Academy of Mount Saint Vincent - Chastellux Yearbook (Tuxedo Park, NY)

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HIS HOLINESS POPE PAUL VI June 1963 — Pope John XXIII is dead. Who will succeed him? Who will carry on his tremendous tasks, especially the Ecumenical Council? Speedily the choice is made known. Cardinal Giovanni Baptista Montini is elected and chooses to be known as Paul VI. The new Pope is a man of keen intellect. He is reserved and conservative, yet liberal and progressive. Pope John had launched the Ecumenical Council and had opened the windows. Pope Paul would continue the Council in the spirit of his predecessor and would keep the windows open. Pope John desired the aggiornamento —the updating— of the Church. Pope Paul would keep this dim before the minds of the Council Fathers. At the close of the Council in December 1965 among the major accomplishments would be included: the changes in the Sacred Liturgy . . . the new stress upon the role of the layman in the Church . . . the post-Conciliar three secretariats: for promoting Christian unity, for non-Christian religions and for non-believers . . . the anticipation of the two- fold significance of 1967 when an Episcopal Synod will meet and when the Centenary of the martyrdom of Saint Peter will be celebrated . . . the reorganization of the Roman Curia (which, however, the Pope praised and defended) . . . the introduction of the regular canonical processes leading to the beatification of his two predecessors, Pope Pius XII and Pope John XXIII . . . the plan to erect a Church in honor of Mary most holy. Mother of the Church, to commemorate the Council . . . and a Jubilee from the end of the Council until Pentecost. As Pope Paul continued the Vatican Council in the spirit of Pope John, so he has con- tinued in other ways to follow the pattern established by the Pontiff who preceded him. Pope John, with his outgoing nature, refused to be bound by tradition as a prisoner of the Vatican and had made short trips to indicate this new freedom. Pope Paul would go farther afield. First to the Holy Land, then to a Eucharistic Congress in India, and finally to the United Nations in New York to appeal for peace. If we add to the involvements and commitments of his daily life as Vicar of Christ and Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church with its millions of members, all that was accomplished under his leadership in the Vatican Council and by his three historic journeys, it will not be difficult to see why we have chosen Pope Paul VI as the inspiration for our activities here at the Mount. Veronica Granwehr '66

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For the uninitiated may we explain that SLAG refers to the Students' Library Assist- ants' Guild. Volunteers who join the guild are interested in the smooth functioning of the Library. Through their generous service and sense of responsibility they learn much about Library Science and are helpful to the Librarians and to other students as well. Three important committees function in SLAG. New books, magazines, filmstrips and records are listed and catalogued by the Accession Committee. To make the Li- brary more attractive displays are changed frequently, and this keeps the Decoration Committee busy. Finally, to keep members of the Faculty informed about books avail- able and new accessions. The Book Wizard is published monthly. SLAG' s work is difficult and unending, but members of the Guild find it enjoyable and very worthwhile. Joyce Bond '67

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ACTIVITIES