Loyola High School - El Camino Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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FATHER RECTORS MESSAGE Rome Holy Thursday 1938 My Dear Students of Loyola Under the shadow of the great dome of St Peters to the very top of whrch over four hundred feet h1gh I cllrnbed thts mornmg and tn a garden that once was the vllla of the Emperor Nero I wr1te these lines to you During the months that I have been away you have ever been ln my thought and prayers In every church that I have entered wtth 1lS treasures of art and relxcs of God s satnts and especlally w1th the presence of our D1Vl'le Lord I have prayed that God w1ll bless you all collect1vely and mdrvtdually your school and the dear parents who make such SGCTll1C6S to send you to Loyola Ones heart IS crowded wxth emotxons as here m the Eternal Clty he thmk back mto the past and sees ht tory unwmdmg ltself before htm as he thmks of the present w1th all the worlds unrest seethmg on every stde as he looks ahead mto the future and wonders what the outcome wxll be But the answer ts always the same rt lS the Cave of Bethlehem and the Palace of Caesar Augustus here In Rome For the Chrld Who was born obscurely tn the Cave overcame the prtde and mlght of the Caesars The answer IS the Dome of St Peters and the Vllla of Nero In both lnstances a moment of trtumph made Augustus and Nero thmk they would rule the world But the Cave of Beth lehem 1n all tts stmphcxty took the place of the throne of the Caesars and almost on the very spot where Nero burned the Chrlstlans to l1ght hrs gardens and enllven hrs feast the mlghty Dome of St Peters rtses to proclatm magnlftcently to the world that Chrtst w1ll retgn IH splte of the plottlngs and schemes of ne fartous and puny men And today thts world of ours IS tn lust such an anttthesxs agaxn The nattons of the world taken as natxons have forgotten Chrtst and turned from Hrm to modern ktnd of pagantsm Whether xt be expressed tn the worshtp of the state or the demal of all rxghts human and dxvme or the total dedtcatxon of people to pleasures and materxal thmgs And m the apparently momentary success of the1r plans they are foohsh enough ln the r blasphemtes to thtnk that they wxll force God Who made the world to betake I-hrnself from the world He made Htstory always repeats ltself Chrlst conquered before He w1ll conquer agam for retgr' He must Hls church has been persecuted out of country after country and those who so persecuted H1m and Hrs Church have long s1nce been dust and ashes whtle Gods Church subslsts today grander and more glorxous wxth a devotton to H1m on the part of her chlldren greater perhap than ever before And for our troublesome world today God s Church pomt the way and our only salvatton as nattons and our eternal salvatlon as mdrvtduals hes along the way she pomts out for Chr1st IS wtth her always And as from the spot where I wr1te these hnes I look up to the Vattcan and see the w1ndows wl 1ch mark the study of that grand old man Chrrsts Vxcar on Earth P1us XI I hke to wonder what would be h1s message to my dear boys of Loyola xl I could only ask htm I am sure xt would be a word of encouragement to keep on as you are domg to make yourselves outstandmg Chrrsttan gentle men honest uprtght pure and true fatthful to your rel1g1ous duttes that you may soon take your part as grown men outstandmg ctttzens of your country and stal wart defenders of the Fa1th m combatmg the terrtble evtls whtch confront the world today It IS such as you he would say who must be the leaders 1n the future tn a world charged wxth 1rrel1g1on to wtn the world back to Chrtst where alone lS peace and happtness and salvatton at last God bless you my dear boys and keep you always Smcerely and devotedly yours EDWARD I WHELAN S I 1 . . , , 1 A 1 D 1 D , . , A 1 1 1 1 x . 1 1 1 - 1 A 1 , . i . . . 1 1 A . , , . 1 Q , s . 1 1 - , . 1 1 1 ' 1 . , , 1 1 1 I - 1 , - 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - 1