Document Type
Reflection
Abstract
Jesuit and Catholic higher education has much to offer our students and the world but with fewer and fewer Jesuits and Catholic clerics or laypersons in the classrooms or anywhere else at our universities, this 500 century old Jesuit tradition and 2,000 year old Catholic is seriously threatened. Strategic hiring for mission and identity, being proactive with evangelization, and retaining our approach to academic life, learning, and formation are critically needed, especially now. Otherwise, our Jesuit and Catholic institutions run the risk of being overwhelmed with secularization that will ultimately lose the richness that Jesuit and Catholic inspired education and perspectives offer our students and ultimately the world when the world most desperately needs it.
Recommended Citation
Plante, Thomas G. PhD, ABPP. "Can Jesuit/Catholic Universities Remain So Without Any Jesuits or Catholics?." Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal Vol. 14: No. 1 (2025) . Available at: https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/jhe/vol14/iss1/3
