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DEDICATION This book goes to press in the Marian Year . . . The whole Catholic world is commemorating the cen- tenary of the definition by Pope Pius IX of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. . . . It was on December 8, 1854 that Pius IX solemnly defined: . .the doctrine which declares that the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant of her conception . .was preserved from all stain of original sin. . . is a doctrine revealed by God. . . .Four years, later, confirmation of the definition came from Heaven itself... In 1858, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to St. Bernadette at Lourdes. . When ques- tioned concerning her identity, the Blessed Mother replied: am the immaculate Conception. . . .Our pres- ent Holy Father, Pope Pius XII, in proclaiming the Marian Year, said: When our predecessor defined the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception . . he was merely carefully conserving and sanctioning with his authority the teaching of the whole Church from its earliest days right down through the centuries. . . . (the Blessed Mother) obtained this singular privilege, never granted to anyone else, because she was raised to the dignity of Mother of God. . .it was by virtue of Christ ' s merits that she was preserved by God immune from all stain of originial sin ... Non-Catholics .. are. .. mistaken when they find fault with. . .our devotion to the Virgin Mother of God, as if it took something from the worship due to God alone and to Jesus Christ. The contrary is true, because any honor and veneration we may give to Our Heavenly Mother. . .redounds to the glory of her Divine Son. .because all graces and all gifts, even the highest, flow from Him as from their primary source this centenary celebration should, .serve to revive Catholic faith and earnest devotion to the Mother of God in the souls of all ... the commemora- tion of the mystery of the Most Holy Virgin conceived immaculate and immune from all stain of original sin, should urge us to that innocence and integrity of life which flees from and abhors even the slightest stain of sin ... In the spirit of the Marion Year, we, the students of Loyola University of the South, dedicate this 1953-54 annual to Mary, the Immaculate Mother of God.
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