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

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C90 fke sS?el95 of 3 3al't0 HE canons of the Cathedral of San Pxetro 1n Trevlso Italy are a group of pr1ests asslgned to try cases IH Church law, somewhat hke our own Chancery Ofhce The neces sary requlrement for such a posltlon IS the possesslon of profound w1sdom and extenslve experlence Small won der then that ln 1875 the clty of Trevlso was startled when thelr blshop appomted a young country prlest to thls lmportant post Stlll more Father Sarto the new canon was also made a professor and sp1r1tual d1rector at the dlocesan semmary Blshop Zmelh belleved 1n glVlI'lg the best of hxs clergy to teach ln h1s sem mary He knew full well that there the maklng of good prlests But why should he choose an unknown countr prlest for such an elevated pos1t1on The answer IS clear The blshop was avs are of the fact as was anyone who ever came ln contact w1th Father Sarto that thls country priest possessed that perfect comb1nat1on unpretent1ous knowledge and sol1d plety What better teacher, thought B1shop 71nell1 could a semmarlan have than one who con Hrmed by hls da1ly l1fe what he taught ln the classroom And so IH 1875 TTCVISO had a new lawyer for her Catholxc courts, a new professor for her semmary, and a new spmtual dlrector to steer the souls of her sem lH3I'1aIlS The newly appolnted canon had a dlfhcult task ahead of hlm but anythlng that IS worthwh1le IS dllhcult Y P 42 Fr Sarto could look ahead and foresee worrles anxletles and fatlgue from a grlndmg routlne he felt a llttle fearful and greatly unworthy at havmg such a noble task lald 1n h1s incapable hands he saw the grave responslblllty the welghty commlssxon entrusted to hlm of moldmg lmmature boy1sh mlnds mto the sensus Chr1st1 But when a soul IS eager and w1ll1ng to do the Masters wxll Cod always glves the splrltual stlmulus and encouragement to fulfill the seemlngly lnsurmountable tasks The l1fe of Fr G1useppe IS l1ved over and over agaln day after day by the prlest teachers of Qu1gley The story of the holy prlest of Trevlso can well the story of the Chlcago prxest at ulgley for the l1ves of each are so closely allled that to tell the story of one IS to tell the story of the other Blshop Z1nell1 chose Fr Sarto as a professor 1n the dlocesan semmary only after he had found 1n h1m the requlslte fitness to hold such a responslblllty In Fr G1useppe the bxshop dlscovered a man possessed of a deep sense of holmess sol1d plety requlslte knowl edge and devot1on to work Such are the qual1t1es that every blshop looks for 1n selecting professors for h1s sem 1nary such are the qual1t1es that are found 1n every Qu1gley professor By becom1ng a semmary professor a prlest does not leave behxnd h1s job of car1ng for souls ln the world outslde the semmary lt IS not an exchange 0,1 . . . , , . , . . , . 3 . I . . . . S D i - . . , . . ' ' ' as ' ' ay , l ' ' , v p Q A 3 I ' Q 3 l ' . . 3 3 was no more fundamental work than be used to furnish the framework for Q ' , ' , . C , . . J J Q o u B , , - s s , . ' ! 3 S 5 . . .

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Father Thomas V Llske moderator of the Le Petzl Semznczzre As a part of the pageant, the chanters sang the devotlonal Salve Regma Later ln the program after Solemn Pontliical Benedlctlon the chanters lntoned the recesslonalplece PCYOSI sgrandlose Te Deum Laudamus PIUS X had to lxsten to those who became excesslvely enthus1ast1c about the reform of sacred muslc those who wlshed to banlsh all mus1c that was not Gregonan An exaggerated 1dea he exclalmed At the same t1me he pomted w1th pr1de to the Golden Age of polyphony of the seventeenth century to the composltlons of Pales trma whlch proved that polyphony could truly be sacred and hturglcal when based on sp1r1tual foundat1ons By l1sten1ng to the Cardlnal s Cathe dral Chorlsters g1VC beaut1ful rellgious rend1t1ons of the hturglcal polyphony ofPalestr1na Perosx, Refice Montanl Yon Franck V1ttor1a Slngenberger and countless others one can easlly see how wrong were these too ardent ob jectors of polyphony Such composl tlons are for the cho1r members a form of prayer for the hsteners, an ald to worshxp The Cardmal s Cathedral Chorlsters are under the 1nsp1r1tual leadershlp of the h1ghly gxfted and d1st1ngu1shed Monslgnor Charles Meter who re CC1VCd h1s muslcal background at the Pontlfical Instltute of Sacred MUSIC ln Rome from Msgr Lxcmxo Refice Un der the masterly baton of Msgr Meter the chorxsters have proceeded m golden age all the1r own Thexr h1story conslsts of one tremendous suc cess upon another The publlc Holy Hours at Soldlers Fleld the numerous rad1o appearances the s1lver jub1lee of the Cardlnals Eplscopate the trxple consecratlon of three Blshops the cen tennxal of Holy Name Parlsh the dec larat1on ofthe dogma of the Assump t1on and countless other appearances have made the cholr and 1tS dlrector mternatlonally renowned Th1s fame IS certamly warranted by the tlreless efforts of Msgr Meter who besldes dlrectlng the chorrsters IS also charge of the Archdloceasan Prlests Choxr the Cathedral Symphony Or chestra and the Qulgley Semmary Glee Club and Orchestra Th1s year, as usual the true culm1n at1on of the1r act1v1t1es occurred IH the magmlicent l1tl1l'glCal ceremonles of Holy W eek At Easter Sunday lNlass Msgr Meters chorlsters thrrlled the entlre natlon V13 rad1o and televlsxon w1th the1r muslcal program especlally Wlth the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel s lmmortal zlffessuzlz From the Wednesday 1n Holy Week to Easter Sunday 1nclus1ve the cholr served erght dlfferent occaslons and sang over one hundred composltlons The materlal reward for such frult ful eH'orts takes place when the chor lStCfS depart for a one day V1Slt to St Mary ofthe Lake Semlnary 1n Munde le1n Ill1no1s There they are treated as royal guests by the major sem1n ar1ans who earnestly look forward to thls v1s1t In return the chorlsters en terta1n w1th an mformal concert The true reward of the chorlsters IS achleved rn the fulfillment of the1r functlon l1ft1ng the1r vorces 1n prayer and a1d1ng the llsteners ln the worship of Hlm VX ho IS the object of all pralse 41 . , , ' 3 . , . . 3 ' KK ' n ' ' ' u , - J 3 , .. . . ., . U . 3 3 H . . . . . 3 ' 7 , 1n ' K4 ' as ' ' 1 ' x . , , ' . . . H - - 3 n J ' D ' . . . 1 1 . - 9 . . . , , - - - . 3 ' ' ' ' u ' n N , 3 3 3 . . . , - . 3 3 3 3 ' . 7 - 3 ' J . . - - , - , - . - . , . . . . - n , . 0 - . . - . ' 9 2, H H . . . . . . . . 0 1 . . , . . .

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of office but rather an augmentatlon Besides teachmg 1n the semmary the professor has an added functlon I the case of Fr Gluseppe lt was h1s work ln the Cathollc courts ln the case of the Qulgley professor nt ms hrs num erous parlsh dutles Now he must play a dual role-that of car1ng for the flock and that of teach1ng others to do the same But even m the semmary he has a dual role As a teacher he seasons lmmature m1nds as a pr1est he nur tures asp1r1ng souls And Fr Sarto was well aware of thls twofold task Father Gluseppe rose at four o clock each mornmg to say Mass ln the Cathe dral A fellow pr1est once sald that no matter how early he came to Church Father Sarto was already at h1s thanks g1v1ng In the qulet Church after Vlass he woud medltate on the l1fe of Chrlst Thus before the weary c1ty awoke thls zealous pr1est had set the pattern for h1s day The pr1est at Qulgley must also rlse early Before he even begms h1s day as 1 professor, he already has offered Mass m h1s parlsh made h1s thanks g1v1ng and medltatlon and read a part of h1s Dlvme OHice not to mentlon such obv1ous thlngs as eatmg break fast and travelmg from two to ten mlles Thls hidden l1fe ln the morning before n1ne o clock IS the part ln whlch the teacher at Qulgley dlffers from an ordlnary professor The Qulglew ln structor lb a pr1est professor one who teaches flrst the thmgs of God then those of men It was Fr Gluseppe s m1ss1on to lec ture h1s students on dogma morals Church law and llturgy Thls IS what he was to lmbed m the mmds of hrs students thrs IS the part he was to play 1n the formatlon of new prlCStS Fr Gluseppe fully reallzed the lmport ance of h1s part 1n the co operat1ve fashlonmg of a pr1est At Qulgley, each professor deals ln a certaln field Each IS a spec1al1st m a certaln branch of studles whlch sub ject he endeavors to replant ln the mmds of h1s students each professor realxzes that he IS addmg h1s own spe CIHC mgredlent to the process of trans formlng the semmarlan mto a pr1est Accordmg to the standards of the Church a pr1est should be possessed by no less knowledge and culture than IS usual among the well educated people of h1s t1me VV1th thls as the ldeal and pr1nc1ple, the sem1nary professors rn struct the students ln the certalntles of Mathemat1cs the 1nev1table laws of Sclence and Physlcs the lessons of Hls tory the fine po1nts of Enghsh and Speech the 1ntr1cac1es of forelgn lan guages especlally Latm the language of the Church and the beauty of lNIllSlC No means of enrlchmg the mmds of the students IS neglected from sc1en tlflC expenments to movmg p1ctures from makmg tape recordlngs of volce to learn1ng forelgn languages from phonograph records But they also reallze that a pr1est must have full grasp of the Cathollc teach1ng on falth and morals he has to be able to glve the reasons for the dogmas laws, and observances of h1s Church Every semlnarlan must there fore be well acqualnted wlth Fr Sarto s field of studles Chrlstlan Doctrlne wh1ch IS the groundwork for the later study of Phllosophy and Theology 4 . 9 a . fl . 0 A - 9 , ' l . , - 4 N . . . . .r , - 9 9 ' QA u ' . , . 3 , - , . 1 J 9 Y , - s a n , - J Q . , . C x ' 9 ' y s , - . . , . . . . 1 . . Y.- . ' J ' N s 3 9 ' ' . . , . . ' 9 J . . . V J Q , , , . 3