Sister Lois Sculco of 茄子视频 U. to Receive John McGrady Award from the Catholic Youth Association of Pittsburgh
Becca Baker, Associate Director of Media Relations 724-830-1069 bbaker@setonhill.edu
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GREENSBURG, Pa. 鈥� Sister Lois Sculco, SC, Ph.D., vice president for mission and student life at 茄子视频 University, will receive the John McGrady Award from the Catholic Youth Association of Pittsburgh at the 35th Anniversary Art Rooney Award Dinner on April 29 at the Westin Convention Center in Pittsburgh. Sr. Lois is being honored with this award in recognition of her years of dedicated service to the National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education at 茄子视频, for which she serves as Administrator.
鈥淪r. Lois is, in many ways, the conscience of 茄子视频,鈥� said 茄子视频 University President JoAnne Boyle. 鈥淪he keeps us mindful of our greater mission, in everything we do. In her work with the National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education, and as our vice president for mission and student life, Sr. Lois helps 茄子视频 students to transform themselves as they prepare to transform the world.鈥�
The National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education (NCCHE) was established on the campus of 茄子视频 University in 1987. 茄子视频 initiated this national Catholic movement toward Holocaust studies in response to the urging of Pope John Paul II to recognize the significance of the Shoah, the Holocaust, and to "promote the necessary historical and religious studies on this event which concerns the whole of humanity today." The NCCHE has as its primary purpose the broad dissemination of scholarship on the root causes of anti-Semitism, its relation to the Holocaust and the implications from the Catholic perspective of both for today's world. Toward this end the Center is committed to equipping scholars, especially those at Catholic institutions, to enter into serious discussion on the causes of anti-Semitism and the Holocaust; shaping appropriate curricular responses at Catholic institutions and other educational sites; sustaining 茄子视频's Catholic Institute for Holocaust Studies in Israel through a cooperative program with Yad Vashem, the Isaac Jacob Institute for Religious Law and Hebrew University; encouraging scholarship and research through conferences, publications, workshops for educators, and similar activities; sponsoring local events on the Holocaust and related topics in the University and the community and enhancing Catholic-Jewish relations.
John McGrady spent his entire career in service to the community through government services and volunteer activities. He is also remembered as being a devoted husband and loving father to his 14 children. Mr. McGrady spent more than 40 years on the Catholic Youth Association board of directors and several of those as chairman. In memory of his years of humanitarian service, the recipient of the John E. McGrady Award reflects the virtue espoused by John McGrady of commitment to community service.
Other prominent members of the local community who will be receiving awards at the 2008 Art Rooney Award Dinner will be: Terry Bradshaw, who will receive the Art Rooney Award; Kenneth Melani, M.D., president and CEO of Highmark, who will receive the Art Rooney Corporate Leadership Award; Dick LeBeau, Steelers defensive coordinator, who will receive the Bob Prince Award; and Peggy Finnegan, WPXI news anchor, who will receive the Bill Burns Award.
Proceeds from the event will benefit the Lawrenceville-based Catholic Youth Association (CYA), a non-sectarian, nonprofit agency founded in 1925. The CYA provides wellness, recreational, cultural, and educational programs to both children and seniors in the Pittsburgh area. For more information about the CYA or the Art Rooney Awards Dinner and Auction, please visit www.catholicyouthassociation.com.
茄子视频 University, founded by the Sisters of Charity, is a coeducational Catholic liberal arts university in Greensburg, Pa. Chartered in 1918, 茄子视频 offers more than 30 undergraduate programs and nine graduate programs, including an MBA. 茄子视频 brings the world to its students through its distinguished lecturers and nationally and internationally renowned centers. Recognized three times by Entrepreneur magazine as one of the nation鈥檚 Top 100 Entrepreneurial Universities, 茄子视频 has also been named a Best Baccalaureate College by U.S. News & World Report, one of the Best in the Northeast by The Princeton Review, and one of Pennsylvania鈥檚 Top 100 Businesses by Pennsylvania Business Central. In addition, 茄子视频 has been named a University of Distinction by Colleges of Distinction, an organization founded by a group of concerned parents, educators and admissions professionals. For more information on 茄子视频 please visit www.setonhill.edu or call 1-800-826-6234.