Founder's Week 2003

"It is not enough to do good; it must be done well." - St. Vincent de Paul

The Core Value of “Excellence” promotes standards that propel our faculty, students and administrators toward academic excellence.  Striving, growing, never being complacent, St. John’s University produces citizens of the world.  For Vincentians, excellence is synonymous with leadership. And to truly make a difference, leaders must be equipped -- intellectually, physically, and spiritually -- to achieve excellence through action.

Through discussions, presentations, and workshops, students and faculty, staff and alumni explore the many ways all of us can make our world a better place. 

Calendar of Events

Saturday, January 25
Anniversary of Founding of the Congregation of the Mission

Queens Campus

Monday, January 27
Library Exhibit Opens
St. Augustine Hall, 3rd Floor, Queens campus

Mass/Founder's Awards
12:15 p.m.
Our Lady of Lourdes Chapel
Founder's Recognition Recipients

Tuesday, January 28
Student Discussion: The Mission Continues
12:10 - 1:10 p.m.
UC Lounge

Administrators and Staff Luncheon
11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. and 1 -2 p.m.
Bent Hall, Rms. 277A and B
Speaker: Rev. Patrick Griffin, C.M., Immaculate Conception Seminary, St. John's University Board of Trustees

Founder's Film Series, Finding Forrester
7 p.m.
Bent Hall Auditorium
With Rev. Robert Lauder and Co-host, Rev. Michael Callaghan, C.M.

Wednesday, January 29
Faculty Research Luncheon, Vincentian Excellence
1 - 2:30 p.m.
Bent Hall, Rms. 277A and B

Thursday, January 30
Student Activities Fair, Mission Exhibit
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Marillac Terrace

Vincentian Convention
8 p.m.
Bent Hall Auditorium
Ninth Annual Vincentian Chair of Social Justice, Pacem in Terris; a Forty-Year Retrospective
Speaker: Peter Steinfels, Ph.D., Historian and Columnist, The New York Times
Lecture Transcript

Staten Island Campus

Sunday, January 26
Induction Ceremony, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Liturgy and Supper
6 p.m.
Kelleher Center Presidential Room

Monday, January 27
Opening Breakfast
8:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Kelleher Center Presidential Room

Tuesday, January 28
Faculty, Staff and Administrators Luncheon
12 p.m. and 1 p.m.
Kelleher Center Presidential Room
Speaker: Rev. James Kiernan, C.M., Director of the Central Association of the Miraculous Medal, Philadelphia, PA

Wednesday, January 29
St. Vincent de Paul / Notre Dame Lecture - How Excellent Can We Be?
11:15 a.m.
Kelleher Center Presidential Room
Speaker: Rev. Robert Stone, C.M., Parochial Vicar, St. John the Baptist, Brooklyn

Supper Seminar (Evening Students)
6:45 p.m.
Kelleher Center Presidential Room
St. John's Alumni - St. John's Mission: Catalyst for Excellence

Thursday, January 30
Founder's Week Mass
12:15 p.m.
Kelleher Center Presidential Room

Friday, January 31
Spirit Day
12 p.m.

Saturday, February 1
Service Day

Manhattan Campus

Monday, January 27
Atrium Exhibit Opens

Lunch
12 p.m.
St. John's Conference of St. Vincent de Paul meets with Archdiocese SVDP Leadership

Wednesday, January 29
Founder's Mass
12:15 p.m.
Sixth Floor Lounge

Friday, January 31
Employee Service Opportunity, Soup Kitchen

Saturday, February 1
Student Service Opportunity

Oakdale Location

Wednesday, January 29
Faculty, Administrators and Staff Luncheon
12 p.m.
Speaker: Rev. John B. Freund, C.M. - The Mission Continues

Rome Campus

Wednesday, January 29
Founder's Mass
1 p.m.

Lunch and Discussion
1:30 p.m.
For Faculty, Administrators, Graduate/Undergraduate Students
Speaker: Rev. Elmer Bauer, C.M., Econome General of the Congregation of the Mission