Director of White House Faith-Based Initiatives Office to speak | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Director of White House Faith-Based Initiatives Office to speak Director of White House Faith-Based Initiatives Office to speak Published: February 23, 2006 Author: Shannon Roddel Jim Towey, director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, will deliver a lecture titled “Compassion forAmericas Poor: What Happens When God and Government Mix?” at4 p.m.Tuesday (Feb. 28) in the auditorium of theHesburghCenterfor International Studies at the University of Notre Dame.The lecture is free and open to the public and will be followed by a reception. Towey was appointed by President Bush in 2002 to lead his initiative to give religious groups that provide social services greater access to federal funds. For the previous six years, Towey had served as founding president of Aging with Dignity, a nonprofit agency for elders and those who care for them. He served for 12 years as legal counsel to Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity and also worked as legislative director and legal counsel to former Sen. Mark Hatfield and in the Cabinet of former Florida Gov. Lawton Chiles. The talk is co-sponsored by the Alliance for Catholic Education and the Center for Social Concerns. * Contact: * _Rev. William Lies, C.S.C., director of the Center for Social Concerns, 574-631-3002, lies.7@nd.edu _ __ TopicID: 16045 Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn