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Today's shortage of Catholic priests may be a new phenomenon for the laity who fill the pews. But the limited pool of religious leaders comes as no surprise to the boards of trustees at smaller Catholic colleges.
Too few viable leaders among the religious orders who founded the schools has resulted in boards turning to lay candidates, many of them women. And for many Catholic schools founded by sisters, it's the first time they've had lay leadership. What is it like to be the first lay person and a woman at the helm of a Catholic school?
Answers came from two newly appointed presidents, Dr. Judith Dwyer of St. Xavier University IL and Dr. Mary Meehan of ...