The ceremony of awarding the title of doctor honoris causa of KUL to Prof. Carl A. Anderson

The Rector and the Senate of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin have the honour to invite all to the ceremony of awarding the title of doctor honoris causa to Prof. Carl A. Anderson. The ceremony will be held on Friday, December 8, 2023 at 11.00 at Collegium Aegidianum, auditorium CTW-113.

Programme of the ceremony:

• Opening address - Rev. Prof. Mirosław Kalinowski, Rector of KUL
• Reading of the Senate resolution
• Laudation - HE Bishop Dr Habil. Wiesław Śmigiel
• Ceremonial conferral of the honorary doctorate
• Congratulation
• Lecture - Prof. Carl A. Anderson

Carl A. Anderson Carl A. Anderson has had a distinguished career as a public servant and educator. He served as special assistant to President Ronald Reagan and acting director of the White House Office of Public Liaison. He then served for nearly a decade as a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. He was a family law professor at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. He was the founding vice-president and dean of the American session of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. where he served as vice-chair of the Board of Trustees.

Carl Anderson was appointed by Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI to serve on many Vatican commissions, including the Pontifical Council for the Family and as an auditor to four world synods of bishops. He was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to serve on the board of the Vatican Bank. Pope Francis re-appointed Mr. Anderson to the Pontifical Academy for Life.

Carl Anderson was the Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus from 2000 to 2021. Under his leadership, the Knights of Columbus experienced significant growth in membership, financial, and charitable activities, and established numerous humanitarian initiatives around the world, extending its membership to the mainland of Asia and Europe. Today, there are more than 7,000 Knights of Columbus active in Poland.