Above: (L) Cardinal Leon-Joseph Suenens (R) Margaret F. Grace, benefactress of the Center and Doris Donnelly, director of the Center. Below:A first look at one of the water wells provided by the Cardinal Suenens Center at the request of the 2006 Living Water Award designate, Professor Giuseppe Alberigo of Bologna. Wells were constructed in Sao Paolo , Brazil , for a community that has lived without adequate water supply.

Welcome to our website.
Here you will find information about Cardinal Leon-Joseph Suenens and the Center named in his honor. Please contact us if you think we might be of some further assistance.

The Cardinal Suenens Center exists to serve the vision of the Second Vatican Council especially as its themes intersect with the legacy of Cardinal Suenens.
 
Those themes include but are not limited to the Church and co-responsibility of the people of God, ecumenism, interfaith dialogue, and spirituality. 

The Cardinal Suenens Center maintains an intense interest in fostering academic research, study, publication and conversation devoted to the spirit of renewal that illumined the life and work of Cardinal Suenens.

Since its inception, The Cardinal Suenens Center has been funded through the generosity of Mrs. Margaret F. Grace and has had its home at John Carroll University, University Heights, Ohio.

Fr. Daniel J. Harrington, S.J.
The Wisdom Books

Saint Peter Church, October 26
with text of Cardinal Danneels' talk
with text of Bishop Donald Trautman's
response

The Cardinal Suenens Center
Director - Doris Donnelly
Phone (216)397-4991
E-mail - suenens@jcu.edu