--- title: "Light & Truth Conversations: Fr. Peter Stravinskas" description: UDallas President Jonathan J. Sanford speaks with Fr. Peter Stravinskas, the founder and superior of the Priestly Society of Saint John Henry Cardinal Newman. image: https://lightandtruth.udallas.edu/hubfs/Light%20and%20Truth%20Assets/Light%20%26%20Truth%20STRAVINSKAS%20thumb.jpg --- ![](https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=1217303775117752&ev=PageView&noscript=1) # Light & Truth Conversations: Fr. Peter Stravinskas November 11, 2025   /   By  President Jonathan J. Sanford, Ph.D. ![Container-1](https://24176245.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/24176245/hubfs/Theme_2026/Container-1.png?width=100&height=12&name=Container-1.png) ![Light & Truth Conversations: Fr. 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Sanford, Ph.D.](https://lightandtruth.udallas.edu/hubfs/SAC_Jonathan_Sanford_0323.jpg) ](https://lightandtruth.udallas.edu/blog/author/president-jonathan-j-sanford-ph-d) ### [President Jonathan J. Sanford, Ph.D.](https://lightandtruth.udallas.edu/blog/author/president-jonathan-j-sanford-ph-d) Jonathan J. Sanford, PhD, is the 10th president of the University of Dallas and a tenured professor in the Philosophy Department. As president, Dr. Sanford has dedicated his efforts to leading the University of Dallas to more fully realizing its calling as a premier Catholic liberal arts university by means of a thoroughgoing commitment to academic excellence, a distinctive and thoroughly nurturing approach to forming the character of our students, and the cultivation of true magnanimity in service to church and society. 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