During his keynote address Br. Álvaro said: "I would like to invite you to live out this sesquicentennial year looking forward, certainly without forgetting your roots, to imagine new ways to respond to today's problems, being creative in initiatives and offering those who remain outside the benefits of globalization that we experience today, new roads, stimulating initiatives and alternatives able to give meaning to their lives."

Recognizing the vital role teachers play at Manhattan College, five professors received a Lasallian educator award during the ceremony, and more than 100 seniors were inducted into Epsilon Sigma Pi, the oldest college-wide honor society on campus. Manhattan College is celebrating 150 years of excellence in Lasallian education. It is an independent, Catholic, coeducational institution that offers more than 40 major fields of study in the programs of arts, business, education, engineering and science.
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During his trip to New York Br. Álvaro was also able to visit with some of his family from Costa Rica who were able to attend the College's Fall Honors Convocation, and with some of our retired Brothers in Lincroft New Jersey. Br. Erminus Joseph, soon to be 99 years old, lives in Lincroft and is the oldest Brother in the USA/Toronto Region and the second oldest Brother in the Institute.

Br. Álvaro also visited La Salle School, Freeport, one of the San Miguel schools. His remarks are linked here.

For more information see http://www.manhattan.edu.