St Marys Academy - Illuminatio Yearbook (Inglewood, CA)

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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

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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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PHUBHESS The year l89l saw Two girls graduaTe Trom The Then new SainT Mary's Academy. This year, I939. eighTy-Tive girls will wallc up The sTeps oT SainT Mary's To receive Their diplomas, The reward Tor Tour years oT sTudy. SainT lv1ary's has grown Trom a graduaTing class'oT Two To one oT eighTy-Tive. This can surely be called prog- ress. Progress, Too. Trom The TirsT siTe oT SainT Mary's Academy on Grand Avenue To The presenT locaTion aT Slauson and Crenshaw, The beauTiTul campus where The SisTers oT ST. Joseph oT CarondeleT are The Teachers and The inspiraTion oT every girl wiTh whom They come in conTacT. BuT There is a progress deeper and Tiner Than maTerial progress. A young girl, iusT Tinishing eighT years oT elemenTary Training, sTands on The Threshold oT a new, a diTTerenT liTe. She comes To SainT Mary's wiTh her hearT Tull oT hope. Tull oT desire To be worThy oT her chosen Alma MaTer. She works Tour years, sTudying The academic subiecTs ThaT are required. l-lowever, she learns ThaT These subiecTs are noT The mosT viTal Things in her liTe. She is TaughT more imporTanT maTTers, noT Trom a TexTboolc. buT Trom precepT and example. She is TaughT religion, The love oT God. She enTers a child: she graduaTes a woman. The Training she has received during These Tour years cannoT be expressed in words, buT iT is evidenT in her acTions: acTions ThaT con- vey To Those who come in conTacT wiTh her ThaT she has received a CaTholic educaTion. AT The end oT her Tour years, if This young girl has made use oT The opporTuniTies given her. she is qualiTied in soul and mind Tor whaTever paTh in liTe God has des- Tined her. Thus we see progress-progress oT a school during TiTTy years: buT. more Than ThaT, The progress oT souls. which is The naTural consequence oT CaTholic educaTion. Peggy Jean KieTTer '39