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Higgins Presents Talk On Bishop Curtis And Beyond, Michael W. Higgins
Higgins Presents Talk On Bishop Curtis And Beyond, Michael W. Higgins
Michael W. Higgins
On September 23, as part of Sacred Heart University’s commemoration of its 50th anniversary, Michael W. Higgins provided insight into the University’s beginnings and its promising future. Higgins is SHU’s vice president for Mission and Catholic Identity. The year 1963 was a time of international tensions, major social and political turbulence, and the early years of the Second Vatican Council. Great changes were taking place around the world, inspiring Bishop Walter W. Curtis of Bridgeport to create a university in which laity would assume leadership.