The below email was posted on AngelQueen blog. AngelQueen has more speculation about what went on. Some say Fessio and Healy didn’t get along. One of them had to go. So the pizza guy dropped the hammer on Fessio.
From: Nick Healy
Sent: Thu 3/22/2007 6:22 PM
To: Fla-Faculty; Fla-Staff;
FLA-Students
Subject: Father Fessio - update
We expressed yesterday that the separation of Father Fessio from the University's administration had nothing to do with our shared commitment to our mission as a Catholic university ex corde ecclesiae. As a sign of our esteem for his great gifts and abilities, we have asked Father Fessio and he has agreed to continue a relationship with us. This will include the following:
(i) He will be designated a theologian in residence and maintain a room on campus.
(ii) He will join us for the Commencement exercises.
(iii) He will teach the planned summer program for high school students.
(iv) He will explore a semester abroad program in Rome and how our Austrian semester abroad program might be continued. It is expected that in developing plans for study abroad programs Father Fessio will be spending a significant amount of time in Europe.
(v) It is anticipated that beginning in the spring semester, Father Fessio will assume teaching responsibilities at AMU, although the precise schedule for the teaching hours will need to be worked out.
We are pleased that we can confirm the continuing association with Father Fessio and his commitment to the ongoing development of Ave Maria University in a non-administrative capacity.
I’d say this is retrenchment from the earlier summary dismissal. The Keystone Kops should have known better than to mess with a smart Jesuit.
They totally messed with him, now they’re sending him on an all expense paid vacation in Europe, then they’re going to keep him around as a teacher.
Parents are spending good money, I assume, to send their kids to this place.
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