St Basil Academy - Basilianette Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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61:51 l6lI'l2ff85 0 fo Q. Our Holy Father Pope Plus XII nn declarmg 1954 a Marlan Year has requested that one of the favors to be prayed for durmg th1s year IS that youth may not suffer ltself to be mfested by the corrupt breath of the world Because the Class of 1954 of Sa1nt Basxl Academy wxshes to heed the counsels of Hrs Holiness we m conjunctxon wxth the National Catholnc Youth Orgamzatnon have chosen as the theme of our yearbook and mdeed as the watch word of our lxves WORLD S HOPE YOUTH WITH FAITH Our Cathollc youth strengthened by the sacra ment of Confirmation promises strength and faith rn God ns the greatest strength Lack of faith weakened faxth and wavermg faith has brought dxsaster elsewhere It has even put entire nations behlnd an nmpenetrable wall But we are aware of the tortures our fellow Catholxcs are endurmg secretly to keep the spark of faxth ahve The only hope the world has hes ln our youth who must be the means of llghtmg the world so there will be no barrxers I gadiganeffeb go fo may

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Durmg the short sex enteen or erghteen years of our exxstence on thxs earth we haye been sheltered from the corruptness of the world by our supcrnors parents and teachers but we are cognlzant of the problems that exnst and of the task that Ines before us Past mlstakes have been polnted out and we are ready to rectnfy them It has been sald that Amerlca s finest contr1bu non to the progress of mankmd IS the confidence she has ID herself That quallty IS but a reflection of the faxth which our youth must haxe m them selves Wnthout fanth there can be no zeal no vnllmgness to undertake the blllldlflg of a better world Youth w1th falth m themselyes can pro duce leaders youth vuth falth nn themselves can never be dnerted from the hugh prmclples whrch haye been taught them Samt Basxl Academy from the year of 1ts begmmng to thls Marnan Year of 1954 has strned to educate young women who vull go forth as Our Holy Father says untouched by the corruptness of the world We the Class of 1954 dedlcate this our yearbook to each Basxllanette past and present who loymg the whxte and gold of her school loyes her God and farth aboye all To ey ery Basxllanette part of the great army of Catholic youth YOUTH WITH FAITH we offer thas the 1954 Baszlzarzette Y 'VN Clif! lCl,l'lQffQ:i 0 fo C 00 ,l gaaiganeffed 0 fo ghurciz V . 0 o r f - 1 ' 4 , . Y , 4 . . . , . . . . 5 is ,. . K . , , V. . I . . 4 I . . . I - Q f,.. - t l V l v S u n p ' , , ' y , 1 1 Y 1 , Y 1. Y 7 ' , 3 9 '- 1 N 4 Y 1 I 7 ' 9 . 7 1 1 V , . E ri vs ... , f V ,. fx , , 1