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Dialogue Programs - Presentations

The Anthony J. Ruggiero Lectures on Catholic Education

Celebrating the Legacy of St. Leonie de Sales Aviat

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September 14, 2009

"What kind of tale have we fallen into?"
The Future of Catholic Schools in the United States

by John Staud, Ph.D.
Director - Alliance for Catholic Education
University of Notre Dame

 

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September 8, 2008

"Saintly Education: The Oblate Legacy from Leonie Aviat"

by Mother Françoise-Bernadette Beuzelin, O.S.F.S.
Mother General of the Oblate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales
successor to St. Leonie de Sales Aviat

 

September 10, 2007

"Keeping Our Schools Catholic:  Lessons from a Long History"

by Sr. Mary Berchmans Hannan, V.H.M.
President Emerita - Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School
 

September 11, 2006

"Catholic Identity:
The Value-Added and Essential Component of Catholic Education"

by Dr. John J. Convey
Provost & St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Professor of Education - The Catholic University of America
 

September 12, 2005

"Catholic Schools:  Gift to the Church, Gift to the Nation"

by Michael Guerra
United Nations delegate - International Office of Catholic Education
former President of the National Catholic Educational Association
 

 

September 13, 2004

"Breaking the Cycle of Poverty through Education"

by Fr. Jack Podsiadlo, S.J.
Executive Director of the Nativity Network
 

September 15, 2003

"Myths, Realities and Dreams about Catholic Education,
From a Passionate Practitioner's View"  

by Sr. Rose Marie DeCarlo, I.H.M.
General Superior of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
 

September 16, 2002

"The Genius of Catholic Education"  

by James J. Cusimano, Esq.
Secretary of Education (retired) - Diocese of Allentown, PA
 


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To contribute to the endowment for this lecture series on Catholic Education, contact the Salesian Center.

 

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