Don Bosco High School - Don Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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tizfntznnial Znninzrsarg 18504950 WILLIAM JOSEPH CHAIVIINADE Founder of the Society of Mary 1761-1850 DEDICATION. .. In grateful homage, we the 1950 Senior Class of Don Bosco High School dedicate the first annual in the history of our school to Father William Ioseph Chaminade, Founder of the Society of Mary, on the occasion of the One Hundredth Anniversary of his death, and to the Brothers of that Society who celebrate this year, a century of unselfish labor for the benefit of American youth. No two names will ever call up in our hearts deeper feelings of gratitude for the priceless gifts of a Catholic education, which has been made possible for us by the inspiration and foresight of Father Chaminade and the untiring efforts of his Brothers.

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-Q QllllI'il gl mu 1 ,, f22' f 2-E -I xgl J., W4- P?.3.wvr1fi?1'-'W' JH' I ,- - 9- 1: -. . au ' ut mc. I j may - ' ff L ' - f .' f..:F W X - 6 ifsglvlrbs- :xl Q 'li' --li Q ' Nt' - 1. T W! thu, J, 1. S52 'I x l 1' x -' . 1 Ax U ' -1 Y' i r .. . 'f' ft ' gy g Mets .a - . FATHER WILLIAM IOSEPH CHAMINADE Williaiii loseph Chaminade was born in Perigueux, near Bordeaux, in l76l. From early childhood he had a tender devotion to Mary. As a young boy, 'William loseph was injured while playing. For quite some time there was no improvement, so the young loseph vowed to make a pilgrimage to Our l.ady's shrine at Verdelais in the event ot a cure, which vow he was only to glad to tultill a short time later. After his ordination to the priesthood, the young cleric devoted his life to the Chris- tianization of the youth ot France and that through devotion to Mary. Soon the French Revolution broke out in all its fury and he had to continue his work in secret and under disguise. Many and narrow were the escapes of Father Chaminade. ln l795, he was exiled to Spain. There in the quiet of the chapel ot Cur Lady of the Pillar at Sara- gossa, he spent hours in prayer, until the day Our Blessed Mother appeared to him and commissioned him to found the Brothers ot Mary and the Daughters ot Mary. On returning to France, he again devoted his time to youth, this time in the guise ol the many sodalities tor both young and old. The outgrowth ot these pious organizations was the Daughters ot Mary and the Brothers of Mary. l-lis methods ot teaching resem- bled Catholic Action so much, that the late Pope Pius Xl called Father Chaminade the Forerunner of Catholic Action. ln l8l7, seven young sodalists asked to become members ot the Society and thus was real- ized the commission entrusted to Father Chaminade at Saragossa. From then until his death in l85O, the aging Father Chaminade spent his lite in founding new religious communities, in establishing provinces and schools of the Marianists throughout France, in short, in spreading love and devotion to Mary The Society of Mary is unique in that it includes three categories ot persons: priests, teaching brothers and working brothers, en- gaged in every phase of the Christian lite and having but one aim: to bring all to Christ through Mary. Per Matrem ad Filiumln