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

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7de ' 646141 n-,gxslllllllljffflfjlli ,yum I I 1 l l 1 1 i l ' i- 1 l I l i l l 2 l BISI-IOP FULTON SFIEEIU Fulton J. Sheen was born in EI Paso, lllinois in 1896. He received his M.A. at St. Viator's College Qlllinoisl and was ordained in 1919 after graduating from St. PauI's Seminary 1Minn,J. While studying at Louvain University in Belgium he received his Ph.D. and later his D.D. while in Rome. A receiver of many degrees, he has been a faculty member of Catholic University since 1926 and a preacher on the Catholic Hour 1930-1945. He also has been a preacher at St. Patrick's Cathedral, N.Y.C., from 1931 to l945. He was appointed papal chamberlain in 1934 and domestic prelate in 1935, and since then has written a great many books and pamphlets on varied subjects. Among his countless activities is a popular, weekly TV program, Life is Worth Living. 1 6

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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

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ffftieqalawolmczkeamczaaeaihaffzee, lf they are not ordained to that perfect freedom of the man who, because his heart is with God, is above all the vicissitudes of this life, whom nothing or no one can enslave. The liberal arts, whether taken in their traditional sense of the Trivium and the Quadrivium or in their more extended sense, are at best only an introduction to perfect science and incomplete in themselves. ln the Middle Ages, the remaining science necessary for true living was completed by the light of faith. But in modern times, where faith is no longer the common possession, the speculative and moral sciences, which are the organic completion of the liberal arts, are absolutely indispensable if man is to have anything like a complete concept of himself. BISHOP FULTON SHEEN