Mount Carmel High School - El Conquistador Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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is chloflnsss . .930 gofln Df EX fff .. ,ag ' f ruff' 1 sv' ' On Tuesday, October 28, 1958 a wisp of white smoke issued from the Sistine Chapel chimney and the world pro- claimed a new shepherd to guide the flock of Christendom. His eminence, Most Reverend Cardinal Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, had been the choice of the sacred conclave of Cardinals to succeed Pope Pius XII as Vicar of Christ on Earth. Angelo Roncalli was born November 25, 1881, at Sotto il Monte, Italy. His early life was spent working in the wheat fields and vineyards around the farm. At the age of eleven Angelo began his studies at the Episcopal Seminary at Bergamo. After finishing his studies at the Cerasola College in Rome, the future Pope received a laureate in theology, and was ordained in 1904, in the Church of Santa Maria in Monte Santo. Young Roncalli was named president of the Italian Society for Propagation of the Faith in 1921. Among his many accomplishments, while in office, was the centralization of the regional centers of the society and the adoption of a new constitution for the national council of the society. Archbishop Roncalli was appointed Apostolic Delegate to Turkey and Greece in 1935 and was transferred to the Titular Archbishopric of Mesembris. He was also appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Latin Vicariate of Constant- inople. On January 12, 1953 Archbishop Roncalli was elevated to the position of Cardinal and received his red biretta from French President Vincent Auriol, who represented Pius XII in the ceremony, continuing a tradition of four centuries. Three days later he was made Patriarch of Venice, where he served for six years until his election as Pope. With his motto, Obedience and peace , we pray that His Holiness, Pope John XXIII, will be able to execute his duties as well as his predecessors.

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is clfolinssa . .930 5 gbius DC ff carly on the morning of October 9, 1958, Eugenio Pacelli answered the call of the One to whom he had dedi- cated his life. With his death, the world lost one of the greatest and most beloved men of our Times - Pope Pius XII. Eugenio Pacelli was born on March 2, 1876, in Rome. His parents, Fillipe and Virginia Pacelli, were of the nobility and had an impressive record of service to the Vatican. At the age of four, Eugenio entered the school of the Sisters of Divine Providence near his home. From the begin- ning he distingushed himself as a brilliant student. Though frail, the future Pope had an intrepid spirit and was very athletic. Although his early education had been pointed toward law, at the age of eighteen Eugenio decided to enter the priesthood. With his parents' blessing he entered Caprancia College in Rome to begin his ecclesiastical studies. Five years later Eugenio realized his vocation and was ordained to the priesthood on April 2, 1899. Indeed the studious boy had grown into a gentle, keen, modest man, untiring in his work, with a personality that was to endear him all his life to those who knew him. Rapidly he rose in the Vatican Secretariat. In 1905 he was appointed a monsignor. Following the First World War the future.Pope was appointed nuncio of the newly established Papal unciature of Berlin. He gained immense popularity during his residence in Berlin. It was as secretary of state that Cardinal Pacelli began the travels for which he became famous and through his brilliant diplomacy secured for the Vatican innumerable friends. On February 10, 1939, Cardinal Pacelli announced the death of the Pope. Three weeks later he himself was elected to the office. Following Pius Xll's ascent to the throne of Peter, the world was thrown into a massive conflict culminating in the defeat of Nazism and Fascism. A bitter foe of Communism, Pius devoted much of the last half of his reign to a relentless struggle against its cruel and bloody tyranny. Truly Pius was a Pope of Peace whose entire life was devoted to the furtherance of peace through his personal motto, Peace, the Work of Justice.

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