John M. Travaline, MD, in his chapter Toward a Catholic Ethos in Health Care Enhancing Praxis Through Education in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, uses the Seton Hall course Catholicism, Healthcare and the Human Condition to illustrate how Catholic studies programs emerge from a Vatican II paradigm for Catholic education to articulate a dialectic with the Catholic Intellectual Tradition in which academic disciplines draw on the tradition to sustain their own development. In this course, elements within the Catholic Intellectual Tradition are brought into an analysis of modern medical practice, and health care more generally. The student begins with the fundamental premise that the telos of health care is properly rooted in Christian love. Situated within this context, one recognizes that the practice of health care is most authentic when understood in terms of its foundational ethos. Therefore, a pedagogy which unpacks and reveals these foundational elements enhances for the student, and ultimately those served by the student, a richer praxis of the art and science of health care. This pedagogy is characterized by an examination of relevant magisterial documents; Scripture; and writings of early Christian, Thomistic, and contemporary Catholic thinkers, providing insights and commentary for enriching classroom discussions. Drawing upon these foundational elements in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition then allows for an exploration and analysis of contemporary healthcare matters, particularly those more directly impacting the human experience of illness and vulnerability.