Blessed Sacrament Academy - Silva Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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HHS, 'U 7-C2145 O what a debt of gratitude we owe To you dear Teachers here below For all your loving care! You have taught our childish lips to And by example day by day Showed us the narrow upward way To the path of virtue fair. DTCIY You have made our school a loving home With peace and love beneath its dome And joy the world cant give. Our youthful feet you ve gently lead To seek the true and living Bread Gods flesh and Blood divine. We shall always remember you dear Sisters With love and services as our Teachers And gratitude sincere. And when you have passed from earth away Before God's throne, we'll ever pray That you may reach the heavenly clay And rest close to the Sacred Heart. -Germaine Wille A PRINCE OF PEACE FINDS REST Risers . . f 't f 1. 1. .N , . . l I . . . . . H By the Reverend Francis C. Young A sombre silence born of deepest love Enshrouds the world and breathes to God above: Embrace to Thy Sweet Heart and welcome Home The heart that broke beneath St. Peter's dome. As Vicar of the Christ with love for all His prayerful plea for peace was heaven's call. Since He sought peace to bless us all, dear Lord. As Prince of Peace, let peace be his reward. This beautiful tribute to the late Holy Father, Pius XI. has won the hearts of the American people. through the media of the radio and press. both secular and religious. Every line of this small poem, from the pen of an internationally known poet-priest. is laden with the genuineness of America's sorrow at the loss of our Supreme Pontiff. Page Twenty -One

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Jll-15 'Z' Our Campus Is there in all the world, anything that one loves more than the untouched beauty of Nature? I am sure there cannot be, for in it we find the sublime and awe-inspiring work of the great Author and Creator of all true splendor. This is especially true of our dear old Alma Mater wherein a certain peaceful atmosphere is found, shutting out all the evil surroundings of a too modern world. On entering our Academy campus, one is attracted by the fifteen-acre plot. adorned with various kinds of trees, shrubs. flowers and pretty hedges here and there. Noise and unsettled condition are not heard or seen, for the location of our school 4 some distance from the dangers of the city life. Due to the exclusiveness of this site, a full view of our modern Academy is not discernable from the main road, hence a greater amount of privacy is obtained. A long curved drive leads to the entrance of the school and on all sides there are vast and spacious grounds, with lovely flower be-decked paths leading to un- expected benches covered by vines of fragrant Queen's Crown. Such paths also lead to the main attraction of the land, the Grotto of Our Blessed Lady, which the students and visitors can never resist visiting. Many a petition has been heard in answer to prayers said there. Near this grotto. only a small distance away, is the river which we so often frequent. Hours and hours have been spent there in dreaming, reading and in rollicking fun. What more could we demand of Nature to complete this scene of beauty and grandeur? On the East side of the building we find the playground which is well fitted with modern equipment for play conveniences. Thus surrounded by this ever developing and inspiring work of God, our souls are enobled with refined culture of lasting endurance, To our minds are I 0 9 ff TIT? ' rags if . S O C . . O I O I A Page Twenty conveyed indelible impressions, whereby we draw courage to shun the common and the profane-the base and the sinful. We are, may I add, proud and thankful for this glorious beauty that so lavishly surrounds our dear Alma Mater. -Margaret Smith , f s uma

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9' A Tnbute to The Holy Father The Church is ever militant: somctimes she gains' sometimes she loses: and with the latter in mind we sadly recall the death of His Holiness, Pope Pius IX which occurred on February 10 1939. This is a loss not only to the Catholic Church and its 400,000 000 communicants but to the whole world since his charity extended far beyond the great Church of which he was the head and to all mankind. His passing from this earthly life came at a time when he is so sorely needed: a time of strife and bitter tumult amidst which he stood imperturb- able and calm preaching love and fraternity to nations that were aroused through mutual hate. With rare power and eloquence he vindicated in his Encyclicals the rights of the individual man, of the family and of labor. This last he did by fearlessly opposing Atheistic Communism, Nazism and Fascism and warning the world against them though by so doing he incurred the displeasure of several European rulers. His Holiness was a tower of strength in a changing world, and his earnest efforts to promote world peace and his enthusiastic advocations of social justice made him respected by men of all political and religious faiths. He sought peace while all nations around him wanted war and he will be forever remembered as the greatest champion of human rights that our age has ever known for his was the first voice of international significance to be raised in behalf of a persecuted and down-trodden race and in protestation against ruthless force. In Pius XI we find the qualities of a real Saint: sanctity, nobility and indomitable courage. His whole life as a Supreme Pontiff was one of forthright courage and this fearlessness of his personality was his outstanding mark. His forward honesty of dealing with nations was based not on a policy of mere chance, but upon principle. That was the guidance in all his actions. This profound scholar, and magnificent source of spiritual light and inspiration has covered every phase of human well-being and happiness in his great encyclicals to the world. He encouraged all new things that are good. as evidenced in the honor he paid to men of science and in the use he made of the instruments of science notably the radio. History will give him the title of great, and classify him as one of the most scholarly Pontiffs of the ages. He was really, in a most literal sense, a man of God. His Holiness was not only a great ecclesiastic but a great statesman as well... The Pope was a true philosopher of peace.. .not emotional but rational. His wzas a clear. plain, fatherly voice in a frenzied and angry tumult and perhaps now that that voice is stilled in death. the world, crazed with international hatred, will stop for a moment .in its mad course, to ponder the solemn lessons of peace which he proclaimed with such power. All of us have lost a powerful champion of freedom, tolerance and humanity. -Cecelia Casso Page Twenty-Two IW O f 'U f BBQWR . . , . O O . 0 , O ' I o O . ' , , C ' I C O N