St Mary of the Mount High School - St Mary Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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oleivom Enclosed within the covers of this bools. is a brief history of the beginning of Moinit Washington. All the available historical facts that contributed to Mount Washington ' s development are here recorded so that we might be fully appreciative of the ne v period of history which is just beginning — The Redevelopment Program for Pittsbingh. The building of the Saint Mary of the Mount new high school and convent is one of the first steps in the Renaissance of Motmt Washington. In our history of the parish, ve have tried to record the material growth of the parish during its 28 years of existence. It is impossible to record or to measure its spiritual gro vth. Much of the progress of the parish is due to those - vhose names are not mentioned herein because they are unkno vn to us. But the important thing is that their deeds are known to God and are recorded in His books never to be for- gotten. The material progress of Saint Mary of the Mount which reveals the gro vth of a small mission into one of the finest and largest parishes of the diocese is ample proof of the spiritual growth of the good people who are responsible for that growth. For such and so many material and spiritual gifts, - ve are grateful to God, and to His Blessed Mother to whom our parish was dedicated in 1874. It is most fitting that the parish -whose church overlooks the Golden Triangle should be dedicated in honor of Our Blessed Lady, just as the first church established in Pittsburgh vas dedicated in her honor under the title of The Blessed Mother of the Assumption of the Beau- tiful Rivers. In reading the pages of this book of the history of Saint Mary of the Mount parish, not only do we realize its growth but also its influence over all the diocese. From here originated not only the Apostolate but also the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. Our hope and prayer is that as we become a part of the Renaissance of Pittsburgh in a material vay, ve may, through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also become a far greater part of her spirittial Renaissance. Reverend J. Donald O ' Neil.

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Early Pittsburgh Waterfront Pittsburgh Sesqui-Centennial — 1908