Cardinal Dulles to Receive President's Medal
On Tuesday, November 8, Canisius President Rev. Vincent M. Cooke, S.J., will present Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J., with the President's Medal, the college's highest honor. Dulles, the Laurence J. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society at Fordham University, will then give a lecture entitled "Should the Church be Counter Cultural?" in the Montante Cultural Center at 7:30 p.m.  

Dulles entered the Society of Jesus in 1946 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1956.  In February 2001, Pope John Paul II appointed Dulles a Cardinal of the Catholic Church in Rome.  The appointment made him the first American-born theologian, who was not a bishop, to receive this honor.

Cardinal Dulles has published more than 750 articles and 22 books on theological topics including Newman (2002), The Splendor of Faith: The Theological Vision of Pope John Paul II (1999), The Catholicity of the Church (1985) and Models of Revelation (1983). 

He currently serves as a consultant to the Committee on Doctrine of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, and is past president of the Catholic Theological Society of America and the American Theological Society.  He also served on the International Theological Commission and as a member of the United States Lutheran/Roman Catholic Dialogue. 

Dulles' lecture is sponsored by the Conversations in Christ & Culture lecture series. For more information, contact Timothy Wadkins, PhD, at Ext. 2820.

Canisius Cares Program a Success
The Canisius Cares Program will send more than $4,000 to the student council at Loyola University, New Orleans for Hurricane Katrina relief thanks to the generosity of the Canisius community.  The Undergraduate Student Association (USA) placed containers throughout campus, which raised $1,400 and the Residence Hall Association (RHA) sold hundreds of red wristbands for $2 each which included the words “Respond, Relieve, Recovery, Rebuild, Remember.”  That fundraiser brought in approximately $800. The USA will now match those contributions, for a total of approximately $4,400.  The fundraiser ended on September 30.

Canisius College Open House
For the second year, Canisius College will hold two sessions for its fall open house, on Saturday, October 22 and Saturday, November 12. Registration begins at 10 a.m.

"Two sessions enable more prospective students to attend open house," says Ann Marie Moscovic, co-director for admissions.  "We hope to break last year's attendance record of 636."

New this year are personalized agendas for prospective students, who select their preferences when they pre-register. Admissions staff then prepare tailored agendas for each prospective student, which they can pick up when they check in at open house.

"There is still the flexibility for a person to decide what sessions to attend that day but this takes much of the guess work out of it for them," adds Moscovic.

Also new this year is a student life panel discussion, which will include administrators from the offices of Residence Life, Campus Programming and Leadership Development, and Public Safety.  

Faculty, administrators and students will be on hand to greet prospective students. Campus tours will be available and Eastwood Hall, the college's newest residence hall, will be open for tours as well. There will be academic presentations by faculty, and information available on financial aid, student life and admissions procedures. And of course, Canisius President Rev. Vincent M. Cooke, S.J., will be on hand to welcome prospective students and their parents.

Cooke, Montante Participate in Visions of Greater Buffalo Auction
Rev. Vincent M. Cooke, S.J., president of Canisius College and alumnus Carl J. Montante '64, managing director of Uniland Development Company, were among 100 VIPs (Very Interesting People) asked to participate in the Visions of Greater Buffalo celebration and silent auction.

The Montante Cultural Center was the subject of Father Cooke's photograph selected for inclusion in the CEPA auction.

Canisius alumnus Carl Montante '64 captured an image of Buffalo's grain elevators for his submission to Visions of Greater Buffalo.

Participants photographed their favorite images of Greater Buffalo. A panel of judges then chose one image from each individual for exhibition at The Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Art's (CEPA) Gallery.  The project celebrates CEPA's 30th year of photographic tradition.

Bidding on the photographs began when CEPA unveiled the Visions of Greater Buffalo images during Curtain Up!   A gala celebration and silent auction was also held on October 8, 2005.

Bids will continue to be accepted for the next few weeks at the gallery or by submitting a proxy bid form available at CEPA offices and on the Web at www.cepagallery.com.

Visit www.cepagallery.com/vogb to view all of the entries.

Service Recognition Ceremony November 11
Faculty, staff and administrators who have reached their fifth, 10th and 15th year of service to the college will be honored at the fourth annual Service Recognition Ceremony on Friday, November 11 at 2:30 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center. Everyone is welcome to attend to recognize their colleagues for their service milestones. 

Canisius Alumnus Featured in America Magazine

Sabiha Ahmad '04 at the STEPS site in New York City during last winter's service trip.

Sabiha Ahmad '04 reflected on her experience in the "Of Many Things" column written by George M. Anderson, S.J., in the September 26, 2005 issue of America, a national magazine published by the Jesuits of the United States. Ahmad discussed her volunteer work for Canisius' winter service trip in New York City in January 2005.  

Ahmad, a former graduate assistant in the Office of Campus Ministry, and 48 other Canisius students volunteered at a number of sites, including the STEPS to End Family Violence Center and St. Francis Xavier Church in Lower Manhattan.