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　The anniversary of the founding comes over this year on October 20. I think about various matters whenever I reach the anniversary of the founding. In this hill where a school stood, it was written in the document of Fukuyama-shi that it was an air force maneuvers area of the army at the time of World War II. I hear that after all some country used it as target practice ground after an occupation army came. I was returned to Fukuyama-shi and seemed to stay afterwards as land of the city.

 

  The thick book which several years or the history of the municipal administration of Fukuyama-shi published before was written has been given my hand as a presentation copy. Before a history of the revival of the city of the inside after the war, the name of sister Mary Irene often came out, and the point that approved that I transferred land of the former army of the hill of Fukatsu to the star in dawn in an assembly came out. It was written on the remaining land at the same time that the house of the city was built.

 

  It is written on a day on February 16, 1949 when I open the memory magazine of the 50th anniversary of the foundation. It is revealed that really French sisters got current land by my Father L and Father La Salle, the help of many Japanese (they have asked you about what they made every possible effort for from Mr. Egusa though Mr. Yasuhiko Egusa who did the director of the House of astronomy in dawn until I died at 92 years old in that was a medical student in those days) that were the rectorship of the Fukuyama church.

 

  Because it says that it was October 20, 1946 on the day when the anniversary of the founding was performed in beatification, Rome of Mary Therese de subiran of the founder of the support Maria society, it is known well that the anniversary of the founding of the House of astronomy in dawn says that it was on October 20. At that time, it is what is understood whenever I open the history of for 50 years to have been asked the president of the support Maria society at the time when there is La Salle father in Rome and wants you to lend the education of children after the defeat of Japan the hand.

 

  And it really repeats *nanshinku until five French sisters visit Japan and establish a residence in the hill of Fukatsu via a temporary abode to Nakamura House of Tajiri, and it is understood that time of the outset is over while praying to God. When I look from a faith-like aspect, I always pray, and it is revealed that only God moved to be easy to commit the effect. Myself, whether you will really give prayer, the sacrifice of pains as it is unbearable to a school heartily reflection are promoted.

 

  There is the photograph of five successive principals in the principal's office. I did not look so carefully, but each successive principals think that the history had a hard time must not forget that I am and am ticked away the photograph deeply on one piece of back some other time until recently. In that way I do not want to forget that there is it in the made history now.

 

  When I speak to students at time of the religion, I use "Women for others" and the word to say well. I think that the which said that it is religion "living for others" is plain and explain Christianity than I use the word to be religion of the love. I felt that the Christian teaching could finish never falling out out of the love that I knew well (including feelings called romance or likes and dislikes) that the egocentric love was included in at time called the love (love another person-centered not love of the egocentrism).

 

  In a Christian basic concept, this is because it thought that the explanation that people who Christ hangs a life, and were lowered were valued may be easy to understand the word to "imitate Christ lived for others" most in this sense. Though I wrote the meaning of the word parochial school before, it is the school as the important place that teaching of Christ is the most human as a human being and tells you when it is teaching necessary to live, and to tell.

 

  In this anniversary of the founding, I feel need to come back to the origin of the school, and to think about once again. I reviewed prayer and an effort of sisters of the days of creation a lot and wanted to think about the matter that I lacked to school and oneself present.

 

Principal Michiharu Yamaguchi