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

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slgnor Sarto was appomted Canon of TTCVISO, a lawyer for the Church s law courts Slmultaneously he was made sp1r1tual dlrector and professor at the dlocesan sem1nary of Trevlso Now Gluseppe Sarto carrled the most re sponslble of dutles As a professor he was charged w1th developlng young boylsh mlnds 1nto manly pr1estly mlnds as sp1r1tual dlrector he was charged w1th develop1ng 1mmature souls 1nto burnlng furnaces of pr1estly sanctxty W1th1n a short tlme Mons1gnor Sarto was made rector of the semlnary By th1s promotlon the dlrectxon of the studles and the d1SC1pl1RC of future pr1ests was put xnto hrs hands Th1s was a task after h1s own heart If there was anyth1ng that characterlzed h1m It was h1s paternal mterest 1n pr1ests and semxnarrans As rector of the semmary he had the tremendous task of pI'OVldlf1g a corps of pr1ests steeped 1n holmess and knowledge, for h1s d1ocese Hrs lnfluence on the d1ocese was ln creased when he was made chancellor and vlcar general of the d1OCCSC Hrs dUt1CS were always takmg on a larger scope Now he was a key man 1n the adm1n1strat1on of the affalrs not only of the sem1nary but now of the ent1re d1OCCSC of TFCVISO But he was not to keep these offices very long For 1n 1884 at Rome he was consecrated a b1shop the fulfillment of pr1estly power and the apparent culmlnatlon of h1s pr1estly career Hls eplscopal see was Mantua a goodly S1ZCd c1ty outslde of Venlce There for n1ne years he labored as shepherd of the flock m1n1ster1ng to 10 thelr every need But to h1s dlspleas ure B1shop Sarto was destlned t ascend even hlgher on the ecclesrastlcal ladder After n1ne most fru1tful years as ordlnary of Mantua he recelved the purple at the conslstory held 111 1893 and thereby became a member of the Sacred College Three days afterward he was made Card1nalPatr1arch of Vemce The pr1ests and fa1thful of Mantua wept when they saw thelr b1shop go the b1shop Whose zeal and klndness had won the hearts of all In Yenxce he was recelved wxth great enthusiasm by the people The renown of h1s act1v1t1es of h1s unbounded chants, and h1s endurlng am1ab1l1ty had pre ceded h1m and had won the hearts of the Venetlans even before havlng en tered the c1ty of lagoons For ten years he preached con firmed ordamed and adm1n1stered m h1s dxocese In 1903 upon the death of Pope Leo XIII he left for Rome to attend the conclave never to return Upon ascend1ng to Peters Chalr Pope Pxuss d1ocese took on global proportlons Immed1ately he set out to accompllsh h1s goal to restore all thlngs 1n Chr1st -Xfter eleven years spent 1n reorgan 1Z1Hg and redecorat1ng Chrlsts Mys tlcal Body, Gluseppe Sarto s 11fe came to a close At the outbreak of XX orld VVar I Pxus X who had spent not only h1s papacy but a l1fet1me ln br1ng1ng back all thlngs to Chrlst, was hrmself brought up to Chrnst Is there a slmpler solutlon to the ev1ls of modermsm than th1s objec t1ve h1s motto our object1ve restore all thlngs IH Christ? I n' . , . . , O . . . Q L , - t . , L 1 I , - , . . . . . . 7 . . Q . 0 - . Y . . , . u , - 9 Q s s ' s . . Y x . , . . . . . . , . - 1 . , . . . . Y. . . U 9 . . . . H . . L! '- . . . . . . , . . . . , . . 7 . . Q a 9 . . . - . H - - - to . . . . . . ,, , L n

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Z?L44ec! .xg f Y SEVEN years after h1s death the name of Blessed Plus X has been mscrlbed on the sacred scroll of sanct1ty Gluseppe Sarto has been procla1med Blessed of God As the ollice of deacon pre cedes and 1mpl1es the prlesthood the declaratlon Blessed IS the final step toward canonlzatlon Gluseppe Sarto s new t1tle brlngs w1th lf new functlons By proclalmlng her son and leader Blessed Holy Mother Church has authorlzed prxvate devotlons to h1m and has urged the 1m1tat1on of h1s life And we who have so much ln com mon wlth hlm how much more a lxv mg example IS he to us' Priest and sa1nt seem to go to gether as Chrlst showed they are to be synonymous In Gluseppe Sarto s the Churchs alm by I'3.lS1Ug Pope PIUS X to Blessed to gxve to all prlests and prlests unordamed of the world a concrete example a hvmg lmage of how to make prlest and salnt synonymous 1n thelr llves Gluseppe Sarto was born nn RICSC a t1ny v1llage carved ln the rollmg hills of northeastern Italy There m Rlese h1dden among vlneyards Gxuseppe spent the preclous years of youth under the formatlve lnfluence of famlly envlronment HIS father mstead of possesslng the rlches of l1fe possessed the rrches of heart and soul h1s mother mstead of gxvxng worldlmess to the young man gave manhness to the world Then the mscrutable hand of God mn 1tS mysterlous way chose Gluseppe to be a prlest a servant of servants a go between of heaven and earth But why should God have made G1useppe the object of such an overflow of Dxvme Love? Why has He chosen us to be pr1estsP The questlon IS unan swerable for It IS the mystery of love G1useppe entered the Semmary of Padua m 1851 and began the happ1est txme of h1s l1fe For xt was then that he came to reallze what prxestly hol1 ness meant and he began the arduous work of attalnlng lt There ln the dlocesan semmary he spent elght years always under the mouldmg mfluence of the semmary There he worked studled and prayed m preparat1on for the prxesthood Then on September 18 1858 1n the Cathedral of Castel franco G1useppe Sarto became Chrlst s The next day Father Sarto offered hrs Flrst Mass ln the parlsh church of Rlese The followmg day he recelved a letter from h1s blshop contalnmg h1s first asslgnment He was now Father Sarto curate of Tombolo That was the start of a career that was destmed to end on the papal throne For nme years Father Sarto labored rn the poverty strlcken v1llage of Tombolo Then ln 1867 whlle stxll a young prlest of only thirty two Father Sarto was appo1nted pastor of the parlsh church of Salzano thereby assumxng greater cares and w1der respons1b1l1t1es H bore them well and proved h1s worth As a reward Pope Leo XIII bestowed on h1m ln 1875 after elght years at Salzano the txtle of MOHSlgHOY But the reward had more aspects Mon 9 - D D , I S ' cc H ' ' 3 3 ' ' ac n ' ' ' . . . , . . ll li 3 , . ' ! , - Q ' ' 9 ' J tc ' U U ' 19' ' 5 9 9 y ' . , . . , ' J llfe they were synonymous. It was other Self. I J D . U ,, . . . . . 3 . H . . H . . . D ' u ' n ' KK ' I7 ' ' ' . , . 3 ' Q , - 0 3 ' 3 ' Q 3 ! 5 , - C ! 7 ' 9 ' ' CK ' ID 9 1 '

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.fd myafzca HE work of the semlnary IS twofold to sow the seeds of knowledge 1n the lntellect of the sem1nar1an, and to sow the seeds of sanct1ty IH the soul of the sem1n arlan The semmary must 1nst1ll learn mg 1n the future pr1est to Ht h1m for h1s ollice of teach1ng truth But the paramount task of the sem1nary IS to nurture and cultlvate the soul of the sem1nar1an, to br1ng lt to matur1ty The semxnary IS the bullder of manly character deep rooted v1rtue, and, 1n short Chr1stl1ke sanct1ty That IS essentlally the nature of the semlnary s work reproduc1ng Chrlst s other Self The sem1nar1an does not acqulre pr1estly sanct1ty merely through the deslre for It HIS soul must be com pletely remodeled developed, and transformed The boy who enters the sem1nary W1th a comparatlvely malnu tr1t1ous soul, must leave the semlnary w1th a completely renovated soul, a soul well advanced towards pr1estly perfectlon But between these two ex tremes, there l1es a per1od of conver s1on as It were Subject to the IHHUCIICC of the sem1nary, the sem1nar1an IS con stantly undergo1ng changes, the fore most of wh1ch takes place 1n h1s splrltual l1fe H1s soul, under the effects of the Mass, Holy Commumon, Confess1on, sp1r1tual dlrectlon, and the example of h1s teachers and fellow semlnarlans, IS 1mpregr1ated w1th hol1 ness, pr1estly hol1ness H1s mlnd takes on a completely d1fTerent att1tude the sensus Chr1st1 He gradually K W0l0l'0L!llCtl0l'l and labor1ously assumes a v1rtuous dls pos1t1on Everythmg about h1m IS undergo1ng a drastlc change, for he IS 1n the process of putt1ng on the new man Early youth IS the age of deep and last1ng 1mpress1ons, the tlme when strong and permanent hab1ts are formed, when a d1rect1on wh1ch fre quently proves final, IS g1ven to the young sem1nar1an s soul It 1S, there fore, the age when the pr1estly sp1r1t should be mfused 1nto h1s soul Th1s IS the tlme of h1s l1fe ln wh1ch h1s soul w1ll e1ther be lmmersed 1n Chr1st and thereby conduct a frultful pr1estly m1n 1stry later on, or It w1ll be left cold and barren of all hol1ness and thereby produce no good or even cause detr1 ment durmg h1s pr1estly m1n1stry PFICSKS who have an exter1or m1n1stry cannot do good for souls 1f they do not possess an mtense 1nter1or l1fe Salnt Paul says speaklng of pr1ests, We are the good odor of Chrlst The pr1est IS constantly to be g1v1ng off the fragrance of sanct1ty that others may breathe If 1n And for 1fS d1H'us1on 1n all d1rect1ons, lf IS absolutely neces sary that the pr1est be deeply pene trated w1th Hlm and closely un1ted to Hlm, that ls, he must have a dellcate sp1r1tual l1fe The true efficacy of the pr1estly m1n1stry depends upon fh1S mgrown personal hol1ness of soul, and a souls worth IS 1n d1rect proport1on to the 1nt1macy and 1ntens1ty of IES relatlons w1th God 11 Q O . . . . . . U . . . . H ' Q . - . J - . . . . . . . , . I 0 - , u , . . . , . . . . . . . , . . . ' - , . J ' H ' U . . - . . . . . . . . . . , . H ' ' H 7 ' . .