St Vincent Seminary - Symposium Yearbook (Latrobe, PA)

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. I quest of news this year-and you alone can furnish it. I meet most of your alumni and although I am well acquainted with their activities now I know practically nothing about them as students I m just as interested in their former activities as you are in their recent ones' so, for every bit of news I give you, you must return some information regarding their activities as students - ANTIQUUS: Fine! But I must be cautious. Some of the old stories for policy reasons may not bear repetition. Boys will be boys, you know, Father, and I will make every effort to offend no one and also supply all the information you desire. PEREGRINUS: Well, to begin-I just returned from Chicago where I saw Cardinal Mundelein who was entertaining Cardinal Ceretti, who presided at the Eucharistic Congress in Australia. That was a pleasant diversion from the strenuous work your eminent alumnus is undertaking for the advancement of educa- tion in the Archdiocese of Chicago. He heads a gigantic building program caring for the ever-increasing number of students in his schools. If I'm not mistaken there are, in all, thirty-seven buildings to be erected, including nineteen elementary schools. You see, in this way, the children will be grounded in the truths of their holy religion and will be able to continue their higher education in an environment that will protect their faith and strengthen it for the coming battle of life. If it were possible to have a similar system everywhere, the forces of bigotry and ig- norance would rapidly weaken and die. ANTIQUUS: His Eminence hasn't been here since 1892, when he left to finish his studies in Rome, but I do remember him. We were rather busy at the time and the Fathers were not as numerous as they are now To help out the then Mr. Mundelein offered his services as prefect They were accepted He liked boys and boys liked him As prefect he was to put it mildly, a great success and it was with genuine regret that we heard that we were to lose him PEREGRINUS While in Chicago I also met Bishop Boyle Congratulations were in order on his recent appointment to the Administrative Committee of the National Catholic Welfare Conference By the way, that makes two of your alumni on the board Bishop Schrembs has been a member for some time A I llll llllla ggnn 'Ma : . l U. m I , 5 5 2 -.r ,f - 'W f ffsllls HI! I 'llillllllmln . 9 ! , . . . 7 77 .. Ulllllllllllll' gllllllg in n mmf I 7 - 1 , ' 1 E n u n ' - n . 1 ' . 0 4 'V 0 . . . . . . i 0 1 Q c 1 . L . Q , . i 1 'x ' ' , - ' , WUIIIIQIII' ' ,, J , , , I . V, , - ..-. -,: 4, , .. . ' V ' ' . ' 2 4 - ' ' . . 3. - , , 5 -' '- . Ill anulmlul ' ' , I I X..! 4116811

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With Om' Alumni ANTIQUUS: 'lHello, Father! l've been looking forward to your visit rather impatiently. It has always been a pleasure to see your smiling face, but this time, you'll have to give us more than smiles. You're a great traveler, and, l have no doubt that in your wanderings, you meet many former students who are now out in the world fighting for souls for God. Tell me how many of them you have seen within the past year, Father, and what success they are having. PEREGRINUS: Well I see its the same old story! Our annual meetings seem destined to open with conversation regarding old friends. You can be thankful that during the past year I have been thoughtful of your annual demand, else I fear you would receive very little information. However, I, too, am in Construction of The Archabbey Church H1671

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I . I , 'IIIIIMMF . JI I lllll i naxjus ,' x , - ,,,.kk VV J H holding the position of episcopal chairman of the department of Lay Organization With these two capable men on the board the future of the society is assured ANTIQUUS Why committee work ought to be familiar to Bishop Boyle Do you know that during his student days of 88- 98 there seldom was a committee organized of which he was not a member? Generally he was chosen as critic if the gathering called for one. His ability to criticise constructively was so re- markable that is was small wonder that he was chosen. In fact, I heard boys at that time say they would sooner have his censure than the praise of others. PEREGRINUS: I also saw Father Gavenda, down in the Scran- ton Diocese. Now there is an ambitious chap! He is chaplin of the :nmmumu if NX N In - lllxl I: sung I ,,,i . .11 .yi. : 5 X 5 : , f -' T X Lili 2 i in Running , - 9 U ' 77 , u ' ' t . , 0 I 1 ! I ' ark' 1 , as ummuumu f A T 4 glllllli ,V St. Joseph F oundling Asylumg a member of the faculty of St. Thomas Collegeg and assistant chancellor of the diocese. He has to hustle to take care of all his duties but he is performing them in grand style. His shoulders seem to have been made to carry a big load and, judging from the ease with which he discharges those duties, no burden is too onerous for him. ANTIQUUS: I remember him well. He was here from '22- 25. He could carry a heavy burden then, physical as well as mental. He could put a man on his shoulders and carry him with ease. He was a great walker, and it was a common sight to see him coming over the horizon with some member of his walk perched on his shoulders, and Joe swinging along with no visible inconven- ience. He didn't finish his studies here but went to Rome where he earned the degree of Doctor of Canon Law. His close adher- ence to the dictum Mens sana in corpore scwo, seems to have produced a man of great ability mental as well as physical. PERFGRINUS The Holy Father recently honored the same diocese by appointing one of its men to his household. Last Thanksgiving Bishop ORe1lly announced that Father Zy- chowicz would be raised to the dignity of monsignor. This announcement was received with enthusiasm because he was well deserving of the honor He has done an immense amount of work for the Polish people in that diocese and his ability to care for a large parish and to make and keep peace among oppos- Z X, L2 lI169ll .I llllllllllllll iiiilf .....- mmmnm ing factions marks him as a capable leader. 'I