Academy of Our Lady of Good Counsel - Aloysian Yearbook (Aloysian, NY)

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CUB LADY CF GCCD COUNSEL ' T HEBE 15 no dra 1 more powerful or apoealtng than the beauttful s o y ot the DlClllTG o Gur Lady of Good Coum e The rst scene 15 a1d 1n Genazzano a town about twenty llVS mlles southeast of Bome lt 13 St Mark s Day Apr1l 25 1457 An Augus t1n1an monk IS car1ng or the altar of the o d church of Santa Mar1a wh1ch 1s badly 1n need of repa1r Lverythmg 19 very st1ll ln the second scene all 19 changed There suddenly appears 1n tl1e a1r an unage of Ou Lady on a llllll scale of wall plaster Tl1e venerated 1con seems to be suspended IH the a1r w1thout support or any Klfld Before tl1e DIC ture kneel two men who are ama7ed to f1nd themselves many m1les from tl1e spot where they were lately kneel1ng but before tl1e same fresco of L Madonna del Parad1so The next scene tak s place two days later So many IT1lTGCl9S have been wrought that a reg1ster has been opened to record them Throngs of p1lgr1ms l1ne the l1ttle church Scene four opens 1n luly The Holy Father has sent two b1shops to 1n vest1gate the worder zvorkmg 1mage now known as the Madonna del Buon Cons1l1o The f1fth scene presents H s Hol1ness Pope Urban V111 IH the year 1530 He lS kneelmg 1n prayer before the p1cture Another Supreme Ponttff Pope lnnccent Xl appears IH the s1Xth scene He lS hav1ng the p1cture cro Nned w1th gold Dy the Vat1 an Bas1l1ca on Nov ember 17 1682 ln scene seven the clergy of Genamano are say1ng the spec1al OlllCS and Mass of Our Lady granted by Pope Bened1ct X111 for the ann1versary of the Appar1t1on tElsewhere tl1e commemorat1on lS to be made on the follow 1ng day s1nce Apr1l 25 13 the feast of St Mark 1 lt IS the year 1727 rolled as a p1oneer member of the P1ous UHlOH of Our Lady of Good Counsel whtch he has Just aproved Scene n1ne takes place 1n the August1n1an church of Santa Mar1a There 15 aga1n great FGJOICIDQ because today December 18 1779 H13 Holmess Pope P1us 1V has granted all August1n1ar1s an Gft1ce w1th hymns lessons prayers and Mass proper of double major r1te w1th a plenary 1ndulgence for the fa1thtul The tenth scene 13 the August1n1an monastery lt 1S I-Xpr1l 22 1903 The monks are celebrat1ng the elevat1on of the Church of Santa Mar1a to the rank of m1nor bas1l1ca by Pope Leo A111 on the seventeenth of last month and the author1zat1on on th1s very day of the 1nsert1on of the 1nvocat1on Mater Bon1 COUSllll to follow that of Mater Adm1rab1l1s 1n tne l1tany of our Blessed Mother As 1t was Just ten years ago that th1s same Ponntf sanct1oned the use of the Wh1te Scapular of Our Lady Ol Good Counsel todays celebrat1on lS three fold The last scene ls l 1d 1n the cnapel of Our Lady of Good Counsel 1r Wh1te Plams where a large copy of the or1g1nal p1cture lS set 1n gold One hundred and s1xteen g ls are kneelmg before 1t n me twenty second of lune s1ng1ng from hearts full of devo'1on to her 1 1 I H1115 1 N 'r mc 1 1 ' 1 ' ' .t r 1 ' f , , 1 s 1. I. A ,i . , . , . .1 . . . 1 4 . 1 , 1 L ' . . V. . I I A A V I 7 l I I . . A. 7 . -.V V . K k I V r ' ' ' ' . ll a e. , . ' + 1 - 1 ' . A A . . . I A .. . i . . E , . X . . ln the next scene Pope Benedict XlV 1s sl1own on luly 2, 1753 being en' , , . X Y . A 1 I ,A I - ' I .A N. , 1 V XA - 1 5 . . - . W , , ' 1r. f Q A f I . A L. I fl l'11'11111 .ll11ll11'1', l.11 ly 111' 12111111 C'111r11.r.'! , . . .ll11tl11'1', tu!! 111 ', 117111 11111 I 111 1l11. '

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