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Rome Seminar Readings

Summer 2022

Week One: The history and role of ACCU

Read “Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities” by Richard Yanikoski
Read "ACCU: Connecting, Informing, Strengthening"
Review the main sections of the ACCU website:

Week Two: Mission on campus

Read brochures in the “Strengthening Catholic Identity” series (all brochures will be emailed to participants on April 12th for the following week's reading)

Week Three: Grounding in Catholic higher education governing documents

Read Ex Corde Ecclesiae
Familiarize yourself with Veritatis Gaudium
Review Michael Galligan-Stierle's presentation on Veritatis Gaudium and Ex Corde Ecclesiae
Read "Canonical Reflections on the Application of "Ex Corde Ecclesiae" by Sharon Euart, RSM
Watch "Ex Corde Ecclesiae: 25 Years to Today" by Sr. Andrea Lee, IHM & Barbara Humphrey McCrabb (ACCU 2016 New Presidents Institute; webinar link will be distributed via email to registered participants)

Week Four: The unique role/model of Catholic higher education in the United States

"We've Been Here Before: A Brief History of Catholic Higher Education in the America" by Michael T. Rizzi, Ed.D. in Journal of Catholic Higher Education
"Catholic Higher Education as Transformation: With What Warrant? To What Ends? By What Means?" by Bernard G. Prusak, Ph.D. in Journal of Catholic Higher Education
"Do Catholic Universities Still Have a Value Proposition?" by Scott Kelley
Pope Benedict XVI's Address to Catholic Educators
Pope Francis's Address to a Delegation from Villanova University
"Modeling the Best of What Catholic Higher Education Has to Offer Society and the Church: Reflections by a Mission Officer and Faculty Member" by Alicia Cordoba Tait in Integritas
ACCU's letter to Pope Francis on the sex abuse crisis
A letter responding to the crisis from an ACCU member institution

Each week's readings will be added at the beginning of that week.