Center LeadershipDavid B. House, Ph.D.Senior Fellow & Executive Director______________________Center Advisory BoardWilliam H. Dempsey, Esq.President, Project Sycamore; former President and Chief Executive Officer, Association of American Railroads John P. Hittinger, Ph.D.Professor of Philosophy, Center for Thomistic Studies, University of St. Thomas (Houston)Rev. Leonard A. Kennedy, C.S.B., Ph.D.Former President, Assumption College of the University of Windsor, and St. Thomas More College of the University of Saskatchewan, Canada Rev. Joseph Koterski, S.J., Ph.D.Associate Professor of Philosophy, Fordham University Msgr. Stuart W. Swetland, S.T.D.Vice President for Catholic Identity and Mission, Mount St. Mary’s University Hon. Kenneth D. WhiteheadFormer Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education; author
This special publication of The Center for the Study of Catholic Higher Education is issued in the wake of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the United States. It is designed to provide reflections on his historic April 17, 2008 meeting with Catholic college presidents and diocesan education officials.Reflections on Pope Benedict XVI'sAddress to Catholic EducatorsMay 2008Table of Contents(Download a PDF of this Publication)
Truth and Freedom in the Catholic UniversityBy Dr. Brennan Pursell
A Mission of HopeBy Father Charles Sikorsky, LC
Small Is Still Beautiful—And the Font of Hope By Jeffrey O. Nelson
Evangelical Praise for the Pope’s RemarksBy Dr. Hunter Baker
“Were Not Our Hearts Burning As He Spoke?”By Jeffrey J. Karls
Thoughts From the President of a New CollegeBy Father Robert W. Cook
Text of the Address to Catholic EducatorsBy His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI
