Founder’s Day at Cabrini honors the birthday of the College’s founder, Sister Ursula Infante, MSC (1897-2001).
Cabrini marks Founder’s Day with a presentation by a scholar or activist, someone who embodies the Cabrinian legacy of making God’s visible through active social-justice work.
This year’s speaker is Rev. Fred Kammer, an expert in Catholic social justice and author of Doing Faithjustice.
- “The Future of Solidarity: Changes and Challenges
Facing Catholic Social Thought”
7:15 p.m. in the Cabrini College Mansion
This presentation is part of the Faith Speaker Series offered by Cabrini College’s Wolfington Center.
Directions to Cabrini College are available at cabrini.edu/Directions.
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Mass with Celebrant Rev. Fred Kammer, SJ
8:30 a.m. in the Bruckmann Memorial Chapel of St. Joseph
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Coffee & Donuts Welcome Reception
9:15 a.m. in the Mansion
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Lunch with Students
12:30 p.m. in the Wolfington Center, Founder’s Hall
All students are welcome to attend this informal dialogue about the principles of Catholic Social Teaching.
RSVP by Feb. 13 to Stephen Eberle at sae34@cabrini.edu or 610-902-8122.
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Meeting with Faculty and Staff
3:15 p.m. in the Grace Hall Board Room
All faculty and staff are welcome to attend this informal dialogue about the principles of Catholic Social Teaching.
Founder’s Day 2013 will re-introduce the campus community to Mother Ursula with an interactive gallery of College archives: yearbooks, photographs, her birth certificate, a report card, and even the original white blazer that all Cabrini College students were required to wear.
Please visit the lobby of the Holy Spirit Library to enjoy this interactive gallery, open for viewing until February 28.
Past Presenters
- Sister Helen Prejean, death-penalty abolitionist and author of Dead Man Walking
- Immigration-rights activist Jim Claffey
- Dr. Robert Bullard, widely regarded as the “father of environmental justice”
For more information, contact the Wolfington Center at Wolfington@cabrini.edu.