Center for Faith, Mission, and Catholic Education

Mission

The mission of the Center for Faith, Mission, and Catholic Education is to cultivate an authentic Catholic culture throughout Thomas More University by serving as a catalyst for transformative faith experiences, intentional mission integration and creative Catholic educational programs on campus and in the wider community.

Vision

The Center for Faith, Mission, and Catholic Education is a visible, efficacious sign of Thomas More University’s institutional commitment to its Catholic identity and mission. Building on the legacy of the University’s three founding orders – the Benedictine, the Sisters of Divine Providence, and the Sisters of Notre Dame – the Center acts as salt and light to infuse our Catholic mission into every aspect of campus life. As closer conformity to Christ is the ongoing task of each individual Christian, the ultimate goal of the Center is the ongoing transformation of our Diocesan University so that it may more fully live out its task as an authentically Christian presence in the world of higher learning. 

The Center works hand in hand with the Institute for Religious Liberty and Campus Ministry to continue providing vibrant initiatives rooted in the Catholic faith than enrich both the campus and wider community.  

Overall, our goal is to foster a living union of all dimensions of campus life dedicated to the search for truth, with the desire to educate the human heart as God made it. This integration happens in a variety of ways, including interdisciplinary events, faculty and staff reading groups, collaborative conversations with all areas of our campus community, as well as inviting witnesses to the faith to share their experiences with us on campus. The Center, at its core, embodies St. Henry Newman’s characterization of a university as a place of “collision of mind with mind”, within the backdrop of Thomas More University’s overarching search for what is True, Good and Beautiful.