St Francis Minor Seminary - Via Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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Above left: Lighting the Advent wreath. Above right: Blessing the community Christmis tree. Lower left: Scene from the annual Christmas play. Lower right: Faculty joins in singing 'Jinglc Bells.

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March 20th's arrival of our new bishop on His Excellency celebrated a Pontifical High his first Archbishop's Day. Mass on behalf of the students. We've been honored this year by visits from the hierarchy. The first occasion was not Without its melancholy, for it was to say goodbye to one whom we all loved, the Most Rev. Albert G. Meyer Cleft pictureD. One evening there strode into chapel after rosary devotions a swarthy-complected gentleman whose regalia meant only one thing: he was a man who enjoyed the fulness of the priesthood. He proved to be Bishop David of India. Passing through the vi- cinity, he decided to visit the diocesan seminary, and the boys were delighted to hear from India Cright pictureD. And on March 20 appeared our new Archbishop, who came armed with a spontaneous smile, a stirring sermon, and a friend- liness which captured everyone. He spoke at the Mass he offered for the welfare of the students, he appeared in the stud hall to accept a s iritual bou net, and then ewhile all gas e n he an- nounced t at he inten ed to meet each boy resent. he faculty abandoned the study hall and left the Archgishop at the mercy of student enthusiasm, but this time the students met their match: the Archbisho was just as lively, just as trigger-quick, and- more willing to s ake hands than that social octopus, the student body. He spoke to all; he signed numerous missals; and he left with a great prize in his possession: the heart of the stu- dent body. We will in the future anticipate his every visit. Pnocession from Mass. Professor Rueping was Knight escort to the bishop.

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Cbrz'ytmm Week There is a warmncss about Christmas that we cant get out, even if we com are it to Easter. Here is proof 0 Godls love; here is God a man. These meditations renew them- selves each year. The liturgy of Ad- vent insists them nobly with the words of the Mass and the ofhee. Bit by bit the excitement mounts, until the words He's near, Hcls near, become uHels born. Added to the help of the liturgy here at the seminary is the practice of the Christmas novena and the use of the Advent wreath. Near the end of Advent a crib is blessed, a tree is set up, and all wait for Christmas. Oh sure, for vacation. But really, deeply, for all the graces of Christmas.