St Fidelis Seminary - Skullcap Yearbook (Herman, PA)

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' T -Q v '7 ' th1s? I am a tool to ask you for It was not God who d1d 1t 1t was you Denf1I1 I hope my son that 1t was God who d1d 1t It He d1d then 1t IS r1ght for you As for me I was consulted and I adv1sed P1etro Ramonz lragmgl Dont call me your son' DGDIIII Icompasslonatelyl Is 1t as bad as that w1th you? Yet must I say 1t my son W1th even more reason now than ever before I must say 1t Son of the Clly and the world fln sorrowl I heard MOHSIQHOF call you that and he was r1ght A son of the c1ty and of the world you are but alas less of the c1ty than you know and more of the world than you have realrzed Ramon: Ive heard enough of th1s fmakes start to exzt l Denfrh Hear me my son I am a very old man and so 1t IS that I may tell you why I have come to you ton1ght Ramonz fhaughtzlyl The pleasure 1S yours not m1ne Denfrlz I rece1ved you a l1ttle boy 1nto th1s commun1ty No one knows you as I do I saw 1n you before anyone else the g1fts that God had g1ven you Ramonr And you kxlled them Denfzlr fcontmues unabashed at Romam s remarks l I knew before anyone else that some day you would do great th1ngs though I knew not what I am a man w1th l1ttle but I could adm1re the man w1th much Ramonl And you can check the man w1th much Denfrlz Ihad no g1fts to lay before our Blessed Lord yet I too wanted to do a great work I wanted to make you my great work You are the Apostle of Marqua I am the apostle of Ramom For that I have l1ved always 1n the fear that I would be cheated ot my reward fHamon1 shows doubtl Ramon: Reward? I do not understand Denfrlz Yes my reward I watched over you I 1nstructed you I loved you I reallzed that there was ever a confl1ct w1th1n you between your duty to God and the world All unknown I watched and I saw that the world was w1nn1ng Then I sent you to Marqua fgravelyl I am afra1d my son that you never knew the c1ty well called the eternal My son th1s 15 the c1ty of the soul and you were born 1n 1t 1t l1ves only for souls The power of sav1ng thousands was g1ven to you I prayed only for the power of sav1ng one Alas I had to send you away my son for you were not a Ph1l1p Ner1 Ramom You prove yourself unlarr Father w1th such rash yudgment Denf1l1 I have not seen you for I am bllnd but I have heard you You th1nk your people are Wa1t1ng But are they yours? Not they Hamom What' Who converted them 1f 1t was not I? Dentrlh The people are not yours and the work 1S not yours What would you take back to Marqua? How could you who have forgotten to pray ln affl1ct1on teach them to pray 1n sorrow? No my son you have falled and not conquered God has g1ven the vxctory to another He has exalted the humble tDent1I1 rrses and gropes way to exrt Ramom stands deep 1n thought then calls to Denfzlr I Ramom Fatherl FOIQIVG me You were r1ght from the begrnnrng Yes 1t was P1etro not I How he longed for souls h1s ceaseless teachrng h1s zeal h1s sol1c1tude lor me the hardsh1ps he underwent I would have been lost w1thout htm tpausel Im not worthy to be called your son but bless me once more DQHIIII Uoyfullyl Yes my son IDGHIIII gropes for Ramom as he touches hrm the curtarn closesl . 1 1 - T 1 1 - 1 . 1 - . . 1 'T . , 1 , . . , . . L 1 - 1 T T I H T 1 1 - . . . .1 , . 1 . 1 - 1 1 , . , . . - 1 . , . , 1 T ' - 1 1 1 - - 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 - T I I - 1 1 - 1 1 , . T . T T I , l - 1 1 , T . . . 1 - 1 1 ' f

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lFew seconds elapse Father Pzetro Ramon: s asszstant IH the mrssron enters readzng brevrary I-Is he reaches center of stage Tomasso enters l Tomasso Ah' Good even1ng Father I hope I am not d1sturb1ng you Pzetro-Not at all my son Is there any news from the consrstory? Tomasso Sorry They are st1ll 1n contrdence I 1ust took Fr Dent1l1 to them and was aClV1S6d to return rn a rew mtnutes No doubt they shall respect the old General s op1n1ons Ptetro Well we shall soon see Let us SII down Father Iam weary Tomasso It has been a busy t1me for you and our Fr Ramom all th1s preach 1ng 1n varxous places But ah the good that has been done by that srlvery tongue Wont you be happy when the appo1ntment IS made? Pzetro Yes Father IS anxrous to return to the people he loves Tomasso Well I must get back Good nxght Fr P1etro P1etro Good ntght my son lTomasso exzt Pzetro draws rosary from pocket and prays After a short t1me Tomasso returns 7 Tomasso-texc1tedlyl News at last or rather a cont1rmat1on ot rumor tor everyone knows that Fr Ramonr 15 the man here IS a letter Father General 1nstructed me to grve you Good nrght Father IGXIIS I Pzetro Thank you Father tNervously he opens the envelope and reads sllently a slgn of horror and fear mtermmgle on h1s face Loudl No no n ' It cant be true' It s all a m1stake' It must be' Oh Lord Ccovers face l tE.'nter Ramonl R Runs to PIGIIO I Ramonz Pxetro What does th1s mean? Pietro They have m1xed our names Th1s letter from the General tgrves letter of Marqua 1t s a m1stake a terr1ble m1stake lRamon1 leads htm offl Ramonr tDazedl It IS true You are archb1shop May God bless you lRamon1 returns to center stage and paces to and fro I How can I face them? tfurrouslyl How can I return to Marqua as a servant to my servant? What W1ll they th1nk? I am the1r rlghtful leader And here 1n Rome they w1ll po1nt at me wrth scorn and remark about the man that had been shelved for h1s servant Oh' God' I cant bear 1t F1l1us urb1s et orbrs thead m hands I I can t bear 1t l can t' ISIIGHCG then Ramom IS startled by the shutfl1ng feet of Denfrlt a look of anger comes to Hamonr s face I Denf1l1 Fr Ramonl? Ramon: tgrufflyl Yes Denfrlz Good even1ng tgropes hrs way to bench whrch Ramonr has just Iettl You are cl1sappo1nted my son? Ramom tangrrlyl Have you come here to tlnd out how well you have ttmshed the persecut1on you began ten years ago? IDGHIIII sadly bows hrs headl You may now be qu1te consoled It IS I11'11Sl'1Gd ton1ght lpausel Even as a nov1ce you hated me t1ron1cally l Denf1l1 That IS not true Ramonr True 1t IS When I had reached lame as a preacher you checked me and t1nally ban1shed me trom Rome Now now when I have returned v1ctor1ous th1s th1s crown1ng hum1l1at1on Denfzlz You drd not pray my son Ramont Pray' tlaughl How can I pray? My l1te IS rumed I am ashamed to meet my brethren 1n chapel Denfrlr It 1S God one meets 1n chapel God and God alone Ramonz God? What has He done to me? Do you th1nk I can thank H1m tor I . . I . W I ' ' I I 4 W I ' I . W I I ' 1 n ' - - I , U 2 . . , . ' I I I to Ramoni, who reads it silently.l says I have been made Archbishop - 1 , . I I ' - I ' - , . . . l ' I l

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IIE Ill UID IEQ, ll ,, QI A lllxyjl - ii' , - T YOUR LEISURE TIME HERBERT SNYDER lf- f To l1Ve to our fullest CapaC1ly IS to show our Maker our best by l1v1ng 1n all the facultres of our m1nd and body accord1ng to H1s laws C1cero the most 1llustr1ous orator of anclent Rome gave much of h1s t1me to defend1ng h1s frlends 1n publtc trlals But of h1s lelsure t1me he says that Whlle many men transacted some unnecessary bus1ness enyoyed part1es attended athlet1c events or Just rdled the t1me away he contented h1mself w1th books From h1s read1ng C1cero reaped a twofold harvest the one was knowledge that would help h1m 1n h1s oratory the other pleasure We of the twentxeth century can perhaps learn a lesson from th1s noted Roman by followrng h1s example to Just some degree S1nce worktng hours are now shorter 1t IS the workers real opportumty to en1oy more of l1fe and to develop especxally h1s latent powers of m1nd I mean that b9S1deS hrs regular bread earnmg occupat1on and bes1des h1s ordxnary and common amusements such as f1sh1ng huntlng sw1mm1ng sport1ng events and the hke he would be W1se to 1ncrease these amusements by add1ng to them for Vaflely IS the splce of l1fe By lett1ng the Shlp of our 1ntellect salt through new channels lt W1l1 be led are contacts wxth sub1ects upon wh1ch we have heard others dlscuss and upon wh1ch we ourselves could not speak or they are assoc1at1ons wxth sub1ects wh1ch we th1nk are 1ntended for the so called 1ntellectuals or educated The oceans 1nto wh1ch the sh1p of our xntellect m1ght sa1l may be a deeper apprec1at1on of the beauttes 1n nature our tower1ng trees and flower decked h1lls1des our yawn1ng valleys or g1gant1c mountatns 1f we are only a 11ttle more observant of the natural growths around us Many rad1o hsteners too after l1sten1ng to a sw1ng band m1ght broaden thelr mterests 1n mus1c by devot1ng a port1on of the1r rad1o t1me to a symphony a concert or an opera The sc1ences also can mer1t our appreclatlon not 1n burdensome study but 1n a httle read1ng 1n any of our popular sc1ent1f1c books wh1ch today are wrttten for the commonfolk Th1s w1ll 1ncrease our knowledge of phenomena that seem so myst1fy1ng but wh1ch IS really backed by 1nterest1ng and sound sc1ent1f1c proof The apprectatron of hterature other than the da1ly newspaper or d1me novel can eas1ly be acquxred by read1ng some of the famous authors and through our acquamtances w1th people who have already perused the best of our Engltsh and AIHGIICBH llterature A s1mp1e poem or two out of almost any current magaz1ne can send our m1nds off lHlO new realms and set to work our 1rnag1nat1on wh1ch 15 although 1t seems lost a faculty of the human mmd When We have set our m1nds mto new avenues of beauty such as these and many more m1ght be mentloned the more pleasures and ornaments of beauty w1ll we have added to our makeup thus fashromng the fuller man 7 I N , . F U , , , - J , into new oceans of beauty, enlightenment and pleasure. These new channels , . . . I . , - I I I - . . , , . , . , , .