St Joseph High School - Spires Yearbook (Oil City, PA)

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Father Robert T. Dempsey P W Al , I Father Salvatore P. Mitchell I 5 if

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EMBR ACE DISCIPLINE In the struggle that 15 be1ng waged today for men s m1nds there IS no doubt but that the vlctory w1ll be g1ven to the contestants who are the best d1sc1p11ned In all hvmg 1n rel1g1on 1n pOI1t1CS even 1n sports d1sc1pl1ne IS of the h1ghest 1mportance for success W1thout lt l1ves are wasted games are lost governments are overthrown souls lose heaven Lack of d1sc1pl1ne breeds weakness self mdulgence uncer ta1nty 1ndec1s1on W1th d1sc1pl1ne men master themselves they act honorably l1ve decently grow strong work better fuLf1ll the1r obl1 gat1ons to others to Country to God The best d1sc1pl1ne 1S self 1mposed d1sc1pl1ne It 1S more pleas1ng to God because It IS voluntary not 1mposed by force Everyth1ng 1n the world 1S d1sc1pl1ned by God through the laws of nature All th1ngs creat ed must obey Hlm all except man In mak1ng man to H15 xmage God made h1m free Man recogmzes th1s honor when he obeys God freely by self d1sc1pl1ne He who d1sc1pl1nes h1mself knows how to guard aga1nst s1n m1sfortune fa1lure He has acqu1red the power to mam ta1n h1s own safety Embrace d1sc1pl1ne lest at any t1me the Lord be angry and you per1sh from the Just way QPsalm 2 121 St Paul saw so clearly the need of d1sc1pl1ne when he sa1d to h1s co worker O T1mothy keep that wh1ch IS commltted to thy trust avo1d1ng the profane noveltxes of words What does St Paul mean by Fa1th and he 1S speak1ng to the graduates of th1s Cathohc School Keep that wh1ch has been entrusted to you not that wh1ch you have lnvented what you have rece1ved not what others have dev1sed not novelty nor clever 1ngenu1ty but Chr1st1an doctr1ne not modern theory but the anclent trad1t1on what was gxven to you not made by you you are not the author of lt but the keeper not the teacher but the learner you are not the leader but the follower of Chr1st Th1sdepos1t of fa1th guard Beware of self appo1nted teachers reformers founders of new rel1g1ons that are born yesterday tr1ed out today and tomorrow cast 1nto the scrap heap of d1SCaI'd6d 1llus1ons A d1sc1pl1ned man 1S a w1se man Aw1se man holds fast to what IS good You then preserve your Cathol1c fa1th unv1olated and un1mpa1red Make certa1n that what has been entrusted to you may remam Wlth you and may be handed down by you You rece1ved gold hand down gold Do not subst1tute one th1ng for another do not shamelessly put lead 1n the place of gold or dece1tfully m1x It w1th copper Let It not be some th1ng that resembles gold but real gold The future of Amerlca too you hold 1n your hands Your educa t1on rel1g1ous and secular has placed before your v1s1on the grand her1tage of c1t1zensh1p What respons1b1l1ty what d1gn1ty does th1s 1mply' The l1bert1es wh1ch your repubhcan form of government guarantees demand on your part certa1n mental and moral d1sc1pl1nes that preserve and promote that d1gn1ty You cannot appreclate Llberty unless you know It and l1ve lt accord1ng to 1ts new na.me of Human D1gn1ty Be falthful to the pr1nc1ples you have learned 11Ve deeply and cons1stently the sacramental l1fe of your Cathol1c Chr1st1an1nher1tance Embrace d1sc1pl1ne You are r1ch beyond measure You cannot fa1l Most Reverend Edward P. McManaman Pastor ll DI I I 3 J - 1 .v ' I i . . S ' J J F - 3 I ' , . D I ' I . I . . , . I . . . . - ' I - - nl , - . . ,, . . . . ' J J ' ' - rr keep that which is committed to thy trust ? He is speaking of the . , . . Q , S i Q I S 1 S , L , 5 U I - ' J .v I J . . 5 . I J ' - , . ' 1 p D 0 ' I I 1 I ' I I . - 5 ' , .

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