April 28, 2012 U.S. Cardinals Gather in Chicago April 27 for Annual CUA Scholarship Fundraiser
America's Catholic cardinals gathered in Chicago Friday, April 27, to raise money for college scholarships at the 23rd American Cardinals Dinner, which was held at the Hilton Chicago Hotel.Cardinal Francis George, O.M.I., Archbishop of Chicago, and John Garvey, President of The Catholic University of America, served as co-hosts for the dinner, which was attended by about 400 guests. All proceeds from the event benefit Catholic University scholarship funds.Prior to the dinner, Cardinal George served as the principal celebrant and homilist at a 3:45 p.m. Mass at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago. Visiting cardinals, bishops, and clergy concelebrated the Mass, which was open to the public. To view photos and biographies of the cardinals and archbishops who attended the dinner along with President Garvey, click here . For quick facts about Catholic University, click here .The dinner featured five cardinals who currently serve as U.S. archbishops. They are Cardinal George; Cardinal Sean Patrick O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Boston; Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston; Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington; and Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York. They also are members of CUA's Board of Trustees.
Cardinal Roger M. Mahony, Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, was also present as a special guest. In addition, Most Rev. Carlo Maria Viganò, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, attended the dinner.Each year a different diocese or archdiocese hosts the black-tie event; this is the third time the dinner has been held in Chicago (the 1992 and 2000 dinners were hosted in the Windy City). In recent years the dinner has been held in such cities as Phoenix, Atlanta, Houston, Boston, Las Vegas, Miami, Minneapolis-St. Paul, and San Francisco. Since its inauguration, the annual event has raised more than $27 million to support scholarships for Catholic University students. MEDIA: For more information about the event, contact Katie Lee or Mary McCarthy in the CUA Office of Public Affairs at 202-319-5600.* * * * Founded in 1887 and located in the heart of Washington, D.C., The Catholic University of America is unique as the national university of the Catholic Church in America. The only U.S. university established by the nation's Catholic bishops, CUA marked a special chapter in its distinguished history on April 17, 2008, when Pope Benedict XVI addressed Catholic educators from around the nation on campus. The University opened as a graduate research institution; undergraduate programs were introduced in 1904. Today the private and coeducational campus has approximately 6,900 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in 12 schools of architecture and planning, arts and sciences, canon law, engineering, law, library and information science, music, nursing, philosophy, professional studies, social service, and theology and religious studies. -30-
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