Catholic University of America - Cardinal Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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. . rvligiull is not . . . confined to a classroom . . . it pervades every aspect of campus life C1lll4llt'hlllllllllIltf tlu' lluly Suturulay rerwwal of baptismal vows.

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PIRITUAL . . . Tl1e atmosphere of Christianity . . . unites the members of Catholic Univer- sity. The fundamental purpose of a university. the educa- tion of the whole man, further modified at The Catholic University of Aint-rica, Here. the added aim is education toward Christian pert'er-tion: it is an aim that is fulfilled in several ways. Through courses in the Department of Religious Education. tht- student is given the principles on which to gear his life. More specifically. he centers his attention on tx study of the liihle and dogmatic theology and moral theology. As he enters upon his senior year. attempting lo coordinate the knowledge he has gained during his four yt-urs. he learns to apply the Catholic principles to the society in which he must live. This application is. as it were. the culmination of his formal training in these princi- ples. Situations existing in the world outside are hrought into the classroom-situalions which demand clear-

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a Q ' 'Uni PFHYPI' is an inialualwlv aid in thff rlevolopiiwiit of informf-d Chris- tian lr-ads-rsliip. headed solutions and whir-lm will mlm-manfl cfleai'-thiliking throughout the rc-st of the stud:-nfs life. With even more spvcialization. the last su-mvslt-r of senior ye-ar is devotvd to a study of tht- liunclamc-nlals nl Christianity in relation to the lrasic- unit of sovie-ty. tht- family and the married state-. Howmfr, rvligilm is not ai thing NxhiCh can lin' wm- finod to a classroom for lim hours a in-ek, just as it vannot lie Confim-d later in life to a half-hour a mick. Here at Catholic lf1iiw1'sity it pervades me-ry aspect of campus life. social and pe-rsonal as well as HC'HflPlHlF. From tht- oHiCial opening of the school in-ar with thi- Mass of the Holy Ghost, tht- rvligious the-mv is l'UHliltlli'fl in rosary services, Arlveiil-wrvatli Ct-rflinoniu-s and Iu?lllt'Il svrvices axailalvle to all l'i1iwi'sity family memln-rs. St. YinC6nt's Choir-olw of thru many axailahlf' if-liit-les for stu- dfunt expression. I vi 1 'zstfi B 13 i !5i