St Norbert College - Des Peres Yearbook (De Pere, WI)

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 PEFES TEigl)H) (Tenteaniat Celebration of tbe“prcmonstratonslan 3Fatl) rs Nineteen hundred and twenty was a gala year for the Norbertinc Fathers. They celebrated the 8ooth anniversary of the foundation of their order. The festivities for this great occasion began on June 3 with a Eucharistic Triduum, which closed on the feast of St. Norbert. On June 7 a Solemn High Mass was chanted for the living and deceased members and benefactors of the order. The following day there was a reunion of all the members of the order in the United States. Wednesday, June 9, 1920, was the final day of the celebration. At seven o'clock Archbishop Messmer celebrated Mass privately for the students. At ten o'clock Bishop Rhode sang a Pontifical High Mass. He was assisted at throne by Monsignor Lochman as Presbyter Assistant, and Fathers Clement Smits and Jerome Gloudemans as Deacons of Honor. Deacon and Subdcacon of the Mass were Father Van Heertum and Doctor Rvbrook, respectively. Archbishop Messmer. who was present in the sanctuary, was assisted by Fathers Broens and Van Roosmalen as Deacons of Honor. Page Ticenty-Scren

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■A THE DES FERES - In lone Premontre's valley prayed St. Norbert through the night; Till suddenly the dark green wild Grew glorious with soft light And midst the starry splendor stood Our queen of many years; Our joys in days of gladness then The solace of our tears. The Saint with glowing heart beheld The radiant queen who said; Take thou this sign of grace, my child; And o'er his bending head She held the snowy habit blessed By heavenly hands above And brought by Mary’s care to be A token of her love. Ti c light grew dim. the queen was gone St. Norbert slowly rose And in his spotless habit clad Went forth to meet his foes.— The foes of that great heart of love Who sought the altar throne The foes of her whose nation hailed. Immaculate above. Long years went by, St. Norbert found A holier home than earth. Yet still the pure white habit tells Its spiritual birth. And still it bids St. Norbcrt’s sons With hearts that dwell above In choral prayer and praise proclaim God and our Lady's love. I92l7( I’aqr Tirenty-Six

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THE DES PEPES The sermon was preached by the Archbishop, who dwelt upon the great mission fulfilled by the religious orders, from the time of St. Iknedict unto the present day. and spoke in detail of the mission of the order of Premontre. The services were closed with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Alxxit eighty priests, from every part of Wisconsin and from Michigan. Illinois and Montana, filled the sanctuary and the front pews of the church. The students attended in a body. A Gregorian mass was sung by the convent choir and the student choir combined. After the morning services a banquet was held in the auditorium of Boyle Hall, at which covers were laid for more than two hundred and fifty. The hall was tastily decorated with evergreens, which with the white background, formed the college colors tqc Twenty-Eight liflWnin'itntiiim-THinnfni,