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FIRST MISSIOLOGY COURSE FOR UNDERGRADUATES

CINCINNATI, O. -- FIFTEEN STUDENTS AT XAVIER

UNIVERSITY HERE ATTEND THE FIRST COURSE IN

MISSIOLOGY EVER OFFERED AN UNDERGRADUATE GROUP BY

A CATHOLIC COLLEGE IN THE UNITED STATES. THE

COURSE IS PART OF THE UNIVERSITY'S CHRISTIAN

CULTURE SERIES AND CARRIES A TWO-HOUR CREDIT IN

THEOLOGY. CALLED "FUNCTIONAL CATHOLICISM," IT

AIMS TO GIVE LAYMEN "FULLER ACQUAINTANCE WITH

THEIR NORMAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE GENERAL

MISSIONARY PROGRAM OF THE CHURCH." THE LONE

GIRL IN THE GROUP IS A POST-GRADUATE STUDENT.

CREDIT MUST READ:

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