It's the last step before sainthood. In an effort to ensure the continued success of Catholic schools well into the future, the superintendents of nine Catholic diocese school districts across the country will convene at the University of Dayton Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 9 and 10. Father Jim Heft and Terry Tilley offer their views. Leo Meyer and several prominent UD graduates will be installed in the Dayton Walk of Fame during UD's sesquicentennial year. Roman Catholic apocalypticism and hope in the new millennium will be explored in the University of Dayton's summer lecture series sponsored by the religious studies department.
Admission is free and open to the public.
Jim Heft, chancellor and professor of faith and culture, is leading an international effort to establish the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies. It will not be affiliated with any one Catholic university, but its research would support curriculum development on all the nation's Catholic campuses. Some critics claim the schools have become the realm of the richest and smartest, while neglecting the poorest and those students with special education needs. But the films may be implicitly religious rather than explicitly religious. Saturday, April 29, University of Dayton alumni from five major U.S. cities will lend a hand to neighbors in need during the inaugural National Alumni Day of Service.