St Marys Academy - Illuminatio Yearbook (Inglewood, CA)

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PULPILLMENT A+ +he dedica+i0n 0+ +he new S+. Mary's 0n Augus+ l9, I9I I, Bishop C0na+y expressed +he hope +ha+ +he new S+. Mary's would grow and +l0urish and be in +he +u+ure even more +han in +he pas+ a cen+er 0+ power by which +he Church 0+ God migh+ reach +he minds and hear+s 0+ +he people and bring +hem +0 a be++er knowledge 0+ God and a grea+er love +0r +he +hings 0+ religion. As we re+lec+ on S+. lv1ary's we no+e i+s gradual changes in 0u+ward semblance +0 mee+ +he needs 0+ each succeeding year-growing, +l0urishing as +he ci+y i+sel+ expands, while +he mainspring, +he m0+ive power 0+ all i+s varied ac+ivi+y remains c0ns+an+, since i+ is +ixed 0n +he lmmu+able. We visualize +he many gradua+es leaving S+. Mary's year a++er year, carrying in +heir hear+s and dem0ns+ra+ing in +heir lives +he ideals +here implan+ed, making God in very +ru+h +he Ligh+ 0+ +heir lives . . Deus lllumina+i0 Meaf' Turning our gaze +0ward S+. Mary's, +he culmina+ion 0+ +he zeal and labors 0+ +i++y years, we can bu+ renew our +hanlcs +0 God, who has more +han abundan+ly blessed +his corner 0+ l-lis vineyard. Again recalling +he words 0+ Bishop C0na+y in I9I I, we realize +heir glorious +ul+illmen+. God has blessed, and blessed abundan+ly, so +ha+ we cry ou+ wi+h +he Psalmis+: The Lord 0+ l-l0s+s is wi+h us. God is in +he mids+ 0+ her.

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HDEUS ILLUMINATIU MEA Deus lllun'1inaTio Meaf' This rnoTTo is Tound on The oTTicial seal oT ST. lVlary's Acad- erny-a silenT prayer ThaT God be wiTh us in all our acTiviTies, ThaT l-Tis holy grace moTi- vaTe all our aeTions. And how could iT Tae oTherwise7 The vaulTed chapel is so near. The whole day long we are near Qur Lord. God is our l.iqhT. GraduaTes oT ST. Mary's have learned To love The words. They can never TorqeT where To seelc ThaT LiqhT when The darlcness oT doubT and error close in around Them. Children oT l.ighT, They Turn TalTerinq sTeps Toward The welcoming doors oT vasT caThedral or wayside chapel-when ever The TaiThTul sancTuary lamp is shining. We, The Class oT '39, can do no beTTer Than Take wiTh us Trom our dear ST. Ivlary's This sirnple lesson.

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THE SISTERS UE ST. JUSEPH UE EAHUNUELET In I836, lvloTher ST. John FonTlaonne, Superior Gen- eral oT The SisTers oT ST. Joseph. esTablished in I65O aT Le Puy, France, senT six SisTers To The UniTed STaTes, aT The requesT oT Bishop RosaTi. C.M.. oT ST. Louis, Missouri. Two schools were opened ThaT year, one aT Caholcia and The oTher aT CarondeleT, where also The American lvloTher House was esTablished. Under The guidance oT ST. Joseph, who, being The TosTer-TaTher oT The greaTesT Teacher oT all Time, can so eTTicaciously invoke The aid oT The Divine Child, The SisTers oT ST. Joseph prospered in Their worlc Tor souls. Today we Tind houses oT The CongregaTion ThroughouT The UniTed STaTes. The inTeresT oT The SisTers is noT conTined To The Teaching Tield, however, buT includes also various chariTable worlcs. . Margery WaTers '39