Nazareth Academy - Lanthorn Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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1 1 I. A i 3 f fa i 7 .mfr I IRKEIZEQIIQEIEIQ M 191 ' ' 5 SZ! Elamnnh Zlnmhersarp fs J. HE YEAR OF 1929 will go down in history as a memorable G 9 one in the annals of the Church, marking as it does, the 5, CFB? Sacerdotal Golden Jubilee of the Father of Christendom, ,Z X3 Pope Pius XI, the final settlement of the long debated 1. I? Roman Question, and crowning all, the Diamond Anni- L f S versary of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception. R 6 V I 5 Throughout the hundreds of years of Christianity, before 'D the time of Pope Plus IX, the Immaculate Conception of Mary, that is, her utter freedom from even the slightest CJ, ig' tsl stain of original sin, had always been a tradition of the J a Church: but it remained for this devoted admirer of Zo? Mary to raise this tradition to a Dogma of Faith. Pope Pius IX had ascertained the belief of the Episcopate on the 5 Immaculate Conception and realized the expediency of defining it. As A a result he fixed as the day for the definition, December 8, 1854. Car- L dinal Wiseman gives us a very graphic account of the proceedings. fl The ceremony began at eight o'clock on one of the sunshiny ,I mornings so frequent in sunny Italy. Fifty-one Cardinals and one hun- dred and fifty-two bishops formed a magnificent and colorful procession. These dignified princes of the Church paid homage to the Pontiff before fra the beginning of Mass. After the presentation of the petition for defi- V nition by the Venerable Dean of the Sacred College, Cardinal Macchi, ' the Pope intoned the hymn to the Holy Ghost, Veni Creator Spiritusf' Z As the choir sang the first verse, the rest of the assembly, with a voice S as loud as the sound of many waters, took up the hymn. Then the ' Pontiff, standing before his throne read the decree.. It was so beau- tifully written and the sentiment expressed held such a personal appeal C for those present that hardly a dry eye was to be seen. The Cardinal CW Dean returned thanks before the throne, and the entire assembly joined 5 in singing the Te Deum. g Thus it was that this beautiful tradition of our Church became a .Q Dogma of Faith. Everywhere lovers of Mary welcomed the opportunity 5 to pay homage to her in her role of Mary Immaculate. For centuries the beauty of Mary's purity had been extolled in song and story. We have preserved many of these poems, but who can tell what gems of Z thought have been lost on account of the obscurity of the poet. On F. looking back over the centuries we are able to find in nearly every decade ' X a new thought or a difference in expression, but always telling the same ' story, breathing the same innocence and saturated with the same love. as What more fitting tribute can we offer to our Lady on this Diamond CS Anniversary of the Dogma of her Immaculate Conception than briefiy to call to your attention a few of the precious gems with which poets of fist all times, and of differing creeds have studded her crown of glory! The tinge of mystery which surrounds this belief has always inspired artists 21' to create about it a thing of beauty. The first poem ever addressed to the lily maid at Nazareth, kneeling so humbly at prayer, who not only was the daughter of God, Himself, Q 4 , P YSBQSK SCUCYUGCTI