St Clement High School - Anchor Yearbook (Medford, MA)

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44441144144441l4l441l4l4!1l1111111ll4!44l!!!!!4l141111.A 7 Ihr lglttrr nf ilirliginn in Thr 151151 tu' mnrlil ON Aucusi' sixteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-nine, our Holy Father, Pius XII, sol- emnly warned athetistic world powers that it is hy force of reason and not by force of arms that justice makes progress, and empires that are not founded on justice are not blessed by God. This impressive admonition fell on deaf ears, however. Godless rulers plunged nations into brutally-devastating war. For six long years, the destruction ol' homes, broken fam- ilies, innocent children killed and wounded, starvation, famine-all followed in the wake of relentless war machines. Under merciless chains forged by materialistic greed, people began to pray again to the God of Freedom XtVhom they had rejected. Finally, on August fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-live, the eve of the Feast of our Blessed Mother's Assumption into Heaven, joyous bells rang out theuglad tidings of peace. Crowds thronged to churches to thank God that war had ceased. Mothers and fathers knelt in gratitude for their sons' safe return. Sisters offered grateful prayers because they would see their brothers again. Wives, re- lieved of heartrending anxiety, extolled the mercy of God which had delivered their hus- bands from the dangers of the battlefields. We live in the present, we dream of the future, we learn from the past. The past re- calls the horrors of war. The present faces a post war world. The future holds the hope of peace. Have we learned from the horrors of war to face a post war world so that we will realize the hope of peace? Peace, indeed, cannot flower and prosper, proclaims our Holy Father, except in an at- mosphere of secure justice and of perfect fidel- ity. This atmosphere of secure justice and perfect fidelity must rise in the heart of man. It must come from the soul of man formed to the image of God. Religion models and per- fects man to the Divine Image. Religion works in the depths of each man's heart, but its effects extend throughout his entire life and into all its activities. Men formed thus, men established in their sacred integrity as images ol' God, men proud of their personal dignity and of their healthy freedom, men justly jealous of their equality with their felows in all that touches the most essential basis of man's dignity, men firmly at- tached to their land and traditions-these are the men who give to society a solid foundation and obtain for it security, equilibrium, and normal development in space and time. The tremendous task now charges religious- minded men and women to enforce their con- victions that the self-development and inde- pendence of underprivileged nations should be realized, not merely idealized. Religion, therefore, must be left free to elevate and in- spire all individuals, all families, all nations, by its lofty, supernatural motives. Religion 1nust become to politics what conscience is to God-fearing men. Religion, too, must rule over the advances of science, guiding the uses of its discoveries. To love truth, as science loves it, to seek truth tirelessly as science seeks it, to reveal the latent resources of the universe, as science reveals them, is one of the chief glories of the human race. When, however, we have taken every- thing that science can give, we find that science has not enough for life. Xvhen we have facts, we still need a spiritual interpretation of facts. VVhen we have all the scientific forces that we can get our hands upon, we still need spiritual mastery over their use. Beyond all the power that science can give, we need that inward power which comes from spiritual strength alone. Religion, then, is indispensible. To build page fifty-nine

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fx i I . . Ae .4444x444111444441111144411441!14111111114x144441 Elite Hiatt nf Earial linheratanhing in the M1151 mar nrlh ON A South Pacific island, a white-robed Sister bends in compassion over one of Christ's beloved lepers to soothe his anguished body and to solace his afflicted spirit. A priest in hunger-ridden China shares his lrugal meal with a famished tot crying from the pangs ol hunger. In plague-stricken India one of Cod's heroic missionaries labors night and day to prepare countless souls to meet their Saviour. Catholic religious teachers bring the pure light of Faith to japanese people who have been stumbling in the darkness ol' idolatry. ln a tiny wooden chapel in our own United States, a group of pitifully-deprived Negro boys and girls gather about a modern Apostle to learn of the Kingdom in which all may share. Thus do Catholics live the command of Our Lord: A new commandment I give unto you: That you love one another, as l have loved you, that you also love one another. By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another. By these words spoken to His Apostles just before His passion and death, Our Beloved Lord cancelled all discriminations of race. color, and blood, and commanded those who would follow Him to extend Christian charity to all their fellow-men. These words of Christ's demonstrate vividly the place that racial un- derstanding must take and keep in the lives of all men in every day and age of the world. The intense love of the first Christians for one another strengthened them to be brave and finally overcame Roman persecution. The inspired love that the early missionaries bore the simple natives of the New Wlorld prseents striking contrast to the self-seeking of greedy explorers. The Church invoked the law of Christ against cruel slave-traders, reminding them that there are no slaves among Christ's followers. In two X'Vorld XiVars. chaplains' love for the souls of their men overcame muck and mire, shot and shell, to bring the Body and Blood of Christ to men representing all races of the earth. Why has Christ commanded us to love one another? Touch any human being in the world-anyone-be he Communist or Moham- medan or jew or Negro or Buddhist or Jap- aneseeand' you touch a person for whom Christ died. Therefore, every person is either potentially or actually a child of God. Christ's Mystical Body, the Catholic Church, embraces all races and nations and peoples and conditions of mankind. This universality of the Church is not a mere universality of individual membership, similar to the mem- bership ofa political party. lt is a living union of all mankind. This living union springs from a common relationship, of ineffable sweetness, power, and dignity, to a living Per- son, the person of the God-Man .lesus Christ, and through Him to all three Divine Persons of the Divine Nature. Through this relation- ship, man's earthly social nature is related to a Divine Society into which each human per- son as adopted, establishing a unique relation- ship between man and man, as a consequence of a unique relationship between man and God. A cure-all for all racial misunderstanding is a general return to religion. lack of reli- gion in men is the cause of all the hatred in the world. XfVe will never regard our fellow- men as our brothers until we recognize God as our merciful Father. The sharing of eco- nomic wealth will not make us brothers, but becoming brothers will make us share our eco- nomic wealth. The early Christians WCl'C.UOt one because they pooled their wealth-they pooled their wealth because they were Chris- tians. The true Christian will see Our Lord's Incarnation prolonged in every human need. I was in prison and you visited Me. In the new creation of Divine Grace there are no racial distinctions, no physical distinctions, no social distinctions. But, says Paul, Christ is all and in all. Let us pray that all men may realize that we are all children of God and brothers in Christ. Let us Lift up our hearts to Him who made to shine In Heavenis arch the glorious sign Of inercy's heavenly birth To all the peoples of the earth, The pledge of peace divine! And let our glorious banner, too, The banner of the rainboufs hue, In heaven's wide expanse unfurled, Be for a promise to the world Of peace to all inankindg Banner of peace and light, Banner of red and blue and white, Red as the crimson blood Of Christ's wide brotherhood, Blue with the unchanging hope Of heaven's steadfast sun, White as the radiant sun The whole earth shining on.' Paul Landry '46 page fifty-eight

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Ae 6 11 1.111 1 1 11 1 1 1 111.11111.1111.1.1111.111111111.14.111.1o1.444.L1.1 human life upon any other basis is to erect civilization upon sand where the rain descends and the Hoods come and the winds blow and beat upon the house, and the house falls and great is the fall thereof. Let the words of our Holy Father, Recall- ing that human efforts are of no avail without divine assistance, we invite all to raise their eyes to Heaven, be the ntessage that we, as graduates of nineteen hundred and forty-six from Saint Clement High School, carry with us into a world only partially resurrected from the chaos of two global WZIYS. YVe can help change the world's atheistic tendencies if by our living we give testimony of Christ and His doctrine. People will watch us who are His witnesses. They will be drawn to Christ and love Christ when drawn by the strength and serenity and purity and joyous- ness of Christ reflected in us. Daily prayer and frequent reception of His sacraments will enable us to reflect Christ in our lives. Let us earnestly pray: Give as our daily Bread, 0 God, the bread of strength! For we -have learnt to know How weak we are at length. .45 clzildren we are weak. As children mast he fed:- Gizfe as Thy grace, O Lord, To he our daily Bread. Robert l'Veidh0rn '46 - .A,x,x.,-., , , e,. A LA,-, x,V-v-JYA- - ,,.,,,,,.,x,.,,.vAY,,. ,.. ,.,.,A,.'.- .v,-47.-.Y .-.-.v.v.v.-.Y.Y, Av ,y .i,.v.'.-.'-Y.Y.v .Y.- Illunthttll ln the fall of l945, the Maroon and Gold pigskin carriers went all out for a successful season. These boys also set two records for the school. Tlu-y boasted the most strenuous schedule in the school's history: and the '45 teant was the largest in number to don the Maroon and Cold. Our starters were very light in cotnparison -to those of most of our opponents. Next fall there will be good mate- rial and a good schedule which will put the boys up for championship of the League. Zflaakvthall It looked like a colorful season for our quin- tet when setting back the Woburn live and scoring a few other victories. The starting team consisted of Ken Carew, Sophomore, and Gene Driscoll, junior, at the forward posi- tions: Captain Charlie Doherty at the center positiong and at the guards, -lohn Monahan and Frank llc-Pinto. Coach Conceison is look- ing forward to a successful year in IQ47 with an available supply of twenty underclassmen returning. Ifiawrhall lt looked like a very successful season for our nine when they began practice. The able coaching of Alamos Cassell, and the splendid defense of our veteran players, Lefty Davis. Charlie Doherty and Stanley 0'Reilly, are doing a great iob on the diamond. The club has already upset some powerful teams. The greatest highlight so far is the defeat of Keith Academy. Good luck, and a successful season to the '47 team. Girlz' Basketball The girls' basketball team was ably cap- tained by Angie DePinto and Gert Murphy and well managed by XVinnie Ryan. Our glo- rious colors were held high both at home and away, by a hard-working team. All credit is warmly extended to our beloved director, Father Ford. page sixty