Presidential Inaugural Addresses

A Noster Modus Procedendi
Fred P. Pestello, Ph.D.
Le Moyne College, April 24, 2009

Presidential Inaugural Address
Michael E. Engh, S.J.
Santa Clara University, April 24, 2009

Presidential Inaugural Address
Eugene Cornacchia, Ph.D.
St. Peter's College, October 20, 2007

In Ten Thousand Places: The Jesuit University and Humanism in a Pluralistic Age
Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J.
Inaugural Celebration Introduction at Loyola University New Orleans, October 15, 2004

Presidential Inaugural Address
Gerard Stockhausen, SJ
University of Detroit Mercy, October 1, 2004

Engaging the Tensions, Living the Questions
President John J. DeGioia
Inaugural Address, October 13, 2001

Scholars, Saints and Citizen-Servants
Michael Graham, S.J., President of Xavier University
Inaugural Address at Xavier University, September 8, 2001

Other Addresses and Keynotes

Companions in Mission: Pluralism in Action
Superior General Adolfo Nicolas, S.J.
Loyola Marymount University, February 2, 2009

Michael Graham, S.J., President of Xavier University
Keynote Address at the 18th annual Salute to Catholic School Alumni
Louisville KY, March 4, 2008

The Influence of the Spiritual Exercises on Six Dimensions of Jesuit Education
Michael Graham, S.J., President of Xavier University
Academic Day Address at Xavier University, October 2, 2006

The Catholic University of the 21st Century: Educating for Solidarity
Paul Locatelli, S.J., President of Santa Clara University
Keynote Address at Commitment to Justice Conference at John Carroll University, October 15, 2005

Justice in Higher Education
Dean Brackley, Ph.D. Universidad Centroamericana
Keynote Address at Commitment to Justice Conference at John Carroll University, October 14, 2005

Who Are Our Leaders?
Chris Lowney, author of Heroic Leadership
Chicago Province Luncheon at Xavier University, February 16, 2005

Cura apostolica
Howard Gray, S.J., John Carroll University
Keynote at the Jesuit Secondary Education Association, June 23, 2004

Ignatian Spirituality: What are We Talking about and Why?
Howard Gray, S.J. at John Carroll University, Staff Services Address, May 1, 2002

The Service of Faith and the Promotion of Justice in American Jesuit Higher Education
Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, S.J., Superior General of the Society of Jesus
Keynote Address at Santa Clara University's Justice Conference, October 6, 2000

Lectures and Special Clips from Fordham University 

The 28 Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States have educated over one million living graduates to be people of competence and compassion. See some of the famous, influential, and noteworthy alumni from Xavier University and elsewhere.

IMAGE RIGHT: Julie Isphording, seen here, graduated from Xavier University in 1983 and went on to become a member of the first-ever women's U.S. Olympic Marathon team.

"For the greater glory of God." Motto of the Society of Jesus.

Apostle is the role given to the inner circle of 12 whom Jesus "sent out" (on mission) and to a few others like Saint Paul. Hence apostolate means a "mission endeavor or activity" and apostolic means "mission-like."

As the 28th Superior General of the Society of Jesus from 1965-1981, he was the central figure in the renewal of the Society after Vatican Council II, paying attention both to the spirit of Ignatius the founder and to the signs of our times. From the Basque country of northern Spain, he left medical school to join the Jesuits, was expelled from Spain in 1932 with all the other Jesuits, studied theology in Holland, and received further training in spirituality and psychology in the U.S. Arrupe spent 27 years in Japan (where among many other things he cared for victims of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima) until his election in 1965 as superior general. He is considered the founder of the modern, post-Vatican II Society of Jesus.

Pedro Arrupe's Mysticism of Open Eyes  Kevin Burke, SJ, Jesuit School of Theology (PDF)

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Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities

Lilly Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts at Valparaiso University
The National Association of Church-Related Colleges and Universities

Cristo Rey Network

Jesuit Secondary Education Association

National Catholic Education Association (Elementary - University)