Catholic Central High School - Spires Yearbook (Grand Rapids, MI)

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His Holiness Foreword Fifty years have elapsed since the incomparable Encyclical of Leo XIII of happy m e m o r y, Rerum Novarum, first saw the light. Quadragesimo Anno, the sequence to this remark- able document of pastoral solicitude was written ten years ago by Pope Pius XI. The fiftieth and tenth anni- versaries, respectively, of these master- pieces, the Magna Charta of human society, were commemorated on May 15. Rerum Novarum and Quad- ragesimo Anno are not monuments to be visited annually and wreathed with Pope Pius XII laudatory speeches-they are rules to live by, as binding as the authority of the Popes and covering the greater part of modern mens daily existence. The truths in the social encyclicals are elaborations of the simple truths taught in Catholic schools. These encyclicals are not purely doctrinal but preceptive, requiring us to make radical changes in our individual lives, in our social and economic organizations through which we will benefit during our existence. Conscious of the fact that by patterning our lives according to the encycli- cals, we will be living as one flock with One Shepherd, we have attempted to portray through quotations from these encyclicals, essays and art, how school life at Catholic Central is designed to fulfill its chief purpose - namely -- that all activities, whether spiritual, educational, or social, tend to develop those fundamental principles based on knowing, loving and serving God. To better develop our theme we have pictured the coat-of-arms of Pope Pius XII throughout our book. This seal, presented to the Holy Father, March 16, 1940, is a shield upon which is pictured a stretch of land washed by sea waves and three heraldic mountains atop which a dove holds an olive branch, the symbol of peace. lust as an integrated program is necessary for a high school student to attain success, likewise, an integrated program is vital to a good Christian life. Instructions at a Catholic mother's knee, a Catholic school education, a Catholic environment in a community, concentrated Catholic Action, such is the map of life for every true Catholic whose only aim is to glorify God by using everything in his power to live a fuller life on this earth in order to taste the fullness of life through all eternity.