Seton Hall University - Galleon Yearbook (South Orange, NJ)

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' To Draw Nearer to God” THE STUDENT BODY receives the Sacred Species en masse, in one of the most edifying experiences of campus life. CONTEMPLATIVE STUDENTS exit from the gymnasium after a retreat conference. 19

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CAMPUS RETREAT fR. MAHON DELIVERS a conference sermon , caught by the camera in an eloquent gesture. Its your Faith that must guide you! While the an- nual South Orange retreat was conducted on the intellectual level of college students, the one theme that permeated all conferences was the need for a strong and diligent faith. Father Joseph Mahon of the Congregation of St. Paul shepherded the students through three days of religious enlightenment. The retreat was truly a rebirth, a renaissance of religious spirit at Seton Hall. Many persons find it difficult to reconcile faith with the materialism of this modern age. Father Mahon exploded this myth early in the retreat; Everyone has faith, but some refuse to admit it, and these are the souls who need your prayers. Faith is as natural to man as breathing and a person who refuses faith when it is offered, loses something of himself. Father Mahon ' s message was well received. During these three days of spiritual withdrawal and for weeks afterward this message of faith and confidence shone on the face s of all Seton Hall students. For a retreat that will be long remembered, and more important, for the enduring spirit of Father Mahon ' s message, we, the Class of 1960, offer our thanks and our prayers. This has been our last retreat at Seton Hall but its message will remain long after we have departed from the university. STUDENTS PERUSE THE WEALTH of spiritual pamphlets available for sale in the gymnasium lobby. 18

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A Salute COLLEGE OF MEDICINE DR. MARTIN CAIN of fhe Department of Prosthodonthics gives instruction to aspiring doctors in an advanced lab course. June, 1960 saw the first graduating class of the Seton Hall University, College of Medicine. The years of education for these students have passed swiftly, and their formal schooling is at an end. The expectations of the educators and administra- tors of Seton Hall have been realized as these young men and women go forth to offer mankind a better life. In this class is personified a moment of historical significance. For the first time a Medical Degree has been awarded in the state of New Jersey, and these young men stand as leaders in an era of cooperation between Church and State, a coopera- tion without which the enterprise could not have succeeded. Finally they portray the ideals of higher Catholic learning, for in the truest sense of Catholicism they will be of universal worth. The hopes of all go with these graduates, through them will be mirrored the real hopes of professors who have instructed them and the priests who have inspired them. The continued growth of the medical profession in the state of New Jersey is in their hands. A SERIOUS MEDICAL STUDENT readies his microscope as his coed partner prepares a slide for study. 20