In praise of a Catholic liberal arts education
TORONTO - Emily VanBerkum believes the “interdisciplinary” aspects of her Catholic liberal arts education have made her a well-rounded student.
“It’s very interdisciplinary and it relates to so many disciplines in your life, so many fields like business or politics,” said the fourth-year Christianity and Culture student at Toronto’s University of St. Michael’s College.
The Newman Theological College and St. Joseph’s Seminary communities in Edmonton are glad to be back in the same fold.
To make way for the Anthony Henday Highway, the college and seminary were forced to uproot and build a new home. They have since moved to new state-of-the-art facilities on the Pastoral Centre grounds, the seminary moving into its new home in August 2010, while classes at the college started in January 2011.
“And it’s very good to be back together again,” said Fr. Shayne Craig, rector of St. Joseph’s Seminary and president of Newman Theological College.
The future is now for pipe organ at St. Joseph’s Seminary
EDMONTON - When it came time to build the new St. Joseph’s Seminary, cutting expenses was a must. To save money, a pipe organ for the seminary chapel was left as a project for the future.
“We priced out how much an organ would be, and it’s a lot of money,” said Fr. Shayne Craig, seminary rector.
“For a new pipe organ, for the size we would want in the chapel, we were being quoted a price of $500,000.”