St Bernards High School - Bernardian Yearbook (Fitchburg, MA)

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“SECRET of BERNARD'S EXTRAORDI SANCTITY and of his Pare AORD Wa, Out of Wiis ce a for i Christ wa born a tender love for the Mother of Christ. is

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FOREWORD AND DEDICATION It is a little over 800 years since St. Bernard died on August 10, 1153, in the same year in which the blessed Pope Eugenius passed from this darkness into the true light; the illustrious Frederick, then filling the throne of the German Empire; the most pious king Louis VII, reigning happily in France; Jesus Christ, the Son of God, holding the principality of the universal Church, and the sovereign monarchy of all creatures; the year of the Incarnation, | 153. As the great Marian Year began in December of 1953, Bernard's 8th centenary observance was given scant attention. This was as it should have been, and as St. Bernard, in his great love for our Blessed Mother, would have it to be. Like St. John the Baptist, and Christ, Bernard would want the glory and praise of Mary increased, and his own, decreased. We are indebted to M. L'Abbe Ratisbonne for his book, The Life and Times of St. Bernard, which we found in our school library, yellow with great age and rather mutilated, it is true, but of inestimable value to us. As Ratisbonne sought the aid of the mother of St. Bernard in writing his book. in 1841, so may we likewise appeal not only to her, but to our Heavenly Mother, as we dedicate our BERN ORDE AN of 1955 to our great patron, ST. BERNARD.

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