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

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is a k acmeuemen Of all the things you acquire during your years in a Catholic high school, a delicate attribute called character is by far the most important. It is something that is formed on the inside and shines forth like a guiding light towards sanctification. If a true Catholic character is developed, it could be termed Marylikc. Character is a combination of myriads of little things: your courtesy and kindness to others; the way you talk and act; your judging of right values; the way you think: your integrity of living. Little by little, every day, you grow a bit inside. To a garden of newly sown seeds you may liken your character. In the beginning the ground is fine and moist, and the little seeds of conscious acts germinate promisingly; but every plant needs the expert care of gardeners—parents, pastors, teachers—to keep the bower well tended. The young buds are carefully pruned; all undesirable shoots are sheared from the stalk. As the flower grews, it is nurtured by the flowing waters of sanctifying grace. Despite all precautions, weeds spring up and thrive. It is your duty to see that they arc uprooted. You have expert help within call, but the final product is your own.

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L earn. THE PATTERN BEGINS TO SHOW Strange it is that you never step forming your character. You come to realize that every hour spent on a certain subject increases your knowledge and perception of that study. So it is with your character. With a cheerful smile you greet some mornings. On these days you offer the supreme sacrifice of the Mass with the priest—if not in actual attendance then by angelic deputation. You follow Our Lord’s example to pray always—these arc the Catholic-character traits that grow and flourish. There arc other days, though, when your lives become small and selfish, when the little word is a cutting remark, when the comparison between your life and that of Mary’s is very far apart. Then your character is blighted; the carefully tended flower shrivels and becomes most unattractive. If there arc too many of these days, your enemies will say, She has a warped character.” You of this superior Catholic high school will consciously follow Our Lady’s example and live your life according to a Lady pattern. Friends and enemies will then observe, She is Marylike.” This means that you have acquired interior holiness, social graces, tactful charm. Marylike or Ladylike might be for an AHA girl synonymous with Catholic character.