St Marys High School - Sancta Maria Yearbook (Lynn, MA)

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Dedicafion OUR BELOVED PAST OR Right Reverend joseph F. McGlinchey, P.A., D.D., L.L.D., P.P., POSTOLIC vision, indomitable courage, prudent foresight, and tender devotion to youth, inspired the founding of St. Mary's Boys' High School by Monsignor McGlin- chey in l930. Protected by Mary, Queen of the Universe, and directed by Monsignor, hundreds of boys have developed a sense of personal responsibility and the realization of human des- tiny as revealed by God, here in the Boys' High School during the past twenty-five years . It is with the deepest gratitude, then, that we, the graduates of 1955, dedicate this twenty-first edition of the Sancta Maria to our devoted friend and benefactor -- RIGHT HEVEHEHD JUSEPH F. Hlll GLIHCHEU

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My SHHIT YHHHLVS BUUS HIGH SUHUUL LUHH, HIHSSHCHUSEUS

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i l 4-Q SEATED: Richard Petkewich, Monsignor McGlinchey Senior Class I . Officers Richard M. Petkewich President John A. Balch Vice-Presi dent Charles B. Mc Clory Treasurer Victor J. Dal Pozzal Secretary STANDING: Victor Dal Pozzal, Charles McClory, John Balch lVlonsignor's Message HE Silver jubilee of St. Mary's Boys' High School brings to the Priests, Sisters, graduates, and pres- ent students genuine pleasure and a sense of gratitude to Almighty God and His Blessed Mother, our Patron . When we think of our humble beginnings, our am- bitions, and our development, we are overwhelmed. To grow from fifty boys to over five hundred in the short space of twenty-five years has far exceeded our most Sanguine hopes . Last year the graduates of twenty years tendered a reception to their teachers. Some brought their wives and their children to meet and honor the devoted Sisters who, next to their parents, guided them in their formative years . What a happy occasion it wasl The Reverend grad- uates, the fathers and single graduates, together with the Sisters, past and present , left the Social Hall highly satisfied with what they had received and what they had given. When our Priests and Sisters returned to the rectory and convent, they discussed the group they had met and observed. Their thoughts were not only of the Priests and Brothers who had graduated from our School, but of the laymen whom they had trained. Only God knows how many fine Catholic homes profited by the educa- tion given at St. Mary's . We are proud of our 1705 graduates . Among them are 31 Priests and 5 professed Brothers . Preparing to serve God in the sanctuary there are 44 . Last Febru- ary 5 boys were ordained to the holy priesthood. Dur- ing May and june, 2 others will celebrate their first Masses, while in the spring and summer of next year 9 more will be ordained. Our boys are disciplined. That is one reason why St. Mary's has such a high scholastic standing. Our boys are trained in obedience which they will teach their own children . Obedience means a well-ordered and a happy home . ls there obedience in the modem home? Some one has said there never was so much as there is today-- obedience of the parents to the children. Graduates of Catholic schools have had as their model the Holy Family in Nazareth. We read little in the Scriptures of the Child and the young Man jesus . The outstanding reference to Him is Erat subditus illis --He was sub- ject to them -- joseph and Mary, until He was thirty years of age . My dear boys- -let the Holy Family he your pattem Be subject to your parents and your teachers. You will be happy now and in whatever vocation or avocation God has planned for you in the future . May Almighty God bless our efforts during the next twenty-five years as He has done in the pastl Monsignor McGlinchey