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The Archives of The University of Notre Dame 607 Hesburgh Library Notre Dame, IN 46556 574-631-6448 [email protected] Notre Dame Archives: Alumnus c The Notre Dame ALUMNU Vol. 24 OCTOBER, 1946 iNo. 5 Vost-War Notre Dame: A Small Group of Quarters for Married Veterans. There are 117 Such Units Just East of the Campus. The Notre Dame Alumnus and for all members of His Mystical Body. That prayer offers up ourselves, our AUufuU Re>Uai0444. BultetiH work, our sufferings with Christ and to iBy REV. JOHJi P. iXSCO, C.8.C., 16: Christ in the Mass. It converts our whole day into a prayer to honor and glorify A MISS AT MASS and as charitably as I can. I'm very God—and also in reparation for past conscious then of His help throughout sins, thus reducing our time in Purga- A non-Catholic girl once told me that the week." • tory. she had been going to Mass every Sun­ We should say it not once, but several day for almost a year. When questioned, WITH AND FOR CHHIST times a day. she knew nothing Say it especially when we're up against regarding the She hadn't understood the doctrine of a tough job, a disagreeable situation, a doctrine of the the Mass but she had done a better worry, trial or pain. Mass. She hadn't thing. She had lived it. the faintest idea It is our privilege at every Mass to We'll face that trial then as a brother that bread and offer Christ to His Father and then to of Christ should face it—Christ-like, wine became the offer ourselves to God the Father through We will have offered it to Him and Body and Blood Christ and with Christ, His Son, who is with Him; and with Him, through Him of Christ or that our Brother. and for Him we will face it, our cross, as the Mass was the We are His brothers and sisters, mem­ He faced His, courageusly, patiently and re-enactment o f bers of His Mystical Body, destined and with love. Calvary. privileged to carry on His life and work THE ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT Father Lynch ghe certainly here on this earth, in a Christ-like man­ didn't know all the answers, yet the ner. October 4th is the feast of St. Francis Mass had an irresistible attraction for Our whole life, every day, every act, of Assisi. He is known as the most joy­ her. "I don't get it," I told her. "The should be an offering, should glorify God. ous person ever to live on this earth. The Mass must appear queer to a non-Cath­ St. Paul said it this way, "Whether you secret of his happiness was his obedience olic with the priest's unusual vestments, eat or drink or whatsoever else you do, to the 11th Commandment, "Never take his back facing the audience, the lan­ do all for the glory of God." yourself too seriously." guage he uses. Tell me \yhy, if you can, We don't have to limit that offering His was a divine sense of humor. He you do go every Sunday. AVhat draws to Sunday's Mass either. We can do the didn't take himself too seriously. He took you?" same at daily Mass—and the next best Christ alone seriously and others be­ "Well," she answered, "I feel absolute­ thing is the daily Morning Offering. cause of Christ, ly sure that God somehow is there at We've referred to it before but here The philosophy and secret of his joy every Mass. I've never felt God's pres­ again is that Morning Offering. is found in this pi-ayer, generally credit­ ence in any church except the Catholic ed to him: Church at Mass time—and I've tried "Jesus, throxigh the Immaculate Lord, make vie an instrument of them all in years past." Heart of Mary I offer Yon my prayers, works aiid sufferings of this Thy peace; where there is hatred, let "All right, I can understand that, but," day for all the i7ite7itions of thy me soiv love; where there is doubt, I queried further, "what do you do or Sacred Heart, in reparation for my faith; where there is despair, hope; what do you say at Mass?" sins and in union with the sacrifice where there is darkness, light; and Thoughtfully, slowly she explained, "I of the Mass wherever it is being ivhere there is sadness, joy. tell God I'm sorry for any thing I did celebrated throughout the world." during the past week that I think was O Divine Master, grant that I may wrong, or that offended or hurt Him or WORK BECpMJSS PRAYER not so much seek to be consoled as my family or neighbor or employer. Then to console; to be understood, as to I offer Him the coming week: my Work, We can thus unite ourselves and offer understand; to be loved, as to love; ray troubles and worries. I tell Him I'm ourselves with Christ in Mass by inten­ for it is in giving that we receive, going to live for Him the coming week! tion, if not by actual presence at Mass. it is in pardoning that xve are par­ I'm going to perform that whole week for Your Missal prayers reveal that Christ doned, and it is in dying that we are love of Him as faithfully, as patiently offers each Mass not alone but with bom to eternal life. The Ninth Annual Universal Notre Dame Communion Sunday Sunday, December 8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception • The "feast of the Immaculate Conception and Universal Notre Dame Communion Sunday fail this year on the same day. In addition, 1946 is the centennial of the election of Mary Immaculate to be patroness of the United States. Altogether, you will agree, Sunday, Dec. 8, 1946, is a day for very special observance by Notre Dame men. Answer the challenge of these times! Go to Mary! The Notre Dame Alumnus This mairazine is published bi-monthly, by the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame. Indiana. Entered as second class matter Octo­ ber 1, 1939, at the PostoHice, Notre Dame, Indiana, under the ,act of August 24, 1912. Member of the American Alomni Council. lames E. Armstrong. '25. Editor; William B. Dooley, '26. Managing Editor 4:: VOL. 24 fefcrOBER, 1946 iNO. 5 4,489 Students Attending Even with Record Enrollment, Campus Has pre-War, Civilian Ap­ pearance; Normal, Pre-War Student Activities Begin, Mostly on Enlarged Scale; Veterans and Their Families Add New Note. Foi' the first time in five years cam­ while the number swelled until hundreds on the campus—^the Office of Yeterans' pus life at Notre Dame has reverted packed the entrance to the Administra­ -Affairs, which is headed by. Rev.. John to normal appearance. Gone are the tion Building. This was a rejuvenation J. Lane, C.S.C. The Social Science build­ blues and the greens of the Navy and of the well-known service game played ing, immediately wiest of Kockne Mem­ Marine Corps that predominated during by veteran and non-veteran alike— orial, housed a special contingent of VA the war years; gone the snappy measure "Hurry up and wait." officials from Indianapolis, here to ex­ of "Hup, two, three, hoh!" In place of Lines formed everywhere—at the en­ pedite matters for the veterans. the uniforms there are the corduroys and trance of the Administi-ation building, Although final tabulations are incom­ T-shirts, the bow tie and sport jacket; at the former Navy administration build­ plete, the Colleges of Arts and Letters in place of the cadenced rhythm of ing, newly named the Social Science and Commerce, each with an approxi­ marching steps are casual strollers and building, and at the University laundry mate enrollment of 1,200, again, in the racing feet one minute after the bell. and dining halls. The longest and most traditional manner, boast the largest en­ The "civilian" campus is once again ap­ tiring lines, by far, were those before the rollment. Then come the Colleges of proaching the easy routine of normalcy. entrance of the Administration and the Engineering, 1,100, Science, 530 and But there are some differences in this Social Science buildings. At the former, Law, 200. Law school enrollment nearly routine from that of other, pre-war, the 4,489 registered students, an increase doubled that of previous years and the years. of about 900 over the 1946 spring se­ 240 registrants of the Graduate School Early on the morning of Sept. 9 reg­ mester and an all-time high, received also represented a 100 per cent increase istration crowds began forming. At first their class cards; the 3,400 veterans, over last semester. there weren't more than a few score de- about 1,800 more than last semester, That an unprecedented number of teimined students but within a short were welcomed by the most beseiged office students had enrolled for the first con- Another of those registralion day long lines, this one in the Main Building. Dean McCarthy and Professor Davis register Commerce men. The Notre Dame Alumnus to the regfular student section toward the end zone. And, with the advent of football sea­ son, attention is momentarily diverted to the University band, an indispensable portion of Notre Dame gridiron tradi­ tion. The musical aggregation represent­ ing the school this year should be the finest since its formation in 1868.

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