Loyola University of Los Angeles - Lair Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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AMDG he Loyola ideal is achieved when the Uni- versity as a whole and the individual student found all the intellectual and social pursuits of the academic year on the strong substra- tum of spiritual vitality. The manifestation of this vitality in various religious functions in which the individual participates as a member of the student body serves a multi- ple purpose. Primarily, of course, it is a source of Grace . . . an increase in that share in the Divine Life which is the most impor- tant factor in the existence of any man . . . but it also demonstrates the fact that the Loyola Man is a man of deep perspective, He realizes that God must be the focal point of all his activities, the source of all their vigor and the end toward which they all re- turn. The deepening and strengthening of this concept gives him a solid balance which he will carry with him into his future life. The beginning of the year, hectic with preparation, is possibly the most important time in the annual round of events, for upon the successful initiation of any work de- pends its satisfactory progress and fruitful close. The annual Mass of the Holy Ghost is the first religious-academic function of the scholastic year and sets the tone of the en- tire two semester period. The Mass for the i949-l95O session was celebrated in the gymnasium by Father Charles S. Cassasa, S.J., the newly appointed rector of the Uni- versity and the sermon was preached by Father Edward Whelan, SJ., the former president. The keynote of the sermon and the theme for the coming year was the depend- ence upon Almighty God as the source of all wisdom, the basic fundamental of the Loy- oIan's studies in any and all fields.

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As the student consecrated his year to Our Lord in the Mass of the Holy Ghost, so also he is given the opportunity of centering his day around the life of the spirit. Mass is celebrated every morning in the two Chapels on campus and by his attendance at the Su- preme Sacrifice and his sharing in the most perfect act of worship he is able to draw strength and enlightenment for his daily task of learning. This, and the noon time Rosary which acted as a spiritual refresher, gove a coordination to the student's day which he would have lacked otherwise. Wisdom, the ordering of factual knowl- edge toward a goal, demands an apprecia- tion of the relative importance of things, and a sound mental outlook must have a healthy spirituality as its background, and to fill these needs the student makes the yearly retreat. Father O'Mara, one time member of the California Mission Band, conducted the retreat, based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, for the Fall of l949. Catholic Action is a prime necessity in a University devoted to the development of men who will aid in the building ofa Chris- tian social order, and the students of Loyola University cooperated with the other Cath- olic colleges in the area to moke the third annual Mary's Hour an adequate demon- stration of the vigor of the Church's life in the archdiocese. By joining in this display of public homage to the Blessed Virgin, the Loyola Man played his part in fulfilling the requests of Our Blessed Lady at Fatima. ,Kyra-Ml liE I it if 3 gl i f , Huesmcn Chapel Q fl 1 ? , ky 2 2