Loyola College - Review Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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Lily of the Mohawhs NeEARLY THREE Hunprep Years have passed since Kateri Tekakwitha died. Although she was not baptized until the age of twenty, she showed a great abundance of grace and Christian virtues during her short life of twenty-four years. The Church, in remembering her daughter Kateri, proclaimed her “Venerable” through the decree of Pius XII on January 3, 1943. The record of favors obtained through her intercession is kept at Caughnawaga, Quebec, and is furthering the cause of her canonization. Kateri Tekakwitha, or the Lily of the Mohawks as she was to be known, was born in 1656 at Ossernenon, an Iroquois village — now Auriesville, New York. Four years later, the village population was decimated by a plague of smallpox which killed both her parents. Kateri survived and was adopted by an uncle and aunt who taught her the domestic skills demanded of the future Indian wife. When she became of a marriageable age, the Lily of the Mohawks refused to enter upon this state of life; the people of the primitive and immoral society caused her much suffering for they could neither believe in nor understand, nor have any use for Christian chastity and virginity. When three Jesuit Missionaries in the Iroquois Country stopped at the home of Kateri’s uncle, they heard of this maiden and the vow she had taken. Having asked for instructions, the girl was placed under the special care of Father de Lamberville who baptized her on Easter Sunday, 1676. She continued her former way of life, but hatred and resentment towards her grew to such an intensity that the Jesuit Fathers, fearing for her life and safety, decided to send her to their mission at Caughnawaga where a large Christian Community welcomed her. Shortly after her visit to the Hotel Dieu and to the Sisters of Notre Dame, the Lily of the Mohawks decided to consecrate herself to Christ. For a while the Fathers hesitated, but on March 25, 1679, granted her wish and she became the first. Indian ever to take the vow of chastity. In this new environment, Kateri intensified her penitential devotions; she wore iron chains, walked barefoot in the snow and spent many long hours praying in the forest and before the Blessed Sacrament. She continued her holy life until death claimed her in 1680. People who saw her after she died claimed that her face ‘shone like the sun’, and her features, once marred by the smallpox pits, now ‘reflected an angelic beauty’. In a measure of days Kateri Tekakwitha saw little of life. Her existence was arduous —— but many of the hardships were self-imposed. In her place of reward, Kateri is praying and ever ready to help us, knowing that every minute spent in meditation, penance and prayer has availed. —Routr NELson

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Art courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts, with special modifications to meet pre-Medical and pre-Dental requirements. Honour Science courses in Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics leading to the degree of Honour B.Sc. General Science courses with continuation subjects in Physics, Chemistry, or Mathematics, leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science. These courses can be so arranged as to fulfil all pre-Medical requirements. Engineering courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science and eligibility to enter the Third Year of their chosen branch of Engineering at McGill University. Commerce courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Commerce. The College also offers a two year course which fulfils the requirements of pre-Dentistry. RELIGION Religion is an essential part of life at Loyola as it is in life in general. Students are required to fulfil their religious obligations regularly, and to make annually a spiritual retreat of three days. The Sodality of Our Lady is a spiritual organization if students for the fostering of piety. Religion is also an integral part of the curriculum. Being definite and certain like any other truth, it can be taught, and is taught at Loyola. PHILOSOPHY Without sound philosophy there is neither intellectual security nor intellectual maturity. Scholastic Philosphy, the wisdom of the ages, is sound, mature and intelligible. It does no violence to Faith, to Science, or to Common Sense. Every candidate for any degree at Loyola must complete successfully a series of courses in Scholastic Philosophy. C.O.T.C. U.N.T.D. R.C.A.F. CAMPUS and STAGE