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

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The Rlght Reverend Monslgnor Vlnllunm J Murphy

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DEDICATION To our Prlnclpcxl THE RIGHT REVEREND MONSIGNOR WILLIAM J M rn suncere grctutude for hrs friendship guldonc during the most Important years of our life and honorung the twenty fifth onmversory of his ordmohon to the Holy Priesthood we humbly dedlcote the SPIRES of 1958 URPHY e and understcundlng

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Q QF Baby Wulluam John Murphy poses for hus furst pucture wuth hus parents and hus older brother Harold Bll Murphy when he graduated from SS Peter and Paul Hugh School Sagunaw Muchugan on June 16 1920 Reverend Wrlluam J Murphy wuth has por nts uftr-r hus orduna uon to the Holy Pruesthood Aprul 30 1933 GOD HAS A WAY When luttle Wulluam John Murphy supportung humsef by hus bug brother s packet and hus darlung mother s knee looked unto the cameras eye for the first tume some fifty years ago he had no premonutuon of the hundreds of repeat performances he would make The Grand Rapuds clergy and lauty were not aware of hus burth un Tweed Ontaruo Canada November 19 1905 when un the same year they were boostung for the erectuon of a Catholuc Hugh School centrally located A modest school embarked on uts career un Septem ber 1906 However twenty nune years were to elapse before Father Wulluam J Murphy and Grand Rapuds Catholuc Hugh School would clasp hands On thus page SPIRES us happy to present a few Important steps un the lufe of thus young man who was destuned to be CC s bulwark un the truals that beset her growth and expan suon Father Murphy was appounted Assustant Pruncupal to Catholuc Central un 1935 and uts Pruncupal un 1938 Pope Plus Xll now gloruously reugnung elevated hum to the rank of Papal Chamberlun un 1948 and to that of Domestic Prelate un 1954 wuuh the present tutle of Rught Reverend Monsugnor Well he deserves the honors Nevertheless un thousands of homes un and about Grand Rapuds he us loved known and addressed by the sumple household name of twenty three years standung Father Wulluam Murphy Pruncupal of Catholuc Central Wuth thus class Mr Wulluam Murphy fufth from left un front row receuved hus Masters Degree at Catholuc Unuversuty Washungton DC Thus us the luttle publuc school un Tweed Ontaruo Canada where luttle Wulluam was untroduced to readung wrutung and aruthmetuc He us un the front row suxth from the left