Our Lady of the Valley High School - Valiant Yearbook (Orange, NJ)

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For the past thirty-nine years our beloved and esteemed pastor, Right Reverend Monsignor Michael A. Mechler, has tirelessly devoted his life to the service of God and the care of souls. Fortunately for us the last ten years have been spent here in Our Lady of the Valley parish where we, the students of Our Lady of the Valley High School, have been the grateful recipients of his ever watchful and tender devotion. Each one of these ten full years has seen the ever-increasing progress, spiritual and material, of both parish and high school in the Valley. And today we rejoice with our dear Pastor in the fulfillment of his dreams and the achievement of great goals as the glorious chapter of the Diamond Jubilee Celebration of the Parish is brought to a fitting close, and he stands triumphant within the ever brightening glow of its Centenary, in future years. In recognition of the gigantic strides he has made in our parish, and at the recommendation of Archbishop Thomas J. Walsh, His Holiness, Pope Pius XII saw lit to elevate our beloved pastor to the rank of Domestic Prelate of the Papal Household on june 15, 1948. Happy, indeed, are we at this honor, and mark of highest approbation of Holy Mother Church, which has been set upon our Shephei-d's work and accomplishment. In deep appreciation and gratitude for our four privileged years spent beneath Monsignor's daily guardianship, we, the graduating class of Nineteen Forty-nine, DEDICATE this Yearbook, the culmination of our best efforts, to our Beloved Friend and Pastor, Monsignor Mechler. law '-

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HIS EXCELLENCY THE MOST REVEREND THOMAS JOSEPH WALSH, S.T.D., j.C.D. Archbishop of Newark May' we talce this opportunity of expressing the deepest gratitude of our entire student body to our gracious Archbishop for all his kindly interest and active participation in the ever memorable activities resultant from that glorious occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of the parish of Qur Lady of the Valley. Ever our Leader and Fatherly Guide as well as the Faithful and Competent Shepherd of the great Archdiocese of Newark, Arehhishop Wzilsli has ever heen close to us in all :zur undertakings, hestowing his gracious benedietion upon our every effort. THE SPIR gil P 2, 4 D fir 1 2 ' 'ur .- '17, Q . X if Tal ' . A V 'Y ' 1 ,, n v nf' --, l5 Fl1.- tg ' 1 ' - - Wiz .. ' - -'- -ir .151-.,,.-HI 1 'su ' ., -, L.. it . J -ffw.,,. .5 YZ ..4l , i ' txt' :Wg 'F i. gi' -'-r 1 A 1 -' J. . Qi - - 45 wi - f- , ' --- E3rl3'i'Rs- A-.. H. lm . --1-41 4 -. Q g -- ti li H13 sw, ' abil at 5 xr, 1? ,tif R wmsrizw. . fmt WY' az iii: ' 55-fi, ' 1 F41 'Q'-1.5 lf: ?3'iv'l 5 -E3 . A' Q IlUAl ff