Notre Dame Cathedral Latin School - Yearbook (Chardon, OH)

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eeentecl ar -likeness . . . HE Mission Committee, steered by our steadfast and trustworthy Peggy Harks, has given all the students an excellent chance to show their true mission colors. The mission ship was launched early with the sale of Christmas cards and seals in the main lobby, and members of the Mission Committee were also responsible for the functioning of the mis- sion post office in order to alleviate some of the Christmas rush in the United States mail. Aft- er Christmas a cancelled stamp drive was held for the benefit of poor missionaries, followed up by a dog raffle at which a white, crocheted dog was awarded to the lucky winner. To bring the projects to a close, a drive was held to buy war bonds which in turn will be used to clothe poor little Chinese children. Nlielieliiin lliizwiiiii Peggy Ilitrks ,S't'm'1iI .rlxszlflii ,5'et'ri'Iiiry NE of the most active committees of the Sodality, the Literature committee is kept busy promoting Catholic literature among Sodalists. The paper shortage was no obstacle, for home- rooms collectively purchased three pamphlets each month, read them and then redistributed them to chaplains and hospitals. Catholic Book Week meant hard work spiced with fun for this active group, for they propagan- dized the advantages of good reading from every point of view, including that of the soapbox Micky Ciuarino set up between peri- ods in the corridors. Retreat notes for the stu- dents were compiled and distributed by the committee members, and the annual mental prayer contest was also under capable direc- tion. ?! . TOP PICTURE: Literature Committee. fliuck row! Helen Mazovec, liileen Polymer. Jeanne liitrell. Kathleen English, Miehelina Guarino. Beverly lice. rfront rowj Peggy O'Connor, lfrances Bartko. BO'l liOlVl PlC'l'URli: Mission Committee. fliuck row! Leona Vfhitney, Doris Cys. Jo Ann I-lenninger, Mercedes Karpinski, Peggy Harks. filfront rowj Sylvia Anjesky, Rita Toth, Kathleen Baugh, Rose Marie Bednar, Julia Mlakar. l29

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Companions Martha Maynard Mary Alice Kreisheimer OU'RE a Sodalist of Mary, but do you know the meaning of its emblem? As a Sodalist, you belong to the army, and your allies are strong throughout the whole world. You're bound even closer to them by fighting the forces of evil under the command of the Blessed Trinity, represented in your banner by the triangle. Everything you do is for the greater honor and glory of Christ your King and Mary, whose eternal crowns are also represented in your emblem. Your efforts should be tireless in spreading Catholic Action, and the sword points the way when you, as a true Sodalist of Mary, dare to be different in winning the world to Christ. 281 With Christ . . . WHO could have dreamed back in the six- teenth century when Flemish Father John Leunis founded Our Lady's Sodality that it would come to mean so much in the twentieth century to the students of Notre Dame? Yet our active participation in Sodality life proves that to be the case. When Father Daniel Lord, S. J., organized the first Notre Dame Sodality in 1927, it was purely a spiritual group which aimed to make the students prayer-conscious during times of religious laxity by spiritual reading and sincere attempts to help one's neighbor on the long road home. The Notre Dame chapter of the Sodality lives up to its name in fostering devotion to Christ through love and imitation of His Blessed Mother. Gathered under Mary's name, Sodalists achieve the sanctilication of souls by projects that seem far from the wonderful re- sults obtained. Apple-days, soap-box lectur- ers, and mysterious board notices all worked to further the cause of the Mystical Body among students and those aided by Sodality drives. To defend the Church against attacks, and to spread the Faith by living example is a Sodalist's aim. She holds as her guide the tra- ditional motto of the Sodality: Ad Jesum Per Mariamf'

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Faith at our fin er tips . . . tluit-vieve Melliimis juan Selivnitz Ij1it'l1t1r'1xtic-Om' l,r1u'y T7't'U.VIll'l'l' NDER the capable leadership of Genevieve McGinnis, devotion to our Blessed Lady was fostered through many varied activities of the Eucharistic-Our Lady's Committee. One of the most beautiful and inspiring ceremonies at Notre Dame was the living rosary honoring Mother Mary. Each Hail Mary brought a new resolution to do good. The annual pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes at Prov- idence Heights Was eagerly anticipated by Mary's sodalists who spent an all-too-short day in her honor. A mental prayer contest was sponsored by the Eucharistic-Our Lady's Committee's ambitious members Who, during Lent, also offered daily Stations of the Cross. T t my 5: li! f r at ill E! TOP PICTURE: liucharistic-Our Lady's Committee. fBacl2 rowj Joan Stark. Nlargaret llennessey, lfvelyn Kaman, lylary Alice Owens. Catherine Hickernell, Patricia Liederbach. flfrcmi row! Jane Schmitt. Marcella Sylvestro. Genevieve McGinnis. Rita Zeleznik. BOTTOM PICTURE: Social Life Committee. Dorothy Csarny. Joan Schmitz, Joan Frank, Carole Jean Velotta. Nan Kennedy, Patricia Kramer. Ann Katona, Lois Plechaty. Rita English. zoi NDOUBTEDLY one of the most popular school groups, the Sodality's Social Life com- mittee, is responsible for many of our Notre Dame memories. The swish of vari-colored formals, soft music and the perfume of flowers spell the Sodality dance, the big social event of spring at Notre Dame. Characterized by red roses and flickering vigil lights, the Living Ro- sary dedicates the month of October to our Blessed Lady. In October, too, We travel to Providence Heights for our annual pilgrimage to Mary's shrine. Members of the Social Life committee also directed this year's impressive sophomore Sodality reception.