DePaul University - Depaulian Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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. ,,,.. 1.;$:;. ..- ..... A. - w... .,, .y. .. The Very Reverend Comerford I. O'Malley, C.M., S.T.D.. President of De Paul University THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Page 22

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This year, the titteen-man board was completed When the two existing vacancies were filled by Father Emmett Gaffney, C.1VI., and Father Thomas 'gMahoney, CM. Father Gaffney is the director of fthe University's 'extrCt-mural programs, and Father Mahoney is alumni coordinator. Presiding over the board are Fathers Comerford O'Malley, C.M., president; Edward Kammer, C.M., v thice-president; Albert Dundas, C.M., secretary-treas- : urer. Besides the two newly elected members, those I also included are Fathers A. P. Schorsch, C.M.; mem The Legal Board of Trustees at one of its dinner meetings Joseph Phoenix, C.M.; Theodore Womgler, C.M.; Wil- liam Powers, C.M.; John Cortelyou, C.M.; and Brit- ton I. Budd, president of the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois; John F. Mannion, Vice-president of the Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company; Stephen A. Mitchell, partner in Bishop, Mitchell and Burdett law firm; Sherman I. Sexton, president of John Sexton and Company; and David M. Sharer, vice-president and comptroller of the University.

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De: .133an URIVERSICV CHICAGO OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 2235 SHEFFIELD AVENUE No event during the past academic year has had the tremendous significance as that which took place Christmas eve when the Supreme Pontiff Pius XII with solemn ritual opened the holy door of St. Peter's in Rome and 'declared this the Holy Year. Rome, the cradle of western Civiliza- tion and the center of Christendom, once again becomes the focal point of hundreds of thousands of pilgrims and of the 560,000,000 Catholics Whose thoughts and lives are directed by the everlastingly true teachings of Christ and His Vicar on earth. The Vatican radio carried the stirring invita- tion of the Pope addressed to men of good will everywhere to unite in one mighty phalanx to withstand the attack of an atheistic order stemming from Moscow, and to cooperate in es- tablishing a unified, Christian society based on the justice and peace and charity of Christ. DePaul University, fbunded for the perpetuation of these Christian ideals, has welcomed this Holy Year as a time for reviewing its purposes and for intensifying its ef- forts to develop the cultural, intellectual, and spiritual leadership so desperately needed. The consecrated lives of the Vincentian Fathers who administer and teach at DePaul, and of the Benedictines, Franciscans, Dominicans, Viatorians, Techny Fathers, and diocesan clergy - cadworkers on the fac- ulty - give evidence of a dedication to the supreme importance of spiritual values-- a dedication shared by the loyal and de- voted service of the lay staff. The graduates and students of the University, their parents and friends, have reason to be grateful to DePaul for preserving, teaching and applying the Christian principles basic to our American traditions. May all of us of the DePaul family receive in full measure the manifold blessings and graces of this Holy Year.