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Plans yecrr-/ong sabbatical Sister Griffin resigns post S. Mary I. Griffin The resignation of Sister M. Griffin as academic dean, effective June, 1968, was announced by Sister Ann Ida Gannon, president, at the Jan. 30 faculty meeting in McCormick Lounge. Sister Ann Ida informed the faculty and administra tion that Sister M. Griffin will study and travel during her year-long sabbatical leave and return in the fall of 1969 to resume teaching in the English department. Reflecting on her seven-year administrative job as aca demic dean, Sister Griffin com mented that her major achievement was in helping to create the new Mundelein ... in opening up Mundelein to innovations in education in philosophy and practice. Change is never easy, Sister said, stressing the growing pains that the College experi enced in the calendar and cur riculum revision of 1965. However, she emphasized 8 Vol. XXXVIII Mundelein College, Chicago, 111., 60626, February Hearsay hosts Sittler, Senski; clerics consider celibate state (The following remarks are exerpts from a Hearsay dia logue on Celibacy and the Priesthood, conducted Feb. 5 in 405. Participants were Dr. Joseph Sittler, of the Univer sity of Chicago Divinity school, and Rev. Norman Senski, of the Mundelein Philosophy De partment. Father Senski acted as moderator.) Father Senski: In the last year the need seemed to grow so that the Holy Father him self came out with an encycli cal we would expect more pro-celibacy than not. I will ask Dr. Sittler how he reads these signs of the times. Dr. Sittler: A great historian once asked once a day that it is important to know not only Bit o'Honey offered by dramatists Mundelein's drama depart ment will present Shelagh De- lanay's controversial play. A Taste of Honey, Feb. 17-18, 8:00 p.m. In the college thea ter. The female roles are double- cast with senior Alice Tondryk and sophomore Kris Kunz as Helen; junior Kathy Rochford and sophomore Connie Glatz as Helen's daughter Jo. The male roles are filled by Loyola students Tom Farring ton as Peter, Michael Banks as The Boy and Jim Hemminger as Geoffrey. Sister Jeanelle Bergen, di rector, Is assisted by George Petterson, technical director; David Norrls, scene designer; Mary Penkala. production co ordinator; and senior Marge Mazzola, assistant director. Production crew heads are Alana Theusch. props; Kathy Rochford. publicity; Cathy Gonzales, costumes; and Kelley Matthews, stage crew. Tickets are available before Feb. 17 for 1.00 through members of the drama depart ment. Box office price will be 1.50. what happened but what a thing means by happening at all. What is the significance of the fact that an issue such as the married priesthood should arise at all when the tradition Is strong that It should not arise and canonical deliver ances on the subject are quite clear. What does it mean by happening? The whole Chris tian Community is asking a fundamental question: How shall matters of faith be re lated to the realities of actual human life in solitude and In our relation to one another in the formation of a better so cial order, a more Joyous hu manity? As an ordinary member of the community, what dif ference would it make to the person who is a communicant in the parish in his or her life if there was a married priesthood not necessarily all of them. To say should priests marry is a silly ques tion. That's like saying should people marry. Well, some should and some never should have. You don't marry people off in batches. The real ques tion should be: ought it to be an option which suffers no de merit, which is a perfectly free option. The celibacy of the clergy is not of antiquity at all; It occurred at a certain point in the development of the Church and It arose, I suppose, out of the power of the monastic or ders In which the vow of celi bacy was part of the common monastic vow. The monastic supply was large and that be came the model. And then that model was legitimized and given canonical status. Question: Isn't this stress of the humanism of the priest somehow de-emphasizing or destroying that dualism where by the priest has the role of mediator between man and God? Dr. Sittler: The man-God re lationship Is a kind of long dis tance telephone call: when the bell is ringing on the other end there are several possi bilities you weigh: There might be nobody there, or he Is out now but will be back, or the line Is busy, or you've got the wrong number, but the best one Is. I think, you have put In a long distance call when God has a local ex change. If that serves as a thumb nail version of what this is all about, would not marriage in the priesthood, though not au tomatically, make it possible for priests to operate with somewhat more sensitivity within the local exchange that makes up the reality of human relations? Let me be very concrete. The home life of a. married pastor in a Protestant Church Skyicropar pholo by Marianne Fusillo Dr. Joseph Sittler that the growing pains were worthwhile, for a sense of community came out of It, with a sense of common con cern among administration, faculty and students for the fu ture of the College. Alive Atmosphere The future of Mundelein will be enhanced by its inter-insti- tutlonal orientation and Its greater relevance to the city of Chicago, according to Sister Griffin. A more varie gated, strange and more alive atmosphere pervades the cam pus when the city and other educational institutions become the fiber of our college life, Sister emphasizes. Looking toward the future, the academic dean hopes that the College always keeps its present stance toward change and experimentation . . . con tinues Its search to realize Its own Identification as an aca demic community committed to human and religious values. Ecumenical Spirit Finally, Sister emphasized that the future will see the Catholic college becoming truly ecumenically oriented. In The Operative Goals of Cath olic Higher Education: A Crit ical View, published in To ward New Dimensions of Cath olic Higher Education, Sister Griffin affirms that Vatican II stands like a great water shed in the stream of contem porary Christian life. After the Council, the shape of theology, the shape of the Church, the very shape of Catholic higher education must change ... It (the educational community) must join in a common ecu menical endeavor with an in- ter-falth orientation and a con scious thrust toward Christian reunion. Only so can the Cath olic college meet Its self-im posed responsibility to help Its students grow into mature Christians. Other achievements realized during academic dean Sister Griffin's administration are Mundelein's admittance and operation in the Central States College Association and the newly designed freshman and sophomore advisory program initiated this year. Committee Member Sister has been a member of the executive committee of the American Conference of Aca demic Deans since 1964. She also serves on the executive committee of the Association of Higher Education. The Committee on Academic Af fairs for the American Council of Education and the Illinois State Scholarship Commission Upperclass Program Advisory Committee are two additional associations to which Sister belongs. Sister received a bachelor of music education degree from Mundelein. and also a bache lor of arts (English) degree from Mundelein. After receiv ing a master of arts degree in English from the Catholic University of America, she earned a doctorate In Eng lish from Fordham Univer sity in 1962. During the sum mer of 1960. Sister studied at the University of London under a university scholarship. TV Appearances The academic dean has ap peared on numerous national and local television and radio programs. This month. Sister is appearing on KNY-TV. Philadelphia, on a Contact interview. She has also partici pated in Norman Ross' Off- the-Cuff. David Susskind's Open End TV discussion program and the Robert Ken nedy Contact radio Inter view program In Boston. Skyscraper Ball holds Mardi Gras masquerade Who are those familiar faces behind those strange masks? Always a problem at a masquerade party, mystery will greet students attending the Skyscraper Ball. The dance will be held Feb. 24, from 9-12 in the Walnut Room of the Bismarck Hotel. 171 W- Randolph. Music will be by Dick Judson and his orchestra. The theme of the school's annual formal affair will be Masquerade In keeping with the Mardl Gras spirit. Gay masks have been created by the MSC Social Committee for all attending. According to Maureen Murphy, social chair man, this is the first masquer ade affair. The senior queen candidates, who will be presented at the ball, are Roxanne Scharr, Diane Hansen and Gay Moran. The queen will be selected at the dance by the girls attend ing. Members of the queen's court are Nancy Vydra, jun ior; Maureen Murphy, sopho more; and Mary Barret, fresh man. Bids are 6.00 a couple and will be on sale Feb. 14-23 in the lounge area. Skyscraper pho'o by Mor anr Rev. Norman Senski is in a way a reenactment of the most common life of those lo whom he speaks, to whom he must give comfort and en couragement. The whole life of that man is not simply his role as a . . . minister, but he enacts that role within the same matrix as those to whom he must be instructor. I think this makes a vast difference. The human creature's vulner ability is fully exposed In mar riage. I think it opens avenues of communication, tears down walls of reticence. MSC Elections Nominations are now open through Feb. 16 for MSC elections to be held Feb. 26-27. according to Mary Jane Delist, acting chair man of the rules committee. Speeches will be given Feb. 20 for executive board of fices: president, vice-presi dent, recording secretary, corresponding secretary, treasurer, and social chair man; six delegates-at-large; and chairmen of the three standing committees. Stu dents must obtain nomina tion blanks from the MSC bulletin board In the lounge area, and file them In the MSC office, 708, Feb. 12-16. At this time, nominees must confer with a committee of MSC members to discuss the responsibilities of the office they seek.
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1968-02-09 (1)
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