Academy of the Visitation - Crescent Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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IN MEMORIAM SISTER MARY AIMEE BRENT BORN 1833 GRADUATE OF THE VISITATION 1851 PROFESSED RELIGIOUS OF THE VISITATION 1854 DIED AT THE VISITATION CONVENT ST LOUIS DECEMBER 18 1920 The glow of youth fades from thy face But fair and strong the light of Grace Plays through thy heart A very sun No gloom can dim when life is done These lines written by Sxster Mary Aimee Brent to a dear one who through sixty consecrated years had borne with her the burden of the day and its heat are illus trative of the venerated Slster herself in her holy beautiful old age Our Alma Mater has reason to mourn her loss Since 1854 she was the Joy the pride the treasure of the Com munity a l1v1ng expression of the generous humble spirit of St Francis de Sales and of the great souled Foundress of the Visitation Order Rarely gifted as she was she might have shone before the world but she was quite uncon scious of any excellence she was too single minded to contact with the world and she could reach out from her beloved cloister in tenderest charity to those who had need of her They who knew her valued friendship thanked God for its helpfulness and uplift Throughout her life she was intensely interested in the school she labored for it impressed upon it her high ideals prayed prayed that It would form and send forth great strong valiant women to stand for virtue to stand for God She was herself so strong in intellect ano in zeal for the right not aggressive but calmly persistently steadfast Sister Mary Aimee s ancestry was noteworthy in Amer ican annals the Maryland Brents and the h1stor1c Carrolls of Carrollton But thls matters not for the fashion of th1s world passes away It matters everything that unswerv mgly she did the work of God, for God only and with all her heart Our grateful Alma Mater will always hold dear the memory of our venerated Sister Mary Aimee Brent May her soul rest in peace' 7 ' Y 9 l . Y . . . Y D 9 ' ll ' YY ' y - Y v J I 1 ' ' 9 ' Y 5 - think about it. As Superior and Directress she did come in Y - . Q . . . . , ' ll ' . 9 , , , ,, . . , . 1' I a 1 I T . A. u 1 ' Y 91 ' - 1

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he Vlsltatl n Crescent Vo I ST LOUIS MAY, 1921 No 2 ISSUED TWICE A YEAR BY THE ACADEMY OF THE VISITATION SUBSCRIPTION PRICE Sl 00 PER YEAR HIS GRACE ARCHBISHOP GLENNON When Rxght Rev john J Glennon was called to the Archdlocese of St Louls he came heralded as the youngest Archblshop ln the Hlerarchy But fourteen years 1n th1s country hrs r1se ln Church d1st1nct1on attracted attentlon and h1s selectlon for so great a herltage was but the loglcal sequence That was eighteen years ago but Hls Grace IS st1ll the youngest Arch blshop 1n the Hlerarchy rf youth be measured by young eyes and the clear v1s1on wh1ch detects at first glance the dormant lurkmg poss1b1l1t1es m the bxg field before h1m He found the old French crty drowsy from dreams of early conquests Old famxlles fostered by old 1nst1tut1ons begettmg old clxques made up a reglme a sort of rel1g1ous court clrcle wlth 1ts accompany mg aloofness from thmgs mundane and hxghbred tolerance for people of later brawn secure 1n the snugness whrch IS born of long contemplatron of thlngs well done Educatronal 1nst1tut1ons whose fame abroad brought each year the stranger student wlthm therr gates Hounshlng parrshes substantlal churches bore testlmony to thelr zeal But the plvotal pomt of rehgxous splendor and ceremonlal was also a dream Sentlment had crowned the Old Cathedral wlth an lmportance and made of lt a shrme of sacred memorles To be sure some day you were told a New Cathedral would be bullt Thrs generatron remembered the great Kenrlck the lovable and glfted Ryan and h1s practical successor and to each rn turn had pledged support when the plan should materxalrze But the trme for 1nert1a had passed the clarron Hodle of the com mandmg young Prelate rang out over the Archdlocese and the glft bearmg falthful glad of the awakening brought of their rrches to the great cause Inherlted wealth contrrbutlons from the captains of finance bxg as thelr suc cessful schemes donatrons from generous wage earners and mltes of the poor made up the fund and the Cathedral arose rn 1ts old world glory worthy the Crty of the Crusader Kmg There are those who tell us that the New Drocesan Semlnary ranks wlth the Cathedral m archltectural srgnlficance and artlstlc merrt but that IS a matter for analysls To us they are the compellmg hrgh lrghts rn a sketch of splendid ach1evement ln whlch Catholic welfare soclal uplift and organlzed charlty make up the Vafled detall In thls area of crowded act1v1t1es of plans matured and maturmg no effort was too humble to find a generous space and no one too obscure for audlence and encouragement And wh1le the mexorable years are rolhng up thelr record of a llfe 1n God s servlce for those who come after to read they have left comparatrvely few traces of care on the serene and tlreless worker The undlsturbed calm of a great personalrty and the radxance of a Celt1c smrle stlll proclarm Hrs Grace the Youngest Archbrshop 1n the Hlerarchy Lucy A Brggms Alton Ill 3 O 6 0 l. . , . 7 . , . 1 . , - 1 1 Y Y l - 1 1 , .. - , . 1 - 1 1 1 1 , . - 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . H . ,, , - v - 1 1 - 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 . . I 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 , . . 1 1 '-' . , , .

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SEMPER FIDELIS I wandered near an old stone wall At the close of a summers day The evening shadows were growing ta And on the grass grotesquely lay A summer qulet pervaded all Save through the trees An occaslonal breeze Whlspered of lands far away I lmgered near the old stone wall At the foot of a frxendly oak Seemg 1n the suns departmg ray The PFOITIISC of a falrer day And hstenmg to the lovlng call Of mate to mate When slowly softly sweetly stole The notes of a vxolm F1rmly sure Clearly pure Reveal1ng a soul wxthm And though at tlmes twas almost w1ld At others sadly sweet Though It mocked the ocean as a Or raced the w1nds so fleet One measure beat One slngle stram In thls refraln could not mxss F1rmly sure Clearly pure Semper F1dCllS It took for xts theme A mountaln stream And measured each drop that ramed Its wmdmg course Its puny force At last the ocean gamed I llstened spell bound To the sound Of the lapplng of the waves agaxnst the shore As they beat 1n endless regular1ty But beneath the mcessant roar A moanmg of the sea Took possess1on of me As ever the same Came th1s refram Fldelzty Fxdehty I heard the swmgmg rhythm of an army s mnghty band I saw the men file past m even rows And on the Captaxn s face the look that knows The danger and the glory of lt all Heroes awaxted the bugle call Awalted command Restlessly turn1ng Anxlously yearnmg The Slgnallflg' hand At last came the cavalry charge The onward dash The sabers flash Rlderless horses at large Above the roar of the cannon Above the enemy s fire Back from the h1l1s came the echo Htgher and hlgher and lugher Sharply clear Resoundmg near Cleavxng the abyss A reverberatlng-st-seam Repeatmg th1s refram Semper F1dCl1S The muslc changed the drum no longer beat No longer I heard the marcmng feet A qulet mght An awful sxght The field of battle after Hg V On the upturned faces The moon shone clear Reveahng no traces No lmes of fear I thought not then of the vxctory lost Or gamed that day I saw only the men who ln an ulsh had toss d And stlll on the field now lay Out 1n the shadows the soft nlght a1r Wh1spereda requxem everywhele Solemn and sad and slow Telhng of strlfe , . . . 1 1 , . H . . . . ,, , . ll, 1 , . . 1 - 1 ' U - 1 1 , 3 1 1 1 1 1 7 , . Y Y 7 . . , , . 1 1 . . . , - 1 7 ' 9 . 1 1 1 l 7 ' 1 , . Q Y , . . , .1 1 ,1 child, . . . ' Y if ' ' Y, Y 1 1 I I , , ' I ' 1 ss ' ' YY . 9 7 I 1 . . U , . 1 - I Z ' U ' . ' 'Hn b Q 1 - 1 . . , ' 1 ' ' as - 11 . . V l o 1 1 I 7 1 -5-