St Thomas More High School - Utopian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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1 ff Z SL Thomas More, pray for usll' Wifh ihis of? quoied aspiraiion. Fafher C. Joseph Goodyear begins his B4 religion class. Talring a closer look a+ Fafhefs opened book, we find ihai ioday's lesson is fo be ihe Immaculafe Concepfion, a dogma of Lx greaf imporfance. S., - ,nga- I Religion '..,-af! it .fy i -4 R is P ,Seem A .' weave r .A ' , ' v f x , .., f. 1 bcwp f 5,1 , 47 , 1-SA' 'Fifi g ' SP ' 7 . , 'f' , gg . 0,5 I 1,i,,s.,,. N 9 vu g , -,3:,if?2, 4 X ' 'rg A n , 'A F l Q ' I , 7-'- f v ' Y no ' 'ml JJ! I1 X 5 'mt' - f Q . fi if v . X K X If 1-T ,, 'K' f J' K I, -1 11 av is W c- JQ' ' x , 11, .,,,-o--M . .tn ,,,, A S Fafher Thomas Walsh and his class in freshman religion are having a real ge+ fogeiheru as ihey look over a map of Palesfine. The life of our holy Redeemer is iheir special course 'rhis year. Wifh 'ihe Holy Land in such a sfafe of unresf and dislress as if is now, ihe boys and Fafher musf have mucln fo lallc about K, 4 -.,,,, yffil iiiifwwf i fixie i 6 'ff ' ll 'QVC Leffflvl ,Q 'ff'g'Q Q,v.u ,--Q-.nv-lv-my F L

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Taking advanTage of holidays, The SaTurday aTTer Thanksgiving a group of seniors Tool: a Tour of Philadelphia's hisToric highlighTs. They inspecTed The CaThedral chapel. AfTer Their EucharisTic visiT, The boys were given an op! porTuniTy To discuss The renova- Tion of our CaThedral wiTh Mon- signor HuloerT J. CarTwrighT, The pasTor of The TirsT church of our archdiocese. er! Till ALTAIT ARE Mil Y . .. FROM THE MAGNIFICENCE OF THE CATHEDRAL, OUR PARISH CHURCHES, TO THE NEW PORT CHAPELS NEAR THE WATERFRONT The CaTnolic Cnurch oT Philadephia was Tormaly begun when The TirsT parish wa: esfaplfehed ln l733, ThaT oT Old ST. Joseons. lT was esTaolisned oy The SocieTy oT Jesus, wiTh haTher Joseph GreaTon, SJ., as iTs TirsT pasTor, TiTTy- Two yearz aTTer Tne TirsT CaTnoic arrived Here. From TnaT Time, Phhadelphia CaTholics have gone Through many Tryng Times and egualiy glorious periods. The pioneer CaTholics oT our ciTy were selT-sacriTicing and loyal. They laid The Toundahon on which Those who came aT+er Them rnighT build. And puild They didfseminaries, criurches, schools, hosoiTals, orphanages, homes Tor The aged-grand accomplfghmenfs CT a long fine :T inspired bishops, zealous priesTs, T3roThers, and sisTers, and an ever generous laiTy, all oT whom loved Their FaiTh and proved iT. Today The CaTholic youTh oT Philadelphia have greaT TradiTions To carry on when They assume The responsibilihes oT CaTnolic Tarniiy liTe. May ST. Thomas More inspire us To TulTill our duTies courageously and well. All eyes are 'Focused on FaTher ChrisTopher as he clariTies a problem in religion Tor one of his C3 class. The boys seem To be deeply inTer- esTed in The discussion. LeT's hope ThaT some of FaTher's Theological wisdom brushes off on Them. FaTher Kehoe lisTens wiTh aTTenTion as Francis Bonini and Joseph Dixon conducT a verbal baTTle abouT The problem oT evil. Senior religion is always a mosT inTeresTing phase of The religion course here.

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Y r Q X ,'53 Iother of Divine Grace, Pray for Y is The main purpcce ol a Cagholic educalicn is lo lrain sludenls lo be represenlalive Calholic leaders. Realizing lhis, Calholic school aulhorilies olace much empnasig on 'lhe spirilual aclivilies ol lhe sludenl body. The Legfon ol Mary seeks lo promore lhis end by means ol weekly Mass, lhe annual relreal, and works oi charily, bolh ol a religious and social nalure. The Calholic Church ol Philadelphia has developed qreally in pasl decades, mainly because ol lhe deep inleresl her bishops and archloishops have laken in lhe need lor Calholic school F 2 ' educalion. Philadelphia has become a beller cily because ol her Calho- . f W l - 1 lic schools whIch cherish her hisloric lradilions and follow Them. lv tl .- Edward Quinn, Anfhony Mi- galz, and Henry Fowderly look on wifh inleresf as Fafher McVeigh, spirilual direcfor of lhe Legion of Mary, brings 'ro Their affenfion a poinf of so- dalify inieresl. The school sodalify's presidenl, Gaspari Pellegrini, was unable 'lo be Forfunafely, ihis picfure of 'the Legion of Mary Sodaiily prefecls was 'lahen af a iime when a selling befiliing lheir office was provided. Each seclion lhroughoul fhe school has Hs prefeci. if is ihrough ihcm fh i 'ih ' ' 6 e very acllvc Legion of Mary operales. As a properly eslabiished sodalify, all fhe sludenfs of ihe school receive lhe same spirilual benefifs as do lhose who are parf of parish sodaliiies. presenf for ihe meelingg how- ever, his accomplishmenfs as +he Legion's head should nol go unmenfioned.