Siena College - Saga Yearbook (Loudonville, NY)

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A discussion of Genesis sometimes must be extended beyond the prescribed 50 minutes. The best years of our lives are necessarily marred by semi-annual periods of drudgery and depression.

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The Grace of God, our Saviour, has appeared to His servant Betnatdine, who shone like a bright star in a dark night, and the heavenly brilliance of his virtue and doctrine frightened away the darkness. ., Thus St. Antonius eulogized St. Bemardine of SienaeDisciple of Purity, Apostle of Mary, Promoter of the Faith and Saint of the Universal Church. The founders of the College, realizing his accomplishments and inspired by his personal sanctity, de- clared St. Bernardine Patron of students, faculty, and alumni. Endowed with the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, the humble friar was able to succeed in those tasks we as Catholic men are ex- pected to attempt. A pattician by birth, Bernardine dispersed his patrimony to charity and at the age of twenty-two received the habit of a Minotite. At the completion of his clerical studies, he began his preaching, a career which was to call him throughout strife-totn Italy spreading devotion to the Holy Name un- der the sign of the trigram. The crowds, often numbering thirLy-thousand, which hlled the village piazzas and rural vine- yards to hear his sermons prompted Pope Pius II to compare him with St. Paul. Commended by Pope Martin V for his service to the Church, Bernatdine was elected to the bishophtics 0f Utbinius, Fetmm, and Sienn, all Of which he declined so he might continue with his missionary activities. In 1437 he was named Vicar General of his Order but persuaded the Pope to accept his resignation in order to resume his preaching. , The spirit which drove Bernatdine to this dedicated life is the identical spirit each student absorbs during his undergrad- uate years at Siena. It alone can assure the needed energy and direction for his life beyond Commencement so that, as a son of his Alma Mater, he adopts, in his own way, the motto of his patroneHManifestavi nomen tuum hominibus.

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To insure good conversation the students invite congenial guests to their social affairs. Fr. Martin carries an equation out of the classroom and into the sunlight. There's always activity beneath the tower; occasionally atop the tower.