St Johns High School - The Eagle Yearbook (Goshen, NY)

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-4 'i' 'S 3 , . . it Albovez Nora Maloney offers, on behalf of the school, sincerest congratulations to Monsignor Grun- der on his recent appointment as Domestic Prelate. Our Golden Years is dedicated to our loved pastor and friend, Monsignor Ioseph W. Grunder upon whom has been conferred by the Holy Father the rank of Domestic Prelate. We, his children, are overjoyed at his appointment: through our dedication, we wish to show our appreciation of all that he has done for us, God gives us His priests to guide us and to help us to reach our true destiny. Through th: ministering hands of His consecrated Ones, we are made Children of God and heirs of Heaven: when we stumble and fall, we are absolved and through priestly power we can ever live in a world of Beginning Againn: Christ through the 'hands if His priest feeds us with the Bread of Life: in Holy'Matrimony, priestly hands bless us and unite us: when the shadows of life darken and death draws near, the holy anointing and blessing of sacred hands of a priest gives ug courage and stren- gth. 'Monsignor Grundner for forty years has fulfilled this eternal plan of God. Since his ordination in 1916 from St. Ioseph's Seminary in Dunwoodie, his hands have labored with the labors of lovef' For tweney-five years, in St. Anthony's parish in the Bronx, for eleven years in St, Step'hen's in Warwick and here in St. Iohn's for four years, he has fulfilled his priestly duties. For his spirit- ual children, he has provided the best in Catholic education. The new elementary school stands as a monument to his dynamic energy and zeal. His constant vigilance applies not only to the build- ing itself but all who dwell therein. To each student, big and small, he is a loving father. His priestly hands tell a story, the story of his striving to spread the kingdom of God -- - - .

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REVEREND IOHN C. CANNON SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR To each student. Father Cannon is not only a priest, but also a teacher, counselor and friend. As our Spiritual Director, he has given us individual moral and religious guidance: in the weekly reli- gion classes, he has taught us more than the printed word. His advice has become part of our living and sends us forth rich in Christian principles to match ourselves with the generation of graduates before us.