Elk County Catholic High School - Memories Yearbook (St Marys, PA)

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The O God, Thou heard'st that secret prayer, At the altar now I stand, And hold Thy Sacred Flesh and Blood Within my trembling hand. --C. Brermevi. CO0 Beautiful Hands of a Priest We need them in life's early morning, We need them again at its close, We feel their warm clasp of true friendship, We seek them when tasting life's woes. At the altar each day we behold them, And the hands of a king on his throne Are not equal to them in their greatness, Their dignity stands all alone. For there in the stillness of morning, Ere the sun has emerged from the East, There God rests between the pure fingers Of the beautiful hands of a priest. God bless them and keep them all holy For the Host which their lingers caress, What can a poor sinner do better Than to ask Him Who chose them to bless. When the death dews on our eyelids are falling May our courage and strength be increased, By seeing raised oer us in blessing The beautiful hand of a priest. -Selected. ,,. .. . . ,ff-v.. l17l

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Cur lubilarian Reverend Father I-lenry, C. S. B. Q00 EVEREND Father Henry was born in Covington, Kentucky, December 15, 1884. He entered the Scholasticate of St. Vincent in 1898 and six years later, the Novitiate. He was now a spiritual son of the great St. Benedict. The following year, on July 2, 1905, he pronounced his holy vows and thus became a member of the renowned Benedictine Order. After a lapse of almost another six years Reverend Father Henry was ordained to the sacred priesthood, July 1, 1911. Immediately after his ordination he was assigned to the assistant pastorate of the Fourteen Holy Martyrs Church, Baltimore, Maryland. For three years he faithfully and zealously worked for the souls of this parish. In 1914 he was recalled to St. Vincent where for four years he was actively engaged in the teaching profession. Since 1918 Father Henry has devoted all his time to parish work. The four years, 1918-1922, he spent here as assistant pastor of the Sacred Heart Parish and the next twelve years, 1922-1934, he was pastor of St. Marys Church, Patton, Pa. In 1934 he was again placed in our midst, this time as leader and shepherd of the Sacred Heart Parish. Great has heen the result of his governing and organizing power, from the seemingly trivial matter of order at Holy Communion to the organization of two great societies, the Holy Name and St. Anne's. He has ever the welfare of his parishioners at heart. The Sacred Heart Student Body happily takes this occasion to express sincere gratitude for his kindly and fatherly interest. Most Hearty Congratulations, Dear Reverend Father. May Cod grant you another twenty-five years in His Divine Service. How I longed in boyhood days, To he a priest of God, An alter-Christus that will tread The path that He has trodg To stand with Him on Calvary Beneath the Holy Rood. 1161

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