Xavier High School - Xavierian Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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'nn vi E 1 AMESSAGE FROM THE BISHOP One of the saddest thmgs whlch I encounter dally 1S the fact of so many men and women 1n the world today w1th no knowledge of whence they came or wh1ther they are golng If they ever heard of God they l1VG as though they had no dependence on or respons1b1l1ty to Hlm for the1r moral actlons They don t even adrmt that there IS such a thmg as a moral law They are 3SSOC1at9d w1th no church and recognlze no rel1g1ous creed The1r phllosophy or way of llfe seems to be let us enjoy l1fe for tomorrow we d1e and It IS all over at the grave In our system of educatlon we belleve and teach our ch1ldren otherwlse God 6X1StS He IS the flrst cause or beg1nn1ng of everythlng that IS we are HIS creatures we are endowed w1th souls wh1ch are 1mmortal or w1ll l1Ve forever Even long years after my body w1ll have returned to dust my soul w1ll be l1v1ng We do have a moral respons1b1l1ty to God Hand 1n hand Wlth knowledge about thlngs so th1s world must go 1n structed about the supernatural or the llfe beyond the grace No man s educa t1on has been completed 1f h1s rel1g1ous and moral tra1n1ng has been neglected We trust then that the students of Xav1er Hlgh School Wlll never for get th1s May they real1z the sacr1f1ces based on love for souls made by par ents teachers and pr1ests They sow that you may reap Be apprec1at1ve then GIVE thanks to God and pray for these who have shown you the way to H1s Kmgdom BlShOp of Tucson 8 5 1 111 e ea 3 9 N - 1

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fkv-3wn.L 2 213 L E JL CE 'W SRU To the Students Xax 1er H1gh Schcol Phoen1x Ar1zona Dear Students I am happy to Jom your many frlends ln congratulatlng you on the great accompllshments you have made ln the short Perlod of your schools exzstence Xavler Hlgh School IS already an 1mportar1t and 1ntegral part of Cath ol1c Educatlon ln the Dlocese Its reputatlon for scholarshlp and moral tra1n1ng lS well establxshed and stands as a trlbute to the pr1ests and the SISIGFS who have worked so zealouslv ln 1tS establlshment May your accompl1shments be an earnest of the future of your Alma Mater as a strong force 1n the formatlon of txue Chrlstlan character And may God through the mtercesslon of Hrs Immaculate Mother gulrle and dlrect you through all the paths of l1fe Wlth sentlments of esteem I am Verx smcerelx Vours 1n Chrlst Tltular BlShOp of Serra and Auxlhary to the B1shop of Tucson 9 g r ,- 1 l 10 G! '