DeSales High School - Salesian Yearbook (Geneva, NY)

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'tyewi at ‘DeSaC b This Holy Year of Jubilee is the Twenty-fifth regular Holy Year since that proclaimed by Pope Boniface in 1300. The inten- tion of the Holy See is to give the faithful as many opportunities as possible for gaining the tremendous indulgences granted dur- ing this joyful season. Although we of De Sales cannot make a visit to the Basilicas in Rome and gain plenary indulgences, we can by special acts throughout the year gain for ourselves and for others the special indulgences offered those who cannot make the pilgrimage to Rome. We should in the words of our Holy Father make this a year of purification and sanctification.” A year of purification and sanctification”-—what does this mean to us at De Sales? It means that we should strive to give good example to others by living lives of true Christian virtue. It means that this Holy Year should, above all, be kept most sacred in order that our prayers and sacrifices may aid the priests, sisters, and Catholic people suffering persecution in the Communist-controlled countries of the world. It means that we should pray especially for our Holy Father upon whose frail shoulders rest the sorrows of the whole world. Just as the Holy Father opened the Holy Doors of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, so we, the graduates shall open the doors of the world and enter upon a new life in the midst of controversy and suffering. Let us endeavor during the Holy Year of 1950, our last year at De Sales, to gather grace and strength for the years that are yet to come, the grace and strength to meet the challenge offered with a strong faith, a firm hope and an ardent love of God. Mary Frances Lynch.

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 dmiac REVEREND EDWARD K. BALL, President 8 MOST REVEREND JAMES E. KEARNEY, D.D.