University of Santa Clara - Redwood Yearbook (Santa Clara, CA)

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■ MISSION SAN JOSE FACULTY

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HE REDWDoo Cornelius J. oMcQoy, S- J- President of the Unwersity The Rcdzcood of 1 ' ' 27 has for its dcjminant note the restoration of the Mission Church. y fter the fire of last ( ctoher, committees set alxuit the raisin.L; ' of funds. Tliey did so in hope, perhaps, l)ut hardly in confiflence. The result has surpassed their hopes, and rehukes their lack of confidence. Wherever they turned .i;(jod will met them, and kindly words and t enerous hands. All viewed the restoration of the Mission Church as a work after California ' s own heart. The response from the Cami)us was most gratifying. I ask myself what it was that appealed to you voung men of the University. Was it the romance of the old cal)allero days? Was it that our California stands out among all the western states as the state with a historv? Such considerations no douht had their influence, but above all vou were moved, I feel, by the thought of (lod ' s work, that was done so Ijravely and so well here on -our C anijius b ' the friars of the iNIission of Santa Clara. God ' s work in the world never stops. The friars sleep in the ground beneath your feet, amid the children of our lovely valley, whom they brought to God. The University in its third generation is doing God ' s work for you, and you are doing God ' s work with them. The Mission Church, that some might think out of harmony with our modern surroundings, will stand in perpetual testimony to the innermost reoion of the Universitv of Santa Clara. r lir J1A2 feW§ -nm i i) 1 okii L tj I i) i. .ni ? 1 7}