St Elizabeth Academy - Churingian Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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L04 Sf Elzzabclh of Hungary

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Dedlcatlon HE pages of hlstorx are resplendent Wlth glOW1Dg reports of human achlevement advances ln science sculpture and art Stlrrmg accounts of herolc self lmmolatlon for the country s needs grip the stoutest hearts but brlghter and far more luminous are those chapters that retell the acme of human devotion consecratxon to Man s Creator Redeemer and Sanctlfler Such was the llfe of St Ellzabeth the patroness of our Acad emy She was the daughter of Alexander II Krug of Hungary At the age of four she was sent to Wartburg ln Thurlngla to be educated as the bride of Ludwlg Count of Thurlngla and Hesse She suffered much from love Wlth the Cross but on that Cross she saw the CfUClflCd At the death of her devoted husband ln IZZ7 whlch occurred whlle he was on his way to take part ln the defense of the Holy Land Ellzabeth with her chlldren was strlpped of everything and reduced to the dlrest stralts by an opposlng faction headed bv her brother ID law She whose sole ambltlon w s to befrlend the poor and needy now found herself home less but not dlsconsolate She stlll had the courage to Slng the Te Deum and to busy herself ln the Interests of others untll her death November I9 lZ3 To her memory we the class of 39 dedlcate thls annual Nlax St l:.l1zabeth s undaunted herolsm her love of Chrlst and HIS Cross exer be an lnspxratxon to us as we leavc school llfe and enter llfe s school' L04 rq I Qw -++. ,X . 0 0 X, X 1 ll ,,441,, ,44,,. . 7 w . , . the jealousy of her future relatives. Thus, early in life, Christ tested her , I.