Quigley Preparatory Seminary - La Petit Seminaire Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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IT IS GF GREAT IMPORTANCE THAT RRIESTS SHOULD HAVE A LEARN- ING ADEQUATE TO THE REQUIREMENTS GF THE AGE Learning the Church requires of the priest, for the Catholic priest is set up as a 'teacher in lsrael', HE HAS RECEIVED FROM JESUS CHRIST THE OFFICE AND COMMISSION OF TEACHING TRUTH: 'TEACH . , . ALL NA- TIONS' He must teach the truth that heals and saves, and because of this teach- ing, lilce the Apostle of the Gentiles, he has a duty towards 'the learned and unlearnedf But how can he teach unless he himself possess knowledge? 'The lips of the priest shall lceep lcnowledge, and they shall seelc the law at his mouth,' saith the Holy Spirit in the Prophecy of Malachy. Who could ever utter a word in praise ol sacerdotal learning more weighty than that which divine Wisdom itself once spolte by the mouth of Osee: 'Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will reject thee that thou shalt not do the office of priesthood to Me'? The Catholic Priesthood, P. Pius XI.

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The semnnary rs and should be the apple of your eye Venerable Brethren who share wrth Us the heavy werght of the government ol the Church It rs and should be the chref object of your solncrtude Careful above all should be the chovce of superiors and pro lessors and rn a most specral manner of the sprrrtual father who has so delicate and so Important a part rn the nurture of the priestly splrrt GIVE the best ol your clergy to your semmarres do not fear to talce them from other posrtrons These posrtrons may seem of greater moment but In realrty therr Importance rs not to be compared wlth that of the semrnarres whrch rs capital and mdrspensable Seek also from elsewhere wherever you can fund them men really htted For thrs noble taslc Let them be such as teach pnestly vrrtues rather by example than by words men who are capable of rmpartrng together with learnrng a solid manly and apostollc sprrrt Make prety purrty dlsclplrne and study llourrsh rn the semrnary -Mr lHl EUUNSH Ht Plll PINS XI HN SllllNHHY lHIllIllIlS