Pope Benedict's Encyclical Deus Caritas Est
Essay Competition
In Spring 2007, the Office of the President sponsored a campus-wide essay contest focusing on Pope Benedict's encyclical Deus Caritas Est. Three categories of competition existed, including Graduate Students, Junior/Senior, and Freshman/Sophomore. Nineteen undergraduate and graduate students submitted essays that reflected on aspects of the encyclical that interested them. Below are texts of all submitted essays, organized alphabetically: