Founder's Week

Founder's Week 2026 Schedule

Tuesday, September 22

Event: Founder's Week Faculty Research Luncheon

For: All faculty 
Time: 12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. ( lunch will be available beginning at 12 noon) 
Location: D'Angelo Center, Room 416
Speaker: TBA
Registration: Registration link coming soon
Contact:  Lucy Pesce, Executive Director for Mission Initiatives
                ([email protected]); 718-990-3004)

Wednesday, September 23

Event: Founder's Week Administrators and Staff Luncheon

For: Administrators and Staff on all campuses
Time: 12:00 p.m. ( Lunch available beginning at 11:45 am)
Location: D'Angelo Center, Room 416
Speaker: Jonathan Dator, Director of the Center for Counseling & Consultation, St. John's University
Contact:  Vincentian Center for Church and Society at 718-990-1612; [email protected]
Registration: Registration link coming soon

Thursday, September 24

Event: The Vincentian Convocation

Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: St. Thomas More Church, Queens Campus
Keynote Speaker: 
Contact: Office of University Events at 718-990-6365

The Vincentian Convocation will honor recipients of the Vincentian Mission Award, St. Vincent de Paul Medal, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Medal, Caritas Medal, International Medal, and the Frederic Ozanam Award. 

Honoree Dinner

Time: 5 p.m. 
Registration: By invitation only
Contact: Office of University Events at 718-990-6365

Friday, September 25

Event: Queens Campus Mass, St. Vincent de Paul Feast Day

For: Administrators and Staff on all campuses
Time: 12:15 p.m.
Location: St. Thomas More Church, Queens Campus
Contact: Andrea Pinnavaia, [email protected]

Saturday, September 26

Event: University Service Day

For: Students, Faculty, Administrators, Staff, and Alumni
Time:  All Day
Registration is required
Contact: The Institute for Vincentian Impact 718-990-8331
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Monday, September 28

Event: Vincentian Heritage Lecture with M. Therese Lysaught, Ph.D.
" Knowing the impoverished: Implications for Catholic bioethics from the the analysis of poverty, race and ethnicity"

For: Students, Faculty, Administrators, Staff, and Alumni                                                         
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: Belson Moot Courtroom( Room 2-13), School of Law, Second Floor          
Contact: Vincentian Center for Church and Society at 718-990-1612; [email protected]
R.S.V.P: Registration link coming soon

M. Therese Lysaught, PhD, is a tenured Professor at the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Care Leadership and the Institute of Pastoral Studies, Loyola University Chicago, having joined the faculty 2013. For five years, she served as Associate Dean for the Institute of Pastoral Studies, and prior to joining the faculty at Loyola held tenured positions at Marquette University and the University of Dayton, serving terms as Director of Graduate Studies for her respective departments.

Dr. Lysaught’s scholarly work brings into conversation the fields of theology, medicine, ethics, and bioethics. She has published on a variety of topics including fundamental investigations in the areas of Catholic moral theology and theological ethics, as well as specific topics such as anointing of the sick, genetics, gene therapy, human embryonic stem cell research, end-of-life, neuroscience, global health, and bioethics and social justice. She also consults widely with health care systems on issues surrounding mission, theology, and ethics.

In 2012, Dr. Lysaught was invited to serve as a Visiting Scholar with the Catholic Health Association, overseeing a project on the theological foundations of Catholic identity. Prior to this appointment, she had served in a variety of advisory capacities with CHA including the Theologian and Ethicist Committee of the Board of Directors (2002-2009) as well as working groups on genetics (2001-2003) and the principle of moral cooperation (2001-