Catholic Central High School - Shamrock Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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Who the day before He suffered took bread mto Hrs holy and vener able hands and with Hrs eyes lrfted up t heaven unto Thee God Hrs almighty Father glv mg thanks to Thee He blessed broke and gave lt to Hts disciples say Ing Take and eat ye all of this For This ls My Body Emu noon ln lake manner after He had supped takmg also this excellent chal Ice into Hts holy and venerable hands and giving thanks to Thee He blessed and gave lt to Hrs disciples saymg Take and drmk ye all of this For Ths ls he Chalice of My Blood of the New and Eternal Testament the mystery of faith whrch shall be shed for you and for many unto the Remrs sion of sms I As often as ye shall do these things ye shall do them In remembrance of Me Jueetmg the Master In my heart there IS a desure for happmess a longung which no man us able to flll for my heart was made for Thee my God and It can find rest only an Thee Kung Davld felt this yearnmg In has soul when he sand As the hart panteth after the fountain of water so my soul panteth after Thee O God Unfortunately for hum It could not be satlsfled during his llfe time That longlng ns present ln my heart too and It was satisfied today for I have recelved my Jesus unto my heart and In Hum my soul has found nts rest When You come to me In Holy Commumon dear Jesus You become for a few short moments my Intimate Companion the Other Partner In a common unlon with me The lnflmte Creator performs a mlracle to make Himself one wlth me the flmte creature By thus wondrous miracle You let me talk to You personally and I can lusten to Your klndly suggestuons I tell You I adore You as the Creator of all the world and as my Maker the Wlse Controller Who dnrects the world In which thousands of heavenly bodies whlrl at tremendous speeds but an perfect harmony I thank Thee for all Your kindness to me for creatmg me for preserving me for redeeming me from hell where I would have suffered forever I thank You for adoptmg me as Your own child How easlly You mlght have allowed me to have been born of pagan parents wvthout knowledge of You wlthout Your love wrth llttle chance of heaven wnth You forever At Holy Commumon I ask You for all the graces I need Flrst I ask You the Important thmgs the grace and strength to be a saint and then for blessungs and favors for my dear father and mother for myself and for others Then too I ask for some temporal things that you help me tn school and at home My Jesus I do wush to be good and pure and holy and loyal to You I want to llve only for Thee I feel that I can accomplish thus only wlth Thy help without Thee I can do nothlng I do want to avold sm When You are with me who can lnlure me? Then too Jesus I want to know Thy will Tell me what You want me to do for Thee durlng my lrfe Help me to do Thy wall I know You wlll whisper to me someday when You are with me ln Holy Commumon Jesus make me Your frnend Your saint Then I shall leave Thee my Jesus reluctant yet happy nn the hope that You wall soon come again to me and happy too In the hope aroused by Your parting promlse to me He that eateth Your Flesh and drlnketh Your Blood wull have everlastmg llfe and You wlll ralse hum up on the last day A SENIOR Tlzzrtferx if I 1 9 4 O I I I I I I I ' I I I 0 1 1 1 1 3 I - , , 1 t I I I - , : , . O I - - - I. - I I It . . . . . . . , . . 1 1 . . . .. . ,, . . . I ' I , . I ' I - F 1 , . I I I I ' I I 1 I ' ' I ' I I I I ' I I I I . . . It

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ESIWKIHDROCIQ e lleell J Olfllflllll By EDWIN KLUTE When Stamslaus was but a youth of fourteen his par ents solicutous that he be given an education In keepmg with their high standards of piety sent him with his elder brother Paul to the Catholic college at Vienna Here his natural sanctity was nourished by the priests and strengthened to endure the trials which presented them selves Stamslaus his brother, and several other students lodged at the home of a violent Lutheran The holy youth was a frequent communicant and heard two masses daily Never did he enter or leave the school without a visit to his God nn the Blessed Sacrament To this devotion was lolned a love for the Blessed Mother These manifestations of his holiness caused antipathy towards him on the part of his brother and the other stu dents who were neglectful of the Sacraments and given to a dissipated manner of living By his companions Stanls laus was scoffed at reviled and often beaten After more than a year of such treatment he fell ser: ously :II and was refused the Sacraments by his Lutheran landlord When the end seemed near St Barbara to whom he had a special devotion and two angels bearing the Eucharist appeared He received his Lord with great heaven Suddenly the Blessed Mother with the Holy In fant stood before hum and placing the Child in his arms told him that he should become a religious Immediately he recovered and set about to execute this command of his Queen Bravlng the fiery ire of his father he set off In beggar s weeds for Dllllngen IH Northern Ger many to that noted guide of youth St Peter Canisius who he has been told would help ham Father Canisius mark mg his virtues sent him on to Rome with the highest recommendations In October 1568 Stamslaus became a novice of the Society of Jesus Ten months of striving to do all perfectly and weakened by the fervour of his mortificatnons his strength gave way On the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary his soul passed into her arms where he desired so ardently that at should be It is true that the lives of many saints seem for beyond our emulation Stamslaus Kostko s sanctity was derived from two inseparable sources The youth of today can ap proach these fountain heads of grace as easily and as often as he for they are but devotion to Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar and the love of the Virgin Mary Most Pure 1 I Q 4 O l 2311 ' C d I - , I I ' ' I 0 I ' , . I - . I . . , . , I I tenderness, believing that he would soon be with Him in - 1 I . ' I I . . . . I I ' I - I ' ' ' I I I . Q . . I - , , I I , I I I . . ' I rw rr

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245 33 THE RIGHT REVEREND MONSIGNOR JOHN J CONNOLLY Pourtu n SUPERINTENDENT OF CATHOLIC CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL