Office of the President

"Today, we face real, difficult challenges in the United States and in the renewal of New Orleans, the region, and the University. But we have been given real opportunities as well. We have the chance, rarely given, to renew the city and the region. We ought not seek to rebuild it. That goal is not worthy of our efforts, for there is much of what the city was before Katrina, that ought not to be rebuilt. Rather we seek to renew it. We seek to build on the strengths, culture, and diversity of New Orleans and build a more humane city where all men and women can flourish. The work of Loyola is to help transform the dreams for a new New Orleans into a reality."

Rev. Kevin Wildes, S.J., University President
11 March 2010, Remarks at Loyola's Benefactors Dinner