Aquinas Institute - Arete Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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WENTY FIVE YEARS IS A SHORT TIME IN THE LIGHT OF ETERNITY MAN IS BORN INTO THE WORLD FOR A PURPOSE TO KNOW LOVE AND SERVE GOD HERE IN ORDER THAT WE MAY ENjOY UNENDING HAPPINESS IN HEAVEN THIS LIFE THEN IS A PREPARATION FOR ETERNAL LIFE AND THE WHOLE WORK OF EDUCATION IS INTIMATELY AND NECESSARILY CONNECTED WITH THIS END IN FACT CONTINUES POPE PIUS XI EDUCATION CONSISTS ESSEN TIALLY IN PREPARING MAN FOR WHAT HE MUST BE AND FOR WHAT HE MUST DO HERE BELOW IN ORDER TO ATTAIN THE SUBLIME END FOR WHICH HE WAS CREATED FOR THIS REASON THE SUBJECT OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION IS MAN WHOLE AND ENTIRE SOUL UNITED TO BODY IN UNITY OF AT AQUINAS WE HAVE LEARNED THE PRINCIPLES OF LIFE WE MUST APPLY THOSE PRINCIPLES FOR A FEW SHORT YEARS SO AS TO MERIT OUR FINAL END THUS WHEN WE LEAVE THESE HALLS WE MUST CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THE SPIRITUAL FOUNDATION BEGUN HERE FOR WE WILL FIND AS ST AUGUSTINE HAS SAID A RESTLESS HEART WHICH WILL NOT FIND PEACE AND COMPLETE .IOY TILL IT COMES TO HIM THE SOURCE OF ALL REALjOYS THE IMMEDIATE END OF CATHOLIC EDUCATION IS TO FORM CHRIST IN THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF EVERY STUDENT THEN AND ONLY THEN CAN YOU BE NAMED AS A TRUE CHRISTIAN GENTLE MAN AND STUDENT REMEMBER LIFE IS SHORT ETERNITY IS LONG YEARS M az Qyhofzl lime 5 NATURE. . . . HOW SHORT A TIME DOES 25 YEARS APPEAR! I I

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YEAHS Mayan? ' WENTY FIVE YEARS IS A LONG TIME IN THE LIGHT OF THE MYRIAD EVENTS THAT HAVE BEEN RECORDED IN THE AQUINAS ANNALS CLASS PERIODS MISSION ACTIVITIES SOCIAL EVENTS ATHLETIC CONTESTS CLUB PROJECTS PARENTS PARTICIPATION MUSICALES DRA MATIC PRODUCTIONS PLATFORM LECTURES ADMINISTRA TIVE CONFERENCES ALL THESE HAVE WOVEN THEMSELVES INTO A LIFE BREATHING PATTERN THAT IS AQUINAS WAS BORN IN 1925 AND THROUGHOUT SOME ANXIOUS YEARS I STRUGGLED TO SURVIVE BECAUSE OF THE CATAS TROPHIC DEPRESSION AND STAGGERING FINANCIAL NEEDS, BUT DESPITE THESE OBSTACLES I GREW STRONGER SUR MOUNTED THEM AND ADVANCED PERCEPTIBLY BECAUSE LOVE AND SACRIFICE WERE THE TWO POWERFUL FORCES THAT SPURRED MY GROWTH AND NOURISHED MY TENDER YEARS IN 1937 A MILESTONE IN MY EXISTENCE CIRCUM STANCES DEMANDED THAT I BE REARED BY THE BASILIAN FATHERS MY ENROLLMENT INCREASED DURING THE ARDU OUS WAR YEARS TO THE EXTENT THAT I EXPANDED MYSELF AND FORMED ANOTHER UNIT THE AQUINAS ANNEX MY MEMORIAL STADIUM BUILT IN 1949, LEST WE FORGET WAS ANOTHER CELL IN MY RAPIDLY INCREASING LIFE THE LABOR OF MY FOUNDERS AWES ME I MUST INCREASE IN EVERY WAY YOU CAN MAKE ME GREATER IF YOU HAVE ABSORBED MY SPIRIT 4 - 9 9 9 ' 9 1 1 a Q ' a x ' - . . . . I 9 , -. . 9 s ' 7 . . . . , y ' . - ' W M, ,QA f , S Af. I , ' I ' u ' an ' , . 1, , ! . . . . . .

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