Aquinas Institute - Arete Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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 Under the patronage of— Thomas of qitin, teacher, doctor, philosopher and saint, the Aquinas Institute of liochester stands a beacon of Catholic living and secondary education. Creeled by the Catholic clergy and people of Ho-chester. the Institute has traditions deep-rooted in time and American ideals. The Aquinas Institute represents the blossoming of Catholic secondary educational facilities for boys, originally nurtured at the old Cathedral High School. Aquinas opened its doors for the first time on September the eighth, nineteen hundred and twenty - five, and hoasteil an enrollment of eight hundred and forty-six students. The very Reverend Thomas Hickey, then Rishop of Rochester and patron of the new project, appointed Rev. Win. Byrne, Ph.D. its first principal. Time saw’ Father Byrne succeeded hy Rt. Rev. Monsignor Joseph Grady. Both Msgr. Grady as principal anil Rev. 5 | 1 HOMA£ AQUINAS