Newman College Ireland

Newman College Ireland
Motto Veritatis Splendor
Established 2014
Type Roman Catholic
President Dr Nicholas Healy
Location Cork, Ireland
Affiliations Thomas More College of Liberal Arts
Website http://www.newmancollege.ie

Newman College Ireland is the anticipated name for a new Liberal Arts Catholic College in Ireland which is proposed to be opened in 2014.[1] Named after Cardinal John Henry Newman, the founder of the Catholic University of Ireland which became University College Dublin, the college aims to create third level institution which embodies the Catholic ethos. The College is supported by disability rights campaigner and former MEP Kathy Sinnott,[2] Dr. Nicholas Healy is the CEO and President of Newman College Ireland[3] he is a President Emeritus of Ave Maria University and a former Vice President of Franciscan University of Steubenville. Fundraisers and supporters for the establishment of the college are based in the United States.[4]

Curriculum

The aim is to be a Catholic college with Liberal Arts as its primary curriculum and offer courses in theology, history, philosophy, literature, mathematics, economics and natural science.[5] The college pledges to "adhere fully" to Ex Corde Ecclesiae, Blessed John Paul II’s apostolic constitution on Catholic universities.

Newman College is advertising courses starting September 2014 accredited by Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in Merrimack, New Hampshire.[6]

References

  1. ↑ New Catholic University could open this year by Paul Keenan, Irish Catholic, 13 March 2014.
  2. ↑ Efforts to found new Catholic college in Ireland www.catholicculture.org 14 March 2014.
  3. ↑ Newman College Ireland
  4. ↑ Catholic higher education - The good news and the bad news Celtic Connections - Kathy Sinnott with guest Nick Healy, Program 27., www.ewtn.com, 9 November 2013.
  5. ↑ Defending the Faith at the Highest Intellectual Levels - Newman College Ireland by Donna Sue Berry, Regina Magazine, 7 May 2014.
  6. ↑ 'Newman College Ireland - Advert' Alive! July 2014.

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