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

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O'ZElA,TO'Z ln nature's symbolism, borrowed by the Church, green signifies hope and life. The color is used in this yearbook to signify the hopeful vitality which fills every phase of Christ- centered school life, accomplished under the standard of the Cross. Permeating the designs of this book is Christ, the source of all authority. Sometimes He is symbolized by the Cross, figure of our redemption. At other times He is shown more realistically by His servants among men, the priests. Under the patronage of Mary, Queen of the Clergy, these men, fired with an extraordinary zeal, carry on the ministry of Christ. Theirs is the task of bringing to mankind the gift of Faith. The students of Aquinas share in this greatest of gifts. They benefit from Christ's divine authority given to Holy Mother Church through the functions of the priests. Year after year this sharing continues. We become part of it, with little thought given to the means which make it possible. The priests, God's intermediaries, are offered meager appreciation in return for their zealous work. For this reason the staff of the i954 Trumpet has chosen to spotlight their divine possession, the Catholic Faith, and its source by selecting as its theme, Priestly zeal molds other youthful Christs.

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EeJLacLfLo1z The pruesthood us more than a sacred and sublume offuce unstututed by Chrust lt us a mlnustry of unselfush servlce to mankund from cradle to grave Whule the babe us stull un uts mother s arms the pruest pours over uts brow the purufyung waters of Baptlsm maklng ut a chuld of God and an hear of heaven Then when the powers of reason awaken how carefully he prepares the llttle ch ld for Holy Communuon When the tempests of youth have left hum fallen and bruused how tenderly he llfts hum up and breathes unto hus ear the words of pardon and courage to ruse and try agaun As he stands at the dawn of adulthood at the altar the priest as Gods ambassador unutes hum wuth hus brude un the lndussoluble bond of marruage Then when lufe us over and the curtaun of death lowers ut IS the priest who stands besude ham consolung and fortlfyung hum for hus journey unto etern ty wuth Holy Vuatlcum Aquinas has always been blessed wuth Chrustluke pruests who have sacrlfuced themselves unturungly un educating youth to become other Chrusts All guve equally of theur tume un supererogatory efforts to be all thungs to all men Theur Chrlstluke charuty assumes many forms a word of counsel a smule of recognltuon and an unterest un all school actlvutles Because of their unfaulmg servuce to Aquunas Hugh School we the senuors of l954 dedicate the Trumpet to all pruests present and past who have acted so unselfushly un performung theur servlces to God and to mankund by moldung Aauunas students unto other youthful Chrusts , . . . . I I . I I . 5 . I 1 . , .... . . I 1 1 1 1 - . . . I . . . . ll - 11 - - - . ll - II I 1 I - - ll ll - 1 1 1 1 - Il - II