Catholic studies is serious business: at St. Thomas, business students get a solid dose of Catholicity.(Univ. of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN)(Catholic Colleges And Universities)(Cover Story)(Brief Article)

From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: October 16, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- At the University of St. Thomas, the often fuzzy notion that faith should inform one's life in the real world has taken concrete curricular form. The Catholic Studies program, typically housed in liberal arts departments elsewhere, is also standard fare here for business students.

In a recent class on Christian Faith and the Management Professions, team-taught by Dr. Michael Naughton and Dr. Jeanne Buckeye, students participated vigorously in discussions that covered relationships and contracts, the common good, property -- even the issue of how a ...

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