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

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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

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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 MOTHER M BERNADETTE DE LOURDES OP PRIORESS GENERAL Perfect schools are the result not so much of good methods as of good teachers teachers who are thoroughly prepared and well grounded m the matter they have to teach who possess the mtellectual and moral requirements of thelr xmportant office who cherlsh a pure and holy love for the youths confnded to them Plus XI 14 ees E . , . . Tl 5 V 3 1 ' 5