Mount Carmel High School - Oriflamme Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

Page 11 text:

7 REQUIESCAT REV. VICTOR SCHWAR, O. Carm. All Carmel mourned the sudden death of the Reverend Victor Schwar, O. Carm., former teacher at Mount Carmel High School. The 38 year old priest was struck by a cerebral hemorrhage in the Phila- delphia Naval Hospital, July 10, 1951. Pastor and Prior of the Carmelite parish of Holy Trinity in Pittsburgh since June, 1948, Father Victor had been recalled by the Air Force as a chaplain. The youthful Carmelite was born in Zamboanga, in the Philippines, the son of a professional Army man. He attended Mt. Carmel College at Niagara Falls, Ontario, for his seminary studies, and later De Paul, Notre Dame, Illinois, and Northwestern Universities. From 1934 to 1939 Father Victor taught Mathematics and was Registrar at Mount Carmel High School. After his discharge from service in the Second World War, he was assistant pastor of St. Cecelia Church in Englewood, N.

Page 10 text:

REQUI ESCIAT Y ,, . va. , X, RIA. l.l'.O NVALI Ink, O. C.arm. 'l'rag'c'cly struck thv ranks of thc Carincl- itv Orclvr, Ovtohcr 18, 1951, in Akron. Ohio. Un this Clatc' thc' Vcry Rc'x'01'c11d 1,1-o W'altc'r O. Carin.. 1'c-clcctcd to a srrond tcrin as Prior Provincial of thc Chicago Cfarinvlitt' Provincv, divd un- cxpc'c'tc'clly of a heart attack at thc- agc ol' 63. 'I'hc hclovccl pricst was horn in Pitts- hurgh. Pa., in 1888 and just sixtcvn ycars latc'rc'an1t' to Chicago to attvnd St. CIyril's Ciollvgc-. Graduating in 1910. hc was ordainrd two yvars aftcrward. .Xftcr tcaching eight yvars at St. Cyril's. Fr. Loo was put in Charge' of St. Cl0lllIlllJ2l,S parish in Hcgcwisch. In 1921 ht' was appointcd supvrior of St. Cyril's Carinclitc Clonnnunity. Froin 1925 to 1930, Fr. Lco scrvcd two tvrins as Prior of Mt. Clarincl Collcgr. Niagara Falls. Ontario. ln 1933 hc bccainc Nox'ic'c-lVIastc'1' of thc Provinrc. a post which hc' ably hcld until his Provincial appointment was announccd.

Page 12 text:

RE TATIC Q ill 4, ,Il . W 4. Q -4 fl' A' LJ lah. Within recent years the name, Mt. Carmel, has been blessed with great good fortune. Countless awards, trophies, and athletic champion- ships have been justly claimed by this school. And yet these awards and trophies are immaterial compared with the infinite reaches of God's providence. ' The Senior Class of 1952 believes that it has gained a wonderful education from Carmelis competent faculty. Not merely an education derived from books, because life is much more complex than that. A true man must also be instilled with a loveg a love of his God, and his fellow man. V Carmelis religious' program is geared directly to the necessities of thestudents. Weekly Mass, continuous confessions, vocational rosaries, and retreats Conly school which has four separate retreatsj all are at your beckoning call. The Third Order and Religious Council are composed of those school members, who feel an abundant love of God. The school program is divided into six categories, and each section looks to a religious figure for its guidance. Our faculty looks to the greatest teacher of them all, jesus Christ, who is exemplary of all faculty conduct. The before-and-after class prayers are offered up to St. Thomas Aquinas so that he may aid us in our studies. St. Joseph, with his industrious loyalty, is the prototype of all organizations. The work of the Religious Council attests that his leadership is most bene- ficial. The athletic representative is St. Michael, although his influence reaches further than the field of sports. In the battle of life he is our great weapon against the beckonings of temptation. In all social ac- tivities we look to our Blessed Mother. To our eyes our girls and sweet- hearts must be a portrait of saintly purity. For all outside activity we implore the aid of St. Therese, whose humble piety is an inspiration to all. With her guidance we may truly look upon God as our Father. The Carmelite Fathers have known no bounds to aid us towards the better fulfillment of our Catholic lives. It is no matter how praise- worthy a man may be in the sight of another mortal. The great rod of measurement is wholesome worthiness in the sight of God. To live - 9 a truly happy life without religion is absurd, for one cannot exist without the other. . nf V'