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

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Father Finnegon Brother Edward Father Gillespie and philosophical questions of predestination, and the solutions he found there contributed amply to his con- quest of this temptation. Devotion, simple and sincere, combined with the full exercise of whatever natural tal- ents possessed, would become a feature of his spiritual teaching. From 1588 until 1592, Francis studied law and the- ology at the University of Padua, receiving the doctor ' s degree with distinguished honors. Upon returning to Savoy, he received the equivalent of admission to the bar association when he became an advocate before the senate of Chambery. At this point, Francis made known his desire to follow the priestly vocation. To a father who sow his talented eldest son endowed so richly with qualifies promising honor and prestige for the family name, the thought of sacrificing him to the church was repugnant. But Francis ' determination held firm, and he received his father ' s permission to accept major orders. His ordination to the priesthood took place on December 18,1593 at Annecy. De Sales Hall, in Hyattsville Maryland, is the Oblate School of Theology. Students also REV. JAMES P. FINNEGAN, O.S.F.S., French, Sophomore Moderator BROTHER EDWARD J. FRAWLEY, O.S.F.S., Bris- son House REV. PAUL G. GILLESPIE, OS F.S., History. REV. MR. PETER HERTLI, O.S F.S., French Me- chanical Drowing. Rev. Mr. Hertii

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Father Baraniewicz Rev. Mr. Davitt Father Dean The saint of our school and ifs religious faculty dotes from another century and another world. Francis de Sales was born at the castle of Sales, near Thorens in the French province of Savoy in 1567. His was a noble family and name, and Francis was the first-born son. His early life followed the pattern of the time for the wealthy and his education was in charge of a clerical tutor. At about the age of thirteen, Francis enrolled at the College of Clermont in Paris, conducted by the Jesuit Fathers. The studies here stressed the humanities and philosophy. Always of a spiritual frame of mind, he suffered, even as a youth, the torment of soul that seems the mark of chosen servants of God. When he was about seventeen, a violent temptation to despair seized him, oppressing him to the point of a serious breakdown in health. With persevering prayer, especially the Memorare of Our Lady, he succeeded in throwing over the assault on his faith. It should be mentioned that, with prayer, Francis devoted himself to an earnest study of the theological The Oblates receive their early training the Novitiate in Childs, Maryland. the spirit of St. Francis de Sales at REV. JOSEPH A. BARANIEV ICZ, O.S.F.S., Chemistry. REV MR, RICHARD DAVITT, O.S.F.S., Mathematics. REV. WALTER R. DEAN, O.SF.S., English, Director of Dramatics. REV. MR, RICHARD F. DELILLIO, O.S.F.S., English. Rev. Mr. DeLillio

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Pother Griffin Father Healy Pother Hermley Answering a call from his Bishop to attempt to re- establish the practice of the faith in the Chabiois, o dis- trict given over to Calvinism, Francis spent four difficult, dangerous but, ultimately highly successful years in preaching the truth of Catholicism. During this time, he composed the tracts — short explanations of various points of Catholic teaching — which were later compiled into the Controversies, and the Defense of the standard of the Holy Cross. These writings later earned for him the title, Patron of the Catholic Press. His mission to the Chablais resulted in the conversion of some 70,000 souls. In 1599, undoubtedly as a result of his spectacular 5uccess in preaching the faith, Francis was called to Rome by Pope Clement VIII and named coadjutor bishop of Geneva, and succeeded to that see in December, pursue undergraduate ond graduate courses at the Catholic University of America. REV. JOSEPH J. GRIFFIN, O.SF S., Religion, French. REV. ROBERT J. HEALY, O.S.F.S., Latin, Student Council Moderotor. REV. ROBERT J. HERMLEY, O S.F.S., German, Americon History, College Adviser. REV. WILLIAM H. JUERGENS, O.S.F.S., Mathe- matics. Father Juergens