Fenwick High School - Blackfriars Yearbook (Oak Park, IL)

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Why rs thrs school named Fenwrck? One hundred and f1fty years ago a Domrnr can prrest Father Edward Domrnrc Fenwrck establrshed rn Kentucky the first house of the Order of Preachers rn thrs country He founded the f1rstCatholrc college west of the Allegheny Mountarns was the apostle of Ohro and be came the f1rst brshop of Crncrnnatr As brshop he had under hrs lurrsdrctron the Northwest Terrrtory of whrch the present State of lllrnors was a part And thrs school took hrs name Brshop Fenwrck had drstrngurshed ancestors He belonged to the srxth generatron of Amerr can Fenwrcks The f1rst one of that name was Cuthbert who came from England to Maryland wrth Lord Baltrmore s enterprrse under the rule of Cecelrus Calvert to avord the relrgrous rntol erance of England s dark penal days The Brshops father was Colonel lgnatrus Fenwrck an officer rn the Maryland Mrlrtra dur rng the Revolutronary War and a member of the Maryland Conventron to frame the state constrtutron Edward Fenwrck for whom thrs school rs named was born rn St Marys County Mary land on August 19 1768 He had f1ve brothers and two srsters Hrs educatron began rn the famrly mansron under prrvate tutors Srnce rt was necessary for a Catholrc to go to Europe for advanced educatron he was sent to the Jesurt Fathers at Lrege Belgrum In the autumn of 1784 he entered Holy Cross Englrsh Domrnr can College at Bornherm Belgrum Havrng com pleted hrs humanrtres rn 1788 he traveled on the contrnent and on September 4 of that year recerved the Domrnrcan habrt He took hrs f1rst Domrnrcan vows March 26 1790 and havrng contrnued hrs studres untrl February 1793 he was ordarned a prrest at Ghent Belgrum He remarned at Bornherm to contrne hrs studres and to teach Wrth the French antr relrgrous revolutronrsts rushrng North rn the late sprrng of 1794 rt became necessary for the Englrsh Fathers to seek refuge rn England Srnce Father Fenwrck was an Amerrcan crtrzen the college was put rn hrs name The r volutronrsts n vertheless set f1re to the college and made Fenwrck a prrsoner After many hardshrps and rmmrnent danger to hrs lrfe he f1nally reached England where he became a professor at the new Domrnrcan college rn Surrey Carshalton Father Fenwrck s heart was always wrth hrs own country Amerrca He srncerely hoped that he could establrsh the Order of Preachers rn hrs natrve land Thrs has always been my de srgn he wrote to hrs superrors rn Rome January 3 1804 to begrn wrth a school Though hrs Englrsh Provrncral Superror was actrvely reluctant to lose hrm he recerved en couragement and f1naIly the permrssron for the venture through the efforts of Father Rrchard Concannon O P then rn Rome and later the f1rst Brshop of New York And thus was set rn motron the begrnnrngs of Domrnrcan educatron and the Domrnrcan apostolate rn Amerrcan all to be credrted to an Amerrcan a man who had been rmprrsoned rn France for hrs farth a man who had to f1ght agarnst the odds of severe poverty But he and one companron Father Angrer reported trr umphantly to Brshop Carroll of Baltrmore then Amerrca s brshop yls 'W V C, glare llp-l Wiley Mjqgrlll - 0 1 ' I of fic, I ' . 1 . . . h k:2g- .F-,X ' ' ' 'I ill l U ' 'I -, D' . Il ty , 1 1 T T - Q L fre

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'VFW ALMA MATER Hail, dear old Fenwick High, All hail To Thee! Our Alma MaTer, we pledge our IoyalTy, For Thee vve'll ever sTrive VicTory To gain. The While, The Black, brave sons we'll never lack l-ler glory To reTain. Then TlghT wiTh a rnighf reflecling The courage oT Fenwick meng WhaT Though we fall, for Fenwick we-'ll rise op and Tight again. Thy name and honor brighT vve will deTendp To God, To Coumry, and To Alina MaTer FaiThTol To liTe's end. T S Ef'4A'.' fi 'T' cs J.- ws LHC: lexfreme lehl, Jolii' Eire -we .inn Cm-sw Bosci la! foot of s!airsl, Qorzer' Bolwnek la' doorl and llef! fo righf on balconyl .'.' lan' F SUI-' Pon-eff Jones. -1- A 1,,,, fi f-s.,y.,,, , Feel F ..-. 4 1 LAST MlNUTE CHECKING is being wade lfy seniors Jafnes Curnwins, John Conley, Thomas Pelle' lon balconyl, and .larnes Campbell, Anvhony Manzo, Jarnes Ferguson, anc: Donald Gavin before The bell Tor frs' class VICTORY MARCH March, Fenwick, march down The held, March, Friars, march, rnen of sTeel. We conquer our Toes and wield A fearless sTrengTh ThaT reveals Our loyal men never yield. FighT, Fenwick, fighl To The end, FighT,Friars,flghT1illwe win. FighT Tor our colors, black and While, And Tor Fenwick and vicTory. QNQQ il 2 ,,,. 53 6

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