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ESOLEN: Well, in recent years at Providence College, I think the Catholic faculty have felt themselves increasingly in the minority — that is, the faithful Catholic faculty, for whom the Catholic mission of the college really means a lot. And they’ve been the subject of some pretty severe attacks from their secular colleagues. I mean attacks that might jeopardize their careers. And I’ve been growing tired of it and have frankly had enough of it.
So I wrote a couple of articles, one in the spring, one this fall, on basically what it is that we mean by diversity and what that has to do with a classical liberal arts education and of the Catholic character of the college, the Catholic faith.
And the odd thing is that as a Roman Catholic I belong to the most culturally diverse institution in the history of the world, but secular people I think don’t understand that. They don’t know what’s going on or what has gone on in the Catholic faith for 2,000 years, so they view everything in the light of current American politics.
So I wrote a couple of articles, one in the spring, one this fall, on basically what it is that we mean by diversity and what that has to do with a classical liberal arts education and of the Catholic character of the college, the Catholic faith.
And the odd thing is that as a Roman Catholic I belong to the most culturally diverse institution in the history of the world, but secular people I think don’t understand that. They don’t know what’s going on or what has gone on in the Catholic faith for 2,000 years, so they view everything in the light of current American politics.
