Benedictine High School - Cadet Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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FATHER ANDREW DORIS O S B Pr1nc1pal BENEDICTINE HIGH SCHOOL Father Andrew was born 1n Augusta Georg1a and nurtured1n an atmosphere of Cathol1c p1ety rad1at1ng from h1s parents Mr and Mrs Thomas P Dor1s who frequently refer to the1r home as a lay Bened1ct1ne Clo1ster Th1s may be true because of the1r long and close assoc1at1on w1th the monastery at Belmont Abbey yet the Jesu1t 1nfluence too 15 present because of the nearness of the Jesu1t Fathers 1n the1r favor1te Sacred Heart Church 1n Augusta Jesu1t teach1ng fre quently man1fests 1tS6lf 1n the legal m1nd of Father Andrew who 15 a product of the Georgetown Un1vers1ty School of Law Wash1ngton D C ln th1S youth Father Andrew attended Belmont Abbey Prep and College and then Georgetown UH1VCTSlty where he stud1ed law and rece1vedh1s LL B ln 1940 He returned to h1s home 1n Augusta and practlced law successfully for only one year A nostalg1a for Belmont Abbey and a longmg to become assoc1ated w1th h1s fluenced Father Andrew to hurr1edly g1ve up h1s pract1ce 1n law and study for the pr1esthood He returned to Belmont Abbey and was Orda1ned there 1n 1947 HIS Excellency Abbot Vmcent Taylor O S B 1n 1949 ass1gned Father Andrew to R1chmond V1rg1n1a where he has served as pr1nc1pal of the Bened1ct1ne I-hgh School for s1x years Father Andrew 15 character1zed by the cultural manner1sms of the Southern gentleman an humble p1ety slowness of speech laps1ng often 1nto the Southern drawl and generally elaborat1ng a sound legal Judgment or develop1ngagood en terta1n1ng story H15 broad and generous sm1le 15 ev1dence of cordxal hospltal 1ty pat1ence and k1ndness We congratulate Father Andrew for h1s years of serv1ce as pr1nc1pal of Bene d1ct1ne and w1sh h1m cont1nued health and happ1ness 6 brother, Very Reverend Sebastian Doris, O.S.B., now Prior at the Abbey, in-

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FA-gl-JLTY Q' S! Father Cornehus Selhuber O S B Father Leo Frlerson O S B b-7 Father Henry Bollman O S B Father Stephen Dowd O S B 'WSL in i Father Bernard Patterson O S B Mr Charles Cralg Dtrector of MUSIC

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if FATHER ANDREW DORIS O S B LL B DEDICATION The Cadet Staff of 1955, the members of the faculty and each student ofthe Cadetcorps take ardent pleasure ln dCd1C3t1Hg th1S 15 sue of the Ca det to Father Andrew Dorls, O.S.B., P1-1nc1pa1 of Bened1ct1ne. 7 ' 7 V 0 Y - K 1,52