Statement of Catholic Identity
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Albertus Magnus College is a Catholic college founded by the Dominican Sisters of
Peace in 1925. Inspired by the life of Jesus and the social teaching of the Church,
we affirm the dignity of each person and the call to pursue the common good. We cherish
the diversity of our community as an expression of the creative variety in our world,
and we embrace respectful dialogue (disputatio) as a means of building friendship
amid differences. Nourished by our Dominican roots, we follow our namesake, St. Albert
the Great, in pursuing Truth, the complementary relationship between faith and reason,
and social justice. As a liberal arts-based college rooted in scholarly exploration
and the principles of academic freedom, we are committed to empowering our students,
faculty, staff, and neighbors to cultivate lives of curiosity, contemplation, action,
and community.
September, 2001
Updated 2024