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

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Dedication of School — 1911) Bishop Canevin, assisted by Reverend Edward P. Griffin.

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St. Mary oi iiih. MmNT Convent — 191-i - 1955 Annex to Convent — 1924 - 1955

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Minister died, at the age of 46, at St. Mary of the Mount Rectory on January 24, 1925. He was buried with full military honors from St. Mary of the Mount Church on January 28. May his soul and the souls of all priests rest in peace! Besides Father Benson and Father Munster the following priests assisted Father Griffin: Reverend Bernard McGuigan (1919 - 1923), Reverend Peter J. Bernarding (1922 - 1924), Reverend Henry L. Immekus (1924 - 1937), Reverend Francis J. McCarter (1923 - 1936) and Reverend Thomas C. Brown (1923). Father Griffin lost no time in organizing the various Church societies. In fact, St. Mary of the Mount was one of the first parishes of Pittsburgh to have a Holy Name Society. Founded in 1909, the society consisted of four hundred and fifty three members in 1910. The first Holy Name officers, according to the Catholic Yearbook and Directory of the Pittsburgh Diocese were: president, J. B. Sullivan; vice-president, E. McAninch; treasurer, Robert Philpott; financial secretary, John Tighe; recording secretary, John Duffy; monitor, William Shields. The Holy Name Society is a potent factor in any parish. Its aim today as it was at the time of its birth in 1433 is one and the same — to make Jesus Christ better known and better loved. A body of men banded together under the banner of Christ and striving to promote respect and honor for Christ ' s Holy Name is bound to bring blessings on a parish. The annual picnics sponsored by the Holy Name Society at Southern Park and later at Olympia Park are delightfully happy memories for those parishioners of today who look back upon the good old days. The present flag pole which stands in the school yard was donated by the Holy Name Society. The beautiful flag Adiich the society also donated was unfurled with great pomp and ceremony on May 26, 1910, in the presence of the local post of the G.A.R., the local and visiting Holy Name Societies and 700 children from St. Mary of the Mount School. While the flag was given to the breeze, the air around the Mount reverberated with the singing of patriotic songs. Other societies in the Church from its early beginnings were the St. Vincent de Paul Society, founded in 1908 with Father Griffin as its spiritual director; the Altar and Rosary Society; the senior and junior Blessed Virgin Sodalities. All societies form an integral part of the parish and give glory to God. They contribute, in no small way, to the spiritual growth of a congregation and they assist the priests by sharing with them the burdens that necessarily attend the work involved in spreading Christ ' s Kingdom on earth. While St. Mary of the Mount was a mission of St. Malachy ' s the priests — Fathers Cosgrave, Neville and Tobin — resided at St. Malachy ' s Rectory. When Father