Holy Name of Jesus High School - Mercian Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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IN MEMORIAM lt would be rash on the part of h1gh school s en1 o r s to try to equal the eloquent and mov1ng trlbutes pald to our deceased Holy Father Pope Plus XII by statesmen of many natlo n s Yet be cause he was truly our father and because we loved h1m we con slder lt both a prlvllege and an oblxgatlon to dlscharge our duty of f1l1al love ln the only Way POSS1bl6 to us after our fervent prayers fol the r epos e of h1s soul We pause here to pay trlbute to h1s nmcnuory Wc of thc lf a1th know that the achlevcznent whlch caused the non CdlhOl1C Pres1dent of Germany Theodor Heuss to cxclalm The present and future world owe h1m the most gratefulmemory' were thc result not the cause of h1s greatness It was the deeplove of Pope Plus XII for God and for God s ch1ldren that gave h1m the strength to 3.CCOIT1pl1Sh the seemlngly lmposslble Why dld the death of our late Holy Father have the lmpact of a personal loss for each of us 7 None of us had ever seen h1s ascetmc Ronxan lace p1crc1ng cycs and sllm flgure except through the un satlsfactory rnedlum of IJICILITSS How d1d xxc knovx that he cared for us 9 modlflcatlon of the rules for Iastlng bcfore Holy COITHITILIIIIOH was l'11S xx ay of brmglng us oftcner to the Source of Sanctny I-11s fearless dcnunclatlons of CZODUITILIIIISIII were uttcrcd because hc. I'6.COg11lZLd Commumsm as Satan's h1rcl1ng that was snatch1ng fronq the1r 1.1116 Fold thc sheep Whlch God had entrusted to hun We kncyx of h1s lovc from pcoplc who had had aud1cnces Wlth lum and vt ho spokc wlth nmnglcd avyc and happlncss of thc xyarlnness of h1s blesslngs and h1s xx elcorne fhcy could not forgct the srnlle whlch llghted h1s face when hc saw h1s chlldren no nflatter what thelr color or soclal status We grleved at the death of Pope P1us XII because we knew that he had been to us a klnd and lox mg father We grleye most of all because We knex that we had lost a l1v1ng model of Chrlst May PMS XII Pope of Peacc rest ln peace 1 V 3 ' ' ' , - y . 7 . . 3 1 i ' 4 A ' - , ' ' A ' .vw J J ' ' , 11 A I I 1 ' . . , . . 7' . Y h ' ss, ', ' l x ' ' 2 ' A , ' A r ' ' l ' rs ' 1 We knew it frond his anxiety for our spiritual Welfare. His . . . . . A V . ' 3 7 I B F x ,x ' - 2 ' I 5 7 ' ' 1 A I x 'J ' A Q ' x ' r I . V ' , 3 V X 4 x . . A . . , ! f A! I '

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r 'N 'fi Rf-...r fx.-:xi Rev Thoxnas 17' 'V- Atherton S J sl L+.,- Rev George Francls S J PAS CDR an ASSISTAN S Rev Edwaz-dJ Donahue S J M Rev Danlel Q O'Cal1aghan S J Rev . Lawrence Toups , S. J.