St Charles Borromeo High School - Borromean Yearbook (Destrehan, LA)

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Congratul t1ons par1sh1onersofSt Charles Borromeo upon the Sllver Annlversary of the opemng of your school' It has been the happy pr1v1lege of The Slsters of the Immaculate Conceptlon to nurture St Charles Borromeo School ln 1ts embryon 1C stage to watch Wlth growlng lnterest the gradual development of that 1nst1tut1on and to help lt toward the mature cond1t1on 1nto whlch lt has now emerged On th1s occaslon we are happy to ac and k1Ild1'l8SS evldenced by the par1sh1oners and puplls under the leadershlp of Reverend John F Basty and Reverend Malcolm Strassel Our earnest Jub1lee wlsh and prayer 1S that all those whose characters we have helped to mould may be consplcuous for the1r lntegrlty of l1fe and sense of respons1b1l1ty that they may radlate happlness and be to the1r fellowmen examples of fa1th and hope and char1ty May God's bless1ng cont1nue to descend upon St Charles Borromeo School and Our Lady s gu1d1ng star be 1ts 1nsp1rat1on MOTHER MARY MARCELLA Mother General 12 a . , . . , knowledge and express our gratitude for the splendid co-operation , . . .

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Cl5f0I' 5 Peeflflg An annlversary 1S a t1me of reJo1c1ng and rem1n1sc1ng f conffratulatlnfv over the past and plann1ng for further progress Certa1nly the congregatlon of St Charles Borromeo feels a deep sat1sfact1on over 1tS accompl1shments for Cathol1c educatlon 1U the past twenty f1Ve years mlth leg1t1mate prlde we v1ew our modern school plant Surely lt 1S proper for us people S1sters and prlests to congratulate one another on the developments and achlevements 1n the educat1on of our chlldren our unlted sacr1f1ces have real1zed Naturally our flrst thoughts turn to the founder of our school Reverend Father John F Basty whose love for llttle chlldren and zeal for the1r 1nstruct1on 1n C1od's truths 1mpelled h1m to start th1s school 1n the face of great d1ff1cult1es and dlscouragements Wlth great v1s1on energy and conf1dence he dlrected the develop ments of our school for twenty years and crowned h1S work of Cathollc educatlon by openlng a hlgh school department 1n 1948 The whole parlsh Jolns me 1n th1s expresslon of congratulatlons and gratltude to h1m It 1S d1ff1cult to express w1th adequate words the debt of ap prec1at1on and vratltude we owe to the Congregatlon of the Slsters of the Immaculate Concept1on who have staffed our school for th1s quarter century Vllth 1nf1n1te patlence understandlng and k1ndl1 ness they have rnstructed twenty generat1ons of our chlldren 1n the wlsdom of God and man tra1n1ng them by word and example to be Good cltlzens of the Church and natlon Cnly God can and w1ll reward them' We assure them of our affect1on and loyal thankful ness Whlle we TCJOICG over the past we look w1th con.f1dence to the future and pledge ourselves to contlnue courageously to make v ery effort to 1ncrease and 1mprove our fac1l1t1es and methods and personnel to the end that more and more of our chlldren can have the bless1n0 of a thorough Cathohc Educatlon REVEREND MALCOLM B STRASSEL Pastor 11 p 7 ' ,O D D ' . ' I I Y ! . . 7 ' .Y 1 - D 1 1 , - i Q3 ' 7 9 , . I e- U O . .

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