UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT
The Office of University Advancement engages our community across the Nova Nation, creating opportunities for Villanovans to give their time, talent and support to the University.
Espiritus Nova: The Campaign for Villanova University reflects the strong, generous and unshakeable spirit that connects us all as Villanovans. With a goal of $1.25 billion, it is the most ambitions fundraising effort in the University’s history. Achieving this goal will strengthen our academic preeminence, enrich our campus and amplify our collective Augustinian Catholic impact – across the nation and around the world. Like St. Augustine himself, we have a restless drive to improve to become the very best version of ourselves, and when Villanovans put hearts and minds together, we are unstoppable. Your involvement in the Espiritus Nova campaign will continue Villanova’s legacy as a transformative experience that embodies the strength of spirit, brilliance of mind and warmth of heart of St. Augustine.
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Augustinian Friar and Villanova University Alumnus Elected Pope
On May 8, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, OSA, ’77 CLAS was elected the 267th head of the Catholic Church and the Sovereign of the Vatican City State during the second day of the papal conclave held in the Sistine Chapel. He assumes the papacy under the name Pope Leo XIV. A Villanova University alumnus, Pope Leo XIV is the first Pope from the United States and the first Augustinian friar to be elected pontiff.
