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

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The DeSa1es High School, Lockport, New York, is a co-institutional school taught by the Oblate Fathers and the Sisters of St. Mary of Namur. REV REV REV REV REV REV REV ROBERT 1. HEALY, O.S.F.S., Latin ROBERT J. HERMLEY, O.S.F.S., German History MR. PETER HERTLI, O.S.F.S., French, German WILLIAM H. JUERGENS, O.S.F.S., Mathematics REV. . NICHOLAS J. KOELZER, O.S.F.S., Hixtory LOUIS A. KoMoRowsK1, o.s.F.s., Biology JOSEPH c. MCNAMARA, o.s.F.s., Religion ANDREW s. MATESZ, o.s.F.s., Eiigzioii F athcr Komorowski Father McNamara Wi! Father Juergens -'Q-V o Father Koelzer Father Matesz X 53 311, oo V

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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

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t ll In the Power City, Niagara Falls, New York, the Oblate Fathers staff the Brother Henry Bishop Duffy High School. Niagara Falls, New York, and the De Sales High School, Lockport, New York, opened simultaneously in 1946. De Chantal Hall, a House of Studies for Oblate Scholastics, was established at Lewiston, New York in 1948. Students assigned there attend classes at Niagara University. Oblates have been teaching on the faculties of Cathedral Prep, Erie, Pennsyl- vania, and Cardinal Stepinac High School in White Plains, New York, for several years. Salesian High School, Detroit, Michigan, opened in 1950. Another school in Philadelphia, the Father Judge High School, began in September, 1954. In addition to St. Pius X parish here in Toledo, the Oblates staff parishes in the dioceses of Wilmington and Rich- mond, and also serve as regular chaplains in the armed forces. Father Sottek Father Wharton The present membership of the American province is about 500, a rich growth since the first American foundation some fifty years ago. To St. Francis, as to all of their schools, the Oblates bring the spirit of St. Francis de Sales, spirit rooted in complete submission to the Will of God. Sublime though this ideal may be, it can be taught and learned, even by boys. In young men, it is ex- pressed best by the virtues the Oblates are bidden to implant, viz., respect for authority, courage, unswerv- ing devotion to the faith. Properly nurtured, it can become the Suaviter et Fortiter of St, Francis de Sales himself, the mark of a mature, alert, Catholic gentleman. This IS the spirit, it WILL give life . . . Father Wixted vfw- r :E-1? -ut---f: ie Y .1