(its quarterly journal, Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, has been published for 18 years with 500 essays viewed more than a quarter of a million times through Project Muse). A variety of student leadership retreats, formation programs, and professional mentorships. More than 70 percent of the Center's activities are funded through endowments, annual donations, foundations, and grants. Rome Program: The Bernardi Campus The Bernardi campus hosts a semester-long experience integrating academic study, cultural engagement, spiritual formation, and community living. About 30-35 Catholic Studies students study in Rome each semester. About two-thirds of majors and minors will spend a semester in Rome. Students take classes at the Angelicum, the Dominican university in Rome where Pope John Paul II earned his doctorate. A highlight of the program is Wednesday Community Night, which includes liturgy, dinner, and often a prominent guest. The students also study art and architecture, go on guided excursions throughout Italy, and have opportunities to serve the poor in Rome. Funded by the Bernardi family in 2000, the Bernardi Campus gives the Catholic Studies Abroad program a permanent residence in Rome. Impact on the university, church, and world With more than 1,200 alumni, Catholic Studies' students have become leaders in the Church and the world: Many are physicians, attorneys, engineers, scientists, professors, business leaders, principals, and teachers More than 100 have been ordained to the priesthood More than 20 women have entered religious life The University of St. Thomas Catholic Studies project has been a model for new Catholic Studies programs at more than 90 universities worldwide. The Catholic Studies project currently has a $15 million endowment, and 55.2 percent of Catholic Studies alumni have donated to the program since its creation in 1992. The Center for Catholic Studies commemorated its 25th anniversary at an evening gala on December 8, 2018. More than 560 students, alumni, faculty and staff, benefactors, and friends attended the celebration, which featured a keynote address from auxiliary Bishop Robert Barron of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. References External links University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)