Catholic Church teaching, prayer, and Mass attendance. Read more...

Reclaiming the Campus Culture

Because of the high stakes involved for students, the Cardinal Newman Society is launching a campus outreach program based on Catholic teachings on sexual ethics, human life, marriage, love, and personal responsibility. Read more...

Project Activities

The Campaign Stop the Monologues!

The first phase of the Love & Responsibility Project consisted of an overhaul of CNS's annual campaign to combat performances of The Vagina Monologues on Catholic campuses by promoting Catholic alternatives. Read more...

CNS Speakers Bureau

CNS has a Campus Speakers Bureau stocked with dozens of the leading Catholic thinkers, activists and leaders in the nation. Occasionally CNS is also able to help defray the cost of the event. In addition, we work closely with other national organizations to bring other prominent speakers to Catholic campuses. Use the form on the right to contact us about bringing a speaker to your campus!