The Virtues as Superhabits
March 27, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm CDT
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6:00 PM Wine & Cheese | 7:00 PM Keynote
Featuring Keynote Speaker Andrew Abela
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About the Event
Virtues are a set of “superhabits” that underlie all human thriving. Virtues are not values, they are not principles, and they are not exclusively about morality. Anyone can acquire them with steady practice and the help of grace. In this Willows Academy keynote, Dr. Andrew Abela will discuss St. Thomas Aquinas’ system of virtues and how parents can foster the superhabits that lead to lasting joy and improved physical, mental, and emotional health in their families. No matter what problem you are facing in life, “there’s a virtue for that!”
Dr. Andrew Abela, is the founding Dean of the Busch School of Business at The Catholic University of America and is the project lead on a $1 million grant to expand programs to cultivate virtue among Catholic University students.
About the Speaker
Dr. Abela is the Founding Dean of the Busch School of Business, Professor of Marketing, and former Provost of the Catholic University of America, in Washington, D.C. He is also a Faculty Affiliate at Harvard University’s Human Flourishing Program. His research on marketing, communication, and integrity has been published in several academic journals and in two books.
He is a sought-after speaker on business ethics and cultivating the “superhabits” of success in organizations. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Abela was a brand manager at Procter &; Gamble, management consultant with McKinsey & Company, and Managing Director at the Corporate Executive Board (now Gartner). He holds an MBA from the Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Switzerland and a Ph.D. from the Darden Business School at the University of Virginia. He and his wife, Kathleen, live in Great Falls, Virginia and have been blessed with six children and their first grandchild.
His new book Superhabits: The Universal System for a Successful life is available for pre-ordering
The Virtues as Superhabits is a part of our Raising Great Girls speaker series.
