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"Back to School and Keeping the Faith"
Preparing a Game Plan for College Success
by Cartis Martin, FOCUS president & founder

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20 US Colleges and 1 Canadian are North America's Most Faithful to Catholic Identity
from The Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College: What to Look for and Where to Find It

The Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College:What to look for and Where to Find It
includes detailed profiles of schools, essential data on each institution, and practical advice
from eminent Catholic thinkers. It is an indispensable tool for students and parents looking
to pursue a Catholic college education today. Below is a list of the recommended colleges.
This guide is available at bookstores nationwide and can also be ordered from their website.

The recommended colleges are grouped into three categories:

"Joyfully Catholic"		characterized by a Catholic identity that permeates all ares of campus life
"Born from the Crisis"		institutions founded or expanded in the last few years
"Fighting the Tide"		older colleges and universities that have succeeded in renewing and strengthening their Catholic identity

"Joyfully Catholic"	"Born from the Crisis"	"Fighting the Tide"
Christendom College Front Royal, Virginia	Ave Maria University Ave Maria, Florida	Aquinas College Nashville, Tennessee
The College of St. Thomas Moore Fort Worth, Texas	Holy Apostles College & Seminary Cromwell, Connecticut	Belmont Abbey College Belmont, North Carolina
Franciscan University of Steubenville Steubenville, Ohio	John Paul the Great Catholic University San Diego, California	Benedictine College Atchison, Kansas
Magdalen College Warner, New Hampshire	Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy Barry's Bay, Ontario, Canada	The Catholic University of America Washington, D.C.
Thomas Aquinas College Santa Paula, California	Southern Catholic College Dawsonville, Georgia	DeSales University Center Valley, Pennsylvania
The Thomas More College of Liberal Arts Merrimack, New Hampshire	Wyoming Catholic College Lander, Wyoming	Mount St. Mary's University Emmitsburg, Maryland
University of Dallas Irving, Texas		St. Gregory's University Shawnee, Oklahoma
University of St. Thomas Houston, Texas

information taken from http://thenewmanguide.com/

		Catholic Identity College Guide 2007-08 National Catholic Register surveyed 26 schools - more than 10% of all American Catholic universitites - went on record in answer to our Catholic identity survey.

		Find a campus with FOCUS missionaries. "Reclaiming College Students for Christ" -an article by Curtis Martin on how FOCUS Targets Young Adults in "Critical Decade"

Universities with strong Catholic Campus Centers

St. Mary Catholic Center			Texas A&M University -video

			University of Kansas

			University of Wisconsin

			University of Illinois

Campus Catholic Ministries in the area:

University of Denver	Denver	FOCUS at DU

University of Colorado	Boulder	St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish FOCUS, e-mail: cu@focusonline.org

University of Northen Colorado	Greeley	FOCUS, email: unc@focusonline.org or call Christopher Devlin, 970-597-0614

Colorado State University	Fort Collins	Blessed John XXVIII UNiversity Ministry FOCUS, e-mail: csu@focusonline.org

Regis University	Denver	University Ministry

Auraria Campus	Denver	Auraria Catholic Club FOCUS, email: denvermetro@focusonline.org

Colorado School of Mines	Golden	Catholic Newman Group FOCUS, email: denvermetro@focusonline.org

United States Air Force Academy	Colorado Springs	FOCUS, email: afa@focusonline.org