Felician
College Dedicates Renovated Building
Rutherford, NJ—Felician College officials gathered on the Rutherford
campus of Felician College on Sunday, September 23, 2001, for the blessing and
dedication of a newly renovated building named in honor of Blessed Mary Angela
Truszkowska, founder of the Felician Sisters, and the statue of her likeness
which was erected in her honor.
At a noon-time outdoor celebration which took place in the midst of
Felician College’s annual Fall Festival, Sister Theresa Mary Martin, C.S.S.F.,
President of Felician College, welcomed guests. Provincial Minister of the Felician Sisters, Sister Mary
Aquinas Szott, C.S.S.F., gave introductory remarks, and former Provincial
Minister of the Felician Sisters, Sister Mary Antonelle Chunka, C.S.S.F.,
offered a Reading of the Word of God from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew.
The Reverends Damian Colicchio, Campus Minister/Campus Chaplain, and John
O’Neill, Professor of Theology/Campus Minister, presided over the ceremony,
dedicating the building to the ministry of education in honor of Blessed Mary
Angela Truszkowska. “May it
become a center where students and teachers, imbued with words of truth, will
search for the wisdom which guides the Christian Life and strive wholeheartedly
to stand by Christ as their teacher…” said Father O’Neill.
As those gathered bowed their heads, Father Damian blessed them and the
statue of Blessed Mary Angela with holy water and incense, and Father O’Neill
blessed the building.
About Blessed Mary Angela
Hall…
The newly renovated Blessed Mary Angela Hall has two levels.
On the first level are the recently opened Infant and Toddler Daycare
Center, and the Audrey Toron Memorial Library.
Designed to be one of the best daycare facilities in the region, the
Infant and Toddler Daycare Center provides superior childcare services for the
children of area residents and Felician College faculty, staff and students.
The Audrey Toron Memorial Library is the newly refurbished and restored
teacher education curriculum library collection that replaces the one that was
destroyed in the 1999 Lodi Campus flood. Blessed
Mary Angela Hall’s second level contains two large classrooms and is also home
to the college’s Accelerated Degree Program, an innovative and popular way for
working adults to complete their baccalaureate degrees in 18 months.
About Blessed Mary Angela
Truszkowska...
Responding to the needy (especially neglected children and the elderly),
Sophia Truszkowska—Blessed Mary Angela—founded the Felician Sisters in
Warsaw, Poland, in 1855. The name
"Sisters of St. Felix" or Felician Sisters was given to her first
followers by people who saw the sisters take children to pray at the shrine of
St. Felix, a 15th century Franciscan saint especially devoted to
children. Felician Sisters are one branch of the Third Order of St. Francis.
They have always sought to harmonize a deep spiritual and community life with
dedication to diverse acts of mercy.
Felician College
is a coeducational, liberal arts, Catholic college, that enrolls 1600 students
in undergraduate and graduate degree programs in the Arts and Sciences, Teacher
Education and Health Sciences. A
Division II member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA),
Felician College competes in baseball, softball, soccer, basketball,
cross-country, track & field, and cheerleading. Founded in 1942 by the Felician Sisters in the Franciscan
tradition, Felician College is located on two campuses, in Lodi and Rutherford,
NJ.
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