St Stephens Academy - Academician Yearbook (Port Huron, MI)

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Other Christs inspire us to face the challenge of today Our pastor and spiritual adviser, Father Edward J. DeMars, with Stephecho co-editor, Francine Malane. Father DeMars discusses a Newsweek article about President Johnson tries to be available always to the seniors for consultation. Our priests influence us by word and example Among the memories formed in this last year of the existence of the high school, St. Stephen teenagers will always remem- ber our pastor and priests. Father DeMars and Father Van derLinden have influenced our way of thought, our daily routine, and our promising future. They have been our guides who have inspired and counseled us, the youth of America, along to maturity. Now that we are on the brink of gradu- ation, ready to take that inevitable step into a demanding and complex society, grat- tiude fills our hearts to our priests, our teachers, and our parents who have helped to impart to us the ideals of the real Christian men and women of today. priest’s time is never his own. Father Edward Mars is surprised by the camera as he returns m one of his frequent pastoral sick calls.

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Table of Contents Our Challenge of Tomorrow: We Face It Today By: Guidance Spiritual Growth - 9 Knowledge - 15 Physical Fitness 21 Participating 48 Graduation 63

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Assistant pastor, Father Peter Van der Linden, strolls through the St. Stephen grounds while saying the Office. The letters “St. Stephen” in the background have been implanted in the mound since the present school was erected in 1925 . Father “Van” spends hard-won lei- sure moments developing prints in his basement darkroom. Photography is only one of his varied hobbies. “Love therefore is the fulfillment of the parishioners as he is reading the Epistle law. Father Van der Linden glances at the f or the fourth Sunday after Epiphany. 5