Academy of the Holy Angels - Echoes Yearbook (Demarest, NJ)

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Scanning the volumes in the school library, CCD President Pat LaFiura and Vice President Marianne Clarke discover the material available for religious instruction. ffZaZmafwZz?2Z'me22a5 MM W The CCD, a lay apostolate movement, brings religious education to public school children. A charter member of the high school division of this nation-wide organization, the Academyis unit is an active one. Through lectures by knowledgeable experts in the iield, and actual demonstration lessons, members learn how to teach religion to public school children. This year our guest lec- turers included Rev. Thomas Walsh and Mrs. John Steinke, director and coordinator respectively of the Mt. Carmel CCD and Rev. Joseph Flanna- gan, director of St. Theresais CCD in Cresskill. Sharing CCD know-how, Rev. Joseph Flannagan chats with club members at their bi-weekly meeting. 41

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iidiis While counting mission money returns, Secretary Pat Dunphy, Treasurer Theresa Glynn and Vice-Prefect Maryetta Longo suggest future projects of Sodality Prefect Jane Shenk. f nwwmfymiaf Senior sodalists enjoy a weekend retreat. With Catholic Youth Week setting the theme, the Sodality started the year's activities with the Sacred Heart dedication in October. Other Sodal- ity assemblies included the Immaculate Concep- tion Assembly in December and the installation of new oiiicers in May. On the social side, a Freshman-Sophomore Mission Dance and a Jun- ior-Senior Mixer were held in October and No- vember respectively. Proceeds from both dances went to the Missions. In November, seniors vis- ited Mount Saint Andrew's Home for the Aged and in March they attended a weekend retreat at Villa Walsh in Morristown, New Jersey. In col- laboration with the Fathers' Club, the Sodality sponsored the annual Father-Daughter Commun- ion Breakfast on Laetare Sunday with Mass and breakfast at the Academy. Mission Week, April 22-27, climaxed the yearis activities.

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YCS President Pat Durkin and Vice President Joan Rice practice songs for a YCS folk Mass with Secretaries Joan Russo and Pegeen Downey. LQ447 5042224 WMM! YCS Study Night at HA. WMM Under new moderator Sister Mary Edna, the Young Christian Students expanded its scope and intensiiied its apostolic objectives. As an initial activity Joan Russo and Liz Krese attended the Training Program of YCS, Oct. 6-8 at Mt. St. Francis, Ringwood. On Oct. 12 all members, in- cluding sophomore probationers, visited Welfare Island. In late October YCS sponsored a Cath- olic Youth Week assembly for the student body. Guest lecturer Reverend Daniel McGrath, CSSR spoke on Personal Peace. The Week's celebra- tion was also highlighted by a YCS-sponsored poster contest. In December, the Academyis YCS hosted delegations of Bergen County Young Chris- tian Students for a YCS Study Night conducted by Father Ferri. Early in second semester, mem- bers participated in a Study Night on Contempo- rary Music with a hootenanny following at Im- maculate Heart Academy. At the request of Reverend Elliot Eagen, some members became a part of The Mass of the Pilgrim People. The Mass was presented in many of the parishes in the area. A medical drive for the Tom Dooley Foun- dation climaxed YCS activities for the year.