Saint Pauls School - Memoirs Yearbook (Havre Boucher, Nova Scotia Canada)

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T? i RALMOND F. PELRINE v- mafm f,,,,Qg,, qw- 1.31411 KILLED IN ACTION Memoria ' Tenemus

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hi'-5'-I-7? 'Y 7 ' 2'Y.'??1 Tw H ai. ii.: h Y Q. - Q, ,tn ,Z A i . f .. ,Q .1 11, . ., A , , . . ' - T v ' I aaumzussama . Of the number of men from the parish who resporded to their country's cell, three there were who did not return. All showed their willingness to accept the risks and to lay down their lives. All made the offering, but from three, God accepted the culmination of the supreme sacrifice as well as the offerirg. 5 We recall their names with gratitude and love:- Aloysius Levangie, C. B. H., aged 25 son of Mrs. Edward Levangie and the 1am Edward Levangie, Frankville, killed in action in Italy, October, 1944. I V -Q ' Raymond Francis Pelrine R. C. A-. F., aged 21, son of me-. are urs. c. M. ren-im, killed in action in England, may ae, w 1943. s i ve iqebbg Ro Ce Ee, Son of Mrs. we Ee Webb, killed in action in France, August 21, 1944. l Proud as we are of their record as soldiers of their country we are prouder still ci' their record as true soldiers of Christ. There is a great uplizft of the heart as we read the follow--f ing excerpts, taken from the letters of their Army Chaplains, for these excerpts- assure us that our boys preserved intact their sense of spiritual values. ' 1 ' Reverend M. E. McLaughlin writesz- Pinned down by enemyemachi.-ne gun fire, Steve was seriously wounded yet he insisted that his companions would nc-rl carry him out, as that would expose them to the enemy machine gnu fire. Even when dying, like another Christ, his thought was for others, not for himself. All through his life this was one of hir. outstanding traits - his willingness to sacrifice his owncomfort 3.1 the interests-of others, and 'in the supreme crisis, this virtw shone forth in all its glorious lustre. Reverend Ff.ttlsr Gaprin writes of Raymondz- I'vef loved him very heartily, because he was 'so nice a boy, so well edu- cated, and most of all so good at heart, so pure, and so sincere--N I know that Ray was always in the state oi' graced? , ' We rejoice 'ifat our boys received such commendation from God's priests. Surely, they received, too, the great art! final approbation' from their Loi 451. and masters- Well done! good and faith- ful servants! ' ' 1 . - , . ' We cannot T elp here, but express our admiration for , these grand Chaplains wh: despite their arduous duties found time to write such consoling le-if ers to the bereaved parents. d Revererrl Father W. V. McCarthy, Chief C?.ap16.in wrote as follows to Mr. and Mrs. D

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- V 'l?1lT'f?.g', .- -1 F, IT' , -' '. ,- --:np .fp 1 -1 H -, , -,, 1 nw. I - e. ...-,aw Y f Q.. - . ' , .X id , . K I4afuvt1lT::.f4i5.i'lQHliU': Vlj314S'J-,gi :?2,g!'j'g'YWW T:-iii, 4-',- F M 'IL' , .' -X P: ' - - 7 .Pelrinez I do hope that the sharp sting of sorrow may be alleviated when you know that a Canadian Chaplain was at the same place where- your son was killed, and gave a general absolution. It may also be a consolation to know that I myself, -was able to go down to bury ' your son. 'The funeral was most impressive, and was honored by the presence of the actiyg Conmanier-in-Chief of the Royal ,Canadian Air Force. Reyiond is buried in a beautiful cemetry in the lovely town oft Bournemouth. He does not lie alone, for his body rests amor? I other members of the Royal Canadian Air Force. The afternoon o the- funerale was one of glorious sunshine, hundreds of people, together with the Mayor and Deputy Mayor of the citycame to pay their respect to theldead. -I've made arrangements to serd you photographs of the mnera 0' . - - ' ' p q what gracious thoughtfulness on the part of this good' Chaplain to fill in all these consoling details. The last of his letter is worth quoting, too:-. ' - ' . I N - We Catholics may well thank God for the meat gift of Faith, which enables us to see beyong the portals of the grmre, and feel certain that those who are 56-E469 are not losiithey have merely d I gone 'home' where all the rest o - c5d's family 1 one dayego' for the Great Re-union. , s - Q . I Now to the dear fathers and mothers of these boys, ' the above 'article must be as 1J6i1'1fL'?, as the probing of half-healed wouids. But how could we exclude ti-e bravest and best from our Memoirs. We shall always remember 'theme And is not their glory, your glory! And your suffering you crown! Surely dear mothers, yours is the privilege to share- mow ggntimately in the sorrows of Gbd's sinless Mother! And yours is the Faith that will smile through the tears, for to them that love Usd, all things work .together unto good. ' ' , 'x 1 ' ' ' ' Justas the weayer,s.eesjbut the wronireide of his , pattern, blurred and confused., untill the whole is f nished, and he can ,gaze on the beauty of the design on the' opposite side, so 1 too, weaving back and forth on the and woot of 139, Bee X gg: the faint, outlines dim and u:'cferrt,ain, yet vihenrlifefs cares over, and when in the clear Love light of Heaven the design of 'llivlne Artist lies open before will 'realise' joy, that you supplied the me,gni4.iLcent- colorirg, crushed fron?-lthe . rich deep dyes of the human hem'-11. 's suffering. Then soy:--, 0 Jesu Lord vith Thee we dratlnthe cup V ' J A Drawn from the hs'-srt's deep hollow X Hold reef, 1-,na C1f'i!1iCB-150 the lip' n p Lept,e'en,fgne precious drop should drip ., ' o Jesu - ima fast the chalice -f s L ' ', ' 'Lest it slip. - - 1 - -.1. JF, v e Q ' ' A, r new Fi Ek' , on