College of St Benedict - Facula Yearbook (St Joseph, MN)

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THE SYMBOLISM OE THE PAGEANT The barbarians appear first on the stage in an interpretative dance, symbolizing the uncivilized state of Europe in the fifth century at the coming of St. Benedict. The great father of western learning brings the light of Christianity as is shown by his lighting a fire which sets into motion living flames, symbols of the spread of this light of culture. The flames drive back the barbarians and present fourteen Benedictine Saints with torches, a gesture representing the spread of the Gospel and the continuation of the work begun by St. Bene- dict. Later the barbarians return, transformed into peasants with sickles and sheaves of grain, scholars with scrolls, and princes who rule and make merry with their people. After a number of peasant songs and folk dances, Compline is pray- ed, indicating that all classes of people are one in the liturgy of the Church. The adoption of the Freshmen into a Bene- dictine school is shown by the formal presentation of the colle- giate cap and gown, and the passing of the torches to the Freshmen symbolizes their responsibility, as students in a Benedictine school, to perpetuate and spread this heritage. UQ? il T Betty Beacom . . . a barbarian flaw owe T T -fwfr? The formal reception of torches , 1 'V Kathleen Britt . . W also a barbarian T 9 1 1 T 1 T T T

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Scene of the Grotto of our Lady of Lourdes Inspired by a deep love of the Liturgy, the work of the So- dality of the Blessed Virgin, our annual spiritual retreat, our many opportunities at personal sanctification as empha- sized in the chapel and in the classroom, We hope to let our light of Prayer shine.