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On Jan. 29, the College’s Center for Religion, Ethics
and Culture, in conjunction with The Catholic Common Ground
Initiative, hosted a conference on “The Role of Catholic
Higher Education in Renewing the Moral Integrity of the Catholic
Community in the United States.” Examining the responsibility
of Catholic colleges for the moral integrity of the Catholic
faith in light of the crisis, the program featured 40 participants,
including bishops, college and university presidents, faculty,
staff and pastoral leaders. The conference concluded with
a panel discussion titled “Responding to the Crisis
of Integrity in the Church: What Should Catholic Colleges
Do?”
Moderated by Rev. Philip Murnion, director of the National
Pastoral Life Institute, the panel featured Rev. Michael
C. McFarland, S.J., president of Holy Cross; Monica Hellwig,
president of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities;
Matthew H. Clark ’59, Bishop of Rochester, N.Y.; David
Gregory, professor of law at Saint John’s University,
New York; and Jim Post, president of Voice of the Faithful.
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