St. John’s University
The School of Education Presents the
13th Annual Catholic Schools Principals’ Institute
“The Principal as Entrepreneur in the 21st
Century”
Location:
St. John’s University
D’Angelo Center, 4th Floor
8000 Utopia Parkway
Jamaica, NY
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
8:30 am – 1:00 pm
Keynote Speaker:
Most Reverend David M. O’Connell, C.M., J.C.D., Bishop of
Trenton, NJ
10th Bishop of Trenton
Bishop David M. O'Connell, C.M., 10th Bishop of Trenton, was born
April 21, 1955, in Philadelphia. A priest of the Eastern
Province of the Congregation of the Mission, also known as the
Vincentians, Bishop O'Connell grew up in Langhorne, PA.
Knowing from an early age that he wished to pursue the priesthood,
Bishop O'Connell attended the Vincentians' St. Joseph Preparatory
High School, Princeton. He continued his Vincentian education in
Niagara University, New York, where he obtained a bachelor's degree
in philosophy in 1978. Bishop O'Connell prepared for the
priesthood in Mary Immaculate Seminary, Northampton, PA., where he
received a master of divinity degree in 1981 and a master's degree
in moral theology in 1983. On May 29, 1982, he was ordained a
priest of the Congregation of the Mission.
Following ordination, Bishop O'Connell's first assignment was as
director of student activities and faculty in Archbishop Wood High
School, Warminster, Pa. He then pursued studies in canon law
at The Catholic University of America, Washington, obtaining a
licentiate in 1987 and then a doctorate in canon law in 1990. He
has since received numerous honorary academic degrees from various
colleges and universities. In 1990 he joined St. John's University,
Queens, N.Y., where he served in various capacities, including
professor of theology and religious studies, associate dean of the
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, academic dean and dean of
faculty of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and assistant
to legal counsel.
In 1998, Father O'Connell was named the 14th president of The
Catholic University of America. Among the many highlights of his
presidency was the opportunity to serve as a member of the planning
committee for Pope Benedict XVI's pastoral visit to the United
States in April 2008 and to host the pope at CUA. Father O'Connell
resigned as President of the Catholic University of America in
2010.
On June 4, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Father O'Connell as
Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Trenton. He was ordained to the
episcopacy on July 30, 2010. When Pope Benedict XVI accepted the
resignation of Bishop Smith on Dec. 1, 2010, Bishop O'Connell
automatically succeeded him as the 10th Bishop of Trenton.
Speaker/Panel Moderator
Sr. Carol Cimino SSJ, Ed D
Carol Cimino is a Sister of St. Joseph of Rochester, and currently
serves as a national consultant for the William H. Sadlier Co. She
has been a teacher and an administrator on all levels of Catholic
education and was a development director for three Catholic high
schools. In addition, she co-directs the Institute in Catholic
Identity at Manhattan College in New York City.
Sister Carol served for 17 years as the Executive Director of the
Catholic School Administrators Association of New York State and,
in that capacity, developed newsletters, websites, talks and
workshops for use with teachers, administrators, 
parents, and both school and parish religious
education boards. In addition, she has worked with association
executives, groups of realtors, and directors of volunteer programs
in developing strategic and marketing plans.
Sister Carol received her bachelor’s degree in history from
Nazareth College of Rochester, her master’s in history from
Syracuse University, a master’s in administration and supervision
from the University of Rochester, and her doctorate in educational
leadership from St. Mary’s University of Minnesota.
Sister Carol has continually updated her focus on the pressing
issues of Catholic education while maintaining her foundational
belief in the importance of a Catholic education. Sister
Carol has developed new strategies and techniques to support
administrators as they lead effective schools for the 21st
century.