Vol. 3, No. 1 June 1983

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

Spring Convocation: 85 in '83!

The College's assistant dean , Dr. Ted McGee, announced the names of the eighty-five St. Jerome's graduates during the University of Wa terloo's 46th convocation.

When Irish eyes are smiling! Two fami lies and four degrees are reason enough to beam with pride for (l. tor.) Laurieand Colleen Maloney of Sudbury and Maureen and Janet O'Connor of Marmara, Ontario.

The first student to receive a degree at the arts Among the many guests at this year's .... convocation on May 26 was St. Jerome's convoca tion was Mrs. Angela Massiah, mother 'mature' student Mrs . Margo Baird. She of honours psychology graduate Ernes t Massiah , received her BA degree after many years of who travelled from Trinidad to see her son part-time studies. Congratulations, Margo! 'Y graduate. Her smile tells us it was worth the trip!

A feature interview with Claude Ryan ... inside Campus News Awards Night '83

Rita A.M. Wallner Michael J. Donelson Daniel Hutter Janet O'Connor Kelley Teahen Rosie Brady -Zach Ralston Award -College Award - College A ward - College Award -College Award -Notre Dame Award

Phil Gore Kevin Davidson Ron Martinello Mary Jane Zettel Filomena Tassi Lori Dyni - House Spirit -English - History - Mathematics - Philosophy -Psychology It was an evening to recognize excellence at man who once advised the former chaplain St. Jerome's College and to celebrate the end to "get to know the students and you'll soon of another school year. The College's 16th come to love them" - a lesson well learned Annual Awards Night was held on March 26 by both men. and was attended by over 400 students, In a later interview, Dr. Ralston recalled faculty and staff. Students received awards his days at St. Jerome's and some of the for outstanding academic, athletic and resi­ many people and events which he continues dence achievements. to cherish. "It's good to sense the freshness A special aspect to the evening was the of a new generation of students," he said. presence of former dean Zach Ralston, who "That's one of the delights of teaching ­ took time away from his teaching duties at everybody doesn't get old together. The the Citadel Military Academy in South teachers get older but the students always Carolina to present the award named in his keep things young." And yes, he said, he Cathy Clifford Patti Anderson honour to Rita Wallner. He was introduced still enjoys those late night walks watching - Religious Studies -Sociology by College president Fr. Norm Choate as a the owls!

• BASIC and the VIC-20 The College's • A policeman's lot might be a happier News Briefs second floor sounded like a video arcade one, thanks to College sociology profes­ during the month of May. Thanks to sor Dr. Fred Desroches. He recently No debating this winner! Ernest (Dicky) Commodore Business Machines and Fr. made a contribution to a police manual Massiah, 23, a member of this year's David Mowat, C.R., of the College math on how to relate to Canada's ethnic graduating class in Honours Psychology, department, St. Jerome's offered a four­ communities. Desroches has worked ex­ was a member of the two-man UW evening introduction to micro-computers tensively with the Peel Regional Police debating team which finished eleventh in for the general public. BASIC and the Force Multicultural Committee in study­ the World Debating Tournament held at VIC-20 was "designed to take away ing racial problems and incidents involv­ Princeton University in March. Massiah people's fear of computers by providing ing police. "Canada is becoming an in­ and his partner, Math student Brad Tem­ them with an understanding of their creasingly multicultural society," says pleton, defeated teams from Harvard, the practical uses," says Fr. Mowat. Over 40 Desroches. "This manual is an effort to University of Edinburgh, St. Andrew's adults and children beyond grade 8 regis­ train officers to handle this reality and to University, and others. Next year Mas­ tered for the non-credit course and have diffuse potentially explosive racial inci­ siah is off either to teach English in Japan PEEKED and POKED their way to a dents before they occur. It can be consi­ for two years, or to Minnesota to work in useful grounding in micro-computers. Fr. dered pro-active or preventive law en­ a psychiatric hospital with an eye to grad Mowat plans to offer it again in the Fall. forcement and it makes good sense," he school later. Best of luck, Dicky! adds. Feature Article A feature interview with Claude Ryan Peter Smith becomes Former Quebec Liberal leader Claude Ryan gave Update! How does a Quebec Liberal leader such full-time journalist the luncheon address at the conference "Canadian as yourself walk the fine line of being attacked on Culture: International Dimensions," hosted by the one hand as a tool of the Federalists in the University of St. Jerome's College on May 24 Ottawa, and attacked on the other as being a - 26 . Ryan, who is also a member of the Quebec closet separatist? National Assembly for the riding of Argenteuil, paused to speak with Update! The text of that Ryan: Well that's the plight of moderates in interview follows. We welcome our readers' a polarized society, and if you have convic­ comments. tions you've got to hold on to them regard­ less of the storm. There will come better Update! What must the Quebec Liberal Party do times. I am not concerned with that at all. As to unseat the Levesque Government? for my own position in that dilemma, I think I have been treated unjustly on both sides; Ryan: They have to win the confidence of but I could not care less because I spoke my the voters. They need to assert themselves convictions all the time, and I think these as a party with a strong platform in favour of convictions are in accord with the true social and economic progress in Quebec. reality of this country. Sooner or later there That platform must include sound integra­ will be a time when they are better under­ tion of Quebec with the rest of Canada on stood. But I think it would be evil to After 15 years in the History Department at terms which are acceptable to Quebec. abandon your convictions because they ap­ St. Jerome's Dr. Peter Seaborn Smith has pear to be less popular at a certain time. taken a leave of absence from academia to Update! Do you see Prime Minister Trudeau as pursue a career as a full-time journalist. His an obstacle to the Quebec Liberal Party's chances beat will be Latin America. of electoral victory? "You've got to hold on to your Smith will be based in New York and will fly to Brazil every month for one to two Ryan: Well, there's no election in sight; I convictions regardless of the storm. week stays. He will be filing stories for think that last time he didn't help. I think his There will come better times." Canadian Press and for The Globe and Mail, constitutional policies did not help. For the the Financial Post, Maclean's, Time, time being, the feeling of Quebeckers to­ Harper's, The International Herald Tribune, wards the Constitution is one of indiffer­ Update! Are you saying that history will judge The Wall Street Journal, CBC Radio and The ence. The constitutional changes of last year Claude Ryan more favourably than your critics Journal, among others. ran into considerable opposition in Quebec. today? Smith intends to cover such stories as The Government was opposed to those Ryan: I'm not afraid at all because there's arms purchases in Latin America now that changes, and I was opposed personally to been great continuity in my views I believe, Brazil is a major world supplier, the upcom­ the way in which they were imposed. We've regardless of the role which I had to play. ing conference of the Confederation of heard precious little about them for the past Brazilian Bishops and the huge Jari forestry two years, but that doesn't mean that they Update! Are you optimistic about the future of project in Brazil which threatens the interna­ have become more acceptable as a result. It's Quebec within Canada? tional markets of the Canadian paper as if the people are thinking 'well, there's industry. little which can be done at the moment, so Ryan: Well, the problems which brought me As for the transition from the academic to let us wait'. into politics have not yet found a solution. journalistic life, Smith says many factors We have to grope in order to find solutions, have worked in his favour. "I've spent a lot because if we keep ignoring problems with­ of time in Brazil during the past twenty out really tackling them, sooner or later they years developing a working knowledge of will explode in our faces. the country. Being fluent in the language has been a big help. And I think being an Update! Is there anything you would change or historian brings an important dimension to do differently if you could start over again as news coverage. Academic writing and teach­ leader of your party? ing makes you think on your feet, and that is Ryan: Well, I'd rather not speculate on that an essential quality in a good journalist." because it would be completely unreal. 'Tm also a great believer in luck," he There are certainly some things which I adds, "but you have to work hard for it. I've would do differently. (laughing) hit a streak lately!" Smith received a Ph.D. from the Univer­ Update! Would you care to comment on your sity of New Mexico in 1969, and his research plans after your successor has been chosen? has been directed toward 20th century Brazil, civil-military relations, and the poli­ Ryan: No. I have no comment to make on tics of oil. He has written many articles on that because I make my decisions on a year economic nationalism in Latin America, and to year basis. I've done that all my life, and I is the author of Oil and Politics in Modern re-examine my stance year after year. I will Brazil (Macmillan, 1976). At St. Jerome's, he continue doing so. was Assistant Dean from 1975 to 1981, and history department chairman from 1970 to 1974 and 1980 to 1981. Smith is just finishing a year's sabbatical leave during which he has spent time in South America writing for Canadian Press and other wire services. Update! salutes the class of '63!

Gayle (nee Clark) Dzis Upon her graduation from St. Jerome's in '63, Gayle Dzis (nee Clark) returned to her hometown of Sturgeon Falls, where she taught secondary school for three years. Graduate work in history brought her back It has been 20 years since to the University of Waterloo, and she the graduation of the received an MA in 1968 and an MPhil in seventeen-member Class 1973. From 1969 to 1972 Gayle taught at of '63. They were among Centennial College in Scarborough. the first to occupy the Gayle chuckles at the memories of Father College's new buildings Pat Sheridan's philosophy classes and "at­ Sharon Ann (nee Murphy) Geens on the UW campus tempting to follow the sun in the heavens". They were known as the original "St. following its move from She recalls the move from St. Jerome's Jerome's Girls" - a small group of female Kitchener's east end.These campus in Kitchener to its present home at students who were the first to register at the photographs tell part of the story of those UW. Gayle is married to Morris Dzis, and once all-male enclave that was St. Jerome's early days - the "mud and dreams" on they live in Mississauga with their sons College. Sharon Ann Geens (nee Murphy) which the modern-day University of St. Mike, 12, and Steve, 7. Gayle takes part in was one of that distinguished group. Jerome's College and the University of the University Women's Club creative writ­ Originally from Preston, she graduated Waterloo were founded. ing and French groups in Toronto. from St. Mary's High School in Kitchener. The confidence in the future reflected in When St. Jerome's moved to the UW cam­ the rapid growth of universities in the early David Sehl pus in 1962, Sharon remembers "wading '60s reflected a similar turbulence being "Circumventing workmen perched on lad­ through mud and.tramping over boards to experienced in Canada and around the ders and making one's way through seem­ get to classes, as so many buildings were world. Canadians went to the polls for the ingly endless stretches of mud" stand out in under construction at that time. And we all fourth time in six years in 1963 to choose David Sehl's recollections of the early years felt a little special being among the first to between John Diefenbaker, a 67-year-old of St. Jerome's on the UW campus. With his live in Notre Dame College during 1962-63." prairie populist, and Lester Pearson, a BA in hand, David went on to receive an MA After receiving a BA in Latin in 1963, former diplomat, Rhodes Scholar and Nobel in French from Laval University in Quebec Sharon completed an MA at1the University prize winner. The nation would face yet City, and a PhD at the University of To­ of Toronto. From 1968 to 1969 she was an another minority government. Bobby Hull ronto. He was a teaching assistant at St. instructor at York University. Today she was 24, Wayne Gretzky was in diapers, and Michael's College at the U of T, and since lives in Toronto with her husband Jim (BA ­ the Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup for the 1972 he has been a member of the French SJC '65), a history and geography teacher at second straight year. Steinbeck's Travels with Department at Wilfrid Laurier University. In Neil McNeil High School in Toronto, They Charley was on the best seller list, Joseph 1974 he became assistant professor of have two daughters, Janet, 14, and Jennifer,9. Heller's Catch-22 was published, and at the French. David and his wife Martine live in Sharon plays the Baroque flute, Renais­ movies it was "Remick on the rocks with a Waterloo. sance flute, recorder and crumhorn, and twist of Lemmon" as Days of Wine and Roses performed in the Chester Mystery Plays at packed 'em into the theatres. A Lincoln Marilyn Schmidt (nee Liss) the University of Toronto during the May 24 Continental sold for $6,720, and when you Marilyn's BA in French took her to the weekend. She works in the accounting drove a "jet smooth Chevrolet, you didn't University of Toronto, where she received department of Thomas Cook Canada Ltd. take a backseat to anybody." an MA. She taught French in secondary and is currently on a leave of absence to The headlines were sprinkled with . schools in Guelph and in Owen Sound study micro-computers. names such as Egypt's Nasser, Britain's (where she lives with her husband Howard Macmillan, France's de Gaulle, and the U.S. (SJC ' 62) and their children Danny, 13, and was charmed with its youthful president. Leanne, 9). Marilyn was active in the New­ But 1963 also marked that dark day in man Club while a student. Today she's a Dallas, and jolted the world into the reality supply teacher and part-time teacher of of violence in modern societv It was truly piano theory. Community volunteer work, the end of Camelot. 1963 saw the driving coordinating adult education projects, play­ force behind Vatican II stilled in death; but ing bridge and perfecting her calligraphy are the spirit of John XXIII's work was to be among Marilyn's current activities. carried out by his young protege, Giovanni Montini, Paul VI. Thanks to the efforts of the College's Although we didn't hear from them, the faculty, staff and students in those early following were also among the class of '63. years, particularly the Class of '63, St. We'd still enjoy a letter and wish them well. Jerome's became firmly established as a strong and vibrant entity on the campus of John Joseph Calnan the University of Waterloo. Students from Hubert DenTandt across Ontario, Canada and many parts of Roger Joseph Dufresne the world have benefited from the strong James George Gleason foundations and traditions established by Louis Anthony Mataresse people such as the Class of '63. Through the William Maurice Murphy pages of Update! we salute you, and wish Richard Joseph Weiler you continued success and happiness. May Michael John Whitney you always enjoy the fruits of your years at St. Jerome's. The Editor. Paul Heffernan William G. Godfrey Vincent John Calzonetti "The Class of '63 was very close knit," Bill graduated with a BA in history and Vince still savours a special memory from recalls Paul Heffernan. "We started at the received an MA at UW in 1966. From 1964-65 1963: it was the year the St. Jerome's St. Jerome's campus on King Street East in he received a teaching assistantship at St. intramural basketball team won the UW Kitchener and were the first class on the new Jerome's. He then spent three years in the championship by defeating Engineering. premises." Paul hailed from Arthur, Ontario history department at Notre Dame Univer­ From Hamilton and a graduate of Cathedral and while at the college lived in the men's sity of Nelson as instructor, assistant profes­ Boys' High School, Vince· taught high school residence. He was active in student affairs as sor, and dean of men. After doctoral studies for three years after graduating from the treasurer of the UW student council. at Queen's University, he was appointed College. He received an LLB from Western His BA in history and economics led him assistant professor of history at Mount Alli­ in 1970, and he's practised litigation law into charte::ed accountancy, and he received son University in Sackville, New Brunswick. with Lerner and Associates in London since his CA diploma in 1967. He worked as a Promoted to Associate Professor in 1977, he 1972. Vince is married to Diane Gardner (BA controller of an engineering and architec­ became head of the history department in '68), and they have three children - Teresa, tural firm in Toronto until 1970, and then 1980 and director of research last year. His 18, Paula, 17, and Christopher, 10. Along moved on to Clarkson-Gordon Chartered interests include comparative colonial with touch football games in the snow(?), Accountants for the next three years. Paul societies (New England, New France, Nova Vince also recalls "The Finner" (former lived in Paris from 1973 to '76, working for Scotia and New Brunswick), the history of president Fr. John Finn) "prowling the lobby Arthur Young International Associates, and Atlantic Canada, and Canadian political to see what time Ken McLaughlin and I got returned to Canada to become a partner cultures. back!" with Clarkson Gordon in Toronto. Paul Bill lived in St. Jerome's Men's Resi­ spends 2-3 months each year travelling dence, and of his years at the College says " I Patricia McNeill (nee Nowak) around the world on business. He and his could write a book, but better not!" The only When Pat McNeill (nee Nowak) graduated wife Carol live in Toronto, and they have books he's writing these days are those in 1963 with a BA in psychology, she had no five children ranging in age from 13 to 2 related to his field. Wilfrid Laurier Univer­ idea that, 20 years later, she'd be relying on years. sity Press recently published his Pursuit of that experience in her volunteer work. Pat Profit and Preferm ent in Colonial North now lives in Delta, British Columbia, and Lawrence Hymers America: John Bradstreet's Ques t, a study of does volunteer counselling with Delta Youth "Fr. Sheridan's philosophy classes, Fr. the military and colonial career of an 18th Services and Crime Prevention Society. This Lavigne' s excellent notes, the Kings dale century Anglo-Irish Acadian in the British agency provides a service for young people campus and Friday nights at the Legion" ­ army. Bill lives in Sackville with his wife M. in trouble with the law and generally at odds that's how Lawrence Hymers remembers Lakshmi Gill and three children ages 14, 12 with society. Pat also serves as treasurer on life at St. Jerome's in the early 60's. A and 10. the agency's board of directors. Pat's first graduate of Kitchener's Eastwood Col­ year at St. Jerome's was spent at Resurrec­ legiate, he was active in the student council tion College "which was in fact a seminary and was on the initiation committee while at across from the Charcoal Steakhouse," she the College. remembers. "There were about 13 girls, 200 Today Lawrence is a chartered accoun­ seminarians, and many nervous tant in Waterloo and is an adjunct professor priest/professors!" Pat was married in Oc­ of accountancy at Wilfrid Laurier University. tober '63, and she and her husband Joe own He is a member of various committees of the their own business - J. McNeill Enterprises Institute of Chartered Accountants of On­ Inc. - which manufactures various house­ tario. Lawrence and his wife Anna Marie hold goods and distributes them throughout have two boys, ages 13 and 15 years and live B.C. and Alberta. Their children, ages 18, 17 in Waterloo. Among his hobbies and in­ and 13, provide "the unique privilege of terests, Lawrence coaches minor baseball having three teenagers in the house at the and is involved in model railroad building. same time!" The McNeills lived in Toronto, He also does spiritual retreat work with Vancouver and California before returning Cursillo, an adult retreat movement. to B.C. in 1973. Pat jogs about five days a week and has been instrumental in the University of Waterloo's efforts to establish an alumni chapter in Vancouver. Her group has desig­ nated the first Wednesday of each month as a "WatWednesday" for alumni in the Van­ couver area. Alumni Profile Fun is part of learning for pre-schoolers, says grad ence and lots of fun and games. For these when the children wouldn't eat my food and reasons, it has great educational value for let it be known on the air!" pre-schoolers." But these experiences are all in a day's Each Romper Room show involves six work for the 27-year-old Fran. She finds her children between the ages of 4 and 5. All work intensive and exciting. "I genuinely children are volunteers whose parents have enjoy the interaction with children and I contacted the show and requested that their enjoy the chance to work with a very children be on. Each child tapes ten shows. supportive crew. Romper Room provides me "Initially the kids are nervous, but by the with an opportunity to travel and to take end they are very much at ease and are part in unusual activities - such as riding in a really quite natural. Some even develop into hot air balloon or on a killer whale." All in a real hams!" says Fran. We try to be as day's work, Fran?! Throughout the year, she authentic as possible; very little of the devotes much of her available time to original taping is edited out." charities such as the Big Sisters organization The production schedule for Romper and the Hearing Society. She is also in Room is very demanding. From June to demand for parades arid fund-raising tele­ October, five shows are taped daily on a thons. twice-weekly basis. Frequently segments are Coming from a liberal arts background at taped on location, and recently Fran has St. Jerome's, Fran has found that her worked in Ottawa, Montreal, and Halifax. academic training has been essential in her "When I tape, I have no weekends. The show success in television. ·' 'Responding to the requires intense concentration." Twenty-six mail I receive, interviewing adult guests on weeks of original scripts are broadcast and . the show and generally in working with then the program goes into reruns. children, I have found my training in En­ A week of intensive television training in the Many letters from viewers arrive each glish, history and psychology to be invalu­ United States, lots of experience working week. "Most mail is from the children them­ able." with children, and a little bit of luck com­ selves and often contains their art work," she "Romper Room is a very modern show prised the ingredients necessary for Mary says. "Other letters are from parents who and is relevent to pre-schoolers," acknow­ Frances Pappert (BA, 1980) to become "Miss sometimes express concern regarding por­ ledges Fran. "It has kept pace with the times Fran" - one of the most popular children's tions of the show or who write in praise of it. over the eleven years it has been produced TV hostesses in Canada. Fran is in her fifth In these instances, I try to respond person­ by CTV, and continues to be an exception­ season as hostess/teacher of CTV's Romper ally." ally good educational tool. It's also fun for Room, a program shown nationwide and Several shows stand out in Fran's mind. the children, and that's important." watched every morning by approximately "Once we had a live goat which relieved As for the future, Fran says she'd like to 140,000 children. itself on my foot. Naturally it happened stay with Romper Room for a while and "My sister happened to see an adver­ when the camera came in for a close-up! continue in television, perhaps as a pro­ tisement in Toronto for the Romper Room Sometimes rhyming word segments pose a ducer of children's programs, or as an position and suggested I apply," says Fran. problem," Fran grins, "and the portions of on-camera interviewer - preferably some­ As it turned out, so did 300 other people. the show in which I cook can be a little thing without live animals! Since Fran had no previous TV experience, tense. There have been a few occasions she was not overly hopeful and was natur­ ally surprised to be called for an interview. "That was a terrifying experience," Fran recalls, but one that would pay dividends in her future career. She was one of ten possible hostesses, many of whom were professional actresses, chosen to audition at CTV's affiliate in Kitchener, CKCO-TV. Fran's relaxed and natural manner with children made an impression and she was selected for the job. "I think I was chosen because I had worked with children before and could relate to them," says Fran. She had been responsible for creating children's programs with the Kitchener Public Library system prior to joining Romper Room . She was immediately sent on an intensive train­ ing program at Romper Room Enterprises in Baltimore, Maryland and a week later re­ turned to Kitchener to start taping. "For the first year it was a 'learn as you go' situa­ tion," Fran recalls. "Romper Room tries to approximate a pre-school experience," says Fran. "It pro­ vides an introduction to creative play, phys­ ical activities, music, crafts, beginner's sci­ Writeback A response to Westhues In the March Update! , we published our first that one cannot remain isolated, trying to be that she would come to see that it is the feature article, "The Bishops, the Economy and build yet another little paradise - a house, a root cause of the division of 'what is' into a the University", by Professor Kenneth Westhues . family and a secure job. Sure, we should duality called the city of man and the city of Starting in this issue, we are publishing the strive for these things, because they are our God. And of course, women would like to responses received to date. We welcome further right, but not in isolation. know if the convergence of these two cities comment, and we encourage alumni to contribute If we look at society, as the bishops say, will be simultaneous with woman's an article on a topic of interest. Length should be from the perspective of the poor and the emergence as full citizens. limited to 500 words and all submissions are marginalized, our Christian faith moves us Gwen McGrenere subject to editing. The views expressed in these to join in the struggle to transform our (nee Nowak, B.A. '65) letters are those of the writers and do not society. When we get involved in our com­ necessarily reflect the opinions of the University munity, in our workplace and in the social­ Toronto of St. Jerome's College. political process, we experience the frustra­ tions of fighting against consumerism, sex­ Gwen has recently been the author of a seven part In the last issue of Update! Professor ism, racism, pollution, poor working condi­ series in the Catholic New Times . Westhues pointed to the current sociological tions, land speculation, the threat of nuclear fact that the Catholic Church in Canada has disaster and the like, but we also gain the finally joined the Church Militant in other hope in a world free of these injustices Dean wins award parts of the world. He thinks this is a good where our children may live in peace and thing, and I agree. This is well-recognized harmony. Dr. Peter Naus, Dean of St. Jerome's Col­ by the bishops who have, over and over Therefore, I whole-heartedly agree with lege, has won the 1983 Leo Lafreniere again, emphasized the need for a thorough Dr. Westhues when he affirms that the Memorial Award. The award was given in grounding in philosophy and theology in mission of the Catholic University is "to recognition of Naus' "outstanding contribu­ the life of the well educated Christian as a encourage a critical awareness of the status tion to furthering family life and human foundation for "good works." quo" and to serve the ends of our Christian sexuality education in the province of On­ Leaming a lesson from his Oriental col­ faith "in light of a gospel of peace and tario," says Edward Krupica, President of leagues, the eminent contemporary justice". the Ontario Family Life Educators' Associa­ philosopher M.J. Adler, when asked the Tom Ciancone (B.Math '70) tion. The presentation took place during the question "Of what use is philosophy?", Toronto Association's 13th Annual Conference at respond with a question of his own, "of Trent University in Peterborough on May what use is a traffic sign?" Although It was somewhat disconcerting for me per­ 13. everyone will readily admit that theory sonally to see the Canadian Bishops take Naus, an associate professor of psychol­ without practice is useless, we must never their "plunge into history" stripped down to ogy at St. Jerome's since 1973, was director forget that practice without theory can be the barest of spiritual essentials for the of the College's Family Life and Sex Educa­ deadly. Practical decisions are always based stated purpose of making waves. It seems to tion program from 1975 until 1981. He upon some more fundamental pattern of be assumed in Dr. Westhues' article that became Dean in July 1981, and continues to thought; and it's an indisputable fact of when the Church makes a re-entry into teach courses in human sexuality as well as worldy experience that some world-views history, she has no need to explain where in "aging, dying and death" as part of the can lead us down the road to terrible crimes she has been. It is assumed that she need University of Waterloo gerontology in the practical sphere. only point out obvious areas of social dislo­ program. Consequently, to extend Prof. Westhues' cation to be given awards of merit for "Although the award is a personal hon­ observations, the eternal verities and social bravely challenging the status quo. our for Dr. Naus," explains Krupica, "it is action can never be separated in real life. However, for many sincere Catholics, also a recognition of the commitment that They are so intimately interpenetrating that the Church's role as critic can only achieve the University of St. Jerome's College has their separation inevitably results in the the level of validity and credibility when she made to family life education at the univer­ murder of both. A Catholic College in which herself first announces that she has not been sity level for students, teachers and parents. each and every graduate profoundly, per­ without sin. A full examination of consci­ St. Jerome's has provided both the vision sonally, and intimately understands this ence might even force her to confess openly and leadership in family life and human truth would be truly worthy of its name. that she has participated extensively in those sexuality education in the province of F.F. Centore very sins which she so dramatically points Ontario." Waterloo out in the "City of Man". It seems that for "Progress continues to be strong in our Prof. Centore teaches philosophy at St. Jerome's the Church to purify the world she need Family Life Program," says Naus. "Enrol­ College only purify herself. Vatican II began the ment figures have remained steady, despite process but there are many more brave and the economic circumstances. Even though I was very much inspired by the bishops' risky disclosures she must make before she many participants already have degrees, reflections on the economy because they can assume the truly dynamic role of "social their presence in our program suggests that challenge us to make new choices to counter critic". they see it as being of significant value." the suffering caused by our unjust economic One area that the Church constantly The Family Life Program aims to provide system. addresses is the illusion of power. Both her participants with a sound understanding of When I went to St. Jerome's College left and right wing are in accord when they basic issues in human sexuality, interper­ (1968-70), I lived in a quaint paradise around delineate this evil. How much more credibil­ sonal relations, marriage and the family. Laurel Creek, protected from the outside ity would the Church have before the wait­ Parents, teachers, social workers, child care world. It was easy to coast through four ing world if her formal documents carried workers, nurses, and others have found this years of books and beer and wondering full acknowledgements of the fact that his­ program to be an excellent preparation for what to do on Saturday night. Having lived torically this same illusion has been her their work in family life education. The in the real world for over a decade, I believe greatest single stumbling block? }t may well program is in its twelfth year and is now under the direction of Dr. John Theis. The University of ~ ST. JEROME'S COLLEGE - Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G3

Update! is published quarterly and mailed Author/Alumnus free of charge to all alumni, students, faculty and friends of the College for whom we writes back have reliable addresses. If your address has Many thanks for the profile and review of changed, or if you would like to receive First Blood in Update! I think both were information from the College, please com­ handsomely done. Often I cringe when I plete and mail the enclosed coupon. We read the result of an interview, but in this welcome letters for Writeback and general case I was enormously pleased. A first-rate alumni news for Where Are They Now? presentation (as is the magazine). I'm Drop us a line! gratified. And as for the review, I blushed. My thanks. David Marrell ('66) Editor: R.J. Donelson Consulting editor: S.A. Jones Photography; R. Wickens Chapter Gatherings Layout: D. Keller Hamilton - Tuesday, October 4, 1983. • Kitchener: An Illustrated·History That's Hillcrest Restaurant, Concession St. the title of a new book co-authored by St. Cocktails 6 p.m. Dinner 7 p.m. Don't Jerome's history department chairman miss it. Ken McLaughlin and UW history prof Toronto - Tuesday, November 8, 1983. John English. It is the story of how Berlin, Ontario, "a patch of Germany", became Captain John's Harbour Boat Restaurant, } Kitchener in 1916 and entered the main­ One Queen's Quay West at the foot of Fresh from a first-hand tour of Central America, stream of Canadian life' and nationhood. Canadian singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn gave Yonge Street in Toronto Harbour. Published by Wilfrid Laurier University a 3-hour lecture, film, song and slide presentation More details in September Update! Press, over 100 photographs accompany the text. The book is available at special at St. Jerome's on May 5. The benefit event, Can you volunteer to phone alumni about pre-publication prices in cloth cover or attended by400 people, raised money for OXFAM these chapter dinners? If so, complete the paperback. Complete the coupon if Canada's efforts to publicize social injustices in coupon . We need your help! you'd like to obtain a copy. that region of the world.

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