St Vincents Seminary - Vincentian Yearbook (Montebello, CA)

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hey will tell about all your goodness, and sing about your kindness. merciful, slow to become angry and full of constant love. He is good to everyone and has compassion to all he made. I I N These past four years will be with me forever. It seems like just yesterday that I packed up and came to check out exactly what a seminary was all about and to see if I had a vocation to the priesthood. During these four years, I have learned a great many things, especially about community life. I have also grown in wisdom and love for God. There are many people I wish to thank. First of all, my family, for standing with me through thick and thin. . los amo. I wish to thank my class, Ralph, Joe, Mike, and Phil and all my past classmates, who are not forgotten. Good luck to next year ' s student body, especially to the class of ' 80. St. Vincent ' s is blessed with a truly great faculty. Thank you all, past and present, for your pa- tience, concern, and wisdom. There are many others who deserve to be men- tioned—Ruben H., Mike C, Anna P., The Chain Gang, Las Hermanas Josefinas, the Friends of St. Vincent, all those who supported the team, and the Kenoak Street Gang — to mention just a few. Thank you all. Most especially, THANK YOU, GOD, for all Your love and for bringing me to S.V.S.

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The time has come to say good-bye, but many are the friends that I will never forget. First, I want to thank my parents, especially my mother for her love and wisdom. I would also like to thank my brothers and sisters for sharing their love, fun and joy. In addition to my family, there are four friends I want to thank for sharing four great years with me. Thanks, Phil, Jose Ricardo, Ralph, and Mike. I will always remember the class of ' 79. I also want to thank the faculty for its consider- ation and understanding. Likewise, I want to thank Alex, Paul, Tony, Pete, and the rest of the junior, sophomore, and freshman classes for sharing the laughs and hardships during the years. Above all, I want to thank God for sharing His love. I hope to love Him more and more throughout my life. If you love something; set it free. If it comes back; it ' s yours. If it doesn ' t, it was never meant to be. .(ii) I 97

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As my life goes on, I believe somehow some- thing ' s changed — a part of me. During the past four years my life has changed, and St. Vincent ' s has been a very definite part of that change, a change for the better. St. Vincent ' s will always be a part of me also, because of the many gifts of love, friendship, time, and patience given to me. For all these gifts, I give my heartfelt thanks. Fr. Windsor, Joe, Phil, Ralph, J.R., Joe P., I ' ll always treasure your spe- cial gifts of friendship. Thanks also to my family for their support and love. I ' ve always considered good-bye to be a rather simple word. We all us e it many times every day, but now I have to say it to people that I love, and it ' s not easy. So instead of truly saying good- bye, I say the word in the light sense we use it every day, over the phone and at the door. How could I say good-bye to the people and the place that have become so much a part of my life? St. Vincent ' s will always be in my heart and prayers. . .1 love you. . .thank you. . good-bye. ; I