St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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QUR LADY OF ST. SEBAs'1'1AN's

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Myron Bullock pre- sentsFatherMclrmis with a Spiritual Bouquet from the School A H Students hle into Cenacle Chapel for F Jubilee Mass Mk- Ollicersotithe1Iuhilee Mass: Father MCll1I1iS,l:21Il1Cl' Flunigan, Father Redding, anti Father Beatty The Headmaster ofli ciates at Benecliction to close the uhilec observance Reverend Ignatius Cox SJ., preacher at the Jubilee Mass Father Mclnuis with members of his family on the day of his Silver Jubilee

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THE ATHLETE OF CHRIST T PAULYS many comparisons of the Christian man to an Athlete S of Christ must have taken deep root in the heart of Sebastian, the Soldier Saint who is the Patron of our School. Seen through the eyes of the Apostle of the Gentiles, life here on earth took on for the young Roman the aspect of an athletic contest in which the wily adversary to be defeated is the Prince of Darkness. Since the foe is so cunning and the struggle so fierce, the individual Athlete of Christ must be instructed and disciplined in mind and in body before he can be permitted to come to grips with his Satanic enemy. In his preliminary training for the life-long battle, the young Christian must have his mind sharpened and enriched with both natural and supernatural truths so that in the combat of life he may detect all the craft of his opponent, at the same time his physical prowess must be developed and disciplined to the end that it may not be a source of weakness in the Athlete when'the fray is at its height. Our four years at St. Sebastian's have been spent as Athletes of Christ, training in mind and body for the contest of life that lies ahead of us. In this preparatory period we have had our School for a Training Ground wherein the Faculty, acting as Mentors, have instructed and trained us together with our Fellow Students, our Companions-in-Arms, both in the Classroom and on the Athletic Field, which may be termed the Proving Ground. Fortunately, too, the Athletes of other Days, the School's Alumni, have served as an inspiration and example to us. In view of the evident fpropriety of these applications it has seemed good to us to take or the theme ofthe 1946 Arrow , The Athlete of Christ. Fx MAX - F XV