Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception - Annual Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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.LYO GHI-I YH Y H'DEl'I'IOD 'I 08 TH THE APOSTLESHIP OF PRAYER

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THE CHOIR greatest thing that can ennoble any function of the Church is good music. Now good Church music is such that it serves as a Q L L medium for our thoughts and feelings toward God while assisting l -1 lr l at liturgical ceremonies. Since not all music has been written for this purpose the Church has stated that only definite types of music can be sung within its bounds. These are Gregorian or Plain Chant and poly- phonic music, e.g., that of Palestrina. However, in order that one may not be emphasized more than the other in our own diocese-since both types of music are good in themselves-we of the Cathedral College Choir have been singing Gregorian music while Mon- signor Bracken's Diocesan Choristers sing polyphonic music. The cooperation that has been accorded Monsignor Brackens choir is being placed at our disposal. and we are steadily making progress towards equality with that choir, The liturgical movement in our diocese is recognizing both forms of music. lt is promoting a resuscitation of Gregorian melodies as well as poly- phonic for variety, in order to let the laity know that there is no particular emphasis on either. This year was marked by considerable advancement over last year. We sang the Mass for the feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle and Vespers for Laetare Sunday at Visitation convent in Bay Ridge. For both of our perform- ances we received warm praise from the sisters at our convent. Our coordina- tion during the psalms of Vespers was almost faultless, the mistakes only being minor ones. For this I think Father Klarmann, our director, deserves great Commendation, for I have not heard a choir in the diocese which could sing with such coordination. All of them make some glaring errors of coordination in alternately chanting the psalms. The choir also had the joy of hearing a few of its records over the radio during a program of the National Fed- eration of Catholic Alumni. More than anything else, however, it was an occasion of joy and honor for it to sing the first Mass of one of Cathedral's alumni on Trinity Sunday. Besides chanting at the usual functions of the school it was again our honor to sing the Holy Week Services in Saint lames Pro-Cathedral in connec- tion with the Diocesan Choristers. The service of Tenebrae, which is sung in the evening of Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of Holy Week was sung in conjunction with them. lt is important to note that this is the only occasion upon which the laity are brought into contact with the nocturnal portion of the divine office. Monsignor Bracken himself stated that our blending of tone was very good and a big improvement over last year. Besides Tenebrae the choir participated in the morning services of Holy Week. For a parting remark I would like to say that the choir has definitely made progress in the past year. lt continued to live up to its tradition of setting a faster pace. But this has been due only to the careful supervision of Father Klarmann. He alone is the promoter and guide of the choir. l hope that in the future it will continue to assume new tasks under his direction. lOl-IN I. WEISS, '42 CATI-IEDRAL COLLEGE ANNUAL

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THE APOSTLESHIP OF PRAYER REV. ALFRED I. WEINLICH, Spiritual Director Promoters Sixth Year... ,,.. ..... . . ,... . .... .,... .. ,...,,........,...,...,,....,.,,.....,.... ,.,....,...,............... F. WILSON Fifth Year ,.......,,.. .... ...........,....,., . . . .. ,.., .,,,,. . ....... ..,.,.,.........,........,, . ....,....,,....,...... ,,....,.............. . ........ R I C HARD O. WICHELNS 4th Year - Section l .WILLIAM E. WALSH Znd Year Section l -OSWALD I. REVERA 4th Year - Section 2 THOMAS SHEEI-IAN Znd Year Section 2 ,..,., .. .ROBERT E. WEBER 3rd Year- Section l CARL F. ZETERBURG lst Year Section l .. ....,...... ...HUGH I. WHITE 3rd Year- Section2 . ........, EDWARD L. STARR lst Year Section2 ............ FRANCIS D. WARD I is metal it Jef I 'fe if T ,Q The armies bring much desecration and 'Pr ARCHING feet throughout the world insult to the Heart of lesus. Was His great sacrifice, in which He gave His Heart to ease and pacify us, in vain? Millions of men, many deceived, are fighting to prove that Christ did suffer in vain, and that I-Ie had no power to give us His Heart or anything else. of right can defeat these men only with.the aid of God. The army of right must be composed of men of Faith. for evil will not wipe out evil. It is Well known to all Catholics that material force can never be substi- tuted for prayer in the advancement of the Faith and it was precisely for the purpose of stemming the tide of paganism and atheism that Pope Pius XI instituted the Apostleship of Prayer. It is our duty to propagate love of God and bring about His peace. We can best do this by offering Him personal devotion and faith, and also by united devotion and united manifestation of faith. The latter is very necessary because the strength of prayer is very much increased and multiplied when raised by many hearts. Therefore, the Apostleship of Prayer, an organization for the furtherance of united devotion, becomes more important. Countless millions join each day- in praising God and in praying for the intention of the Pope, which is always directed towards the spread of the Kingdom of God throughout the world. The Apostleship of Prayer is definitely an excellent means of showing a sad world what a spiritual offensive for Peace can accomplish. We at Cathedral are all enrolled in the Apostleship of Prayer, and since as priests we will be prefeminently men of prayer it is most fitting that we be members of a society which must seem to Christ an earthly depiction of His Mystical Body-millions of men offering praise to the Father through His Name. On the first Friday of each month, Father Weinlich, our director. explains the intention of the month. Through these explanations the students are given a clear conception of the intention for which they are praying. The student body then offers the Rosary and Litany of the Sacred Heart for that intention and receive Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament. The Apostleship of Prayer, as a school society, receives little recognition. Only God knows the spiritual benefits derived from its activities. IOHN F. WILSON, '42 CATHIEDRAL COLLEGE ANNUAL