Academy of the Immaculate Conception - Pax Yearbook (Ferdinand, IN)

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LISTENED A WW i V ,W Q V, HE ANNUAL three day retreat at the A.l.C. was held over the week end of January 24. Rev. Francis Darmady, a Redemptorist Father from Glenview, Illinois was retreat master. We enioyed this year's retreat very much and everyone felt that the time passed too quickly. Father's lectures were inspiring and especially those on Confession, Respect for Parents, Value of Morning Offering and Devotion to Mary. The retreat is always one of the most outstanding events of the school year and the girls feel that the retreat of 1947 was one of the best ever. Page Seventeen

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4. Minutes of the preceding meeting. 5. Standing instructions at the first meeting of the month. 6. Reports on visits, each visit being made by a pair of Legionaries. Totals for the year were 3,200 visits to Chapel to pray for the living and ll5 visits to the sick downtown. 7. Allocutio, a talk in preparation for battle by Father Norbert. lat different times by guest speakersl 8. Assignments for the next week. Those not sent downtown spent an hour each week embroidering for the C.S.M.C. unit. Several girls were priviledged to help Sister Therese make vestments for a Marionist mis- sionary to China. 9. Treasurer's report. 10. Concluding prayers and Father's blessing. The program for the year included these social events: Acies of Evansville Curia at St. Joseph's Church, Evansville, on March 23. The program included an address by Father Conrad Louis, O.S.B. The officers attended the Curia meeting. Legion Outing at the St. Meinrad Sandstone Quarry on May 6. Upon arrival opening prayers las at a meetingl were said before Mary's statue. This was followed by exploration of the grounds and investigation of the work being done. The Catena was recited during supper. A happy afternoon was ended with the concluding prayers and a hike back to school.

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OBLATES OF ST. BENEDICT AT THE A.l.C. 9 For the first time in the history of the Academy, the Oblates of St. Benedict held meetings every month of the school year. lt has become an active organization and its membership has increased rapidly. At the opening of the school year there were twenty-three Oblates, at the close, over forty. At every meeting discussions were held on some part of the Holy Rule of St. Benedict. The meetings closed with the night prayer of Holy Mother Church, Compline. ln September the following officers for the year were chosen: Lucille Wannemuehler, president, Sylvia Becher, vice-president, Alberta Voges, secretary, and Betty Mullen, treasurer. Much of the success of the year was due to the assistance of Sister Therese, O.S.B., and to our Spiritual Directors, Father Walter, O.S.B., and Father Raban, O.S.B. With such a love for the spirit of St. Benedict rooted into the souls of the girls, we hope the future will be filled with the blessings of Christ and our own Father Benedict! OBLATE OFFICERS, left Betty Mullen . . . Lucille Wannemuehler Father Walter Sullivan, O.S.B. . Sylvia Becher . . . Alberta Voges ..... . to right . . . Treasurer . , President Spiritual Director . Vice President . . Secretary