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Speeches by President DeGioia

Sant’ Egidio “Prayer for Peace”; International Meeting

It’s an honor for me to, once again, be with the Sant’ Egidio community…to participate in the Prayer for Peace…and to engage in dialogue and discussion with so many…

September 7, 2009

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Catholic Health East Conference: Reflections on Mission and Identity at Georgetown and Beyond

It is with deep humility that I join you today to offer some reflections on mission and identity. I imagine that we have all been living with these questions for so long, with…

June 1, 2009

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School of Foreign Service in Qatar – Inaugural Commencement

On every visit I have made here, I have always: felt at home. I can remember in meetings with our students, if I closed my eyes, I was right back on our campus at.…

May 9, 2009

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Catholic and Jesuit Education in a Changing World: Lecture at Ateneo de Manila University

When Fr. Nebres invited me to participate in this conference, there was never a question of my coming. First, to be with Fr. Nebres, is to know one of the great global leaders in…

January 24, 2009

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Signing Ceremony for Center for Transnational Legal Studies — London, UK

It seems fitting that we engage in this historic opportunity in this historic setting—and it’s appropriate that we sign what is very much a landmark document in what was once…

October 28, 2008

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Queen’s University Belfast Honorary Degree Ceremony: The Role of the University in Fostering Interreligious Understanding

It is truly a privilege to be here with you this evening, and I am deeply moved by your recognition. This is an honor beyond words for.…

September 26, 2008

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Defining the Challenges, Embracing Leading Solutions: Remarks at Notre Dame’s Annual Athletic and Academic Retreat

My comments will place our engagement in intercollegiate athletics in the context of the broader work of the university and pose some questions regarding the trajectory of this…

August 18, 2008

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Yale Center for Faith & Culture Conference: Social Justice, Human Development and the Role of the Academy

I offer my brief reflections this morning from the perspective of a life lived within a university, a Catholic and Jesuit university, in fact the oldest Catholic university in…

July 31, 2008

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St. John’s Medical School Commencement in Bangalore, India: Globalization, Social Justice and “Care of the Soul”

As most of you are aware, more than 2,000 years ago, Asoka—the first ruler of virtually the entire Indian peninsula…whose symbol appears in the center of the Indian flag…

March 4, 2008

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Security and Globalization: Remarks at the US State Department

All of us are aware that nations are more interdependent, individuals more interconnected, and humanity less divided by narrow domestic walls. And as nations and peoples become…

November 14, 2007