St Josephs College - Phase Yearbook (Rensselaer, IN)

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No Jubilee volume of St. Joseph's College would be complete without a special tribute to the Society of the Precious Blood, and to the Very Rev. Joseph M. Marling, S.T.L., Ph.D., head of the American Province. Father Marling became director of the American Province during the summer of 1938, suc- ceeding the Rev. Dr. Ignatius Wagner. He spent his youth in Ironton, Ohio. Prior to his ordination in 1929, he pursued studies at St. Joseph's College and at St. Charles Seminary. During the two years following he taught Apologetics at St. Charles. In 1931 he began a three- year term of graduate study in the department of Philosophy at Catholic University of America, Wfashington, D. C. Father Marling returned again to a professorship at St. Charles in 1934. Three years later he was honored with a professorship in the department of Philosophy at Catholic University. In 1938 he was elected Provincial of the American Province. Qf particular worth have been the philosophical writings of Father Marling. He has been a regular contributor to The New Scfaolazsficism. As Provincial of the Society he is also president of the college Board of Trustees. His interest in Collegeville is genuine, as evidenced by his frequent visits and concern over college activities. All of St. Joseph's recent physical expansion can be attributed directly to the support of the Society of the Precious Blood. All members of the Society, whether priests, Brothers or Sisters, endow the college with years of unsalaried efforts. Here, then, lies the secret of an inexpensive, Catholic education. The Society of Precious Blood is wholly responsible for the apprenticeship to life as offered to the students of St. Joseph's. THE VERY REV. JOSEPH M. MARLING, S.T.L., Ph.D. A Tribute to the Fathers of the Precious Blood wm .:f

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In rhe Words of Our Most Reverend Bishop . . When I think of St. Joseph's I am forcibly reminded that probably half the priests now working in the Diocese of Fort Wayne received their early spiritual formation there as candidates of the sacred ministry. I am reminded that for many years St. Joseph's was conducted exclusively as a Preparatory Seminary, meeting all the requirements of the Holy See and, therefore, rendering it unnecessary for this diocese to operate such an institu- tion of its own. I am reminded that the Fathers of the Precious Blood have themselves rendered invaluable service to priests of this diocese by responding cheer- HIS EXCELLENCY, fully and promptly to every call for JOHN FRANCIS NOLL, aid, whether for special devotions or BISHOP OF FORT WAYNE for temporary replacement of pastor or assistant. I am reminded that the governing body of the Society of the Precious Blood has recently chosen my name to designate one of the recent halls erected for college students. In the light of these favors and courtesies, extended to me both as Bishop of Fort Wayne and personally, it would hardly be necessary for me to express my joy and pleasure over the observance, this year, of the Golden Jubilee of the founding of St. Josephis College. St. Joseph's was the Alma Mater of my Vicar General, of the pastor of the Cathedral, of several of our Monsignori and of many other priests who have honored their exalted station in life. If it had come into existence two years earlier it would have been my own Alma Mater as well. In extending its curriculum to embrace a full college course, St. Joseph's has also rendered a much needed service to the laity. The church has not had a sufficient number of colleges to meet the demands of good Catholic parents who are adverse to sending their boys to state institutions, and yet are financially unable to send them to those boarding schools where the cost is to them prohibitive. St. Joseph's meets this demand, for it holds a middle position between these two groups of educational institutions. I pray that Almighty God may bless St. Joseph's on the occasion of its Jubilee both in recompense for its great contribution to the promotion of His cause here on earth, and for its unbounded success in the future. Assuring St. Josephis of my own and of my priests' continued interest in its work, I am, with congratulations to the Provincial, the Rector, and to every member of its staff of professors, Yours sincerely in Christ, CSignedj John Francis Noll, Bishop of Fort Wayne.