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

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at ulgley They are preliminary qual 1t1es which he must cultivate as a part of that foundation m order to tackle the three years of Phllosophy and four years of Theology at Mundelem and prospectlvely to perform his offices ln the prlesthood And It IS here ln our great midwestern metropolis of Chicago where he wlll do the work of restor mg all things ln Chrlst For as Chlcago IS the very heart of the nation from whlch the arteries and veins of railways and highways and airways branch throughout the country so too it must be the dispensary of Chrlstlan doctrine Thus we the future pr1ests of Chicago must be equipped to send Christ s l1ght through the prlsm of our clty as it were dlffuslng His truth throughout our country But how do the various subjects pre pare us for thls workp They all have a speclal transfer value ln the l1fe of the future priest FIFSI of all Religion and Engllsh bear a very speclal rela txonshlp smce the one glves us a knowl edge of the truths of Christ while the other develops ln us a faclllty for trans mlttmg these truths to the people These two are most important smce they make up the back bone for all the others m as much as they w1ll be the most important in the pr1ests work of restor1ng both ln the pulp1t and in the confess1onal They g1VC us the subject matter the means and the method of preachlng The rel1g1on course begms with an analysis of the fundamentals of Doctrine and Practlce 1n the first and second year whlle m the third fourth and fifth year It con sxsts 1n the study of Viorshlp Morals and Dogma All of these of course are studied wlth the ldea that they are fundamentals for our future study m the major semmary and for the rest of our llves With regard to English we learn first of all the grammar I first and second year words phrases and sentences are studled, followed by construction of paragraphs ln th1rd year and the short story and expos ltory wr1t1ng m the fourth year These are culminated with the study of the principles of Speech and finally written and oral speeches throughout the fifth year But besldes studymg the English lan guage we also have a companlon a literature course deslgned to give the semmarlan an appreciation and to de velop him into a cultured gentleman In his first two years the student be gms wlth a get acquamted course by readmg fascmatmg stories and enter ta1n1ng poems all these to secure interest In the third and fourth year lt consists in the study of the hlstory of our American llterature and English literature m thelr various stages to gether with a discussion of the lives and lmportant works of the authors m each period In fifth year If reaches ltS peak termlnatmg wlth a study of the Greek drama and Dante s DIVIHC Comedy The cultural course of the seminar lan is well rounded out ln his study of Latm and Greek orators, statesmen, poets and heroes The Latin scholar gets acquamted mth the works of such men as Caesar Cicero, V1rg1l and Horace whlle ln Greek Plato Demos thenes Xenophon, and Saint ohn Chrysostom are read along with the New Testament 35 Q . - . . . . . . 7. . . . fl - . . 3 3 D . ' u - , - - . . . H . . . . . ., , . ' J - , - . . . . . i 5 ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J . . , . . . . . , H . H . . . . ! J . . . . . . V. D 3 3 3 - . . , . 3 D - 3 J . . , . . ! J . .

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early in his training in the seminary Pope Pius XI says, None should re mam content with a standard of learn ing and culture which sufliced perhaps in other times they must actually attain a higher standard of general education and of learning It must be broader and more complete, and it must correspond to the generally higher level and wider scope of modern edu cation as compared with the past Today more than ever the priest is bound to take the lead in thought and culture He must be equipped to com bat modern errors in the various sciences, especially that of philosophy which has produced Communism and Liberalism Today the people are crav mg for truth and today it is the pI'lCSt s task to clear away the mass of lies, which aim at destroying Christ and His Church on earth Truly life in our day has organized itself outside of Christianity today very many thmgs that people cher1sh are untouched by faith and thmgs go on now as though Christianity were only concerned with a licticious world Therefore the priest must strive to make the parish and CIVIC community as one Learning therefore, he must have None of these can be done if the priest holds himself aloof from his people They will not acknowledge him as one of them unless he can sympathize from within w1th their hardships and hopes The priest must therefore be self ldentified w1th Christ both in holiness and learning So also was It ln the l1fe of Gluseppe Sarto, for his aim to restore all things 34 in Christ, dld not end with his prog ress in the spiritual life, lt only began there His holy and meditative life helped to lay for him a strong founda tion that gave him the proper moti vation and zeal for his studies in the seminary and throughout his life lt gave him a realization that in order to triumph ln this ambition of stormg he must first learn the truths of Chrlst and become apt ln the means of transmltting these truths to the people Thus directed toward the spir itual and mental progress he built for himself the foundation for a construc tion which he might fabricate and re mforce throughout life He showed the necessity for this strong foundation in restor1ng all things in Christ not only by his zeal and industry as a seminarians first as the spiritual direc tor and rector of the seminary t Treviso and later as Blshop of Mantua and Our Holy Father at Rome Thus he made the seminary one of the chief concerns of his life Don Giuseppe Sarto oflicially began h1s training for the priesthood at Padua in northeastern Italy after he had re ceived his high school education There were fewer conveniences at Padua but regarding studies, lt was essentially what Quigley is today The course was a general but cultural one aimed at not only teaching the truths of Christ but tra1n1ng men to think correctlv and sharpening their mmds Gluseppe Sarto s first term report stated of him His mind is quick his will is strong and mature, his lndustry remarkable It is for these qualities that every seminarian must strive in his five years . . . . . . . . ,, . . . - . H . . . . . . a 1 . . . . . . Hre- . - . ,, I . l 1 n , it a l Q n ,, prejudices, and misunderstandings seminarian but also by his interest in . u . a S . ,, . . u p , . u . ' x

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But Latxn grammar and syntax must be Studled much more thoroughly than Greek, smce lf IS the ofiicxal language of the Church and must be learned just as thoroughly as the Englxsh language Smce we perfect our l1ves by lmltatmg the sa1nts,so also should we perfect our Latm by lmltatlng the style of these classical scholars Greek on the other hand must by no means be sllghted It xs prescrxbed for all sem 1nar1es by Canon Law not only be cause many works of the Fathers of the Church are wrltten m Greek but because lf sharpens the mmd ln as much as xt IS so dlvergently contrasted wxth the Engllsh and Lat1n language ln alphabet accents, and punctuatlon I fact 8072, of Englmsh words have thelr OI'1gll'1 1n Latm and Greek The semmarlans cultural course does not end here In addltlon to Engllsh Latm, and Greek the thlrd fourth and fifth year students are also requxred to take a Modern Language whether xt be Pollsh Bohemlan Llthuanlan Ger man, French or Itallan Along w1th Greek however all the logic, mathematlcs, and natural sclence courses at Qulgley develop for h1m a keener mmd necessary for ph1losophy theology and problems of everyday l1fe General Sclence, Algebra, Geometry, Trlgonometry and Physxcslmprove h1s power of analys1s and keen perceptlon wh1ch are fundamental 1f the prlest lntends to restore all th1ngs IH Chrlst In the thlrd quarter of fifth year he takes up the study of loglc culm1nat mg the process of quxckenmg the 1n tellect Here he IS taught to bu1ld up arguments loglcally that IS to th1nk correctly and to help h1m ln the major 36 semxnary where he wnll further take lt up rn Latln Loglc therefore, funda mental 1n proving th1ngs to others, IS a necesslty ln the prlests work of restorlng Last but not least IS the study of Hlstory for not only does xt teach the sem1nar1an the m1stakes of the past and help h1m as a future leader of soclety to avold or rather warn others of Slmllaf approachlng sltuatlons, but If a1ds hxm 1n knowmg people thelr culture the causes of thelr mlstakes and how these could have been rem edled SIHCC hlstory IS actually the formatlon of human conduct the prlest as teacher and molder of men must know how people llve ln order to gulde them capably and above all correctly The hlstory course at Qurgley IS ex cellent In first year the sem1nar1an StUd1CS Anclent HlStOfy In second and the first half of third year he learns Amerxcan Hlstory and the final half of th1rd year IS spent 1n CIVICS In fourth and fifth year a Hlstory of Modern Europe and Hlstory of Edu catlon complete the course In all the studles at Qu1gley one purpose remalns evxdent, to bulld for the sem1nar1an a strong foundatlon whxch prepares h1m for the major sem mary and the prlesthood Each sub ject prepares h1m for the work of re stor1ng all th1ngs IH Chrlst Each subject comblned w1th prayers w1ll make h1m a holy and learned prlest able teacher and above all, the Other Self of Chrlst These same qual1t1es were brought out 1n the semlnary at Padua Don Gluseppe Sarto s record proves thls m the varlous subjects Rellglon dlstm , - . .. ., ' KK '31 . . J . , - ' 3 3 . , .n . . - , , , . . . . , - 3 3 D D . 9 I J ' l - . 3 , - . . .... . . . H .. .,, . . ' 3 3 , - . . . . . . . , .. 3 J .. . . . .H 0 l