Saint Bede Academy - Via Baeda Yearbook (Peru, IL)

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Among the scenes at St. Bede, perhaps the most pic- turesque is the monastery tower, pictured at the left. Towering above the other buildings on the campus, its gleaming cross proclaims the rock of faith on which the abbey and the school are founded. When Winter executes her magical transformation of familiar sights around the campus, the cloisters con- necting the school building with the abbey became an attractive rhapsody in black and white, as the picture in the lower left hand corner indicates. The Buildings and Campus of St. Bede. A pathway between the pine trees west of the monastery build- ing formed the out- door cathedral in which the Stations of the Cross were erected (picture above).

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As they made their way up the beautiful expanse of the lane (below) early in Septem- ber, the students approached the administration building, whose entrance is pictured at the right. It was through this entrance that they passed to begin another school year; and as the school year con- tinued the students passed in and out of these symbolic doors many times. Another symbolic entrance was the door leading to the monastery building (left). Closed to the students, it was the gateway to the “School of the Lord’s Service,” the mon- astic life of St. Benedict, ob- served by the faculty of the college and academy. It was behind the cloister of this en- trance that the monks plied their daily task of eternal salvation. The Scene of Action Was Formed ly...

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The administration building of St. Bede (pictured above) is the largest building on the campus, and as such it houses the living quarters for the various de- partments of resident students and for many members of the faculty. Within its precincts are also situated the students’ chapel, school offices, classrooms, study halls, museum, and many other rooms used for curricular and extra-curricular activities. The panoramic view, pictured below from the south- west portion of the campus, offers a good idea of the layout of the buildings at St. Bede. At the left is the Abbey, in the center foreground is the Sisters’ home, behind it is the administration building, and at the ex- treme right is the power house. A colonnade of trees and shrubs forms a natural show- place of the main lane that serves as the entrance to the campus of St. Bede.