Academy of the Holy Angels - Angelus Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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.THE 11932 ANCELUS FATHER Reardon gave the first lecture at our New School. He welcomed us to the Holy Angels Academy in warmest terms, and congratulated us as the pioneer students. He briefly outlined the history and labors of the Sisters of St. Joseph in the Northwest. Thus he inspired us to appreciate our teachers, and to co-operate with them for the success of the New Holy Angels. Father Cullen came on the second Thursday. His theme was “The Little Flower, the most beloved woman in the whole world. His message to us was to become worth-while women, of whom Holy Church, and Holy Angels may be proud. As usual, he sent us rejoicing on our way amid applause and laughter. Father Lawrence Ryan gave us a splendid talk on Character Building. His pleasing delivery, his easy flow of words, made his lecture deeply interesting. At a later date Father spoke to us on Christian Art. in which he convinced us that the works of the old masters will live on forever, while impressionistic art has no future. Father Schmitz gave a series of most instructive talks on his experience as a missionary in Ceylon, where he spent some fifteen years of his young priesthood, as a college professor. Besides the account of the flora, fauna, climate, and peculiar customs, we learned that the Ceylonese students are industrious and intelligent. Father GillIC'.AN'S excellent lecture on Washington was the most interesting part of our Bicentennial celebration. Father Gilligan knows his Washington, and he succeeded in making him known to us. We saw him vividly as a boy. as a youth, as a man. A man strong, earnest, ambitious, in whose soul was a resistless will. We shall ever know and revere our great hero better for having heard Father Gilligan s lecture. [ H ]

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THE 11932 ANCELUS THE MOTHER SERAPHINE MEMORIAL HALL Assembly Eleven o'clock on Thursdays at our New School registers many pleasant memories. It was then that we assembled in our beautiful Auditorium, the Mother Seraphine Memorial Hall, to listen to noted lecturers. His Excellency. Archbishop Murray, gave us great joy when he honored us by his first visit. When his coming was announced, the Faculty and the whole student body became suddenly charged with joyous expectation. We had heard that he walked right into the hearts of every one everywhere he went. And so it was with us. His whole-souled appreciation of our songs and words of greeting, his cheerful, inspiring message to us as a body, but above all. his meeting and speaking to each one of us individually, from the seniors down to the little ones, was an honor not soon to be forgotten. After the Student Reception, he visited the sisters in their Community Room. Then he went to every part of the building, chatting pleasantly with all whom he met. The sisters served a five-o'clock dinner in his honor, and invited the Minneapolis Pastors and their Assistants. And so February fifth, the day of our new Archbishop's first visit, marks a memorable date in the annals of the Academy. C 13 3

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 THE 1932 ANGELES MONSIGNOR Cleary'S interpretation of Catholic Education was most interesting. He treated this subject in an unusual and attractive way. He made it clear that the purpose of Catholic education is the only reason why a school like Holy Angels should come into existence. Monsignor brings to his platform a wealth of knowledge, a rich eloquence. a grace and dignity of person which have made him the noted orator that he is. MONSIGNOR MOYNIHAN’S lecture was on “The Greatest Book in the World.” St. Luke s Gospel. With his deep knowledge of the Scriptures, and his masterful diction. he opened up to us vistas of beauty which we had never discovered. The Book of Mercy, the Book of Anthems. the Book of Painters are but a few phases which he developed. The old masters drew from St. Luke their inspiration for the world's great Madonnas. As Father Joseph J. Boyle,of St. Thomas College, came to us on the feast of St. Agnes, he made this sweet young virgin-martyr the subject of his lecture. Father Boyle understands and sympathizes with the youth of today. and knows how to win his young audience. He made his talk practical and tangible by asking us what we have done, what we are doing, and what we intend to do for Christ. FATHER Francis Lang. Pastor of the Annunciation Parish, justly merits to go down in our brief sketch as the Isaias of the New Holy Angels. His sanguine prophecy of its firm and holy establishment, and of its glorious and perpetual flourishing made sun-rifts in the mists which are wont to accumulate in these days of depression. May our active, prayerful co-operation win the fulfilment of his prophecy. Father Lf.O Gleason, our faithful and devoted Chaplain. has shown a very kindly interest in the welfare of Holy Angels. He has made special study and research of heraldry. Since his excellent lecture on that subject, we understand better the many coats of arms and symbols that decorate our French windows. Father is the creator and designer of the seal of the Academy. I 15)