Academy of the Holy Angels - Echoes Yearbook (Fort Lee, NJ)

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Quasar .. ll ll ll'l' S f- ' the srrxeere determrn rtrorr ol the te rehers rn rde the sehool groxx md lxeeome f1rrxorrs through out the eountrx lhe lrle ol the te rehers xx hose nurrrhers lr rd rrrere rsed to hxe xx rs exempl rrx urd edrlqx rrrg hut thex xxere not s rtrshed thex l0l1f.ILdlOl'lLllLOl1XLI1flllllllC Meordrrrglx Q rrolrrre t re soul ol the lrttle eomrrrrrrrrtx rppe rled to l' rther W rttm mn He reeorrxrnerxded the rule ol the Qorxgregrtrorx de Notre Dum rrrgrrrg her to nr rl4e srreh eh urges 'rs xxere neeessrrx to meet exrstmg eorrdrtrorrs lhus reonxerrt III44 eommurrrtx orrgrn rted re rt xx rs therr rox xxherr the Qorreord rt ol ISIS hetxxeerx lg rx rrrr rrrd the Holx See per mrtted the re est rhlrslrmerrt ol eorxxerxts xx hose memhers dexoted themselxes to edu4 rtron ls neour rged lax these eorreessrons L rrolrrre toole the hrst steps to re open the Notre D :me Lorrxem rt Strdtrmlrol lhough the rnrrxrsterr rl deprrtment to xxhreh she rppeiled xx rs ple rsed xx rth her pl rn the est rhlrshrrrerxt ol the lrttle Order herd to he postponed oxxrng to the l rel4 ol ur rdeqrr rte hrrrldrrrg to house the Srsters lhe sprrrt md ze rl ol the holx xxorrr.rrr xx rs not hroleen hoxxexer rrrd she lug rn to lool4 elsexx here Prrnllx through the rnlluerxee ol l rther Seh rstr rn oh rn old l'r rrrerse rn Xlon rsterx xx rs oht rrned rt Neurrhurg xorm VK rld xx hreh eould he renox rted to meet the requrremerrts of the eommunrtx But on the exe of the es t rhlrshnrent ol the nexx Order the rged lfrshop Wrttm mn msprrrtrorr md strength of the r1ndertrl4rrrg dred In hrs pl ree l' rther Sregert hee une the sprrrtu rl rdxrsor ol the Srsters lhus rt xx rs hrought rhout th rt rn N1 rreh lm w xxrth the s uretron ol the Holx See rndthe erxrl ruthorrtres the Sehool Srsters ol 'Notre Dune e une rnto herng xxrth Vlother hlrrx leresr ol esus rt therr he rd NN hrle ret rrrrrrrg the esserxtr rl le rtures ol the rule rrrd eonstrtrr trorx ol S rrrrt Peter lsorrrrer the rxexx order xxrdened the seope ol the Srsters edue rtrorr rl xxorl4 Prom thrs hrrmhle hut he urtrlul hegrrrnrng through the rmdxrrrg effort rrxd srrretrtx ol rts holx lorrrrdress th rt gre rt Order ol the SLl1l70lSlbILIS0llNOflC D rme h rs groxxrr lts merrxhers noxx mrmher more th ur ll 000 xxrth houses rn Cmerrrnrrx Austrrr Poland Lzeeho Slox rl-.rr Sxxrtzerl md Sxxederr Dorrrrrrron of Q rn rd r l orto Rreo, md the Unrted St rtes Vx ell rn rx xxe eorrgrrtrrl rte the Srsters on the eerrten ux ol therr rehrex emerxt xx hrle xxe thrnle xxrstlullx on Ourl ord s p rr rhle lhe l4rngdom ol he rx err rs lrl4e to 1 gr rrrx ol must rrd seed xxhreh 4ll1l41l'I took md soxxed rn hrs held xx hreh rs the le rst rrxdeed ol rll seeds hut xxhen rt rs groxxn up rt rs gre rter th rn rll herhs md heeometh .1 tree so that the hrrds ol the .ur eome .md dxxell rn the hruxehes thereof NlxRe.4xRrTx Iolxxo, 33 J7 . 44- 4 - . 4 4-4 .- - 4 4 4 .. 4 - 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .4 .. 4 4 4 .-4 4-- - 4 -4- . 4... 4 .. .. ... 4 4 4 . 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .4 . 4 . ,. .,., . , Hn A. , .,. 4 4, . 4 4. . . .. 4 4 44 4 4 4 .4 4 4 4 4 , . 4 4. 4 4 .4 .1 .1 t 4 L . 4 . 4 4 4 . .A . , . , 4 ,. . ., 4 4 . 4.-. ,4 . 4 4. 4 4 4 4 V 7 4 4 4 4 4 . 4 4 .. 4 ., - ., 4 . . 4 4. .44 4 4 4 . . 4 4 . 4 C A. , . . . , , 4 . . V W , 4, 4 . , 4 .4 4, 1 4 44 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 A ., ,4. 4 , 4 .4 4 , , . . , , ., , 4. -. 4 4 . 4 . 4 . 4 . 4 4 -- 4 - 4 4 . 4 - 4 -4- 4 -4 - 4 4 4 . 4. . 4 4 4 4 4 4 . .4 .. , . ., 4 . . . , 4 ,.. A , 4 4 , . ,. , 4. 4 4 4 4 . 4 4 4 4 4 - 4 4 4- 4 4 .-- 4 4 4 - 4 - 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .4. . . , . , 4, , 4 ,. ,4 . ,. , . . . .. 4 4 4 4 4 . 4 4 4 4 . ,, .A.,.. 4 , , . . , , . . 4 , 4, 4. 4 4 '4 . 4 4 4 - 4 . . 4 4 . 4 4 4 I 44 4 ' 4 4 4 ' 4 4 4 . 4 - 4 44 4. 4 -4 4 4 - - wx 1- 4 . . 4 . 4. . . . . , , . . A. ,, A . . . 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 . . 4 4 4. .. . 4 4. .. . 4 - 4- 4 4- 44. , 4 . . .4 - 4 4 4 74 . 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 . .4 . . M, . 4 4 4 . . . ,.-4 . . 4 , . .44 4 4 7 4 4 4 4 4 4.44 4 4 4 4 . . . , I , 4 A. . 4. 4 ,. . 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 l 4 4 , . ,4 4. . A. ,.,. 4 . . -, , ,. 4 - 4 4 4 . 4 4 4 4 . 44 . 4 . , 4 4. I, . . 4' Li 4 4 4. 4 . 4 4 4 4 K 1 K G . A A. . . , . . . 4 f 4 4 ' 4 1 1 4 ,4 , 4, . A. , 4 4 ,. . . , . - 4 - 4 4-4 , 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 . . . 4 I . 4 4 -1 ' 4 4 4 4 44 44 4 'K 1- 14 ' -' 4. ' ., ' '. . . 3 . '4 . ' '. 4 V4 . 4 4. 4 4 .4 4 4 4 4, 4 4 4 . 4 4 4 ' '4 ' ' ' 4 ' 4 4 4 4 4 4 . 4 . 4, 4 ., . 4. 4. . 4 . . .. .4 4 4 4 4 4 4 'I A' 4 4 1 4 1 .I .4 . ,, . A v . 4 4 1 -44 4

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twin ,.1 4 ll ll llll X--' In Retrospect 13 1ek rn our frrxolous 11reshman d 1xs vxe xxere promrsed 1 xerx rmportant xrsrt but four xelrs of hopeful xx ilflllg rntervened before the promrse xx as fulhlled Hoxxex er vxhen Rev erend lV1other Marx Almeda Superror General of the School Srsters of Notre Dame Enallv drd come to Amerrca and Holx Angels those four long xears of antrcrpatron seemed orrlx to rnerease our pleasure Flhe dax of her xrsrt xxrll alxx axs remarn a fond rrremorx rn everv qenror s heart llre presenee of Rex erend Wothel rn our rnrdst and the 1 ret th rt xxe 1re dedre rtrng our book to the School Srsters of 'Wotre D nrre on the oee lSlOI'l of the eenten ux of the foundatron of then Order turned our rnnrds b 1eL to th 1t other Reverend Xlother lVl rrx 'l eres 1 of esus Gerh rrdrnger holx foundress of the Order and to the xxonderful storx of the est rblrshment of the Hrst communrtx of Sehool Srsters of Notre Dame one hundred xears ago But let us go back farther than that Lenturres before rn 1397 the Qongregatron of Notre Dame had been founded nr 11 r1ncebx S unt Peter Fourrer Sexeral converrts of Srsters of thrs Longregatron xxere est1blrshed rn Germanx durnrg the sexenteenth urd erghteenth cen turres one xxrth xx lnch xxe sh 1ll be nrost concerned berng eondueted 1s 1 school for grrls rn St 1dt 1mhof 1 thrrxnrg lrttle ertx on the Danube lt xx IS here th rt Q nolrne Gerh udrrrger at the convent xx rs nlxx 1xs h1ppx nrd th xt she xx IS 1f1vorrte nnong her te rehers nrd eom pmrons due to her Lrnd thoughtful rr 1ture md eonscrentrous lpplre rtron to dtrtx After le zxrng sehool, she spent sexer1l xe1rs rt home Ir xx IS durnrg thrs trme th 1t the nrox enrent began rn Germ rnx for the suppressron of eonxents 1nd schools tondueted bx relrgrous Lon sequentlv rn 12:09 the Notre Dame eonvent at St rdr 1mhof xx IS drssolved hx erxrl order from 1V1unrth and the Srsters xxere forced to leaxe the clorster lhe Cathedral pastor, Rexerend Mrchael 11rttm1nn, nr xx hose jurrsdretron the eonxent xx as loeated re lllZll1g the il7S0lUl'6I1CCCSSlfV for the contrnu 1tron of the grrls school, resolved to l IN the foundatron of 1 nexx Order xxhreh he hoped xxould rn trme be snretroned bv the crxrl ruthorrtres VVrth thrs end rn xrexx l1ather Vlrttmann seleeted three xoung grrls IS hrs prospectrve te nthers One of these xx as Larolrne Gerhardrnger Under the gurdanee of therr p 1stor these three underxx ent for the ensurng fexx xears a strret eourse rn relrgron and pedagogy and hnally 1t the publre exurnnatrorr nr 1812 nr xxhrch thex xxere requrred to demonstrate therr abrlrtres m leachnrg xx ere axxarded certificates bythe authorrtres and authorrzed to teach rn the grrls school at btadtamhof At first the classes xxere held rn an orphanage 1 ater, vxhen a separate burldrng had been seeured, the three teachers left therr homes and lrved rn commumtx rn the school burldmg obserxnrg strrct rules of prax er and fastlng fhe zealous rnf1uence of 11 1ther Wrttmann and 56 M' 2 7: . ' . 2 . 'l ' ' Y 1 V 3 - 1 Uv K g A1 A 1 nw. A q I -I . A Q iv Q i uv C I . I ' iv - 1 . . r Q J 'I 'Q Y 'x A 4 . ' 1 ' ' N: V 2 ' Z 'b . -1 U 1 . ' 1 ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 ' 1 1 A 1 - - . A .- - Q Q -' 1' 1 11. 1 AA 4 Q A 'L' 4 . I , . . - , . 1 . , , 11 Q1 1 ..'1' '. 1 t . I , 1 L 4 1, I , , 11lfClA Mother Mary Teresa ofjesus. was educated. 1Ve 1il'C told in her biograplrx' that her life 1 1 1 11.1 11 1 '11 1. 111 22 '11 1' 111 11 1 - 1 ' . 1 'l . 1 1 1 1 ' ' 1 A11 ' 1 1' 1 1 1 -1 1 ' 1 . 11 ' ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 j . 1 1 1 1 1 1 -1 . - - , r s i I ' 'I . 1 V W. Y. A 2' ' i L K K 1 H' . N q Ai 12 Y a , , . 2 1 . . , 1' 1. , 11 1 .1 1 V 1 317 ' . 'R Q ' 2 ' I Y 1 L ' - I A A LN2 N . A F 1 , , . , . . . 2 - - v 3 I v y 1 . 5 v . 5 . D 1 g Y 1 , I A .X i 2 . v ..,. v . 'Y v . V . . , .

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