Saint Dominic High School - Stella Maris Yearbook (Oyster Bay, NY)

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Rex erend M Vmcent Short, Pastor of St Domzmr Cburrh

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we' ' wx ww l X a e Q ll A Vg M1 1 x K xl 1 l REGINA VERTE LUMINA A recent account taken of rellgrons 1n the Umted States found Cathol1c1sm 1n the top notch of the north eastern sectlon of the country Of the mnety elght percent of those who clarmed relngxous affillatlon forty flve per cent are Catho lrcs whlch has had a very definlte effect on our drocesan status Wrth the death of Brshop Molloy and of Bxshop Kearney who had taxed thelr vxgor and enthuslasm 1n the burldmg of a greater Brooklyn Dlocese a great voxd was felt by the1r mourn1ng falthful In the 104 years of 1tS ex1stence the diocese was not ruled by more than three Blshops each delgned by Drvme Prov1dence to be an extraordlnary prelate And then ln Aprrl 1957 to add to 1ts out stand1ng hnstory the Church on Long Island entered a new era Our Holy Father Pope Plus XII announced that because of the vastness of area and the mtense Catholxc populatron Brook lyn and Queens would carry on under Hrs Excellency Bxshop Bryan j Mclintegart DD but Nassau and Suffolk were to be formed into separate eccleslastlcal 1ur1sd1ct1on under Hrs Ex cellency Blshop Walter P Kellenberg DD who had formerly had the ausplces of Ogdensburg New York Born 1n New York C1ty on june 3 1901 he was educated at Fordham Prep Cathedral College Manhattan and St Josephs Semmary Yonkers After h1s ordlnatxon ln 1928 he studted bus1ness admlnlstratlon and then recelved h1s first commlssron as a pastor Bxshop Kellenberg admlred for hrs affable personalrty and his untlrmg 1n1t1at1ve lS out stand1ng for hrs zeal IH chanellmg souls to their ult1mate goal Hrs very lxfe of prrestly goodness makes hxm partlcularly capable of carrymg on the Lord s work And now we of the newly erected Diocese of Rockvrlle Centre are prrvlleged to lay before our dnstmgulshed Shep hard the promlse of continued loyalty rn hls flock The Stella Marls salutes Hrs Excellency Bxshop Kellenberg for h1s life of sp1r1tual dedxcatron and Samt Domlnlcs extends 1ts warmest welcome' K. r -B-nuts 1 .13 1 ........... I 2:1-M nga ,751 I-In-'xx I trt' . ,Q If ii -12153 lik .Nts WW -'le if IKM . - .' 1 .' . , , 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 Q 1 1 1 , 1 - ' 7 . , o 1 1 1 1- , , 1- 1 , 1 n 1 1 ,

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X, Reverend Thomas D. Helfrick, Iustrurtor in Church History. Reverend james Casey, Irzxlrurtor in Cbrisiian Morals. Reverend Alfred B. Soave, Instrurior in Savred Scripture. Il'-mx. ff. X .gr 1 -in-14 QI 7