St Rita of Cascia High School - Cascian Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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WE CONSIDER IT EXTREMELY TIMELY TO DEDICATE THIS I95I CASCIAN TO OUR GREAT FOUNDER, ST. AUGUSTINE, 'PHE GREATEST FATHER OF OUR CHURCH, THE BISHOP OF HIPPO, THE INSPIRED DOCTOR OF ANTIQUITY AND MODERNITY. THE TIME AND CIRCUMSTAINCE WILL MAKE THIS YEARBOOK ANOTHER EPICAL VOLUME THAT IN SUBSTANCE AND FORM, IN WORD AND PIC- TURE, IN DIGNITY AND MAJESTY, WILL GIVE CONCRETE EXPRES- SION TO THE NOBLE TRADITIONS AND IDEALS OF THE GREATEST MIND AND HEART OUR CATHOLIC CHURCH CAN ACCLAIM NEXT NEXT TO JESUS CHIRIST AND ST. PAUL. --THE CASCIAN STAFF

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St. Augustine Helnnqs tn the Age' Aurelius Augustinus was born at Ta- gaste, a town of Numidia, on the 13th of seemed to have impressed his lnind. But he t N X -1-Us A ' fir j ,ggi Sitglss 7,-5 gpqhf. , . Sy- f 'lUt,l,w,l. it , B- 4 H711 Wy! Nkxx it t' Yr:-T s.-' ta'?c j'f Nfs5wT5-f- f:,- ,. Aww VET. , , wie? f AW-ff November, 3414 A.lJ. His father, Patricius, W ,Z 'df R V W. . , . .. -. Tx I fW?'7f'QllA' as .1 bulgess of this town, and was a pa- .t X fn? -, www? g ,ugv gM?.t.13', . . . . ' , ,4 ,XG lt Q ' wus-.,l gan at the time of his son's b1rtl1. His moth- l f?f,f'qh:iii'Hht.a' it .hi tlgl-ftlg l .. -. - W H ll i xkfl l ci, Monica, was a woman ot the most ele- ,J Aim vated, tender, and devoted piety. She in- 'wjigfgg-'IW W .filth fl . .. . 'f'??s'v Y structed her son in the taith and love of X ,ff l t g . . . . . ' e LU fe' JK Jesus Christ, and tor a time her instruction ,' l,,'t,1 ,Nl,l Q5SiE 4 ,N ,, ,J , f,.t,.l ll sQbh Q! oil jazkfji wwgj grew up without any profession of Chris- tian piety, or any devotion to Christian principles. He inherited from his father a sensual disposition and early gave way to the unbridled impulses of passion. As a result of this he became the father of a son to wholn he was passionately attached. Although Augustine was a wanton youth, he was eager and earnest in his thirst for knowledge. His father, having observed the talents of his boy, spared no expense to educate his son for a career as a rhetorician. The youth stud- ied at his home town and also at Madaura and Carthage. He was especially devoted to the Latin poets. He was not very well acquainted with Greek literature, and it has been doubted whether or not he could use, in the original, either the He- brew or Greek Sculptures. NVhile he was attending Carthage, the theater held a strange fascination for him. To his sensuous spirit the spectacles presented at the theater were irresist- ible, and the extent to which he seems to have yielded to the fascination is suf- ficient proof of his active alienation from Christianity at this period. Augustine's mind was first awakened to the spirit of speculation when in his nineteenth year he read Cicero's Hortensius. Augustine ceaselessly engaged in the study of various philosophies, and passed from one phase of thought to an- Page 6