St Jean Baptiste High School - Laurel Yearbook (Duluth, MN)

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17 55 PQSQQS 3966661 fLOI'l AVE MARIA' Hear the bells rmgmg What bells? The golden throated bells of the 50th anmversary the Jub1lee of our beloved St Jean Baptlste Church 'Ha1l to Mary' They ch1me For th1s IS 1954 Mary's Year throughout the w1de World How nostalglc one feels gl1mps1ng lnto the past We f1nd Mary the domlnant theme always 'Twas onthe feast of her glorlous Assumpt1on August 15 1n 1885 that St Jean Bapt1ste Par1sh was born Mary must have recaptured fond rnernor1es structure a sent1nel of Her Son on the h1ll at llth Avenue West Flfty one years ago 1n 1903 Mary assumed more respons1b1l1ty for at that t1me pr1ests consecrated to her 1n a spec1a1 way the Oblates of Mary Immaculate accepted the offer of I-I1s Excellency B1shop McGolr1ck of Duluth to assume Jur1sd1ct1on of the l1ttle church A rectory now the present convent was erected 1903 servmg as the parlsh house t1ll 1929 when the prlests called home the house across the way from St Jean's God's grace and help bullt th1s nucleus of 1885 to the sp1r1tual educatlonal and soclal symbol of love for God we know today 1904 was the b1g year for the sacr1 f1ce of thelr labor of love 1n the present House of God ' The most v1tal adjunct to any Coel1 Porta fDoor to Heaven! rece1ved 1ts ground work 1n 1920 when Reverend Mother Marle Gustave present Superlor General of the Slsters of the Holy Names w1th a small band of nuns founded the l1ttle m1ss1on school of St Jean's wh1ch emerged 1n 1926 as fulflllment of thelr cher1shed dream a magnlflcent mecca of learnmg A flour1sh1ng center church grade and h1gh school gymnas1um and aud1tor1um convent and rectory we salute you' But more than congratulat1ons We offer our deepest apprec1at1on and thanks from the bottom of our hearts to the countless souls who have God w1ll1ng made our parlsh what lt 1S today Wlth eternal grat1tude we w1sh to ded1cate the Laurel of th1s Mar1an Year 1954 to all the rehglous pr1ests and nuns whose herolc sacr1f1ce 1S of complete self and who along w1th the PYICCISSS devot1on and loyalty 1n prayers and serv1ce of thelr flock have blended all glor1ously 1n our own St Jean's And We're not forgettmg GRATIAS MARIA' X 6 I X0 't X61 O I I ff 1 1 . 1 '-- . - . ' . , ' of the humble, yet awe-inspiring Stable as she smiled on the tiny rough hewn in , . . Q . , , . , , . . . L . ' , -