St Peter High School - Petrel Yearbook (Reading, PA)

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QTE- n these pages you will find a record of our school days. Qur purpose in releasing the 1940 Petrel is the usual one- that of preserving for us-the high ideals and the memories We cherish, above all, of our four years in High School. If We mirror in our future lives the noble philosophy of our fostering mother, our deeds will shed a greater lustre on our Alma Mater, Whose great spirit we wish to emulate.

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gl'6l6!ll.af85 O ' THIS IS A Red-letter day for you-one of the happiest days of your lives. Assembled here, the joy that you radiate is magnetic. Like the lode- stone it attracts and communicates itself to everyone present. Sharing this joy it is a great pleasure to address you. Your class motto ORDER REIGNS IN THE UNIVERSE, suggests a theme. It is, indeed, true that order reigns in the material world for all NATURE is OBEDIENT to LAW. This truth, as you know, forms the basis of all physical science. In the moral world, however, what confusion! We are living in a be- wildered world just because MEN DO NOT OBEY THE LAW OF GOD. The Holy Father ascribes the world's widespread disorder to the denial and rejection of a universal norm of morality . . . and the for- getfulness of the natural law itself which has its foundation in God. We can readily see that when men sever themselves from this universal stand- ard, justice is placed at the mercy of the changing will. Inevitably, confusion must follow. Priceless, then, is the boon of the training you received within these Walls for it has been levened with CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES. Many schools and colleges have adopted a pagan philosophy and have advocated a jungle morality. This spirit, too, has pervaded most of our secular press and literature. Youth ex- posed to this ultra-modern trend could scarcely escape infection. Indeed, that it has not done so was evidenced at a recent Youth Congress when flagrant disrespect for LAWFUL authority received a sharp rebuke from our Chief Executive. It is now generally admitted that what the entire world needs today is the restoration of the SPIRIT OF CHRIST. This SPIRIT has been the touchstone of your Alma Mater's discipline. Never let the discipline you learned here depart from you. Be true to your ideals. Remember what Sacred Scripture says If YOU know these things you will be blessed if you do them : and again Be ye DOERS of the word and not HEARERS only. As then, you read your motto ORDER REIGNS IN THE UNIVERSE remember that it will reign in us only as we, like MATERIAL NATURE, are OBEDIENT to the GOD of CREATION. The Holy Spirit tells us that virtue alone can produce PEACE and peace, in turn, maintains virtue. The work of justice shall be in peace Us. xxxu, 171 , and The fruit of justice is sown in peace Uames III, 182 . Let, then, the light of your Christian life be unto edifi- cation and I am sure you will achieve the success that I Wish you. -REVEREND MICHAEL V. REING - '-S: 'tool

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urely, the opportunity to spend twelve years in an at- mosphere of learning, with the incomparable gift of our holy faith is a privilege of great Worth. In a deep spirit of gratitude, We lovingly dedi- cate this edition ofthe Petrel- to our Beloved Parents--who have made possible for us this realization of our dreams. The future must see in us that sincere gratitude which is measured by the nature of our actions. 0 ' '1 ' U0