Story of the principal
Approach on the anniversary of the founding
2009-10-01
October 20 is the anniversary of the founding of the star of the dawn. It is the day when there was a memorable thing for us on that day. When it was the woman who made a model of it of people, in Vatican Saint petoro sanctuary, founder Mary Therese de subiran of the support Maria society who was the establishment mother's body of the star in dawn was detected in the Catholic Church, and, on October 20, 1946 63 years ago, an expression (beatification) declared as a saint publicly was performed now. On the day of this expression, a star of the dawn was born.
La Salle father of the Society of Jesus which worked in Japan just on that day attended the ceremony. He was a person in charge of the district under jurisdiction of Society of Jesus Japan at the time. It was engaged earnestly in the request when I wanted the propagator who could cooperate with the education in a young generation in Japan which became the burnt field after the war, sisters to come to Japan. He visited the president of the support Maria society after the ceremony and asked for dispatching a member to Japan.
Taking the opportunity of the beatification of the founder, president sister Mali Elise who had a wish that I wanted to begin some new thing read this coincidence with "an appeal from God" and decided that I sent a sister to Japan promptly.
Four sisters who became the foundation of the star of the dawn in December, 1947, the following day arrived at Fukuyama. I might go on the room as Japan, shoes totally different in words, culture or the lifestyle. Besides, life to lack everyday life was waiting after the war when there was not the room. Such sisters were poor literally, and only trust to God was an authority. For work to found a school from the open place, there were really various difficulty and pains.
Sister Mali Irene is writing in the diary, "I will leave all to God" ahead of April, 1949, the Fukuyama Akenohoshi girl Junior High School opening of a school. The sisters' way of life was "way of founder Mali Therese of the meeting of life to establish deep trust to God" itself. This conventional step of the star of the dawn is on the trust. It is an invitation from Mali Therese to each us who learn "the trust from God" in a star of the dawn in school mottos, and we inherit the heart, too and want to keep moving forward.
The star of the dawn is born in trust
I grew up in trust.
Advance in trust.
(first principal sister Mali Irene)
Principal Kinuko Asahiro