Word: rectorate
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
There was a time some twelve years ago when Faith's only friend in all the world was Henry Ross, rector of St. Augustine's. Three times his own verger had turned away the cat that wandered unannounced from the turmoil of Watling Street to make her home in his church. At the fourth try the rector interceded. "The cat must stay," he said. "She has chosen our church, and she must remain." Faith took up residence in his rectory. Years of halcyon days followed when Faith would recline in proprietary ease in St. Augustine's carpeted...
...recess used for storing music. Three days later German bombers roared over Whitechapel. "Roofs and masonry exploded," runs the legend on Faith's plaque, "the whole house blazed, four floors fell through in front of her. Fire and water all around . . ." Attracted by a glow in the sky, Rector Ross came hurrying back from a trip to Westminster. "The cat and kitten are both dead," said the firemen...
When the firemen turned their backs, Ross climbed to a parapet from which he could see Faith's recess. There, surrounded by smoldering ruins, sat Faith-serenely nursing her kitten* and "singing," said the rector, "such a song of praise and thanksgiving as I had never heard...
Catholic University is also the only U.S. university whose rector must be approved by the Pope. Last May, Pope Pius XII confirmed the Rt. Rev. Msgr: Patrick J. McCormick, 67, for his second five-year term. The tall, austere priest has taught at C.U. for 37 years...
...Converts. To Rector McCormick, the purpose of education is to teach students what life is all about-and at Catholic University, most answers have religious roots. Every Catholic undergraduate must take eight religion courses; even non-Catholics are required to take four. Says the registrar: "We have an awful lot of converts...