St. Thomas More College: A Basilian Heritage, A Renewed Identity

Carl Still

doi:10.1558/rst.27032

Authors

Carl Still St. Thomas More College Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/rst.27032

Keywords:

Basilian legacy, Catholic identity, strategic plan, whole persons, hospitable Catholicism, Authentic Indigenization

Abstract

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.

Author Biography

Carl Still, St. Thomas More College

Dr. Carl Still serves as the 12th president of St. Thomas More College (STM) at the University of Saskatchewan. He was first appointed to STM in 1995 as a faculty member in the Philosophy department and served as dean from 2006 to 2016. He holds a PhD from the University of Toronto and has published on topics in the history of philosophy including self-knowledge, faith, conscience, and moral failure. His most recent book is Turning to the World: Social Justice and the Common Good since Vatican II, co-edited with Gertrude Rompré.

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