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

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Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas P 9« tw nty-fiv« On March 7, the members of the Academy and College faculties and graduating seniors marched in a solemn procession and assembled to honor the patron of our school, St. Thomas Aquinas. His Ex- cellency, Archbishop William O. Brady celebrated the Pontifical High Mass. The day, marked by pomp and ceremony, was attended by visiting religious dignitaries of the archdiocese. Over eighty clergy- men responded to the invitation to join with us in honoring the patron soint of schools. The celebration of the day was also supplemented by the publication of the book, Tradition of Excel- lence honoring Father Flynn and other presidents of the Academy, as well as familiarizing the St. Thomas family with our new president, the Very Reverend James P. Shannon. The celebration of St. Thomas Day is a reminder to all participating of the function of schools—that it is through them, young men and women may be- come the leaders of tomorrow.

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Top Picture: Preporing to distribute Contact pins ore Captain DiGennoro, Ralph White, Fa- ther Sweeny, Father Hermes, Tim Nolon and Joe Reymann. Bottom Picture: Congratulating each other on their successes with Contoct are Joe Reymann, Father Hermes, Captain DiGennoro ond Tim Nolan. Contact This year, through the untiring efforts of Father Hermes, adviser, and Tim Nolan, chairman. Con- tact has had a rebirth on our campus. Early in November, St. Thomas, for the first time, sow an induction ceremony of nearly two hundred fifty cadets. Father Sweeny, founder of the city-wide youth organization, officiated at the ceremony. Throughout the year this organization, with representatives from each class, has actively spon- sored both school and city events. Poge twenty-four

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The freshman year at the Academy is defined by a concentrated study of the Liturgy of the Catholic Church. This study is not done strictly from the toxtbook, but all available material is put at the student's disposal. The picture at left depicts two stalwarts of the Freshman Religion classes, pointing out some of the important feasts of the Church Liturgical Year on one of Father Ozark's charts. Father Dooley, in his association with the boarder cadets, has developed them into on efficient group of assistants for chapel functions. In addition to serving for all religious ceremonies, a number of them care for the administration of the sacristy by making the necessary prepara- tions for all of these functions. The picture at the left shows two of the sacristans arranging the vestments for Moss while the two servers look on. Junior Religion takes up a detailed study of the Fifth and Seventh Commandments as well as Church History. These topics are illuminated by the many outside sources Father White uses to convey these principles of the Faith. In the picture at the left. Father White reads to one of his Junior sections from a text on the principles of the Fifth Commandment.