St Andrews Seminary - Mapav Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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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 . .

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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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OUR LADYS SODALITY Srnce The sodalrTy governs all phases oT sTudenT lrTe There are naTurally groups ThaT have To do wlTh The acTuve luTe oT The semunaruan especually as has llTe aTTecTs The worlc oT The Church CerTa1nly no lane oT endeavor IS dearer To The hearT oT The Holy FaThe Than The work oT The rnrssrons In rTs own small way Sa nT Andrew s has done Ts esT To TurTher Thus worlc The Mlssuon SocreTy has Trred To nnsTml rn The hearTs o The semvnaruans a love oT The mlssuons AlThough we do noT expeCT To be senT To Tor elgn lands as preachers oT The gospel sTull TT rs necessary ThaT we should have a True love oT The nnrsslons so ThaT we can asslsT Those laborung nn The Tel s aTar wrTh our prayers and wnTh maTerual ard Under The drrechon oT Wllluam WhuTe The acTuvrTre oT The Mr suon SocreTy have been varred and many A rmssxon sTore was unauguraTed aT The SamT Wulnam House The Shield lvlagazune was crrculaTed ThroughouT The school Mussmon Day was held aT The House on OcTober l2Th and on Shrove Tuesoay a Mardl Gras celebrahon was held Tor The sTudenT body In order To assv T The lvlrssaons rnaTerrally a dame card collechon was made during LenT Tor The beneTrT oT lvlarylcnoll and mrTe boxes were depos4Ted ThroughouT The school A sub comrnrTTee The Meow al lvlrsswon group under Th guldance oT Donald Webb helo a druve To obrarn medvcrnes Tor The Torergn nmssuons The Mrssmon SocreTy ha had a very uccessTul year May ho e who have served God Th ough The rnrssuon b oressed an eTernuTy MISSION SOCIETY SeaTed W Anderson W WhzTe Fr Brennan C McCarThy H Brady Sandrnu R Pr ud E Wedow W Ga'lagher D Webb J Carwr' QIHIYIOIIJ gullies gffion 56 I , , r , l l'b . b T Id Sn. . . I ! ' ' T 'r T, C , 9 T s ' . T 5 f SG , g . .