The Irish standard., 1901-03-16
COLLEGE OF ST. THOMAS.
The Feast OF Its Patron Saint Is
Celebrated.

The Feast OF Its Patron Saint Is
Celebrated.
Thursday, March Z, the feast of the
patron of the College of st. Thomas,
Merriam Park, was inaugurated by
the celebration of solemn high mass
in the church adjoining the college.
The officers Of the mass were: Rev.
William Colbert, celebrant; Rev. Fran
els jaeger, deacon, and Rev. William
Dobbin, subdeacon. Mr.. l.. Ziskowsky
and Mr.. NJ. Griffin We're the masters
of ceremonies. The students of St.
Paul seminary and Il large number of
the clergy of the province of St. Paul
We're in attendance. Among others
were: Rt. Rev. Mgr. Oster, Rev. p. r.
Hcffron, Rev. ]. f. Dolphin, Rev. NJ.
Horrigan, 0. P, Rev. jerome Heider,
o. S. B., Rev. Father Moran, o. P,
Rev. Father Timothy, o. S. B., Rev.
Othmar Erren o. S. b., Rev. Fathers
X. Fitzgerald, ]. G. Byrne, JIM. Cleary,
2. Danehy, Harrison, J. Harrington,
Turner, Moynihan Campbell, GEMS,
II. X. Cores, 1. Limberg, D. Mayer, w.
l.. Hart, M. J. Egan, T. Moore, A.
Carey, p. Il. O'Brien, M. Masl, w. H.
Shcran, P. J. Toner, d. Hughes, G..
Murphy, Il. schaefer, r. Schlinkert, T..
Printon, ]. Dunphy, J. J. Goergen, p.
Kelly, j. Gleason, p. Meade, o. Dol
phin, ]. Reardon, G. Arctander, J..
Powers, J. II. Prendergast, A. Coyle,
G. McDevitt, p. Kenny, ]. Riley, J..
Kennedy, Professors Hartigan, Sulli-
van Conway and McKenna.
The preacher for the occasion was
the Rev. Clement Thuente, o. P, Of
New York. After stating the reasons
for the celebration the speaker dwelt
on some of the most interesting and
important events of the life of the
Angelic Saint and Doctor" and ex-
planned the magnanimity, nobility and
sanctity of his character. "The an
Gent Grecian and Roman philosophers
and astronomers" he said, penetrated
deep into the mysteries of nature. BY
the acute logic of their minds, long
and perfect training, clear observation
OF the heavenly bodies and everything
i'll nature, they acquired a great
knowledge Of the laws that rule the
universe and concluded rightly as to
the various causes of the same. Still
these philosophers died before they
brought their systems to perfection,
and the schools they founded had but
Il short duration. After them came
Jesus Christ, the creator of these heav-
only bodies and everything in nature.
His mission was not to teach natural
truths, but to perfect nature and to
raise it to the supernatural order. lie
SUMS up the wisdom or all of the sagcs
by saying: THE sun will not give his
light, the moon will be darkened, the
stars will fall from ACKNOWLEDGMENT
and earth will pass away"
Soon after came the decline and fall
OF the Roman empire and the invasion
of the barbarians. These barbarians
were civilized and educatcd-educa-
ton in these days was by far moro
universal than is commonly believed
Still education was more or less limit.
cd to grammar, logic, rhetoric and re.
liglon. The sciences were neglected
and the great wisdom of the ancient
world was ignored. Alfred the Great
and St Thomas -Aquinas opened these
books of such philosophers as Plato
and Aristotle, brought to light these
immense hidden treasures. studied
these doctrines, and with their master
minds compared the masterpieces OF
human reason with the truths of rev
citation and harmonized them. They
made use Of philosophy to explain and
interpret theology, and they used the
ology to correct, direct and advance
philosophy.
With them begins the new and gold
Ell period Of Christian arts. our Chris
tian sciences and Christian education
st. Thomas, uniting and mastering all
the truths, which come to us from ono
and the same God-through the two
fold channel of reason and revelation
planned and built that grand edifice
so magnificent in it's outlines, so per
feet in it's details-the we'll known
'Summa Theological
"Wisdom is power. Such a wise
man, and therefore such powerful
man, the whole world admires. Still
there are some learned men whom W.
rather fear; we dare not approach
them. They are the men Of the world
who develop in an eminent degree thu
mind, but neglect the heart. Such mel
Pere Monsabre compares beautiful,
to those high imposing mountain
peaks isolated by their own greatness
They seem to be near the sun, the SUI
seems near to them, they receive tn,
light Of the sun III abundance, but re
ject the heat. They are eternally GOV
cred with ice and snow.
est. Thomas was not only Learned
man, st. Thomas was saint. TIL,
sun of justice not only enlightened hi.
mind. but also warmed and enlarged
his heart. st. Thomas is justly called
the prince of Christian philosopher.
and theOlogi0ns: he NAV with enua