Aquinas High School - Trumpet Yearbook (La Crosse, WI)

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'tx' :Pl 0 A ,...,7. lie I 5, E f I if X ai Court members in upper row include Evelyn Kamrnel, Kathleen Dwyer, Ruth Udulutch, Queen Harriet Galligan, Mary Lois Glotz, Therese Shedesky, and Janice Mader. Other members are, left to right, Beverly Kulas, Barbara Bracken, Jeanette Schams, Mary Rathburn, Ellen Grams, and Mary Ziegelmaier, Center picture, Queen Harriet Gal- ligan is accompanied by Janice Mader, Ruth Udulutch, and page Michael Ziegelmaier. The Reverend John Trant who preached the sermon for the occasion is shown in the lower picture. ar , We Crown Thee Each year the student body demonstrates its respect and veneration for the one worthy to be the Mother of God in the annual crowning of the Virgin Mary as Queen of May. The crowning symbolizes a dedication of that month to a more intensified pursual of that type of lite which won for the Queen of Heaven her reward. Ceremonies last year consisted of a student procession, the crowning, an address in Tribute to Mary by the Reverend John Trant and Bene- diction of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Harriet Galligan was chosen by her classmates to perform the coronation. Sixty-one jf N1 we ,TJ .4-

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The blessing of the Golden Mass gifts precedes their being sent to the mission fields. The Reverend Stanley Andrzejewski, celebrant, is flanked by the Rever- end George Nelson, deacon, and the Reverend James Ennis, subdeacon. Acolytes are Howard Erickson, Thomas Bruha, Earl Ritter, Thomas Gautsch, and Rudolph Lusk. The Reverend Joseph Ferron and Charles McCabe represent the faculty and homeroom officers. Golden Mass Annual participation in the Golden Mass highlighted the pre-Christmas season. On December 20 the seventh yearly observance occurred. At the Offertory of the Mass the students carried to the altar gifts of food and clothing to be sent to the nation's missions. The Mass of the Wednesday in the Ember Week of Advent, the Golden Mass, is one which reflects the faith and joy of the Christian who awaits the redemption earned for him by One Whose coming the penitential season of Advent anticipates. ln such a spirit, the Christian, in thanksgiving for the rewards of eternal happiness offered to Him, gives of his temporal gifts to those less fortunate than himself. Giving the gifts at the Offertory further reminds the Mass-goer of the participation of the laity in the Sacrifice. It commemorates, as does the Offertory collection in any Mass, the ancient days in which those attending Mass provided, at that juncture, the bread and wine for the Eucharistic service. Homeroom officers lead the student body in the reception of Holy Communion. Holy Mass was cele- brated in the auditorium, temporarily improvised as a chapel for this occasion. Sixty f

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Winter Concert - - J-faffcs Kiss ffmzfcrzufard Joan Franke represented the Mother ot God in the dedicational tableau of the annual Winter Concert. The carolers in the second photo are Joyce Winter, Raymond Gantenbein, Julie Galvin, Robert Virnig, and Jane l-lillebrandt. Concert soloists, lower left, are Raymond Opitz, Anthony Hoch, Shirlee Knutson, Mark Hamilton, and Martha Ward. At the lower right the Most Reverend John P. Treacy, S.T.D., Bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse, is seen as he addressed the audience. WVVV snr 'Us 1 L. Qv. x l Sixty-two