Papers presented at the November 2001 conference of the Cardinal Newman Society in Washington D.C. This small volume contains a variety of weighty topics concerning the Catholic university in America as treated by practitioners in the field of higher education, including the Revs. Ian Ker, Stephen M. Fields, S.J., C. John McCloskey, Peter Stravinskas, and Professors William Marshner, Alan Kors, John E. Murray, with a foreword and conclusion by two prelates committed to the advancement of Catholic academic excellence: Archbishop Elden Francis Curtiss of Omaha and Every Cardinal Dulles, S.J.

Those especially interested in the preservation/recapturing of Catholic identity at Catholic universities will gain a new appreciation for the university as a gift to the world, born from "the heart of the Church."