Vol. 8, No. 3 Winter, 1988

Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G3 University of St. Jerome's College

"Enthusiasm for the truth" Distinguished theme chosen • Canadian authors for 12sth ·-~ 125 Years visit College t was a rare opportunity for St. Jerome's Anniversary ~fotktwHi students and many others from across p·~pom,la~ I campus to hear two of Canada's most out­ standing literary figures read from their recent works. Siegfried Hall was packed to capacity to hear Timothy Findley (top) read from his new he College has delved into the earliest "I think Fr. Funcken meant that by being anthology of short stories Stones on November records of its history to declare the exposed to good teaching of truth, students 23. Robertson Davies (bottom) read from his theme for its 125th Anniversary year would be imbued with a desire to seek truth in T new novel The Lyre of Orpheus to an equally full beginning in 1989-90. "Enthusiasm for the all things and not be led astray by the dominant and appreciative house a week later. truth," or as it originally appeared in College 'isms' of the time," explains Fr. Wahl. "He wrote founder Father Louis Funcken's writings ''l'en­ at a time when secularism, paganism, rational­ thousiasme pour la verite," is the theme chosen ism and socialism threatened, he believed, the for the celebrations to honour this milestone in moral fibre of society." St. Jerome's College history. "Father Funcken's intention in establishing This phrase, which encapsulates the central St. Jerome's College was to form a learned purpose of a St. Jerome's education as envision­ Catholic layperson," adds Fr. Wahl, "as well as ed by Fr. Funcken, was used frequently by him learned clerics." in his letters and diaries. It was discovered by Though he normally spoke and wrote in College historian Fr. Jim Wahl, C.R., who has German, Fr. Funcken wrote his report to studied extensively both the history of the Bishop Farrell in French because the Bishop did Congregation of the Resurrection and the Uni­ not speak German. versity of St. Jerome's College. The College will use the theme in both its The phrase originally appears in Fr. Funck­ original French form and also the English trans­ en's October 1864 report to Bishop John Far­ lation, an appropriate choice given Canada's rell, first Bishop of the Diocese of Hamilton. In two official languages. A logo incorporating the it, Fr. Funcken discusses the establishment of theme has been designed (see above) and will be St. Jerome's College in St. Agatha. used in College publications and on letterhead. Timothy Findley Anniversary plans underway

A Committee of faculty, staff and students has • interviews with current and former presi­ been struck to begin plans for this major cele­ dents to record an oral history; bration during the 1989-90 academic year. • an archival display within the College of pho­ A Committee of faculty, staff and students has tos and documents; been struck to begin plans for this major cele­ • a series of public lectures discussing the Col­ bration during the 1989-90 academic year. lege's history and the personalities behind its They include: founding; • an extensive history of the College will be • private anniversary labels for wine and beer written by Fr. Wahl and Gerry Stortz (see used at College functions during 1989-90; inside); • a questionnaire to be sent to all graduates, • a conference entitled "Educating for theKingdom ? former faculty and staff asking for reminis­ - Church Related Colleges in English-Speaking cences to be used in the writing of the Col­ Canada ", will be co-sponsored with Conrad lege's history and also to be placed in the Grebel College; archives. Robertson Davies 2 College's history to be written ne of the highlights of the College's upcoming 125th Anniversary cele­ 0 brations will be the publication of an extensive history of St. Jerome's College. His­ tory Professors Jim Wahl, C.R., and Gerry Stortz have been commissioned to write the history of the College since its founding in 1865 by Father Louis Funcken, C.R. "We hope to write a history that details who and what was taught, and why," says Fr. Wahl who will write about the founding of the Col­ lege up to 1915. "We11 highlight how St. Jerome's College was part of the community and what it contributed through its students." The majority of the early primary sources Fr. Wahl is examining were written in German. Interestingly, that changed during , when strong anti-German sentiment pre­ vailed, and most later documents are written in English. Fr. Wahl observes that St. Agatha was never intended to be the permanent site of the Historians Jim Wahl, C.R. and Gerry Stortz will write the College's history. College. It was established there "provisionally as an embryo of the College,"wrote Fr. Funcken in 1864, clearly with a vision of a larger institu­ tion in the future. The influence of Funcken's pedagogical style on the College is an aspect of Century-old photograph donated the history Fr. Wahl hopes to address. "We hope to give readers a sense of what it to College was to be a St. Jerome's student throughout our history," adds Prof. Stortz who will write valuable century-old photograph of one Waterloo Record. The younger William succeeded the history from 1915 to the present. To do of the College's early classes his father in that position. The Record is now that, the authors are examining archival docu­ A has been donated to the College by Mr. owned by JEMCOM Inc., of which Paul Motz is ments such as Board of Governor's minutes; Paul Motz of Kitchener. President. papers of past presidents; yearbooks and other "This is a significant addition to our pictorial "This photo allows us to put faces to the College publications; the correspondence of history," observes historian Father Jim Wahl, names of some of the people close to the Col­ people involved in the College including letters C.R. "It is the only known copy we have, and it lege in its early days," adds Father Wahl. and diaries; public acts and records; appears to be the last known photograph of Among those in the photograph is Father such as the , forerunner to today's Father Louis Funcken, C.R. before his death in Anthony Weiler, uncle to former College Presi­ Kitchener-Waterloo Record, will also be a source. January 1890." dent Father Cornelius Siegfried. J.J. Gnam, also Professor Stortz will cover such areas as the For Paul Motz, the photo holds personal in the photo, became a diocesan priest in nearby College's affiliation with the University of significance. His grandfather, William J. Motz, Hesson, Ontario, and today a scholarship bear­ and its move to the east end of Kit­ was one of Father Funcken's students. William ing his name is awarded to students at St. chener, as well the historic federation agree­ Motz' father, John, went on to establish the Jerome's. ment with and move to the campus of the Berliner Journal, later to be known as the Kitchener- . The history should be completed and ready for publication in early 1990.

Follow-up n the spring issue of Update! we reported on the completion of the nine-year term of I Sr. Dianne Brenner (BA '72) as Dean of Women at Notre Dame College. At that time she was appointed Vice-Principal at St. Brigid's Elementary School in Hamilton. Sr. Dianne was recently promoted to the position of Principal at St. Mary's Elementary School, also in Hamilton.If you'd like to contact Sr. Dianne, she can be reached at her home, 82 Murray St. E., Hamilton, Ontario L8L 3G2. The St. Jerome's College Philosophy Class 1887-88 (Back Row, I to r) W.J. Motz, F. Doetsch, A. Furmann, J.A. Kessler, J.J. Gnam, W.V. Kloepfer, A. Waechter. (Front Row, I to r) W. McColl, Rev. A. Weiler, C.R., Very Rev. Louis Funcken, C.R., (President), A. Doser, A.J. Rezek. Photo courtesy of Paul]. Motz, Kitchener/ Reproduction courtesy of Don Nurst, Ainsworth Press, Kitchener. 3 11A sense of caring for the human family''

t's a long way from a lay ministry forma­ "My hope is to provide an atmosphere tion programme in Regina, a home for sin­ where the presence of God is a felt reality, I gle mothers in Hamilton, and longer still where each is invited to grow to the fullness of from the slums of Detroit. But for Sister Julie her potential and where critical life questions Lattner, SSND, these experiences and a wealth are asked and discussed." of others have given her a diverse background Perhaps drawing on her social work and lay which complement her enthusiasm for the ministry involvement, she remarks, "as a resi­ challenges that await her as the new Residence dence community and as individuals we are Director at Notre Dame College. entrusted with the responsibility and privilege This fall Sr. Julie succeeded Sr. Dianne of caring for the human family in all its variety Brenner, SSND, who left Notre Dame after as it is found and experienced at Notre Dame. nine years to become a Vice-Principal with the No one should leave here less a person than Hamilton Separate School Board. when she started." Sr. Julie's return to Notre Dame was also a In her spare time, Sr. Julie enjoys being with 'corning home' of sorts, for she was born in "folks" and the many opportunities that that Kitchener and her parents and many family offers to celebrate life. So you may find her at members live here. She earned a BA from St. the swimming pool, on the ski slopes, at a coffee Jerome's on a part-time basis and received her house, chatting with people or reading from degree in 1973. She's clearly no stranger to the some new book or periodical, or you might College. even find her participating fully in at the "Floor ''I'm delighted to be back," she says. "I feel Comps" in the residences. I'm invited to grow in a different area and I'm In speaking to her, one senses a certain rest­ ready to take on another new challenge. It is my Sr. Julie Lattner lessness, an urgency to live more fully, a certain hope that I can integrate my past experiences in eagerness to build, to nurture and to get on this new position." with her tasks at hand - the pioneer continues · Following her graduation from St. Mary's rorn this work evolved a lay ministry forma­ to be part of her character. Notre Dame College High School, Sr.Julie attended Hamilton Teach­ F tion programme in the Archdioceseof Regina is poised to advance even further under Sr. er's College, where she received the Principal's co-directed by Sr. Julie. Again reflecting her Julie's direction. We wish her well. Prize upon completion of the teacher education pioneering spirit, this new position saw her programme. She taught in Hamilton and in oversee a three-year training programme which Welland while working towards her BA in psy­ helped lay people to develop their awareness of chology. At that point, her career goal was to the church and the responsibility of Christians pursue social work. to minister. Meeting once a month for ten Eight Canada After St. Jerome's she attended the Univer­ months over a complete weekend, participants sity of Windsor and earned a Bachelor's and sought to grow in the areas of spirituality, reli­ Scholarships awarded Master's degree in Social Work. In the period gious knowledge and community building. Ses­ 1973 to 1975 she had a number of field place­ sions in scripture, current theology, liturgy, at St. Jerome's ments with Catholic Family Services in Detroit. morality, social justice and spirituality formed Here she worked in "all kinds of situations" ­ the core of the programme. ight of St. Jerome's "best and brightest" suicide, paranoid schizophrenia, sexual abuse math students received a prestigious -and many others. "This was a most valuable Enew scholarship this year through the experience for me," she recalls. "I learned so "My hope is to provide new Canada Scholarship program. This is a much about human nature, its capacity for five-year, $80 million program established by strength and change as well as its deviances." an atmosphere where the federal government in 1988. It recognizes In 1975 Sr. Julie returned to Hamilton to the presence ofGod is and encourages outstanding students to pursue work again with Catholic Family Services, but a felt reality ..." undergraduate degrees in natural sciences, engi­ this time with single teen mothers at St. Mar­ neering and related disciplines. tin's Manor. "This was a transition time for St. Twenty-five hundred scholarships worth Martin's," she recalls. "We were trying to esta­ In addition to these considerable responsi­ $2,000 were awarded across Canada, eight of blish ourselves as a larger facility with more of bilities, Sr. Julie offered many workshops on which were received by St. Jerome's math stu­ an educational component," she recalls. "Prior personal growth and development, leadership dents. The Canada Scholarships can be renewed to that it was mainly a shelter. We wanted it to styles, Meyers-Briggs personality typing, prayer, up to three times or until the undergraduate be a holistic and well-rounded environment for as well as retreats for parish councils through­ degree is obtained, whichever is first, for a the mothers, one that provided academic, spir­ out the Archdiocese. potential total value of $8,000 each. itual, social and counselling services." After seven years in Regina, the opportun­ The St. Jerome's students honoured with Under Sr. Julie's direction, St. Martin's ity to work at Notre Dame arose. Sr. Julie felt this national prize were: Nicole Caron, Elaine Manor changed from " a place where a mother this would allow her to integrate her past expe­ Dernaiter, Judith Koeller, Cheryl Kucharic, waited until her baby was born to a place where riences as well as return to familiar turf. Anna Marie Stante, Huong Thu Trinh, Steve she could experience growth and wholeness." "I want Notre Dame College to be seen as Fraser and Betty-Jo Hill. With a desire for new challenges she headed something more than a building," she says. "I west to Regina in 1981 and spent the next two feel it is PEOPLE first! People who are open, years pioneering new work in adult faith devel­ warm, friendly and energetic. It is my desire opment. Before 1981, the School Sisters of that Notre Dame be a place where residents, Notre Dame had not worked in this region. "I staff, and visitors feel at home and experience worked in rural areas and taught parents to something of new life and energies that makes teach catechetics because the Bishop required one glad to be alive and living here at Notre help addressing rural faith needs in a vast geo­ Dame." graphic area." 4 A refreshing oasis, a living legacy

created by local artist Ann Roberts, which legacy of a respected and important scientist. gracefully adorns the garden. Entitled Professional Practice of En vironmental Man­ The garden approximates the natural envi­ agement, it is being published by Springer-Verlag ronment of the plants which can be found of New York. throughout Ontario. They are tagged for iden­ Both the ecology garden and the sculpture tification, and small benches allow visitors to are unusually appropriate tributes to Bob's life savour the garden's beauty. and work. "I hope many people enjoy the Of great personal significance to Lindsay is garden," enthuses Lindsay," and gain an appre­ the unusual sculpture which blends in harmon­ ciation for the natural landscape." iously with the natural surroundings. "The On a campus sometimes criticized for its garden was under way before I thought about a heavy technological emphasis, the Robert S. sculpture," acknowledges Lindsay, "but I knew Dorney Ecology Garden is a refreshing oasis it needed a focal point. Bob and I liked Ann which will provide an enduring tribute to Bob Roberts' work and had wanted her to do a Dorney, and lasting pleasure for many. sculpture for our home. It seemed appropriate to have her design one for this garden." Lindsay explains that the sculpture is an outgrowth of the last major trip she and Bob had taken together to Japan. Ann Roberts had worked in Japan and Lindsay showed her pho­ tos of some Shinto and Zen gardens she and Bob so greatly admired. tanding nearly five feet in height, the S upright sculpture is similar to many found in Shinto Shrines. There one would find ideo­ grams carved on the centuries old stones. "The Shinto religion is a nature religion," explains Lindsay Dorney stands next lo the sculpture honour­ Lindsay. "The stones are where the earth and ing her late husband. sky meet." The top of the sculpture resembles a bird to t is a garden of life to honour a life, and to recognize Bob's work with the rough grouse honour life itself. The Robert 5. Dorney for which he won an International Wildlife Distinguished I Ecology Garden, located next to the Envi­ Award in 1961. The glaze on the sculpture is ronmental Studies Building at the University of blue/grey and takes its colour from a Zen Bud­ Waterloo, honours Professor Bob Dorney, late dhist garden in Kyoto which Lindsay and Bob Graduate Award husband of long-time St. Jerome's English pro­ visited. It has shades of gold and tinges of pur­ ominations for the 1989 Fr. Norm Choate fessor Lindsay Dorney. Bob taught environ­ ple interspersed to represent lichen on rocks. Its Distinguished Graduate Award are now mental resource management and environ­ light colour causes the sculpture to stand out N being received. If you know of a St. mental planning at UW and was a noted scholar against the darker backdrop of buildings and Jerome's graduate or former resident who has in this field. While it pays lasting tribute to Bob, vegetation. made an outstanding contribution to his or her who worked tirelessly as one of the world's Bob's public and private lives are reflected in career; church; community; province or country; leading environmentalists, it also honours all the markings on the sculpture. Originally a or to the St. Jerome's College community for which he worked. It is a very personal parasitologist, Bob's research was recognized generally, and the Graduates' Association in tribute. by there being a protozoan named after him. A particular, please forward the nominee's name "I don't think of it as a memorial garden," representation of the protozoan e dorneyi is and particulars to Rob Donelson at the College reflects Lindsay. "It is a garden to life and, in etched on the sculpture's front. as soon as possible. fact, plaques and trees commemorating the Bob was co-founder of the Ontario Society Nominations will be received up until April lives of two students who died are also part of of Environmental Management, a group of 1, 1989, and the award will be presented at this the garden." engineer's, planners, scientists, and lawyers year's Grads' Association Reunion Dinner on The Robert S. Dorney Ecology Garden was interested in environmental issues. This group Saturday, June 3, 1989. a project enthusiastically undertaken by Wayne is symbolically represented in the sculpture's Previous recipients include Joe and Ste­ Heasman, an environmental resource studies middle. The logo of Ecoplans, an environmental phanie Mancini (1986), Gail Young (1987) and student, and Bob's final two doctoral students consulting firm co-founded by Bob, his first Richard Dominico (1988). who initiated the idea and brought it to comple­ graduate student, and other Planning School tion. It was a project which involved over four Faculty, is represented at the bottom. thousand person hours of volunteer work. Other more private markings on the sculp­ Donations of plants native to Ontario came ture indicate significant dates in Bob's and Sunday, May 7, 1989 in from a wide array of sources. The Ministry Lindsay's lives, children, trips, places they 9:00-11:00 pm of Natural Resources, admirers of Bob's work, owned, and things they have enjoyed together. donated $1,800 for plants, while the University It has its whimsical side, too. In the beak of the CHCH-TVll of donated a large tree. All the plants rough grouse is clasped a large peanut, "a are self-reproductive and require little or no reminder of Bob the inveterate peanut lover," "Turns" - a made for television movie, written maintenance. Lindsay has a similar garden, notes Lindsay. and produced by SJC grad Kevin Land (BA '79) created by Bob, in front of her Waterloo home, "Bob wanted to change the discourse on and featuring an appearance by Joe Kaiser (BA and many of those plants were transferred to environmental issues," explains Lindsay, who '79), also a College grad, will be broadcast on the campus garden. Unknown to Lindsay, stu­ has edited and written the preface to a major Sunday, May 7. dents transplanted violets from her home and book Bob wrote on the subject which will be Don't miss it. planted them around the base of a sculpture, published posthumously - another enduring 5 1989 Grads' Association Lecture Motz Family endows A call to prayer, education, and conscience scholarship here has never been a better opportun­ longtime Kitchener family has made a ity for American Catholics to influence major contribution to the College to T their government than the present time, A endow a new scholarship. observed Fr. Robert F. Drinan, S.J., in the fifth ity of The Motz family recently established the annual Graduates' Association Lecture, "Con­ Mary and Scholarship in honour of their gress and the Crozier," held on November 25, parents. It will recognize St. Jerome's students 1988 in Siegfried Hall. who demonstrate academic achievement and/or The Jesuit priest, Georgetown University financial need. The endowment has a value of Law professor, former Congressman, and for­ $20,000 and the interest it generates will be eign policy advisor to former Democratic presi­ disbursed to students. dential candidate Michael Dukakis, offered a Speaking on behalfof his family, Mr. PaulJ. fast-paced and lively address on the state of the Motz, President of JEMCOM Inc. noted, "Our contemporary American . The connection with St. Jerome's College dates back lecture was co-sponsored by the St. Jerome's to its earliest days. My grandfather was a close Centre for Catholic Experience. friend and student of the College's first Presi­ Though it had a deliberately American dent, Fr. Louis Funcken, and our family has focus, Drinan's remarks were equally applicable lived in this community for over a century." to the Canadian scene and were, in fact, a call to In fact, the original site of the College in conscience for all Catholic Christians. Kitchener is located on land once owned by the Drinan noted that one in four Americans Motz's. "Higher education was a concern of our lives in the Catholic tradition and that this parents and we know that this scholarship will presents enormous potential for social good. have a very direct benefit for students." Government policies on everything from illi­ "We are honoured to have a scholarship teracy and poverty, to nuclear arms and peace, endowed by a Kitchener-Waterloo family as could be influenced by Catholics if they were distinguished as the Motz family," observes aware of the positions taken by their Bishops College President Father Norm Choate, C.R. on these matters, and if they acted upon them. "The establishment of the Mary and John Motz Fr. Robert Drinan, S.J. addresses the crowd at the Scholarship demonstrates the continuing gener­ "is America a Fifth Annual Graduates' Association Lecture. osity of the family to our local community and to St. Jerome's College. This endowment will good country or serve not only as a gift to some ofour students, is it a because they lobbied to get the law changed to but also as an encouragement to others in the allow such exports. The sin of causing cancer in group of barbariansr Waterloo Region," he added. millions of people in the Third World is on the Mary and John Motz were active members consciences of these corporations and of all of their church and community throughout This particular moment is most important Americans because it could have been pre­ their lives. Mary (Stoody) Motz was a tireless for American Catholics, argued Drinan because vented." worker on behalf of the St. Agatha Children's "George Bush is susceptible to whatever public Despite this bleak picture, Drinan retains a Village, the Carmelite nuns of St. Agatha, the opinion says is advantageous to George Bush". sense of optimism. He hopes that historians Catholic Women's League and the St. Mary's Drinan specifically spoke of the American may look upon the 1970s and 1980s as a period Hospital Guild among other organizations. Bishops' pastorals on the nuclear arms race, of religious conversion in the U.S. "I like to John Motz was publisher of the Kitchener­ abortion, the economy, and women. Yet, in think that there will be a resurrection of basic Waterloo Record from 1936 until his death in spite of these articulate statements, he ques­ morality," he said. "The Catholic Church has 1975. Educated at St. Jerome's College and the tioned their impact on the average American. done great things in the past. It brought the University of Notre Dame, he expanded the After all, he said, "there's a black mood of self­ world out of the Dark Ages, established the Record from a daily to its present-day ishness right now in America. I'm ashamed that first universities, built hospitals, and gave diverse holdings. the U.S. ranks only 15 out of 17 nations that impetus to secular learning." He provided the impetus for the establish­ give aid to the Third World. The U.S. has not Drinan feels the Church is heading into ment of JEMCOM Inc. - John Edward Motz ratified the major treaties that have emerged another "Dark Age of immorality in the world." Communications - which owns the Kitchener­ from the United Nations. Canada and the Uni­ He challenged his audience, "Can the Catholic Waterloo Record; The Fairway Group Inc., pub­ ted Kingdom have done that almost routinely." Church, by education, by prayer, and by inspi­ lisher of various weekly newspapers; Ains­ iting the growing problem of homelessness ration say the entire Catholic world has to worth Press Inc., a commercial printing com­ C in the U.S., Drinan noted that "the Catholic change? We have to continue to be Christians pany; Weaver, Tanner and Miller Inc., an Bishops have been almost radical over the last in the fullest sense - we have to teach and love. advertising agency; and TV Facts publications. eight years, testifying and making statements We have to co-operate with believers and deploring homelessness and the slashing back non-believers." of funds for housing. In this wealthy nation Catholic Christians must challenge the 1989 Devlin Lecture why is this allowed to happen? Think of the unjust structures of society, he maintains, power Catholics could have if we were really because "silence in the face of global starvation "Holiness - The Call to Radical Living committed Christians." is complicity in evil." with Donald Nicholl "And so," he asked rhetorically, "is America For the American Church, he concluded, "it author, teacher, peace activist a good country or is it a group of barbarians? is the best of times and the worst of times. Friday, April 7, 1989 We are now, God forgive us, exporting ciga­ Think of the power American Catholics could 7:30 - 9:30 pm rettes to the Third World because sales have have over American policies if they studied and Lecture, break, question period declined in the U.S. The tobacco companies are prayed, and really understood and believed Free Admission getting millions of people hooked on cigarettes what the Catholic Bishops were saying." 6 Catholic education honours won by Sherlock rovincial honours were recently given to involved with a super team of dedicated indi­ St. Jerome's graduate Jim Sherlock (BA viduals at COSS.'' P'54). Sherlock was selected as the recip­ "My professional relationship with Jim ient of the 1988 Medal of Honour awarded by the Sherlock goes back twenty years," remarks St. Catholic Education Foundation of Ontario. The Jerome's Board of Governors Chairperson J. award recognized his "outstanding leadership Frank Clifford, who also has had an extensive in Catholic education" for the last several years. career in education in Ontario. "Jim's greatest Sherlock served as President of the Ontario tribute is his unwavering and consistent Separate School Trustees' Association (OSST A) approach to the betterment of Catholic educa­ in 1985-86 and 1986-87. Prior to that he was tion in this province. This was best exemplified Vice-President and now serves a two year term in his active leadership role in working for full­ as past president. He played a key role in the funding for Roman Catholic schools." separate school funding issue, and over the Apart from some heated debates over trans­ years was part of numerous meetings with fer of facilities from public to separate boards, former Premier William Davis, current Premier Sherlock maintains that the transition to full David Peterson, and many of the Province's funding was much more peaceful than it might education ministers including Bette Stephen­ have been. "Proponents of full-funding pres­ son and Sean Conway. ented a strong and united front and took a very "Some people enhance an award when they sensitive approach to the issue." receive it, while others are enhanced by it," Jim Sherlock honoured for his work in Catholic Sherlock, who holds ·an MEd from OISE observed Sherlock upon receipt of the award. education. and an MBA from McMaster, is currently Bus­ "In this case, I am clearly in the latter category. I iness Administrator for the Diocese of Hamil­ like to think it recognizes the work of many provincial government in the Ontario Court of ton, a post he has held for ten years. Prior to trustees." Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. This that, he worked at the OSSTA office as a con­ He was a founding member of the Comple­ was done to clarify and confirm the constitu­ sultant to school boards on collective bargain­ tion Office for Separate Schools (COSS), a co­ tional rights of Ontario's separate school ing. For fifteen years he served in senior admini­ ordinating body representing teachers, trus­ boards. strative capacities, including Superintendent of tees, parents, Catholic business officials and Sherlock has been involved in Catholic edu­ Business, with the Hamilton-Wentworth Sepa­ Bishops. This group lobbied the Ontariogovern­ cation for twenty-five years. "The people I rate School Board. ment extensively in an effort to obtain exten­ knew over those years lived and breathed He lives in Burlington with his wife Katha­ sion of funding to grades 11 through 13 in extension of funding and many died before it rine, a librarian with the Halton Separate Catholic secondary schools. They were suc­ became a reality," he says. "I feel fortunate to School Board. Their son John is a music student cessful in co-ordinating litigation against the have seen funding happen and to have been at Western.

Upcoming News briefs In distinguished company An article by Col­ postage, a reported $560. Psychology professor Chapter Events lege Religious Studies Professor Mary Malone John Theis had brought the need to the atten­ was recently selected to be published in Best tion of the students who promptly acted on it. -area SJC Grads Canadian Essays 1989. Her article, entitled Global awareness is alive and well at St. Jerome's. Queen 's Park "The Case for Ordination", first appeared in Now that's ironic Sociology professor Fred Reception the College's quarterly Grail: An Ecumenical Journal Oune 1988). It will be published in this Desroches has a special research interest in Tuesday, April 11 , 1989 new anthology early this year along with con­ bank robbery. He has conducted over 100 6:00 lo 8:00 p.m . tributions from Margaret Atwood, Robertson interviews with convicted bank robbers in pri­ Room 247, Government Caucus Room Davies, and the late George Grant. Fifth House, sons across Canada. He plans to publish his Cash Bar Complimentary Hors d'oeuvres a national publisher based in Saskatoon, will findings soon, but his research has encountered Meet College President Fr. Norm Choate produce this anthology which is designed to an ironic twist. Fred's wife, Michelle, works as a and other Faculty and Staff. bring together the most significant and enter­ part-time bank teller in Kitchener. Recently, a taining creative non-fiction of the preceding lone man passed her a note demanding money. twelve months. Michelle has since written the epilogue to her Calling all Ottawa-area husband's book and called it "The other side of SJC grads! A half ton of books donated College students the wicket." were recently made aware of a serious need for Special Reception books at St. Theresa's College in Tandag Suri­ English proficiency St. Jerome's first year Thursday, April 13, 1989 gao del Sur, The Philippines. Fourth year student Kevin Cogliano, a graduate of Notre Dame College School in Welland, was one of 6-8 p.m. Psychology/ECE student Michelle Mylet of Brantford worked with acting Student Union ten University of Waterloo students to receive Room 256 S, House of Commons President Dave Fischer to co-ordinate an im­ a $100 prize for earning top marks on the Senate Banking and Commerce Room pressive effort to collect text books from stu­ annual English Language Proficiency exam. Hors d'oeuvres and Cash Bar dents and faculty. And collect they did. Nearly a Kevin was one of only two recipients from the Meet College President Fr. Norm Choate half ton of books were sent to St. Theresa's, and Arts faculty to receive the honour. and other Faculty and Staff. St. Jerome's graciously picked up the tab for 7 Students win trips Where are theynow? to France '61 Ginny (nee Leon) Jans (BA '61) and her '84 Catherine Ann Kitchen (BA '84) was husband Graeme celebrated their twenty­ married on July 11, 1987 to Jeff King­ our members of a second-year French fifth wedding anniversary on October 12. dom. She works as a buyer/expeditor for Murata course taught at the College are winners Erie North American, an electronics manufac­ Fof an international contest sponsored by '63 Pat (nee Nowak) McNeill (BA '63) is an turer in Trenton, Ont. Jeff is a resource officer the Government of France. administrator and counsellor at Glen with the Revenue Canada Taxation Dept. and The four studentswere among a 17-member Eden School in Delta, B.C. Glen Eden is a new the couple lives in Belleville. class taught by Professor Carmeta Abbott. private school serving children with learning They will visit France this summer. difficulties. It recently received accreditation '85 Anthea Britto (BA '85) earned a MSc The students were involved in a study pro­ from the provincial government. degree in speech and language patho­ ject of the Poitou-Charentes region of France, logy at Dalhousie University in Halifax in July, an area on the west side of France, south of the '74 J.M. laPlante (BSc Eng. '74) is an envi­ 1988. She has accepted a position at Belleville Loire Valley. Thirty per cent of the French­ ronmental engineer with C-I-L Inc. and General Hospital. speaking settlers to Canada came from this was recently transferred from Toronto to region. Cornwall. He lives with his wife, son, twin Sherry McKinnon (BA '85) is working on a For three weeks in the course, the students daughters and two dogs in Apple Hill, just Master of Social Work degree at "lived" in the region of Poitou-Charentes. They north of Cornwall. University and expects to graduate in Spring, studied its history, food, geography, economy, 1989. art and architecture, education, and the leisure '67 Steve Flott (BA '67) joined the law firm activities of its people. of Lane & Middendorf in January, 1988. '86 Patricia Robson (BA '86) received a France's famous cognac is made there and He passed the Maryland Bar Exam in February post-graduate diploma in Recreation for the region is also known for its 'chevre', goat's of the same year and was admitted to the Mary­ Special Populations at Georgian College. She milk cheese. land Bar in June. Steve and his wife Fran, also a now works at the Kingston Psychiatric Hospi­ Students made imaginative and informative lawyer with the firm of Venable, Baetjer and tal as a Recreation Therapist. oral presentations in French, providing an Howard in Rockville, Maryland, gave birth to extensive and focussed review of the region. their first child on April 21, 1988, Mary Jeanne Blanche (nee Nobert) Bellerive (OD '86) prac­ "This competition promotes knowledge of Evelyn Flott. They presently live in Arlington, tises optometry at a community clinic in Regina, various regions of France in other countries", Virginia. Saskatchewan, where she and her husband remarked Professor Abbott. "I was very im­ recently purchased their first home. pressed by the enthusiasm of the students and '76 Dr. Tim Butler (BA '76) is a psycholo­ the high quality of their presentations. Poitou­ gist responsible for the Student Servi­ '87 Tony Zettel (BMath '87) works in the Charentes was a region they had never heard ces Dept. of the Lambton County Roman Systems Development Dept. of Canada about. Now they all want to travel there." Catholic Separate School Board. His wife Krys­ Trust in London, Ontario. He was married on The four trip prizes were won by Janice tal (nee Forbes, BA '76), teaches English at St. August 8, 1987 to Stephanie Serre of Hanover, Zister, John Paul Baguley, Annie Kupina and Patrick's High School in Samia for the same Ont., who recently earned her BScN from the Alexandra Walsh. While in France, they will Board. The Butlers make their home in neigh­ School of Nursing at the Universityof Western meet students from other countries as well. bouring Clearwater. Ontario. Their first child, Kathleen Anne, was Books and encyclopedias were won by Sandra born on August 28, 1988 in Walkerton. Anger and Carol Sinnaeve. The prizes were Rob Donelson (BA '81) It was "a little decided by a draw in which the names of the '81 late, but worth the wait" for Rob and his Vera laan (BMath '88) Armed with her class members were entered. '88 wife Theresa (nee Hildebrand, OD'86) as ~hey co-op math degree in Management The Cultural Attache stationed at the welcomed the arrival of their first child, Philip Accounting, Vera accepted a position as Con­ French Consulate in Toronto will present the John, on August 13, 1988. Philip weighed in at 7 troller with Royal Monitor Systems Ltd. in Don prizes on March 31 at the College's Annual lbs. 11 oz., and he was baptized by Fr. Norm Mills. She presently lives in Willowdale. Awards Night. Choate at a subsequent University Catholic community mass.

Karen (nee Poser) Trussler (BA '81) earned her Vol. 8, No.3 MA in history in 1986 from the University of Winter, 1988 Waterloo and is presently employed as the Company Archivist for J.M. Schneider Inc. in Update! is the newsletter of the University of St. Kitchener. Karen maintains the archives, seeks Jerome's College Graduates' Association. It received additions for their collection, and is busy plan­ the 1983 and 1984 Communications Award of the Canadian Association of University Information ning for the company's centennial in 1990. Bureaus and the 1988 Best Newsletter Award of the "\ Karen and her husband Scott have two boys, Canadian Council for the Advancement of Educa­ · 'l , I ages 4 and 1, and recently moved to a new tion, a Canadian organization of university alumni, home in Kitchener. development, and information officers. It is published ~~ - quarterly and mailed free of charge to all graduates, '82 Maureen (nee Klein) Gooderham (BA former residents, students, faculty, and friends of the '82) was married in July 1987 to Alan College for whom we have reliable addresses. Ifyour Gooderham of Sault St. Marie. Maureen teaches address has changed, or if you would like to receive information from the College, please complete and -· at St. Paul High School in Mississauga. mail the coupon on this page. We welcome letters for A winning class Students in French 263, Aspects Writeback and general news of graduates for Where ofFrance, pose around a table of culinary delights 1 3 Dicky Massiah (BA '83) is now living in Are They Now? particular to the Poitou-Charentes region of France. 8 Georgetown, Guyana. Editor: Robert Donelson Consulting Editor: Peter Hinchcliffe David Sztorc (BSc'83) works as a programmer/ !Jlyout: Monica Lynch Photographs: Catherine Valtriote analyst at Manufacturer's Life Insurance Com­ pany in Waterloo. The University of Canada Posies ST. JEROME'S COLLEGE Post Canada / I Pos1 age paid Port paye Waterloo, Ontario 1-----­+ N2L3G3 Bulk En nombre third troisieme class classe 840146 Kitchener, ON Return postage guaranteed

Grads' Association Later in the morning, history professor Ken McLaughlin leads a tour of former College sites and other historically-significant landmarks. Testimonial Dinner Shakespearean professor Ted McGee once again Accurate re~ords leads a popular trip to the Stratford Festival. for Fr. Norm Choate Over lunch at the College, Ted will lecture on save us money! the day's performance of the double bill Titus he Saturday evening dinner during Andronicus and The Comedy of Errors. Then it's off Send in this coupon to Reunion '89 weekend has been desig­ to see some of the finest theatre available in T nated as a Grads' Association testimon­ North America. update your file. ial to honour retiring President Fr. Norm A free barbeque lunch, sporting activities Choate, C.R. Among the tributes to be made, for grads, children's outdoor games, an arts and we plan to prepare a retrospective slide show crafts centre, computer games, and a cartoon­ put to music and using multiple projectors. ing workshop round out the afternoon. A spe­ Name We need your help! Please send us any cial children's dinner at 5:00 p.m. followed by a Address photos of Fr. Norm you might have. We espe­ baby-sitting service will allow grads to take in cially require candid shots, photos of weddings, the cocktail reception and dinner later in the City Province baptisms, masses, parish picnics etc. Carefully evening. mark each photo with your name and address Sunday morning sees the weekend con­ Postal Code Telephone and send them to Rob Donelson at the College. clude with the celebration of Mass and a tasty We will have slides made and return your pho­ pancake breakfast before everyone heads home. Job title tos promptly. Plan to join us for a winning combination The greater the variety of photos received, during Grads' Reunion Weekend June 2-4, Name of Company/School etc. the more fitting our tribute will be. So dig out 1989. your photo albums and please send your photos as soon as possible. Don't delay! Zach Ralston, Larry Address Reunion promises Cummings, Sr. Leon City Province Postal Code Telephone winning combination among those l.D.I his year's annual Graduates' Associa­ tion Reunion, June 2-4, 1989, will mark planning to attend Year of Grad/Program two special events in the life of the Col­ T What's new in your life? Job chmge? Married? Family? lege. We're celebrating the College's 125th Reunion '89 anniversary, and we're also paying tribute to raduates will be pleased to know that a Father Norm Choate, C.R., who is leaving the number of former faculty and staff College after two terms as President, and many Gmembers are planning to attend Re­ more as chaplain and teacher. union '89, June 2-4. We've received advanced word This is sure to make for a winning combina­ from former Dean and Professor Zach Ralston, tion, so why not mark your calendar today? A who now lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina; lot has been planned for you and we have again former English Professor Larry Cummings; made a special effort to accommodate grads former chaplain Father Bob Liddy, C.R.; and with children. As always, we are doing our former English Professor Sister Leon White, utmost to keep costs to a minimum. SSND, have sent enthusiastic replies to re­ It will be an exciting, fun-filled weekend union organizers. beginning Friday evening with a welcoming Also planning to attend are former College reception and short historical presentation by Bursar Bro. Don Taylor, C.R.; former library Fr. Jim Wahl, C.R. Fr. Wahl will focus on the assistant Marguerite Reinhart; former Italian College's earliest days and will provide a fasci­ Professor Angelo Gualtieri, and former chap­ D Rush me my subscription to the award-winning Grail: nating look at our past. lain Fr. Pat McKelvie, C.R. An Ecumenical Journal and bill me later. Saturday morning provides free time to So mark your calendars today and plan to D 1 yr. ($14.00) D 2 yrs. ($25.00) explore your favourite Waterloo County haunts. attend. Don't miss this historic event.