St Catherines Military School - Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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To renew the soul . . . ' . 'I' he St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel E E X The school's new chapel was the dream of a theologian, Father Valerian Iasinski, the pencil plan of a priest- architect, Reverend Ioseph Myrda, and, the single- minded energy of Sister Verona, Prioress. In simple, clean, contemporary design the chapel artfully combines the talents and crafts of many men. It integrates the theology of St. Thomas with the Catholic doctrines of worship through symbols of beauty and truth. Words are poor vehicles to convey the description of the progression of Cod's revelation to man as graphically displayed in windows, walls, mosaic, wood and terra cotta symbols in this magnificant chapel. To really appreciate this unique house of worship one must quietly tour the chapel with a learned Dominican. To feel its full glory one must hear Mass early on a sun-filled morning as Cod's light, stream- ing through the tall palms and everlasting pines, splashes down on the center altar on which Christ Himself renews the Sacrifice of our Redemption. A picture is worth a thousand words, but behind these chapel pictures are millions of words: all the wisdom of recorded time frozen in a single fiat , the moment of being ,... the I am the Great I am that each one hears in conscience as he kneels in the silence of this Master's-piece. The Sisters of St. Catherine's are planning a single booklet to tell the story of the chapel. Until its pub- lication these few paragraphs must inadequately suffice. A religious landmark of Southern California, the new chapel, dedicated in 1958 stands at the corner of Harbor Blvd. and Cypress St., Anaheim. Cadets leave Mass from Chapel's rear entrance.

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Music and Manners, Too his knowledge depth and meaning. But the full devel- opment of a boy requires the exercise of his body as well as of his mind and his spirit. The cadet learns to playg he stretches his growing muscles. He learns teamwork. He learns to see and love the natural world around him and in it he finds the beauty God gave to man. He learns the lessons of the ear, in piano and band, as well as the lessons of the eye, in art and on the rifle range. He learns to take pride in his personal appearance and in his belongings. He is clean, orderly, and well mannered. He, St. Catherines hopes, learns to be a man, but more than that, a gentleman. The school band in 1958, under the direction of Robert Kesta, teaches coordination and cooperation .abs Cadet Diehl, piano student, plays his piece in a concert for school parents and friends, 1958. wp ' --Qu at.. E L I., Manners are a pre-requisite to morals. Miss Cecil Gough in 1957, taught dining room etiquette. Order and cleanliness are among a cadets first lessons. Brushing teeth is the beginning for D Company. 2

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The Burst of Creation stained glass window depicts the fiat as conceived and designed by Iohn de Rosen and executed in stained glass by Max Ingrand. .. t f .Q N -Q. Artist Iohn H, deRosen at work on ninety-foot mural the ascent of truth ith nineteen men and seven women depicting the fabric of Christianity. Mi l ,l ,ASAE Sxgxn wx ft, Mn -, X- ll 'I , ix ' ill r' sl 51 J l l EN A X -X Nix 6 i 1 Stone-white statue of St. Thomas, by Gemma D.Auria, Y' F 5 ,. Q, 5 i I Iames Francis Cardinal Maclntyre, blesses chapel at the dedication April 1, 1958