DePaul University - Depaulian Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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LEFT: A meditative mood is evoked by this window in St. Vincent ' s Cluach. BELO W: The sacrifice of the Mass is available to all students ever)- day. W: M f)«.,- .» b

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Religion and Mass One lone figure, silhouetted against the fluid marble and burnished antique bronzes, holds aloft, for a moment, tlie Avhole world. Heads rise and heads fall, as men dare to look upon their God, and call Him theirs. It is a moment and it is eternity; it is the immutable in the midst of cease- less change. Many silent figures rise, pause for a moment as they consider tlie act which they are about to partake in, and then trail up slowly the many roads that lead to Rome. They return the same circuitous way, but silent with a shouting brightness which dims for a time even the ancient brass. And then the Mass is done. The misty figures wrap themselves against the outer chill, make a last obeisance, and depart. Ite, Missa est. Introibo ad altare Dei. IIMttlll v m t

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i m LEFT: Father Paour and members of Le Cercle Francaise inspect some of The Treasurers of Ver- sailles at an Art Institute exhibit. ABOVE: Under- standing should precede appreciation, and this exhibit at Ol d Town seems to defy both. Tiie development of taste and judgement can only begin Avhere adequate stimulation is present and active. The person who has never seen bad impressionism will not know the real goods either. In this acquisitive discretion and dis- tinction, the city becomes a gigantic museum, full of the most interesting of exhibits. But the formal institutions of presentations, the museums, fairs, galleries, and ixhibiiion halls are useful f(n- the specialist . . .