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Vol. 4, No. 3 Winter, 1984 University of St. Jerome's College Waterloo, Ontario Canada N2L 3G3 Wishing you and yours a new year filled with health and promise An Ecumenical Journal Journal a 'bold, new quest' for ecumenism Boasting a distinguished international editorial board and a dynamic, diverse first issue, the College has launched a new Canadian publication. Grail: An Ecumenical Journal will be published quarterly with the first issue slated for March 1985. All alumni have been included in a major promotional mailing sent out in December. "Grail will provide a contemporary probe into issues of current concern and religious importance," says Editorial Board Chairman Doug Letson. "It's designed for the non-specialist and will explore ecumenical insights in the spirit of Vatican II." "Toooften scholars dialogue with scholars, experts with experts," observes Letson. "Grail intends to bring the scholar and expert to the language and in a form a generally educated in a appropriate to the average citizen." Grail's first issue includes articles by Vatican affairs expert and author Peter Hebblethwaite and Bishop Remi De Roo of Victoria, an interview with Canadian philosopher and author of Lament for a Nation, George Grant, and a book review by former federal cabinet minister, Eric Kierans. The origins, history and viability of Catholic education are discussed in the Forum, a regular section in each issue. Also featured will be occasional poetry and short fiction, as well as a regular section on Arts and Media previewing and reviewing some of the best work available on cinema, radio, television and in Canadian art galleries. Grail's editorial board consists of Fr. Norm on, Michael Higgins, Doug Choate, Rob Donelson, Letson, Ted McGee, and Ken McLaughlin, Canadian in its origin, the new journal has an ecumenical editorial advisory board; but it's also international in scope, and includes editorial consultants from England and the United States. Membership includes Sister Mary-Jo Leddy of Toronto's Catholic New Times; Bishop Remi De Roo of Victoria; Fr. Andy Coady International Institute in Antigonish; Peter Hebblethwaite of Oxford, England; theologians Larry Schmidt and Walter Bildstein; sociologists Ken Westhues of the University of Waterloo and Jim Kelly of Fordham University; classicist Mary Malone of the Toronto School of Theology; novelist and composer John Reeves; CBC Producer Damiano Pietropaolo; and Rev. Lois Wilson, President of the World Council of Churches. Grail will be responsive to its readership, expert analysis. An inviting informed reaction and welcoming suggestions for A one year subscription to Grail: A Ecumenical Journal costs the modest sum of $10; two years $18. Subscription inquiries can be made to Grail: An Ecumenical Journal, University of St. Jerome's' College, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G3 (519) 884-8110. College library enters computer age A $60,000 project to computerize the St. Jerome's College library over the next years is under way. The conversion few years should Jerome's to benefit library users and enable St. remain a vital part of the UW library system. "There is a great deal of work to be done before the familiar paper sign-out slip becomes our a thing of the past," says Librarian Betty Lank-tree. "Information about our collection of roughly 30,000 items has to be entered on the University's data base," she says, "and bar-code labels have to be attached to all our books. With the installation of the necessary equipment, a circulation system could be in place in a relatively short time." People sometimes view this kind of change with trepidation. However, experience in both academic and public libraries shows they • Hang on to those familiar paper sign-out sheets; they'll soon be a thing of the past. Librarian Betty Lanktree is overseeing major computerization of the College's library. quickly come to appreciate some of the features of an on-line catalogue. For instance, it will be possible to see at a glance whether or not a book is in without checking the shelves. In the more distant future, computer terminals will replace the card catalogue which is difficult to maintain, space-consuming and limited to one location.