Your Faith Lights Up Your Life . . . Use it to Light Up Our World
Share your light! Be part of a meaningful college program that prepares you for leadership in your Church, community and world — a program only available at St. John’s.
As an incoming St. John’s first-year student, you can apply for our Catholic Scholars Program, offering $5,000 for each of your four years of study. Applicants demonstrate a commitment to living the Catholic Tradition through leadership and excellence.
As a Catholic Scholars recipient, you will be a part of a multi-disciplinary community of Catholic Leaders who join professors and Campus Ministers in monthly meetings, lectures, retreats, courses and prayer experiences that integrate faith, reason and service.
The energy of our diverse, metropolitan campus will enrich your education as you explore the richness of the Catholic Tradition and its role in your studies and your future as a faith-inspired leader.
As a Catholic Scholar, you will . . .
- Integrate faith and leadership, inspiring fellow students throughout your college years.
- Develop a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ as a University student, preparing you for life.
- Join an optional “living-learning” community with meetings, activities and leadership experiences to build your foundation of faith.
- Participate in our Catholic and Vincentian leadership initiatives for each of your four years.
- Have the option to participate in a special Study Abroad cohort focusing on Catholic leadership at our Rome, Italy campus.
- Benefit from Campus Ministry, faculty and administrative mentors - and become a mentor yourself!
- Take part in on- and off-campus colloquia on Catholic Social Teaching, social justice and faith formation.
- Find meaningful ways to apply your faith-inspired leadership in your chosen field
How to Apply
The Catholic Scholars Program is open to incoming first-year students at St. John’s University and offers a scholarship award of up to $10,000 scholarship annually. To be considered for the scholarship, students must first submit an admission application to St. John’s University. Once an admission application has been submitted, students will be able to access the Catholic Scholars Application through their admission portal. Applicants should demonstrate a commitment to living the Catholic Tradition through leadership, service, and academic excellence.
Application Deadline: March 1, 2027 for Fall 2027 program consideration
If you have any questions regarding your application, please contact:
Lisa Sayo
Office of Undergraduate Admission
Thank you!
As a body without a spirit is dead, so is faith without works.
- St. James 2:26
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Success at St. John's
Service Activities Aided Alumna in Her Search for a Career to Help Others
Sarah Fagan Cioffi ’18C discovered her pathway for a career in art therapy one Saturday morning as part of a printmaking class she took as a Fine Arts major at St. John’s University.
Highlight
Mrs. Cioffi, who was then working toward her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a minor in Psychology at St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, recalled that one of the most meaningful service opportunities for her at St. John’s was an Academic Service-Learning (AS-L) component of her Printmaking I class with Claudia Sbrissa, M.F.A., Professor, Department of Art and Design. As part of the AS-L project, they created rubber stamps and brought them to St. Mary’s Hospital for Children in Bayside, NY, to make art with the patients.