St Anthony of Padua High School - Siquaeris Yearbook (Watkins Glen, NY)

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 Foreword “The feasts of the church year are more suitable for instructing people in the faith and for bringing the fullness of interior joy to their souls than the solemn expositions of the Church’s teaching office. . . . The feasts teach and quicken all the people. The spoken word sounds but once; the feasts speak to us every year and at all times. Dissertations have a salutary influence upon the mind ; but the feast days influence the heart as well as the mind and thus grip the whole man.” The above words of Pope Pius XI and the recent changes in the liturgy of the Church prompted the idea of employing the liturgical year as the theme of this book. In the past year, the entire Catholic world has become liturgically conscious, and it certainly behooves the Catholic student to become even more so. The Catholic student cannot afford to let the many graces of the liturgical year slip by unused. Besides try- ing to understand the spirit and the purpose behind the various feasts, it is his duty to carry out in daily life the teachings and admonitions which the Church points out in her divine service and ceremonies. He should try to accept the church year as a true and everlasting friend which accompanies him throughout life, teaching and admonishing, consoling and delighting him.

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St. Anthony of Padua Minor Seminary and Preparatory School Watkins Glen, N Y

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fr MOST REV. JAMES E. KEARNEY, D.D. Bishop of Rochester INTRODUCTION From the very beginning of the Church, symbolism has always been intimately connected with Christianity. For this reason, symbolism is being used in this book to help portray the liturgical year. The symbols, in a way, have been arbitrarily chosen, insofar as they do not necessarily pertain to any particular division of the church year. It was the desire of the staff to again divide the school year into four seasons. These four pages carry depictions strictly portraying the four seasons according to the Holy Breviary. In the order