Corpus Christi College Academy - Paloma Yearbook (Corpus Christi, TX)

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The Rt. Rev. Paul M. Nahlen, O.S.B., Abbot of New Subiaco Abbey, pre- sents the foundation cross to the newly installed, Very Rev. Martin Fischer. O.S.B., Prior of the Corpus Christi Priory. The Very Rev. Martin Fischer, O.S.B., Prior, prepares to lead the procession bearing the foundation cross in part of the solemn ceremony of erection of the new Priory.

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SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER J ANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY SCHOOL CALENDAR 1, 2, 3, 5 Registration -- ugh! 29 Erection of Priory. Installation of Prior Martin Fischer. 1 Senior class begins recitation of Rosary. 3 Hurricane warning. School dismissed. 9 Three cheers. 7 10th grade gives speeches. 9 Oh fateful day! 12, 13, 14 First six-week's exams. 9 S. O. S. 20 Election of class and staff officers. 26 Faculty and students go to Goliad; Cathedral, Diamond Jubilee. 19 Big A1 buys first La Paloma. -- He's still not sorry. 1 A11 Saint's Day. Holy Day of Obligation - Holiday. 3 Beginning of magazine subscription campaign. 17 9th grade public speaking. 11 Feast of St. Martin, patron of Prior Martin. 18 La Paloma Yearbook staff begins 1950 campaign 9- posters and p. a. 21, 22, 23 second six-week's exams. 21 Coach of Monterrey T. I. spoke about Notre Dame. Pep rally that night. 7 Fr. Joseph J . Rickert spoke on the Maryknoll missions. 8 Feast of Immaculate Conception. Holy Day and holiday. 14 Senior class gives public speaking - big dogs, big flop. Br. Patrick Cain C. S. C., St. Eds, spoke to seniors. 15 Cavalier's football banquet. - Captain's oration superb. 16 Students dismissed for-long awaited Christmas holidays.--yea! 24 Pope Pious XII opens 25th Holy Year. 29 Teen-Age Christmas formal -- sighhhhhhhh. 3 Classes resumed after SHORT holidays. 18, 19, 20 Mid-Term exams. - three down, three to go. 16 Juniors public speaking. 22 Capt. Johrfs squad banquet and dance. 23 Second semester registration 9- poor guys. 9 Boosters Club dance. 14 Seniors public speaking -- getting better. 15 Catholic Digest Campaign. 17 I. W. A. Sodality Dance. 1, 2, 3, Fourth six-week's test -- two more. 6 Senior Play 11Seventeenth Summer rehearsal starts. 16 Performance by St. Ed's choir. 17 St. Patrick's Day. Carnival at K. C. Hall. 21 Feast of St. Benedict. Cap and Gown day. 5 - 11 Easter holidays. 9 Easter. 14 Air Scout's Senioree Ball. 17, 18 Senior Play HSeventeenth Summer. 20 Mr. A. G. Lindsay spoke to students on How to Judge Motion Pictures. 24 Junior-Senior Day - lucky dogs! 30 Boosters Club Barbecue. 9 May Day. 12 Senior Prom -- Juniors too. 22 - 23 Final tests. 24 Commencement exercises.

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THE CORPUS CHRISTI PRIORY September 29, 1949, the Feast of St. Michael, was a milestone in the history of the College-Academy. On that day the Very Rev. Martin Fischer was installed as first prior of the newly erected Corpus Christi Priory. The Benedictine monks from New Subiaco Abbey, Subiaco, Ark. began construction on their new school at Corpus Christi 23 years ago, around Easter 1927. The Corpus Christi College, as it was then called, was completed in 1928 and opened its doors for the first school year on Sept. 11 of that year. x Since that time the faculty of the College-Academy has grown in number from five to eleven and the student body from 56 to 250. The solemn ceremony of installation was one long to be remembered by all who attended. The Rt. Rev. Paul M. Nahlen, abbot of New Subiaco Abbey. presented Father Prior Martin with a large crucifix, a copy of the holy rule, and a breviary, symbolic of his installation as head of the priory. Father Fischer then lead the procession of clergy and laity to St. Placid Hall where be celebrated a solemn high mass with the Most Rev. M. S. Garriga, D.D.,LL.D., Bishop of Corpus Christi, presiding. A banquet for the clergy concluded the service, and thus was launched a new spiritual effort in the Diocese of Corpus Christi.