Academy of Our Lady / Spalding Institute - Summa Yearbook (Peoria, IL)

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Most Reverend WILLIAM E COUSINS, D. D. Bishop o Peoria ,nuff . : LY l sl. f is M, . , ,4 .g.i!'55'f , Since his arrival at Peoria in l952, Bishop Cousins has done a great deal in promoting the spiritual welfare of people of his diocese. Under his splendid Christlike leadership this corner of Christ's Kingdom continues to produce fearless militant Catholics, and to expand its magnificent heritage everywhere. He is our spiritual Father, a staunch defender of the Faith. He has taken a personal interest in our spiritual, intellectual, and social formation. I-Ie has worked and prayed and sacrificed that we might become better young Catholic men and women, He commands our respectg he merits our love. Therefore, we, the Seniors of the Academy of Our Lady and Spalding Institute, profess our allegiance to our Church and its representative here on earth, our Bishop, and with this pledge of fealty and devotion, we promise to God to aid His Church, through our Bishop, in its mission of bringing all men into one flock under one Shepherd. of the Diocese of Peoria.

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Bewilderedl we came back to We came back, back once more to the open doors and the halls of knowledge and good. We weren't too sure of our future, but we came back to learn and live. Back to no more leisurel Back to mad rushing, hewildering schedules, confusion-back to old friends, joy- ous reunionsg to new friends - new experienc- es - to quick cokes at the center, scurrying down to help Father clean the center, to a hurl ried visit to the chapel between classes, to the unending parade of girls in blue and white uniforms and boys in ties - the school year had truly begun. The weather was still warm, The sun was glorious as it filtered through the Here we are again Bigger and Better Ones