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

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ACTIVITIES

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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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RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES i VERY REVEREND MONSIGNOR JOSEPH G. MATTHEWS celebrated the Mass of the Holy Spirit in September, and in his talk outlined for us what our religious and spiritual Involvement and Commitment would be. He reminded us that The Holy Spirit will strengthen you to fulfil your responsibility, your status in society. For you at present this status is that of a student. Your responsibility is great. You cannot do it alone. So ... let the words of the Mass Through Him, with Him and in Him, is to You, Almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honor and glory, forever and ever. Amen . . . have new meaning for you! SR. MARY CYPRIAN admires Cristina's and Gene's newly blessed rings After Monsignor Matthews had blessed and distributed the rings and the Seniors had recited their pledge, he said to them: Congratulations, Seniors. Remember that you assume a new responsibility and that wearing your ring imposes on you a special obligation of measuring up to the ideals of your school and of giving good example to the younger members of the student body. God bless you! I