Aquinas High School - Trumpet Yearbook (La Crosse, WI)

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' JJ1. fl nremnr uiinrs-i I ALL, graceful, inspiring, stand the Cathedrals manis monuments to Godg God s channel to man-the official churches of God's ruling teaching and sanctifying noblemen-the Bishops What has witnessed more of the slipping falling and striving efforts of man goaded on forever towards that elusive goal of sanctity by the persistent yet gentle hand of a Bishop than the stones and splres of old Notre Dame? Down through the ages they have silently absorbed the atmosphere around them the holy zeal of the crusaders, the UI1lJl6II'llSh6d sacrifice of the knights. They have watched the strong and the tottering faith during the Reformation they have heard the cries of the faithful during the persecutions and now, though forever doomed to silence they hold vigil with the prayers of the world against the god lessness that is swirling around every country And these wise and silent stones and spires know that the triumphs of man over those obstacles was brought about by the hand of the Bishop fulfilling his role as sanctifier.

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T422 E132 .Wsf ga rumpzt ' 1921 VOLUME NINE ANNUAL PUBLICATION OF .Aqumars Eigfj School

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lyk - ,L if WgM,T2 MZMXJQMJ N yy-ff'-,4,f..Z.,, ,fe-If ' ' Rs ,U 54? . ' WM. M Axe.. me . Xa r dw? QLJZM gamma, away W'-aaa f'f'f?ffM2'1f.e . HAT has seen more of the groping and blindness of the people searching for light in the words of Cod's anointed teacher, the Bishop, than the stone spires of Winchester Cathedral? l For centuries they have survived the hurled attacks of sophists- they have heard the Bishops quell the tides of heresy, they have heard the Eternal Truth preached during the chaotic period of the Refor- mation. They are hearing and will hear Holy Mother Church's an- swers to the challenge of Communism. And so in every Cathedral, in centuries past and in centuries future, are the doctrines of the church explained by God's faithful teachers, the Bishops. What can better comprehend the loyalty and faithfulness of God's servants to their appointed rulers than the spires of Saint Joseph's Cathedral? They have heard the commands of God and His Church clearly stated by the Bishopg they have seen the people conform to the authority of God's nobleman, the Bishop. We have chosen these three Cathedrals as types representing the three functions of a Bishop's episcopal office-to sanctify, to teach, and to rule. In the Jubilee year of our Bishop what could be more appropriate than a consideration of Cathedrals.