This publication on the subject of Catholic intellectual excellence at the university level reproduces six papers from an annual meeting and four papers on John Henry Cardinal Newman in celebration of the 100th anniversary of his death in 1890. The papers on Newman include the following: "Newman's Idea of a University: Is It Viable Today?" (E. J. Miller); "The Newman-Lonergan Connection: Implications for Doing Theology in North America" (C. M. Streeter); "Newman and 'The Ecclesial Vocation of the Theologian'" (G. Magill); "Cardinal Newman: A Study in Integrity" (J. R. Quinn); and "Faculty Address" (J. L. Heft). The annual meeting papers include: "The Catholic Imagination and The Catholic University" (A. M. Greeley); "The Church and its Responsibility to Foster Knowledge" (M. J. Buckley); "How is Intellectual Excellence in Philosophy to be Understood by a Catholic Philosopher? What has Philosophy to Contribute to Catholic Intellectual Excellence?" (A. MacIntyre); "Catholic Intellectual Excellence: Science and Technology" (A. B. Hayes); "Theological Excellence in the Catholic University" (M. Collins); and "Response Upon Reception of the 1991 Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, CSC, Award" (W. J. Ong). (JB)