What role does Catholicism and Catholic teachings play in a Fisher students education today?
We continue to have great respect for that heritage and belief in the Basilian Fathers’ motto, which is to teach goodness, discipline, and knowledge There’s a core program and religious studies courses, along with philosophy courses, is included in that. And there’s daily Mass on campus. The campus minister is a 1983 graduate of the college, and he’s a Basilian priest. The campus ministry also takes, I think, very appropriate but also substantial efforts to reach out to the more ecumenical student body. So there are provisions made for a variety of Christian, Jewish, Muslim, students. How many of your classes are still taught by priests? Is that shrinking, given the declining number of men entering the priesthood? And are you worried about losing Fisher’s strong Catholic affiliation because of that? When I came here 35 years ago, there was a considerable number of Basilians teaching. At the moment, we have a Basilian as the Catholic minister, and we have Basilians who teach a course or
