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

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Olfllfl 0 UUE Youth IS a tume for fallnng an love and the semnnaraan In hrs youth ns glven a love that wnll challenge his heart throughout has lnfe It as the love of Chrlst that flows through Mary the fount of love and floods hrs soul It as thus love that strength ens hum an what St Paul describes as an honorable warfare It ns thus love that nnspures hum IH hus ascent to the henghts of the prlesthood whuch IS In accessable wlthout It Though thus love might be the semnnarlan s one clanm to greatness yet he cannot help but shrunk un humlllty before nt Every true lover feels unworthy of has love Even more does one who realnzes that Love Itself through the Queen of I-leaven IS caring for hum He recognnzes has unabnllty not only to return but even to fully appreciate the gnft he has received Yet without that love and nts Ideal he suffers and the future with hum For love creates a vlslon and the future depends on the vnslon of the men who fashion It Therefore young Catholics and especially semlnarlans whose aposto late It as to restore all thungs to Christ must be young lovers Only In thas way shall they successfully carry on the work begun when God found I-Ins love God chose the Vnrgnn Mary to be the most nntnmate love Has Son should have ln Has work of redemptnon She ns the Instrument through whnch thas work was begun and the nnsplratlon through which nt IS ever to be continued God Himself s ems to have chosen Mary to be the gulde of our age I-le has sent her to us again and agaln Lourdes Fatuma and Guadalupe are places known by all and vlsuted by mnllnons In ISS4 Plus IX proclaumed the Immaculate Conceptnon of the Blessed Vlrgnn and again an l95O nn our own seminary days Plus XII de flned Mary s glorious Assumption lthe theme of our frontlsplecel It tury IS called the Marlan Age of the Church So It IS flttlng that thas volume should be deducated to the Blessed Vurgnn Mary for she has been the love of our youth a love whuch God shared with us to full our llves To llve with out a love ns to run without a destuna tlon to accept a love IS to choose a destnny Therefore nf our seminary llfe whlch IS described In the remannder of thus book as to be understood nt must not be separated from Mary who gnves It a purpose a meanung Love us the freest act of man through whlch he becomes a captlve We have not escaped thus voluntary captlvuty Il ' e . is not without reason that this cen-

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for the Queen of Heaven reIgns also In our semInary The chams of our bondage are no stronger than the frag Ile strlngs of RosarIes but the bonds of loyalty whIch unIte us to her grow stronger from day to day because of her presence among us Just as Mary played a very IntImate part In the growth of ChrIst so also there are others who play a sImIlar part In the formatIon of those who would be other ChrIsts We shall throughout thIs book attempt to poInt up these sImIlarItIes and rela tIonshIps between the Vlfgln and the Semlnary Such IS the Influence of others upon our lIves that we are a part of everyone we have met ThIs In fluence It would seem was not strange to the boy ChrIst for He must have ImItated the QUIET vIrtues of HIs mother to be known as Marys Son even after He had left HIs home If thIs was true of the God man It IS even truer of those who are only men lt IS certaInly true of the Influence of our teachers upon us We should shrInk from an estImatIon of our In debtedness to them for fIrst they would not wIsh It and secondly we are not capable of It Yet we feel that when paroxytones and dIthyrambs have begun to fade In our memorIes the lessons they taught us often un consclously about the prIesthood they share wIll be remembered and practused We should surely be In error If we were to dIsmIss Mary as a mere ob server of the advancement of ChrIst In wnsdom age and grace We would err In the same way If we thought that semInarIans were regarded by 12 theIr prlest teachers as hothouse specImens IH theIr gradual develop ment To the contrary every prIest feels a responsIbIlIty for the spIrItual Ity of the semInary But above all thIs IS the specIal Interest of the spIr Itual dlrectors who through sermons confessIonal work and prIvate confer ences guIde each IndIvIduaI semmar Ian Because of the Incalculable Im portance of theIr offIce we shall ex plaIn theIr work more fully In another sectuon of thIs book The Church lIke Mary IS Inter ested In the development of all the talents her sons possess For thIs rea son the semInary has encouraged a number of actIve groups whIch have as theIr purpose the courtIng of the Muse The musIcIans may IoIn the orchestra whIch together wIth the Glee Club presents a concert each sprIng Two choIrs enable the stu dents to become thoroughly acquaInt ed wIth the beautuful musIc of the Church In addItIon to these the QuIgley Players offer an opportunIty to those of hIstrIonIc abIlIty whIle the art club and the school publlcatlons are open to those who are skullful wIth brush or pen We belIeve that Mary s Interest In the SXDFGSSIVGHESS of her sons IS the cause of much of the success that these groups meet SemInarIans are both body and soul and when they enter the semInary they do not shuffle off thIs mortal coIl ThIs would be clear to anyone who has observed QuIgley s extensIve athletIc program whIch contInues throughout the year Each student IS gIven the opportunIty to engage In thIs program to the extent that hIs Interest and enthuslasm prompt hIm A trIbute to thIs department s success - . , I - I , I , - ns - I1 . - I I . . . . . . . . , y - . 44 . . . ,, . . . . Y ' I I I - I . I - I I I I - - - y . . . I I I I . . I I . ' . ' - I . , . . . . . y