Archbishop Stepinac High School - Shepherd Yearbook (White Plains, NY)

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I,-1 -U R . i i ,l t lil di ation Christian education is the refining of the raw stuff of human nature into the harmonic unity of personality. We graduates of l955, on the basis of our observations at Stepinac High School, subscribe to this definition. We were rather raw stuff four years ago We still are, But the meantime has seen a refinement of human natureg the process of transformation continuesg and some day, please God, we shall attain, through Christ, harmonic unity. We are grateful, therefore, to our school and to our teachers, No Aristotle, Augustine, Alcuin, Aquinas, or Maritian, perhaps, among themg but i X A men who follow the tradition of such masters and of the Supreme Teacher. Christ, our Lord. Having so much still to learn, and so many implications of our definition still to understand, we yet envision the goal. Proudly, then, we dedicate this record of the past four years to the concept of ed- ucation here proposed, to its pioneers in the past, and to its champions of f the future. i l il 4 WMO i i

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74'-'aa ' The common bond of Apostolic succession which links Cardinal Stepinac and Cardinal Spellman has always found a deep and strong expression in their devotion to the schools, the children and teachers under their care. The beliefs stated by Cardinal Stepinac in his pastoral letter on Education in l939 have always been re-echoed in the thoughts, writ- ings, and accomplishments of Cardinal Spell- man. While Cardinal Stepinac fought to pre- vent the destruction of his schools, Cardinal Spellman has devoted most of his boundless energy since his appointment to the Arch- diocese of New York to increasing Catholic grammar school enrollment by fifty per cent and high school enrollment by over one hun- dred per cent. The following words of Cardinal Stepinac, which caused his imprisonment in I939, helped to inspire Cardinal Spellman to found this school: As custodians of the flocks of Christ, as custodians of the temples of God and not only those temples which are con- structed of stone but especially of those in- ternal temples, the immortal souls of youth, we share the anxiety of our people, of those great members of faithful who remained de- voted to Holy Mother Church and in their name we raise our voice. ' s OUR FOUNDER ,sa was