Bishop Hogan High School - Rampage / Prism Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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A pioneer is one who starts out on an ex- pedition into the unknown with the idea of conquering the wilderness of a new terri- tory. Thus we may aptly describe the first Bishop of the Diocese of Kansas City-the Most Reverend John joseph Hogan. ln 1880, when the West was still open country, Father requested to be sent to the Northern Missouri territory to establish Catholieity there. Father Hogan proved to be a very capable man, and earned for himself a dis- tinguished reputation as both a Catholic leader and a prominent citizen. He was made first Bishop of Kansas City, September 10, 1880. MOST REV. EDWIN V. O'I-IARA 6 MosT REV. JOHN J. HOGAN While the pioneer of Catholicity in Kan- sas City was overcoming many obstacles on the way to achieving his goal, a young boy, Edwin V. O'Hara was born in Lanesboro, Minnesota, and grew up unaware that some day he would be helping to further the first Bishop's plan, in this the Heart of America. At the age of twenty-four, the boy was or- dained, and in October, 1930, consecrated Bishop of Great Falls,, Montana. On june 8, 1939, Most Reverend Edwin V. O'Hara was installed as bishop of the Diocese of Kansas City. It is to the inspiration of our present Bishop that we owe the establishment of our school, and to the prestige of the first Bishop that we owe the name of our school.

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To Sister Rose Catharine, Sister Mary john, Sister Margaret Ellen, and Sister Francetta-the original faculty, wlaose work bore tlae imprint of the religious pioneer educator: courage, self-sacrifice, scholarly ef- ficiency, deep piety, and Christian claarity-we dedicate this Pioneer.