Interview with UCP Rector to Agência Ecclesia

Isabel Capeloa Gil, Rector of Universidade Católica Portuguesa, spoke with Agência Ecclesia about the National Day of UCP 2020, with the slogan "The University as a protagonist of the Future" . 

During the interview, Isabel Capeloa Gil stressed the ecumenical vision that the university shares, as a Catholic institution, and the objectives of commitment to the common good of society and the formation of its students, not only as future professionals, but also as citizens with a purpose in life.

The Rector states that the UCP seeks to give, in addition to a valuable academic education, "... to develop lives with meaning. And that sense is in making our students aware of what the common good is".

Watch here the interview with the Rector of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa given to Ecclesia. 

 

 

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