The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-24
Jesuit Colleges Hold
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Present Materalistic Age Places Greater Responsible
 ites on Church Says Father Bowling

you ma the Jesuit.
 This peculiar spirit then Is de- votion to the Holy See as the liv- ing voice of Christ; their technique is military obedience and the stra- tegy of Christ.
 The golden page of their history gives ample proof that God has blessed their work. The work Christ would have done had he remained on earth they vowed themselves to do. Christ's work was their work. Christ's people their people. The teachings of God must be defend- ed in the halls of learning.
 Simple Teaching A Laizez, Suarez, and a Bellar- mine took up the gauntlet. The poor would have the gospel preach ed to them "a Peter Conruin, a John Francis Regii, & Francis Herryanymo would feed groping minds with their simple teaching. The pagan millions cried out for the saving waters of man-God. The dynamic Xavier in the benighted East, an achieta in the reductions of Paraguay, a, Peter Claver amid the teeming shores of Carthegena, 8 Jogues or a Breboeuf amid the savage Iriquois, 8 Kino and a DeSmet traversing the rim of Christendom proved answer to their plea.
 Apostle, Theologian, Scientist, Ex- plorer, Teacher, Preacher, every where, where the foot of man has trod. There you will find the JesuitS. And everywhere they hu- manly strive to live to the motto of their lives: All to the greater glory of God"
 Coming to our own fair land three centuries ago the Jesuits have been publicized most for their activities as educators. Their history has been struggle, sacrifice, and tradition. By their fruits you shall know them"
 Father Bowling pointed out how the world has undergone serious changes in philosophy in the last century with a trend towards all sorts of isms and a gradual turning away from the spiritual life to the material one. The need of good Catholic leadership to check this rapid transition is obvious he point ed out.
 That there is need for reform in the world today no sane person can deny. Now reformation in any order, social or moral, must begin with the individual. And that task is yours. You must live consistent with your family tradition. Noblesse oblige.
 Train Leaders
 For the sole function of a college in 8 democracy is to train leaders. And yours has been the privilege to be selected as a Catholic leader. The Catholic college alone in these United States has tradition. The Catholic College alone has the true answer to the meaning of life. Education is for training for life as well as making living. The in- tellgient being acts with purpose and you have been taught the true purpose of life. You are rational animal and a creature of God. And you have been integrated to an ideal of Christality.
 In your hands have been placed the Catholic cultural inheritance. Now a cultural inheritance connotes a cultural obligation and yours is the sacred duty to carry into your everyday lives the ideals of justice, honor, loyalty, common honesty which you have learned at the feet of your Jesuit masters. Your reA ligion is not beautiful theory, but a map of life. You must know the truth, love the truth, but above all live the truth. Principles worth dying for are surely worth living by. And the example of your blame less lives can well be the leaven which will have Christian civiliza- tion. This is the prayer of your Jesuit father for you; this is the gift they ask of you in this, their triumph hour
 A Challenge!
 For our people today are plead- ing for leaders. They need clear thinking: they need right thinking; they need objective truth. They desire the towering of the ideals which inspired the founders of this great democracy And in this hour of crisis for the preservation of Christian culture. they turn to you. their Catholic eXemplars To you their united plea Is a challenge, Q responsibility, but 1t may well prove to be glorious adventure VIII they find you faithful. willing, zealous? Or will they find you wanting9 The answer Is up to each one of you