Saint Michaels College - Hilltop Yearbook (Colchester, VT)

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POPE PIUS XII Eugenio Pacelli, Pope Pius XII lends humility to a proud world, expresses love to hearts gnawed by fears and mistrust. A ruler whose influence extends beyond the grave, the peace of his domain is 8 silent rebuke to the lesser realms whose boundaries are marked with headstones. In f F. HX' of Pri' His W1 him it faitl1S' edugall monte' floCk-

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DEDICATIO Now I say this so that no one may deceive you by persuasive words . . . See to it that no one deceives you by philosophy and vain deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elements of the world and not according to Christf, The year is not 62, but 19563 the sands of Colossae have long since scattered into the alleys and avenues of seven continents. Yet the severe admonition of Paul rings out across the centuries entombed in books and maps with all the urgency and immediacy of its first writing. The voice of Paul, like a disturbing accusation of conscience, intrudes upon our modern complacency, warning us against that which we prefer to believe to be a friend. During the long internment in the enemy's camp, we have taken a lack of persecution to mean equality, toleration to be friendship, forgetting that friendship between the Sons of God and the world came to an end in Eden. . But Paul does not forget. He sharply points to the swords of ideas, and the lions of materialism which seek, with relentless determination, the extinction of the Christian spirit. Paul lived with ideas and he knew that, where actions speak loudly, words ac- complish their task in a devastating whisper. And if we are not to die, if we are not to have the vitality of Christ slowly sucked from us, we must take up our armor once again. The steel of intellect, the iron of will, and the mail of faith will be our protection. Watchfulness rather than complacency, fear of eternity, rather than friendship with today, should influence our actions. For the lion is not at our door, we are in his den. As representative of those men who, throughout our college residence, have been instrumental in our preparation for the silent conflict, and who, personally, has devoted himself to our attainment of true success, we select the Reverend Gerald E. Dupont, SSE as that priest and teacher in whose honor we gratefully dedicate this book. 11

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is XII lent gpresses W' nd mistrust endS helond domain 155 Balms wh055 hgadSl0He5' In saluting the Most Reverend Edward F, Ryan, we salute more than fifty years of priestly devotion to the care of souls. His wisdom and understanding have earned him the sincere respect of men of all faiths. His determination to have good education 'made available to young Ver- monters has endeared him to his growing flock. filili v. 1 ifggfff.. ., lg PM . l'1i?:'!frJ 1,-if ' 1117 , r'i.'.4 L' 7- MOST REVEREND EDWARD F. RYAN, D.D. Bishop of Burlington 13