Over 40 majors in undergraduate, graduate, and certificate programs.
Saint Joseph’s offers a personalized education geared toward your future.
Our campus is a resource for our neighbors, including pool use and cultural events.
A rich tradition in Catholic education for more than a hundred years.
Over 40 majors in undergraduate, graduate, and professional education programs
We make it easy to find your way into our community.
Saint Joe’s is the place where student life and community life come together.
A rich tradition in Catholic education for more than a hundred years.
Camp Kita is named after the Abenaki word for “listen.” And that’s what Sydney Mosher ’10, her siblings, and Nichole Ivey ’08 are doing—creating a healing environment for children who have suffered loss, guided by the insight of the Mosher family. By Diane Atwood ’77 A few days before Sydney Mosher ’10 turned 14, her [...]
Over eight nights between September 30 and October 10, 12 student volunteers spent 24 hours calling 4,423 alumni all over the country. “Our student callers had the opportunity to connect with thousands of Saint Joseph’s alumni,” says Heather Plati, director of alumni engagement and annual giving. “They shared meaningful conversations about the College and how [...]
Saint Joseph’s commitment to local communities is embodied by the College’s participation in a local summer meals program. Three years ago, the College partnered with the Maine Hunger Initiative and Portland’s Preble Street community center in order to participate in a federally funded program that supplies free lunch to children during the summer months. The [...]
Funded by a grant from the Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Saint Joseph’s students have joined 42 national Catholic organizations from 38 states to participate in Catholic Charities’ National Mentoring Program. As the only college selected for this grant, the College will receive $42,000 to fund nine student-mentors over 24 [...]
At the heart of the Saint Joseph’s experience is the lesson in providing community service. This spring, the College was formally inducted into the 2013 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service. Awarded annually since 2006, after the outpouring of relief that followed Hurricane Katrina, the distinction [...]
One of 690 institutions of higher education to receive this honor Saint Joseph’s College was named to the 2013 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. This designation is the highest honor a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning, and civic engagement. “Saint Joseph’s College has a long history of [...]
How does one truly pay honor to those who laid the foundation of Saint Joseph’s College? Pay honor to those who successfully built on this foundation? Pay honor to those who faced the multiple challenges of these 100 years gone by and brought them to happy resolution? Of any number of approaches available, I am [...]
Over the summer, Sister Marie Henderson, RSM, drove across the country from Michigan to bring something unusual and precious to campus. Finishing the final leg of the long trip, she parked her Chrysler PT Cruiser in front of Xavier Hall to make the delivery. Carefully wrapped in the back lay a nearly life-size bronze statue [...]
When the college began Pearson’s Town Farm in the spring of 2009, we knew that we wanted to reconnect people to their food and its production. As the farm evolved, we came to see the importance of relationships. The very real importance of the relationship between plants and the soil, between rain and the insects, [...]
At Saint Joseph’s College, the community is an extension of the classroom, thanks to innovative courses that incorporate service learning. Service learning gives students a chance to apply what they’ve learned to real-world settings, making them more active participants in their education. In the Mercy spirit of service, the students share their skills at a [...]
