Holy Trinity High School - Trinitarian Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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edicaied . . . TO THE MEMORY OF BROTHER GEORGE, C.S.C. Whose ruggedness in practice of virtue was for thirty years an inspiration to Trinity students. May his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God Rest in Peace

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( IlRlsriAN Kl ri AllON ()F VOlTH CHRISTIAN EDUCATION OF YOUTH tnOiin.: of youth, is false. Every method of e luc nlly or in part, on the denial or (orgetfulncM ,,„.l . ' .f grace, and relying on the sole power I unsound. Such, generally speaking, are I ' t-aring various names which appeal to ment and unrestrained freedom on the wliiih diminish or even suppress !i,,n. attributing to the child an ,111(1 an activity independent of anj in the work of his education. It any of these terms are usoj ni i ' -city of a gradually more acj ilie pupil in his own educatioijj from education dcsspotism and punishment is not, this wouk [t would mean only what has ti e by the Church in traditk lion of the method employed lures, of whom He demands ; nature of each; for His Vi: mightilv and ordercth all thin Rut alas: It is clear fro and from experience, that wh withdrawal of education Iron divine law. So today we see, philosophers who spend theii moral cotie of education, a L ' d ' pc-l law. no law even of r of man, pnvmulgated by fit rivelaiion by God Himself innovators are wont to refer tion .as heteronomous,’ ' “pa up-m the authority of God a Mich men are m “ ’ ' 25 is worse is the claim, not only vain but false, langerous, to submit to research, experiment and ely natural and profane order, those mat- belong to the supernatural order; as for iestly or religious vocation, and in gen- ' of grace which indeed elevate the nat- ' dy superior. to them, and may no- laws, for the Spirit breatheth struction naturalism which nowadays in- that most delicate matter of (in is the error of those who er an ugly term propagate a lining they can forearm youth |y means purely natural, such ■..lutionary instruction for all Hnd, worse still, by exposing | isions, in order to accustom 1% to harden them against such refusing to recognize the in¬ land the law of which the law of mind; ’ and also in which it is clear that - C1AC.XC plUSS vSl ttv. ' xstv -ro ' oS ,i ( ( „v Tilt- rt tCM- Of FliS V113S By VOl’t l in peace of “ d Apo ' - ' .. BeaHfi a» „postoUc Beneu — that D ' ' ' ' ® ' ;d mAO- ' S? TtJrl is- s ngA.lar y ' Vn uvrA ' ' ’ those S ' W ' NAC . „nv patcf« ' ‘ ' tinwly men, created by God, to His image and likeness and destined for Him who is infinite perfection, real¬ ize today more than ever amid the most exuberant material progress, the insufficiency of earthly goods to produce true happiness, either for the individual or for nations. And hence they feel more keenly them¬ selves the impulse towards a perfection that is higher, which impulse is implanted in their rational nature by the Creator Himself. This perfection they seek to acquire by means of education. Pope Pius XI. Page 3

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Perfect schools are the result not so much of good methods as of good teachers, teachers who are thoroughly prepared and well-grounded in the mat¬ ter they have to teach; who possess the intellectual and moral qualifications required by their important office; who cherish a pure and holy love for the youths confided to them; because they love Jesus Christ and His Church, of which these are the children of predilection; and who have therefore sincerely at heart the true good of family and country. Indeed it fills our soul with con¬ solation and gratitude towards the Divine Goodness to see, side by side with Religious men and women engaged in teaching, such a large number of excel¬ lent lay teachers ... All these labor unselfishly with zeal and perseverance in what St. Gregory Nazienzen calls The art of arts and the science of sci¬ ences : the direction and formation of youth. — Pope Pius XI. Students and graduates of Holy Trinity High School will always be grateful for the priv¬ ilege of having been taught by the Brothers of Holy Cross. Founded in France in 1820 as The Brothers of St. Joseph, this order was the first com¬ munity of Brothers to establish itself in the United States when, in 1842, six Brothers and one priest set up a small college in the wilderness of northern Indiana. This college, like the community which founded it, expanded until to¬ day it is one of the finest Cath¬ olic institutions of higher learning in the world; the Uni¬ versity of Notre Dame. It is at this great center of culture and learning that the members of our faculty are trained for their important office. Since the greatness of Notre Dame is the glory of Holy Cross, we students who have been taught by Holy Cross men have imbibed those in¬ tangible qualities that go to make up greatness. For this, we shall always be grateful to our teachers, those splendid men of character: the Brothers of Holy Cross.