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

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Person to person: the private conference. REVEREND JOHN J. TRACY, O.S.F. undergraduates, graduates. and faculty alike. Particu- larly does the annual retreat give all students an oppor- tunity for guidance. discussion and the spiritual forma- tion which is the ohjective of the education offered here. Together with these university-sponsored activities. the students themselves take the initiative in organizing and participating in groups such as the Sodality, Spiri- tual Council. Holy Name Society and YCS which func- tion and influence all phases of the students life. More specihcallv. there is a personal side to the religious life of the University wherein each student is afforded the opportunity to attend daily Mass and to obtain individual guidance when needed. An innovation in- spired this year clue to the efforts of Father Edward Spiritual communion with God is sought in the retreat. 62

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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

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Behind the screen of silence, time is taken 63 for soul searching. REVEREND HENRY V. S ATTLER, lfomenfe Rflreal Masrer