Members of the Guadalupe's Scholars Program gather for communal dinner

Without a vision, the people perish. - Msgr. Habiger

Habiger Institute for Catholic Leadership

About the Institute

The Habiger Institute for Catholic Leadership offers a range of opportunities for students to develop the fortitude and character required to live as faithful professionals, ethical leaders and joyful Catholics in a complex world.

Our leadership formation and development programs go beyond skill mastery to help students develop a deeper moral and spiritual vision and to think about what matters most.

We help our students find meaning wherever God leads them—in their personal and professional or religious lives.

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Nancy Sannerud

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Guadalupe's Scholars

Engage the Catholic intellectual tradition through rigorous academics, strong community, faith formation, and servant leadership through a transformative Catholic Studies education. Financial, social and academic support to make a four-year degree from a Catholic university possible.

Guadalupe's Scholars

Leadership Interns

Develop spiritually, professionally and personally as a Catholic leader through retreats, seminars, hands-on experiences and interaction with civic and Church leaders.

Leadership Intern Program

Telos Living Learning Communities

Build lasting friendships, strengthen your faith, and grow in character in our Telos Living Learning Communities.

Living Learning Communities

Mission & Culture Internship

Receive hands-on professional experience at a Twin Cities area Catholic school while earning your undergraduate degree.

Mission & Culture Internship

Minnesota Latino high school students at St. Thomas student center

To the heights

Verso L’Alto

Habiger Institute's Verso L'Alto program offers Latino high schoolers a supportive environment to grow spiritually and intellectually, and better prepare for a four-year college degree.

Verso L’Alto High School Program

Publications

True Leadership (2nd Edition)

For students, parents and ministries

Good leadership is measured by more than stock price or the number of people served. It is a way of being and involves the whole person, from speaking skills and intellectual formation to character and fundamental commitments.

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The Heart of Culture: A Brief History of Western Education

For Catholic school leaders, educators and students

When the tradition of a culture breaks down, it suffers a crisis of identity. Heart of Culture, explores this crisis, bringing to light the living, intricate educational tradition that built the West.

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About Monsignor James D. Habiger

Monsignor James Habiger dedicated his financial resources, time, and talent to build communities where people would be challenged to be servants of the common good. He wanted to give people a "memory of the past, a perception of the present, and a plan for the future."

To honor his parents, Habiger established the Joseph and Edith Habiger Institute for Catholic Leadership in the Center for Catholic Studies to provide students with leadership formation opportunities.

Learn more about his legacy.