Cathedral High School - Beacon Yearbook (Portland, ME)

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Dedication We, the Senior Class of 1950, feel deeply honored to dedicate our yearbook, THE BEACON, to our beloved Teacher-Principal, Sister M. Ildefonsa. Her diligence and concern for each and every one of us has endeared her to our hearts. May God continue to bless and guide her in future years.

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Holy Year of Jubilee 1950 On Christmas Eve, 1949, the Holy Father opened the Holy Door at St. Peter's glori- ously inaugurating the Holy Year of 1950-and climaxing the year which marked noteworthy triple anniversaries of the reigning Vicar of Christ on Earth. The year 1949 marked the fif- tieth year of the Holy Father's ordination to the Priesthood, the twentieth anniversary of his elevation to the Cardinalate and the tenth anniversary of his crowning as Pope. In the late months of 1299 and when Boniface VIII was Pope, pilgrims began arriving in Rome in large numbers which crowded the streets and overflowed the Basilicas. Because there were no special feasts at this time the unprecedented size of the congregations puzzled His Holiness and Vatican Ol-Hcials. Pope Boniface was enthused by the ardent desire of the devoted people to be freed from stain of sin and its punishment, and moved by the hardships and physical discomforts the people endured that they might visit Rome, after reflecting, and feeling that the Church should not fail the large numbers of people so anxious to atone for their sins, he declared the year 1300 as the first Holy Year. His Holiness, Pope Pius XII, in July of 1948 proclaimed that, according to the sched- ule of its observance every twenty-five years, the Holy Year would be celebrated in Rome throughout the twelve months of 1950, and bade the faithful of the world to join together in the Holy City during that time to venerate the Tombs of the Apostles and the See of Peter. Now, in 1950, the Vatican authorities plan the most glorious of all Iubilees, which have through 650 years graced these solemn observances at the spiritual world capital of the Roman Catholic Church. Pius XII will, in the tradition of his long line of predecessors, re- ceive and bless the Pilgrims of 1950. To the pilgrim visiting Rome this Holy Year is clearly apparent the magnitude of the beneficent care of the Church for the peoples throughout the world, when for the twenty- fifth time in six and a half centuries, She will grant to those who sincerely follow the Holy Year requirements, the peace of a soul set free from guilt by earning the Jubilee indulgence. These are the rewards the Holy Year of 1950 offers to those who observe its requirement in the city of Rome. The four principal intentions chosen by His Holiness, Pope Pius XII, for the 1950 Holy Year were announced by the Supreme Pontiff on June 26, 1948, to be: 1. Sanctification of souls through prayer and penance, and unshakable fidelity to Christ and the Church. A 2. Action for peace and defense of the Holy places. 3. Defense of the Church against renewed attacks of her enemies and beseeching of the faith for those wandering in error, infidels and those without Cod. 4. Actual realization of social justice and works of assistance in favor of the humble and needy. I Nancy Gerdes, '50

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