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Volume XLVIII
No. 14
Monday, April 27, 1931.
ALUMNUSINDIES . STREATOR St. V路lator Mourns p asslng
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THREE DAY PREEASTER RETREAT IS SUCCESSFUL James F. Ryan, Former President 0
Rev. J. W. Parker Passes Away From Cerebral Rev. Moisant Preaches Hemorrhage; Bishop RITES HELD IN CHICAGO ARE ATTENDED BY CARDINA L MUNAn Instructive and InSchlarman Sings teresting Retreat to CATHOLIC DELEIN ; INTERMENT IN BOURBONNAIS. Funeral Mass Students in PreparWORLD FEELS LOSS St. Viator Coll ege was cast into ation for Feast
grief for the second time in a week when news reached the instItution Not only the Clerics of St. VIator I treasurer of the institution, an office of the death of the Rev. J. W. Parker, and parIshioners of St VIator church, he held until 1909. who passed away at his home 111 but hundreds of the clergy and I At this time he received the apStreator on Tuesday, March thirtlOth. friends throughout t he country are pointment to the pastorate of St. At an inquest held over hIS boc.ly, mourning the death of the Rev Viator's where he remained until 1918, and then was named to the cerebral hemorrhage was given a s James F Ryan, C. S. V, pastor of the cause of death. St. VIator church, who passed away presidency of St. Viator College, The body lay in state in Inllnacul- Sunday, Apl'll 5th I Bourbonnais, a post he filled with ate Conception Church, StreatOl, of The funera l was held Thursday, credit for a year. Then came his reappointm ent to the pastorate of St. which he was pastor, from SUl.day April 9th . Until Wednesday, the afternoon untiJ the hour of the fun- remains lay in state in the rectory Viator's where his work has been blessed materially and spiritually. eral, which was held on Monday, and then were transferred to the April sixth. church. His Eminence, Ge6rge CardThe parish buildings are a model of their kind. Parishioners had coThe solemn requiem high mass for ina I Mundelein, was present at the Father Parker's funeral was sung at solemn funera l services and gave the operated with the pastor, working ten o'clock on Monday morning. The last absolution at their conclusion. for the materiali zation of a great Rt. Rev. Joseph H. Schlarman, At 10 a. m., a great conCourse of desire: the erection of a spacious Bishop of Peoria, was the celebrant. priests chanted the Office of the and practical g'l.路oup of church buildHe was assisted by Rev. Dean Mad- Dead,' followed by Solernn Requiem ings which are an ornament to th is prosperous section of the great al'chden of Ottawa a.nd the Rev. Dean Mass in the presence of His EminDurkin of Rock Island, deacons of ence. The celebrant of the Mass was diocese. He was also Counselor of honor; Rev. Daniel Sullivan of the Rt. Rev. Msg r. G. M. Legris, D. his community. Peoria, deacon of the Mass; Rev. I D., of St. Viator College, assisted Father Ryan was one of the most Morris Sammon of Peoria, sub- by the Rev. J. H. Nawn, pastor of widely known members of the Viadeacon; Rt. Rev. T . E. Shea, chancel- ' St. Francis Xavier church, LaGrange, RE V. JAMES F. RYAN torian Order. He began his work lor of t he Peoria diocese, master of Ill., as deacon, the Rev. J. V. Lavery young and was sincerely zealous ceremonies; and Rev. Louis Bisqup- Marre, pastor of St. Joseph church, V., lifelong friends of Father Ryan. and devoted. He was one of the ski of Streator, arch-priest. Chicago, sub-deacon, and the Rev. Masses were also offered on Monday, priests who did most for the developW. F. Keefe of Holy Cross church, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings at ment of St. Viator's, both college Indianapolis, Ind., former pupil of 8 o'clock; the Mass on Wednesday and parish and his passing is a the deceased priest, master of cere- was for the ch il dr~n. . g reat loss and keen ly realized. He 1 monies. The acolytes were the Rev. Interment was m the Commumty I was greatly beloved by all. Fathers S. A. Swikoski, C. S. V. , cemetery at Bourbonnais , Ill. Students Attend Mass. and the Rev. John J. Farrell, C. S. Born in Illinois. Although the funeral took place v., assistant priests at St. Viator Father Rya n died of a heart at- during the E a ster vacation, many church. The Rev. Angelo F . Rinella, tack on Easter Sunday, although he Viator students were in attendance c. s. v., was thurifer. The Rt. Rev. had been ill for s everl months. He a t the Mass in Chicago. Upon the Msgr. Thomas V. Shannon, L. L. D., was born in Batavia, Ill., October 9, r eturn of the student body to the pas tor of St. Thomas the Apostle 1869. Hi s college and semina ry edu- College, a Requiem High Mass was church, preached the eulogy. cation were received at St. Viator celebrated in the Chapel which was The first school dance of the postDuring the ceremonies Masses College and he entered the novitate attended by the entire student body, Lenten season will be held in the were bemg 路 ' . celebrated at the two there on October 21, 1884. He was Imos t of whom receIved Holy Comgymnasium next Wednesday evening. s ide altars by the Very Rev. John P. ordained priest on June 26, 1895. munion. The Mass was celebrated The affair is to be in the nature of O'Mahoney, C. S. V., Provincial Af ter his ordination he taught at by the Very Rev. J. W. R. Maguire, a hard times party, and t~e com- Superior of the Clerics of St. Viator, St. Viator's and was master of diS- rC. S. V., present Pres ident of St. mittee in charge is decora,tmg the and the Rev. William J. Ryan, C. S. cipline until 1904 when he became Viator College.
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OBI;UARY----C~~;_H~- of Fr.
One of the most highly successful retreats of recent years was closed on Holy Saturday by the services of that day he ld in Maternity Church and attended by the entire Catholic student body of St Viator College. The services this year were under the direction of the Rev. F . Moisant, C. S. V., head of the Viatorian mission band from the retreat house in Chicago, and a former student of the College. The services were opened by a Conference following night prayer on Wednesday, Apr il first, and continued until the services for Holy Saturday morning had been completed . All class activ ities were suspended during the duration of the retreat, and the time was given over entirely to preparation for the Feast of Easter. Missionary Inst ructive. Father Moisant, famed as the most successful of the Viatol'ian missionaries, proved to be an understand ing and helpful director of the retreat. His interesting manner of speech made his conference very popular, and the student body was cons iderably refreshed mentally and spiritually by t he season spent under his guiding hand. Holy T hu rsday Obser ved . The services on Holy Thursday opened with Holy Mass in the College chapel at seven o'clock. The entire student body received Holy Communion on this day in commemoration of the institution of the Holy Eucharist. T he Mass of the Pre-sanctified was celebrated on Good Friday, with t he Very Rev. J. W. R. Maguire, C. S. V., President of St Viator ColIege as celebrant of the Mass. Conferences were held as usua l t hroughou t the day, and the Way of the Cross was made under the leaders hip of the Rev. John Lynch, C. S. V., at two o'clock in the afternoon. Retrea t Emla on Saturduy. The r etreat was ended by the services of Holy Saturday which wer e held in Maternity Church. The Mass of Holy Saturday was celebra ted by the Very Rev. Maguire, C. S. V" a ssis ted by Rev. A. Landroche, C. S. V., Deacon, and Rev. E mm et Wal sh, C. S. V., Sub- Deacon.
::: chairmanship of Raymund Wenthe, who is being assisted by a committee, St. Viator College extends its of his own selection. Since but o(\e sympathy to Re v. M. P. Sammon, '99, more dnn~e. remain~ on the student With the ad vent of spnng wea ther and Jam es Dugan, s tudent, upon the ' Due to the opening of the baseball calendar, It IS the wlsh of Mr. Wt'nthC! to the campus ha s come the resump. dea th of their mother and grand- season, the hour of the weekly broadand hiS .associates t~ make thiS one tion of activities a bout the tennis I mother, Mrs. James Sammon. The cast of the Very Rev. J. W. R. Mao! the. bIggest functl~ns of the year. courts. The co urts by Roy Hall ha ve fun era l was held in H ol y Trinity guire, c. s. v., President of St. Via. MusIC for the affaIr will be furn- bee n trimmed ahd rolled, and are in I Church on April 8th, and interm ent tor Colleg e, who speaks from radio s ta tion W CFL, Chicago, ha s been lshed by the ever-popular Ray Wulff excell ent conditi on for play. Rumors was in Bloo mington. and hIS Ambassadors. The Am bas- have bee n flying a bout the campus cha nged f r om 3 :30 o'clock on Sunday s adors have long been reigning fa v- of late conce rning the building of a I The Coll ege a nd a lumni wer e aftern oons to 8 :00 o'clock Sunday ontes. With V18tor dancers, and their ba ttery of new courts near the gym, grieved to learn of the death of evening. ~el ecbon adds greatly to the uttract- , but nothing definite has been lea rn ed Wa rr en Nolan, s tudent at St. Viator F a ther Maguire is now broadca stlVeness of the evemng. concernin g them as yet . from 1922-24. Mr. Nolan's death oc- ing a series of lectures from the Tickets will go on sale immediateThe g olf driving range has take' curred quite suddenl y in New York Chicagb s tation on Economi cs and The most f amous pair of glo ves ly, nnd can be secure d either thro ug h on a n a ir of activity r ivalled onl y by City as he was pr eparing to lea ve Labor. As a labor leader, his ta lks in a ll S t. Vi a tor College-Burly the C?nllttee or at the Colleg e Store. th a t dis pl ayed by the St. Bernard I f or a vacation after comp leting a have a roused cons ider able inter est, Logan's line man's mitts-have disDnnemg w,ll .be fr~m. mne. to :",elve, links, a nd the wh izz ing pellets cause publicity campaign fo r United Art- I and he has been received as fa.r away a ppeared under the most inexplithe . hour~ being hru1ted tn view of more worrying among outfi elders on I ists on Chap lin's latest pictu re, as So uthampton, Eng land. ca ble circumstances. 'rIte glo ves the Cnct that classes will be conducted t he baseba ll diamo nd t han the ~os- "City Lights." were first missed on las t Thursday a s us ual on the f ollowing da y. s ibilit ies of missing the next fly balI. evening , but li ttle a ttention was \Vith the dead line for the theses Preparations for the "Hard Time" g iven to th e matter at the time by Between dodging goll balls and set at May D, most of t he Senior s dan ce to be held in the Colleg e gym Mr. Logan, w ho ex pl a ined his negliwater, the cha nce of walking about The Clintonites are ta lking seri- are burning midnight oil, spending In t he near future has been go ing on I ge nce by s ta tin g that th e gl oves the campus is pretty fair. These ously about organi zing a Clinton long hours in the li brary, a nd losing fo r sever a l days. This type of a we r e in t he habit of dropping out of so-called golfers would certainl y be \' iator Social Club. The), believe plenty of sleep in trying to g et their d~ nce w ill be something new and an evening to get a little air, and in an a W'ful pred ica ment if they had that a Clu b of this ki nd wi ll pu t paper in so that they may receive a dlffere~ t f or the co llege boys and a perchance to clim b an odd pole or to calI thei,. s hots ! I Clin ton on the map. she~pskin in the near future. good t ime should be had by all. I two fo r relaxa tion.
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