Queen of the Rosary Academy - Regina Yearbook (Amityville, NY)

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ADMINISTRATICN Very Reverend Eugene raw or vLove the light of Wisdom, ye that Lear rule over peoples? Wisdom 6:23 e qs, e . C f cl

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Reverend Edgar McCarren enjoys a yoke wrth hrs vnsltors Meg Fergerson Srster Mary Mark Pat Bentley Joyce Schrepfer and Srster M eanne Dolores uper1nl:endenl: . . . Pat Bentley and Meg Fergerson serrously reflect on the appallrng need for Catholrc schools rn the new Drocese as pornted out by Father McCarren Youth craves an ndeal 'I'h1s rdeal IS now realrzed and fulfrlled for the Youth of the Drocese of Rockvrlle Centre by the apporntment of Reverend Edgar P McCarren as Supermtendent of Schools by Has Excellency Bxshop Kellenberg Leadershxp requrres and demands mtegrxty zeal dependabrllty prudence and ef frcrency qualrtnes whxch are evrdent rn Father McCarren As our educatlonal advxser he IS equrpped wrth the necessary trarts of character to mold us into sklllful Diocesan Semmary together wrth hrs educatnonal background and pedagogrcal trarnmg more than qualrfy hrm for hrs offrce as Superintendent l-Ins congenral dlsposltlon and sympathetrc understanding of the problems of both teacher and students add greatly to hrs over powermg personalnty Hrs zeal rn his prrestly dutres and hrs hardworkmg schedule ln the fleld of educatron wm for hnm the respect and admlrahon of h1s teachers and charges m the Cathollc school system of Rocltvrlle Centre Our success m lrfe will reflect the scholarshzp and trammg made possible for us by our pranseworthy Supermtendent 11 I 3 capable Catholic leaders. Father McCarren's role as professor of l-Iomiletics in the

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A Message rom MOHS1 nor To many people a brshop rs an awesome Hgure garbed rn pontrfrcal vestments who admrnrsters the Sacrament of Confirmatron The admrnrstratron of thrs great Sacrament rs only a small portron of the complrcated and responsrble dutres of a brshop Under the supreme authorrty of the Pope a brshop rules a portron of the Church called a drocese Hrs authorrty rs great hrs responsrbrlrtres almost unlrmrted When one drocese becomes too onerous for one brshop to admrnrster the Holy Father drvrdes rt rnto two or more droceses In 1855 the Archdrocese of New York was thus drvrded rnto several smaller droceses Long Island became the Drocese of Brook lyn because the new brshop would resrde rn Brooklyn The first brshop of Brooklyn was Brshop John Loughlrn He dred rn 1891 and was succeeded by Brshop Charles Edward McDonnell After hrs death rn 1921 Brshop Thomas Edmund Molloy became the thrrd brshop of Brooklyn and rergned untrl hrs death 1n November 1956 By thrs trme the drocese of Brooklyn had become tremendous rn Catholrc populatron and too unwreldly for one brshop to ad mrnrster Upon the death of Archbrshop Molloy Pope Prus XII drvrded the drocese rnto two the two western countres of Long Island Krngs and ueens would remarn rn the drocese of Brooklyn under Brshop Bryan McEntegart and the two eastern coun tres Nassau and Suffolk would comprrse the new drocese of Rockvrlle Centre under Brshop Walter Phrlrp Kellenberg Brshop Kellenberg rs a proneer lrke Brshop Loughlrn He rs grfted wrth a srmrlar sprrrt of fortr tude and drscrplrne He rntends wrth Gods grace to burld upon the work of hrs predecessors and to erect a drocese worthy of the Church Hrs task rs formrdable especrally rn regard to educatrng the great throng of chrldren and adolescents rn the Rock vrlle Centre drocese Our drocese rs the frrst rn our country to consrst of the new world called Suburbra We ask God s blessrngs upon Brshop Kellenberg that he may prosper rn hrs apostolrc labor and may stand among us strong and fearless Msgr Eugenej Crawford Monsrgnor Crawford addresses the audrence before the presentatron of The Song of Bernadette f . . . . - 1 - 1 , Q , , . ' u ' ur - - ' 9 Q 1 s 9 ' ' ' 9 - 7 1 x ' 9 . , . . . , . . 1 1 1 . , . ' Y