St Joseph Academy - Sajoscript Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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SANDALPIION Foreword CC ANDALl'lION goes out with a message to you, dear reader. For the first time it will reveal to you something of ourselves,-of our joys, our trials, our labors, our adventures and our achievements of the past four years. We set our hearts on high things when we undertook the publication of our annual, and We hope the standard reached will not lze unworthy of imitation by those who follow IIS. llow well we have succeeded, you must decide for yourself. Doubtless we have made mistakes which, we pray you, do not judge too harshly. If we have failed to reaeh our ideal, possibly the ideal is a little too high just yet, and this is, after all, only the first flight. And the name? Longfellow's beautiful poem tells us that the angel Sandalphon, standing at the very top of the celestial ladder, receives the prayers of men and weaves them into crowns. Our HSanda1phon, also a messenger, receives our feeble literary etl'orts which it crowns by publication, together with the camera 's impression of each one of us. page HIDE

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NT .SANDALPHON Lancia Sion BTARGARET ZETTLER . Graduate HUSH lies on the Catholic world. A seemingly strange atmosphere pre- vails. It is an expectant air similar to tha.t experienced at the approach of some outstanding event. All minor celebrations in Catholic circles will cease to yield the center of the stage to another event, unique in the year 's calendar. Ancient Rome, accustomed as it was to spectacular displays, was dazzled by the magnificence of Pompey 's triumphal return to the city. Never before had the capital of the then known world witnessed such splendor. The proces- sion consisted of people from various countries of the East. There were wag- ons loaded with gold and silver. There were images of enemies that had been slain. There were multitudes of pirates and other prisoners, followed by long lines of captives and their generals. There were great tablets on which were written the names of conquered kings. Last came Pompey mounted on a chariot emblazoned with jewels. For two days the festival lasted and the people of Rome thronged the streets to pay homage to the victor. And now, in these our United States, an opportunity has been given the country to act as host to the Greatest Conqueror of all times. The reception, however, will be different from that accorded to Pompey. Multitudes will be present, not to cater, however unwillingly, to the vanity of a victorious general, but to prove their love and loyalty to a Master Whose triumph is their own. The splendor on this occasion will certainly outrival that of any Roman festival, for the One for whom it is intended is King of all the world. The Universal Church will manifest its fealty and devotion to Jesus Christ in the XXVIII International Eucharistic Congress, June 20-24, 1926. This awe-inspiring event will take place in Chicago, verily, at our doors, in this age of rapid transportation by land, sea and air. The purpose of the Con- gress is purely spiritual. It is at once a thanksgiving, a reparation, and a peti- tion, gratitude to God for Ilis blessings, amends for all the outrages committed against Ilim, and an earnest request for an increase of faith and devotion among men. Surely, there can be no higher motive than to honor and glorify God, particularly in the Sacrament of llis Love. The importance of a deed is judged by its results. The truth of this state- ment reminds us of the greatness attached to the work of the pious French woman, Marie Tamissier, who first conceived the idea of a Eucharistic as- sembly in 1873. She was born at Tours, France, in 1834. The Iloly See having approved of Mlle. Tamissier's project, submitted to it by Bishop Louis de Segur of Lille, the first formal International Congress was convened in his Epis- copal City in 1881. The growth of interest in the Congress, and the increasing magnificence of each succeeding one are amazing. That of Chicago promises to surpass any similar movement of recent times. At each, however, representatives of all nations assemble. The Far East rubs shoulders with the Near West. Inhabitants of the polar regions stand be- side the dwellers of the tropics. A veritable Babylon of voices ascends into the air, but the vast multitude is united almost miraculously, as the Lord and Saviour of all mankind is carried solemnly into their midst. Strains of the Lauda, Sion are wafted to heaven as the Great Conqueror passes. Landis thema specialis Panis vivus et vitalis Hodie profunditurf' page eleven