CSB Mission as a Catholic College, 1887-2003

CSB Mission as a Catholic College: Evolution of Courses on Religion listed in College Catalog, 1914-1915, 1916-1917, 1922-1923, 1924 to 1926, 1930s "Guidelines formed toward Catholic College Identity," by President Stanley Idzerda, CSB/SJU Community, February 23, 1973. Stanley Idzerda and four other educators who met with the Commission on Purpose and Identity sponsored by the National Catholic Education Association. Statements and Reflection on the Catholic Mission of CSB (includes the CSB/SJU Coordinate Mission and Values Statement, April 23, 1996) "Reflections on the Mission Statement", by S. Jeremy Hall, 1986 (2 copies) Thoughts on the Catholics mission of CSB taken from a variety of sources President's Report 1982-1983 "The Catholic Character of the College of Saint Benedict: Perspectives of a Member of the Sponsoring Body -- Challenges, Changes, and Concerns" by Sister Katherine Kraft, September 13, 1985 Sponsorship State of the Corporate Membership, February 27, 1979. "Sponsorship and Mission: Our Present Is in Our Past," S. Dolores Super, 1988 History of Separate Incorporation from the Viewpoint of the Monastery CSB Board Meeting, May 5, 2000: 1887-1961: One Corporation: Period of Monastery Ownership and Management of Institutions; 1961-2000: Movement from Ownership to Sponsorship; by 1966, the Community had relinquished ownership and and management of the College and one health care center; in 1967, Prioress Henrita Osendorf said "Incorporation makes these institutions the property of the Members of the Corporation, and it is incidental that, in our case, all members of the Corporation are religious 1980s to the Present (2000) Today's Realities: Governance, Sponsorship Relationship: a dual governance structure of Corporate Members and a Board of Trustees with distinct functions; Joint Administrative Council (JAC) is an internal structure created to strengthen the commitment to a collaborative relationship between the monastery and college on a day-to-day basis which began in 1989 and developed a "Partnership Document" drafted in 1992. That document was revised into a "Statement of Relationship" in 2000: it became more intentional/attentive to new ways of influencing the Mission and Fostering Catholic, Benedictine Identity. Summary of CSB: Continuity and Change, 1913-2001 Panel on the Catholic Character of the College of Saint Benedict, 1985 Colman O'Connell, "The Mission of CSB: Its Catholic Character," Inaugural Address, September 13, 1986 Dietrich Reinhart, "Good Stewardship of Paradox: The Identity of a Catholic College," Inaugural Address, September 13, 1991 Sister Colman O'Connell's speech is included in the ACCU publication, "Current Issues in Catholic Higher Education," Summer, 1987 "Catholic Higher Education in North America" by Morgan and Gallen, 1987 Speeches and Events on Campus on Core Values of CSB Spirituality and Leadership Writing Group, 1997-1998 Leadership and Ethics Working Group, Development of Moral Values on Campus Moral Issues on our Campuses Current Issues in Catholic Higher Education, Summer 1987 Core Curriculum Statement of the Theology Department of CSB/SJU February 1982 Statement on Autonomy and Academic Freedom," College Newsletter, September 1967 Sister Linnea Welter, " On Serenity and Related Matters, 1962 Ephrem Hollermann's speeches to the Board of Trustees, 1995-2001: "A Legacy of Values," October 20, 1995 "Distinctive Monastic Traditions and a Distinctive Educational Tradition," January 19, 1996 "The Intellectual Life in Benedictine Tradition," December 4, 1998 "Statement of Relationship between the Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict and the College of Saint Benedict," April 10, 2000 "History of Separate Incorporation of the College from the Viewpoint of the Monastery," May 5, 2000 Hilary Thimmesh, OSB, "The Church and the Campus in the Modern World, CSB/SJU Symposium, Fall 1997 (includes an outline by SER on the essay) Announcement of the Koch Chair in Catholic Thought and Culture, 2001; Priminary Draft of Koch Chair at the College of Saint Benedict "The Different Sponsorship Roles and Juridic Relationships that Exist Between CSB and Its Monastery and SJU and the Abbey," "Presentation to the Joint Board of Trustees and Regents," May 4, 2001 Catholic Intellectual Tradition includes: "Forty Years and Some Revolutions Later: The Problem of Intellectual Life in the American Church," by Thomas Landy, director of Collegium, Spring 1995 "Collegium's Summer Institute on Faith and Intellectual Life," June 14-21, 1996 Koch Chair (see also AC 07.42 Box 02 (Theology Department) "Relationship between Catholic Intelligence and Catholic Higher Education," by Dr. David O'Brien, Koch Chair Visiting Lecturer, March 24, 2003; "The Catholic Intellectual Tradition -- What is it? Why should I care?" Report to Faculty and Staff Assembly by William Cahoy on August 20, 2003) Molly Kelash, "Working for Justice: Powerful Social Principles Lie at the Core of our Catholic Faith," Basilica Magazine, March 2003 "Catholic Social Vision and the Public Agenda," speech by Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, October 3, 2003 "Core Values and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition at CSB/SJU" Core Values and The Catholic Intellectual Tradition, [after March 2003, but nd] "Catholic Intellectual Tradition: A Gloriously rich but Difficult Inheritance" by Ursula King; "Catholic Intellectual Tradition in the Catholic University," by MoniKa K. Hellwig; "The Catholic Character of the College of St. Benedict: Perspectives of a Member of the Sponsoring Body: Challenge, Changes, and Concerns" (prepared for the CSB Faculty Forum by Sister Katherine Kraft, January 23, 1986) "Can We Still Hear the Call? What It Means to be Catholic," by Martin Marty, HEALTH PROGRESS, JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1995 (10 Elements in the call to be Catholic) CSB joins a national network of 26 colleges and universities in a new program in Christian higher education to aid postdoctoral scholars pursuing teaching vocations at church-related institutions "Working for Justice: Powerful Social Principles at the Core of Our Catholics Faith", 2003 Collegium - Summer Institute, 1996 The Church in a Modern World: Magna Carta for Catholic Higher Education, Oct. 19, 1995 "The Liberating Richness of Catholic Higher Education: More, Not Less, Opportunity for Learning and Personal Development," by Stuart Goldschen, Saint Benedict's Today, Summer 1998, pages 13-16. "The Vocation Project: Educating for Leadership in Church and Society,: 2003-2004 Kathleen Yaens Waynes, CSB 1942 Comments on her education as a Black Women at CSB in America Magazine, Volume 174, #5, page 38, 1996. "Educate a Girl?? You Might as Well Attempt to Educate a cat! Documenting Women's Education at a Single-Sex Collegiate Institution" by Nanci A. Young "Reflections on Continuity and Change of CSB, 1913-2001 (By Sister Emmanuel Renner") Catholic Character of the college