St Andrews Seminary - Mapav Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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S A T O R orty Four Short Years DON.-XLD MILLER, '41 T'was in the fall of thirtyfjive We entered in these hallowed halls. With expectations very high We settled down within these walls. Those were the Freshman days of yore! We were not much beyond thirteen, O how we danced upon the floor When bells did ring at threefffteen. Soon we were Soph'mores witty and wise, Filled with knowledge right to the brim. We spent many hours under the eyes Of Father Luddy, awesome and grim. Then we were juniors cagey and smart. john Diveny was the class whim. Understanding Cicero was quite and art, 'Your recollectionfdoes it grow dim? We met two new 'Lprofsn who were jolly and gay, Father O'Donnell and Father Marks. And we did learn in their bright new way, While Berry attempted to mimic Ned Sparks. The SATOR was born early in spring, The exams went off very well. Then the professors our praise did sing Until our heads began to swell. Seniors were we the following year. And once more bent our heads to books. We think as a class we have no peer-A But Leahy still acts like Baby Snooks. Twelve members remain of our former crewg We finally formed our club. And to give credit where credit is due In bowling the faculty we did drub.

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1 9 3 9 The Indefectibility of the Church JOHN NORRIS, '41 In December the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine conducted an essay contest on the Attrif butes of the Church. This composition was judged best in Saint Andrews Following is the text of the talk delivered during the symposia held later in the various deaneries of the diocese. The Roman Catholic Church is known and recognized by certain marks and attributes. In all there are seven, ranging from unity to indef fectibility. Indefectibility is somewhat misleading, if one wishes to take the word in its literal mean' ing. However, the Church does not mean it in that sense. It is my privilege to explain how she uses this word and to prove that the quality of Indefectibility in this meaning is possessed by the Church. According to the definition in the Baltimore Catechism, Indefectibility means that the Church as Christ founded it, will last till the end of time. There are countless quotations from Scripf ture to substantiate the unceasing duration of the Church of Christ. One of the most famous is the one quoted in the Gospel of Matthew, recording the last words of our Redeemer: Go ye, and teach all nations . . . and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world. This sentence contains three important declaraf tions: Firstfthe presence of Christ with His Church, Behold I am with you g second-His constant presence without an interval of one day's absence, I am with you all days g third f His perpetual presence to the end of the world, and, consequently, the perpetual duration of the Church, Even to the consummation of the world. Hence, it follows that the true Church must have existed from the beginning. It must have had not one day's interval of separation from Christ, and must live to the end of time. The Indestructibility of the Catholic Church is remarkable in view of the multitude of attacks made against her. For the first two hundred and eighty years of her existence, the Church underf went a series of ten persecutions under the Ro' man Empire which were unequalled for their cruelty. The war cry of the persecuted was Christiani ad leones, the Christians to the lions, However, even pagan Rome, before whose standard the mightiest nations quailed, was un' able to crush the infant Church. From that day to this, the persecutions that have assailed the Church have continued almost unceasingly and with hardly a let up in ferocity. Now they have reached another climax, with practically all of Europe under the yoke of madmen, determined to wipe away every vestige of religion. What is the result of such warfare? Let us examine the condition of the old Church after her passage through those deadly conflicts. Today we see her numerically stronger than at any pref vious period of her history. Her losses in the old country have been more than compensated by her acquisitions in the new. She exists today, not a barren institution, but in all the integrity and fullness of life, with her organism unimpaired, more compact, and more vigorous than ever before. You ask for a miracle, as the Jews asked our Savior for a sign. You ask the Church to prove her divine mission by a miraculous agency. Is not her very survival the greatest of prodigies? Has not Mother Church tasted the bitterness of the cruelest fates human ingenuity could devise? Has not her blood been shed in every climate? And yet in these our days she is fairer than ever. Are not civil governments and institutions mortal as are men? Then, why should the Church be an exception to the laws of death and decay? If this is not a miracle, there is none. To what is the Indefectibility of the Church due? It is by no means ascribed to any human cause. This marvelous survival is not due to her wonderful organism, or to the farfreaching policy of her Pontiffs, or to the learning and wisdom of her teachers. If she survives, it is not because of human wisdom, but often in spite of human folly, Her permanence is due not to arms of flesh, but to the arm of God. How can anyone think or hope to overturn a divine institution? Kings, Emperors, and the ministers of other governments have tried in vain. Some say that an organized power of rival religious bodies can absorb her and bring her to naught. Such organizations would, no doubt, be irresistible against human force. But if the collossal strength and incomparable maf chinery of the Roman Empire could not prevent the establishment of the Churchg if Arianism and other heresies could not check her develop' ment, how can modern organizations stop her progress now, when she is in the fullness of her strength? fortyfone