Archbishop Ryan High School for Boys - Arrow Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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 REACHING 6 For Guidance And Understanding 42 For Friendship And Brotherhood 68 For The Goal Of Victory 86 For Success And Achievement What is life but a constant reaching out; a reaching out for growth, love, understanding, happiness, truth, peace, friendship and brotherhood. Our wonderful years here at Ryan have been spent in that kind of reaching out. Yet aside from all of our ambitious goals, needs and desires, the most important kind of reaching out that we shall always remember is our reaching out for God and others. For some of us this may be difficult to admit, but in reality that is what life is all about. What does this reaching out for God and others truly mean? It means reaching out to follow Christ day by day by living our faith in love for one another. It is developing a true brotherhood in the midst of our Ryan community. Reaching out for God and others means sharing and having shared every precious day at Ryan with the people around us. It is being fully alive in every sense of the word. For many of us our years at Ryan have been spent in a great deal of meaningful reaching out. Though the results of our efforts might have been painful at times, they have nevertheless helped us to grow. When we look back on these years, let us remember how we indeed reached out and often found what we sought. Most of all, let us not forget all of the kind and dear people at Ryan who helped us along the way with their love and support.