Annual Fundraising Breakfast – Virtual Edition

You are invited to the 20th Annual Fundraising Breakfast in support of St. Mark's College and Corpus Christi College.

The importance of Catholic higher education, which strives to meet our young people “where they are” on the journeys that are life and faith, is perhaps more important to the future of the church than it has ever been. This has been continuously stressed by Pope Francis, who encourages us to constantly be engaged in a spirit of encounter and dialogue, with each other, and with the world. We provide a Catholic centre at UBC and extensive education options while receiving no government funding.

Event Details

Due to COVID-19, this year's event will take place virtually for guests. The addresses and keynote will be delivered live from the JPII Centre and streamed to all guests. 

Date: Saturday, November 7, 2020

Time: 9:20 a.m. Virtual Registration | 9:30 a.m. Community Zoom Chat Rooms

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Michael W. Higgins

Michael W. Higgins, a native Torontonian, is an author, scholar, Vatican Affairs Specialist for The Globe and Mail, Papal Commentator for the CTV Network, educator, CBC Radio documentarian, columnist, and former senior academic administrator. He is the current President and Vice-Chancellor of Corpus Christi College and St. Mark's College at UBC.

He has served as President and Vice-Chancellor of two Canadian Catholic universities, St. Jerome’s University in the University of Waterloo, Ontario, and St. Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick, and as Vice-President for Mission and Catholic Identity at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut.

He has edited, co-authored and authored scores of books including The Jesuit Mystique, Power and Peril: The Catholic Church at the Crossroads, Heretic Blood: The Spiritual Geography of Thomas Merton, The Muted Voice: Religion and the Media, Stalking the Holy: The Pursuit of Saint- Making, Suffer the Children Unto Me: An Open Inquiry Into the Clerical Sex Abuse Scandal, Genius Born of Anguish: The Life and Legacy of Henri J. M. Nouwen, The Unquiet Monk: Thomas Merton’s Questing Faith, Jean Vanier: Logician of the Heart. Several of these books have been translated into French, German, and Italian, many have won awards and been national bestsellers.

A columnist over the years for The Toronto Star, Telegraph-Journal, The Record, and The Catholic Register on media matters, literary issues and Catholicism, he currently has a monthly column on the American Church for the Dublin-based Irish Catholic. He is also a regular contributor to Commonweal (New York), The Literary Review of Canada, and The Tablet (London).

He is the recipient of many awards, including two honorary doctorates, the 2013 Gold Medal for International Radio Documentaries awarded by the New York Festivals, is a Senior Fellow at Massey College, University of Toronto, an International Fellow of the Chester Ronning Centre for Religion and Public Life, University of Alberta, and an Affiliate Graduate Professor of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas.

He is married to Krystyna, a liturgical musician and writer, and they have four adult children.

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$15,000 – Platinum
$10,000 – Gold
  $5,000 – Silver
  $2,500 – Bronze

At this level, event sponsors receive highly visible acknowledgement. Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze sponsors receive the following:
•    Prominent recognition on event display screens

•    Listing on event signage
•    Acknowledgements in event emails

Questions

Please contact Jonathan Ulanicki, Development Support Officer

[email protected] or 604-822-5438.

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