St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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REV. -IOSEPH A. BEATTY .fl 6 I-1

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.Q - , an it 5? Il H. ' lll 'l 'Y' Jmmmmd 4-llxf Q O00 H15 Excellency Arrhhiahnp Gluahing 0'-Q,-.vger J' ruse -bil-5 , Q22 the position of honor to His Excellency Archbishop Cushing who is the actual head and gracious patron of the School. For four years now we have lived in an academic environment created by the diocesan priests whom he has appointed to be our teachers and they have taught us to reverence the office and person of our Spiritual Father in Christ. Whenever it was our privilege to assist at a ceremony presided over by His Excellency we have always come away inspired by the burden of his message and the authoritativeness of its truth. To hear our own Archbishop pronounce so forthrightly the Church's stand on questions of the hour is to catch at the same time an echo of the uncompromising spirit of other great Archbishops, Stepinac, Mindzenty and Beran who have fought for the freedom of the e J' W ' ... Dfw . 1 v.-,il 54,-'QU . 1 ' I , Q I ff l l' f ' A ? ' - u -CX' Cf- I ,ax-I i V Y vf A X I ll? NX , N: bug x.! ,K Lg H , p N this record of our days at St. Sebastian's, we assign ,- 'fp .nfp 1 . 1, Xxx 4 gt ,all : R rw 37,5 . ' i K 0 . yj . . 7 -.X . X r , 4 lf r 'O A f -J vw l N J 7 L . . 6-ff fig sons of God during the years of our lives. As beneficiaries of the Catholic heritage that has been revealed to us most thoroughly at St. Sebastian's, we all look forward to being leaders of the Church, whether clerical or lay, in the years that are to come. To prepare ourselves for that dignity, we shall pattern the character of our lives after the example of our Spiritual Father whose all consuming devotion to the Mystical Body of Christ excites a responsive zeal in the members of his Hock. It is the prayer of all the sons of St. Sebastian that they may be privi- leged to have Archbishop Cushing's leadership and example for many long years of their lives. Q IH -ix-96 g LJ N 2foxJ ,' 3455-1-D I-I 5 I-:

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Bililluliun II 4, 15, 'n H 1 hm 1 E I ll of ,- x-I ' ' he Z m I ' , ' ffffffm, ,,,1,,fxffmf 9 is l Back in the days of September 1945, we were introduced to Reverend joseph A, Beatty who presided over our English classes with urbane proficiency. Through his efforts we mastered the complexities of our mother tongue and developed an appreciation of literary masterpieces. Despite the fact that his pedagogical technique called for work of a rather monotonous nature, it could never be said that his classes were dull, for the teacher could always be relied upon to inject life into all his subject matter, from dangling participles to Launcelot Gobbo. When some of us were selected for his Walrus staff, we received an inkling of how much of his time and talent went into making the School newspaper the popular success it has always been. Still later, as Moderator of Debating, Father Beatty trained many of us in the forensic art and developed in us the ability and desire to speak our minds in forceful fashion. Apart from these academic relationships, we have always enjoyed the unique contribution made by Father Beatty to our School life, Absolutely unpredictable, he has been Head Cheerleader at St. Sebastian's athletic events, Chief Host at proms and social activities, Custcdian of confidences and libels, True Friend and Severe Critic, 9 From the years of our association with a beloved teacher, we shall always cherish the memory of a deep spirituality from which there radiated a peace and happiness that permeated the sphere in which he worked and prayed, To attest the impact made upon us by his priestly character, we take great pleasure in dedicating to Father Beatty this 1949 NARROW . the history of our St. Sebastian days. ...S + ,Z li A .2 hgh 1- 4. 4 qY. 0y05 -j 7 j..