Friday, February 23, 2007

Efforts to Start Catholic College in SE Michigan

DETROIT – A group of educators, priests, scholars and businesspeople are cooperating on an effort to establish a small Catholic liberal arts college in southeastern Michigan.

The school, the College of SS. Peter and Paul, is to be located either in the Archdiocese of Detroit or the Diocese of Lansing, and is to have a core curriculum centered on teachings of the Church, according to members of the college's board.

College of SS. Peter and Paul Benefit

What: A fundraiser to found a new Catholic Liberal Arts college in southeastern Michigan.

When: Reception begins at 5:30 p.m. Friday, March 16.

Where: The Inn at St. John 44045 Five Mile Road (near Sheldon Road) in Plymouth Township.

Featuring: Keynote speaker Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz, bishop of Lincoln, Neb.

Cost: $40 per plate; or $150 to include private reception with Bishop Bruskewitz.
May God bless their efforts!

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