Bishop Baraga High School - Baragan Yearbook (Marquette, MI)

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24214056 gdlldgd 7M gala! dd Www One hundred years ago the Upper Peninsula of Michi- gan was erected as a separate episcopal unit with the dauntless pioneer missionary, Frederic Baraga, as its first bishop. Ordained September 21, 1823, this saintly priest left his home and work in Austria to offer his services to Bishop Fenwick of Cincinnati as a missionary to the Indians of the Lake Superior Region. After a lengthy and fruitful apostolate the beloved prelate died January 19, 1868. Heroic bishop of a pioneer land, this second Xavier is credited with the conversion of 25,000 Indians. To him, in the year that marks the l'00th anniversary of his consecration as the first Bishop of our diocese, We lovingly dedicate our 1953 BARAGAN. 7 ?05 After fire had destroyed St. Josephis Academy, February 17, 1903, the Rev. Joseph Pinten, pastor of the Marquette Cathedral, determined to erect a parish school and in its name to perpetuate the fame of Marquetteis first bishop. On November 1, 1903, the fiftieth an- niversary of Bishop Baragais episcopal consecration, the cornerstone of Baraga School was laid and blessed by the Rt. Rev. Frederic Eis, the fourth bishop of Mar- quette. 1705--?mag4ScdwZSa'e0,44aaZeZ4e

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519464 lts one hundredth year finds Marquette a flourishing diocese under Bishop Thomas L. Noa, its eighth bishop. The diocese has expanded from seven parishes in 1853 to 93 parishes in 1953, from three grade schools and no high schools to 26 grade schools and six high schools. The priests and people of Marquette can look back on these one hundred years with pride in their achievement and with gratitude to their saintly pioneer bishop and his successors. Bishop Noa came to Marquette in 1947 from Sioux City, Iowa, where he had been coadjutor bishop. Wel- comed by an eager chorus of Marquette Catholic School children then, our bishop has ever since shown a keen interest in the progress of the Catholic school system in our diocese. We at Bishop Baraga High School are especially for- tunate in having him so near to grace with his presence all our performances and to bestow upon us his episcopal blessing as we receive our diplomas from his hand. 7 ?55 Since 1903, our school has been known as Baraga High School. This year, with the formation of an Alumni Association and under their leadership, it has been renamed Bishop Baraga High School to honor more specifically that pioneer prelate. Wfith succeeding years, the curriculum, too, has changed. The subjects offered now would scarcely have been dreamed of in 1903. Commercial, science, art, and speech courses as well as a physical education program have been added to the limited academic course of 1903. 3