St Francis Xavier High School - Xaverian Yearbook (Baton Rouge, LA)

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SU' THE JOSEPHITE FATHERS ll30 NORTH CALVERT STREET BALTIMORE 2, MARYLAND ST JOSEPH S SOCIETY OF THE SACRED HEART, INC. H g I IN I oFFlcE or Teleph THE suremon GENERAL Smamqa 7 86 December 7 , 1955 Reverend Francis T. Carney, S.S.J. St. Francis Xavier Church 1143 S. llth Street Baton Rouge 10, Louisiana Dear Father Carney: 'When Almighty God implanted in the human heart the parental instinct,He also unfolded the three great ideas that lie at the very foundation of man's moral dignity, his social happiness, and his eternal destiny. These three important ideas are: duty, right, and responsibility. Children, your parents have discharged their DUTY by edu- cating you according to the principles of the Religion of Jesus Christ. They have exercised their RIGHT by sending you to St. Francis Xavier High School. Your parents have undertaken their RESPONSIBILITY of providing youwith this Catholic education be- cause of an awareness that they must answer before no less a tribu- nal than the judgment seat of Almighty God. In fulfilling their duty, right, and responsibility to give you this Catholic education, your parents have made numerous sacrifices. Be grateful, children, for the great sacrifices which your good parents have made for you. Other sacrifices, holy ones, are also involved. Do not forget the devoted Sisters and zealous Priests who have taken your tender hearts into their careful custody and have pictured, bright and clearn, the image of God that is in your immortalsouls. These religious men and women have dedicated their lives to your edu- cation because they remember one of the most inspiring events in the life of our Master when Jesus uttered the inspiring words, Suffer the little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not, for of such is the Kingdom of God. I offer up an earnest prayer of gratitude to God daily for schools such as yours and I should like to voice my most fervent good wishes to you, your parents, the Sisters, and the Priests. May the blessing of Almighty God, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost descend upon you and remain forever. Sincegrely yours in Christ, fp sm ,gg Superior General

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is X Ns ee, Q' s 'K ,.., Very Reverend Thomas P. McNamara, 5.5.1. Superior General of the Society of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart. 9

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,, vv' ,X fl rf., s cs l s A S.. ' f 4' X li lm f V Reverend Francis T. Carney, S.S.J. Pastor, Saint Francis Xavier Church. Amid trials, hardships, disappointments and physical sufferings, Father Carney has struggled to build our high school. Fortified by the virtures of faith, hope, and charity, our good pastor per- severed in this project. Today, Father Carney gratefully recalls the work of his years at Saint Francis Xavier. We Witness the material fruit of his labor in our high school building, our school cafeteria, the renovation of our auditorium, and the beautiful church of the Immaculate Conception in Scotlandville. This material growth, however, is but a faint reflection of the spiritual progress inspired by the exemplary spirit of self- sacrifice of our beloved pastor. In him we find a true spiritual father and an understanding friend. In other words to the fullest extent he fulfills his role in the priesthood as Another Christ. 11