St Francis High School - Crusader Yearbook (Athol Springs, NY)

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VY, IN MEMORIAM F14 fmfm Eiga OFM Coma 1886-.7959 Six months have passed since the death of Fr. Justin, but the passage of time has served only to make us aware of the accomplishments of the founder of St. Francis High School. Born one of twelve children of a mining family, his humble beginning gave no indica- tion of the stature he was to attain in the spiritual world. Ordained in 1910, he was but thirty-seven years of age when elected Minister Provincial of St. Anthony of Padua Province. Declining higher positions in the Gen- eral Curia in Rome, Fr. Justin carried out the largest expansion program in the history of the Province. Motivated by the traditional spirit of the Franciscan Order, he set out to provide educational facilities for the youth he always loved. His first and foremost under- taking was St. Francis High School, St. Hyacinth Sem- inary in Granby, Mass., and the Order's novitiate and mission house in Ellicott City, Md., followed in quick succession. In 1929 Fr. Justin initiated the world famous Rosary Hour,', still heard by five million listeners. During World War II Fr. Justin traveled to the Balkans and the British Isles at the requests of several govern- ments. In his last years he sparked a local multi-million hospital drive and witnessed the erection of a gym and dormitory at St. Francis. His greatness was lost in the simplicity of his ways, but the institutions he founded will remain a living test- ament to his unbounding zeal both to his fellow man and the Franciscan Order.