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

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Mrs. Burnett Dr. Keldermans Mrs. Layfayette LAY FACULTY MRS. RUTH BURNETT, Oflrlce, School Nurse. DR. RAYMOND KELDERMANS, Music Appreciation. MRS. ESTHER LAYFAYETTE, Librarian. MR. RICHARD MAHINGLY, Gym, Assistant Football Coach. MRS. VIRGINIA MATTINGLY, Office, Typing. MR. THOMAS MINARCIN, Geometry, Freshman Basketball Coach. The faculty of St. Francis, the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, were founded in 1872 at Troyes, France, through the instigation of the Venerable Mother Mary de Sales Chappuis, a Visitandine, and Father Louis Bris- son. Their particular mission is to lead souls to Christ through the te aching and method of St. Francis de Sales. According to their Rule, the Oblates must prac- tice the Spiritual Directory, the interior way of life em- ployed by St. Francis himself. They devote themselves particularly to the education of young men, although their work includes every type of priestly activity. Of the many religious families established under the influence of St. Francis de Sales, the Oblates reflect most com- pletely his manner of life. To subject the tremendous activity and spiritual achievement of a saint of the stature of Francis de Soles to so brief a description necessarily does violence to a full understanding of his life, and the impact of his Mr. Mattingly Mrs. Mattingly Mr. Minai ' cin

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Fafher Seelaus REV. WILLIAM O. SEELAUS, O.S.F.S., German, As- sistant Principal. REV. JAMES J. SOHEK, O.S.F.S., Latin, Director of Intromurols. REV. JAMES J. WELSH, O.S.F.S., Latin, Band. REV. WILLIAM J. WHARTON, O.S.F.S., Socio- Economics. Brisson House on Collingwood Boulevard derives its name from the founder of the Oblates, Father Louis Brisson and serves as a residence for the religious faculty. Bishop, writer, director of souls — all these form a full and demanding career for the most energetic serv- ant of God. The author who wrote so well on the Love of God, however, confided this knowledge to a group of religious women who were — and are — one of the most distinguished ornaments of Catholicism. In collaboration with St. Jane De Chantal, St. Francis founded the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, a cloistered religious community of women. They live a life of prayer and penance according to the spirit of Sf. Francis de Sales, a spirit of complete abandonment to the Will of God, carried out in the practice of true charity. Father Sottek Father Welsh Father Wharton

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tr% |Kr- ■ 1, Mr, Mouch Mr. Recker Mrs. Roberts MR. HAROLD MOUCH, Algebra, Basketball Coach. MR. ROBERT RECKER, History, Head Football Coach. MRS. DOROTHY ROBERTS, Office, Typing. MR. EDWARD ZAPLETAL, Music. Mr. Richard LefFler, our wrestling trainer, greets Mr. Donold Vigh, Light- weight Basketball coach. 14 work. The few points presented so inadequately here will give some indication of the genius and sanctity of the spiritual giant who is our patron. For the religious dedicated to living according to his spirit, he remains on infallible guide to the imitation of Our Divine Lord. For the young men for whom he is model, St. Francis de Sales represents the proper combination of grace united with and ennobling nature which will fit them for the living of a successful Christian life. His death at Lyons, France, in 1622, marked only the end of his physical life. His spirit lives in the countless souls who have felt his influence.