McQuaid Jesuit High School - Accolade Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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THE MOST REVEREND JAMES E. KEARNEY, D.D. Bishop of Rochester We dedicate to a man of God, to a leader and a friend of His people, this, our first volume of the Accolade. Through his inspiration, our school came to be. Because of his interest, example and preaching, we have understood more surely and clearly the great expectations he has of us. May God Our Lord grant that we fulfill your expecta- tions of us as faithfully as you have served Him. 4

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BRIAN S. FLEMING Editor-in-Chief PHILIP H. YAWMAN Business Editor ‘ochester, New York -

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The Diacese of Rochester 50 Cheahmt Street Rochester 4, New Pork Office of the Bishop THE CLASS OF 1958 My dear Friends, What @ happy privilege to send a message to the first graduates of McQuaid Jesuit High School! You are the leaders of what we hope will be a long procession of young men trained in the fine traditions of the Society of Jesus and inspired with the sense of responsibility which must be yours under the aegis of St. Francis Xavier, the patron saint of your school. What can we hope to expect from the Class of 1958 in terms of leadership and example? As exponents of the Catholic Faith, which was the all-consuming passion of your patron, let me say that we look for this trinity: Intelligence, Consistency, and Enthusiasm. An intelligent knowledge of the sources of Divine Revelation and of the teachings of the Church will enable you to be real apostles in a world starving for truth, groping about in a forest of religious uncertainties, and looking for the truth which Christ says “will make you free. This knowledge must be vitalized in your own life and habits. Your strict adherence to Christian principles of life and conduct, especially in our day when expediency is so offen substituted for principle, will be much more eloquent than your words, and will give to your words a power to convince. St, Francis Xavier once complained bitterly of how his teaching in India was injured by the lives and habits of Euro- pean Christians in the area where he tried to preach the gospel. Then there is the enthusiasm for your Faith and its message to the world. This enthusiasm was never more ardent than in the life of the patron of your school, Today there is so much loose think- ing on the subject of religion, so much emphasis on the human phase as opposed to the divine, so much distortion of the obvious meaning of Christ's words that only an enthusiastic apostolate will have the courage to challenge error. It was this enthusiasm which Christ had in mi nd when He used that harsh figure of speech: | would have you either hot or cold, but because you are luke-warm, | shall begin to vomit you from my mouth.” It is a great honor, a great privilege, and a great responsibility to lead the procession which goes out from McQuaid Jesuit High School in June! May God bless every one of you in the days to come, and as we commit to you the leader- ship of that long procession which we visualize through the years, may we assure you as the poet assured the ship of State Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears Obr ‘Fant triumphant o'ae our feats Are all with thee, are all with thee.” + {Prue Carrey Bishop of Rochester