I am very confident that the Spirit is with us.

I think the issue of clergy sexual abuse sparked people to look at their faith in a different way.

One of the biggest issues that we face is that we have people who have their own particular concerns, whether it's on abortion, birth control, divorce and remarriage, civil rights or social justice.

The more we can get together and talk about various perspectives, feelings, beliefs, the better.

BC is not going to replace the hierarchy, and BC is not going to lead some major reform in the Catholic Church - that's got to come out of the whole Catholic community.

What we're about is a manifestation of the Catholic roots of Boston College.

We are the meeting place, an entity that's trying to connect faith and culture.