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

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l IN- lilllllllllllll Ill ill Man has ever felt the need of priests men to act os mediators between God and the human ltind, men who should consecrate themselves entirely to this mediation, men set aside to otter to God public prayers and sacrifices in the name ot human society. Truly God has implanted this need in the heart ol every man, and accordingly has chosen the young men who are to study and worlc continually in pursuit ol this dignity oi dignities. These young men are, by the stipulation ol Canon Law, required to pass through the minor seminaryis courses. Those who have traversed to the end of these courses are well in sight ol their sublime goal. Just such are the graduates of our own minor seminary, the iitravelersu who are viewed on the subsequent pages. Well within their sight and grasp now lies the majesty ol their Future lite the everlasting glory ol the Priesthood of hrist.

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IHHK THE PURPOSE OF THE SEMINARY The state ol the prresthood rs thus most sublrme and the grlts rt calls for very lolty Hence Venerable Brethren the rnescapable necessity ol grvrng candrdates lor the sanctuary a trarnrng correspondrngly superror Conscious of thus necessity the Church down the ages has shown a more tender solrcrtude and motherly care lor the trarnrng ol Her prrests than lor anythrng else She rs not unaware that as the relrgrous and moral condrtrons ol peoples depend rn great measure upon therr priests so too THE FUTURE OF THE PRIEST DEPENDS ON THE TRAINING HE HAS RECEIVED The words of the Holy Sprrrt apply no less truly to hum than to others A young man accordrng to hrs way even when he rs old he wrll not depart from rt Hence the Church moved by the Holy Sprrrt has wrlled that everywhere semmarres should be erected where candrdates lor the prresthood may be trarned and educated with srngular care A TRUE PRIESTLY VOCATION as you well lcnow Venerable Brethren rs not establrshed so much by some Inner leelmg or devout attraction whrch may sometrmes be absent or hardly perceptrble but rather by a RIGHT INTENTION IN THE ASPIRANT TOGETHER WITH A COMBINATION OF PHYSICAL INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL QUALITIES WHICH MAKE HIM FITTED FOR SUCH A STATE OF LIFE He must Iool4 to the prresthood solely from the noble motrve of consecratrng hrmsell to the service of God and the salvatron ol souls he must lrlcewrse have or at least strrve earnestly to acquire solrd prety perfect purrty of lrle and suftrcrent lcnowledge Thus he shows that he rs called by God to the prrestly state The Catholrc Rrresthood Rope Plus XI rl . . . . . I ' I I I I I I I 1 . . . . . r I I ' I I ' ' ' I I I I i I I I 1 I I ' . . rr ll . . rr . I

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MUEL CARDINAL STRIT The elevation of our Sprntual Father and Supenor to the ranlt of Cardrnal of the Church was rrghtfully Interpreted by us as an honor due to one who has ever been conscuous of the need of excellent semrnanes Hrs Emrnence has always been deeply conscious ofthe very werghty responsrbrluty of has offrce as the chlel tramer of prrests lollowrng the example of St ohn Chrysostom and St Charles Borromeo strrvrng to make the semrnanans of Quigley Semrnary become rn a true sense bearers of Chrrst rn a drsordered socrety whrch can hope for salvatron from Iesus Chrrst alone SA CH I .JI . I .. I . .