Regis College - Mount Regis Yearbook (Weston, MA)

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Commencement Address Regis College May 24, 1981 Your Eminence, Trustees, Honored Guests, Alumnae, Par- ents, Faculty, Relatives and Friends. — You are most wel- come as we gather to honor the graduates of 1981. There are two moments when I have the opportunity to share some thoughts with a class — and know that there is almost perfect attendance. (I have the chance to say a chal- lenging hello and a loving good-bye!) The day you entered Regis you heard about the mission of this College — and what together we were struggling to achieve. You were invited to become a vital, living part of this Catholic community of liberally educated women — and we tried to tell you what it would cost you — (not what it would cost your parents — we change that every year) — but what it would cost you remained consistent — the cost of discipleship. And now today — you are invited once again — to a greater challenge — or a different translation of the same challenge — the cost of leadership- — for the cost in either case is total — it takes everything you have. Yesterday you heard your student leaders describe the str uggle, the doubts, the falling down and the getting up — and the mysterious, persistent inner call that was part of their achieve- ment. Within the past two months you have heard and seen on television dramatic, frightening examples of the cost of leadership that dares to put forth clear convictions. Perhaps more genuine to today is the example of a Regis graduate of the 70’s, a successful young lawyer- — voted outstanding member of her class from Boston College Law — who called last week. In the course of the conversation she said — “there are days when I know that only something I learned at Regis keeps me from giving in — not on the clear ethical issues but to the more subtle temptations of laziness, to mediocrity, to not checking a final footnote, to giving myself a free hour rather than my client. Whatever you call it, she said, I am grateful for I first understood it at Regis — in the faculty — in the staff, in my friends, in my parents!” Well — I call it the gift of leadership — the willingness to give of yourself until it hurts — to desire to share what you have until you have nothing left — the courage to state convictions that are yours but may not be others — all the time knowing that this total living is a constant dying and a constant re-birth. As the days go on — may all of you hear this call from within you — and may one of your memories of today be this public loving call from your alma mater to accept the gift. Sister Therese Higgins PRESIDENT 18

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Dr. Edward Mulholland ACADEMIC DEAN Wisdom instructs her children and admonishes those who seek her. He who loves her loves life; those who seek her out win her favor. Sirach 4 He has poured her forth upon all his works, upon every living thing according to his bounty; he has lavished her upon his friends. Sirach 1 S. Zita Fleming DEAN OF STUDENTS