Pli0l0liUl Each generation of men needs leaders, men of foresight and the deepest integrity. Those few who thus stand higher than the rest become symbols in later years for what is noble and good and worthy of imitation, The Catholic Church in the United States has as one of her greatest symbols the saintly life of .lean Louis de Cheverus, the first Bishop of Boston. His was the perfect blend of sanctity united with worldly wisdom, and everything he did was high- lighted and intensified by his deep spirit of charity, so that the words of Christ applied to him, Those who hear you, hear Me. On October 3, T796, when Father Cheverus first landed in Boston, the task which lay before him seemed almost insurmount- able. He was to assist Father Matignon in administering a parish that consisted of all six New England states! His parish- oners lived hundreds of miles apart, and were few in number. Very often, he soon learned, they were also weak in their Faith. But even greater than this was the obstacle of the Puritan heart- that heart which would not bend in kindness to, but could only hate, the Church which these two missionaries represented. For twenty-seven years Cheverus devoted himself to his flock, and performed every sort of missionary activity. He lived among the Indians of Maine, mastering their dialects, so that he could preach the Gospel to them, he truclged on foot long dis- tances, attending the scattered Catholics, he nursed the sick and buried the dead in two yellow-fevet epidemics, he collected funds and eventually built a church in the heart of Puritan Boston, he was business man, adviser, peacemaker, servant, doctor for his flock, failing his people in no form of helpfulness. lt was not long before men of all creeds held this humble priest in veneration and love. We in our own generation face problems similar to those faced by Bishop Cheverus. Many today still hate the Catholic Church and do not understand that she is from Christ. We, the young Catholics of America, have it for our own duty and heri- tage to live holy and Christ-like lives. At Cheverus High School, named after our model, Bishop Cheverus, we have caught the spark which animated him, we have been given a Christian education, and we have been trained to enter the ranks of Christian manhood. We know that if we are true to the things we have learned, if we maintain the integrity demanded of us as Christian gentlemen, we will be real sons of Cheverus. Bishop Cheverus is our model, and Cheverus High School has given us the means to imitate our model. April 8, 1958 is the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Archdiocese of Boston. In this Anniversary Year it is with gratitude for his leadership and our hopes for his intercession for us, that we offer as the theme of the CLARION for 1958, the Life of Bishop lean Louis Cheverus, first Bishop of Boston. May his spirit ever live in the men of Cheverus High School! 4
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