Mount St Michael Academy - Mountaineer Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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Qu af Lourdes, France, where Mary can-' firmed the pro claimed dogma . Apparition of Mary Immaculate to Ber- nadette Soubiraus 1858. 1 f 5 mir if as is f' in gy 'lll'7l g gillllll j g gm A is c iiiii tin., ' V am I rl ' H l 5' 3 ' 655541 gel l'.l2 ' ? my ll 'F K .all A ' r 1 4' ,, 4 I Ili N4 V -' yn li K q JA? f , .s . .1-tn.. ' iw fill' l00th AN N IVE IISABY 0F IDIRIAITIY LATE CUNCEPTIU INIGBIA It was on December 8, 1854, in the midst of the largest assembly of bishops Rome has perhaps ever seen and before a concourse of twenty-five thousand Christians gathered in the basilica of St. Peter at the Vatican that the Church through the voice of its supreme Head, Pope Pius IX, defined a dogma of Faith, the truth of the Immaculate Conception of the most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God. All European countries with the sole exception of Russia were represented by holy and illustrious bishops. Asia, Africa, America and Oceania also had their holy representatives there. The whole world might be said to have gathered there to celebrate the triumph of the Queen of Heaven. In the presence of the whole Catholic Church represented by fifty-four cardinals, one patriarch, forty-two archbishops, one hrundred bishops, several hundred monsignori, several thousand priests and religious of every rite, order, and coun- try, the pope wearing his miter in the office of supreme teacher responsible for pronouncing the dogma of Faith be- gan to read the Decree in a grave, sonorous, pleasant, and majestic voice, We declare, pronounce and define that the doctrine which holds that the Blessed Virgin Mary, at the first moment of her conception, by a singular privilege and grace of the Omnipotent God, in virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Savior of mankind, was preserved immaculate from all stain of original sin, has been revealed by God, and therefore should firmly and constantly be believed by all the faithful. That evening the entire city of Rome became a vast temple erected in honor of Mary. lt was literally a city of fire. From the lordly palaces to the humblest dwellings every window, every balcony, every dormer was resplendent with light. St. Peter's basilica resmbled an illuminated diadem. The principal streets were rivers of light. An immense crowd filled the city, overflowing into the streets, the squares, and es- pecially St. Peter's square. All in the name of the Roman people, saluted the triumph of the Queen of Rome. Pictures of Mary with the inscription, Mary, conceived without orig- inal sin, were seen everywhere. Each age, each nation has given its best to honor the Blessed Virgin. This magnificent tem- ple which is being erected on the Grounds of the Catholic University at Washington, D. C., will be a lasting tribute of the love of the American people for Mary Immaculate.

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