Fordham University - Maroon Yearbook (New York, NY)

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ORDHAM COLLEGE, like all Catholic colleges, has taken upon itself a difficult and complex assign- ment. Fordham must educate its sons in our American culture and its heritageg this alone is a task big enough to sustain many non-sectarian institutions. But the Catholic college must also teach the more subtle points of the Faith and it is in this union of objectives that Fordham finds its goal. The success of other academic departments can be examined and measuredg the success of the Theology Department cannot be so easily meted. Perhaps the actions of Fordham men in later years reveal the merits of this basic Department, for they indicate an acceptance or a rejection of their religious studies. By attempting to follow the sound teaching prin- ciples of the Society of Jesus, the Department aims to bring Fordham men to a greater knowledge and a deeper love of God. Here, then, is the Theology De- partment of Fordham Col- lege.

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The true Christian does not renounce the activi- ties of this life, he does not stunt his natural facultiesg but he develops and perfects them, by coordinating them with the supernatural. -Pope Pius XI in his encyclical letter 1J1fw1'ni Illius Magistri. just what facilities have we at Fordham to aid us in becoming 'ftrue Christians insofar as this coordi- nating process is concerned: Primarily we have our academic courses in theology ranging from apolo- getics in freshman year to a study of God's nature, attributes and personality as revealed in His creations, in senior year. But despite the completeness of the curriculum nothing but the seed of knowledge can be planted in the classroom. VVe must use our own re- sourcefulness to develop tl1is theology into an art or business making use of the knowledge we have acquired. The Sorlality also helped comlucl the Mnrimi Year Mass, which wax ullemled by some 10,000 slurlenls from local colleges. College and University-wide functions such as this year's Marian Year Mass and our First Friday devo- tions begin this process by forming for us a connection between everyday lile and religious ceremony. The prayer at the start of each class, a daily reminder of the annual Mass of the Holy Ghost which is offered at the beginning of every year, demonstrates to us our dependence on the Almighty even in such rela- tively unimportant matters as success in study. Even more striking is the realization that the Almighty is concerned with even the slightest of our activities. The retreats which we make each year further pre- pare us to effect this coordination with the super- natural through which we will acquire the tradition- ally Christian totality of view -the habit of seeing life as a whole. But besides these more formal type activitles, sev- Rev. John F. Dwyer, S.J. Clmirmrm. Department of Theology Rev. Elbert J. Rushmore, S.J. Rev. Ignatius W. Cox, S.-I.