1999 Vol.69, No. 6 Xavierite

              XAVIERITE
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Vol. 69, No. 6
Wednesday, December 1, 1999
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Feast of Saint Francis Xavier
By Rosemary Mazurowski
Xavierite Editor
This Friday, December 3,
marks the annual celebration of the
Feast of Saint Francis Xavier Day
at Saint Xavier University.
SXU recognizes the Jesuit
missionary, Francis Xavier, our 
patron saint. He was a Spanish 
missionary who served throughout 
Europe, Africa and Asia. In 1534, he
helped found the Society of Jesus,
the Jesuits.
SXU also recognizes Mother
Frances Xavier Warde, the 
American Founder of the 
Sisters of Mercy.
Mother Frances founded the
Frances Xavier Academy for 
Females, the future Saint 
Xavier University.
Festivities begin Thursday,
December 2 in McGuire Hall with
the Sister Josetta Butler Lecture.
Sister Mary Josetta Butler, RSM,
was Dean of Saint Xavier College
from 1941 through 1960 and 
President of the College from 1960
through 1963. This annual lecture
brings recognized scholars in the 
religious studies to SXU. The lecture
is open to the public.
This year's lecture is entitled,
"Models of Human Flourishing:
Exploring the Richness of Religious 
Traditions East and West."
The presenters are Evelyn Eaton
17th c. wooden Statue of St. Francis Xavier, Bascilica of Bom Jesus, Goa, India,
The Bom Jesus also contains the
uncorrupted body of the saint, in a glass display reliquary above the high altar.
Pholo courtesy ACSAA
Whitehead, Ph.D. and James D.
Whitehead, Ph.D. Both are pastoral 
theologians and authors. A 
reception will follow.
The celebration continues
Friday, December 3 with a 
continental breakfast for students in the
cafeteria from 7:00 to 9:30 a.m.
The awards presentation will
begin at 1:00 p.m. in the Formal
Reception Room. Each year on this
day the University honors individuals 
for outstanding service to the
University and the community. This
year the Sister Paulita Morris Award
goes to students Chris Barry and
AshrafRabah. The staff excellence
award will be presented to Mary
Ann Regan. The Saint Xavier 
University Award will be presented to
Dr. Stan Boyer of the biology department.
A Eucharistic celebration will
follow the awards ceremony. It will
be held at 1:30 p.m. in the Formal
Reception room as well. Dr. James
Whitehead will be the guest
homilist.
At 2:45 p.m. there will be a
tree blessing followed by an all-university 
holiday celebration. Students, staff, 
faculty and their children are invited to attend.
SXU students participate in Model UN
By Carlos Jackson
Contributor
Saint Xavier University once
again sent a team of students from
the Political Science Forum to participate 
in the 10th annual Model
United Nations Conference, held at
the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Chicago.
This year's Political Science
Forum members were proud to represent 
Mexico and Syria at the annual American 
Model United Nations Conference.
This year the students were
especially excited to have a chance
to meet Dr. Thio-Ben Gurirab,
President of the United Nations
54th General Assembly.
As the keynote speaker,
Dr. Gurirab set the tone for the 
conference as he touched on issues such
as poverty, technology, the plight of
children and the issue of human 
intervention. The president also
stayed on for a few days at the 
conference, joining in on the commit-
Photo Courtesy Carlos Jackson
SXU represented Mexico and Syria at the Model United Nations Conference.
tees and discussions.
The students themselves
were also able to brainstorm ideas
to solve such issues as the role of
peacekeeping in the international
community, sustainable peace and
development in Africa, measures to
punish international terrorists and
solutions to the crisis in Central
America.
Working not only with
their own delegation, Political 
Science Forum members were 
compelled to use teamwork and com-
promises with other universities to
pass resolutions in their committees.
Saint Xavier University was
joined by other universities as 
local as Loyola and University of
Illinois-Champaign, to those as 
international as the University of
Ghana. The diversity of SXU's
team and of the entire conference
made the American Model United
Nations a fun-filled learning 
experience for all involved.
SXU also has a start on
next year's Model UN team. In the
year 2000, SXU will represent the
United States and South Africa at
the conference.
The possible topics next year
are nuclear test banning, small
arms control, space technology and
information technology.
See Model UN
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