St Peters Academy - Veritas Yearbook (Saratoga Springs, NY)

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0m Quint; 0le bgat Xisazstg you, $861.78th Wail Truly these words of Christ are fulfilled in the beloved priests who have guided and directed us through; out our high school days. In Father Bums, our devoted pastor, ever int Huertcing our lives by his wisdom, counsel and benevolence, we have seen a counterpart of Christ, Father Sheeron mirrors HIS Understanding and keen discernment of human character, and the Voice of the Good Shepherd is heard echoing through the ott-repeoted exhortotions of Father Curley on the theme song of Christ's Life: Charity, Love of God. THE REVEREND DANIEL R. BURNS, V. F. THE REVEREND PETER F. SHEERAN THE REVEREND JOHN D. CURLEY W.

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955mg you, 5mm H ll Thank you, Sister How very many times have we uttered these words? How often hove we perhaps for the lost time, the words are pregnant with new meaning. soid them e in courtesy, through respect, and too often merely out of habit. Now, as we soy them, As we leave St Peter's, each of us reolizes, yes, that he leaves 0 port of himself behind; but . more, that he walks into the future enriched with the priceless heritage of 0 Catholic Education at the hands of the good Sisters, they of St. Joseph, whose patience, inspiration, interest and understand- ing have been the guiding light to our Goal of Graduation. In the Sisters we placed oil our confidences and trusts. They did more than just teach us the everyday subjects; they wove into our hearts 0 deep and sincere love of Christ. They showed us by their example the immense happiness one can attain by following Him, Port of their religious spirit brushed off and fell upon us Our Sisters have been educators such 05 Pope Pius XI had in mind when he wrote in his encyciicol on THE CHRISTIAN EDUCATION OF YOUTH: I'Pertect schools are the result not so much of good methods as of good teachers, teachers who are thoroughly prepared and weil-grounded in the matter they have to teach; who pos- sess the intellectual and moral qualifications required by their important office; who cherish a pure and holy love for the youths confided to them, because they love Jesus Christ and His Church, of which these are the children of predilection; end who have therefore sin- cerely at heart the true good of family and country, The Sisters do not ask for words of thanks; they look for that which speaks louder than words. May our Thank You, Sister find its fruition in our truly Christian lives. May we be such products of our Catholic Education 05 Pope Pius XI describes in the some encyclicol: Hence the true Christian, product of Christian education, is the supernatural man who thinks, judges and acts constantly and consistently in accordance with right reoson, illum- ined by the spiritual light of the example and teaching of Christ; in other words, to use the III current term, 'the true and finished man of character. This is our prayer, our hope, our Thank you, Sister. which we offer as we leove to: Mother St. James Sister Ann Denise Sister Grace Madeleine Sister John Dolores Sister Philip Neri Sister Mary Florence Sister Mary Vincent Sister Benedicto Sister Mary Florine Sister Vincent Marie Sister Gerardo Joseph Sister Margaret Poul Sister Agnes Ciore Sister Frances Regis Sister Clement Marie Sister Thomas Edward