Holy Trinity High School - Trinitas Yearbook (Westfield, NJ)

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ATI HE hustorv of Monsngnor H J Watterson s career as a prlest provldes us with a very good pucture of a man who has la bored incessantly as a builder of bulldlngs for the greater honor and glory of God But no mere statement of facts can provide us with a true and suffuclent picture of Monsignor as a bualder of Cathollc men and women The number of souls won to the Fanth durung has career cannot attest to has work along these lunes for It vs wlthln the body of the faithful that Monsugnor works wlth greatest zeal protecting has flock with a stern watchful and merciful hand As members of Monslgnors flock during the past four years we have learned to appreciate fully has worth as a prlest a friend and a MAN lt as wnth great pride that we dedlcate thus our most lastnng contrubutlon to Monsignor H J Watter son bullder of Catholucnty Monsngnor H J Watterson the founder of our school nn a pose famulnar to us all 5 gs!

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DED Rughl Revercnc lonsugnor Henry I Wattersouu Pa for 4 MONSIGNOR WATTERSON was ordauned a pruest on June 29 1901 He labored at St Lucy s un Jersey Cuty and St Francus de Sales un Lodu before comung to Trunuty Hus talent for buuldung and raxsung revenue had uts early manufestatuons at these two parishes On February 14 1913 Monsugnor was appomted pas tor of Holy Trunuty In two years tome he had erased the large debt on the property and had begun to acquxre ad dutuonal property ln 1917 he erected the grammar school By 1921 thus debt was also paud and work was begun on the church Thus constructuon entauled a movung of the rectory and convent to make room for the church In four years Monsugnor had begun work on a hugh school the only one for mules around The furst class was gradu ated un 1927 The depressuon called a temporary halt to buuldung ac tuvutues at Trunuty but the years were well spent un the reductuon of the debt By 1944 the debt was completely luquudated and a buuldung fund was started Last July the addutuon to the hugh school was begun Plans are made for a new modern grammar school to be constructed on the present sute of the playground Thus wull allow for expansion of the hugh school unto the buuldung now occupued by the grammar school In vuew of the present maternal shortage and the post war unfla tuon Monsugnor has decuded to delay further actuvuty untul condutuons have reached a normal status After that we do not know what worlds wull be left for Monsugnor to conquer but as long as there us a bruck and an empty space avaulable Monsugnor wull be there plan nung the best way to use them for the furtherance of the Catholuc fauth

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