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

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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.

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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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Illlll 'I'IlIIIllI'I' Iillll CII, FUNCTIONS IN A CITY WHERE THE FIRST CONGRESS MET Qi lhe sludenls, lor lhe sludenls and by The sludenls. Qur Sludenl Council lunclions in lhe cily where lhe lirsl American Congress mel. Even nalions musl learn how lo govern lhemselves. ln a democracy like ours, 'rhe people are lcing and lneir vole is lheir scepler. lf was somewhal providen- rial 'rhal lhe working-mens meeling place, Carpenlers' lolak should be deslined lo be lhe place where plans wouid be lormulaled lo sei up a governmenl where lhe people would reign supreme. A+ Sl. Thomas More, The sludenls' hall, young men are inlroduced lo lhe arl of sell-governmenl by means cl lhe Sluolenl Council group. Elecled represenlalives ol lhe group learn lhal ohfice-holding ancl lhe lullill- menl of enlrusled responsibiliries is always serious business. 'keep flue rulgr T' As we ev-ry musl Moderalor Fafher Marlin Smifh, Walfer Sullivan, 'freasurer Joseph Callahan, vice-presidenl, and John Campbell, presidenl, oufline Ihe various school aclivifies fhal involve sfudenl par- li fi 1 a alung a closer look, we recognize many of our friends and classmales in a fine group piclure of Ihe Sludenl' Council. This organizalion, comprised of represenfalives from each class, is jhe realizalicn of Ihe hard work of Falher Smilh lhrough his very effeclive permanent council. Conslanlly broadening Ihe acfivilies of Ihe council, Fafher Smilh is now in his Ihird conseculive year as Council Moderalor. Q-'UMM