Loyola College - Review Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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LOYOLA COLLEGE REVIEW —- Five Golden Decades WIN this present issue of the Review we are proud to commemorate, as ШИ one of the really noteworthy events of the year, the Golden Jubilee of the religious life of Father John A. MacDonald, $.]., for several years a member of the Loyola Faculty. A Golden Jubilee is by no means an ordinary occurrence in our midst, so our pleasure is all the | greater in the present instance as we are enabled publicly and officially 9) to express our esteem and voice our appreciation for his devoted services both to the College and to the Parish for a period of nearly ten years. Fifty years of religious life! The phrase at once awakens interest, not only in the one who can lay claim to such an enviable distinction, but also in the life itself. With a living example before our eyes, we can easily and clearly grasp the truth of what otherwise is often a rather abstract proposition. That is why, in recording the fiftieth anniversary of Father MacDonald's entry into the Society of Jesus, we can better realize that the religious life stands for a career of self-dedication to God, an existence to be weighed and measured in terms of consecrated service. Апу calling that aims at what is noble and unselfish commands our respect and admira- tion, m a life devoted solely to the service of our Divine Master, in response to His own invitation, “Соше, follow Ме!” is bound to elicit more than merely perfunc- tory expressions of approbation,—it shines forth as an inspiration and a goal to be attained. The career of Father MacDonald as a Jesuit, in из fullness of half a cen- tury, stands out as a heartening example of the force and value of a spiritual ideal. Father John A. MacDonald, S.J., was born on October 31st, 1857, at Sydney, Nova Scotia, and he was educated at the public schools of Sydney and later at the De La Salle Institute, Toronto. On September 5th, 1883, he entered the Jesuit Novitiate of Sault-au-Récollet, near Montreal, and after the usual course of training, spent a year teaching at the Indian Mission of Wikwemikong, Manitoulin Island Then followed two more years as professor at St. Mary's College, Montreal. Ordained in 1896, Father MacDonald spent three years teaching at St. Mary's College before being sent to St. Boniface College, in Manitoba, where for twelve years he presided in the class-room. In 1912, St. Patrick's Parish, Fort William, Ont., welcomed him as Pastor, and there he remained until 1920. The work of the active ministry claimed his attention in Sault Ste. Marie and Port Arthur, Ont., until 1925, when Father MacDonald was appointed to the staff at Loyola. In all this time the kindly and sympathetic personality of ‘‘Father John’’, as he is affectionately known everywhere, has proved a telling influence on the lives and souls of thousands. Whether in the class-room, the pulpit, or the confessional, his solid advice and encouraging guidance have wrought untold good and have in- variably led those who deal with him closer to the Master Whom he so devotedly serves. And thus five golden decades have been completed,—a Rosary of religious fidel- ity and priestly activity. We have not the slightest doubt that our revered Chaplain would confirm with enthusiasm our conviction that, throughout the many years he has lived in religion, he has been the frequent recipient of the hundredfold pro- mised by our Lord to those who have given up all for Him. {FF

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Rev. Jonn A. МАсрокаі», S.J.

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LOYOLA COLLEGE REVIEW ЕЕ ee It is the wish and prayer of all,—Faculty and students,—that Father John MacDonald may yet celebrate among his many friends at Loyola his Diamond Jubilee as a Jesuit. Loyola will look forward to the privilege of congratulating him once again, and then, even as now, the whole College will express its heartfelt ad- miration and its prayerful good wishes to this deeply-beloved member of the Faculty. “Ad Multos Annos! үт БЫ - i P er zwi. - La 2-1 zm AS mas MN; тин м] ms = 2 хаа. Sm | я mL HIN =© 5 a e = Ex xd bey РО ЇЇ) да а СО. Pri hi = шан er wit Нь ae ES АУ INNER ER. 1 3 Dad т” күй 16}