These guys should not be naming schools and conference centers after themselves in the first place. Shepherds of the Flock are supposed to demonstrate humility.
The renaming puts the focus back on Christ, which is as it should be.
“These guys should not be naming schools and conference centers after themselves in the first place.”
He didn’t.
Bishop Connare was educated at the former St. Joseph Hall, a minor seminary that now serves as the retreat center (The Bishop William G. Connare Center) near Greensburg, in 1964. It was named after Connare MORE THAN TWO DECADES AFTER HE DIED. He left office in 1987. He died in 1995. Until at least 2007 the place was called the St. Joseph Conference Center: http://www.post-gazette.com/local/westmoreland/2007/02/04/St-Joseph-s-Center-in-Westmoreland-County-is-a-favorite-place-for-religious-conferences-now-it-s-also-a-school-for-State-Police-trainees/stories/200702040283