Our Lady of Mercy School - Lore Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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the Path of Salvation .........To teach and to pardon, console and bless always. It is yours, O Priest of jesus Christ! Our chaplain, Father Robert Burroughs, is responsible for the spiritual guid- ance of a family numbering close to nine hundred girls. In this vocation, Father finds ample opportunity to exercise his priestly duties. For sixteen years Father Burroughs has welcomed freshmen to OLM, pre- sented sophomores with a true value of charity, and brought to juniors the realization that all work and no prayer will not merit eternal salvation. But those who have come to value his work most are his seniors. Father has drawn us closer to Christ through the sacramentsg he has drawn us to our Blessed Mother through meditations on the Rosaryg and he has drawn us to himself through his Christ-like kindness and humor. 5

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