Fordham University - Maroon Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Calvary s work was done. The Son of God s work was beginning, and the Centurion gave his testimony. A Centurion as we recall was the commander of one hundred men. “Indeed this was the Son of God.” Is not this the Story of the Church of Christ? Her whole reason for being is to teach Christ, her whole plan to bear witness to Him in a world that needs Him so much. Is not this the story of Catholic education? Its task is to give expert testimony, to give clear witness to the Light that shines in darkness. This Story of Fordham is the Story of One Hundred Years. They are a chapter in the Story of Catholic Education. They are Fordham’s testimony. “The Centurion” is the witness in pen and picture of One Hundred Years of Catholic educational achievement. -'v V, A-y 07828111

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PREFACE The story of the Centurion is an old, old story. It is a story as old as the Church. As told for us by St. Matthew, it is brief and pointed. The work of the first Good Friday was done. A Man died on a cross; in the hour of His dying the world was dark. There was darkness too in men’s hearts. But there was light in the deep shadows. Strong and living was the figure of the Centurion on that darkened hill of death. Stronger still the light of his words: “Indeed this was the Son of God.” Out of the darkness came this witness to Christ’s divinity. A Roman soldier put into words God’s redemptive plan.

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Most Reverend John Hughes One Hundred Years have passed since the Feast of St. John the Baptist, 1841, when John Hughes, then Coadjutor Bishop and later Archbishop of New York, began at Rose Hill, in Fordham, the task of building a great Catholic University in the future metropolis of his country. Today, in 1941, another Archbishop, the Most Reverend Francis J. Spellman, follows in his footsteps, he too unflagging in his zeal for the glory