Honors Convocation: Anne E. Patrick

The Honors Convocation is held each year on the last Friday of spring term to recognize faculty and students for their accomplishments and their service to the community. This year's address was delivered by Anne E. Patrick, William H. Laird Professor of Religion and the Liberal Arts. Professor Patrick received her bachelor’s degree from Medaille College, and earned a master’s degree from the University of Maryland and a PhD from the University of Chicago. Her special interests are in the areas of religion and literature, and Christian feminist theology and ethics. A past president of the Catholic Theological Society of America, Professor Patrick was also a founding vice-president of the International Network of Societies for Catholic Theology. She is the author of numerous articles and reviews, and the book Liberating Conscience: Feminist Explorations in Catholic Moral Theology. She is now completing another volume, Conscience in Context: Vocation, Virtue, and History. The title of her convocation address was "On Being Unfinished (De Imperfectione)."