Academy of the Visitation - Crescent Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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OUR ARCHBISHOP 1896 1921 A Bullder thou Prmce of the Church of God' Not only ln an edxfice of stone Thy sp1end1d work shall stand and not alone In tr1butes for the trzumphs that are thme' Farth thou hast brought from Erm s sacred sod Our torches we have kmdled from thy lxght And we wxll follow where so e er thou goest Thou leadest us to justlce and thou knowest Our wxlls are welded one m wxll wxth thme' And thou shalt buxld with us a mystxc tower Where souls may flee to safety ln that hour When other beacons may no longer shme Forever xn our watch tower burnmg brlght Shall glow the fires we kmdled from thy hght A Bullder thou of loyalty to God! Strong Leader!-thou hast led the way a-right!-

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De rcanon CFC: Hs Qrace The most Reverend John J Gjlennon D scrlloecl wnh the reverent alfec hon o hrs Grace Dlsltal on Chrldren Class of 21 . , . D, this humble little work is inf . f . S

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he Vlsltatl n Crescent Vo I ST LOUIS MAY, 1921 No 2 ISSUED TWICE A YEAR BY THE ACADEMY OF THE VISITATION SUBSCRIPTION PRICE Sl 00 PER YEAR HIS GRACE ARCHBISHOP GLENNON When Rxght Rev john J Glennon was called to the Archdlocese of St Louls he came heralded as the youngest Archblshop ln the Hlerarchy But fourteen years 1n th1s country hrs r1se ln Church d1st1nct1on attracted attentlon and h1s selectlon for so great a herltage was but the loglcal sequence That was eighteen years ago but Hls Grace IS st1ll the youngest Arch blshop 1n the Hlerarchy rf youth be measured by young eyes and the clear v1s1on wh1ch detects at first glance the dormant lurkmg poss1b1l1t1es m the bxg field before h1m He found the old French crty drowsy from dreams of early conquests Old famxlles fostered by old 1nst1tut1ons begettmg old clxques made up a reglme a sort of rel1g1ous court clrcle wlth 1ts accompany mg aloofness from thmgs mundane and hxghbred tolerance for people of later brawn secure 1n the snugness whrch IS born of long contemplatron of thlngs well done Educatronal 1nst1tut1ons whose fame abroad brought each year the stranger student wlthm therr gates Hounshlng parrshes substantlal churches bore testlmony to thelr zeal But the plvotal pomt of rehgxous splendor and ceremonlal was also a dream Sentlment had crowned the Old Cathedral wlth an lmportance and made of lt a shrme of sacred memorles To be sure some day you were told a New Cathedral would be bullt Thrs generatron remembered the great Kenrlck the lovable and glfted Ryan and h1s practical successor and to each rn turn had pledged support when the plan should materxalrze But the trme for 1nert1a had passed the clarron Hodle of the com mandmg young Prelate rang out over the Archdlocese and the glft bearmg falthful glad of the awakening brought of their rrches to the great cause Inherlted wealth contrrbutlons from the captains of finance bxg as thelr suc cessful schemes donatrons from generous wage earners and mltes of the poor made up the fund and the Cathedral arose rn 1ts old world glory worthy the Crty of the Crusader Kmg There are those who tell us that the New Drocesan Semlnary ranks wlth the Cathedral m archltectural srgnlficance and artlstlc merrt but that IS a matter for analysls To us they are the compellmg hrgh lrghts rn a sketch of splendid ach1evement ln whlch Catholic welfare soclal uplift and organlzed charlty make up the Vafled detall In thls area of crowded act1v1t1es of plans matured and maturmg no effort was too humble to find a generous space and no one too obscure for audlence and encouragement And wh1le the mexorable years are rolhng up thelr record of a llfe 1n God s servlce for those who come after to read they have left comparatrvely few traces of care on the serene and tlreless worker The undlsturbed calm of a great personalrty and the radxance of a Celt1c smrle stlll proclarm Hrs Grace the Youngest Archbrshop 1n the Hlerarchy Lucy A Brggms Alton Ill 3 O 6 0 l. . , . 7 . , . 1 . , - 1 1 Y Y l - 1 1 , .. - , . 1 - 1 1 1 1 , . - 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . H . ,, , - v - 1 1 - 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 . . I 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 , . . 1 1 '-' . , , .