Helping our children discern their calling and vocation in life must begin with this basic premise, first and foremost:

We, parents, have been called by Our Lord to raise new saints for Heaven.

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Whether our children ultimately decide they have a call to religious life, pursuing a college education, immediately entering the workforce, marrying and raising a family, or taking some time to continue figuring their path in life, we must be there for them - praying, guiding, exposing them to new things.

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I completely agree with what Patrick Reily, founder and president of The Newman Society and Recommended Guide to Catholic Colleges says: An eighteen-year-old may technically be an adult, but to sum-up what a well-known expert in this area has said, these are "new adults" and shouldn't be expected to navigate the overwhelming barrage of anti-Catholic, anti-Christian sentiment and activity they would likely endure at a secular college.

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​Why wouldn't we want them to continue our children's formation in a good, faithful, Catholic college atmosphere, reading original texts, steeping themselves in all the splendor that our Faith and religious traditions offer, while further discerning their path in life and coming into their own as full-fledged adults?

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As Catholic home educators, discerning college must begin with first educating ourselves as to the best, truly Catholic colleges available, and then educating and guiding our children to prayerfully choose one of those colleges for themselves -- and this begins with The Newman Guide to Recommended Catholic Colleges. Equally as important as seeing which colleges are on the list, is seeing which are not and that should lead you to asking, "why not?"​