St Marys High School - Blue Mantle Yearbook (Milford, MA)

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The superficiality of mere words precludes an adequate expression of gratitude. To an undiscerning eye, the word friend may appear trite and superfluous at this time. But when we apply this term to our principal, Father Donahue, it must as¬ sume a broader, deeper significance. In this instance, it takes on its true spiritual meaning exemplified in Christ ' s earthly life and ardently imitated by Hie ministers and hand-maids. We employ it to describe one who has been our shep¬ herd, our guide and our champion in Christ; one who has acted as our adviser and protector in times of stress; one who has undauntedly taken our part in the great battle of life and one who has willingly given us his time, hie energy, his in¬ tellectual powers— his very life— for the love of God. To Father Donahue, we of the Class of 1937, and every student who has ever felt the warm glow of his marvelous personality, owe an unpayable debt of thanks. Much that the school has done, much that its supporters have accomplished, indeed a large part of the fame that has come to it, may be credited to him; lending a helping hand, always ready to add his assistance to a worthy cause, always lead¬ ing the student body to its own betterment. He has earned the love and respect of every one of us. His bluff, hearty manner has won over the most critical among us. His flowing, rhyming logic has made his speeches unquestioned by any of us, his welcome instructions have kept us on the narrow path of morality. He has been our unfailing helper, adviser and friend. Father Donahue ' s name, his work and hie example shall remain with us forever. The memory of his untiring zeal in the service of God and the Church, shall be our light in the new world opening before us. May his labors and hie infinite kindness be justly rewarded by the Divine Master and Friend of us all. God bless you, Fatheri Claes of 1937

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fox £ WORD Many of us for the entire period, others for a shorter period of our school life, have sat with the image before us of a Beautiful Woman whose shoulders were draped with a Man¬ tle of Blue, All of us have learned to cherish that iraage.lt helped us to learn many things about truth and love and beauty. It helped to bring us many hours of peace and happi¬ ness. It helped us to have faith and hope and charity. The tenderness of a mother and the fortitude of a warrior shone forth from it. The understanding of a friend and the wisdom of a counsellor were there somehow in it. The humility of God’s holy one and the power of God s chosen one never left it. For that image of the Woman who wore the mantle of blue represented the Great Mother of God, Mary Most Holy. Saints and scholars, poets and painters, musicians and sculptors have left the world their masterpieces, at one and the same time a tribute of their devotion and a confession of their frail attempts to describe the perfection of love and beauty which is Mary, the Immaculate Mother of God 0 The loveliness of Mary is beyond description. Even the angels are unable to do it justice. Yet Mary, The Immaculate, is our Mother. We are her children. She loves us with a Mother ' s love perfect and enduring. To her any time we may go, sure of a welcome, confident of a hearing. With her we will have a hone in eternity, where peace and beauty and love never end. Of this everlasting happiness, only our own folly can rob us. Hence we call our year book 1f The Blue Mantle .We choose this title as a reminder that we are Mary ! s children, that the honor and beauty and purity of our lives should ever re¬ flect our love for her. We choose this title as a prayer that under the protection of Mary’s blue mantle, we may cou¬ rageously keep and uphold and battle for the faith which Je¬ sus Christ, Her Divine Son, The Light and The Way and the Truth, has entrusted to us. The Class of 1937