Cathedral High School - Cathedral Yearbook (Trenton, NJ)

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PREFACE We have chosen as the theme of our book, Saint Francis, the Little Poor Man of God, Our generation centers its in- terests mainly on happiness, comfort, and success from a world- ly standpoint. The ideals of Francis represent a contradiction to those that are popular now. Certainly he was unique in his time, if not in all time, and in his daily life, in his search for God, in his relations with his fellow men, in his love and in his sufferings, there lies waiting for us today, a source of noble values, both spiritual and social, which are of utmost importance. His Canticle to the Sun, which we have reprinted on the division pages, is an expression of Christian gratitude and con- fidence. ln imitation of Chrst, the love Francis had for God, reflected itself in his love for his neighbor. He had a relation- ship to everything, to man, to beasts, birds, the sun and moon, fire and water. Francis' philosophy of love and peace is expressed in his prayer: Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love, where there is injury, pardon: where there is doubt, faith, where there is despair, hope: where there is darkness, light, and where there is sadness, joy. O, Divine Master, grant that l may not so much seek to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to under- stand, to be loved as to love: for it is in giving that we receive, it is in par- doning that we are pardoned: and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. So spoke Saint Francis of Assisi to his companions seven hundred years ago, and the same words still go out to our world of today that hungers for God, for peace, and for social justice.

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' E - lcsi, sissrf , C f' I ' , S Lr.y if V fl Vi i A Vi- L..k, .L.: ijt ,VVV I f. ,X N E+ . :fr Im- f v- ' L 1 -- iZ1 i'E'1 ifH',131EQf-1 ' Y 1 1 I S 1 A ' Q i We are taking leave of one f another to go out toward DXX E ,., lk . l ,i 1 S ,rpg as-1 X : 'F'2 Ts :T '2'T'-TM T , ' ' - Q -1 rr: 'I v v-1 nrafglp 1,19-UH' V fl 'TTTY' the world of today with its C , oooo oooeoooee , C, - C tatt E f T f , ' 0 ' 0 ' Xxy yy ' 3 m'Se 'eS' 'ts suffmngs' r t its sins, but also its xg 1 ' - ,t f' ' ' A 1. 1', I rv i ll if-:K 'N ' ll 1' L-K A in prodigious accomplishments,,, , yy 1 IQQZ rrssos ' ' ff? ' ,CTBT -he , st , its values, its virtues. . ,it 1 , i ' sr ii fa, f , t N T l POPE PAUL TO THE Coursicit, DECEMBER 8 l ,li 1' l ' 4, 1 ll, f' ' X N l f l ,V ff. at ll T cf f ff ff, will fi ' i C T3 fl rrrtr to i' l T 'ci' '???f'77f77Cl - 4: fl, T lg! -' ' I It 'J I -f '7 T - as i it E' , , 212 : ' T -s I i T T he ll Two dramatic events stand out in our senior yeah, l'f',i,, y,f st iii J ,zg-gggiaiig s r ,,tn ' ,W-E, W l the Second Vatican Council, and Pope Paul's historic f j if X isii C E fe E X211 , visit to the United States. I li, al T ll LCEC ' , .Q-,frrrftl 6 On December 8, l965, after four years, Vatican lj! , ffl, ,225 C k, is ll came to a solemn close in ceremonies which were l l x 4 i, ll , ' K as held in St. Peter's Square. The Council passed four l 'g is ly I A ' K ,EEC y Constitutions on the liturgy, the nature of the Church, t , , divine revelation and the Church in the modern y 4 ' W I l l 1A-X world. Nine Decrees are those on social communica- y lj 5 ,lj l tions, ecumenism, Eastern Catholic Churches, pastoral S ,Il fl 3 4 l T ll X, duties of bishops, renovation of the life of Religious K 'N i ,, Q If men and women, seminaries, the lay apostolate, mis- ,E l in - f . . . , ,...,. u X K t,si sions and the priestly life. The three Declarations are . C E' i Us E 1, I X 'v T gf! on the relations of the Church with non-Christian re- T , fy 1 ,I W f ,C yps, f ligions, Christian education and religious liberty. C, iggcy H Q Mft' liy ln its final message the Council addressed the young f I l ,,o.l i men and women of the world. 'lt is to you who, re- , yygyy, gi ,i,s .',,, ig, l ,,',s,f,'y ,C ceiving the best of the example of the teaching of your parents and your teachers, are to form the socie- ty of tomorrow. You will either save yourselves or you will perish with it.' Pope Paul VI went before the delegates of the United Nations to plead his case for peace on Octo- ber 4. l965, the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi. His speech may or may not have changed minds, but his presence touched many people. It is a day we will never forget, and its significance shall be appreci- ated only as time goes on. l A ' if l ff .Eff i Fifi I i - - i K X a ff., , ff New , , ,, C i lf F! ,ff C X! ' A K l f f x ! ,fl 1 l L 'l al , , I 'f fl dll Wi l nl -r' i e ,X 1 f ., f x st it c K , Eyg, x C , N S ,gi ,ss,, Eff E tit 1 issr .1 D 4 A I I f :,,1Q,Sw-Q