St Joseph High School - Annunciata Yearbook (Williamsport, PA)

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DEDICATION. 4 To the Holy Eucharist the Class of 1937 dedi- cates this Annunciata . May the Heart of jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament be praised, adored, and loved with grateful affection, at every moment, in all the tabernacles of the world, even to the end of time.

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THE ANNUNCIATA The Origin of The Eucharistic Congress yy E very humble, very little, very hidden. Let our Lord alone see and hear you! With this advice of her confessor, Mlle Marie Tamisier pursued her life's purpose of introducing and establishing the Eucharistic Con- gress. It was not her wish toiachieve fame and recognition for herself: but there existed in the depths of her soul the burning desire to extol the Eucharistic King! Thus in a quiet and unassuming manner, this holy woman of France interviewed priests, petitioned bishops, and even contacted the Supreme Pontiff with the sole desire of spreading devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. Mlle Tamisier realized the first fruits of her labors in 1873, when, at Paray-le-monial, before the Host exposed in the Ostensorium, two hundred French Deputies consecrated France to the Heart of Jesus. This act of public devotion to the Blessed Sacrament brought still greater zeal to the heart of this young woman, who at the age of thirty-nine had already wrought influence sufiicient to affect a nation. The favorite devotion of the time-that of a pilgrimage to some shrine of Our Lady-was to her a providential sign. 'iMary precedes Jesus. The Virgin's pilgrimages, no doubt, precede the pilgrimages of the Eucharist and prepares for them. Why not go to those shrines which have been the scenes of Eucharistic miracles? , she said. The Eucharistic pilgrimages became local. In Avignon and in Paris, bishops, priests and faithful celebrated ovations to Our Lord. Pilgrimages, as she was accustomed to say, inaugurate, like so many halting places, the social reign of Our Lord. They must become general. lt is for this reason that diocesan committees, first, then a central and permanent committee are necessary. This new plan gained for her apostles, who labored to rouse a more gen- eral action in favor of the Most Blessed Sacrament, at least in all the south of France. At Avignon in 1876, was held the First Eucharistic Congress-a Con- gress in miniature, it is true, but still a Congress, bearing new and increased hope for similar ones on a larger scale. After Avignon, came Faverney in 1878. Two hundred priests and the delegates of the principal Eucharistic Works of France were present. In addition to these, Spain and Holland were also represented. Was not this already the embryo of the International Congress? But now evil days were experienced in France. Plots were woven against the Church, and the times were not at all propitious for religious demonstration. Upon the advice of Cardinal Dechamps, Mlle Tamisier contented herself with prayer and trust in God. Undaunted by trials and tribulations, she soon emerged victorious. It was with an overflowing heart that she received the an- nouncement of the First International Eucharistic Congress to be held at Lille during the current year, l88l. All her life Mlle Tamisier shunned publicity. Her name was not made public until after her death. She died at Tours, in 1910, in her seventy-sixth year. No one who was fortunate enough to approach this great soul can doubt that Jesus Christ, who so loves the meek, has rewarded her. and elevated her to the ranks of his Blessed in Heaven. BEATRxCE NARD1. Four