St Francis de Sales High School - Accolade Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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:Il E 15: y zz, I Father D'Angelo This modern building is the new Salesianum School in Wilmington, Del' ware, housing 1200 students and 37 Oblates. ww . . -pf' 1 ll V :,g . ,- ,, ,N I-fn! it s-4-lim 3 Father Dean Brother Edward REV. JOSEPH A. BARANIEWICZ, O.S.F.S., Chemistry REV. JOHN P. CONNOLLY, O.S.F.S., Mathematics REV, MR. RICHARD M. DAVITT, O.S.F.S., Mathematics REV. SALVATORE J. D'ANGELO, O.S.F.S., Religion REV. WALTER R. DEAN, O.S.F.S., English BROTHER EDWARD FRAWLEY, O.S.F.S., Brisson House REV. PAUL G. GILLESPIE, O.S.F.S., History REV. JOSEPH J. GRIFFIN, O.S.F.S., French, English Father Gillespie Father Griflin

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Father Baraniewicz Father Connolly Rev. Mr. Davitt Spirit of the Oblates The Northeast Catholic High School in Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania, has a faculty of seventy-five Oblates with an enroll- ment of 3000 boys. The faculty of St. Francis de Sales High School is composed of the Oblate Fathers and lay teachers. The Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, a congregation of priest and brothers, was founded in France in 1872 by the Very Rev. Louis A., Bris- son, a priest of the diocese of Troyes. Father? Bris- son had been for more than thirty years the chap- lain of the Monastery of the Visitation at Troyes. During those years, he had become inflamed with the teaching of the founder of the Order of the Visitation, St. Francis de Sales, who had ex- plained so clearly the need for the practice of Christian virtue, and even sanctity, in the every- day lives of ordinary people. In the spirit of this saint for modern times, Father Brisson devoted himself especially to the young men and women of Troyes. Troyes was a typical mill town 'of the nineteenth century, caught in the confusion of the Industrial Revolu- tion, hardly a breeding place for virtue, and par- ticularly unmindful of its youth. Under Father Brisson's direction, clubs for boys and girls, rec- reation centers, study groups, settlement houses and residences for working girls were established. These activities, centering on the living of a more devout Christian life, achieved remarkable success, and brought much renown to the name and work of Father Louis Brisson.

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,TTU Father Healy Father Hermley Rev, Mr, Hel-tli Yet, Father Brisson's greatest task lay ahead of him. The Superior of the Visitation Monastery was the Venerable Mother Mary de Sales Chappuis. For years, this devoted nun had implored Father Brisson to found a society of priests who would carry this same spirit of St. Francis to the world. Finally, at the continual insistence of Mother Chappuis and under divine inspiration itself, Father Brisson set about the work of founding two new religious fam- ilies. Established first, in 1868, were the Oblate Sis- ters of St. Francis de Sales. In 1872, the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, composed of priests and brothers, were founded. As youth had always been his concern, Father Bris- son now directed his priests to the education of boys. Their first project was St. Bernard's school at Troyes. Schools were soon established in other parts of France. The Congregation spread throughout Europe. Austria, This is the Salesian High School, Detroit, Michigan. It and 17 Oblate teachers. .-T England, Italy, Holland, Germany - all welcomed the sons of Father Brisson. Missions in South Africa and South America became part of Oblate work. The American chapter in the history of the Oblates began formally in 1903, when the Salesianum School in Wilmington, Delaware, opened. In 1906, a no- vitiate property was acquired at Childs, Mary- land. This is the present site of the Novitiate College, an extension school of the Catholic University of America. A House of Studies, De Sales Hall, adja- cent 'to the Catholic University campus, opened at Washington, D.C., in 1924. The Oblates went to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1926 to conduct the Northeast Catholic High School, In 194-3, they ar- rived in Toledo to assist on the faculty of Central Catholic High School. Our school, St. Francis, opened in 1955. The Bishop Duffy High School, opened in 1950, and has an enrollment of 400 boys 4 earn-an ...- F .3 1 .. 1 -Y ' vi is ' L' ' ' was i 3 ww W 1