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“With A Pen In Her Hand”: Communities In Gloria Naylor’S Fiction And In Her Archives Conference, Sacred Heart University

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Conference held October 18-20, 2023, celebrating Gloria Naylor’s fiction and the return of her Archives to Sacred Heart University.

Joy And Hope On The Margins: The Mission Imperative Of Access To Catholic Higher Education, Patricia Mcguire

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Words written in 1965 seem prophetic for today’s challenges to the human community:

“Never has the human race enjoyed such an abundance of wealth, resources and economic power, and yet a huge proportion of the world’s citizens are still tormented by hunger and poverty, while countless numbers suffer from total illiteracy. …political, social, economic, racial and ideological disputes still continue bitterly, and with them the peril of a war which would reduce everything to ashes.” (Gaudium et Spes #4)

The content and structure of Gaudium et Spes suggests a curriculum for Catholic Higher Education that is broad and deep …

What, For The University, Is Solidarity? Catholic Higher Education And The Unfinished Reception Of Gaudium Et Spes, Susan Bigelow Reynolds

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Forty years ago, Jesuit philosopher and theologian Ignacio Ellacuría accepted an honorary doctorate from Santa Clara University and delivered a commencement address with which some of us here today are likely familiar. In the concise and penetrating speech, Ellacuría proposed a vision of the university as both a center of intellectual inquiry and cultural production, and as a “social force”—a place concerned with the transformation of social reality.

“To Expel Or Embrace? The Challenge And Promise Of Handing Down The Catholic Intellectual Tradition In Light Of Dei Verbum”, Grant Kaplan

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The conference description puts in remarkably succinct language what it takes most academics a long time to say. The description prompts participants “to explore how our reading and understanding of Vatican II documents, as well as the formative thinkers of Vatican II and the Catholic intellectual tradition, can deepen and expand our vision of Catholic higher education, addressing new and old challenges.” In accordance with this prompt, my paper will take up one challenge, an old one: handing on the Catholic intellectual tradition.

Vatican Ii And Catholic Higher Education: Guest In Its Own House?, Massimo Faggioli

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Almost exactly sixty years ago to the day, pope John XXIII opened Vatican II, the greatest religious event in the 20th century and an epoch-changing council like only Trent before, with a speech, Gaudet Mater Ecclesia, which single-handedly redirected the agenda of the council and arguably also the course of Church history. Even though Vatican II deserves to be celebrated, anniversaries often have the unstated purpose to administer symbolic sedation. So, this conference is not a celebratory moment, rather an opportunity to reflect on the state of the reception of the council especially in Catholic colleges and universities. In …

Lilly Fellows Program Grant To Fund Conference Honoring Vatican Ii, Shu Founding, Sacred Heart University

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Sacred Heart University has received a Lilly Fellows Program grant to develop and host a three-day, regional conference next October on Vatican II and Catholic Higher Education which will be held on the 60th anniversaries of the Second Vatican Council (Vatican II) and Sacred Heart University’s founding.

Inauguration Remarks Of John J. Petillo, Ph.D., John J. Petillo

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Remarks of John J. Petillo, Ph.D. September 21, 2011 in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit on the occasion of his inauguration as President of Sacred Heart University.

"A Time for New Beginnings."

Announcing The Appointment Of Sacred Heart University's Sixth President, John J. Petillo, Ph.D., Sacred Heart University

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John J. Petillo, Ph.D. was named the sixth president of Sacred Heart University on March 28, 2011.

An Address By His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios Of America, Demetrios Archbishop Of America

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On the occasion of receiving an Honorary Doctor's Degree in Humanities, The Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut, November 9, 2005.

The article presents a speech by Archbishop Demetrios of America delivered during the presentation of his Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree at Sacred Heart University, in which he discussed the historic encounter between Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras and Pope Paul VI in 1964, ministry of reconciliation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and the difficulties facing the Ecumenical Patriarchate due to internal governmental conflicts.

Scholarship Dinner And Discovery Awards, October 15, 1994, Sacred Heart University

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Program for Sacred Heart University's Scholarship Dinner and Discovery Awards, Saturday October 15, 1994.

Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Invitation, Sacred Heart University

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Invitation to celebrate the founding of Sacred Heart University and to honor The Most Reverend Walter W. Curtis.

Mass Of The Holy Spirit ... Inauguration Of Anthony J. Cernera, Sacred Heart University

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Mass of the Holy Spirit celebrated on the occasion of the inauguration of Anthony J. Cernera as Fifth President of Sacred Heart University.

Director of Music: Mr. Leland Roberts ; Participating Musicians: Mr. Ronald Berra, organist ; Ms. Suzanne Bona, flutist ; Choir.

Highlights Of Shu's 25th Anniversary, Sacred Heart University

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A number of major events during the coming weeks will focus on the 25th Anniversary of the founding of Sacred Heart University by The Most Reverend Walter W. Curtis.

Program For The Installation Of Robert A. Kidera, Sacred Heart University

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Program for the installation of Robert A. Kidera as the second President of Sacred Heart University, September 21, 1971.