Why are jesuit colleges highly regarded?

mom2twogirls
Sat, 15 Jul 2017 12:12:02 +0000

@zapfino it’s your circles.
As I said above, I went to a Franciscan university. I’ve never heard of the Steubenville one until this post, so I don’t know anything about it. I do know that the one I went to was not conservative. The priests on campus were mostly Franciscan (although we also had at least one Dominican priest) and I would not describe any interactions with them as conservative. They were friendly, jovial, and often hung out at the dining halls and local bars with students. You knew they were there before you saw them because of their booming laughs.
I had professors of all faiths in my classes. I specifically remember Franciscan professors for two courses (Meanings of Jesus, which was analyzing parts of the Bible in a very non conservative way and biology which was taught in the same way any biology course would be taught anywhere) and a Dominican priest for a class called Christian marriage where the priest agreed with my that the selection on a Pope is a very political process very different than a spiritual process that one might expect, again this seems more a liberal way of thinking to me. 20+ years ago we had LGBT rights clubs and students of all different backgrounds and beliefs.
I really think that unless someone is looking for prestige, they shouldn’t rely on generalizing all catholic colleges/universities or make assumptions that Jesuit is the best or all Franciscan ones are equivalent in feel.