The university, as an institution, has been a critical partner in the mission of the Catholic Church since the founding the first great universities at Paris, Oxford, Cambridge, and Bologna. John Carroll, America's first Catholic bishop, and founder of America’s first university in Georgetown in 1789, was driven by the vision of securing the future of American Catholicism through education. Today, more than ever, society needs strong Catholic leadership inside and outside the Church and looks to the university as a foundational establishment to cultivate future leadership. Like John Carroll, the founders of the New Catholic University (NCU), under formation...