St Andrews Seminary - Mapav Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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S A T O R Our Part in the Missions During the past years we have heard many lectures devoted to Catholic Action. Our erudite lecturers have explained its every phaseg they have urged all to become actively engaged in Catholic Action. But what have all these scholf arly discourses amounted to? Nil. Our supposedly intelligent listeners still perserve in their lethargic and nonchalant attitude. They have failed to recognize the close relationship between Catholic Action and the Mystical Body of Christ, of which we all are members. That the Mystical Body might include all men, Our Blessed Saviour instituted Catholic Action by commissioning His chosen twelve to go and teach all nations, bap- tizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. This commission has been handed down through the numerous successors of the Apostles, today it rests in thc hands of our clergy, particularly the missionary, to continue the Catholic Action of their predef cessors, viz. the conversion of all nations. Indeed, it is a great work, for the laborers are few, yet staunch. In one of the 1914 issues of The Field Afa-r appeared an article which read something like this: The Students Volunteer Movement QA Protestant Organizationj held its 28th annual convention in Kansas City. At this meeting it was announced that nearly 6,000 volunteers had departed for the various foreign mission fields. These words echoed and refechoed in Brother King's ears. The thought came to him in the Divine Word Mission House at Techny, Wcmuld it not be possible to form some sort of Union among our Catholic Students. Two years of careful and deliberate planning passed before the CATHOLIC STUDENTS MISSION CRUf SADE was organized. This organization em- braces not only those students actually preparing for missionary work, but all the Catholic Stu' dents throughout the nation fgirls as well as boysj. The C. S. M. C. as this organization is often called has grown gloriously, until today there are several thousand members, all united together through the Mystical Body for the 'Lpurf pose of cultivating missionary sympathy and prof moting vocations. Of course, it is a wellfknown fact, that not all men are chosen to replete the ranks of the missionary corps. Each and every individual has been created for some specinc purpose, to do some special work. However, since we all are united in the Mystical Body, we are bound to help our brethren, and at the same time to carry out diligently our own form of Catholic Action. Our brethren who have been moved by the sixtyfsix GERARD TSCHIDERER, '40 words of the Master- Come follow Me have a special need of our assistance, for they have taken upon themselves the heavy burden of con- verting those peoples not associated with the Church of Rome-the one and only True Church. As a means of aiding these zealous uspreaders of the Faith, the C. S. M. C. has devised a three point plan: flj Prayer, Q21 Study, and CBJ Sacrifice. Spiritual assistance is by far the greatest source of encouragement to the missionary at times when his work seems in vain. He is running constantly into obstacles which seem too huge to be circumvented. Indeed, the path is rugged and rough, but with Faith capable of moving mounf tains, the valiant soldier struggles forward with his Captain Christ bearing five wounds in the forefront of battle. It is at these times that our prayers help, strengthen, and reinforce the missionary with a new and refreshed courage to plunge headlong into the line and carry the ball freligionj over the goal to a decisive vicf tory. We all read with envy of the splendid achievements of great war veterans, or famous athletes, or renowned pugilists, or any man who by outstanding accomplishments has entered the Hall of Fame. But alas, how small the number of readers of the lives of heroic missioners, who have splendid achievements to their credit. Conf scquently the C. S. M. C. has included this all important point in the plan to aid the missions. For by knowing under what difficulties these men and women labor for Christ, we, enjoying all manner of convenience, will become more inclined to come to their assistance, either spirituf ally or materially. Thus it is study upon which the first and the last points of the program hinge. Finally, Sacrifice, this last point needs little explanation. Money is necessary for man's exist' ence. Since the missionaries are men, they can't survive without financial assistance. Even though it should mean a sacrifice on our part, we must contribute the material aid which is vitally im' portant in the fulfillment to the last iota of Ou Lord's commission. The C. S. M. C. assumed a huge and onerous burden, when it attempted to marshall negligent students into the ranks of layfapostles. With unfaltering zeal and earnestness, the CATHOf LIC STUDENTS MISSION CRUSADE has attained its goal. Although we are preparing for a missionary work as secular priests, we of St. Andrew's Seminary have joined this noble, and illustrious organization, so Christ's Gospel might be carried to the remotest parts of the earth.

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S A T O R The Saint John Bosco Society In the early fall of 1935, a group of seminf arians in the upper years of Saint Andrew's Seminary met at the Saint Andrews House to discuss the formation of a catechetical society. For this group of seminarians had taken part in the work of the Diocesan Summer Vacation School and had thereby been imbued with a def sire to carry on a similar work throughout the school year. This meeting resulted in the forma' tion of the Catechetical Society and in the elecf tion of the society's first president, Mr. Charles Bauer. Father Lyons very graciously accepted the position of moderator of the society. Under Mr. Bauer's leadership, the society began to put its principles into practise. Accord' ingly, the society was soon doing active work under the direction of the Trinitarian sisters. Due to the zealous visiting work of these sisters a sizeable enrollment was obtained. The program of these Friday night meetings of the Merrimac Center Boys' Club consisted in a halffhour of religious instruction and another full hour of recreational activities. The attendance at these Friday night meet' ings so increased that in january a very necessary campaign for catechists was conducted. The new members were instructed by the president in the history and purpose of the society and were gradually drafted into the work at the Merrimac Center. Since then membership campaigns have been conducted regularly. As time went on there arose the problem of financing the society's activities. To solve this need social events were promoted among the studentsg these produced sufficient revenue to finance the work. In spite of these rather mundane efforts, spiritual activity was by no means neglected. A novena was held in preparation for the feast of Our Lady Help of Christians, the patroness FRANCIS Davis, '39 of the society. To close the novena properly all the members gathered at the Saint Andrew House for lvfass and Holy Communion. The members then boarded the New York Central train to Buffalo on a sight-seeing trip with the intention of visiting Father Baker's famous instif tution. Thus the trip was educational as well as recreational. On their return home, one and all agreed that the excursion would provide many pleasant memories for the years to come. Similar to this history of the first year has been the history of the society's activities every year down to the present. Some notable additions and a few changes have, of course, been made in this scheme. For instance, a yearly triduum was inaugurated in honor of Saint John Bosco, the Italian saint, who by his apostolic and priestly labors immeasurably benefited the youth of his country. In the years following, interest in his life and work so developed among us that under Charles Mockevicius, the third president, the name was changed to the Saint John Bosco Socif ety. Mr. Mockevicius also opened a new center in the Seminary building, which new field of labor was dedicated to Our Lady Help of Christians. Great thanks are due to him since in the very next year the society suffered the loss of Merrif mac Center, since under the new plan of finanf cial aid from the Community Chest Fund, the Center had to be nonfseetarian. During this past year President Davis inaugurated among the members of the society a new devotion. Each member of the society says a particular decade of the Rosary every day, thus making one or more living Rosaries which are offered for the success of the society's work and of catechetieal work in general. This brings the history of the society down to the present whence we hope and trust that God will continue to guide its steps. De Arte Poetica I think that I shall never see What teachers jind in poetryg In using words that you don't mean, Words that are not what they seem. Much more difficulty have I found With Arnold, Gray, and Keats profound. I can't enjoy great Vergil's verse Nor value Browning's style so terse. sixty-eight ANTHONY Rossi, '39, But when it comes to great Carlyle Or rugged Ruskin without guile, Then let me pause and stop awhile To meditate on their grand style. I can appreciate Cicero's scope, And the prose of Alexander Pope, With chemistry I seem to cope, But for English verse, I've lost all hope.