Seattle University - Aegis Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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The Quest for Wisdom The Mass of the Holy Spirit—which initiates the academic year at Seattle University—consecrates the university community to the quest for wisdom. It is a prayer to the Holy Spirit for the gift of wisdom so that knowledge and action may be ordered toward the sovereign good in the light of truth and human understanding. Considering the dedication of Seattle University and its members to this quest, Aegis 64 stresses the manifestation of wisdom in the daily life of the university and each of its members. The history of man can be measured in the advances of knowledge and learning, yet seldom does one generation show itself wiser than the preceding. Wisdom is a gift to the individual rather than an achievement of the generation. Seattle University seeks to shape the total man—to promote in the individual an awareness of self in society. It is through this awareness of what man is and what man seeks that the individual may grow in wisdom. For wisdom combines the light of truth with the warmth of love. It seeks and relishes the goodness of truth; it is the understanding of love. Through this understanding man regulates human understanding and contemplates the divine.