William P. Leahy
William P. Leahy
William P. Leahy, SJis the 25th President of Boston College, a post he has held since 1996. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska and raised in Imogene, Iowa. He joined the Society of Jesus in 1967, and is a member of the Jesuits' Wisconsin province. Leahy earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy and a master's degree in United States history at Saint Louis University in 1972 and 1975, respectively. He then began studies at the Jesuit School of Theology at...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
CountryUnited States of America
perspective feelings together
The more we can get together and talk about various perspectives, feelings, beliefs, the better.
divorce issues rights
One of the biggest issues that we face is that we have people who have their own particular concerns, whether it's on abortion, birth control, divorce and remarriage, civil rights or social justice.
light organization errors
No organization, whether it's police or physicians or whatever, wants to have its errors held up to the light of day, but it's wrong, as is coming out so well.
trying culture entity
We are the meeting place, an entity that's trying to connect faith and culture.
church-today spirit deserted
The Spirit hasn't deserted the church today.
church may celibacy
The church may hold whatever it holds with regard to clerical celibacy.
spirit
I am very confident that the Spirit is with us.
talking issues people
Now where people are - at least the people I talk to - they are focused on issues of trust. Accountability also comes up, to make sure that this doesn't happen again.
forgiveness errors hierarchy
I would say the hierarchy has made terrible errors in judgment and it has to seek forgiveness by its members.
college roots boston
What we're about is a manifestation of the Catholic roots of Boston College.
issues catholic discussion
We've always had issues up for discussion at Catholic universities.
teaching church may
Some of the speakers we bring on campus may not reflect official church teaching, but that's how it is.
community catholic church
BC is not going to replace the hierarchy, and BC is not going to lead some major reform in the Catholic Church - that's got to come out of the whole Catholic community.
individual-differences challenges unity
The challenge for the church is how do we have unity about basic beliefs and yet respect individual differences.