Georgian Court University
| www.georgian.edu
Lakewood, NJ May 15, 2009 |
Judith M. Perisichilli, RN, BSN, MA, Executive Vice President of Acute Care Division, Catholic Health East |
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| Mary C. Sullivan, RSM, PhD, Professor Emerita of Language and Literature and Dean Emerita of the College of Liberal Arts, Rochester Institute of Technology | |
“Try with all your heart to preserve true and generous communion with all your brothers and sisters in this world, and true and humble peace with them and with the Earth itself. And if this costs you something, bear it. If you stumble along the way – as we all do, often; as I do, often – get up again and keep going.” |
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“We
need you - we need each and every one of you - as never before, because
with your help, in some way, all of this chaos will look better. With
your help, justice and the common good will replace greed and self-interest.
With your help, acceptance will diminish intolerance; compassion and
integrity will replace ignorance. With your help, service will come
before selfishness. With your help we will experience a world with social
and economic justice. Your optimism and innovative spirit, all that
you have learned here at Georgian Court will bring about a new order
of things, and make the world a much better place. You are the ordinary
people who will do extraordinary things, if you find love and the passion
that goes along with it: love for your family, your friends, your chosen
profession and most of all, love for yourself.”