St Mary Preparatory High School - Eagle Yearbook (Orchard Lake, MI)

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ING ESPR INTH For the seminarian in New Orleans its Mardi Gras, but for the Orchard Laker pqczki means that Lent is nigh. It is customary for the seminarians to visit daily duf- ing May the Grotto where t ' hey sing o Marian hymn. Gratitude and resignation to God 's will is expressed by the adoration of the C ross on Good Friday. E ach student spen adoration of th ds some time in e Blessed Sacrament on Holy Thursda Y

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ST. MARY'S o ln, the sprouting of buds on trees, the beautiful blossoms in the orchard, all help to regener- ate a lively feeling, fresh and pure, that the season of spring has come to Saint Mary's. The religious services of Holy Week and the Easter holidays usher in the season of spring. The Tenebrae Services, adoration at the Piwniczka lChrist's prison celll and Gr6b lChrist's gravel, the blessings of Holy Saturday, all prepare for the traditional sTwieconka lthe hallow-farel. In this custom the spirit of brotherly love, unity, and ioy over Christ's triumph of sin and spiritual death are commemorated. For the swieconka each student brings food, as a gift to help in making this a ioyous festivity. A table is beautifully decorated and on it are placed the many diFferent foods. ln the center, a Paschal lamb rests as a symbol of the Risen Christ. When all is in readiness one of the Fathers of the Faculty- prays over and blesses the food after which all partake of the festal banquet. On March l 9th is celebrated the feast of St. Joseph and Founder's Day, on May 3rd the Feast of Our Lady, Queen of Poland. The month of May itself is again dedicated to Her and opens with a solemn procession to Her beautiful Grotto on the campus. The daily May devotions are the student's tribute of honor and love to his Mother in Heaven. The Spring concert pools the musical abilities of all campus forces. Other campus processions take place on the Feast of Corpus Christi to the four altars, and for the closing of May devotions to the Grotto. The Farewell Parties for the grad- uates on the eve of graduation close the school year and bring down the curtain on the many and varied customs of the Orchard Lake Schools. . ' idle 0' - ii ' G0f1k'e , . The chanting of Tig' is G traditionol flu .-Blliel' Orchard Lake during dem devOtl0n Lent- 5

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