St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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The May Shrine

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Mis fit, 5 'rr T it fk rw A we A-' f- ffa gs iort X' - ' XA AINT SEBASTIAN'S School was born into a war-torn S world less than six months before Pearl Harbor. At the time that His Eminence, the late Cardinal Arch- bishop, founded our new school, he insisted that it should serve the needs of the times, and the times were definitely militaristic. Accordingly, he placed the new foundation under the patronage of Saint Sebastian, the Soldier Saint whose martyrdom came to him on the deadly wings ofthe executioner's arrows in the year 286. ln filial tribute to our valorous Patron we have en- titled this history The Arrow , as being most sym- bolical of the life he sacrificed for Christ. Furthermore, since it was the banner of the Soldier Saint that rallied us into a solid phalanx of comradeship, it is entirely fitting that we knit together the sections of this record by means of the implements that were the conjoined witnesses of his unflinching loyalty. In this spirit then we shall have occasion to refer to The Bow, The Archer, The Quiver, The Arrows and The Vanes.

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sy' E 'sC N1p,, Q , 1 A ' bg 'at 2 04. as 65 ff mssmx Q .wb fa Q 9' THE BGW IT is from the taut bow that the arrow is launched to seek the desired target, and it is from the School, Our School, that we are being dispatched now to speed our way unerringly to the target of Christian Manhood. It is on the strength and pliability of the bow that the arrow's power is based. St. Sebastian's roots are deep in the soil of Christian culture. From this source our growing tree has drawn its evident strength and pli- ability.