St Vincent College - Tower Yearbook (Latrobe, PA)

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BENEDICTINE OBLATES The members of this religious organization affiliate themselves spiritually with the Benedictine Monastery, acquainting themselves with the Holy Rule of St. Benedict and making it the guide and standard for their daily actions. They seek perfection by means of those practices and ideals which are given special importance in Benedictine life: the Liturgy, the Divine Office, stability, and obedience. These St. Vincent students thus strive to fulfill the ultimate aim of the college-spiritual and intellectual growth in the development of Christian gentlemen. Some Benedictin Frey, and Norman Debelak. e Oblates: Robert Zorn, John Arch, Jules Slowinski, Gerry Weigand, Howard 60

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-1.1- The acolytes aid Fr. Maynard in the timeless ritual of daily mass. ST. THOMAS MORE ACOLYTES The St. Thomas More Acolyte Society is an or- ganization comprised of those collegians who arfe qualified to assist at Mass. The society functions in two ways: its members serve at all college religious exercises and aid the monastery in its liturgical functions either in the Studenfs Chapel or in the Archabbey Basilica. In addition, the Society con- tributes to its members by acquainting them with the fullness of the Liturgy, rewarding them with a more dynamic spiritual life. Preparing for a liturgical procession are members of the St. Thomas More Society. l I 59

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