Veritas University, Abuja (The Catholic University of Nigeria)

 
 
VUNALIBBUL, Vol_1, N0. 2
 
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We welcome new and existing readers to this issue of VUNALIBBUL. The aim of this Bulletin has been to keep the Veritas University Community more widely interested in the knowledge and information managed by the University Library.
 
Editorial
 
EVOLUTION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL.
The Internet has become the medium of choice for a great deal of cultural production. It is in recognition of this reality that a Canadian techno-visionary, Brewster Kahle has set for himself a target of building the World's largest digital Library. He has recruited 135 libraries worldwide to openlibrary.org,the aim of which is to create a catalogue of every book ever published,with links to its full text where available.
To this end, the Internet Archive being created by Him is digitising books on a large scale on behalf of its library partners. It scans more than 1,000 books every day,for which the libraries pay about $30 each. The digital copy can then be made available by both parties, even as a “print on demand” system is in place to turn digital files into physical books in minutes. This shows that Veritas University with itscommitment to electronic learning resources is in the forefront of a global trend.  
 
HOMILY OF THE WEEK
 
SELLING GOD AT A DISCOUNT                 
 
EXODUS 20:1-7         1CORINTHIANS 1:18, 22-25            JOHN 2:13-25
 
A young Nigerian Priest wrote a small book entitled “Selling God at a Discount”. The Book is a sharp criticism of the so-called prosperity Gospel which dominates much of the preaching in the new religious movements in Christianity.
According to these modern -day preachers, immediate personal prosperity, good health and wealth are signs of truth faith. But for Paul, the Apostle the Christian message, far from being a prosperity Gospel is a message of the cross. “ For the preaching of the Cross is to them that perish, foolishness; but unto us which are saved, it is the power of God ” (1Corinthians 1:18). Paul recognizes that this message, which for true believers is the power of God, is perceived as nothing but foolishness by non-believers. The theology of the Cross, unlike prosperity theology recognizes that hardship and contradiction can, and often do, go along with true belief in the crucified and risen Lord. Ultimately, the reward for true faith is out of this world. Believing that the reward in righteousness is always found in this life is nothing but materialism in religious garb.
 
However, Apostle Paul recognizes that true Christian teaching, the theology of the Cross, does not make sense by human standards. The Cross represents the weakness and foolishness of God. But Paul says “God's foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God's weakness is stronger than human strength” (1 Corinthians 1:25). Paul find examples of human thinking in the response of the Jews and Greeks of his time to the preaching of the Christian message. “ For Jews demand signs and Greeks desire wisdom, but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God ” (1 Corinthians 1:22-24).Jews demanded signs. According to their belief, the Messiah, the son of God would have to prove it by signs and wonders. But Jesus said an emphatic no to a life of signs and wonders when the devil as tempted him to jump down from the pinnacle of the Temple, while the Greek demanded wisdom. They had developed a philosophy of God and expected God to act in accordance with their philosophy. Culled from http://www.munachi.com
 
SAINT OF THE WEEK
 
Saint Patrick (390-460) was a Roman British -born Christian missionary and the Patron Saint of Ireland. He was educated at a monastery and School of Divinity founded by Saint Illtud, often called “the oldest University in the world”. When he was about sixteen, He was captured by Irish raiders and taken from his native Wales as a slave to Ireland, where He lived for six years before escaping and returning to his family.
 
After entering the Church, He later returned to Ireland as a missionary in the North and West of the Island, but little is known about the places where he worked and no link can be established between Saint Patrick and any Church. But by eight century, He had become the Patron Saint of Ireland. On March, 17th   every year Saint Patrick Day is celebrated to remember Him and what He did. This is celebrated across the World. Culled from http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/saint-patrick. 
 
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
 
“I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all, but whatever I have placed in God's hands,  that I still possess”. Martin Luther.
 
“There is need for a dedicated leadership and citizenry imbued with faith to cultivate a widespread national feeling for one Nigeria”
President Shehu Shagari.
DIDYOU KNOW?
 
That on March 17th ,1521-- Ferdinard Magella discovers the Philistines. 
On March 17th 1917-- TsarNicolas 11 of Russia abdicates the throne.

March 17th, 1991-USSR holds Referendum to determine if they should stay together.
March 20, 1920-  First flight from London to South Africa lands.
The Black history month is a remembrance of important people and events in the history of the African Diaspora. It is celebrated annually in most Countries worldwide in the month of February, while in the United Kingdom it is held in the month of October. The remembrance was originated in1926 by historian, Carter Woodson as “Negro History Week”. Woodson chose the second week of February because it marked the birthdays of two Americans, who greatly influenced the lives and social conditions of African Americans: former President Abraham Lincoln and abolitionist Frederick Douglas.
Culled from http://www.scopesys.com/today and Daily Sun,Tuesday March 17,2009.page 15 
 
BREAKING NEWS @VUNA
First Semester Examinations begins on Saturday, 21st March.
 
BREAKTHROUGHS

As the amount of on-board electronics increases, Cars are gradually getting closer to being able to park themselves automatically. The Economist Technology  Quaterly, March 7,2009,page 13.    
 
It now seems to be a matter of when, rather than if wireless charging of Mobile Phones becomes reality. The Economist Technology Quarterly, March 7,2009, pages 14-15.
 
BOOKS OF THE WEEK

Dominick, Joseph (2009). Dynamics of Mass Communication. -Boston; McGraw Hill. xxv,457p,;index  
 
Mader, Sylvia (2006).Inquiry into Life.-11th ed. -Boston; McGraw Hill.xvi,758p, index.      
 
Armstrong, M(2006).Human Resource Management Practice. -London; Kogan Page,xxii,982p,ill,index.
FINAL WORD
NIPOST'S huge find; 55b Naira concealed in mails- Mori Baba, PMG.
Daily Sun, Monday, March 16.2009.Page 32.
 
Sisters of Charity marks 150 years of caring for the Poor.
Daily Sun, Monday March 16,2009.Page 6.
 
10 Ideas Changing the World right now
Time, March 23,2009.page 29.