DeSales University News

Kathryn Stimpfle wrote her thesis "The Gospel of Womanhood according to Jane Eyre" on the oppression of women and the failure of the feminist movement to "celebrate the unique gifts that women are given." 

In an article posted on the website of DeSales University, theology professor Maura Hearden opines about the importance of Easter for modern day Americans.

DeSales University in Center Valley, PA, will hold its annual memorial Arts & Culture series in honor of Blessed Pope John Paul II next month.

DeSales University's Salesian Center for Faith & Culture is working with the Diocese of Allentown to celebrate the Year of Faith with a special campaign including many events.

This week’s 40th anniversary of the tragic Roe v. Wade ruling is marked by the participation tomorrow of several faithful Catholic colleges and universities in the Washington, D.C., March for Life.

Many Catholic colleges and universities are taking part in the “Year of Faith” proclaimed by Pope Benedict XVI, with spiritual and academic activities aimed at strengthening faith on campus, according to a new report published by The Cardinal Newman Society (CNS).

The Cardinal Newman Society today released the 2012-2013 edition of The Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College with significant new features, as well as a new companion magazine for Catholic high school students and their parents titled My Future, My Faith.

The Cardinal Newman Society has signed and helped organize Catholic college signers for a court brief in support of lawsuits filed against the Obama administration by Belmont Abbey College and Wheaton College.

The criteria used in most college rankings, like the ones newly released by U.S. News & World Report, don’t include some of the most important factors for Catholic families choosing a college.  These include quality of the core curriculum, study in authentic Catholic theology and philosophy, interdisciplinary study, ethical formation, morality of campus life, and more.

Catholic families have a right to know which theology professors have the mandatum, and Catholic colleges and universities should require it as a condition for employment, affirmed the Vatican’s chief judge Cardinal Raymond Burke in a new report.

The saints are now a little closer to the students at DeSales University.  Bronze statues of St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal were dedicated on the Center Valley, Pennsylvania, Catholic campus earlier this week.

Fr. Bernard O’Connor, OSFS, president of DeSales University, recently signed an exchange partnership with the Universidad Catolica San Antonio in Murcia, Spain.

High school students competing on theme of "Catholic Citizenship"

As part of its mission to promote faithful Catholic higher education, The Cardinal Newman Society (CNS) is urging Catholic college officials and faculty to actively support two leading associations of Catholic scholars.

Magdalen College in Warner, New Hampshire, has launched its 35th anniversary celebration, which will include campus appearances by Francis Cardinal Arinze, Prefect of the Congregation of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments; Sean Cardinal O’Malley of Boston; papal biographer Brennan Pursell; Inside the Vatican editor-in-chief Dr. Robert Moynihan; and pro-life musician Tony Melendez.

DeSales University has announced the creation of a Center for Discernment which will aid students on campus in determining whether a religious vocation is appropriate for them.