Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas

10/14/2026

This Fall, we were delighted to welcome back to Sitzmann Hall alumnus Lindsay Mayernik, this time as our new Graduate Program Manager!

As an undergrad, Lindsay double majored in Catholic Studies and Business Economics, minored in French, and was a member of St. Thomas' swim team. In her new role, Lindsay is ready to talk to you about our graduate program! Book a time to talk to Lindsay and be sure to ask her about sitting in on a class this fall or spring.

https://bookings.cloud.microsoft/bookwithme/user/3233620553c24cf89c6eeddf304edc45%40stthomas.edu?anonymous&ismsaljsauthenabled=true

If you are a teacher and are at the CSCOE Summit today, find Lindsay at the Catholic Studies table. She has all the information you will need about taking our graduate courses for FREE!

10/07/2026

A group of Catholic Studies students spent their weekend at the University of Notre Dame, attending de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture's 26th Fall Conference. Together they attended lectures and participated in discussions based on this year's theme "But Where Can She Be Found? Wisdom from Age to Age." (c.f. Wisdom 7:22–8:1). They even ran into Dr. Liz Lev, their professor of Art History in Rome! The Center's mission is to share "the richness of the Catholic moral and intellectual tradition through teaching, research, and public engagement, at the highest level and across a range of disciplines." A perfect complement to their formation in Catholic Studies.

The annual trip is sponsored by the Terrence J. Murphy Institute for Catholic Thought, Law, and Business.

09/23/2026

Dr. Robert Kennedy was honored on Monday night, along with Bishop Andrew Cozzens, with the Distinguished Alumni Award from The Saint Paul Seminary.

This award is given to an alumnus who has lived an exemplary life as a leader in the Church. Making this award so unique is Dr. Kennedy's distinctive honor of being the very first lay graduate student at the seminary in 1972.

Congratulations to one of our very own!

09/22/2026

We are hiring a Managing Editor (Editor III, .625 FTE) to join the Logos Journal team! Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture is THE academic journal of the Catholic Studies movement.

Take a look!

https://staffemployment-stthomas.icims.com/jobs/9664/editor-iii-%28.625-fte%29/job

University of St. Thomas

09/09/2026

After orientation and the opening reception, our graduate students are ready to begin the new academic year.

09/07/2026

Delighted to share that Logos, our journal of Catholic thought and culture, is ranked #3 on ’s top 10 favorite Catholic publications list!

https://aleteia.org/2026/09/05/10-favorite-catholic-magazines-now-in-print/

https://cas.stthomas.edu/departments/areas-of-study/catholic-studies/center-for-catholic-studies/logos/

For more than 25 years, Logos has served as the journal of the Catholic Studies movement and is an important part of the renewal of Catholic higher education.

Congratulations, Logos editorial team! Dr. Ray MacKenzie, Dr. John Boyle, Dr. Erika Kidd, and Dr. Kathryn Wehr.

If you’d love to subscribe to an enjoyable Catholic magazine that comes right to your mailbox, check out these ten great options.

09/04/2026

You might think that a post about our Mission and Culture Fellows program should show our future Catholic school educators in the classroom! But one of the distinctive features of this alternative pathway program is formation of the mind AND heart.

After four days of teacher preparation on campus, our Fellows spent a day together touring the Paul, enjoying a beverage at , and spending a day on the lake.

Now they are in their classrooms at , , and for a 10-month immersion into Catholic education. They are ready!

Learn more about this alternative pathway into Catholic education: https://cas.stthomas.edu/degrees-programs/graduate/catholic-studies/education-certificate/mission-culture-fellows/index.html

And watch for an info session this fall !

09/01/2026

Before summer turns to fall, here is a glimpse of our graduate course offered in Rome in July.

For the second time, Catholic Studies offered a unique summer study abroad experience for our master's level students. For 10 days in July, MA candidates — along with Graduate Program Director Billy Junker and Fr. Austin Litke, ‘04, OP — walked ancient Roman roads, descended into catacombs, stood beneath Renaissance frescoes, and learned how Christians adopted, reinterpreted, and transformed their pagan cultural inheritance.

Yes, it was hot! But, more importantly, it was real, heavenly, intellectually serious, refreshing, beautiful, shared, profound, life giving, and breathtaking.

And another course WILL be offered again in the summer of 2028!

Thanks, Mackenzie Hunter for spending a day with our students and capturing this experience!

https://cas.stthomas.edu/degrees-programs/graduate/catholic-studies/masters/index.html

08/11/2026

The National Catholic Register recently featured Dr. John Boyle in a story on renewed interest in Nobel Prize-winning author Sigrid Undset after the opening of her canonization cause.

“Undset has frustrated us with a portrait of life that we feel is true — we just wish it wasn’t true — and then shows us what it might look like to live that life well in the struggle, in the limitations, to use Pope Leo’s language,” he said.

https://www.ncregister.com/features/sigrid-undset-s-surprising-epilogue

07/27/2026

Catholic school educators in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis - did you know you can take our master's-level courses in Catholic Studies at no cost? That's right. You can deepen your understanding of your vocation in our FLEXIBLE, TRANSFORMATIVE, FREE courses.

In person, online, and summer courses are available.

Send an email to [email protected] OR request more information here:

https://cas.stthomas.edu/admissions/graduate/request-information/index.html ^College%20of%20Arts%20and%20Sciences*program^AS_CS_MA|CATH*