News Scrapbook 1969-1971

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seminarians from St. Francis studying to become priest.&. During the symbolic rites, seminarians are received into the clerical state by the cutting of portions of their hair in five places to form a cross. Of- ficiating at the ceremony was Bishop Leo T. aher. Last Saturday Mercy College of Nursing held its last com- mencement in the cbapel for 58 graduating nurses. Started in 1903, the college will close its doors in the fall. Father O'Sullivan said the chapel's 14 side altars provide extra Mass facililtes for priests

munities, and although registered Catholic families is small numerically, the parish's strength lies in its dedicated purpose and service to God and people. And, of course, it is the col- lege chapel for youths and fac- ulty at the USD Colleges for . fen and Women and School of Law, located on a beautiful 200- acre campus named Alcala Park after the famed Spanish university city of Alcala, near Madrid. It overlooks Presidio Park, the historic birthplace of San Diego, where more than 200 years ago Father Junipero Serra planted his first Cross to its total of

Men, and other univer Hy pri t . It was offered at the ugg lion of emmanans at St. Fr nch emrnary, De Sales Hall. They asked Father Jeremiah O'Sullivan, pa tor of the Im- maculata, whether the chim could be rung on the day of the a and during the Ma Fath r O'Sulliv n was quick to ndorse the Id a and the electronic carillon was pr pared to ring once again. l<'or everal day after the Ma s, the chimes were heard floating acr th campus from the chapel' dome ev ry hour and half,hour. Th / / ,le)

bring Christianity to California. The chapel is particularly busy in June with Baccalaureate Masses and commencement exercises for many other Catholic schools, as well as for USD. Father O'Sullivan, pastor of the Immaculata since 1969, is both unofficial college chaplain to the young people on campus and pastor to the lay parishioners of the area.

melodious tones were received favorably by students and faculty, as well as the Diocesan Office aero Marian Way, with the result that the ringing is becoming a permanent campus happening. Father O'Sullivan smilingly explain , however, that all the "buas" h ve not yet been elitninat from the carlllon. For one thmg, he said, the chimes must be adjusted o they will not ring at three or four o'clock in the morning. But when students return for the regular USD school year 10 the Fall, they will be hurrying aero s campus to change

classes to the accompaniment of pleasing tones. In the meantime summer students will understand if the chimes go "berserk." Dedicated May 5, 1959 - ten years after USO was found- ed - Immaculata Chapel h-as been fulfilling a dual function for more than a decade. One might say the chapel has been bridging the so-called generation gap long before the expression became the scapegoat for many of today's woes. Imrnaculata is a parish church for the Linda Vista and Southern Clair ltlont corn•

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Noting that June also is "the month of brides," Father O'Sullivan admits that although he tries to encourage brides to get married in their own parishes, many of them are not happy unless they are wed in the lmrnaculata. He noted that he had 12 wedding ceremonies scheduled in June. Other recent functions ID the chapel include the nation's first public tonsure ceremony for

Immaculata also the church for Sa'n Diego's future priests studying at St. Francis Minor Seminary, De Sales Hall, which is connected with the chapel by a colonnade. Father O'Sullivan says that the chapel's 1ocation and its "basilica" style constr ction make it an ideal place for many liturgical and ceremonial func- tions connected with education. is

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Swimming Pool Opened at USO The University of San Diego swimming pool is now open to the public every day of the week dur.ing the summer Hours are noon to 5:30 p.rn. every day except Saturday. Saturday hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Willie Moore wilt be in charge of the program. Fees for the pool are 40 cents for those 16 and under and 60 cents for those over 16 . Lifeguards and pool attendants will be on duty at all times. Swimming instructions are offered from 10 a.m: to noon Monday through Thursday in 10 lesson sessions. The fee is $7 for 10 lessons.

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'F. the culmination of a 20-year-old dream for Son Diego's first Ordinary. He had envisioned a church dedicated to the Virgin Mary on the USD campus a an "inspiring beacon to the youth of America seeking a sound education in the ideal that made America great and free." First pastor was Msgr. William Bergin, now pastor of Holy Spirit Church, who served the Immaculata from 1959-64. Buddy marked

Other pastors were Father William Kiefer, 1964-68 and Father J. Vincent Sullivan, 1968-69. Described as basilica ·n plan and cruciform ID h pe, the chapel is 200 feet long and 148 feet wide u,rough its trans.cpl. The sanctuary's blue dome rises 105 feet and i topped by the statue of the lmrnacula te Conception. The chapel dome and the smaller bell tower dome, topped by a gold cross, may be seen for miles around.

men and women that "the My ticul Body of Chri. l is a living organism destined for change to maintain its iden- tity." He noted that non-Cathohcs ar invited to the adult educ:ition cla. es for an in• formal ecumenical dialogue dt'Signed to 1ncrea:e mutual knowledge and understanding of each other' religion. Bellf'r Christian, Father O'Sullivan f I that uch talks "go a long way toward helping participants become better Christians" r gardless of denomination. He recalled that the Immaculata was a charter member or the newly formed San Diego County Ecumenical Conference. Th parish has no school au.ached to 1t, except for USD, of course, but University High School i across Linda Vjsta Road from the university campu and many parishioners end their children there. Unihi will become cot>ducational in September when Cathedral Girls' High chool consolidates with the former all-boy s~hool. Immaculata conducts a Confraternity of Christian Doctrine program for public high school students with cl s es held at Unihi, since there i no pari h hall. The parish Grade School of Re- ligion for elementary public school children recently con• ducted first Holy Commumon ceremonie · for about 20 boys and girls. Unusual feature· of th rite· were the Offertory proce ion when all the children brought gifts to the altar and the ir minghng among the congregation to extend the ign of peace. Student on Campu Father O'Sullivan recalls that he was a student at the. former Immaculate Heart Seminary on the USO campus when Im• maculata Chapel was being constructed between the College for Women and the seminary. He was ordained for the San Diego dioce 'e in 1958 in St. Joseph's Cathedral

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The Rev. Jc se L Jackson, D.Hum., di- rector of Operation Breadbasket. !ONA COLLEGE Whitncv M Young J r., LL.D., executive director of the National Urban League. KENYON COLLEGE Olof Palme (Kenyon '48) L.H.D., the Prime Mm1\lcr of Sweden. Educator, hwnanisr. Prime Afinister and peace wemer between men and between na• tiom (see THE N,1,.TION). LAFAYETTE COLLEGE Ramsey Clark, LL.D., former Attorney General. MOREHOUSE COLLEGE Coretta Scott King, LH.D. Moreho11se College honors you 110 1 because you are the wife of Martin Luther King Jr., but because you are a distingui,;hed woman i11 your own right, because you have continued the work of your hus- band and extended it. NIAGARA UNIVERSITY John A. Volpe, LL.D., Secretary of Transportation. ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY Charles E. Goodell, LLD., Senator from New York. TUFTS UNIVERSITY Andrew F. Brimmer, LLD., member

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ROB ORTMAN J·etball and brought the Boston Qeltics 11 championships in 13 years, drove down Wedne. day from Los Angeles whe1·e he is living while produdng basketball training films. He joined Woolpe1 t and USD basketball coa<.:h Bernie Bicker- statf for a round of golf, dinnei- at Woolpe1 l's home, and an ,., •ning of comPrsation before Bill headed ba<'k up Route> 5. Russell's Short Game Runs Score'Up '1 lw bPa1ded Rus. ell kept .-,·m·c> for the golf match, am! hl' paid off. but his 1otat forever will 1·c111ain sel're1. "He wouldn't show mP the c·u1·d," said Wool- pert. "I heat him, whic-h is anw1.:ing. He hits the h:>11 out of the ball, but hi short game lef1 some1hing to be dPsired. He hadn't played for a while•, but he !ms he«m ·hooting in the low l's. "111• ha,., r ·tra-101111; shaf1s 011 his duhs," l'hil rr- 1odPd, "and has built np th,• l'lu)) ha11{Ues. TbPy're more lilw ha eball ba1s. I ca11·1 .·win~ 'em.'' Lall'·. Rus ell whose voice alwavs :-;ounds ;;1 an- g1y and :--trident in pl'int, surp1·ised \Voolperl with his ' mild tone in lhe gables!. "He apparently is mellow- ing," judged Woolpert . "He has been quite mj]itant. He':,; got a head on his shouldc1s," sqid Phil. '·Basi- 1·all}. I hink he's sincere, whf'ther I agree wilh him or not. Students Urged to Be Moderate in Dissent "H~ ha, been making speeches al colleges through- out the country - he had 10 turn a number of them down - and we got into a lilile of it. He wasn't as militant as I expected. Almost the reverse. He has a go-slow-type at1i1ude. linkini;: i1. lo athletic diseipline. He urged the ~tudents to be moderate in their dis- sent. ''Be ;rnd Be rnie' had quite ;:i discussion ," added Woolpf'rt, d1uc.:kling. "I was surprii'ed at Bill's IC'vrl- lwade', his words, his ideas were qui1e ;1 hit IPss lrenl'hant than in 1he pas1." \\'hill' l1•11ri11g the m1lfo11 in his rol!' of 11ublil' ,-1wak- Pr and :\'onfh <•01111!-,elor. l

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