Mount St Charles Academy - Excelsior Yearbook (Woonsocket, RI)

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SS 0l'l fde OIWLB l 0l'lf I t 1 J ' . , ,r C t- 41 5:14 1 1- Qa? Lis -. -X ' . 'WML Q ' ,1 will . 4 is -' r W ll l v V l'll t . M l l r ll Y 'i?QQ '- 4-4' 42+ .Q S' -- !!!!5!5'F'5 s r - e .-1, ' f 'i,t1Efi - 7 ?' 1 2' --r sf ee -- - . -. ll -- l c 41iilE:'2I'. .. 4 Y 'kiglzo f N Q iff! C'est donc un privilege inestimable pour nous de pouvoir cooperer avec le Christ au rachat des ames. Mais c'est plus que cela: c'est un imperieux de- voir. Nos Missionnaires at l'etranger trop souvent souffrent persecution, et s'ils ne tombent pas directement sous les coups des despotes de tout acabit, ils voient leurs oeuvres detruites at me- sure qu'ils les edifient et se trouveni ainsi en face d'un perpetuel recom- mencement. C'est dire combien ils comptent sur le secours de nos prieres et de nos aumones pour soutenir leur courage et pourvoir aux incessants be- soins de leurs missions. Qui he-siteratt or s'imposer pour une cause si noble quelques sacrifices journaliers ainsi qu'une intention particuliere dans ses prieres? No student of Mount Saint Charles would consider himself a good Cath- olic if he were not deeply mission- minded. Yet the number of those among us who will eventually Wind up as foreign missionaries will in no way be staggering. Would there be Ways of spreading the good news of the Gos- pel Without actually forsaking home and friends? The spiritual solidarity binding together all the faithful on earth belonging both to the body and to the soul of the Church in the organic unity of the mystical body under Christ, its head, confirms our faith in the marvel- ous and consoling truth of the rever-- sibility of merits. So it is that the heathen, be they ever so far from us, may share in the fruits of the Redemp- tion through our prayers and good deeds.

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efllleell Aermorw - . . . We had the advantage of having for our Retreat Master Reverend Ioseph Fontaine, a Missionary of La Salette very Well versed in the difficulties that confront the modern youth. The theme of his preaching rested on the Decalc- gue as the norm to the right Way of life. God, being our Creator and the dis- penser of all good things, should hold the first place in our lives, at all times, next should come our parents who hold l-lis place by us: in Whatever position we may be, nothing can dispense us of the obligation of respecting and hon- oring them. nnuai ETR REVEREND IOSEPH FONTAINE, Retreat Master Our neighbor is Gods creature and dear in His sight: We are bound to re-- spect his life, his body, his goods. The retreat Master stressed especially the respect of body which is ever more trampled down by the so-called mod- ern generation and disregarded out- right by our legislature on the ground of humanitarian reasons, as exemplified by our divorce courts. To combat evil effectively We must strike at the very roots which lie in the hearts and minds of men: war upon slander, calumny, and falsehood of all shades: War upon unlawful desires: they are evil in them- selves, and, if not curbed, sure to lead us to evil lives. M

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