Our Lady of the Lake Seminary - Spire Yearbook (Syracuse, IN)

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---' f' :wif For most seminarians the annual retreat is probably the best liked and most important event of the school year It is not only a three day vacation from the everyday grind of school life, but it is also a period of meditative silence and self scrutiny, a therapeutic treatment for the soul A retreatmas ter must be present to point out and firmly impress upon one's mind all those spiritual matters which one may have neglected between Latin, Greek, and basket ball A retreat, then, should be conducted by a man deeply grounded in the spl X K Jlnusqv' sip ritual life, not only that he may perceive, but also anticipate the many obsta- cles tnat are apt to be encountered in the spiritual realm. Such a man is Fr. Westendorf, patient and understanding, his knowledge of boys is deep and true. In his many conferences he highlighted the beauty of our vocation and stressed the necessity of being positive in all of our actions. With the help of silence and private meditation, each boy must have ended the retreat with a deeper ap preciation of his exalted calling. ..34- X, :If , Lf, A , at X wg dk ev by 4IIIIh 2 fgfl Q Y

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Q,-tE!J3,.q3,, CATHEDRAL CHORISTERS PRESENT CONCERT The Cathedral Chorlsters of Fort Wayne presented a concert of sacred music in February in Our' Chapel The program included a musical tribute to Bishop Noll, hymn to the Blessed Sacrament, and the Blessed V1rg1n,and a rendi tion of the Ordinary of the Mass in several styles of music Added to this we heard selections by the Wood String Quartet together with a commentary by Mon signor Dapp, Rector of the Cathedral VX MUSIC CONTEST On the evening of May l the school presented its annual music contest, procuring the services f Professor John Yonkman t act s Judge for the program It included three of the main fields of music voice, p1ano,and musical instruments, with the contestants vying to outdo each other in the performance their pieces and their musical tech nlque ORATORY CONTEST Perhaps there were no Clceros or Fulton Sheens among the group but the special students and fifth and sixth year men did their best to treat the various phases under the general sub- ject, THE CHURCH TODAY Having pre pared ten minute speeches they used all the frills and rhetorical devices at their disposal to convince the au dience and judges of their abilities The winner of the contest received the Monsignor Conroy Oratory Medal given annually to the boy who dis plays the most polished style in the presentation of an oration, coupled with the best composition ' r 1 X, M 1 id O I o a - of - -j5...