St. Edward's University Hosts Holy Cross
Inaugural Convocation

What does it mean to be a Holy Cross educator today? More than 150 individuals from 22 Holy Cross institutions across the country gathered at St. Edward’s University March 26–28, 2006, to consider this question during the Holy Cross Institute’s Inaugural Convocation.

Examining ways to build a community of learning and practice among Holy Cross educators, the meeting also helped gauge expectations for the newly formed institute.

In his inaugural address, Brother Stephen Walsh, CSC, ’62, asked attendees if a school without Holy Cross religious can still be identified as Holy Cross. He quickly continued with an answer from a student of Bishop McNamara High School: “‘Certainly. Just because the pope isn’t my pastor doesn’t make me any less a Catholic.’”

One of the convocation’s highlights occurred when St. Edward's University President George E. Martin announced a $3 million gift from Trustee and former university staff member Margie Diaz Kintz and her husband Tom for the Holy Cross Institute endowment — bringing the total giving to almost half the long-term endowment goal of $10 million.

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