Academy of Our Lady of Good Counsel - Aloysian Yearbook (Aloysian, NY)

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,.f'l, 25' is L Our revered Holy Father Pope Pius XII. Special Prayer to Our Lady of Lourdes composed by His Holiness, Pope Pius XII Hecding your voice, 0 Immaculate Virgin of Lourdes, we hasten to your feet at the humble grotto where you deigned to appear to show the way of prayer and penitence to those astray, and to dispense to the stricken the graces and wonders of your unsurpassed kindness. Receive, 0 Merciful Queen, the praises and supplications which peoples and nations, op- pressed by bitterness and anxiety, trustfully raise to you. 0 fair vision of paradise, banish the darkness of error from our minds with the light of faith! O Mystical Rose, relieve crushed souls with the heavenly fragrance of hope! 0 inexhaustible source of healing waters, revive barren hearts with the flow of divine love! Grant that all of us, your sons and daughters, comforted by you in our sorrows, protected in our dangers and aided in our struggles, may love and serve your gentle Jesus, and merit eternal happiness near your Heavenly throne. We fytdy foe. avid. Wicca, Gull- qalfzm in flame. ,s1's 0.75 3-'cs fsf :9 mwf WX ks.-..,..-.J 5 5 9 xqjfi' -diff p x n :rv-Q 1' Q I 1 '- '- T is 74 -., who 'rf 2 ti 'fi--fei gig-9' it PIUS XII POPE Seniors listen to the radio as Our Holy Father speaks to the children of America at the begin- ning of Lent, appealing to them, as their father, to make generous sacrifices for their suffering brothers and sisters all over the world.

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f TjTT'f if-far, 'amz ' A' V, A X ., Ju . Dedicated to . . . ' if Exe We have not been favored as Saint Bernadette was, but we have been blessed in other ways. Bernadette saw Our Lady eighteen times between February 11 and July 16, but she would not be seeing her forevermore in Heaven, as she is now, had she not imitated her. W'e have been taught at the Academy of Our Lady of Good Counsel not only to be ladylike, but to be Lady-like. We have been reminded constantly of the debt we owe to our beloved parents who have made so many sacrifices that we might receive the priceless benefits of Catholic education. We have been trained in self-knowledge and self-discipline so that in every event of our lives we might sec God's will, recognize His dominion over us, and say Fiat as Mary did. This, too, is the greatest miracle of Lourdes. Thousands upon thousands from all countries of the world have sought Our Blessed Mother's aid at the healing water of her Shrine. Not all have been answered according to their own wills, but millions have gone from Lourdes strengthened in soul, glorifying God, and saying Fiat to His adorable will. Dearest Mother, though we may not visit your Shrine in this the Centenary of your visit to earth, you are forevermore enshrined in our hearts. Deign to accept this tribute of love and praise, our 1958 ALOY- SIANJ hear our voices joining the triumphant chorus across the waters, Ave, Ave, Ave, Mariaf' Receive us as your children and protect us through life, so that like Bernadette we too may see you one day, O Beau- tiful Lady!

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The openmg of our Semor year was marked by the Sxlver Jubllee of Hts Emmence Francls Cardxnal Spell man when the thousands who flocked to the Yankee Stadium ln hls honor san werse after verse of the Lourdes hvmn the thought must have come to manv Surely Our Lady has speclal love for thls great man of God whose celebratlon C0lIlCldCS so closely with Her own' I shall dedxcate mysel ln every possible uay to the wel are o chzldren the hope o the uture Hls Ennnence Franels Cardmal Spellman on the occaslon of hls BCCCSSIOH to the Church of New York May 1939 In the years that followed hls accesslon Cardinal Spell man has more than fulfilled thus pledge Under hxs leadershlp many modern well equipped schools have been huxlt The Cathollc Youth Or amzatlon was lntro duced to provlde properly organlzed sports and soclal actlvltles for lelsure tlme To show our appreexatlon for h1S fatherly lnterest ln our splrltual and educatlonal well belng we feel hon ored to devote this page to Hrs Eminence We jom wlth hmm m celebratmff the Twenty fifth Anmversarv of hrs Fpxscopal Consecratlon and we sincerely hope that God wlll spare our Cardinal to us that he may eontmue ln h1s good offices for many years to come Q' F Xi-. Fr-1 Has Eminence Francns Cardinal Spellman Honored guest at Good Counsel 7Uep4aqfaa0mMaMm z'he0!w4c!awpanea1u'!a 27,53 Q M W!! 10 pyaresy iugxf hI H1 Nil N Y' ' v ll IU' 1 As a Bishop, I-Ins Excellency Francis J. Spellman Puoro nr Bmnlucn S ,Q 'I C29 - A-' ffl: ' , 'fn'- . . -EA 1,.i,,'- ' Appr, 1 . . . U Y r : ' ge at ' 9 , , - - ' on 9, ,, . I . V . . V I - , 4 .99 k f f f f 1 . . . - - A53 si ' ' f . I 1 g . 4 1 - sg' I K k, . . . fy, .. H X N ,, . . . A . . . i 1, s A ix . . . . . . opt' irx xx .. ki Q l o - J , u I - lv nl' 1: . 5 -fx 'Q' . . . . , .-5. .f. h - 7f1f.3 F ' 1 , ,, , s' . , - . , . 1 , I J I 7 J-'l'J.:x ,lot YY 0. ' .Q . v n V , , E X ' lr' , I ll in C Av 1 0. ' o F Q' 6 1' 'iii 11,