Thomas More College - Triskele Yearbook (Crestview Hills, KY)

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MONSIGNOR HILLENMEYER RECEIVES HONORARY DEGREE FAITHFUL TO THE EXAMPLE AND COMMAND OF HER FOUNDER, THE CHURCH OF CHRIST HAS LABORED LONG AND FRUITFULLY IN THE APOSTOLATE OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION. IN THE CLASSROOMS7 LECTURE HALLS, AND LABORATORIES OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD THE INJUNC- TION T0 TEACH ALL NATIONS HAS BEEN FAITHFULLY OBEYED. THE MONASTIC SCHOOLS OF THE MIDDLE AGES ARE FAR REMOVED IN TIME FROM THE INSTITUTIONS OF TODAY, BUT THE DOCTRINE OF CHRIST AND THE MOTIVATION TO TEACH REMAIN THE SAME. TO KNOW GOD, TO UNDERSTAND MAN HIS ORIGIN, NATURE, AND GOAL, TO LOVE AND SERVE GOD AND TO SEEK HIM IN LOVE IN OUR F ELLOW MAN, T0 PROBE THE POWER AND BEAUTY AND WISDOM OF THE CREATOR IN THE THINGS HE HAS MADE ALL OF THESE ARE THE ENDS OF CATHOLIC EDUCATION AT EVERY POINT OF PLACE AND TIME. FOR OVER A CENTURY, THE CLERGY, RELIGIOUS, AND LAITY OF THE CHURCH OF COVINGTON HAVE DIS- TINGUISHED THEMSELVES BY A SERIOUS PREOCCUPATION WITH THE NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS. THE PRIEST OF THE DIOCESE WHOM WE HONOR TODAY HAS SHARED IN THIS RE- SPONSIBILITY F OR OVER SIXTY YEARS. AS PASTOR OF A LARGE SUBURBAN PARISH HE HAS WORKED WITH HIS PEOPLE TO PROVIDE BOTH ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION FOR THE CHILDREN AND THE YOUTH OF HIS PARISH. EACH DAY HE IS FOUND IN THE CLASSROOM GIVING CATECHETICAL INSTRUCTION TO THE LITTLE ONES CONFINED TO HIS CARE. HIS CONCERN FOR CATHOLIC EDUCATION HAS NOT STOPPED AT THE BOUNDARY OF HIS PARISH OR BEEN LIMITED TO THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. HIS LOYALTY TO THE IDEAL OF A COM- PLETE CATHOLIC EDUCATION HAS BEEN EVIDENCED BY HIS INTEREST AND DEVOTION TO THE HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OF THE DIOCESE, VILLA MADONNA COLLEGE. WITHOUT HESITANCY HE HAS GIVEN F ULL CO-OPERATION TO THE DIOCESAN PROGRAM OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE COLLEGE AND HAS ENCOURAGED HIS PARISHIONERS' TO ATTEND AND SUPPORT THE COLLEGE. DURING HIS TWO TERMS AS DIOCESAN ADMINISTRATOR WHEN THE SEE OF COVINGTON WAS VACANT, HE WAS CHANCELLOR OF VILLA MADONNA COLLEGE AN D GAVE TO THIS NEW RESPONSIBILITY THE SAME MEASURE 0F FIDELITY WHICH HAS MARKED HIS ATTENTION TO HIS PARISH SCHOOL. AS VICE CHAIR. MAN OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES HE CONTINUES TO BRING ENCOURAGEMENT AND VALUED ASSISTANCE TO THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OPERATION OF THE COLLEGE. THEREFORE, WITH PRIDE AND DEEP APPRECIATION, VILLA MADONNA COLLEGE, BY ACTION OF ITS TRUSTEES, CONFERS ON THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF ITS BOARD, THE VICAR GENERAL OF THE DIOCESE, THE PASTOR 0F SAINT THOMAS PARISH, THE RIGHT REVEREND MONSIGNOR HERBERT F. HILLENMEYER, P.A., ITS FIRST HONORARY DEGREE, DOCTOR OF HUMANE LETTERS,HONORIS CAUSA. 29

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