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Papal Nuncio to United Nations delivered Borromean Lecture at St. Charles S t. Charles Preparatory School’s annual Borromean Lecture this year featured the commentary of His Excellency, Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Apostolic Nuncio and Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations in New York City. He addressed church officials, business and civic leaders, and the school’s entire student body of 576 young men at a noon luncheon on March 2. For each of the students he brought a special Papal Rosary personally blessed by Pope Benedict XIV. The event’s setting was the beautiful new Robert C. Walter Student Commons. Archbishop Migliore Archbishop Migliore was appointed to his current post in 2002 by his holiness Pope John Paul II. Migliore entered the Holy See’s diplomatic service in 1980 after graduating from the Pontifical Academy for Ecclesiastical Diplomacy. He has since served as attaché and second secretary to the apostolic delegation in Angola (1980-84) before serving in Apostolic Nunciatures in the U.S. (’84- ’88); Egypt (’88-’89), and Poland (’89- 92). While under-secretary of the section for relations with states of the Secretariat of State, Migliore was in charge of fostering relations with countries having no formal relations with the Vatican. He led delegations to China, Vietnam, North Korea, and at numerous United Nations conferences. He also represented the Holy See at many events held in European capitals on issues related to the World Trade Organization, the Economic Commission for Europe, the European Union, and the Middle East. Principal Cavello ’64 presents Archbishop Celestino Migliore an engraved glass keepsake in gratitude for presenting this year’s Borromean Lecture. Bishop Campbell shares a light moment with Archbishop Migliore, right. Borromean Lectures St. Charles Preparatory School established the Borromean Lectures seven years ago in honor of the school’s patron saint, St. Charles Borromeo. The lecture series provides a forum at St. Charles to attract annually to campus a speaker of national renown to address topics of morals and ethics in society, business, and government. Past speakers have included Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, Archbishop of Washington, D.C., former U.S. ambassador Michael Novak, Cardinal Avery Dulles, the Laurence J. McGinley Chair at Fordham University, Joel I. Klein, chancellor of N.Y. City Schools, and Dr. F. Russell Hittinger, Warren Professor of Catholic Studies at the University of Tulsa College of Law. Distinguished Lecture guests From left -- State Senator Ray Miller (father of 1997 graduate, Ray), Robert L. Dilenschneider ’61, U.S. Rep. Pat Tiberi, Bishop Campbell, principal Cavello, and Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the guest speaker. St. Charles Preparatory School
This is a view of the crowd that filled the Student Commons to share lunch and hear Archbishop Migliore deliver this year’s Borromean Lecture. The group nearest the camera from bottom left are -- Lori Overmyer, Mairead Fyda, Andy Sonderman, (to his immediate right) Dick Schneider (Aquinas ’57) and David L. Pemberton Jr. ’79. The next row from left -- Father Bernie Weldishofer, Michael L. Kletzly ’85, and his mother, Patty Kletzly (an Advisory Board member), Father Roman Ciotola, pastor of Our Lady Victory Parish, and Mike Wolf (Aquinas ’62). Faculty member Doug Montgomery is seen on the far left seated with St. Charles students. The entire student body attended. From left -- Monsignor David Funk, pastor of St. Agatha Church, with parishoner William F. Sullivan ’79. Father Michael J. Lumpe ’78, then pastor of Christ the King Parish, with Archbishop Migliore From left -- Marti (nee Dilenschneider) Doughty with Bob Shay ’53 and wife, Mary (nee Dilenschneider). The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education Integrity to truthiness Papal Nuncio explores word trends in Borromean Lecture The Archbishop’s enticing lecture topic was entitled: The Most Searched Words: From Integrity to Truthiness. What’s Next? In his presentation, the Archbishop related that his lecture topic evolved from one of the special annual reports produced by the Dilenschneider Group, a prominent public relations firm headquartered in New York City. (It was through the initiative and support of that company’s founder and owner, Robert L. Dilenschneider, that the Borromean Lectures came about in the fall of 2000, and continue each year. Dilenschneider is a 1961 St. Charles graduate.) One of the reports that Migliore reviewed was entilted “Noteworthy Trends for 2007,” which identified two of the most-searched words on the website of the authoritative Merriam-Webster dictionary. The words were integrity in 2005 and truthiness in 2006. In his presentation, the Archbishop described how the trilogy of the principles of integrity, truth, added with that of fraternity, must each be given its proper importance if they are to “give rise to social and international relations that can meet the challenges of today’s world.” To describe this special relationship, Migliore pointed to a prominent symbol of the “Borromean Rings,”which appears on the Borromeo family crest in the Walter Student Commons. This trio of rings is intertwined in such a way that removing any of the rings would cause the entire structure to fall apart. Scientists today use the term “borromean” to describe atomic nuclei that behave in a similar way: if any one is removed, the rest of the nucleus disintegrates. The archbishop said that the term truthiness is a satirical term coined and popularized on the cable TV comedy “news” show, The Colbert Report. It refers to a condition or quality of preferring concepts or facts one wishes to be true, rather than concepts or facts that are known to be true. “It is used by those who claim to know something intuitively, instinctively, with no regard to evidence or logic, to intellectual examination, or actual facts,” Migliore said. He quoted Merriam-Webster president John Morse as saying, “We’re at a point where what constitutes truth is a question on a lot of people’s minds, and truth has come up for grabs.” Migliore said, “It points out that our society has a problem with the concept of truth. And yet, truth and integrity, once they are lived out by individuals and societies, become virtues and can well be considered two indispensable rings that build, sustain and season with happiness our contemporary society.” The etymology of Integrity, the second of the three concepts, the archbishop noted, comes from the Latin adjective integer (whole, complete) and comprises the personal inner sense of “wholeness” that derives from honesty and consistent uprightness of character. “It is often understood not only as a consistent and coherent behavior, but as a mindset and lifestyle aimed at the discovery of some truth,” the archbishop said. As for Fraternity, Migliore noted, it serves as the third ring to form an inseparable trilogy. “Fraternity is somehow the missing link, the missing ring that hinders us from discerning the truth and achieving wholeness,” he explained. “It may become 2007’s most searched word,” the archbishop speculated. “This wish I have for you today,” he said, “that you may experience and establish day after day more fraternity among you. This will be the ring in the blazon of this school, that paves the way for clarity of mind to discern and understand the truth. It will pave the way to reach the sense of personal and social wholeness.” Archbishop Migliore noted how his life in the priesthood came about through his admiration for a local priest’s wholistic character, wisdom, and availability to serve the poorest of the poor. “I said to myself that I wanted to be like him. I did not yet know at the time what it meant to be a priest, but I wanted to be like that pastor who put himself at the service of all.” Shortly after his ordination, Father Migliore was called to his bishop’s office and was informed that he was being sent to Rome to begin specialized studies for diplomatic representation of the Holy See around the world. “I thought it was a bad dream,” Migliore said. “I knew nothing of this kind of work… I was afraid that it was bureaucratic work, office work, in which I would lose touch with the People of God. My immediate response was that I was unable to accept.” But his Bishop convinced him by drawing a comparison to Saint Peter. He remarked, “From a man who barely knew his own geography of Galilee and the skill of fishing, Jesus made him a man capable of confronting life in the capital of the world. With that, I accepted my bishop’s invitation having faith in his words and I never regretted having said ‘yes.’”
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