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

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X 61 Wt 'W CLUQ eelfl . Ufl CL CU1 On the thrrd floor of the Lrttle Semrnary at the south end of the East wrng stands the ascetrc Cure d Ars sculptured rn stone l.rke a guard ran angel he seems to be watchrng over the senror classes When a senror kneels before hrs shrme the Cure peers down the long corrrdor hrs merry eyes seem to twrnkle beneath hrs heavy eyelrds when he notrces semrnarrans rokrng laughrng or roshrng each other On other occa srons when small knots of students drscuss some rmmrnent tests or examrnatron wrth worrred looks and anxrous questions the Cure s deep sunk eyes almost appear to share therr concern He too knew what rt meant to struggle wrth l.atrn and wrestle wrth Greek On strll other occasrons when a semrnarran rs harrred wrth doubt or tempta tron the Cure s eyes shoot forth sparks ol anger armed at the Tempter for darrng to rnterfere wrth the work of God rn a semrnarran s soul Through out hrs lrle even as a prrest the Cure had many 10 vrctorrous tussles wrth the devrl One of the rm portant lessons we can learn from the parrsh prrest of Ars rs hrs technrque of passrng success fully the test ol temptatron St ean Vranney rs one of Qurgley s specral patrons Throughout our frnal year we have darly passed hrs shrrne on our way to class to chapel to lunch or to play Many a trme we saluted hrm wrth a whrspered eraculatron or a frrendly gesture when we had no trme for a longer chat We have looked to hrm as our lrrend we have consulted hrm as a drrector we have held hrm up as a model and we have prayed to hrm as asarnt From our study of hrs lrfewe realrze that there can be more rmportant goals than hrgh grades and scholarshrp Among these goals are love ol goodness and attarnment of sanctrty other names lor love of God Lrke the Cure we hope to burn out our lrves lrke vrgrl lrghts rn the servrce of God and men Complete dedrcatron to God complete rdentr hcatron of hrmself wrth Chrrst these are the marks of a holy man These are frngerprrnts of a sarnt Even the ungodly can recognrze holrness and thrs happened also to St ean Vranney Une day there came to Ars an athrest who was both acynrc and skeptrc Thrs man had heard of hrs power to read and move hearts and ol hrs nearness to God Thrs cynrc came to see the Cure to whose conlessronal thousands of people from France and Europe had worn a prlgrrm path of penrtence However the athrest came not as a penrtent to honor the Cure as a man of God but rather as an un belrever to expose the man of Ars as a fraud and hypocrrte After spendrng a week at Ars scrutrnrzrng wrth a frne crrtrcal lens the work of thrs holy prrest a week durrng durrng whrch he searched only for flaws and shortcomrngs the cynrc returned home He was asked by an acquarntance Well what drd you see at Ars7 Aftera pause the cynrc sard rn a hush of awe l have seen od rn a man' But the work of holrness the purpose ol a semrnarran and prrest rs the task of a lrletrme Even the sarnts started lrlerust as one of us Thrs obvrous fact startles us rnto the realrzatron that we too can become sarnts wrth the help of God Lowly unausprcrous begrnnrngs seem to be the normal thrng for sarnts as well as For m M 1 - ' A .Q I 1' h' in ' -J QQ .I . .I . 92061. .' I . ' . . .