St Thomas High School - Thomist Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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ANNUAL RETREAT The annual retreat this year was conducted by His Excellency, Bishop john J. Boylan, and the Reverend Francis J. Fenton, O.S.A. His excel- lency spoke to the seniors and Fr. Fen- ton to the underclassmen. A Christian education must be centered in Christ. The climax of our union with Christ in this life is in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Therefore, taking an active and intelligent part in the Mass is stressed at St. Thomas. The students are given the opportunity of assisting at Mass daily. Every Friday the entire student body actively participates in the Mass by reciting the responses of the Mass and reciting with the eelebranc the Gloria, Credo, and Agnus Dei. The scripture lessons are read in English by a student while the celebrant is reading them in Latin. This ancient office of lector was performed this year by Harold Dempsey. THE HEART OF

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Final evening of 1941 Mardi Gras. Left to right: Dr. Hickey, Mayor Charles Brown, ind Fr. John L. Seary. The MOST REVEREND JOSEPH A. HICKEY, O.S.A., S.T.M., JC D , Prior General of fbe Order of Sain! Allglhflllt The Order of Saint Augustine traces its lineage, as a community of religious men, to the first monastery established by St. Augustine in Tagaste, Africa, shortly after his conversion in the year 388. Today the twenty-six provinces of the Order circle the globe. In 1948 the Augustinians are rebuilding the war-torn missions in China and the Philippines, extending their mission work in Africa, Australia, and South America, opening new schools and colleges in the United States and Cuba. It is with justifiable pride that Tulle Loge salutes the supreme moderator of the Augustinian Order, Father Hickey, a native son of Illinois. Fr. Hickey was born in Chicago, Ill., on May 30, 1883. He was vested as a novice at Villanova on March 17, 1902. His studies in philosophy and theology were made at Villanova and International Augustinian House of Studies in Rome. He was ordained to the Sacred Priesthood on December 22, 1906. In 1908, Fr. Hickey received the degree of Doctor of Canon Law from the Apollinaris in Rome. From 1910 to 1925 he filled various important offices at Villanova College. He was called from his duties as President of Villanova College to Rome where he assumed the duties of Assistant General of the Order. Besides his duties as Assistant General, he served the Holy See as Consultor of the Congregation of the Sacraments, and as Apostolic Visitator for various Religious Institutes. He was Guest Lecturer in the Canon Law School of the Catholic University of America before his election in 1947 to the oflice of Prior General. The students of St. Thomas High School invoke for him the guidance of Our Mother of God Counsel.

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ST. THOMAS Many Masses are offered daily in chapel. Students are given the privilege of serving these early morning Masses. Pray !II't'flH't'lI, fzltlf my .m4'r'ifin' and yrmrx umj IIUCIIIIIK' cl1'c'1'fJfcIfIl4' IU Goff ffm' lfuffwv' uf, Hligfwfy.