Boston College - Sub Turri Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Man to by The Very Reverend Michael P. Walsh, S. J. To the Class of 1962 : Farewells strike a chord of sadness in the music of life. Yet the packing up and going away from the walled town of university life brings its own lasting rewards in the aware- ness of an apprenticeship completed, a mystery made one ' s own, a new adventure beginning. Your Class has been distinguished for its devotion to Alma Mater and for its faithful discharge of the tasks of academic training. While we congratulate you for your genuine preoccupation with those humanistic studies, we assure you of our boundless confidence that the strategy of life which you have plotted in your university years will direct you into paths of godly integrity and sacrificial alle- giance to duty. One thought from a recent book by Christopher Daw- son suggests itself as you leave Boston College: It is not enough for Catholics to maintain a high standard of re- ligious practice within the Catholic community, it is also necessary for them to build a bridge of understanding out into secular culture . . . This task of witnessing unto Christ in all the labors and encounters of your career is your charge and your opportunity, a resonance which will give profound meaning and imperishable worth to all you do. While I set my hand and seal, as President of Boston College, to your academic letters of credence, I promise you my prayers and beg God ' s blessing on you through all the days of your years. Yours faithfully in Christ, V iP( H S f Michael P. Walsh, S.J. President