Testimonials in support of Campion College

'I support strongly the concept of Campion College embodying as it does the notion of Catholic people fortifying and exploring their faith, and balancing as it does those many secular tertiary institutions of our society'

'Campion College will be a welcome addition to both Australian tertiary education and Australian Catholic education. Democracies need variety and the Catholic community needs those who understand and love Christian humanism as well as the converted and the committed. Campion College is a novel and exciting prospect.'

- Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney

'Catholics in Britain, who have no Catholic university, and see with dismay how frequently young men and women lose their faith in the sceptical atmosphere of the secular universities, will look with admiration and a measure of envy at the establishment of the proposed Campion College in Australia.'

- Piers Paul Read
Prize-winning English author

'I have long believed that Australia needs an alternative Catholic tertiary institution, which will explore the link between faith and reason and prepare Catholic young people spiritually for service to the Church and to society.
Campion College will provide a rich resource for Catholic learning in the liberal arts and will contribute well to Australian Catholicism and society.'

- Archbishop Denis J Hart, Archbishop of Melbourne

'Campion College is the answer to a prayer! At last Australia is to have a genuinely Catholic college, one equally devoted to high standards of academic excellence and to the truths of Catholic faith. Campion will prepare students for careers and, more important, to be leaven in an all-too-secular society.
Congratulations to all concerned.'

- Gerard V. Bradley, Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame, USA, President, Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, 1995 - 2001

'The qualifications needed for leadership in industry are developed largely through a liberal arts education.'

- Gilbert W. Chapman, President of The Yale & Towne, an American manufacturing company

'I have long seen the special value of a Catholic Liberal Arts education. My own children went to Christendom College in America, and gained wonderful spiritual graces as well as skills for the workplace. Campion College will give our young people a similar opportunity to be formed in the faith. I can't think of a more important initiative for Australia and for Church.'

- James J. Power, Brisbane Businessman

'At the beginning of this new millennium, I am convinced that there is a vital need for a College that is authentically Catholic and that will prepare Catholic people spiritually and intellectually for service to the Church and the Australian society. I am convinced that the proposed Campion College will fulfil this purpose by its commitment to Catholic teaching and to high standards of learning.'

- Bishop Kevin Manning, Bishop of Parramatta

Congratulations on the establishment of Campion College. I welcome the existence of a tertiary institution of learning which will be unashamedly Catholic in its approach and presentation of learning. The students of Campion College are fortunate in being offered the riches of education in the Catholic tradition.

- Most Reverend Luc Matthys, Bishop of Armidale

I welcome warmly the appearance of a new college of tertiary education in our country. Running up its colours from the start as a place of learning in the classical Catholic intellectual tradition, where reason and faith combine to play their part, may it excite adventurous young minds and hearts to seek and find the true, the good and the beautiful ex corde Ecclesiae, from the heart of the Church, from the One who is the source of all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

- Most Rev Geoffrey Jarrett, DD, Bishop of Lismore