St Phillip Neri High School - Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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REVEREND JOHN C. VISMARA, D.D

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ST. PHILIP NIERI YEAR BOOK --I936-- ITH pleasure We place this Year Book in your hands. We know that it will be a welcome gift to you as it is a record of the religious and social activity of St. Philip Neri Parish. We trust that it will be a means of creating interest and appreciation in matters that concern the Parish. PIlbliSl7f'l1 yearly by ST. PHILIP NERI PARISH DETROIT MICHIGAN

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l 9 3 6 K Y mm-Am H-W 'l'. PIII I. I P YN li R-lm Y li A ll If O O li. Greetings from Your Pastor Besides being a spiritual organization, a parish combines with it a certain amount of business. Consequently a parish cannot be called healthy or well regulated unless both elements are taken care of. Also, a person cannot be called a good parishioner if he merely uses the parish for his own betterment, be it temporal or even spiritual, while not caring to promote both the temporal and the spiritual interests of the parish. In the case of St. Philip Neri Parish, your pastor is proud to point to the high state of spiritual life manifested by the extraordinarily large number of Holy Communions received by our parishioners, the attendance at Holy Mass and the various religious functions, and the excellent appreciation of the benefits of Catholic education by the number of children attending our school, both High and Grade. He is proud also to point to the Hne group of parish buildings erected in our short history of nine years. This indicates that our parishioners are not of the parasitic type always trying to get some- thing, but mainly of the type that is willing to give to the God that has given to them. We pray, therefore, a hearty God bless you, and a continuation of the record of co-operation that has distinguished you in the years gone by. Witliotlt your help we Can do nothing, with it, everything is possible to us-especially the completion of our artistic and efficient school. May God bless you and all our good friends who are co-operating with us to make this Bazaar a real factor in bringing love of God and country to the hearts of your children. YOUR PASTOR. I Page Fivel