Alleman High School - Pioneer (Rock Island, IL)

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mm like Ms LMAO- LUG-'lk The MosT Rev. Archbishop Cicognani addresses The people aT The dedicaTion ceremony Dedication Monsignor Durlcin, pasTor OT ST, Joseph's Church, h Rock Island, Then gave a deTailed accounT oT T e early appeals Tor a Rock Island CounTy CaTholic high school and Told of Bishop Schlarman's gen- erosiTy and assisTance in The maTerializaTion OT The school. H ulo ized The eTTorTs oT The laTe FaThcr e e g Culemans in insTigaTing acTion Tor Alleman. Per- ha s more Than anyone else in The viciniTy, Mon- P signor Durlcin, Vicar General oT The diocese, has . . h Tound in The new school The realizaTion oT is d ms, He was one oT The TirsT To see The need rea Tor a cenTral CaTholic high school and was one oT The principal Torces behind The purchase oT The necessary properTy. From The beginning, every . . . h I sTep in The planning and building oT The sc oo has had The beneTiT oT his enThusiasTic supporT and advice. Following Monsignor Durlcin's address, Bishop S hlarman inTroduced The AposTolic DelegaTe. c As a prelude To The inTroducTion, His Excellency ' ' ' II ex ressed his graTiTude To The CaTholics and a T3 oTher residenTs OT The counTy who gave Time and ' ' h w Tinancial aid Toward The erecTion oT T e ne hool Having paid a TribuTe To Monsignor Dur- sc . lcin's eTTorTs, The Bishop sTaTed ThaT The idea Tor The . . d resenT school was originaTed by The lafe Reveren P T S d HearT Parish, Moline. J. B. Culemans o acre The AposTolic DelegaTe Then delivered The dedi- 'T' T caTion address. Discussing The signiicance o d Ti n in The lighT oT The CaTholic Church, e uca o he said: The Church has always TormulaTed her 'raTio sTudiorum,' her program oT educaTion, on The Two ToundaTions oT TaiTh and reason, because i T his TaiTh and reason have been g.ven To man or Tion, Tor The acguisiTion oT TruTh and Tor The aTTainmenT oT his Tinal end. Torma The TruThs oT TaiTh and oT moraliTy, he con- Tinued, Tar Trom clipping TruTh, illuminaTe iT, develop iT, and render iT easier To lcnow. Gne musT noT believe ThaT The principles oT Tailh and oT moraliTy impose a Tyranny oT ThoughT7 on The conTrary, The church condemns any enslavemonT oT mind or ThoughTg only TyranTs make use oT ii To sTrip man oT his liborTy and digniTy. The church, he wenT on To say, is promoTing d caTion ThaT Takes man as he is, wiTh inTellecT e u and will, an inTelligenT and spiriTual being wiTh an immorTal soul: all These are comprised in The TormaTion oT man. Man is indivisible . . . we call him an individual . . . and wherever he is oes he carries wiTh him all oT himselTg IT is or g , ThereTore necessary ThaT The same principles direcT, inspire, and animaTe every phase oT his liTe, aT home and in school, in privaTe and in public. Thus . . . . I you have a man who is conTormed To his princip es, a man who is True To himselT.

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il-4 'Pb +49 549 ea a .I fa 53 Dedication ATTer his address, Archbishop Cicognani blessed The school. In The blessing riTes he was aTTended by Bishop Schlarman and assisTed by The Reverend W. H. Cleary, deacon: The Reverend J. F. Crowley, sub- deaconp The Reverend L. A. Woiciechowski, censor-bearer: The Reverend John l-T. Cal- lahan, holy waTer-bearer: The Reverend Joseph H. Wolvers, boolc-bearer: and The Reverend Jerome V. Morrissey, candle- bearer. ' Following The program, The members oT The audience enTered The new school To inspecT iTs modern inTerior. IT was more Than Two hours beTore The main crowd had Tinished Touring The building, and oTher visiTors came unTil eighT o'cloclc Sunday evening. Monsignori aTTended The ceremony ..f1 . linux.-4