Cathedral Preparatory School - Literulae Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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the Archbishopfs dream of Prep became a realit That Christ may be formed in you . . This was both the ambition and the challenge ot the young bishop. But how could the Christ- like character be implanted? Why not a host of active young men, each imbued with an acutely Christian consciousness, to act as a leaven in the Catholic community? Why not a Cathedral School, that would combine the great ideals of education in the past, with the progressive methods ot today? On August 12, 1921, Bishop Gannon met with the pastors ot the Erie churches, and the great dream of a Cathedral Preparatory School began to take shape. Humble enough in its beginning, the school remained ever the concern to the then Bishop Gannon. Man ot vision, decisive and alert, he saw it not as it Was, but as it would be. He pushed on in the educational field to establish a junior college, which in 1941 became Gannon College. But his interests returned to the Prep School, and in 1944 a new building, modern and beautiful, was opened, Yet the work of education must ever expand, and today the Cathedral Center resounds to the clatter ot construction. Cathedral Prep is again expanding! THE DREAM . . . of a preparatory school of Catholic leadership and scholarship originated in the mind of the then Bishop lohn Mark Gannon. 8 THE 1942 new ture 1944 in N sy v H Q. Q ,N-vs. 1 .. 1 is nf' wx- . , 'S . 4 'Y . ' , Q , 5 2 1 . 1 It DREAM . . . took finer form in THE DREAM . . . expands. and now when the cornerstone of the Archbishop Gannon looks over the building was laid. The struc- plans of the new wing with Mon- was dedicated in the fall Of signor McDonald and Auxiliary Bis- hop McManaman. 1 1 lllli 1 -1 S

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Honors mark the Diocesan con tennial celebra tion Iust as Cathedral Prep is but one of Archbishop Gannon's educa- tional achievements, so is education but one of his fields of accom- plishments. Primarily an educator, he has always been alert to the needs in social welfare, in youth training, in diocesan and parochial organization. St. Ioseph's Home for Children, Harborcreek Training School, Gannondale, St. Mary's Home-all stand as a glowing tribute to his social consciousness. An expanding youth program emphasizes his interest and achievements in that field. Sodalities, the retreat movement, the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine work have flourished in the diocese. This litany of accomplishments adds up to the golden age of Catholicity in the Diocese of Erie, Little wonder that the Centennial should be so important a testimonial to the amazing progress of these one hundred years! Little wonder that it was celebrated with such splendor! And since so much of this was the accomplishment of one man, the faithful were thrilled to find that our beloved Bishop, Iohn Mark Gannon, had been singled out for a great honor, that our diocese, a little one among the ecclesiastical divisions of the world, should bring forth a leader, now an Archbishop. It was indeed a fitting climax to a glorious occasion, and the presence of so many dignitaries added to the solemnity of the event. ' Archibishop Iohn F. O'Hara of Philadelphia presides at the gala celebration com- memorating These One Hundred Years of the Diocese of Erie. 6 4 , . :--'eff' '-.-' 'ie ' W-.,g, w REJLQE