St Joseph High School - Arrow Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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DEDICATION lt IS wlth a feeling of great humlllty and awe that we members of the Sensor Class of 1956 57 are prlvlleged to graduate durnng tte Centennr I Year of the founding of St Joseph Parrsh We Therefore wash to dedncate thas volume of our Sensor Actlvltles to the Priests Brothers and Snsters who labored so arduously for these past 100 years In order that St Joseph Church and School mrght stand today as a symbol of thetr untlrung fauth and devotnon to God SAINT JOSEPHS CHURCH St Josephs Church lS consldered one of the most beautsful pure gothic churches IH America and ns marvelled at by all who have a true knowledge of architecture Its beautlful tower extends a most 300 feet above the ground and its main altar was Imported from Nlunlch Germany ln 1883 the church tower was completed and sux bells were rnstalled whlch at the tlme were the largest an America G Von Campanhaut He acquured a puece of ground on the corner of G-ratrot and Orleans for the sum of S3 500 and on thls property was erected the flrst St Joseph Church at an addltsonal cost of S7 800 Followmg Father Campanhaut as pastor of St Joseph Church was Father Durst a former asststant who took over for a year and was succeeded by Father John Frledland Father Frledland then proceeded to develop one of the largest and most enterprlslng parlshes ln Detrort Because the parish was growing by leaps and bounds plans were made to erect a larger Parlsh Church In 1869 The architect was Mr J X Hrmpler The cornerstone was land for the present church on October 23 1870 by Bishop Borgess The orngtnal parlshloners were flrst generatron Amerlcans of German descent As the mass lmmlgratron from Europe developed the parish rolls were swelled by lrlsh Poles ltallans and French ln 1874 the old church was moved onto Jay Street and was remodeled unto a school ln 1877 the Chrlstran Brothers arrnved to take over the teachlng facnlmes at the School 4 .. . I A .5 I 1 I U I St. Joseph Parish was started in 1856 by a Redemptorist, Father Edward

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FOREWORD The foundation for the success of the Arrow depends on the ability of the yearbook staff to capture vividly both in print and photog- raphy the enthusiastic spirit that has prevailed in the past four years. Surely without this endless enthu- siasm for all activities the happy moments that we have enjoyed would never have been. If you, the reader, are able to re-live these moments in the years to come while reading this book, then and only then will we have accomplished our task. The yearbook staff would like to extend a word of thanks to Brother Lewis, our principal, the members of the faculty and all those who have assisted Us in making this project a success.

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Q. sg . . s N,.,1.,.:-,Q of wcfmsft V Scenes at Solemn Mass of Thanksgiving at Centennial Upper left: Father Kaufmann, former pastor, precedes His Eminence to the Mass. Upper right: Standing room only. lower left and right: The procession to the Church. Just about everybody returned on Sunday, Sept. 30, 1956, to St. .loseph's Church, for the 100th birthday. lt's been a long time since 1,800 persons last crowded within its stately walls for any celebration. They came from all ages of life and all walks of society. Cardinal Mooney was there with the Venerable Msgr. Henry J. Kaufmann, a former pastor, as his assistant priest. The Mass was offered by the parish's ninth pastor, Fr. Arnold F. Schneider. Deacon and subdeaoon were Fr. Richard J. Dorr and Fr. Anthony J. Kaufmann, former members of the parish. Fr. Bernard N. Geller, a former assistant, gave the sermon. He traced from St. Joseph's parish the rise and growth of such parishes in Detroit as St. Elizabeth's, St. Anthony's, Nativity and St. Catherine's. He saw, too, the strong contribution the old parish had made to Catholic life in Detroit in her 13,328 baptisms, 2,9i7 marriages and 6,383 tunerals. Cardinai Mooney in his message 'of congratulations added to Fr. Geller's comments on the statistics of the parish, by saying that innumerable broken hearts had been mended by the long line of priests who had served in St. Josephs. in scanning the parish's future His Eminence asked the congregation to thank city officials for having cleared fheaway for a reiuvenation of the old parish. The recent leveling of blighted areas around St. Joseph's has made possible a new life for the parish. And His Eminence said he hoped that the new life that entered the cleared area would bring a new hope to the old parish, and eventually raise her to the proud stature she once held among the parishes of Detroit. f ,Q ,,,.. I