The College of Saint Joseph the Worker in Stuebenville, Ohio is doing this as well (except you get a Bachelor's instead of a Associate's), and is beginning studies/training for its first graduating class this fall. I know the folks there, and I highly support their efforts.
I want both institutions to grow and thrive; this is a VERY impor…
The College of Saint Joseph the Worker in Stuebenville, Ohio is doing this as well (except you get a Bachelor's instead of a Associate's), and is beginning studies/training for its first graduating class this fall. I know the folks there, and I highly support their efforts.
I want both institutions to grow and thrive; this is a VERY important and critically pressing need that these two institutions are addressing. I cannot understate how crucial this is. Young Catholics need another option to provide economic and financial security for their eventual young families, and our communities need skilled intelligent tradesmen (who could otherwise go to university and succeed there), and we need an off-ramp from becoming increasingly dependent on the mass employment of destructive and exploitative mega-corporations that actually hate us.
Do you want the kid who was too dumb to go college to be the one who installs the plumbing in your house? The standardized test scores for the inaugural class at the College of Saint Joseph the Worker are all at least in the 90th percentile.
Bishops should be openly supporting and donating to this.
And yes to your point on the false idea that dumb people are consigned to a life of labor. There’s a fantastic video on Youtube from the 1950s/60s of a stoutly thick-accented NYC cab driver who, when filmed at a round table discussion of a proposed city regulation that would affect the cabbies, spoke with better vocabulary, clarity of thought, and articulation than most people coming out of your average 4-year-college business degree.
The College of Saint Joseph the Worker in Stuebenville, Ohio is doing this as well (except you get a Bachelor's instead of a Associate's), and is beginning studies/training for its first graduating class this fall. I know the folks there, and I highly support their efforts.
I want both institutions to grow and thrive; this is a VERY important and critically pressing need that these two institutions are addressing. I cannot understate how crucial this is. Young Catholics need another option to provide economic and financial security for their eventual young families, and our communities need skilled intelligent tradesmen (who could otherwise go to university and succeed there), and we need an off-ramp from becoming increasingly dependent on the mass employment of destructive and exploitative mega-corporations that actually hate us.
Do you want the kid who was too dumb to go college to be the one who installs the plumbing in your house? The standardized test scores for the inaugural class at the College of Saint Joseph the Worker are all at least in the 90th percentile.
Bishops should be openly supporting and donating to this.
Yes, the formation is really the kicker.
And yes to your point on the false idea that dumb people are consigned to a life of labor. There’s a fantastic video on Youtube from the 1950s/60s of a stoutly thick-accented NYC cab driver who, when filmed at a round table discussion of a proposed city regulation that would affect the cabbies, spoke with better vocabulary, clarity of thought, and articulation than most people coming out of your average 4-year-college business degree.
With charity, maybe let's not refer to kids as "dumb."
I can confirm that the former apostolic administrator of Steubenville thought very highly of it and supported it. 🙏