Seton Hall Magazine, Winter 2000 - Seton Hall University

Jubilee 2000:
Celebrating the Millennium
In conjunction with the Catholic Church, Seton Hall University has chosen the theme of “Jubilee 2000”
to commemorate the arrival of the third millennium. Aimed at the spirit of renewal, the theme is rooted
in the Old Testament.
During the time of the Israelites, every seventh year, like every seventh day,
was regarded as holy and set aside for rest. Every 50th year (the year
that followed seven complete cycles of seven years), the year of
jubilee was observed as a sabbatical year of special solemnity —
a time of joy and a year of remission or universal pardon. As the year
2000 is a year of jubilee, the Catholic Church and the University
chose to focus their millennium celebrations around this tradition
in order to promote personal renewal and a strengthened
relationship with the Church.
According to Monsignor William C. Harms, D.Min., vice president
for planning and chair of the University’s Millennium Committee,
“In choosing to adopt this theme, the Millennium Committee realized
that our University is made up of individuals with diverse beliefs.
Though rooted in the Catholic Church, we feel the Jubilee 2000 theme
represents a universal challenge to our community to enter this new century
by rediscovering love, hope and faith.”
March 1
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Charter Day, 1 p.m.,
Kozlowski Hall Auditorium. (973) 378-9834.
Archbishop Gerety Lecture: “Catholicism in
American Society at the Dawn of the New Millennium”
by R. Scott Appleby, Ph.D., professor of
history, University of Notre Dame, 8 p.m., Chapel of
the Good Shepherd, Lewis Hall. (973) 761-9633.
March 28
Seton Hall University presents “A Celebration
of Women 2000: Women in the New Millennium,”
8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Bishop Dougherty University
Center. (973) 761-9076.
The Seton Hall community is invited to
participate in the following events in
celebration of Jubilee 2000:
April 6
Poetry-in-the-Round and Primavera Italiana
present Jonathan Galassi, president of the Academy
of American Poets and editor-in-chief of Farrar,
Straus & Giroux, reading from his recent translation
of the works of the Nobel Prize-winning Italian poet
Eugenio Montale. The event is jointly sponsored
by the Joseph M. and Geraldine C. La Motta
Chair in Italian Studies, 7:45 p.m., Kozlowski Hall
Auditorium. (973) 275-2928.