Cardinal Timothy Dolan Delivers Borromean Lecture

Louis Fabro
Attendees of this year’s Borromean Lecture on October 10 were blessed to hear one of the most distinguished speakers in the event’s 24-year history, His Eminence Cardinal Timothy Cardinal Dolan. The archbishop of New York, well known and widely admired for his openness, warmth and wit, spoke to St. Charles students, faculty and staff in the Frank E. Murphy ’54 Convocation Center about the importance of Catholic education.  
 
 
In his comments, Cardinal Dolan noted that some of the last words Jesus spoke on earth were “Go teach all the nations.” (These very words are engraved in Latin over the school’s front entrance: “Euntes ergo docete omnes gentes.”) “So, if you ask why I am here today, to glorify and laud and support Catholic education … folks, for somebody who considers Jesus Christ as my Lord and savior, as the way the truth and the light … I better listen to Him. “
 
Before the cardinal’s presentation, attendees were treated to a performance by the Notre Dame Glee Club, which had driven in from South Bend just for the occasion.
 
The Borromean Lecture was initiated in 2000 by alumnus, renowned public relations executive and author Robert L. Dilenschneider ’61 to honor the school’s patron, Saint Charles Borromeo. It is an annual forum to attract to campus a speaker of national renown on the topics of morals and ethics in society, business and government. 
 
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