Assumption High School - Assumption Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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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

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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 Turnabout that almost didn’t come Events occured in the Turnabout season that marked the calendar of many. The night was first scheduled for January 13 and gradually moved its way up to February 7 because of con- flicts with basketball and debate activi- ties. The King and his court were an- nounced Saturday January 31 at a girls' basketball game. The King was John Logan and his court Bill Corbin, John Timmons, Pete Schlicksup, Pat Pechous, and Joe O'Brien. February 7 finally arrived with the theme being We Love A Reigning Knight. Senior Carol Kroy recalled dinner at Yen Ching's with her date Chris O'Neil, saying Just as we were finishing dinner Chris bit a little too hard on his fortune cookie and broke his tooth. He had just had it fixed the day before. Rachael Crossen '87 knew it would be a long night when she noticed her corsage pinned on upside down. The band which performed in the cafe was Jagged Edge. There were nu- merous comments about the heavy metal group. Missi Mueller stated The lead singer's furry boots were ap- propriate for the Artie climate of As- sumption. Tom Martin said, It was fun to watch the band try to play mu- sic, the heavy metal slow songs were great. The fun didn't stop after the dance was over. Seniors Francis and Claire Hittner had so much fun, they had to take a Happy Cab home without their dates, because their ride left without them. Junior Jenny Miller found it diffi- cult to stay awake because her date, John Gluba found her asleep. Turnabout Candidates: Bill Corbin, John Timmons, Kurt Paulson, Pete Schlick- -- sup, Pat Pechous, John Logan, John Resnick, Corey Beckor, Joe O'Brien, Jim Kopatich. turnabout CO