St Procopius Academy - Procopian Yearbook (Lisle, IL)

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SG, was established to ereate harmony between the tollege and the academy and to unify sehool activities. It has done well this past year. SG. has also done a great deal in having the students take an active part in the administration of school activities. -g REV. LVKF OVSKA HAROLD BICEK 1 Fxrrzllj Adrian P,-grgjwiy A ,1 Jn ,,.. - 3 . '44 oo 9 . . R -Q 2 1, .. I H xupqvy . i Q - ,. I T ,V f ' 4 X U f V : l XXX J-. , DQ N x s E. CHOXXHANIEC R. KREIL R. MAHER VU- H-A-RBER C. ZASADIL .- Qi .f- , . gxv 'S-f f' 1 A J. FULTON G. DRABIK G. LARGE I. BL'DZ T. HUFNAGEL R. SMITH ,3s4,'. ' ' 1 XJ' 1. BUDZ L. KLENDA R. RIGOVSKY J. PURCELL F. JANA J. NOVAK

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more y Semzmny Rector John xv 16 Thrs year agam vyas a very srgnrfrcant one for St Procoprus Semmary Ten young men one of the largest classes ordarned from our semrnary have ansvyered the call of therr Master and yyere ordarned prrests on May 22nd rn the Cathedral of St Raymond In jolret Illrnors These young men became prrests of the Most Hrgh and yyrll dedrcate therr lrves to the great yyork rn the vxneyard of the Lord They yyrll be frshers of men They vull yyork for the salva tnon of the souls entrusted to therr care Ordarned for the drocese of lollet and Lrncoln for St Procopnus Abbey and for the neyyly founded Byzantrne Rrte Holy Trrnrty Prrory they haye yentured forth from the hallovyed yyalls of St Procoprus as drd the Apostles from the Supper Chamber to preach Chrrst Crucrfred Srnce :ts foundatron rn 1914 St Procoprus Semmary has been dedrcated to the tramrng of young men for the Holy Prresthood Of specral rmportance yy as the vyork of preparrng shepherds for the farthful of varrous European tongues yyho rmmrgrated to thus country from across the sea Durmg those many years smce 1914 many droceses have been grven assrstance rn thrs yy ay In 1976 at the request of the Most Rev Basrl Takach Bxshop of the Prttsburgh droccse of the Byzantrne Slovanxc Rrte St Procoprus Semmary began to operate tts oyyn semrnary rn Prttsburg making rt possrble for St Procoprus to make rts facrlttres avarlable to the fast Benednctnne Order of the Eastern Rnte the young men belongrng to that branch of the Bene drctnne Order are educated at St Procoprus Semrnary Here also young Benedrctrne monks are educated for the future mxssronary yyork rn schrsmatxc and communrst Russra Although the Semmary department had sryty students thrs year the number of droccsan semrnarrans yy as only tyyenty sxx Seyeral clerrcs of St Augustrne s Abbey rn Aurora have been commutnng to our Semnnary and St Procoprus Abbey had a large number of clerics Besrdes thc four dnocesan semrnarrans ordarned to the prresthood there yyere tyyo 7nd theolognans scyen lst theolograns four nd and nme lst phrlosophers The semrnarrans have a beautnful eyclusrve campus east of the college campus Here they play golf baseball football tennxs and horseshoes Srnce the theolograns and phrlosophers yyere equally dryrded they normally played agarnst each other Occasronally hoyyeyer they drd haye an opportunrty to challenge others They played basketball agarnst Maryknoll Sem: nary of Glen Ellyn the Mrnor Seminary of Westnuont and the Sacred Heart Mrssron Semr nary of Gencya Durnng the yyrnter season they yyere able to enjoy themselyes rn prngpong brllrards chess and cards rn therr large recreatnon room on the fourth floor of the mam burld mg On Saturday mormngs and Sunday mghts they yyere free to use the boyylrng and basket ball facrlrtnes rn the college gymnasrum f ' Q, 'W ,Ni A I y yi ' f ' , . ' ' . 24' H , ' l ' ' V r - ' -, . Y y . . . . growing diocese of Joliet, Nevertheless, since 1954, when St. Procopius Abbey' founded the 4 I I ' Y . . 7 S 4 ' . . A V 1 ' v A . ' V sf 1 'V - ' - . Y , r Y y y y . y S. Y. . ' ' l fl ' ' ' v ' ' v ' V V ' V ' ' . - 'A , ' ' I ' ' ' A r r I . S ' ' 'v ' ' -' - . 4 . . . ' , V r REV ALEXIUSJ MACHACEK OSB You hue no! claofen me 5141 I one fbofeu you and 11116 appointed 5014 117:11 you rbould ,zo and bezr ful! 1111 ubrzlezer you ark Ibe Fzllfw nr my nzme I may tue 1