Asheville Catholic High School - Lamplighter Yearbook (Asheville, NC)

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His Excellency The Most Reverend Vincent S. Waters, D.D. Bishop of Raleigh Leadership, both educational and spiritual is afforded us by our devoted Bishop. Since Bishop Waters took over the diocese in 1945, he has built about forty new schools. Education at all levels re- ceives his constant and diligent attention. In this mission territory the Bishop neglects no means, however small, in his unbounded drive andzeal for the conversion of the diocese. He uses religious and laymen in the apostolate for souls. He takes special interest in the problems of integration. The Bishop invites generous girls to dedicate ayear of their lives to do mission work in the state. Lay- men are trying a new faith reviver, the cursillo. Through Bishop Waters' efforts the spirit of ecumenism is growing in the diocese. He says, lt takes people who are close to Our Lord to convert a missionary area. Herein lies our personal challenge to spiritual and intellectual action. However, His Excellency depends first and foremost on our pastors. To them, we are indebted for their personal interest in Asheville Catholic High and for the spiritual benefits that we derive from their abiding concern to equip us to meet today's challenges. 2

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PRlNCIPAL'S MESSAGE My dear Seniors, How quickly the years pass! These four years have slipped by rapidly, and, what once seemed such a long period of time to you has passed before you ljfjilliglegjwit. Matters that once seemed momentous to you have shrunk in im- portance over 'the years. Great plansvof accomplishments that were to be have 15e'eitorg6Eeii'l Much has hapIETiEl iiilltHe'se'yeair's . You have grown up! S ' Ygogiihavelearned that much is accomplished by Time. Wounds are healedg wrongs and sbrfows'afreforgotteng catastrophes are softened. Time, however, is also relentless in its travel. Many of your wonderful intentions have been left un- fulfilled, many chores that were to be done somehow never came into reality. You have learned, I hope, that the present is the time for action. Plansfor the future are valueless unlesswthey some day become realities. Pr'0miSEesQ are worth nothni-gmuntily-V they are fulfilled. P ' Your life in the futurehwil'l'differ' little from that segment of it which you have just completed. Qodhas given each of you ajob to do--one that He has not en- Qpistedgto anyone .else--and He has-given you only one life time in which to do it. The remainder of this life will pass with the same sureness and the same 'swiftness as the past four years. The more you accomplish in the present as ou live it, the rless willpyou ,regret3f5y'5uS'review yearswpast. P ' ' YLq1nr,,,f,ptuf'e, success will ,depend greatly upon the habits and attitudes formed while here at this school. May you always have the wisdom and prudence to ptlace'jprope'r emph'a'si's an all your undertakings, remembering that it profits a man nothing if he gains the whole world and suffers the loss of his soul. Problems of this world shrink to a very small size when compared with the things of God. May you take with you from Asheville Catholic High School the realization that you were created for the service of God and will never be com- pletely happy unless you are fulfilling that purpose. . .All things are passingg God never changesg Patient endurance gains all thingsg Who possesses God is wanting in nothingg God alone suffices. fSt. T eresaj ZZ Z, fi. Rev. joseph A. Kerin 3