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Our Catholic Faith

Catholic Life on Campus

At the AV福利社, the light of the Catholic faith shines through every aspect of campus life鈥攏ot only in theology courses, but across all subjects and events.

 

 

Below is a sampling of available groups for students to deepen their faith and foster fellowship: 

  • A League of Her Own: A women鈥檚 group centered on community, growth and Catholic identity.
  • Blessed is She: A women鈥檚 ministry focused on faith and fellowship.
  • Rosary Club - A student group that regularly prays the rosary and creates tie-knot rosaries.
  • Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS) missionaries offer Bible studies, one鈥憃n鈥憃ne mentorship, communal worship, Scripture-based teaching and prayer.
  • Knights of the Columbus - A worldwide fraternal and beneficent society of Catholic men.
  • Order of Christian Initiation for Adults (OCIA) for students preparing to enter the Catholic Church.
  • Crusaders for Life 鈥 A student-led pro-life club.
  • Society of St. Joseph - A men鈥檚 group focused on practicing cardinal virtues through brotherly accountability and friendship and a sincere devotion to St. Joseph and his example of manhood and fatherhood. 

Love of Learning, Love of Christ

Our Catholic Identity

Alumni Facts

AV福利社allas alumni include 12 bishops, over 200 priests, and more than 100 religious men and women.

  • Bishop Robert Coerver, BA 鈥76 鈥 Diocese of Lubbock, Texas
  • Bishop Robert Francis Vasa, BA 鈥76 鈥 Diocese of Santa Rosa, California
  • Bishop Daniel E. Flores, BA 鈥83 MDiv 鈥87 鈥 Diocese of Brownsville, Texas
  • Bishop Oscar Cant煤, BA 鈥89 鈥 Diocese of San Jose, California
  • Bishop Michael Duca, BA 鈥74 MDiv 鈥78 鈥 Diocese of Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  • Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel, BA 鈥74 MDiv 鈥78 鈥 Diocese of Lafayette, Louisiana
  • Bishop Francis Malone, BA 鈥74 MDiv 鈥77 鈥 Diocese of Shreveport, Louisiana
  • Bishop Mark Seitz, BA 鈥76 MDiv 鈥82 鈥 Diocese of El Paso, Texas
  • Bishop David Konderla, BA 鈥89 鈥 Diocese of Tulsa, Oklahoma
  • Bishop Gregory Kelly, BA 鈥78 MDiv 鈥82 鈥 Diocese of Tyler, Texas
  • Bishop Joseph E. Strickland, BA 鈥81 MDiv 鈥85
  • Archbishop Shawn McKnight, BS 鈥90 鈥 Kansas City, Kansas

Our Alumni in the Faith

Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers, MTS 鈥00
Katie Prejean McGrady, BA 鈥11
Brian Burch, BA 鈥97
Sister Josephine Garrett, CSFN, BA 鈥03
Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers, MTS 鈥00, a prolific Catholic author in the 21st century Church with dozens of books, articles, pamphlets and other writings.

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Katie Prejean McGrady, BA 鈥11, a writer for Blessed Is She, Aleteia, Our Sunday Visitor, and the Grotto Network; a Catholic commentator for CNN; and host of the Ave Explores podcast (Ave Maria Press) and The Katie McGrady Show on Sirius XM. She also co-hosts Family Mass Prep with her husband on the Hallow App.

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Brian Burch, BA 鈥97, U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See and president and co-founder of CatholicVote.

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Sister Josephine Garrett, CSFN, BA 鈥03, a sister of the Holy Family of Nazareth, a licensed counselor, host of the Hope Stories podcast, and a Catholic speaker and author. She was a featured speaker at the 2024 Eucharistic Congress.

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