St Agnes Academy - Veritas Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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,. n 1 sT 3 5750 fwfr J? DIOCESE or Gamesrov CHANCERY OFFICE Gannsrow TFXAS My dear young ladzes I congratulate St Agnes Academy and 1ts young ladxes on thns ISSUE of Truth IS more reveal1ng than the sun at h1gh noon, lt 1S stronger than arnues and battlesh1ps, If 15 w1der than the sweep of the ocean Truth IS the mater1al out of wh1ch love makes a bond between God and man, and at the same t1me lt makes the fibre of confidence between men themselves Truth l1ke the human soul, possesses a note of 1mmortal1ty Truth crushed to the earth w1ll rlse agam It IS an unfa1l1ng antxdote for the po1son of calumny It can hush tongues of ev1l gOSSlP, lt unmasks the tra1tor, exposes ly1ng propaganda, and stands 1ust1ce where persecut1on and tyranny towered h1gh Truth enr1ches sclence to make If real and to draw If apart from that wh1ch IS pseudo It makes h1story worthy of ICS name, and not a t1ssue of errors and l1es Our Lord called H1mself the Way and the Llfe, and 1 1ned these two beaut1ful names by the Truth Truth can be depended upon to po1nt out the ways that are safe, and sound, and sens1ble to the end Truth can choose w1thout fear of m1stake the l1fe that IS good, noble humble, chaste, charxtable, and res1gned Truth IS the only becommg Jewel of the human mxnd It sheds a beauty upon thought, and glVCS a rad1ance to speech Anudst the worr1es of the world today Truth IS the best armed pre paredness for Democracy Truth 1S the dxploma of a Lady the graduat1on mark of a Chr1st1an, the note that matnculates for Heaven Wxth all good w1shes, Yours fanthfully 1n Chr1st, Feast of St. Matthxas X B1shop of alveston 1939 :I f.,:,e J O, ,l g , --- 1 s a year book bearing the title Veritas . . . . N I , s n I ' . ' QC ,, ll ' 1 13 'O' ' ll ,, , ,