All Articles: John J. DeGioia

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Baccalaureate Mass 2004

We gather together at the end of this academic season and at the end of your years of undergraduate life as we have with each class for more than two.…

May 23, 2004

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Reunion Weekend Mass 2003

This is a very moving time of year to be here on the Hilltop. I can honestly say that after 28 years, nothing diminishes the emotional hold this time of year has on.…

June 1, 2003

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John Carroll Awards Weekend in Puerto Rico

Our time together this weekend has been a special opportunity to gather and celebrate the many gifts Georgetown receives from its community. Here at the Eucharist we have a…

April 6, 2003

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Address on Building Diversity at Georgetown

Let me begin today by addressing an issue as timely as today's front page. With the Supreme Court set to consider affirmative action policies at the University of Michigan, the…

February 5, 2003

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Student Speech and Expression Forum

Let me begin this forum by arguing two different points of view regarding free speech and expression. This tension has shaped our discourse here, and I hope to do it.…

February 3, 2003

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Alumni Memorial Mass: Reunion Weekend 2002

No doubt since the last time you were here, there have been many changes in your life. Children have been born—your own, perhaps those of your children. Some have left for…

June 1, 2002

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Alumni Memorial Mass 2002

We gather this morning to celebrate and commemorate the lives of those we have lost—and there have been so many this.…

June 1, 2002

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President John J. DeGioia Inaugural Address: Engaging the Tensions, Living the Questions

President DeGioia offers his remarks on how the Georgetown University community embodies its mission and.…

October 13, 2001

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Service and Social Justice Launch

Every day, Georgetown students fan out across the city of Washington, giving life to the words of our mission: "commitment to justice and the common."…

October 11, 2001