St Andrews Seminary - Mapav Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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OUR LADY'S SODALITY IT is a sad TacT, l:JuT True, ThaT There are many seminaries in This counTry, The sTudenTs oT which are noT members oT any organized socieTy inTended To TosTer devo- Tion To Mary. Happily, This is noT The casein SainT Andrews For years The SodaliTy oT The Blessed Virgin has played an acTive parT in The life oT The seminarians. lTs chieT aim is To draw The sTudenT closer To Our Blessed Lady and her Divine Son. ilfxd Jesum per Mariam. From The Time oT his recepTion, The seminarian is consecraTed in a special way To his heavenly MoTher. In addiTion To promoTing devoTion To Mary, The SodaliTy direcTs The various acTiviTies in The school Through iTs diTTerenT groups and commiTTees, buT always wiTh The one end in mind: 'Omnia ad Dei Gloriamf' We can divide The work oT The SodaliTy inTo Three general groups one having To do wiTh The spiriTual liTe oT The serninarian anoTher governing hi acTiviTies in regard To CaTholic AcTion and Tnally The ecTion which TosTers his recreaTion and enTerTainmenT rw-fif' s1j CENTRAL COUNCIL 5Ta Q W Wh Te W Thomas C S W M llC1fn0nJ julzde Ltlvfl 54 . . V I 1 S . . .K . T T me T I T Scmeo-V. Ki'Da'rick E. Ha cran R, O Ccnhe . i ri im- . i , . . ri. ihrcoc, D. Wise- . Krfai' P. ia .

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DEVOTIONAL SOCIETY M P s r' Pa ma W C aro The SodahTy rTseTT T governed by The CenTrav Councrl a group made up oT The heads oT The varuous socueTues under The Teadersh1p oT The SodahTy PreTecT who Thu year T9 EmmeTT T-Talloran Thus councxl plans The year s acTuvmTnes and exercmses conTroT over The oTher comm4TTees Through The monThTy meeTungs oT The SodalTTy The pre TecT rs able To puT beTore The mrnds oT The sTudenTs maTTers oT unTeresT and umporTance IT as aT The meeT ng ThaT The real purpose oT The SodahTy s ex1sTer'ce rs evudenT Tor TT One oT The commuTTees oT The SodahTy rs rn a parTucular way 1nTended To Increase The Tervor oT semwnaruans The DevoTnonaT SocueTy has as :Ts arm The rncreaslng oT spurvTuahTy among The sTudenTs JusT as :T TS rmpossrble To measure spuruTual Thungs o we cannoT aTTempT To descrrbe The eTTecTs oT Thus group buT1T vs possmb'e To men Tuon some oT1Ts acTuvuTues During The meehngs oT The ocseTy guesT speakers presenT Tor our medrTaT:on some Toprcs perTamnrng To The sp1ruTuaT hTe CaTholmc magazines are coTTecTed Tor drsTrnbuTmon among The paTuenTs aT The counTy hospmTaT and The presudenT OT The socneTy DonaTd Wuse has a well sTocTced pamphTeT rack pTaced IH a conspucu ous spoT rn The semrnary Many oT The members oT The socweTy aTTend The Monday mornrng prayer rn The chapel Tor e vrcemen IT rs QeTa1n ThaTG'od has bessed The emmary and many oT h bTe sung ha e been drawn oown Throagh The pheadmgs o The Devohonal Commrvee iblamond Juhfe ahflon 55 Sf1a'eo-- . -wmv 3. WT +1-. S'a dmnzic. De 1 , hr onnflau. . . .S , .N is Then ThaT love oT Mary is emphasized and TosTered. . . . . . ' . . S . v l s ' s r ' . ' r ' T , ' Ts si' . s v ' T ' . T . . e 6 . .