Bishop McGuinness High School - Chi Rho Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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i Uzzs IS mr Zhfzllmge A flfty year her1tage IS our example The next flfty years are ours to make and present a challenge Th1S challenge of further bulldmg the Church ln Oklahoma also carr1es wxth lf the ob l1gat1on to lxve the l1fe of the Church Thrs IS done by l1v1ng the l1turg1cal year It 1S th1s un foldmg of Chrxst s l1fe as we part1c1pate 1n the seasons and feasts of each year of grace that IS the dommant central fact of our llves The Church cycle can also be appl1ed or compared to our school l1fe Just as the l1turg1 cal year IS d1v1ded 1nto the seasons of Lent and Advent Easter and Chrxstmas Pentecost and Eprphany so IS our school l1fe d1v1ded mto three parts wxth the same axm as the three church seasons These d1v1s1ons of both Church and school are seasons of Preparatlon Celebrat1on and Fru1t1on Cl NNN N up s D P x 224 CQ AAK Nh, I NVQ JALQ .1521 ki'-s sf l 4' dbg AM 7 7 1 - v . r ' s l I l 55x ?q5Ix J Q el I Xfn' iv Z W y L .I 'Qgpl C Q, '4 Q X Q an ,Q v 100' 'Q '

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Gros es area and the spreadrng frngers of Sacred Heart xarrsh called for the beglnnrngs of Immaculate Cwonceptlon and St James parrshes on the south and vxest extremetles of the south sectron of the clty St Charles Borremeo servrng the Warr Acres area yeas concened rn 1954 and ln 1935 Mercy Hospltal began a mrllron dollar add1t1on and remodelrng and If became necessary to almost double the S178 of the Catholrc 1-lrgh School Oklahoma Crty IS also blessed by belng the home for three re lrgrous houses all of them connected vxlth the Carmelltes The Car melrte Fathers at 1125 South Walker came to the c1ty and erected the Mt Carmel and l rttle Flower Church They haxe been a bulwark rn the c1ty1n the mrssronary xx ork done 1n rty and their relentless labor among the the downtown area C'armel1te Slsters of St Teresa came to the poorer sectlons of the MCXICZH settlement near Oklahoma Crty 1n 1926 beglnnrng at 931 North The Clolstered Carmelrte SISICFS had the1r west Erghteenth Street rn December 1938 but rn 1948 moved to therr present locatlon at Northwest Forty second and Merldlan Ave nue Both orders haxe done much for the grovx th of the church not only rn the c1ty but all ox er the state and haxe brought many souls to God through therr tlreless efforts Thus are the developments of a church as It rrses and spreads xtself among a people XVhat IS to come durmg the next f1fty years no one can know They can only hope that 1t w1ll parallel the ad xancement of the frrst frfty years rn whrch less than ten per cent of a populace burlt a drocese as they were helprng to burld a state But thrs story of the church ln Oklahoma Clty IS by no means ended or ex en complete It barely scratched the surface of a half century of struggle labor defeat and trrumph lt hardly touched upon the forc es and rndrvrduals behlnd the upsurgance of the glory of God Stlll 1t IS tremendous But the development of a church anywhere be rt among the slums of a sprawlrng crty or on the uneasy frontler of an uncrvrlrzed pra1r1e IS always tremendous for thus IS the hand of God spreadrng Hrs gospel over one small dradem rn the 1nf1n1ty of time and space Thus IS the conceptlon of a state the rnceptron of a drocese the brrth of a people a Phoemx rrsmg out of the ashes Neee Pzrzshes fezrrmlzles Izllle Iloeeer Parzsh U w L , . 5 , I X . . L x , , E 4 I .1 a P-J I 15 ' g rs, XJ , 1 x x ' 1 ' 1 1 7 ' v fd . . - , . . ' . . '-4 x fx 1 I x J ' I 4 ,ff . . V. . d . , . ,. 7 7 fx C. . L g . : n 1 ' 4 4 , . , 3 and in 1932 set up their mother house at 1300 Classen Boulevard. Z - sa , . . .,. , . ' ' . . Q ' ' 7 . Y f 5 I ' rx v fx . u 1 A -C V . . j . . 3 Y . U ' I ' ' ' I 7 ' 5 L, 'I ji . I r 1 V xl- 3

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Our facult leads the way. lht' thtint ol this .pits .inntml otn' lit-iitngt JtitltHlll'ClLllis'llf.1i lU.1s.tlI't.1tl'i' bon statticl, ,Xn otttf sttintling txtniplt ill .1 tl1.tllt'itgt'lmng nit-t .intl gn' rit-tl Otll is in.iiiilt'sIt'tl right liuiv .it Cintholic lligh in ont' own lntitiltv. 'lhtw lmxm iwcoyniyttl tlitin' chnl lunge ol living tht' litt- til tht' fllitiixh. hnvt nut it. . . , . ' and art' no '.-.' t'.1Yl'X'lllQ it intl! .iccortling to tht- wiil ol ,d.,,,' Coil. ilihtts iw lools lu thvni loin hvlp Anil gtticlaiict' in prcparing its to intwt our own clmllungc, lt is onli' litting, tlu.'i'til'oi't'. th.tt with tlut-p .ip prucintion. sw tlutlityttt' this vt-.ii s ttlition ol tht' Chi Rho to thc lanultx' ol' our school. Ont' inumbtfi' ol' our lticttltt' is thu lit-xx .lost-ph llovstlll. llttli.-i' llox-:ull who is .ithlutic diruqtoi' Anil boys' icligion tv.1t'livi' im-sitlus in fl honit' on thc school groumls. llc is onc i't'pi't'suttt.ttix't' ol thu cliocusan priesthood, whifh tluswws spucinl rcqoggnition dui'- ing this Cioltlvn .lttbilty Your ol our cliocysc. lioi' unclsr thy bishop thfsu priusts lmve continttallx' worlsutl lot'tlivf.httt'QlJ in cllxl.llltWItl.1.lI1tl thuii' l.tboi' lms gontt hantl in hantl with its growth. Vocations to thc tliogusan piifstliootl lmvt' stfntlilx' incrcascil during thcst' mst x't.iis. 'l'liuiwlort'. through tht' lttntls obtninutl through tht- Cioltlt-n .lttbiluc C..1mp.1ign. ti nt'w coinplct. tlioqusnn s.'inin.ii'y will bc built in our as A gint iiictfiitiw in the vtxiins to ionic, inspiring niorf .intl more to lollov: Khiist, helping llim to The RW Joseph un Hmwlfv how Ullman mwah build 1 stiongti intl git Itti .ttholit Chttith in lor. t'0azl.s his Ufflifl' In Ihr' lziumgz room of his hmm . Olxhlloma' L- 'ki-l' A lilun-I .,,.m statu. 'lihis trcniuntlotis .itlxxiiicuint-nt should serve