Catholic Order in Talks Over Site for University
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The Legion of Christ order is in discussions with city and county officials on a site to build a private university.
The Catholic order wants to first open a downtown graduate school, and then expand with a core campus in another location, possibly at the Mather Air Force Base.
The school, which will be named the University of Sacramento, would be the area’s first private four-year college.
The Legion of Christ is a conservative Roman Catholic order of priests founded in 1941 in Mexico. It operates 11 universities in Mexico, Spain, Chile and Italy, and a graduate school of psychology in Virginia.
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