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St Augustine College has created an award to honour people who have made outstanding contributions to the common good or who have made significant and exceptional contributions to the academic endeavour, particularly those that contribute in some way to the welfare and betterment of society. This is in line with the College’s mission of ethical leadership and its commitment to the common good. In the same way as a state university would award an honorary degree, so St Augustine College created the Bonum Commune Award. The first to be awarded the privilege were:
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Archbishop Pius Ncube of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, was honoured for his courageous stand against human rights abuse committed by the government of his country, for his defence of the millions of powerless and deprived, hungry citizens of Zimbabwe, and his self sacrificing work for the common good. |
November 2005 |
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Cardinal Walter Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity in the Vatican, was honoured for having achieved distinction in theology, for his commitment to ecumenism, his untiring work for the promotion of Christian unity and inter-religious dialogue, in recognition of his strong and sustained support – moral, financial and academic – and for his belief in this College as a Catholic university in Southern Africa. |
November 2006 |
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Mr William Lynch, CEO Imperial Holdings, Johannesburg, South Africa for his outstanding contribution to the economy of South Africa, his adoptive country; his example of ethical business leadership as a role model for business leaders worldwide; his leadership style and principles within his own organisation; his principles of social responsibility for the betterment of lives of ordinary people; his commitment to humanitarian missions and the Common Good; his unfailing support of St Augustine College of South Africa; and his lifelong hard work, commitment, modesty and Christian faith in practice. |
November 2007 |
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Cardinal Karl Lehmann, Germany, formerly President of the Congregation of German Bishops, and member of the Pontifical Council for Social Relations, was honoured for his commitment to ecumenism and his untiring work done to promote Christian unity.
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February 2008 |
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Professor Gustavo Gutierrez. O.P, Peru, was honoured for his ground breaking work done in developing a theology of liberation and his untiring promotion of justice: especially for the poor and in the area of globalized, economic neo -liberalism. |
February 2008 |
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Mr John Kane-Berman, CEO, South African Institute of Race Relations, was honoured for having achieved distinction in his many years of service to South Africa through his scholarship and journalism and for his dedication to, and leadership of, the South African Institute of Race Relations, thereby contributing to the development of civil society and the common good.
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April
2010 |
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