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

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disappointment and perpetual frustration. Seek pleasure, if you will, but only that which is law- ful, and seek it in moderation. Do not make a god of it, as idolators do. Defend your right to freedom, but do not confuse it with license, as worldlings do. Ever since the beginning of time nations and individuals have tried to get along without God. The record of their complete failure is written in large type across the pages of history. In this very generation the bitter fruits of that vain attempt have dealt a staggering blow to civiliza- tion itself — two world wars and one economic depression, the like of which was never known. You would think that harrowing experiences like these should actually open the eyes of the blind and induce even the most obstinate to accept the clear message of the Spirit of Truth: UNLESS THE LORD BUILD THE HOUSE, THEY LABOR IN VAIN THAT BUILD IT. But seemingly there are many even in high places whose eyes are not filled with seeing, determined to proceed to their eternal doom, declaring to the very last, WE HAVE NO KING BUT CAESAR. So you have much food for thought, as you leave the training ground and step into the arena of life. Your first duty is to God: Serve Him faithfully. Your second duty is to yourself: Save your soul at all costs. Your third duty is to your neighbor, and your neighbor is all man- kind. You must be conscious as individuals of a positive duty to contribute to the work of solv- ing the grave problems that exist in the world today. You will do this in general by counter- acting the movement away from God. Specific- ally you will do it by a pattern of life based on a foundation such as the following: Believe in a Personal God, Who created the world and all that is in it. Who has supreme dominion over ALL men. Whose claims take precedence over all others. Who has revealed His plans for the universe, and has recorded the revelation in Sacred Scripture. Obey the Ten Commandments, which God gave directly to Moses. Accept the teaching and governing authori- ty of the Catholic Church, which was established by Jesus Christ, the Son of God made Man. Do penance for your own sins and the sins of mankind. Pray faithfully. In large measure this is the most recent mes- sage given to man by God through Our Lady of Fatima. Heed this message and you will attain eternal life; ignore it, and your soul will languish in Hell for all eternity. GOD BLESS YOU.

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SffllOfi EXECUTIVE COIMIIITTEE HELEN BALICKV EVELYN NEES MARTHA CERULA RAYMOND GAUS RICHARD IMGRUND Counselors BERNARD RIEVEL ROBERT LEARY ELIZABETH FLEMING ANNA MARIE RENGH WANDA RAGAN