Trinity Remembers JFK

November 22, 2020

We pause to reflect on the life and legacy of President John F. Kennedy, the United States’ first Catholic president, who was assassinated on November 22, 1963,

Watch videos featuring three Trinity alumnae: President Pat McGuire ’74, the late Sr. Margaret Claydon, SND, ’45, President Emerita, and the Honorable Barbara Kennelly ’58, former member of Congress representing Connecticut. They discuss President John F. Kennedy’s legacy, his two appearances on Trinity’s campus, his brother Robert Kennedy’s visit to Trinity, the influence the young Catholic president had on the Trinity community, and their reactions to his tragic death on November 22, 1963. These videos were produced by Trinity in 2013, the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s assassination.

John F. Kennedy gave the Commencement speech at Trinity in 1958, when he was serving in the Senate: “We ask of you enlightenment, vision, illumination.” Read his Commencement remarks here.