Is not a big part of our gladness and pride this happy morning of graduation a grateful recognition that this university does indeed exude such “ecclesial communion and solidarity?” That this university is both CatholIic and American, flowing from the most noble ideals of truth and respect for human dignity that are at the heart of our Church and our country? That a university’s genuine greatness comes not from pursuing what is most chic, recent, or faddish, but what is most timeless, true, good, and beautiful in creation and creatures? That the true goal of a university is to prepare a student not only for a career but for fullness of life here and in eternity?
123rd Annual Commencement Address
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York
East Portico, Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
May 12, 2012
In his moving commencement address, Cardinal Timothy Dolan also speaks of marriage in the context of "the law of the gift."
