Academy of Mount Saint Vincent - Chastellux Yearbook (Tuxedo Park, NY)

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The FRESHMEN have already chosen Love for their springtime Liturgy. Involvement in the planning of these liturgical functions will prepare students to take a more active part in similar parish activities. Apostolic works included: (1) Thanksgiving Baskets for migrant workers in a nearby area. (2) Christmas Gifts for children of poor families. (3) Easter Projects — perhaps for Golden-Age Citizens . . . and (4) CCD classes taught by specially trained students. There will be an Inter-Faith Day, perhaps in January, at which a Protestant Minister will be invited to address the students. Student-Planned Days of Recollection and the use of Insight Films were introduced this year and both innovations seem to have been successful. In the Senior Christmas Entertainment at Renamor. (student planned). MARIA RODRIGUEZ read The Christmas Story from the New Testament. The SENIOR Closed Retreat is again scheduled for the second term. Above left: At the Junior Advent Mass with hands joined all present sang the Our Father. Then FATHER STEGLIA gave a beautiful homily on Brotherhood. Concern seems to be the mood of the Juniors as. with SISTER BARBARA, they assemble the Christmas Gifts for the poor.

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A New Dawn For Us As Christians . . . Has Been The Theme Of Our Religion Classes This Year SISTER THERESA GRAVINO Chairman of the Religion Department SISTER THERESA GRAVINO, pictured above with SUSANA PEREZ, was again Head of the Religion Department in 1969-1970. She has been assisted by SISTER BARBARA SROZENSKI. SISTER THERESA COURTNEY and SISTER MARGARET AILEEN. In planning the Religion Course of Study the Sisters formulated as their principal aims: (1) to prepare students to be Christians in today’s world, and (2) To translate Christianity in terms of today's needs and culture. Their activities included: (1) A Vocation Triduum observed in all Religion classes, with panel discussions, Bible Services, a prayer over the P.A.S. and a question box. (2) Preparation for Mass and Liturgy by each class. The SENIORS chose Peace as the theme of their November Mass. The JUNIORS chose Joy and Giving for their Advent Mass. The SOPHOMORE Mass has not yet taken place as we go to press, but it will be in January, and their theme will be Ecumenical, Unity and Oneness, because of the Church Unity Octave. more . . . 18

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Records, Filmstrips, Seminars . . . Make English Come Alive At The Mount SISTER THERESA COURTNEY Chairman o the English Department In the fall of our Senior year SISTER THERESA COURTNEY took over the reins as Chairman of the English Department, replacing SISTER MARIAN SETON who was assigned to Bishop McDonnell High School in September. SISTER THERESA has her Master's Degree in English from Catholic University in Washington, D.C. The lure of Indian Summer days outdoors was irresistible and both SISTER THERESA and MISS VECCHIOTTI often held their English classes outdoors. 20