TORONTO — One of the pioneers of post-Vatican II church engagement with the political, founder of the Centre of Concern in Washington, former provincial of the Canadian Jesuits and one-time general secretary of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops will deliver the Regis College Chancellor’s Lecture Nov. 22.
Peter Naus, left, and David Perrin process out with Dorothee Retterath, chair of the St. Jerome’s Board of Governors, from the Sept. 15 installation. (Photo courtesy of St. Jerome’s University)
University of St. Michael’s College president Richard Alway applauds as Toronto Archbishop Thomas Collins is awarded an honoray doctorate at the school’s convocation June 14. (Photo by Steve Frost, Frost Photographic)
TORONTO - Universities are at the centre of Catholic life, says Toronto Archbishop Thomas Collins, and that is why the Catholic Church began to create universities in the Middle Ages.