Cathedral Preparatory School - Literulae Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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BISHOP OF ERXE FOUNDER OF PREP JOHN MARK GANNGN, D.D., D.C.L., LL.D

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Cwerzfy-jqve yea 5 0 The Literulae Sifver Juhifee i947 PA QQK. R415 -P' 8. ff' 2 3 4 o 0 A -1921' P bl hdby THE SENICR CLASS Cathedral Preparatory School ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA JUNE, 1947 r jp Cclgucafiorz fha Slzagow of fha Gross.

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A Salute to the Bishop! Photographers, amateurs and professionals, beginners and experts have taken innumerable snapshots and portraits of the Bishop of Erie. Pictures in The Rambler have immortalized him at quarter sessions. Flanked by a kneeling, praying Prep School, his admirers have snapped him at Friday morning meditations. Other candid camera enthusiasts have pictured him walking through his Center or watching the Prep cage com' bines in action. But no one has ever clicked a shutter on the one picture we will always remember. The picture which we will always cherish as an outstanding feature of Prep days is simply--a man at a window. We will remember MESH, Viyifi a tall, stately man faultlessly groomed in black, edged with the royal purple of the hierarchy, standing, looking across the campus paternally to guide tomorrow's leaders. He does more than just watch, he sends a part of himself with each boy in the form of his inspiring words: Esto Viv, Vae Victis, Veritas, and a dozen other little gospels. We see this picture through rain and snow and sunshine and are sure that the haze of time will only serve to magnify that pleasing portrait. ' A . 1 , I On meeting him, a Prepster discovers an amiable, dynamic per' l sonality with a countenance of a judge, or a bank president, but above all, ofa l A A V Bishop. Cther people see clear eyes, a broad, responsible forehead, and a priestly glow. A Prepster sees be' yond, into the mind of a great educator. In that orderly, active mind, a legion of men work feverishly with drawing boards and protractors and lay the foundations of modern, better sancf 'twhat mfg you going I0 bg, Son? tuaries of Catholic instruction. There, l f v v v too, we see teachers, priests, nuns, and laymen with the Church's golden hooks of infallible knowledge and the steel volumes of material and scientific data. In that mind, the multi tudinous activities of pastor, nun, worker, and student are channeled into the final endfstalwart Ca the olic leadership. Kneeling to kiss his ring, we see hands which are the embodiment of countless other hands that he has directed to Gods service. We see the grimy, sweaty ones of a laborer working on Gannon Collegels new addition, the calloused but supple hands of a mason laying another stone in the Cathedral Center. More than this. we see the hopeful hands of a child in grade school hungrily reach' Quaytey Sessions ing out for the nourishment of Catholic