Mount de Sales High School - Salesian Yearbook (Macon, GA)

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Lord, make me an instrument of your peace: Teach me, that | may teach the minds before me. Tell me, Lord, what to say when they question fact, And give me understanding when there is whispering behind my back. Occasionally put me back into the student’s chair, And where | find frustration, put patience there. Give me a cup more of faith in those who seem hopelessly lost, And give me the ability to wake those whose determination is cove red with frost. Take me out of the past enough to relate to the present; Teach me enough of their language to understand, to pass fair judgement. Instill in me the quality of humor, that | may laugh at the funny things, Yet keep akindle the fire of reason that only time brings. Grant me the courage to challenge each student's ideals, With an equal measure of respectfulness, to accept how each one feels. Grant me the wisdom which goes beyond books and learning, And give me the courage to keep the light burning. 12 Faculty

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e Sr. Lourdes left an important legacy to my administration of Mt. de Sales High School in Father Bede. When | came, he was the entire French Department and Chaplain. Shortly thereafter, he also assumed the responsibilities of Assistant Principal. In this role he served as wise counselor in addition to his recognized roles as master teacher and dedicated priest. Macon has been blessed by his priestly and professional presence for the past sixteen years. Mt. de Sales, its faculty, parents and students love and appreciate his personality, his humor, his talents, but most especially his love of young people. May he continu2 to grace our lives as he changes the pace but continues his spiritual ministry among us. Sr. Mary Fidelis, R. S. M. Mt. de Sales Principal 1971 - Present If you have ever had the experience of knowing that a circumstance in your life is clearly in the plan of God, then you can appreciate how | feel about Father Bede's having joined the faculty early in my administration of Mount de Sales High School. | am fortunate to know hi m as principal, friend, colleague, and priest, and am grateful that he has touched my life significantly in many ways. However, Father Bede’s most important contributions to the students, faculty, and parents of Mt. de Sales will never be known in this life. These sixteen years of dedicated priestly service as an educator at MDS, and those from his previous service in Catholic education will earn him the reward promised by the prophet, Daniel - that they who instruct others to justice will shine as stars for all eternity. Sr. Lourdes Sheehan, R. S. M. Mt. de Sales Principal 1967 - 1971 In the 1982 Salesian, Father Bede wrote, “You cannot teach if you don’t love young people.” We who have benefitted from his years of dedication to Mt. de Sales recognize that he spoke those words from his heart. We have learned volumes from this good man. He has shown us, through the strength of his own vocation, the inner strength that lies within each of us. It is a lesson for which we will never be able to adequately thank him. Bon chance, Pére Bede!