"Saint John’s University in Collegeville, perhaps the only magical place left in the American Church."
- Andrew Greeley

"If you have not been to Saint John’s, go there. It is an oasis for the spiritual life, for learning, for culture, for ecumenism and for hospitality."
- Monsignor Jerome Boxleitner, President Emeritus, Catholic Charities of Minneapolis/St. Paul

"Saint John’s was not a place gone back in time. Saint John’s was a place where time was subject to the scrutiny of the future . . ."
- S. Joan Chittister

"Fifteen centuries of history could be a heavy weight, but at Saint John’s I see an openness to the demands of the present, the here and now, that is refreshing and sorely needed."
- James O’Gara

"Hospitality . . . breadth of spirit and vision . . . made Saint John’s a haven for many black candidates for ministry at a time when almost all bishops and most religious orders prudently found reasons for turning them away."
- Fr. Robert Hovda