The Cardinal Newman Society is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, nonprofit organization founded in 1993 and dedicated to what it calls the renewal of Catholic identity on the campuses of colleges and universities in the United States. The organization is guided by John Henry Cardinal Newman's The Idea of a University and Pope John Paul II's 1990 Apostolic Constitution, Ex Corde Ecclesiae. The organization claims a membership of more than 20,000.
The society claims a four point mission: to--
- Assist and support education that is faithful to the teaching and tradition of the Catholic Church;
- Produce and disseminate research and publications on developments and best practices in Catholic higher education;
- Advise and assist students, alumni, trustees, campus officials, faculty and others engaged in renewing and strengthening the Catholic identity of Catholic colleges and universities and Church-affiliated ministries at non-Catholic colleges and universities; and
- Study and promote the work of John Henry Cardinal Newman, especially as it relates to Catholic higher education and the unity of faith and reason.
It should not be confused with the Oxford University Newman Society, the Society for the Study of Cardinal Newman, or the Newman Centre, the name often used to designate Catholic campus ministry centers at state and other non-Catholic universities.
The society's board of directors includes Media Research Center founder L. Brent Bozell III. The society's national advisory board includes Rev. Benedict Groeschel, CFR, Rev. Robert Levis, Rev. C. John McCloskey, III, Rev. Michael Scanlan, TOR, Dr. Alice von Hildebrand, and Rev. Peter Stravinskas.
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