Dear Members of the Barry Community,
In less than one month, we shall celebrate Founders’ Week, during which we:
- recall Barry’s founding as Barry College in 1940
- pay tributeto Barry’s four original founders:
- Mother Mary Gerald Barry, OP, Prioress of the Adrian Dominican Sisters
- The Most Reverend Patrick Barry, Bishop of the Diocese of St Augustine, Florida
- Monsignor William Barry, Pastor of St. Patrick’s Parish on Miami Beach
- Mr. John (Jack) Graves Thompson, Esq., Mayor of Miami Shores
- honor the Adrian Dominican Sisters who, for the last seventy-four years, have been our religious sponsors and most significant benefactors
- reflect on contemporary expressions of Barry’s Mission Statement and Core Commitments.
This year we shall begin the week of celebrations on Saturday, November 8, and conclude on Friday, November 14. In the coming weeks, the Founders’ Week Planning Committee shall share details about each of the week’s events. In the meantime, please highlight Founders’ Week on your calendar.
Whether you are in Miami Shores, Orlando, Hollywood, Pembroke Pines, St Croix, USVI, or anywhere else Barry engages with students and communities, please have fun commemorating our founding.
Here’s what’s on tap for the week on the main campus:
- Saturday, November 8, Founders’ 5K Fun Run(formerly the Gobble Wobble 5K run/walk) & Breakfast with Bucky
- Monday, November 10, 3:00 pm, Founders’ Week Mass and Reception
- Tuesday, November 11, 11:30 am -1:00 pm Founders’ Week Distinguished Lecture
- We are changing the format this year to include lunch with a roundtable discussion. Seating will be limited so RSVP as soon as the details are published.
- Dr. Linda Donaldson, MSW, PhD, is our seventh Founders’ Week Distinguished Lecturer. She earned her doctorate from the Catholic University of America where she has been a faculty member since 2004. Dr. Donaldson has extensive experience in nonprofit social service management and public policy advocacy. Her lecture is entitled “Walking with Two Feet of Love: What Does Social Justice Look Like on a Catholic Campus?”
- Tuesday, November 11, 9:30 pm, Moonlight Madness Pep Rally
- Wednesday, November 12, 9:30 am, Arbor Day: Plant the Campus Green
- Wednesday, November 12, 4:30 pm, “Friends of Fanjeaux” gathering
- Thursday, November 13, starting at 2:00 pm Barry Community Fest
- Thursday, November 13, 7:30 pm, Sync or Swim
- Friday, November 14, noon, Core Commitments Luncheon preceded by an Interfaith Prayer
- Friday, November 14, 7:30 pm, Men’s Basketball game versus Johnson & Wales
I hope you will make time to participate in as many events as you can.
Blessings,
Sister Linda