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

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Rev. F. Biwer, 0.S.C., Moderatorg T. 0'Connor, R. Schott, R. Wilhelm, R. Goodrum, D. Keefer, J. Holechko, J. Voss, N. Howe, F. Tatarek, C. DeVliegher, H. Govert. Catholic Students Mission Crusade The student realizes that the task of the conversion of the 1,5-00,000,000 souls is over- whelmingg and therefore, understands that the Drimary purpose of the Catholic mission work is not the conversion of all the souls outside the Church, but rather the establishment of the Church as a visible body in every part of the known world. He studies, therefore, the diffi- culties that most hinder the Missionary in his supreme task of establishing the Church so that when the day comes when he finds himself traversing the missionary trails, whether it be in the frozen zones of the north, or paths of the far east, he will have knowing that God alone gives the growth. We take up with pleasure the Save, Pray! iO1ur w0rk consists in the studying of the missionary field acquainting ourselves with as many missionaries, either in person or by their particular problem, 'T'o Save , We deny from others and give it all freely and joyfully Pray , we set aside one day each week as a individual sacrifices, hours of study and our motto of the Catholic Students Mission the torrid 'zones of the ,African jungles, or the caravans' bolstered and fortified himself well with prayer and sacrifice Crusade: Work, of the Church and mail, and studying ourselves the superfluous and collect funds to the Home and Foreign Missionariesgg To special prayer day for the Missions, offer our good works in behalf of those now laboring in the mission fields. We also have special prayers which we offer each day during our morn- ing prayer so that we may be ever and always mindful of God's choiced friends, among whom we hope one day to be numbered. Page 41

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-lu Seated: E. Ramesh, J. Bizjack, D. Suelzer, T. Bickel, W. Spranger T. Fox, R. Rose, Rev. C. Herman, O.S.C. Standing: E. Cyr, J. Voss, K. Hosey, W. Lower. A postleshi p of Prayer Behold this Heart which has loved man so much. God disclosed His all-loving Heart to Saint Margaret Mary and placed on her shoulder the tremendous responsibility of propa- gating a devotion to His Most Sacred Heart. 'Here in this Seminary we try to fulfill our re- sponsibility to the Heart which has loved us so much by our participation in the activities sponsored by the Apostleship of Prayer. 'The unique feature of this pious association is that all its activities are on the spiritual plane. Uinder the inspira'ion and guidance of the Rever- end J. Cletus Hermann, O:.S.C., the promoters have enlisted the entire student body as third degree Apostles, which means that every day, each week, a group of them receive Holy Com- munion in reparation for sins committed against Our Lord in the Holy Eucharist. In addition to this, Father Director and the Promoters meet monthly to discuss the intention of the month. Holy Hours are conducted in honor of the Sacred Heart on the First Fridays. 'The Lady of the .Lake Seminary Chapter, in order to make this year a. real Holy Year, has also promised to offer a daily rosary and one extra ,Holy Communion of Reparation for the general and particular intentions of Pope Pius XII. Page 40

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Rev. Lawrence E. Weisensel, Spiritual Director. The privileged sacristans of Otur Lady of the Lake are not students whose joy and pleas- ure consist. in merely prepar- ing the altars for Holy Mass, but theirs is a kingdom of endless labors. The Father sa- cristan must exercise extraord- inary discretion in his choice of this select class. Sacristans, they are, but they must serve as janitors, carpenters, seam- stresses, electricians and any of a thousand and one tasks that pop us during the course of a year about the Sen1inary's Chapel. Each sacristan as- sumes the duty of caring for an individual altar in addition to the general field of labors mentioned. A marvelous spirit of co-op- eration and good will has been shown throughout the year. The :Father Sacristan has not placed his confidence and trust in vain. Congratulations to a grand group, and it is hoped that their inspiring ex- ample will be an inspiration to future sacristans at Our Lady of the Lake Seminary. Spiritual Guidance Holy Mother Church insists on spiritual direction for seminarians. Why? The young men in t.he semin- ary fall roughly into several classes. There are those who excell in one field or other: sports, studies, the arts, Some of these, unless they be guided, and their initial love kept alive, may leave the seminary, lured, away by the prospects of fame in another walk of life: others may give way to pride, flippancy, insubordina-. tion: these are often blissfully unaware of their condi- tion, and need only, but urgently, Ii sincere word from, an interested counsellor. Most of the young men are, at some stage or other, more or less interested in mem- bers of the opposite sex, these stand in need of guidance if they are to keep both thir heads and their vocation. To yet another class may be applied the words of an eminent spiritual writer: Hardly ten in one thousand called by God to perfection heed the callg of a hundred called to contemplation, ninety-nine fail to respond. It must be acknowledged that one of the principal CAUSES is lack of spiritual dlI'6Cl0!'S.l' Sacvistcms Seated: R. Schott, Rev. F. Biwer, O.S.C., K. Hosey. Standing: M. Kettron, J. Gerrety, R. Wilhelm, J. McDermott, R. Goodrum, H. Snider, N. Howe, J. Muschelzwicz. 1'a.g.re 42