St. Thomas More College
A Basilian Heritage, A Renewed Identity
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/Keywords:
Basilian legacy, Catholic identity, strategic plan, whole persons, hospitable Catholicism, Authentic IndigenizationAbstract
As a Catholic college federated with the University of Saskatchewan, St. Thomas More College (STM) benefits from the arrangements negotiated at its founding by the Basilian Fathers. When the Basilians withdrew from STM in 2013, the College entered a new relationship with its diocesan bishop, but continues to steward the educational culture created by its founders. Now under lay leadership and with an increasingly diverse community, STM faces the dual challenge of renewing its Catholic identity and remaining a sustainable liberal arts college. In its current College Plan, it lays out a strategy for doing both while also engaging with the national work of Indigenous reconciliation.
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