Academics

Study Abroad

Study abroad programs are offered during each summer alternating between Rome and Oxford University. These programs are offered in partnership with sister-Catholic universities and students earn credits that meet Holy Spirit College graduation requirements. Additional study abroad opportunities can be tailored to an individual student's areas of study or personal interests. These programs are monitored and assessed to determine level of integration and support to the HSC curriculum.


The Catholic Culture of the British Isles
AN INTENSIVE SUMMER COURSE IN OXFORD, ENGLAND and at THOMAS MORE COLLEGE,
MERRIMACK, NEW HAMPSHIRE June 24-July 14, 2011
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St. Mary's Chapel, Holy Spirit Parish

During the summer of 2011, Holy Spirit College students will be studying in Oxford, England, in partnership with Thomas More College’s Oxford Studies Program. This is a two-week course that delves into the lives and thoughts of G.K. Chesterton and other major Catholic thinkers such as John Henry Cardinal Newman, poet Gerard Manley Hopkins, and authors Hilaire Belloc and J.R.R. Tolkien. The program is designed to prepare participants for graduate school while helping them gain a deeper understanding of the role of the Catholic intellectual in today’s world through a combination of seminar-style lectures, guided tours, discussions, and conversations inspired by these four great writers.
 

Students all explore throughout England the landmarks important to these thinkers and to English history. Students see Cardinal Newman’s colleges, the church where he preached as an Anglican, and the retreat center in Littlemore where he was received into the Catholic Church in 1845. Furthermore, participants visit Tolkien’s grave in Wolvercote, one of his houses, and the pub where he and other Inklings met. In addition, they tour The Kilns, the home of C.S. Lewis, where he and Tolkien would frequently meet.
 

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