St Marys Academy - Saimarac Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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DEDICATION We dedicafe fhis book fo you, Our Lady of Loreffo, pafroness of fhe air. Through God's grace, your body was nof held capfive by nafure, buf was drawn forfh from fhe sphere, pasf galaxies and con- sfellah'ons, fo fhe Cify Celesfial. You were our herald in space. If has faken ninefeen hundred years for fhe human infellecf fo dimly fafhom fhe Divine Plan of fhe Cosmos. Now, we venfure caufiously info on unknown region. Our cenfury is fempfed fo deny God's grace; if warships af fhe shrine of Science. True, we have gone far wifh human knowledge; buf, Lady, don'f Ief us go foo far. Guide us safely fowara' fhe heavens and fo Heaven.

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CONTENTS FacuH'y Adiviiies Classes Candids Queens Grade School ARAC Saimarac Staff Edifor ...................... Joan Buckley Phofography Edifdr ......... Joan Wimbush Copy Edifor ............... Sheila Sullivan Arf Edifor ................. Laura Kinhele Sfaff: Diane Schneider. Mary Kay Dunn. Rife Scherer, Alice Holcomb. Ronnie Phannens+iel a Business Sfaff: Be'rh Campbell. Ginny KiHle- son. Sheryl CouH'er. Mary Louise Coughlin

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FORWARD Tradifion fell: us ihaf +he IiHle House of Nazarefh where Mary was born. in which she received +he angelic message a+ +he lncarnafion. and in which +he Holy Family dwelt remained infacf for over fwelve hundred years. In fhe +hir+een+h cenfury when infidel: invaded and +hrea+ened desecra+ion. +he Holy House was fransporfed from Nazarefh +0 Laurelaum. Ifaly. From The fime if firsf appeared in I924. The House a++rac+ed large crowds of reverenf pilgrims. This devofion spread +hroughou+ +he Chris+ian world. H is known +ha+ Columbus dedicafed his I492 voyage +0 +he Virgin of LoreHo. Believing in fhe House is nof a docfrine of fai'rh. All are free +0 accepf or reiecf if. The fads. however. poin+ +0 iis credulify. The sfones and mor+ar which make up The House are nof found in Ifaly. buf in Jerusalem. The walls have never resi'ed on a foundaHon: ye+ +hey s+ood unshaken during +he bombings of World 'War II. while cemenf encased buildings wereicrumbIed +0 dusf. In our fimes +he Holy House has acquired an added signiiicance. for our Holy Faiher +he Pope has named Our Lady of LoreHo as he paironess of +he air. The beauiiful practice of consirucfing chapels +0 Our Lady near +he air fields is growing rapidly. Many Caiholic pilois have fwo se+s of wings blessed. They keep one pair with +hem and give +he ofher +0 Our Lady of LoreH'o. When exploring uncharfed wai'erways. +he Marines of old implored her profecfion: so foday. while penefrafing +he new space fronfier. our pilois ask her help.