Our Lady of Angels High School - Amaranth Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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REVEREND SERAPH W. ZEITZ, O.F.M. Chaplain Pugv Hlirft't'n

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Pugv fnwlz r 070.. OUR PHRENTS 5 MARY holds the Divine Infant tenderly in her arms, so too, you, our par- ents, have held us in the arms of Holy Mother Church. Upon you, Who have sac- rificed much to give us a Catholic education, we ask the blessing of Mary and her Divine Son. SENIORS OF 1942

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C70 tlze GRHDUBTEIS ODAY, our country as well as the rest of the world is engaged in the greatest war of all history. Barely twenty-five years ago a war was fought to end all wars. That war was to be a lesson to man. Just so, some seven centuries ago a little war was fought between the Cities of Perugia and Assisi from which there came a lesson men should never have forgotten, a lesson that should stand you in good stead today. For some time during that war a young and prosperous merchant of Assisi languished in Perugia as a prisoner of war. He was an ardent lover of worldly pleasure, a happy-go-lucky fellow. Even in prison his good spirits were not dampened. Nevertheless, he returned home from that war a changed, a puzzled man. There were three things that Saint Francis, for he was the young man, had learned about war. First, he saw that hatred and greed, forgetfulness of love of God and man were the causes of war. Secondly, he realized that war can be won by sacrifice alone, sacrifice coming from strong and virtuous characters which in turn are built on true love of God and man. Lastly, and by far, his most important conclusion was that war was nothing more than the reflection of the conflict within men,s souls. If then, reasoned Saint Francis, every- one loved God and one another, there would be no war. And if men were at peace with themselves, they would be at peace with others. But what could he do about it? For several years Saint Francis sought the solution to his problem. Putting off the gaudy vesture of the world for the garment of a ltfool of God? the sack-cloth of penance, Saint Francis occupied himself with prayer and the rebuilding of poor churches. To one of these little Churches, Saint Mary of the Angels, he was particularly devoted. It was Page fourfcm.