WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD AND BLESSING

Two years ago, we became the number one private university in the country for the graduation of Hispanics.

We have two campuses in Mexico, one in Mexico City that we established in 2003, and another we just opened in Irapuato, Mexico. That’s a middle school, high school, and a university of a little over 1,850 students. We also have a campus in Heidelberg, Germany, and a very large presence in Guangzhou, China. So Incarnate Word is very diverse.

us lead the kind of life that can empower others with whom we come in contact.

We are very hopeful that You will continue to help us to bring safety to this world that we live in, to bring continued health to our families and loved ones and our friends, and to continue the peace of the Incarnate Word on a daily basis in everything that we do.

DR. LOUIS J. AGNESE, JR.: Welcome to the University of the Incarnate Word. We’re very blessed to be sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, who also sponsor other ministries such as the CHRISTUS Health. We are very proud to be sponsored by the Sisters, and we’re proud to be developing an educational ministry not only in Texas, but throughout the world.

The University of the Incarnate Word has about 11,000 students this year. We are the third largest private university in Texas, but the most important fact is that the University of the Incarnate Word is the only large private university in Texas that looks like the Texas today and tomorrow, and we’re very, very proud of that fact.

Here on this campus, 27 percent of our students are international, which if you were in Washington or in California, that would not be a big fact. But when you are located in San Antonio with an international population of less than 1 percent, that’s an amazing feat, and they come from approximately 70 different countries.

We are very proud to have you on our campus today. The work that you are about is very serious work, and it is my hope that we have provided the kind of environment that was conducive for that.

As we ask You Lord, the Incarnate Word, to give blessings upon all of us that are gathered here today in Your name. We are very thankful for the many good things that have occurred in our lives. We are very thankful for Your guidance in helping

We want to give thanks today for those that have taken time to prepare the food for us. We are very mindful of those who have not had as much as we do today, and we are very hopeful that in the work that we do that we can share the blessings of the Lord with them and all those with whom we come in contact.

Again, we ask this in the name of the Incarnate Word, forever and ever. Amen.