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

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QQ Y! The Spirit Gives Life. THE GREATEST TEACHER OF THE CHRISTIAN ERA, ST. PAUL, APOS- TLE OF THE GENTILES, WROTE THESE WORDS TO THE PEOPLE AT CORINTH, ABOUT THE YEAR 57. THUNDERING THROUGH THE CEN- TURIES, THEY HAVE FOR US THE SAME PROFOUND MEANING AS WHEN HIS ELOQUENT PEN FIRST F ASHIONED THEM. OUR EDUCATION AT ST. FRANCIS DE SALES HIGH SCHOOL HAS EVER BEEN CENTERED ON THE BASIC TRUTH THAT MAN IS ESSENTIALLY A SPIRITUAL CREATURE, MADE SO BY GOD. THIS SPIRIT, HIS SOUL, WILL LIVE FOREVER, AND THEREFORE IT IS OF THE FIRST IMPORTANCE. IN EVERY PART OF OUR TRAINING, INTELLECTUAL, PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, THE EMPHASIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN FIRST ON THE SPIRIT, AND THEN ON THE DEGREES OF EXCELLENCE DEMANDED BY THE TASK AT HAND. SURROUNDED AS WE ARE BY AN ENVIRONMENT OF MATERIAL STANDARDS, IT HAS NEVER BEEN SO NECESSARY FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THE PLACE OF THE SPIRIT. THROUGH THE EXAMPLE OF THE OBLATE FATHERS, WE HAVE COME TO KNOW THE SPIRIT OF OUR OWN VENERABLE PATRON, ST. FRANCIS DE SALES, THE SPIRIT OF GENUINE STRENGTH CLOTHED IN MASCU- LINE GENTLENESS. INTANGIBLE THOUGH SUCH A SPIRIT MUST BE, WE HAVE FELT IT, AND WE HOPE WE HAVE ABSORBED IT. THIS ACCOLADE SIGNIFIES FOR THE CLASS OF 1959 THE END OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION. IN IT, WE HAVE TRIED TO SHOW THE PLACE OF THE SPIRIT IN OUR LIFE AT SCHOOL. THIS IS THE PIRIT THAT GIVES LIFE 2

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Among the memories of our senior year, the death of our beloved Holy Father, Pope Pius XII, will re- main as the most significant. For us, the very thought of our church meant the name, Pope Pius. With the indifference typical of youth, however, we had never realized the impact this chosen servant of God had upon our century, until his death, when we felt a world pause to mourn him. His name and memory will always be a part of our growing up, We pray that his great soul will soon be numbered among the com- pany of the blessed. The election of our reigning Pontiff, Pope John XXIII, presents another notable coincidence for our graduation year. The heartwarming appeal which has already won for him the title, Good Pope John, provides a welcome relief from the tensions so ram- pant on our tormented earth, We are happy to call him, Holy Father 'I May God grant him many years to be good to the world. HIS HOLINESS, POPE JOHN XXIII ll' 1 up Q 3 Wg? , yjarggumf mm, all wx w 'Y' l I 4 y H ,M .. ,V W af. G, 1,-A, , ,Eggs '- . Q.: v 1 - 1 , l a - Th. P' . tt, - , I W., I 1 , - , I t,,, v .,.. . it - 'W I, ,E 1 ' ,, . l5i53'ff ',,, ,., M ,M ' M H.Ji''lilly-ii5l3?i:lll 'll ' ' fly! -f HIS HOLINESS, POPE PIUS XII of happy memory GOOD SHEPHERDS Q' ll ' - I, , it mmm Yi fa