Leaders of faithful Newman Guide Recommended schools, colleges, graduate programs, and curriculum providers, as well as NAPCIS (National Association of Private Catholic and Independent Schools) leaders, will gather in June for a very special Newman Guide Leaders Summit, with the theme In Order to Form a More Perfect Union. We will be celebrating The Newman Guide’s 20th year and America’s 250th anniversary.
For the first time, we will bring to our nation’s capital leaders across the Catholic education continuum for a Summit focused on unity, collaboration, and the renewal of faithful Catholic education. Two cohorts will strategize independently—K-12 education leaders on June 16-17, and higher education leaders on June 17-19—and come together for one united, celebratory afternoon and evening on Wednesday, June 17, including a series of exciting keynote addresses and special awards.
Only leaders from Newman Guide Recommended institutions may attend (except by special invitation), from a variety of functional areas including administration, academics, admissions, athletics, campus ministry, career services, communications, development, financial, legal, marketing, operations, residence life, student life, and more.
Agenda at a Glance
K-12 EDUCATION LEADERS AGENDA
Tuesday, June 16
Noon Opening Mass
12:45 pm Welcome Lunch & Networking
1:30 pm Welcome & Summit Overview
2:30 pm Speakers & Breakouts
5:30 pm Dinner & Reception
Wednesday, June 17
8:30 am Breakfast
9:00 am Speakers & Breakouts
Noon Lunch
12:30 pm Speaker
1:30 pm Mass of Thanksgiving for St. John Henry Newman, Patron of Catholic
Education and Doctor of the Church
3:00 pm Joint Session with Higher Ed: Keynote Speakers
5:00 pm Cocktail Reception
6:00 pm Dinner Banquet
6:30 pm Banquet Address: “A Time for Catholic Patriots”
Major General Patrick H. Brady, USA Ret.
7:30 pm Pope Benedict XVI Awards for Faithful Catholic Education
HIGHER EDUCATION LEADERS AGENDA
Wednesday, June 17
1:30 pm Mass of Thanksgiving for St. John Henry Newman, Patron of Catholic
Education and Doctor of the Church
3:00 pm Joint Session with Higher Ed: Keynote Speakers
5:00 pm Cocktail Reception
6:00 pm Dinner Banquet
6:30 pm Banquet Address: “A Time for Catholic Patriots”
Major General Patrick H. Brady, USA Ret.
7:30 pm Pope Benedict XVI Awards for Faithful Catholic Education
Thursday, June 18
8:00 am Breakfast
8:30 am Speakers & Breakouts
12:10 pm Mass
12:45 pm Speakers & Breakouts
5:00 pm Reception
6:00 pm Dinner
Friday, June 19
8:00 am Breakfast
8:30 am Speakers & Breakouts
11:45 am Concluding remarks
12:10 pm Closing Mass
Summit Speakers
Peter Kilpatrick, President, The Catholic University of America
Kilpatrick is the 16th President of The Catholic University of America. Before assuming this role, he served as Provost at Illinois Institute of Technology, Dean of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, and a longtime faculty member at North Carolina State University. A convert to Catholicism, Kilpatrick frequently lectures on the integration of faith and reason, including the meaning and purpose of a Catholic university, beauty in science, and Catholic social teaching and innovation. He and his wife, Nancy, have four adult children and three grandchildren.
Gregory S. Baylor, Senior Counsel and Director of the Center for Religious Schools, Alliance Defending Freedom
Gregory S. Baylor serves as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he directs the Center for Religious Schools and serves with the Center for Public Policy. Since joining ADF in 2009, he has defended the religious freedom of faith-based educational institutions through advice, legislative and public advocacy, and representation in disputes, and has testified on religious liberty before congressional committees. Baylor regularly comments on religious liberty and higher education issues in national media, including The New York Times, Christianity Today, and National Public Radio.
