Introduction to AXIS 17.1, Drawing New Maps of Hope: Lasallian Education in a Time of Renewal | AXIS: Journal of Lasallian Higher Education

Matt J. Nowakowski, Ed.D.

Abstract

This introduction to AXIS: Journal of Lasallian Higher Education, Volume 17, Issue 1, situates the volume within a significant moment for the Church and the global Lasallian mission. Framed by Pope Leo XIV’s vision of education as evangelizing and transformative, these works examine hope through vocation, leadership, formation, evangelization, institutional renewal, and history. Hope emerges as a disciplined commitment to mission and faith.

Full Text

Introduction to AXIS 17.1, Drawing New Maps of Hope: Lasallian Education in a Time of Renewal

Keywords

Lasallian mission, vocation, Catholic Education, formation

See Full Issue: Vol 17, No 1 (2026)

About the Author

Matt J. Nowakowski, Ed.D. is the managing editor of AXIS: Journal of Lasallian Higher Education. He is a retired faculty member and administrator from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and graduate of the Buttimer Institute of Lasallian Studies. He was named a Distinguished Lasallian Educator at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota in 2020.