Bishop Denis OConnell High School - Shield Yearbook (Arlington, VA)

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BACCALAUREATE - THE LAST MASS TOGETHER CLASS REPRESENTATIVES bring the bread and wine to the altar of sacrifice. GRADUATES KNEEL SILENTLY waiting to receive Holy Communion to complete their last act of worship. WITH MIXED EXPRESSIONS, from relief to sorrow, the graduates slowly file from St. Ann ' s, through ranks of admiring parents and friends.

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WITH SOLEMN FACES, graduates enter St. Ann ' s church to participate in the last corporate act of wor- ship. REVEREND A. DIXON BEATTI, pastor of St. Ann ' s, celebrates the Baccalaureate Mass for the Class of 1965. REVEREND WALTER R. DEAN, O.S.F.S., from Bishop Ireton High School urges the graduates to seek peace of soul. ■INTROIBO AD ALTARE DEI . . . ' ' the class of ' 65 prays silently as the Mass begins.

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f ' - HELEN DE CHABERT. SALUTATORIAN, stresses the importance of our Catholic education, through the acquisition of wisdom. THE CLASS OF ' 65 applauds the commence- ment speatcers during the ceremony. COMMENCEMENT MSGR. ARTHUR J. TAYLOR presides at the Commencement Exer- cises. Here he presents Robert McMahon with the numerous awards he had earned. 144