Johnstown Central Catholic High School - Memories Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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Father Cawleys Message to the Class l HE need 1D our t1mes for the k1nd of educat1on you have recelved IS ,ff AQ' most serlous Wrtness for 1nstance the publlc statement made some W I t1me ago by a group of teachers 1D a southern boys h1gh school 1 'LA We have watched w1th a mlngled feellng of rage and sadness the 1mpotent ph1losophy of so called modern educat1on that has rotted the moral fibre of our natron That phllosophy goes by the term of secularlsm whlch means noth1ng more than putt1ng God out of the world He created out of educat1on out of government out of labor out of management out of th pro fessrons out of the home out of SOCICCY 1D general W1th God removed the coast IS clear for unchecked lawlessness In fact the very term lawlessness IS then a m1snomer because rf there IS no God there can be no law ln the strlct sense of the word If there IS no law then v1olat1on of law 15 only a mean1ngless e1cpress1on There IS then no s1n no dlfference between rrght and wrong good and ev1l Good IS whatever serves the need of the moment Each 1nd1v1dual becomes a law unto h1mself You are then free to do as you please Of course th1s w1ll result rn unlversal and perpetual confl1ct but no matter There 15 no purpose to l1fe any way lt rs not supposed to have any r1me or reason There IS no po1nt then to respect for author1ty Contempt for author1ty becomes a v1rtue Standards become a joke rdeals someth1ng to be scoffed at If there IS no God there IS no future l1fe If there 15 no future l1fe you are a fool lf you don t get all you can out of th1s l1fe How you get lt 15 lmmaterral Steal rf necessary and 1f you can do so wlthout gettmg caught If you get caught l1e out of 1t upbrald the detectrve for not catchmg the others or remmd h1m that he 15 only an 1mposter hav1ng none of the author1ty he professes to have no rlght at all to restra1n you from dolng as you please They call th1s hodge podge the New MOfHl1fY the New Freedom the emancl patron of the twentreth century The fact that It has produced a harvest of two world wars before the century 1S half over does not d1sturb 1ts prophets rn the least or d1s1llus1on therr gulllble v1ct1ms Is If any wonder that rage and sadness fill the heart of those teachers down south and of thousands of other c1t1zens who have the good of soc1ety at heart and who stmll belreve w1th the Father of our Country that It rs folly to suppose that our natlon can surv1ve 1f 1C does not rest on a foundatron of morallty and r1d1culous to speak of morallty wlthout rel1g1on7 So the need for the type of educat1on you have recelved grows graver by the hour and your personal respons1b1l1ty grows graver w1th rt You must hrst of all save your ovxn soul and th1s becomes most d1fl1cult vxhen the very atmosphere you breathe IS hlled w1th such deadly polson and when crafty enem1es roam about lrke roar1ng l1ons seekxng vthom they may devour And whrle savmg your soul you must help to save soc1ety from chaos and c1v1l1zat1on from destruct1on You can t do th1s by rndrfference by smug self complacency by argument or by controversy Chr1st1an1ty 15 not a body of doctrrne to be learned If 15 a l1fe to be l1ved You must l1ve your Chf1Sf1HH pr1nc1ples Only thus can you l1ght the way for those grop1ng ID darkness and brmg the truth to those langu1sh1ng ID error You are members of the Church M1l1tant Be sold1ers of courage Be heroes rn the strrfe Be w1se as serpents Pray farthfully Frequent the Sacraments Love bod w1th your whole heart and your nelghbor as yourself Hold h1gh the torch GOD BLESS YOU , . 1 . . . . '- ' 1 ' 1 1 1 J iv . . . pf ,V , 1 S, N . . . I .H 1 ' 'X 1 1 1 1 . ,, . . . - 1 , ,, 9 f 1 1 1 1 . . . . , 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 1 . , 1 . 1 1 ' . . , 1 ' 1 f , . 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 . ., . . . . . . .- 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 I V .I 1 1 , . 1 1 1 1 , . Y Y 1 1 1 7 1 ' 1 1 , . , . . . f 1 1 - Q , . . - . , . .