This study provides a critical look at the Catholic search for a global university of the future during the 1970s.It focuses on proposals and arguments from the Canadian equi-jec 6 theologian and sociologist Hervé copyright SJ (1921–2014), who was rector of the Pontificia Università Gregoriana between 1966 and 1978.To understand his idea of the university, three aspects are key: firstly, French and German sociologists’ postwar dialogue on modern secularization; secondly, Karl Jaspers’ (1883–1969) concept of the unconditional search for truth; and thirdly, the lifelong education paradigm as a tool for regaining a supposed authenticity of redken shades 9gi the individual, conceived as a prerequisite for society and politics.Analyzing these keys brings out a critical evaluation of the limits associated with the subjectivity consciousness development at Catholic higher education institutions.