Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-21
CALCULATIONS AT PAROCH|AL SCHOOLS

Graduation exercises for the classes from St. Patrick's parochial school and St Marys parochial school were held Sunday evening, attended by large mum bers of relatives and friends of the grad uates. s@
 At the St. Patrick's school exercises, which were held in the basement of the church, the address to the class was by Rev. Otto Baumeister of Colchester. The class honors went to Miss Loretta Ellen Sullivan, who stood first in the class, and the second to Miss Mary Louise Winifred Nadolney.
 The programme was as follows: Processional, Prof Frank l.. Farrell !; hymn, Hail. Heavenly Queen class naming of honor pupils, Rev. D. F. Sul- livan; presentation of diplomas, Rev. John H. Broderick Sacred Heart hymn, i Jesus Keep Me Close to Thee, class; re-
 marks to graduates, Rev. John H. Brod- | erick; Veni Creator, choir; address to | graduates, Rev. Otto Baumeister; Salve | Regina, choir; act of consecratlon and | benediction, class and Rev. D. F. Sulli- l van; Sacred Heart devotions, Rev. Myles P. Calvin; Laudate Dominum, choir
 recessional Prof. Frank L. Farrell.
 The members of the class of 1920 are
 John Joseph Brennan, Cecelia Madeline Brock, Mary Grace Christian, Raymond
 Michael Collins, Mary Elizabeth Connors , Marie Rita Desmond John Richard | Fitzgerald, Della Anastatia Foley, Johr Joseph Guinan, Rosemary Elizabeth Hor | igan, Catherine Rita Kelly, Helen Vir ginia Kiedasch, Elizabeth Catherine Ma honey, John Joseph Mahoney, Elizabetf 1 Mary McLaren, Matthew Philip McNa mara. Mary Loretta Sullivan, Geraldine Elizabeth Moore, Mary Louise WinifreC ] i William Pounch, Madeline Mary Way Margaret Louise Sheridan, Loretta Eller Sullivan, Loretta Jerimine Valentin, An ma Elizabeth Voegh Mary Anna Wen gel Thomas Francis Winters. Name: worthy of mention-Loretta Ellen Sulli | van. first in class Mary Louise WinifreC
 Nadolney, second in class.
 The members of the class received hel! lcommunion in a body at the 7.30 mas Sunday.
 The sermon to the graduating clas
 Twas by Rev. Otho S. Beaumister O lColo'ester who chose as his text, ''
 am ne Light of the World; he that fol Il)weth me walketh not in darkness, bu
 shall have the light of life. (John. S-12
 T am the Way the Truth and tn Life (John,' 14-6).
 Introducing his theme by portrayini the Saviour and His Apostles meeting group of mothers and their little chil
 dren under the shadowy palm trees o Palestine the preacher described Pete
 rushing forward to disperse them whe the children gathered about the Maste
 and clung to His robes. Christ taugh
 His apostles and all the world a grea lesson when He waved the apostle aside saying: Suffer the little children an , forbid them not to come to Me, for tn Kingdom of Heaven is for such" Tn lesson which Christ taught at Palestin evidently had not been forgotten in S Patricl's parish, the preacher said. The Christian school in the expres sion, the embodiment of our protes
 against demoralization and the banisf ment of God from His own world. Ther 3 can hardly be any question as to the pun l. pose of the Christian Catholic school. Tn one great feature and purpose of edu : cation is to make a truly good man. Vii l tue is the goal, righteousness the en | and everything is secondary to the uI ' building and development of the mori 2 chara cter. The school is the nurser where the mind and the heart are pI into enduring form The contention ( the Catholic church is the principle ths | religion must permeate and vivify tf : education of childhood. On this princi I ple the OHuTCI OI NTOu ISSLS Ilci Cds : | before the bar of unbiased public opir
 ion
 1, The Catholic church begins almost ; 1T the cradle to teach it's children rigt z ibelefs, and following the precept of S
 Paul this church insists on right belief !, 'in season and outof season." ma 2 cannot have thoughts of Satan and (
 the deeds of God any more than he ca Q continue acting rightly when he ceas' n ceases to believe rightly. It has bee [. the experience of the human race tn; = mere intellectual or ethical culture cal e Inot and does not vivify te conscience e man. The conscience must be inspire '. it must be breathed into and God alon
 can breathe life into it. as God only cs
 breath life into anything that lives. B
 hind morals there must be inspiration. q a word behind a good man and goC O woman there must be the idea of God
 there must be holy religion.
 r The Catholic church educates the who Il child She develops the mind by il
 struction and trains the heart by T A Ireligion Every lesson taught in a Cat n olic school is lesson of divine know
 edge The lessons of a history sho n the child the all-ruling Providence Il God Who shapes and guides humi
 events They reveal the influence of T o Igion upon the individual as well as t
 nations and set forth in unmistakab IT terms the heroism of the martyrs. t e courage of the confessors and the hol
 wholesome purity of the virgins.
 n The country that undertakes to ed g cate the rising generation without C.