“For John Henry Newman, the aim of a university education is an enlargement of mind that makes a person a full and open member of human society. Such is a liberal education: it frees the mind. In his University Sketches, Newman gives wonderful descriptions of the founding of universities: how ancient teachers would enter a city and set up their tents, to which pupils would flock from all over. To learn what? To learn about the world -- its shape, its contours; to learn what others had learned and understood. They came for wisdom.”
In a recent Seton Hall Magazine article, Monsignor Richard M. Liddy reflected on Cardinal John Henry Newman and the role of the Catholic university. To access Msgr. Liddy’s essay, please visit:
Monsignor Richard M. Liddy: Why a Catholic University Matters
Background information:
John Henry Newman: University sketches
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