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MARIAN LIBRARY tJNIVERSITY OF DAYTON DAYTON 9, OHIO
Volume XII-Number 3
December, 1956
1956 MARIANIST AWARD WINNER Frank Duff, founder and interna· tiona I head of the Legion of Mary, was the recipient of the seventh annual Marianist Award by the University of Dayton at a ceremony in the uni· versity chapel on December 8, feast of the Immaculate Conception. The award, a silver plaque, is given each year for outstanding service to· the Mother of God. Mr. Duff, who came ftm Dublin, Ireland, for the presentati n, founded the Legion of Mary in Dub in, in 1921. It has since spread thr ughout the world, reaching to ever~ continent, • and engaging in a WI'd &'I var1ety of apostolic works. It is an association of Catholic laity whose purpose is to sanctify its members, to assist the clergy in bringing fallen away Catholics back to the Church, to seek new
converts, an I to intensify Catholic life. There are t o~ about 42,000 active members in the U.S. alone. Mr. Duff is the second layman to receive the 1ward. M. Roger Brien, of Nicolet, Ca11ada, was awarded the plaque in 1953. Others who have been so honored include Rev. Juniper B. Carol, O.~.M. (1950); the late Rev. Daniel A. lord, S.J. (1951); Rev. Patrick Pey,.on, C.S.C. (1952); Rev. Emil Neube t, S.M. (1954), and Rev. Joseph A. S.<elly, C.M. (1955). The Mari.tnist Award was estab· fished in 1 1 ·50 to commemorate the triple center ny of the coming of the Marianists . • the United States, the death of the ·founder, William Joseph Chaminade, and the founding of the University of Dayton
The MARIAN LIRRARY NEWSLETTER is publishtd monthly except July, A ugu.~t, and September, by the Maria.n Library, Univrrsi.ty of Dayton, Dayton 9, Ohio. TheN EWS/,ETTRR will be sent frrc of rharg, to anyone requesting it.
MARIOLOGICAL S,()CIETY MEETS JANUARY 3-4, 1957 The eighth annual _,onvention of the Mariological Society of America will be held in Chicago'~ Hotel Morrison on January 3 and 4, 1957. Themeof the convention, Mary'¡. Death, will be treated in six papers presented by well-known Marian schol<~rs. Speakers will include Rev. Salvatore Bonano, C.M.F., "Our Lady's Alleged Immortality de jure and de facto"; Rev. Walter J. Burghardt, S.J., "Testimony of the Patristic Age Concerning Mary's Death"; Rev. James M. Egan, O.P., "The Doctrin~ of Mary's Death During the Scholastic Period"; Rev. John F. O'Connell, "The -:Testimony of the Sacred Liturgy Relative to Mary's Death"; Rev. William Co}le, C.SS.R., "The Thesis of Mary's Death in the Light of Munificentissimus Deâ&#x20AC;˘1s"; Rev. William G. Most, "The Teaching of PostTridentine Theologians qoncerning Mary's Death." His Eminence, Sam~el Cardinal Stritch, Archbis~op of Chicago, will speak during the traditio 'al Holy Hour on Thursday. Th~ Most Rev. Raymond Hillinger, auxiliary Bishci''J of Chicago, will give the dfficial welcome. Discussion leaders for the v :rious sessions of the convention are: Rev. Timothy M. Sparks, O.P., Rev. J.Jhn F. Sweeney, S.J., Rev. Joseph Montalverne, O.F.M., Rev. Eamon R. Carroll, 0. Carm., Rev. Lawrence P. Everett, C.SS.R., and Msgr. George W. Shea. Further information' on the convention, and on Marian Studies, the annual publication of th., society, may be secured from the Secretary, Rev. J. B. Carol, O.F.M., Frarv.iscan Monastery, 174 Ramsey Street, Paterson 1, New Jersey.
MARIAN SPEECH FESTIVAL Riordan High School, San Francisco, California, has for the past three years sponsorec a unique project for promoting knowledge of Our Lady: a Marian ~ )eech Festival. Planned as part of the program of the speech departF ent, the festival was held this year on December 8, with all of the :atholic High Schools of the archdiocese of San Francisco invited to puticipate. Events sponsored included Original Oratory, Extemporaneous Speaking, Impromptu Reading and Interpretation. The theme of the festival was: "Our Blessed Lady and the Moral Crisis in Modern America." Schools interested in further information on this project may contact Brother John Samaha, S.M., Riordan High School, 175 Phelan Ave., San Francisco 1~' California.
SELECTED LIST OF BOOKS RECENTLY RECEIVED BY THE MARIAN LIBRARY
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Alberione, G., MARIA, REGINA DEGLI APOSTOL!. 2 ed. Albano, Edizioni Paoline, 1954. 293p. Bali(, Carolus, IOANNES DUNS SCOTUS DOCTOR, IMMACULATAE CONCEPTIONIS, I. Textus Auctoris. Romae, Academia Mariana lnternationalis, 1954. xi, 107p. (Bibliotheca lmmaculatae Conceptionis, 5) Bigotte, Jose Quelhas, 0 CUL TO DE NOSSA SENHORA NA DIOCESE DA GUARDA. Lisboa, Papelaria Fernandes, 1948. 496p. Bottini, Primo, IL CANTO DEl NAVIGANTI; motivi mariani. Catania, Edizioni Paoline, 1955. 239p. (Stella Maris, 6) / Bourgeois, Georges, L'ENIGME DE BEAURAING. Paris, Bloud et Gay, 1933. 93p. Cervia, Adriano, LASCIARSI AMARE DALLA MADONNA. 4 ed. Roma, Centro Mariano Montfortano, 1954. 189p. Dillenschl)eider, Cl~ment, LE SENS CHRETIEN ET LA MA TERNITf DIVINE DE M~RIE AUX 4me ET 5me SI~CLES DE L'EGLISE. Bruges, Beyaert, 1929. viii, 74p. Dumas, Claudius, L'ADOLESCENCE DE' LA VIERGE. Paris, Desclee de Brou~ wer, 1907. 140p. Ernst, Robert, MARIA SPREEKT TOT ANS VERSCHIJNINGEN SIND S 1830. Eupen, H. Braun, 1947. 11 /p. Faber, Frederick William, BETHLEHEM. Philadelphia, Peter Reilly Co., 1955. 432p. Faber, Frederick William, THE FOOT OF THE CROSS; the sorrows of Mary. new edition. Philadelphia, Peter Reilly Co., 1956. 406p. Ferrero, Piero, VUOI C 0 N 0 S C E R E MARIA? 2a ed. Roma, Collegia S. Maria, 1956. 160p.
Godts, F. X., LA SAINTETE !,.NITIALE DE L'IMMACUL{E, EXPOSEE ET DEFENDUE SELON LA DOCTRINE DE SAINT ALPHONSE. Bruxelles, Librairie Albert de Wit, 1904. 290p. lmbrighi, Gastone, MARIA Dl NAZARETH NELLA TOPONOMASTICA IT A LIANA. Roma, Tecnica Grafica, 1954. 102p. L'IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE: Lezioni tenute in Assisi al XII Corso di Studi Cristiani. Assissi, Edizioni Pro Civitate Christiana, 1955. 183p. (II Simbolo, 12) Lebesconte, Francois, IL CUORE Dl MARIA SECONDO SAN GIOVANNI EUOES. Catania, Edizioni Paoline, 1954. 308p. (Stella Maris, 1) MARIA IN GLAUBE UND FROMMIGKEIT VORTRAGE DES MARIANISCHEN KONGRESSES DER DIOZESE ROTTENBURG STUTTGART, 6 BIS 8 JULI 1954. Rottenburg, Herausgegeben vom Bischoflichen Seelsorgeamt, 1954. 164p. Morand, Lionel C., THE CHARACTER OF THE LEGION OF MARY IN THE LAW OF THE CHURCH. London, Canada, 1955. vii, 60. (Part of thesis, Angelicum, Rome) Peretto, Licinio M., LA MARIOLOGIA DEL PROTOVANGELO Dl G I A C 0 M 0. Roma, Ed. Marianum, 1955. 86p. (Scripta Professorum, 5) Philippart, Egide, LA VIERGE SECOURABLE. Woluwe-St.-Pierre (Belgique), Ed. du Chant-d'Oiseau, 1952. 143p. Pollien, Francois de Sales, GRANDEZZE MARIANE STUDIATE NELLA AVE MARIA. 2 ed. Roma, Centro Mariano Montfortano, 1955. x, 505p. Prete, Benedetto, L'IMMACOLA TA E LA BIBBIA. Bologna, Studio Domenicano, 1954. 63p.
NEW BOOKS (Cont.) Vargas Ugarte, Ruben . HISTORIA DEL CUL TO DE MARIA EN IBERO-AMER ICA Y DE SUS IMAGENES Y SAN TUARIOS MAS CELEBRADOS . 3a ed. Madrid, Talleres Graficos Jura, 1956. 2 vol. Vona, Constantino, OMELIE MARIO LOGISCHE Dl S. GIACOMO Dl SARUG. Romae, Facultas Theologica Pont. Athenaei Lateranensis, 1953. 273p . (Lateranum, N.S. An XIX, 1-4)
OUR LADY OF THE LIBRARY Diocesan Guild Studios , 300 Wyoming Avenue, Scranton 3, Pa., is now able to take orders for plaster reproductions of the original Our Lady of the Marian Library statue. It has been described as "very beautiful " and "difficult to distinguish from the hand-carved wood , but of course not quite as exquisite as that." The statue is being sold under the t i tle " Our Lady of the Library" and is modeled on the original carved for the Marian Library 1n 1952 by Xavier Hochenleitner of Oberammergau . These statues are not handled by the Mar ian Library. For further information, size, price, etc., write directly to the
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