Mount St Joseph Academy - Yearbook (Brighton, MA)

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I939 t e 'id plight ot the Cxernixn people xx io toned to hon to the n xx o llrl put religion out ot their 1 oo 1n1 i non ceprixing: cus un L ristiin whke ot freedom of religious worship Un Ullf oun yontlnent fox css ruers ine ' ned 1 tuthold tl h o id dum ed mrs ot euro 1 ne mute tcstunonx to ie ieroism ot 1 pcoplc per muted in th: n une ot religion 6' stork pioo I ion I oi uetixt icuru X s ution nd fu r itcu 1 'ous uorsnw s in ix s in e greit strides ton ird thc sxmpit ictin undfr standing required tor pe uc unong peop e llli'lC'TlI1g on sueh 1 fund uncntil mltter ls gion uhlle united in thur Cl demoerzu But rod IX our hcloxed Amer na is ox ershadou ed hx the serious threat to the peue 'Incl seeuritx ot thc Auneriun home md f?lIT1llX lhis institution the lmsis o exert nfttlon ls no longer held in rex erence hx those xx ho h1uing disurded re ligion 1s old fishioned h ue replued it hx t 0 'ilse ideftl of 1 lUIl'CfllllNtlt souetx L0 lls ,f1l11me oxer the horizons of tie uord todax ml witness 110 Lrises o Lixilmation '1 h1ttle to the 1101111 hem 0011 49 re igion md irre igion in spun u ere Ll1I'lNfllIllU hws regentlx emerged x ietorious in 1 tuo xc lr struggle with fitheistle Lom munism, in XICXILU xx here the people 110 denied freedom to uorship their Cvod in Russii xx here millions see the hwpplness ot their homes destroxed in Cvermum, xx here rehgious persuution 1 Llodxed under 1110 xiuous in 1nt1 o lxls 1 n 1 these tions tic prop 0 must return to Croc tiur error I star 1 ou tlllt vc 1 ut ttls tin Lomc l out X s 0 1 utum of rht lstcr o 1 1 0 it ull' 1110 1 uminst ni ditterentism rngulf ill too mlm u ho tlllltlx x 1 mum 0 i r L 1 siderltion of the need of the indixiduil to in aken to rhf Nlf1HlllLll1LC of religion in hi oun life I L ill upon xou Pellou cl'1ssm1tes of 1930 to lillx to the leader hip of our Qox ereign Pontlft Pope IIUN XII BX the f'uthful performlme of our religious du ties ue L in hope to seeure the blessings of pefue for the whole world lxeepmgf exer before our ex es the exhoit mon of our Holi Fwther Seek peue with iustlee md klllI'lIX NI xm LL xxixc Hui 30 EES V252 Q? QXVM 'ir . 0 I I h s. ' ' 1 'I 1 1 ' l 3 ' Q1' , 'h are i ' ' ' will of 21 mn ' '1 ' Q' ' 5 'h 1s i I i 'i s'h ls. ' 1 ' -- 1 .' Y 'A 1 i' l - 1 l is ' l 1 l lh '1 s . , ' 1 ' ' ' I ll l J li ' ' ' ' .' J 1 ' ' Lai 1 'c 1 : me l 1 - '- 'h Ill- ' J .' D' 3 ' ' 1 A' ' 1 .' 'XI ,1 - ' -' rl ' ' .' ' 's ' 1' l i 1 - ' 's ' ' 1 5 1 l - f F1 Jn . l .ll .' na- ' ' ' ' . ' : l - - l 5 - ' l, l 'l'h his -' of our own country is ' f Cr 1 ' 11n1 Nln: - , if ever they 'ure to Ill!! relig' is Il vital part of our cirilizn- kn ' ' ' 1 '11c'. Ii l '1 ' - 1h ti 1. Sir ' li n 'n 1 ull- lllll' vhen the only' hy the lI1lllYlllll1ll'S fK'2lllZIlI'l0ll of hi fathers of our country drew up the Con- duties to his creator. He must hearken to :tit ' ll 1, Il ZH l freed nm of re- th l - H15 ' f Gzlllee: H lipi 5 ' fl il. thi: col tj' h11.' :id th: is not h 's 1 1' 5 e. ln- 1 f ' 5 '1 ' 1 l- -- ' S1 1 V' ' ' ' .' 1 ' ' ' ' -1 '- 1 l ther' can follow 1 'lil p11tl. I1 'or - reli ' , ' ' ' ' -' id 1l of 1 ' ' ' ' ' ' 's h f. 5 ' 1 s ' 1 1 '1 .' 'i 1 ' 1 j 1 1 l ' : f ' i l l

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VALEDIQTORY RPI ICJION THI H-XRBINGPR OF PFPXLL RONI the time of the preLhr1xt1an CIHDIFCN there hue heen crisee in the woi d LIINCN which wemed lmpovlhle o solution ln each of thuc critical periods men haxe endefuored to Qolwe their proh lemx without iecourxe to prw er and w nth expected, thex failed and failed adls It wax not until the n1t1on as 1 whole re turned to God that ite people returned to norm'1l llXlI1jI lht mwior factor in solx ing the piohlemx of ill the critical Qtages in tie world nstoix w eu I9ll'l n Imtances could he cited in endlew arrax of ancient ClXll1lC'il IIIUOUN rising to great heighte of material proxperltx amid '1 peo ple ohselxlng T6l1Ql0LlQ piactiees then fall ing to teirlhle depths when the people lost eight of C od Qince the coming, of Qhrist who does not know the hle-xlnzlx of peice that hue come to cixilized n1tionN llXll'lg in harmom J05Lp A lllv , .. e gnlflli 48 THE MOUNT w 1th the Catholic Church? Hietorx IQ our witneis to the truth of this fact ln the lliddle Ages when countriee were hung in mutual peace when the Church ruled in conjunction with the grate when religion w as the guiding force hehind all men Q acts the Qtfmdard of llXll'lQ for all clqieee w as at ite peak VV1s there heard in thoee daw the hitter Ntrife between emploser and emplox ee? On the contmrx the guild UN tem protected the emplox er from inefficient laborers, and 'it the Qame time demanded succeufulls for the emploxee a Juet w age and decent working conditionf In Qhort Qerenltx settled ox er nfltlone and men Of all the crieee in hietors, perhape none worked more hasoc th1n the Proteetant Reformation which undermined mane re epect for authoritx the adjunct of religion In Fngland from the time of Henri Y Ill to George IX w hen rellgzxon were 1 formal, state affair dnorced from its true Source the countrx knew no reet The working claeee: Qtruggled amid diecourftgement to eke out 'in existence for themeelxex 'md their familxee The Kingdom of Great Britain Wag contxnuallx fighting with lti neighhore in greedx w rangling It wae not and removed the harriere rectrictmg the freedom of religioue worehip according to the dictatee of one: comcience that the nrttion eettled down to peaceful hung VVhat worde can deecrlhe the dire fate of France when the r'1d1calQ Qupprewed religzioue worQh1p in the eighteenth and nineteenth centurleel ln Rusen, too, w hut diitrees hae hefallen the people since the Rexolution and the outlawing of religion ln our own dax we can recall how ltalx hs the lateran Treats of 1929 Qtroxe to eecure concord hx coming to terme with the Papacx which Qhe had 90 long per e cured The whole world Qsmpathwex with l O U I i --T li 1 1 K Q v u I 1. 1 . 1 5. - I D.. K l-c - vt 11 . -1 K u I I I . c f -Y. .i . v Y K V' w Q 'I -'Y I 14v'.x' 1 I . . . , ' ' V I 7 C . - 1 1 .1 . . D. .Y I x w . , . . . I . , , K K . ' 4 1 . ' - ' ' 4, . J l 'V J A ' v . . 1 41 I, ' 1. 1 1 ' .T ' I ' , T if . i , 1. . . 1 I i. 1 11 o I T X-Tl N- -K .xy K .u f I .' ' i .' 1v' 1 'l - ' . D U' ' . . . out assistance from God. As was to he until Queen Victoria came to the throne -. . - , - , 1 ,' 1 . . . , 1 l s l 5 ' co. . 1 . . .. 1 I -T N I I 1: U. ' . ' v ' . . 1 T1 .T i iv 1 i 1 - .. .. . .R N A t. . . l x .i Q v - 3 - - ' c . K .1 ' K ' . ' ' f ' L' ' .', ' 1 Y 1 .iv I N Y r v 1 . I . . 1 1 1 , - - . 1 i Y Y , ' .' f ,i - V v. . t . 5 . Y. . , i l v ' uv' ' 4 T ,' ei ff-. eff 1:1 Zi ff' 63 ,F ... ..., ,J . YI my

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