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to use your edwcatiu in In of mankind.

but "truly a ladder of learulnl. I-Dd "33 ul waders, its ascent and develoiw men! entailed and still entail toil and sweat and even tears-. 1" personal endowment in farm! 01 effort and sacrifice on the Dirt of its -. ill - ""1 administrators. across the Y9”!- cannot be SW9" I "h" 0' dnl' lsrs and ccnlli it 9" W T” measured in terms of molly or any other material consideration- As alumni-ofian institution with such a splendid blckttoll-lid. yours is now the task and proud mission of continuinl "10 954130" in the new aotti-III 04 OW VW""'l ly changing world whose chal- lenge you will accept in the spirit of intellectual selflessness and voluntary generosity of which :70" are the fortunate heirs.

”0ur modern world urgently needs men and women of your calibre - it needs generosity in a bad way. It needs men and women who are not intellectual misers - who are not educated for themselves alone or for their own advantage. It needs those who are willing and even zealous to have others share in and profit by the knowledge the: have acquired IMPARTING To OTHERS

”'i'here are many in the world today whose sole ambition I is to amass wealth; there are those who iinditsohardtopnrtwith their material goods - who think they can take their money with them when they depart this llfe- at least. they act as if they did. The only point of a slightly en- tenusiing charactn we can find in favour of their attitude is that they deprive themselves ncconi- iug as they give; they are poorer according as they contribute to

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some cause or . h nothing to justify the attitude of the intellectual misc - the one who has assimilated a mass of knowledge. and keeps h to him- self - who falls its share h with others. ecu tlsoui by as doing he does not have to put any of I

"You. u-adnates ei today. have

of knowledge whilst here; you do not have to part with it is order to impart it to others. You who have beu informed both intol- lectually and morally lyxise toil and sacrifice .of' your various professors are now in a position to inform others without depriv- ing yourselves of a single lots of your spiritual accomplishments. In the whole natural order. there is nothing. more like the creative work of God Himself than the production of knowledge in the minds of others. for. evu as the Almighty creates new beings without any decrease h llis own

in material goods that constitutes ihv proved! and misery

llrcss of modern technology, pro. duction potential is now practig. Elly unlimited. The earth's re-

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cal. humanistic or whatever else itmaybe.snustbesharedwith ths many who have not had the -chance you have had. The gradu- ateoitodaymustaeetoitthst the man of tomorrow possesses the truth - not the shadow of knowledge or half-truths. but the real substance.-He must combat the ” L of the d ' ii-t as well as the rantings of the agitator of false social and eco- nomic reform.

Today, we salute you as gradu- ates of a Christian university. but. we also salute you as Christ- ian graduates. i wonder if we really appreciate what it is to be a Christian. We are Christians. not because we are merely fol- lowers of Christ, or what we might call fellow-travellers toget- her with Hlm. or even because we merely believe Bis Gospel, or. because we may be well-versed in His teachings. To be a mem- beroiChrlst'sChin-chlsnotan accidental reality; it is not a chsnce event; it is not something that is consequent upon the fact that we are not alone in our be- lief in Christ. The very essence of Christianity entails community. Faith in our Holy Church cannot be divorced from faith in God and Christ our Savious. It is in he community of the Church that .ve adhere to God. As Christian gr d t your ' ' then is identical with that oi the Church. You will give of you time and energy what is necessary 'to sanc- gfzg 'the world and lead men to

FORTTTUDI NEEDED

"Our ' i changing world has struck terror into many hearh. loans have become pes- simistic over the whole situation. They say that the world has be- come a mass oi corruption and sin. and that there is not much we can do about it. They snug:

we have in some miraculous manner. if we are fortunate en- ough to be in a position h which we can exercise a policy of splen- did isointion. They chant the old refrain ii 'tse little and too late.' 'l'heChns-iiasusuaihteelste. and Christianity has failed. md they surrender to abject fear, iaiutheartedness. cowardice. "You. as' Christian graduates. wll. an the contrary. play your part with courage and fortitude. The 'rcbellion' which I suggest in you is a return to the true spirit of the Gospel - a return to the original interpretations of St. Paul and the Acts of the Apostles. The vigor and strength of the New Testament inspired the triumphs oi the Church in "'0 "T1! days of Christianity in the midst of overwhelming odds. That same strength and vigour are still available. It is your task to help men re-discover God and to become witnesses unto

FEBTEBING All.hll:N'l'l

"It is unfortunate that our Western civilisation. for the 3:... ter Dart. coincides with Christian- ity-that is. from a geographical and historical point of view. Cor- roded as it is by materialism. capitalistic tyranny and greed, we often feel like hanging our heads in shame. We readily un. 4039 ' VII the peoples of Asia, wlh their highly gpirltuguug traditions. look linen us with sea- plcion and concern. and dread tlieJlmpact which the progress or

- technology wil have upon them. Ifwearetehaveabettsr world we must remove the fester- IIU ailment at Western

tioi. "nisneeaqtamliuquires

l7l'0- sacrifice and good-will. We must

develops a spirit of detachmt -we assist acquire a living 3. lhfhnce of the valuo of detach- ment. and see that it truly makes for freedom. wisdom. happiness, deliverance from anguish and the various preoccupations oi a dis- Wllfllllll nature such as our llresent-dI.Y inordinate concern for lwllflb. Security -. yea - iii. modern man must have security. I Illlooet that some even go so W"!-'80 90 be assured of security -for their old age G for their Dleasures - even for the sake of "MT Tum" lrlnd-children. Gone is faith in the H-evidence oi God -gone is love oi God and neieli 50? - lone is responsibility be fore God - all swallowed in the mi" 01 I 'I1'00d' "II! Ioes undev the name oi 'sccurity.' We can- not help but think oi the young man' in the Gospel who could not accept the Master's call; he could not stand the thought .1 separation from his material wealth. and we read that 'he went away sad.'

"The earthly mission of Christ- ianity and. accordingly. of the Christian graduate, is essentially a layman's task. The religious and moral side of life has not kept pace with our material do Vtlollenientt it has even lagged behind our intellectual and col-

'axpoeed' to a morality

a religion which. he thinks. nothing but outfeshioned moral- eaternal authority. Life

vsnced civilization is a far more difficult task than the conversion of nations in the first place. The modern man scoffs at the 'empty formulu.' ipious platitudes.” lacu- tlmentalltyf 'l3le in the sli:y.' and what have you - elements which for many constitute religion and morality. '

SOCIAL ACTIVITY . "It is particularly in the gen- eral field oi social activity that your Apostolnte is required and that the strength and vitality of the New Testament can be ac- commodated to the modern and future facets of historical devel- opement.

"The education that you have received here at the cost of so much sacrifice on the part of yourselves. your parents and your teachers. has. without doubt. pre- pared you fer a world that will be yours - not a world of the past. or even of the present. but. oi the future - your future. and. facing the future always demands vision and courage fortitude and stamina. In the world of tomor- row, the labor problem which is the problem of the masses is bound to become more acute. The advances made in technolo-

tent of almost universal automa- tion, make it imperative on the part of th

I clsmoar for a guaranteed annual

part of ithe Christian scholar. "Long before the appearance of

sonage. Karl Mars, the Church

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the Church - through st. Am- brose.

The Guardian, Tues. May 24. 1955 Rage 13

gical processes evus to the ex-

s mssses to defend At the moment the first expression h In

wage. Those who an displaced by the various automatic gadgets must still live. Before this prob- lentofouragmtherecanbeno compromise of p.' ciples-there can be no room for timidity - there can he no betrayal on In

that sinister and historical par- had already affirmed the dignity

capital. Through the Fathers of

St. Jerome. and through St. Thomas Aquinas. she did not

re- sources -- she taught that the material world was made for the benefit of lie whole of humanity, and not for the use in abuse oi

I "The world-wide 'social tenslon' should make us all conscious of our C ' vocation. The eradi- cation of the currently rampant social and economic evils which are such an obstacle to the well- being of Christ's Mysterical Body here on earth, is the challemle that confronts the talents and zeal of today's Christian lll'HfliI-

ates. Yours is primarly the task of making all people aware iii the power and remedial clients of our great truths. That. in it- self, would already be a iiix.-I and decisive step towards the snlillion of our social problems. T mas- mes in both the East and the West are now on the march; their development is inevitable. and don, ta tliemselve. and to the world lurks at every corner along the route.

"Each step musf be Christian-

sponsiblllty must be aroused and 'eve1oped ii democracy is In sur- vive. They must be aided to un- derstand that democracy is not a matter of numerical superiority in which the mentality of the common man is allowed to be dominated by passion and blind instinct. brutality and, gross mn- terialism. factors in our weak human nature upon which Com- munism has capitalized in recent years and not without a measure of success. You eagerness and readiness. young men and wo- men. wil, please God. save de- mocracy from degenerating into a mob spirit and a mockery. You will contribute your brains vilsi still- living to the glorious Ia "; of building a new economic and cultural structure in line with our new atomic ad tliermoiiwlear era - a structure that will ai- wsys be surmounted by the Cross of Christ, the model reinrmer-s system in which men will always respect the othc man's property. and in which every one, every one without exception will he the subject of private property The formation whim you have re- ceived will enable ynu in take yo: plsoe H the great work of hurnanlahg the earth. defying inn and . May you happiness today. in which we all share. be a forerunner of happier days us come for all upon earth. and a first install- ment of the eternal bliss which is our destiny."

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