Cabrini Spirit Week November 11, 2012 “By knowing that the Lord will provide all we need wherever we are in life, the Lord is setting us free. He is setting us free on the wings of hope. He makes us fearless with hope.” Fall Convocation September 22, 2012 “As you move through your educational journey here at Cabrini, please continue to dedicate yourself to excellence in all you do. May Cabrini’s “Education of the Heart” provide you with a journey that enlightens your mind, touches your heart, extends your hands and gives you voice. As you continue to achieve excellence, I pray you become leaders for change in a world that desperately needs you.” Wolfington Center 10-Year Anniversary September 19, 2012 “The Wolfington Center is at work in homeless shelters in Montgomery County and at an orphanage in Swaziland, Africa. The Wolfington Center is in New Orleans and Guatemala. The Wolfington Center is working to protect local waterways from pollution and working to promote fair-trade here and abroad. Through these partnerships, its reach is far and wide.” Matriculation August 23, 2012 “Learning opportunities abound for you at Cabrini College, because we are a community of learners who seek to learn from all things and at all times in order to live life to the fullest, because we believe—as a community of learners—that a life lived best is a life lived fully.” Undergraduate Commencement May 20, 2012 “And in providing an Education of the Heart, the College has endeavored to let you experience how to put this education into real-world practice. Graduates, when I think of all you have achieved here at Cabrini College, this is perhaps what I am most proud of: that while receiving an academically rigorous education, your hearts were touched, possibly even transformed.” Graduate Commencement May 20, 2012 “Like each of you, Mother Cabrini was an educator and a leader. In fact, as Mother Cabrini proved in her remarkable life, you can often use these words interchangeably, because in many ways the best educators are leaders and the best leaders educate.” Cabrini Spirit Week November 13, 2011 “When we return that unconditional love and commitment to our God (guess what), the confusion and conundrums of life are lessened, and directions are made clearer. When combined with prayer and reflection, our path in life becomes known; our senses become attuned to what God wishes for our lives.” Matriculation August 25, 2011 “It is simply an extraordinary—but nonetheless exciting—quest, a journey upon which you embark, one that was shaped by your personal journey prior to Cabrini, and continues as you now become a Cabrini student.” Inaugural Address November 15, 2008 “Mother Cabrini's charism is palpable and her philosophy of education explains our accomplishments and our destiny. I am humbled and awestruck by the example of Mother Cabrini... I pledge to all of you that I will forever remain in awe of that legacy.” Acceptance Speech March 10, 2008 “This commitment to community, to society, and to the common good is at the heart of Cabrini’s mission, and I can assure you it is also what drives the heart of your next president!” |