Loyola High School - El Camino Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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J llElllCA'I'l0V 3 To Very Rev Wlodumlr Ledochowskl S J General of the Soclety of Jesus un honor of the Quadrlcentennlal of the Same Society of has Golden Jubllee as one of Its members and of his Silver Jubilee as Its General We affectionately dedicate this book VERY REV WLODIMIR LEDOCHOWSKI S J General of the Society of Jesus 'Zi 45 XX Q 'ff P JL f Us X fx .fx e Q. WSP 5+S 0 fwoam D xor-09 ln PQ 'H Q lc? ,fa X ' , ' J AX. N wf . . . I X K: lil Omi t ,ga - X .JS I i .3fx-R? Nll A z . . ' ' Q fp, R . . . ' X' N - xxx? J h E . W S , , X

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Gommemwmfmg, the FUIR HllDRhDlH R Ullhll When St lgnatnus and has seven compannons pronounced on August l5 l534 their vows ot Poverty and Chastity their nntentlon was to spend thear llves laboring tor the converslon ot souls nn the Holy Land lt was only when access to the Holy Land was proved Impossible that they began their apos tolxc work ot reform In Europe Then too It was that Ignatius seeing the drre need of such laborers an Chrlst s Vineyard and realnznng that unless he ac deaths applued tor papal approbatuon ot has society But In those bad times when many congregations were a hnndrance rather than a help Cardlnal Guldnccuonu the tlnal arbiter was nn no mood to recommend the establishing of a new one lgnatuus turned to God promusung three thousand Masses nt hxs appeal was answered Finally the Cardnnal softened he read the Const: tutlons lgnatlus had clrawn up and was amazed that their xnnovatuons for they contradicted In many thnngs the accepted customs of reluguous orders at that tlme enabled the members of has society to strxke most forcibly at the crying evuls of the day He land them an the hands of Pope Paul lll who Immediately with the words The Finger ot God IS here' gave hus solemn approval establishing the Society of Jesus as one ofthe major rellgaous orders Pope Paul lll approves the Constrtutvons ofthe Socrety September 27 l54O Fwe l' N 1 l 1 A lll' 'ARY l l 1 N 1 1 1 ul l cepted new members all the work of his llittle band would cease with their

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F0llEWllllIl The dramatrc hrstory ot the Socuety ot Jesus and the portrayal of nts zealous spnnt has been appropru ately selected as the theme ot the l94O EI Cammo Agalnst the background ot a brlet summary of nts years of self sacrificing labor Ad Majorem Del Glorlam has been placed an account ot our school actlvltles of the past year It In the bnllsant glory ot the Society s Four Hundred Years our spnrst manifested In our vars ous actlvntnes ns not altogether eclnpsed but rather tends toward that same Ideal ot generosity and self sacntnce always A M D G which after all guves to all enterprnses their true and only value we wlll know that our year has been a success American Provlnclals Vlslhng Fr General 1937 Standing Rev J A Murphy SJ lMaryland New York Provuncel Rev T J Shields SJ lNew Orleans Provlncel Rev W J Fitzgerald SJ lOregon Provuncel Rev F J Seellger SJ lCallfornla Provlncel Seated Rev P A Brooks SJ lMlssourx Provlncel Rev Z J Maher SJ American Assastant Very Rev Wlodlmlr Ledochowskl SJ Father General Rev F J Dolan SJ lNew England Provlncel Rev G A Futzgrbbons SJ lCh:cago PFOVINC6l Seven I I - ll ' ll . - - - 11 - - - 11 I . . . . , I - I I ' ' Il ll ' ' , . . . . , I 0 , ' Sql. N Jul'-. ' l l . .W.,a.4. , 4 f v ae- up -me , t I I .,-V-, .Q - ge--M-M. ima. , v4 : . . . , .. - 5 . . . , . . 5 . . . , . , g . . . , .. . : . . . , .. g . , . , g , , . ,, g . . . , ., g . . . , ,.