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1961 - Two story addition put in front of garage, made new student center
1963 - Chapel is doubled in size and remodeled
1964 - The three houses on the property are torn down and Newman Housing is built.
1964, Sept. - Fr. Wurzel appointed to assist Fr. Ollivier
1965 - New L-shaped addition with gym built
1965, July 17: From Toledo Blade. This summer Fr Ollivier will complete
his most ambitious attempt at construction. A 17 room, L shaped center
with a large meeting hall, library, bookstore and offices. Was built by
eight students, Fr. Ollivier and Fr. Wurzel. Cost of this part was
$50,000. The chapel, hall and Newman housing combined cost $76,000. Fr.
Specially thanks Matt Sobon, Stan Sobon, Dave Gideon and Charles Regan
for their help. Matt Sobon spent every summer from 1958-65 helping
manage construction jobs.
1965 - Brother Antoninus, the self-proclaimed "Beat Friar" of San
Francisco visits for a night. He says his poetry has a style that
"smashes, pulverizes and confronts" the audience.
1966, Jan. 18: From BG News. Open house for the gym portion of the new
L-shaped wing. New library also completed with 6,000 volumes.
1966 - Old two story hall converted into more student housing for 35 more students. Bringing total to 70.
1966 - Sr. Mary Ursula and Sr. Mary Martina, Benedictine nuns from Tulsa, come to St. Thomas More to teach and counsel.
1966, Nov. 9 - Students from Newman Foundation collect 500 pounds of
candy to send to American soldiers in Vietnam in "Operation Sweet
Tooth."
1966, Dec. 14 - Fr. Wurzel asks Bishop Rehring for permission to send a
small group of students on a retreat with the Taize brothers. On Dec.
16, Msgr. Robert Yates writes back with the bishops "cautious approval"
and "the admonition that it should not be considered a precedent."
1966, Dec. 22 - Fr. James Fleck gives a speech on "Moral Issues in the
Viet Nam War." He gives his "cautious approval" to the war morally, but
strongly opposes Selective Service.
1967 - Religion classes are taught by Fr. Ollivier, Fr. Warren, Sr. Martina, Fr. Rinkowski and Sr. Ursula.
1967 - Newman Club elections are held. Herb Weber runs for second vice
president. �Time and initiative are my qualifications. I showed
initiative in founding a new committee. I have also worked for the
religious and publicity committees and various other Newman projects."
1967 - Newmanites went to Cincinnati to work with Franciscan Friars in Operation Spring Break.
1967, May - First guitar Mass introduced, per bulletin: "Many students
have commented most favorably on the new guitar Mass introduced last
Sunday. As yet we have received no adverse criticism."
1967, May 9 - From The BG News. Sr. Martina has been Newman librarian
since Oct. 1966. It's a lending library on honor system. People stamp
books themselves. When Sister arrived, there wasn�t even a stamp in
the library.
"I accused Fr. Ollivier's dog, Brunhielda, of chewing it up, but later
found a stamp had been needed so the word "library" was cut off and the
library stamp was used."
The library and reference room have enforced silence, but "in the
auditorium, students can get together and discuss their studies, just
as long as no chairs are thrown during heated arguments."
1967, May 21: Bishop John Donovan speaks at the Communion Breakfast.
Tim Conway is toastmaster, and Dr. William Jerome, university
president, attends.
1967, Aug. 26 - Fr. Ollivier says that the Newman Foundation is getting
into the housing business as a money-making venture. "The collections
don�t even pay utilities."
1967 � "Married student housing for the fall." "This week we have
beguns construction on apartments for married students just south of
the chapel. They are being built as townhouses with a living room and
kitchen on the first floor and a bedroom and study on the second floor.
The first choice of these will go to married and graduate students."
1967, Sept. 8 - Fr. Ollivier getting ready for influx of 3,000 Catholic
students this semester. Hopes income from housing will pay back the
loan the diocese gave the parish for building.
1967, December: The first parish council is elected �in order to give
a more active part to the laity in the government of the Church, as
seems to be the desire of Vatican II. 32 members are elected, Barb
Walker, Barb Riebe, Marie Tancredi, Kathy Fisk, Gail Sylvester, Kathy
Gerber, John De Paul, Len Coleman, Bob Segna, William Sykar, Robert
Pinto, Sue Rechelderfer, Dee Lovrinoff, Bob Sudik, Tim Frank, Richard
Werner, Jim Clouse, Don Marino, Bob Krebs, Joe Brennan, Carol Weber,
Marilyn Smeyda, Kay Kerscher, Bob Peresie, Jim Lazur, Bob Alge, Jim
Spitler, William Wagner and Don Heinige.
1968, January - "The Newman Club is dead. It lived long! It lived
well!� Lay people are to take a more active role in the Church, so
efforts are now focused on the parish council. Jan. 1, 1968, the
council begins to function �as of that date all existing
organizations will cease to exist." Parish constitution to be voted on
before the end of 1967.
1968, Jan. 17 - A male BGSU student wrote a letter to Lyndon Johnson
that said "I demand immediate withdrawal from Vietnam. Realizing you
won't get this communication for a few days, I am giving you until Dec.
24 to withdraw all troops �. Or else. He also asked LBJ to legalize
marijuana. On Jan. 17, a Secret Service agent and campus police officer
entered a room at Newman Foundation where the student was hanging out
to question him and ask what he was demanding. The agent had been
staking out the Newman Center for several days. The student's or else:
"Or else I won't vote for Johnson!"
1968, Jan. 19 - Newman Foundation officially becomes a parish this Sunday as St. Thomas More.
1968, February - 20 students and 8 campus ministers are going to
Defiance for a retreat with two Taize brothers, Bro. David and Bro.
Jacques.
1968, June 20 - Fr. Joe O'Brien replaces Fr. Ollivier, who is transferred to Most Pure Heart of Mary Parish in Shelby, Ohio.
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