From the Desk of the President

Magdalen College, founded in 1973, celebrates nearly 35 years providing liberal education within a small, community setting on Kearsarge Mountain in Warner, New Hampshire. The community life is guided and animated by Catholic moral, social, and spiritual principles of human living.

Liberal education begins with the human person. Confronted with the mysteries of life and of the world, the human person, unlike every other creature, wonders and asks questions about his or her relationship with God, nature, and others. To ask questions about existence is not in vain, for by philosophical inquiry, men and women can come to know the truth about the world and themselves. Liberal education at Magdalen College seeks in a profound way to assist young people in their journey toward the truth, so they can live life well and enter more deeply into the mystery of existence.

John Paul II in his encyclical Fides et Ratio states, “It is the ultimate possibility offered by God for the human being to know in all its fullness the seminal plan of love which began with creation. To those wishing to know the truth, if they can look beyond themselves and their own concerns, there is given the possibility of taking full and harmonious possession of their lives, precisely by following the path of truth.”

 

The pursuit of truth is the everyday quest of the faculty, staff, and students of Magdalen College. I invite you to join us.

Jeffrey J. Karls

President

12/6/2006
Fall 2006 President's Message

6/18/2006
Summer 2006 President's Message

4/1/2006
Spring 2006 President's Message

11/1/2005
Fall 2005 President's Message

4/12/2005
President's Message on the death of our Holy Father, John Paul II