St Gregory High School - Timber Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Our SUPeff1C1fUl'Cll Strmulus Past and Present In conternplatrng our Trmber our tree St Gregory Hrgh we trnd that the metaphor rs not perfect When the heart ot a tree dres lrte rs cut oft and the tall trrnbers decay Father Klasen the heart and very soul of St Gregory rs no longer by the memorres he lett behrnd sweet memory of the krnd blue eyes whrch often frlled rn overwhelmrng gratrtude at our humblest endeavors lovrng memory of the trreless ettorts he hrm self exerted to tultrll every desrre of hrs beloved students glorrous memory of the prrest Whose ardent devotron to hrs Drvrne Employer and Hrs Blessed Mother was unexcelled a prrest truly accord rng to the Heart ot Chrrst and frnally Drecrous memory ot a lrttle whrte harred rran whose cheery Statron St Gregory Father lxlasen speakrng wrll never more be heard But rt as rn a grove we Walk rn srlent rever ence through the halls ot the chool he burlt t om every corner comes a breeze lrke Whrsper anplrtyrng rtself rnto a shout and re echorng lrke the wrnd Thrs rs St Gregory where the undyrng sprrrt ot Father Klasen r ever present and cherrshed To take over rn a parrsh Where the porgnant grret ot loss was strll so tresh was the drffrcult task wrth whrch Father Terlecke was faced Un aaunted and Wrth hrs accustomed orudence and capabrlrty he accomplrshed rt helped to com pensate tor our bereavement and rn so dorng won a specral place rn the hearts and hrgh esteem ot all Never has a prrc t been rnore rnrndtul of the sprrrtual Welfare ot the students entrusted to hrs gurdance Nor can we ever thrnk ot Father Terlecke Wrthout apprecratrng anew hrs Whole hearted rnterest rn obtarnrng torfus such tem poral pleasures as thrs yearbook and the prom But rt rs perhaps hrs cooperatron rn the ma rerralrzatron ot Father Klasen s dearest dream the Gym that has most endeared Father Ter recke to our hearts So we see how true rs the sayrng Every cloud has a s lver lrnrng Although our tree can never fully recuperate trom rts deep aftlrctron the zeal ot Fath r lerlecke s rntluence has acted as a balm and he who came to us a frrend rn need ha been welcom d to our rndst frrend rndoed All flllll Stl tl! I . l 'k Bl' 'A' , . . I , I F I ' . . I H . , . A - . . , ' t I l N 'N 1 .T , . , V I I V . . . with us yet our tree lives onflives on nourished ' U ' 6 4. , , . . I A f l - , , l , ' . , s - e r ' 4 a i , . . jf F c 'ft' ' L E2 I . A A , , ,, . r . , A . , 7 , , s ' , ' T - . . I . . . . in I g . .43-

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An ther phase of our hves has passed Yet tt ts not rust another rhas to us because we are the tfvtgs about to be detached from our branch For tour years we have been nourlshed by our branch wtth knowledge ot both godly and Worldly thrngs and tncndshtp of good true Cathohcs We have b en taugnt how to go out tnto the World and ec n a place tor ourselves not only there but also tn heaven how to be good true Cathohcs Wlth such for our lrtends When we blossomed out as baby twrgs we knelt tectrng Presence We rccetved l-hs blesstng on the years to be spent wrth our branch and set out Now we have reached our goal We are mature and npe and are about to be severed from our branch As gromn up twtgs We kneel before the altar of the Most l-hgh Agatn we feel Hts protecttng Pr ence and our tns curtty vantsnes 1n the ltght ot our reahzatton that the separatron trom our branch ts not complete The eve presen Source ot our nourtshment Wlll al Ways be Wtth us gutdtng us on H1 Path fllizly M111 9 Of this MIGHTY TIMBER we are the XX ll XX ll X I ll it ' l J , . , TL ' before the altar of the Most High and felt His pro- '4 'f ' X ' ' es . A . . 1 . . . . Y- t . . - fy f ' ,kv

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OUR RGOTS The Faculty Reverend Robert Mockenhaupt Reverend Iohn Lydon Reverend AUSTIN Schmltt Q I Reverend Iohn May S1sterSecund1Ha Superror Srster Ahce Srster Angehnde Srster Antony Srster AHTODIS S1ster Beata Mr James Sov Srster Brbrana Srster Ehzabeth Swter Emrhana Srster Iohannrta Slster Iuhtta brster Ioeeplne Prrncrpal Srster Manetta S1ster Marla Srster Manta Srster Raphaehs Svsier ROSCIWIIIHCI M155 Veronrca Walsh Mr Ioseph Dougherty Mr Herman Pedtke emc Mrss Dorothy Wrnd m.4n. Mr Herman Wregman