“The Newman Foundation has given so much support to the music program at my local Newman Center. Participating in liturgy through music ministry helped invigorate my faith.”

“I am so thankful to Newman Foundation for the many service and educational opportunities they provided.  My college experience would not have been the same without it, and because of their devotion I still continue to serve at my college parish and have decided to raise my family here.”

“I have been a part of my Newman Center community for 22 years and still consider myself as such even after moving away for grad school. That community provided me with a second family.  Through the generous help of Newman Foundation, Inc. I have grown in my faith through music, which amplified my spiritual experience and allowed me to give back to my community.”

“Newman Foundation has always been a staple of my community.  The organization always represented a humble, active group of people who worked to bridge the space between the college community and greater Lexington.”

Philipp Rosemann

Cottrill-Rolfes Chair in Catholic Studies

College of Arts & Sciences

University of Kentucky

The University of Kentucky has a Chair of Catholic Studies!

The College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Kentucky welcomes Philipp Rosemann as the new Cottrill-Rolfes Chair in Catholic Studies. He will begin teaching in the Department of Philosophy in January 2023. Prof. Rosemann has pursued high and varied academic ventures, from the time of his undergraduate studies at a German university, with triple qualifications in Philosophy, English Linguistics, and Islamic Studies. He holds a number of international degrees: an M.A. from Ireland, a Licentiate and Ph.D. from the Université catholique de Louvain, and, in 2020, a D.Litt. (the European “higher doctorate”) from the National University of Ireland. He is also an elected member of the Royal Irish Academy. Upon completion of his doctorate, he taught at the Uganda Martyrs University, before going to the University of Dallas, where he was on the faculty for twenty years, with an interlude at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris. He established the publication series Dallas Medieval Texts and Translations, which has published twenty-six volumes to date under his oversight, with many more commissioned. Notably, these are not texts in the typical “canon” taught to previous generations, but texts that deserve wider attention, including texts by women and translated by women. While at the University of Dallas, he led a successful initiative for academic exchanges with the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, which, in addition to bringing students from Mexico to Dallas for graduate studies, produced an annual conference held alternately in Dallas and Mexico City. In 2018, he took the position of Chair of Philosophy and Head of Department at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. His list of publications is extensive: it includes six single-authored books, many of them widely reviewed as monumental, and nine co-authored or co-edited volumes. He writes in three languages. 

Philipp Rosemann’s work is both profound and accessible. In addition to his studies of several medieval centuries of writings that were formative for Catholic traditions, he writes about the work of contemporary philosophers—especially Heidegger and Foucault, whose work has touched all disciplines in the Humanities and Social Sciences. His writing applies these philosophical approaches to central questions in Catholic thought and tradition, probing especially the condition of Catholicism in a modern, secularized world. Lately he has been working on topics related to religion and the environment. His teaching explores questions such as the relationship between truth and time, the nature of language, the possibility of religious faith in the age of technology, mysticism as a source of religious knowledge, the impossibility of describing God, and many more. We welcome his invitation for us to engage in deeper reflection on faith, meaning, and the world around us.

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Location:
900 Winchester Ave
Ashland, KY 41101
Phone:
606-329-1607
Quick Facts:
Student Population: 4,700
Approx. Catholic Student Population: 250
Campus Website
stclareberea.org
Location:
622 Chestnut St.
Berea, KY 40403
Phone:
859-986-4633
Quick Facts:
Student Population: 1,650
Approx. Catholic Student Population: 120
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ssppdanville.org
Location:
117 West Main Street
Danville, KY 40422
Phone:
859-236-2111
Quick Facts:
Student Population: 1,400
Approx. Catholic Student Population: 100
Location:
405 University Drive
Richmond, KY 40475
Phone:
859-623-2989
Quick Facts:
Student Population: 17,000
Approx. Catholic Student Population: 1,000
Campus Website
ssfrancisjohn.org
Location:
604 Main Street
Georgetown, KY 40324
Phone:
502-863-3404
Quick Facts:
Student Population: 1,000
Approx. Catholic Student Population: 80
Location:
72 Shepherd Way
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone:
502-227-4511
Quick Facts:
Student Population: 3,000
Approx. Catholic Student Population: 130
Campus Website
www.cdlex.org/morehead
Location:
315 Battson Avenue
Morehead, KY 40351
Phone:
606-784-4392
Quick Facts:
Student Population: 9,500
Approx. Catholic Student Population: 500
Campus Website
www.cdlex.org
Location:
410 Jefferson Street
Lexington, KY 40508
Phone:
859-254-0030
Quick Facts:
Student Population: 1,125
Approx. Catholic Student Population: 90
Campus Website
discovermass.com
Location:
329 Sycamore Drive
Barbourville, KY 40906
Phone:
606-546-4461
Quick Facts:
Student Population: 1,050
Approx. Catholic Student Population: 80
Campus Website
williamsburg.cdlex.org
Location:
76 W. Sycamore St.
Williamsburg, KY 40769
Phone:
606-549-2156
Quick Facts:
Student Population: 2,675
Approx. Catholic Student Population: 175
Campus Website
uknewman.com
Location:
320 Rose Lane
Lexington, KY 40508
Phone:
859-255-8566
Quick Facts:
Student Population: 27,000
Approx. Catholic Student Population: 5,600
Campus Website
www.cdlex.org
Location:
132 Bryan Street
Pikeville, KY 41501
Phone:
606-437-6822
Quick Facts:
Student Population: 1,950
Approx. Catholic Student Population: 150