Fordham University - Maroon Yearbook (New York, NY)

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The Sain! john BU!'ClIllIllll,S Sociely here par- ticipates in ilu: jnvcesxion before the Marian Year Jlasx. The National Federation of Catholic College Stu- dents attempts to serve as a voice of the Catholic College students. This is effected by the Policy Reso- lutions Committee which accepts resolutions from any and all Catholic College students and then distributes them for discussion to the student governments throughout the country. The N.l . holds an annual congress every year so that the students from every part of the country can discuss common problems and help each other to develop a spirit ol' true Christian community through the framework of the organization. The last Congress was held in Chicago during the sunnner of l95cl. lfordham was represented by -lim Heffernan, I.arry Sullivan, Mike Drew and .lim lfarrell. A newly organized group, known as the Catholic lividence Cuild, trains students to speak on the vari- ous aspects of Catholic theology. The members are prepared to explain aml defend-anywhere and at any time-the Catholic position on subjects of vital in- terest. The Saint Vincent Dc Paul Society is another of the quiet but zealous groups whose devotion to the tradition of Christianity is manifest in its Christmas collection. The funds obtained through a College- wide appeal are used for a children's Christmas party and in donations to various orphanages. The Saint john Berchman's Society performs a function of immediate importance to a community such as ours at Fordham. These men, most often boarding students, assist the Jesuit Fathers in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass during the early hours of every morning. They volunteer their services for all the religious ceremonies on campus and so are a famil- iar group to all of us. And so in its many activities and organizations as well as its theology department, Fordham gives to its students those facilities they need to lfulfill this spir- itual portion of their Catholic education. There can be no better preparation for lacing the materialism of the modern world. ln October, the annual Harvesler dance, wilh Ihix seaxorfs theme, 'Ven- icel, was again a huge success.

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J If f EL- -1 . ' -'JIYKEGYEIT Ill lv - . 15. - -ui 4 Members of the Fordham College clmpler of Ihr' Nalimml Fezlernlion of Calholic College Slmlenlx, an inlerrolleqinlc' nrguniznlirm wlmw jnarjwsr' is lo rmxwliunle l!lll'I'l'0lll'glllll' rlrlirfily. receives its sanction from the lztct lhzlt the Bishops have been put :it its head. This national orgzinixzition which now comprises QYCI' 200 schools from New York City to Sun l'vl'2lll- cisco, was founded in the lute 30's by Winilred Byles ol Mzinhzlttzinville College. Since that time the N.F.C.C.S. has grown in leaps :ind bounds. 'I'here are I9 regions, each ol' which has oihcers who run the liiiv2lil'S ol' their pzirticulzlr region. For the first time in the history of N.l ., an lfordhznn student, 'john Mayer, class ol' l955. was elected :is regional president lor the school vein' lilo-l-'mu 'I'he lfordhznn delegation lor the past three yezns h'ls been especlzlllx' active in the zillzurs ol N.l'. l'ort h nn College is the seat ol the llllCl'll2lll0l12li Relations 1 Connnission whose tzisk is that ol' coordinating the activities ol' the lnternzitionzil Relations Clnlms in the 22 cilllllfliii' schools within the New York-New lersex region. 'l'here ure seven other like connnissions ivhich deal with the following fields: literary, student got ernment. lziniily lilie, i ' ' . , ' ., ,. . , , i 1 Xhniology thc Conh ilunity oi Christian Doctrine. IOILIISICS and interrziciztl justice Rev. .Ivsepll A. 0'l.'onnm', SJ., RW. Sleplien L. 0'lh'irm', SJ., Rev. jmnex E. Henmnvxy, SJ. mul Rev. Tlummx J. Jlefiizrly, SJ., all of Ihe theology rlepm'lnu'nl.

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