Fordham University School of Business - Aries Yearbook (New York, NY)

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msg :- , or J :vi t ft iw i gtittv' ' l j t F fif1f sf . Vg M, - tAtw f'laa-'s,,.T,,gf'2-?kT2 'F'5lq'Et '7' , g 5Fggff1frta, Qtffufjhi X Dc0Dc'ifmq1ireQ lf! we' 1 :Q reee he--Q i J The Sodality of our Blessed Mother E 'llHlS world-Wide society, Wtnicli was tounded in tlle sixteentll century, lias tor its two-told purpose ttre stimulation ot personal lioliness in the lives ot ttie Sodalists and tlie active propagation and application ot Cliristian principles to ttre contemporary World. At Fordtiam ttie the-st traditions ot ttre Sodality liave been carried on. Tlie Sodality ot ttie lmmaculate Con- ception and ttie Sodality ot Our Lady ot ttle Blessed Sacrament tlave stressed ttie trequent use ot ttie Sacraments and an increase ol, and per- severance in, prayer. To ttle purely spiritual aspects ot tlle Sodality liave lmeen added discussions concerning ttre Cattiolic Social Program and Catllolic activity in tlie tield ot tlie toreign missions, tl1e ttxeatre, and literature. Sodality functions tiave laeen particularly numerous ttiis year, tor tlne entliusiasm ot ttie memloers and candidates, in conjunction vvittr an ever-present Willingness on ttre part ot ttreir Director, Reverend Father tlosepli Koonz, trave made every Sodality - sponsored attair a ttling to rememlner. Tlne montll ot lVlay witnessed ttte close ot ttle Soda- lity Year vvitl1 tlie reception ot new memluers. Ttie impressiveness ot ttiis service seemed to imprint more deeply upon ttie minds ot tliose vvtio were received, tlie lionor ot tlieir association. To ttre regular members it re- called tlie duties wllicti Sodality attiliation imposes upon one. It also lorouglit to suitalnle climax a remarlcalale year in tlie liistory ot Nlantlattan Division devotion to tlie lVlotl1er ot God. Ttiere lmad been a Mission Social, QD 57 f

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ORCEANIIZATIIONS

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.W-gm, 3 1Y Y, QQ which went far heyond all expectations in raising money for support of the Jesuit Missions. A wonderfully appreciative letter from Father Kenneal- ly, SJ., reciting the splendid service of our contribution more than amply repaid our ellorts. The large numher of communicants at the monthly masses of the Sodality testified to the spirit of the memloers ol the Sodality of the Immaculate Conception, while The Sodality of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament had the largest gathering in its history at the Annual Communion Breakfast on the Ford- ham University Campus. Frequent student papers on mysti- cal and Social questions helped to malce the Weelcly meetings instruc- tive, as well as spiritually valuable. REV' JOSEPH A' KOONZ ln joining their more learned and equally zealous voices to these displays of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, faculty memloers gave another concrete evidence of the singleness of purpose to which all our activities conform. The Sodality is indeed grateful for the efforts ot: Professor Francis Downing, Maurice l. Hart, William J. Leen, Joseph R. Sherlock, James Vaughan, Cyril B. Egan. Joseph Campbell and Richard Sexton. an M A K, Q1 mm 4 f. ,il iggi .' ,A -1 . 'IW' 1 f , ' .. 1 135 X ,-- - 2,71 wc . i ' -an ff t -ri. -i.r ' Tgiffiii