From its humble beginnings in 2000, the year of the Jubilee, your institution has grown steadily in great fidelity to the Magisterium of the Church, following faithfully the principles laid out in Pope John Paul II's Ex Corde Ecclesiae.  You strive to offer a strong academic programme as well as a Catholic way of life on your campus, which motivate the students both intellectually and spiritually.  I congratulate you for your efforts.

I read with pleasure that Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy is one of only twenty-one Catholic post-secondary institutions, to be listed in The Newman Guide to choosing a Catholic College (2008-2009).  They represent the top 10 percent of Catholic Colleges in the United States chosen for their academic excellence and identity.  The fact that your College is the only institution in Canada to receive this recognition is impressive.

I wish you well in your endeavor to obtain the right to grant academic degrees.  The quality of the post-secondary education you offer is already recognized by some very good Colleges and Universities in the United States, which accept your students in their last year of their Undergraduate studies.  It seems right that you should  now be granted full recognition as a degree-granting institution.

May Our Lady of Schools, Mother of Knowledge and Love, who brought a delegation of your Academy to the Cathedral of Quebec City on her Feast day last October, give you light and guidance  "so that under her protection you may fulfill your mission as Catholic educators, serving God, the Church and our Country".

Quebec City, March 27, 2008

Cardinal Oullet with OLSWA students and staff on the feast of Our Lady of Schools, Oct. 20th, in Quebec City.