St Thomas Military Academy - Kaydet Yearbook (Mendota Heights, MN)

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REV. JOHN ROACH REV. FRANCIS DUDLEY REV. ROBERT DUNN REV. ELLSWORTH KNEAL REV. ROBERT VASHRO REV. JOHN HEMP Pago thirty

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In the study of Catholic morality, dogma. Sacramental life. Church History, social problems, and other aspects of our religion, we are taught to cherish our Faith and to defend it in a world rapidly shifting to unbelief. There are few schools in the country that can boast of a religion department comparable to that of St. Thomas Military Academy. The distinguished priests on the staff not only inculcate knowledge of our religion into malleable minds, but also teach the importance of practicing this religion in our daily life, whether we are in school, at home, on the athletic field, on the dance floor—wherever we are. Over and beyond train- ing in the classroom, there is the edifying example of these men and the opportunity for personal guidance in matters spiritual, physical, or intellectual. Most important of all in our religious life at St. Thomas are the facilities for the reception of the Sacraments. There is, first of all, the ineffable beauty of the liturgy, centered about the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Be- ginning in the wee hours of the morning there are Masses being said at as many as nine altars at a time; the cadets are encouraged to attend and to receive Holy Communion. In addition to the Mass there ore Confessions, Benediction, the Rosary, Forty Hours, Sta- tions of the Cross, Annual Retreat, and other devotions, which are attended by both faculty and cadets. Page twenty-nine

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Members of the Altar Society, besides serving at Mass and Benediction, are privileged to lay out the vestments for the priests. A very intimate knowledge of the liturgy is gained and at the same time the cadet grows spirit- ually by his close association with Christ in the tabernacle. A man of strong influence on the cadets. Father Ozark is a familiar figure in the quiet shadows of the chapel. What with his teaching ability, his athletic prowess, and his deep spirtuality, he is a pattern of manhood which many cadets strive to emulate. REV. WILLIAM OZARK Pogo thirty-one