Fr. Lamoureux Elected to Head Assumptionist Order in Rome

Fr. Richard Lamoureux, A.A. '64, native of Worcester and both an administrator and faculty member at Assumption, has been chosen by the General Chapter of the Augustinians of the Assumption to lead that organization as its superior general.
The election was held on May 11, as 46 Assumptionist delegates from 15 countries assembled in Rome to assess the Congregation's needs and future
orientations. This meeting of the General Chapter occurs every six years. One of the agenda items was the election of
a superior general and four council members who will guide the worldwide Assumptionist family in the future.
Fr. Lamoureux is only the second American elected to this position in the history of the Assumptionist Order, which was founded in 1850 by Fr. Emmanuel d'Alzon, A.A. Fr. Lamoureux succeeds the Very Rev. Claude Maréchal, A.A., who completed his second six-year term. The first American superior general was Fr. Wilfrid Dufault, A.A. '29, pre-sently chancellor of Assumption.
Born September 3, 1942 in Worcester, MA, Fr. Lamoureux attended Assumption High School and Assumption College, and quickly came to know the Assumptionists. From these two institutions, his interest in religious life and in education grew. Fr. Lamoureux entered the Assumptionist novitiate in 1962, made his final religious profession in 1966, and was ordained a priest in 1971.
Fr. Lamoureux has devoted most of his life to higher education. After studies in philosophy in Belgium and theory in Rome and Boston, he taught art history as Assumption College, specializing in architecture and the Renaissance period.
From 1984 to 1990, Fr. Lamoureux was provincial superior of the North American Province. In 1990, he became academic dean at Assumption College until 1996.
Fr. Lamoureux's
priority as superior general will be "to refine the notion
of 'mission' in the
modern world. The Assumptionist's fundamental role," he stated "is to proclaim the Kingdom of God in terms that can be understood by the average person. That is what I like about our Congregation-this effort to communicate in a language that is understood; to know the world in order to discover how to communicate with that world and to reveal the Gospel message." u

Governor Cellucci
Visits Campus
to Swear in
Judge Gelinas '60

The Governor came to Assumption on May 20 to swear Judge Gelinas into the State Appeals Court. Judge Gelinas was surrounded by 600 of his friends, family and colleagues as he took his oath of office. It was a special occasion for the judge as his father, Andre, was a 1920 graduate from Assumption and his daughter, Michelle, is a member of the class of 1995. Judge Gelinas is the second Central Massachusetts judge on the Appeals Court and is the first District Court judge to be appointed directly to the Appeals Court. Judge Gelinas was appointed a special justice in 1973 by then Governor Francis W. Sergeant. He became presiding justice of the Fitchburg Court in 1985. Since 1992, he has been associate justice of the western district appellate division of the District Court.

University Transportation Center in Motion

Assumption is riding into the 21st century on the wings of the newly created University Transportation Center (UTC), whose theme is: "Transportation and Environmental Education for the 21st century," and whose mission is: "to increase the number of Americans who are prepared to design, deploy, and operate the complex transportation systems that will enhance America's competitiveness in the 21st century."
Our federally funded center will be the only university transportation center that seeks, through programs of education, research and technology transfer, to develop education and science curricula modules that incorporate transportation and the environment issues and illustrations that promote the learning of the basic sciences. These modules will contribute to the training of future K­12 teachers as well as to programs that incorporate these themes in in-service teacher training programs.
Interdisciplinary in nature,
its program scope is virtually unlimited. The College fosters interdisciplinary research and curricular development, and thus provides an environment
conducive to the expansion of work already begun in linking transportation and environmental issues with education. The Department of Natural Science offers majors in Biology and Chemistry, a concentration in Environ-mental Science and the course "The Environment of New England" is regularly offered. A graduate-level course in Transportation Management has been offered in the MBA program. The Community Studies Program has developed a network of working relationships with area scholars, their students, and the greater community. The study of Economics will play an important role. Other resources include the Colleges
of Worcester Consortium, The Worcester Municipal Research Bureau, and the Interdisciplinary Environmental Association, (both housed at Assumption College) and the Worcester Area Regional Education Project.
The director of the UTC is Dr. Charles W. Estus Sr., professor of Sociology and director of the Community Studies Program. He has served the College in a great variety of capacities during his three-decade tenure at Assumption, including two stints as chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and, most recently, as president of the Faculty Senate. The associate director is Sr. Kathleen Livingstone, an adjunct faculty member, who has a doctorate in science education from Boston University and extensive teaching experience teaching science in K­12.
The center will be appropriately housed in the new Science and Technology facility to be constructed
on campus.

Chorale Performs
in Europe

The College Chorale concert tour to Austria, Hungary, and Poland provided a rich and unparalleled experience as the magnificent sounds of the Chorale echoed through centuries-
old churches. From the invasion of the Huns to the horrors of the Holocaust,
history came alive as the Chorale traveled down the road of many Central European peoples.

Performances
Austria, Vienna: Votifkirke
Hungary, Budapest:
St. Stephen's Basilica
Poland, Krakow:
Franciscan Fathers Church
Auschwitz-Birkenau: death camps
Czestochowa:
Shrine of the Black Madonna
Warsaw, Poland: St. Anna's Church