Bishop Fenwick High School - Lance Yearbook (Peabody, MA)

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Clockwise: The artsy-craftsy type. Susan Tobia offers advice to a young boy of the House of Seven Gables Settle- ment House. — After school activities. Julie Day helps a child make a drum, — Reaching out. Lisa Lapusata lends a helping hand to her C.C.D. class.

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In His Footsteps A unique aspect of Fenwick is its re- ligious program. A Catholic school, Fenwick offers opportunities for and encourages the spiritual involvement of each student, A major force is this effort is the Religious Committee which meets and organizes events through the Campus Ministry. Students and faculty work as a team promoting the overall spiritual life here. The Religious Committee also coordinates school liturgies, pen- ance services and advent programs. Service through the curriculum is readily available for students and is an important part of the work of Cam- pus Ministry. After three years of class- room religion co.urses, students are encouraged to chose from two unique eleotives. The first is Apostolic Service which allows students to take the knowledge acquired in class and apply it to community services. Students are required to volunteer their time at places like the North Shore Children ' s Hospital, the House of Seven Gables Settlement House, and the Hunt Nursing Home. In the other course. Proclaiming the Good News, students teach CCD in their own parish program each week. Both academic courses provide wonder- ful opportunities for students to live out Christian beliefs and apply the knowledge of the Faith learned in the classroom. Fenwick students reach out to diverse groups in the larger commu- nity by feeding the hungry, providing for the needy, comforting the sick and raising money for certain chari- ties. Campus Ministry encourages and plans such activities both within the school and the community. Co- director of the Religious Committee, Ms. Elizabeth Sullivan sums up the work of the Campus Ministry very well by saying, Campus Ministry tries to deal with and relate to the whole per- son — the mind learning about the faith, the heart developing a growing feeling of sensitivity, and the hands — what we have learned being carried out into the community.

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Steps Together Before homeroom we meet them. We sit with them at lunchtime. While teachers aren ' t watching, we try to talk to them but usually get caught. After school we become their teammates. In- stead of studying, we can spend hours on the phone with them. We get to- gether during the weekend. It seems as though we spend every minute with them. Who are they? They are our friends. At Fenwick friends are an important part of our experience and, for some, the most important element of school life. Long after some of us have forgotten the periodic table or rules for punctua- tion, we will remember our friends and the good times we had in high school. We learn to rely on one another, to give and receive help and advice. As fresh- men we rely on each other for practical information such as how to get to Julie Hall or 209. During sophomore year friendships become stronger, more de- fined. At this level we need friends to give us a pinch to remind us that we ' re no longer freshmen I In the third year of high school, we all need friends to help us with the pressure of balancing academia with work, sports, activities, and free time — or what ' s left of iti Finally as seniors we depend on friends to help us through the college admissions process and to remind us that our last year as the Class of 1988 should be a memorable one. By this time our friend- ships have fully developed; we totally trust one another and are finally past the kind of superficial relationship we might have had when we first came to Fenwick. Friendships at Fenwick are different from just any relationships. Perhaps be- cause we come different backgrounds, we are more interested in each other and grow closer together. We share common experiences and goals. Each of us, while different from the other, is, in one way, the same; we all need friends to share our good times and our bad times. And at Fenwick, such friends are not hard to find. Clockwise: A friendly glance. Jennifer Con- nell looks up to Kathleen Jenkins. — That old gang of mine. Jennifer Lang, Kim Murtagh, Amy Monahon and Caroline Donovan con- gregate by their lockers. — Going home to- gefher. Steven Geary and Kerri Wallace wait for their ride.