St Johns Preparatory School - Prep Shadows Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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Fr Robert Dohert CM ives the comfort of - Y, - -, S absolution to a dying Panamanian. 1 'vc ., .5 'ii 1 P I if . V H M , , Q, Q 1 1' 1 of as In thc missions care of body and mind as well as the soul is the province of the Vincentians. St. Vincent de Paul incentian The pulpit, the classroom, the mission field-the American Vincentian of 1960 can be found in all these places and more, continuing the work for souls be- gun by St. Vincent. From the day in 1816 when four Vincentians first set foot on the soil of the New World in Balti- more, the community has grown to over 700 members and has spread from coast to coast. The work of the Vincentians of the Eastern Province extends from Toronto to Panama. No form of priestly work lies outside their concern. VVe at St. Iohn,s see only the work of education in the Prep and the University. But beyond this lie the missions in Panama, Alabama and North Carolina, the par- ishes in Baltimore and Philadelphia, the

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Are Your Masters . . . Charity is a heavy burden to carry. Heavier than the kettle of soup or the basket of bread. The poor are your masters. And the uglier and the dirtier they are, the more unjust and bitter, the more you must give them of your love. It is only because of your love, your love alone, that the poor will forgive you the bread that you give them. These words of advice falling from the lips of St. Vincent de Paul, and intended for the ears of a young Daughter of Charity, embarking upon her first errand of mercy, are by- a strange coincidence the perfect summation of the life and labors of The Apostle of Charity. For no other single human, from the first dim rays of the dawn of manis history to our own Age of Atoms, has ever served a Master with more abandon, more solicitude, with more charity and sincere personal love, than did the immortal Monsieur Vincent serve the suffering humanity of his age. I With the opening years of the seventeenth century, France was in the throes of a slow spiritual stagnation. Upon this scene stepped Vincent de Pauli No one escaped the beacon light of his love-the galley slave, the foundling, the beggar. Great as was the charity of Vincent, yet even greater was the manner in which he organized and administered it. It is predominantly due to this organization that so many people benefited to so great an extent from his labors. justifiably is he hailed as the Father of Social Welfare. Gradually, with the passing of the years, the groups which had gathered about Vincent gained in number and strength. Two societies, the Congregation of the Mission Wincentian Fathers, and the Daughters of Charity, spread quickly throughout France, and soon transcended those borders and became known throughout all of Europe. September 27, 1660 saw the passing of St. Vincent. His mem- ory and his work remain behind, vital and fresh, for us in 1960. As students of St. Iohnis Prep, we join with our Vincentian teachers in honoring St. Vincent on the 300th anniversary of his death. 5 An old engraving of St. Vincent pictured with St. Francis De Sales.

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ather seminariesin Miami, Albany, Princeton and Northhampton. The preaching of parish missions and of the Miraculous Medal Novena are a vital part of Vin- centian activity. Niagara University and DePaul University in Chicago, con- ducted by the YVestern Province, bear witness to the important role in Catholic education played by the American Vincentian. Godis stamp of approval is surely on the work begun by St. Vincent. Numbers alone-over 4000 V incentians and 42,000 Daughters of Charity all over the World -attest to this conclusion. VVe students of St. Iolufs Prep are grateful for the opportunity given us to come under the influence of this great Saint and his sons. The Vincentian is at home on the University campus as well as on the missions. The training of future priests is one of the chief works of the Vincentians. MOST REVEREND JOHN A. O'SHEA, CM. Bishop of Kanchow, China Top: Bishop O,Shea as photo- graphed in a Hong Kong rail- way station after his release from a Communist prison. Right: The Bishop today, await- ing the rc-opening of China. 7