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Preparing for college begins well before application
Most high school students began evaluating potential colleges and universities during their junior year, but the college application process should run throughout their entire high school careers, high school guidance counselors say. Below…
Are you helping or helicoptering your college student?
Your teen is off to college. This is a big step into the world of adulthood … or is it? According to psychiatrist Dr. Robert Fischer, teens who are making a healthy launch into young adulthood begin to pursue career paths based on their…
Can you keep your faith in college?
In a new book, a Harvard graduate tells how she stayed Catholic while attending one of America’s most prestigious universities.
Should You Choose Your Child’s College?
Q. Our son has been accepted to several good colleges, including two excellent Catholic universities that are known for their adherence to Catholic teaching. He also got accepted into three other schools—one big state school and two small…
Keeping the faith at college
I remember walking across the campus that Sunday morning, asking God to forgive me for what I was about to do. I had been wrestling with my conscience and praying for courage ever since leaving Mass at St. Thomas Aquinas chapel. But, alas,…
Praying Our Kids Through College
“Just face it; you’re going to be a blubbering wreck.” It was a summer-long mantra chanted by friends, day after day after day. And it stood to reason, really. We were headed to drop off our eldest child, Allie, at college for the first…
Catholic Digest’s 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament College Guide
The NCAA men's basketball tournament begins Tuesday. At Catholic Digest, we, of course, are rooting for all of the teams from Catholic colleges! Here's a rundown of them: Villanova University Location: Philadelphia Mascot: Wildcats…
From FOCUS missionary to the priesthood
Editor’s Note: This article is courtesy of Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS). In celebration of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' National Vocations Awareness Week (Nov. 5-11) Fellowship of Catholic…
Keeping the faith at a public university
Whenever I look back on my college experience, sometimes I’m amazed that I remained a practicing Catholic. I went to Ohio University in Athens, a typical liberal public university, and also consistently ranked as one of the top party…
2017 Catholic Digest College Guide
Each fall thousands of students head off to college for the first time, pursuing a dream or simply the opportunity to grow as a person academically and spiritually. The spiritual aspect is where Catholic higher education plays an important…