Assumption High School - Assumption Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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 Many of the Diocesan priests gather around the Bishop to celebrate Catholic School's Week. During an all-school Mass, Mrs. Ruth Heuermann distributes Communion to freshman Erika Boo- mershine. Participating in the Advent Communal Penance Service with Fr Richard Hoffman, is |umor Sean Heiser.

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A cool-guy image is just the thing to go along with Sean Meister's black beast of a Cadillac. Junior Shiela Knittel couldn't be prouder of her new Comoro, shown here gleaming in the midday Seon O'Brien's Jaguar has class written all over it, sun Qf the student parking lot perfect for the Homecoming dance He and Glenn Beckwith escorted dates Cathy Fury and Jennifer Rada cars 17

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... Deeper faith in-the-making Obviously, what made As- sumption a shade more unique from other schools was the Catholic atmosphere exper- ienced by students everyday. In addi- tion to the daily Mass celebrated at 7:10 a.m., there were all-school Masses for special occasions such as the opening of school, Christmas, and some holy days. The annual re- treat was held March 1 1 and was di- rected by Fr. Tom DeCarlo, from Des Moines, who runs a youth retreat center outside the city. A special Mass was planned for Ash Wednes- day March 4, and stations of the cross were held every Wednesday during Lent. During February's Catholic School's Week, a celebration was held that occurred once every four years. All of the Catholic grade school students attended this Mass, February 6, which was celebrated by Bishop Gerald O'Keefe and by many area priests. The homilist was Fr. Frank Henricksen, who spoke about the theme Touch the Future, a quote from deceased space shuttle teacher, Christa McAuliffe. In the fall students participated in food and clothing drives. The food drive centered around a contest sponsored by area businesses and KIIK radio station, to collect food for area food pantries. Assumption stu- dents brought in over one ton of food. They also donated a large amount of clothing for the Daven- port Catholic Worker House. All of these events encouraged students to grow in faith and rever- ence. Sister Donna Donovan recalled Bishop O'Keefe telling her, In the last couple of years, all of the area priests who came for Masses and penance services were all impressed by how well sfudents participated and by their spirit for reverence in these situations. After the clothing drive, seniors Claire Hittner and Bridget Conroy help pack up some of the three truck loads of clothing collected