Matthew Fox Lecture

Matthew Fox is an accredited author and philanthropist. He has gone on numerous mission trips, started various universities, and redefined religion in an educational setting. Straight out of college he wanted to start his own university that focused on teaching spirituality which in his mentality is teaching to do good. He had students who would later become outstanding figures in Notre Dame de Namur like Marlene Denarto and the famous Dorothy Stang. Fox's students were a part of Sister Sacred Heart and Notre Dame which were joined by a shared priest. Sister Dorothy Stang, a foundress of Notre Dame later went on to do amazing things specifically the Amazon. Her goal was to protect the murder or in Fox's words, raping the Earth specifically the Amazon. Dorothy was latered murdered by the same people who murdered the Earth. One man who attended her memorial stated that she was not buried but planted into Mother Earth. Dorothy's courage and love for doing good for all life, human and not human, has engrained core values into the Notre Dame de Namur University which are: "community, diversity, excellence, goodness, integrity, justic, learning, and service," (Notre Dame de Namur University). She and the other foundresses displayed these qualities in their charity and philanthropy. They set an example for Notre Dame de Namur students and hopefully beyond that life is not just about living for oneself, it is about advocating for those who cannot advocate for themselves.