Assumption Preparatory School - Memini Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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My “Dear Students ... You have taken, to spell out your theme words of wisdom from the writings of Pius XII. Wise and reverent gesture! For in honoring the memory of the great Pope, you also aptly solve the mystery of why you chose, Je mainteindrai, I will preserve. Pius XII believed in progress but only when its roots were plunged deep into the best the past had to offer. Psychiatry — yes, but it must respect the unchanging nature of man and the constant rights of his conscience. Atomic energy, space-travel? Marvelous — provided that man always humbly keeps his place before the majesty of the Creator of all things. Liturgical changes are most assuredly in order. But the liturgy changes only in outer garment and mode of presentation that its eternal value may better attract the twentieth-century mind and heart. These were the convictions of the great Pontiff. You, too, wish to be of your age. But wisely you have recognized that you must not strike out recklessly in all directions, in science, in business, in religion, in medicine, in law, or in politics. You need roots. These roots are the well-molded character, the deep Catholic Faith we hope you developed thanks to your school, your home and your Church. They also are the well-balanced intellectual formation, the bi-lingual — better, the bi-cultural-training you received at Assumption Prep. This and much more is the living tradition we pray will be a part of you forever. Seen in this light, Je Maintiendrai is a fitting theme for the Class of 1959! sM

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1 Chers Gradues de 1959: Apres quatre ans d ' etude et de formation, vous quittez l’Ecole Preparatoire de 1 Assomption. Nous nous joignons a: vos parents et a vos professeurs pour vous souhaiter un grand succes dans vos entreprises. Je suis heureux, avant de quitt r Worcester, de profiter de cette occasion pour saluer les eleves et les professeurs de 1’Assomption. Des mon arrives a Worcester en 1950, j’ai vite compris le role important que 1’Assomption etait destine a jouer dans la vie spirituelle et culturelle du nouveau Diocese de Worcester. L’Eglise ne peut faire autrement que profiter de 1 ' influence d ' une ecole consacree a former la jeunesse dans une atmosphere de culture francaise sous le regard du crucifix. N Pendant notre sejour a Worcester, nous avons vu 1’Assomption ressusciter du fleau de la tornade avec une nouvelle vigueur. C ' est dans cet esprit de courage et d’enthousiasme que les peres Assomptionistes ont exprime leur devise: Je maintiendrai . Soyez fideles a cet ide ' al de force morale et vous ferez certainement honneur a votre Alma Mater. Veuillez agreer, avec notre benediction, nos ferventes prieVes pour votre succes. • . A. Fid.element votre dans le Christ, W-lrt

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;Dedication Zo father Edgar Bourque, A-A-