Riordan High School - Lance Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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V Mai QQ? Cffkrchhiuness nf 52111 grzxncisnn if MQ cHANcssY ossncs i 5 445 CHURCH STREET for .3 is x Q alexa , c, fi 'Xi' sm-4 FRANCISCO 14. cams. if fill? lfiijflizil, ask' ,, 1 ,. ifiiiiigiijg giiE1frg5?iif5 lilikbw ff! slew- 'I 1 i P I I , Q UNDERHILL 3-5212 zo April 1962, To the Priests and Brothers of the Society of Mary As you prepare to celebrate your Diamond Jubilee in the City of San Francisco, I wish to send you my felicitations and atithe saine time assure you that rny prayers are united to yours in thanking Almighty God for His Providential protection and His blessings upon your work during the past seventy-five years in the City of Saint Francis, and I join with your many friends in thanking God for all the graces and blessings which He has brought to the faithful of San Francisco through the devoted work of the Marianist Priests and Brothers. Since the five Marianist Brothers from Saint Mary's in Stockton came to San Francisco in 1886, the Marianist Foundation in San Francisco- has been tried as iron is tried in fire and has been found itobe true. Through occasions of vicissitudes and catastrophesg as Well as through years of prosperity and blessings, the Marinists have been true to their religious and educational calling and have established in San c :Francisco a splendid tradition upon which to establish future growth and expanded work. i ' g il pray God to bless the Marianists, their students and alumni, and all of their friends on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee as acyfpledge of His love and protection in the years to come. Yours sincerely in Christi, lg 7 'ff K ,Q V jg K . K .Q 85.35 If My 5 rm? if i,-- A 5 fif:52f?'2i'N y wsiitx wqsfifsffff i ,T if ii: If . , Joseph T. McCracken iliii i 'ilfxrzehbishop of San Francisco Q

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MOST REVEREND JOSEPH THOMAS MCGUCKEN, S. T. D. Fifth Archbishop of San Francisco Leaving the confines of Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles, traveling northward on El Camino Real via the Diocese of Sacramento comes our Archbishop The Most Reverend joseph Thomas McGucken, S.T.D. We, the Senior Class of 1962, pledge our loyalty to his apostolic call. We look to our new Shepherd for guidance and a richer spiritual life. We wish him many years crowned with re- newed fervor in the city of San Francisco de Asis.

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Riordan High School was erected to the Glory of God and in memory of Arch- bishop Patrick William Riordan, D.D. Riordan High School will remain as a monu- ment to the educational endeavors of Archbishop john joseph Mitty, D.D. Grateful to his educational foresight and faithful to his motto: For me to live is Christ , We, the students of Riordan High School will strive to mature into Christian man- hood, mindful of the dignity which is ours and dedicated to the heritage of our Faith