Cathedral High School - Crusader Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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beclica tion Mother and son enjoy the closest union in mind and in spirit, in understand¬ ing and love that is possible between two people on earth. Our Blessed Mother holds the closest union between us and Heaven and God. She is the symbol of our Catholic Faith and it is she who comes to our mind iirst in temptation and spiritual trials. VVe have represented in Mary and in our mother all that is pure, and good, and worth striving for, and it is with these thoughts in mind that we the seniors of 1946 humbly dedicate our yearfxx)k- To mother , the com¬ bined spirit of Mary in Heaven with Dear Mom on earth. From the time we were born. Dear Mom, to the present, we have been under your watchfulness and guidance and with our every joy and sorrow, success and failure, you have been happy and sad, and sympathetic along with us. Now we continue to look to you for your prayers and for your motherly advice in all our important Helds of endeavor that are to come. I hat, with our treasured memories of your tender yet firm direction in our youth, will make us feel justly certain of a secure future. Home is really “Home Sweet Home because you have made it so. Through trial and tribulation your sense of obligation and love have rendered you beautiful in our sight and in the sight of the Giver of Beauty, our Father in Heaven. For all you are and for all you have done, Dear Mom, you are my sweetest blessing.

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Bishop Henry Althoff The Most Reverend Bishop Henry Altholf, I). I)., became head of the Belle¬ ville Diocese in 1914. Since that time it has been his earnest endeavor to pre¬ serve and increase the devotion and love of his people toward their God and 1 lis Blessed Mother. We have been brought to admire and love our Bishop for his own piety and singleness of life. I lis interests have reached out and touched us more particularly through the schools which he has fostered in the whole diocese. More especially are we here at Cathedral High Sch(X)l indebted to him for his special interest in our welfare. 1 le has encouraged the construction of a bigger and better Cathedral I ligh School yet always keeping in mind the great importance ol the education of the soul being the soul of education. Faith, prayer, frecjuentation of the Sacraments, abstinence in eating and drinking and proper dress are points we have heard stressed frequently during our years in school. We sincerely hope our conduct in the future will be that of the Christian voung men your Excellency has so greatly desired us to be and prayerfully be¬ sought our Blessed Mother to make us.