Bishop McGuinness High School - Chi Rho Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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Our facult leads the way. lht' thtint ol this .pits .inntml otn' lit-iitngt JtitltHlll'ClLllis'llf.1i lU.1s.tlI't.1tl'i' bon statticl, ,Xn otttf sttintling txtniplt ill .1 tl1.tllt'itgt'lmng nit-t .intl gn' rit-tl Otll is in.iiiilt'sIt'tl right liuiv .it Cintholic lligh in ont' own lntitiltv. 'lhtw lmxm iwcoyniyttl tlitin' chnl lunge ol living tht' litt- til tht' fllitiixh. hnvt nut it. . . , . ' and art' no '.-.' t'.1Yl'X'lllQ it intl! .iccortling to tht- wiil ol ,d.,,,' Coil. ilihtts iw lools lu thvni loin hvlp Anil gtticlaiict' in prcparing its to intwt our own clmllungc, lt is onli' litting, tlu.'i'til'oi't'. th.tt with tlut-p .ip prucintion. sw tlutlityttt' this vt-.ii s ttlition ol tht' Chi Rho to thc lanultx' ol' our school. Ont' inumbtfi' ol' our lticttltt' is thu lit-xx .lost-ph llovstlll. llttli.-i' llox-:ull who is .ithlutic diruqtoi' Anil boys' icligion tv.1t'livi' im-sitlus in fl honit' on thc school groumls. llc is onc i't'pi't'suttt.ttix't' ol thu cliocusan priesthood, whifh tluswws spucinl rcqoggnition dui'- ing this Cioltlvn .lttbilty Your ol our cliocysc. lioi' unclsr thy bishop thfsu priusts lmve continttallx' worlsutl lot'tlivf.httt'QlJ in cllxl.llltWItl.1.lI1tl thuii' l.tboi' lms gontt hantl in hantl with its growth. Vocations to thc tliogusan piifstliootl lmvt' stfntlilx' incrcascil during thcst' mst x't.iis. 'l'liuiwlort'. through tht' lttntls obtninutl through tht- Cioltlt-n .lttbiluc C..1mp.1ign. ti nt'w coinplct. tlioqusnn s.'inin.ii'y will bc built in our as A gint iiictfiitiw in the vtxiins to ionic, inspiring niorf .intl more to lollov: Khiist, helping llim to The RW Joseph un Hmwlfv how Ullman mwah build 1 stiongti intl git Itti .ttholit Chttith in lor. t'0azl.s his Ufflifl' In Ihr' lziumgz room of his hmm . Olxhlloma' L- 'ki-l' A lilun-I .,,.m statu. 'lihis trcniuntlotis .itlxxiiicuint-nt should serve

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i Uzzs IS mr Zhfzllmge A flfty year her1tage IS our example The next flfty years are ours to make and present a challenge Th1S challenge of further bulldmg the Church ln Oklahoma also carr1es wxth lf the ob l1gat1on to lxve the l1fe of the Church Thrs IS done by l1v1ng the l1turg1cal year It 1S th1s un foldmg of Chrxst s l1fe as we part1c1pate 1n the seasons and feasts of each year of grace that IS the dommant central fact of our llves The Church cycle can also be appl1ed or compared to our school l1fe Just as the l1turg1 cal year IS d1v1ded 1nto the seasons of Lent and Advent Easter and Chrxstmas Pentecost and Eprphany so IS our school l1fe d1v1ded mto three parts wxth the same axm as the three church seasons These d1v1s1ons of both Church and school are seasons of Preparatlon Celebrat1on and Fru1t1on Cl NNN N up s D P x 224 CQ AAK Nh, I NVQ JALQ .1521 ki'-s sf l 4' dbg AM 7 7 1 - v . r ' s l I l 55x ?q5Ix J Q el I Xfn' iv Z W y L .I 'Qgpl C Q, '4 Q X Q an ,Q v 100' 'Q '

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Gur Sr. Maru Mercedes, R SM , principal tim! tlliffsi Ftiiitlliflfl instructor. relaxes from her ardtzotzs duties for ii mit- rmnl as she reads in the chapel. Sr, Maru Geral- cline, If YM. in- structor in religion am! history. artis- licnllif fzrranqes flotcers on the rzlmr in the chapel. Page llr yearbook is dedicated to Joy always manages to accompany misery. No one knows this better than those unfortunate stu- dents who had to visit the hospital sometime during the year for some ailing disability. One of the biggest thrills, they will recall, was to receive visitors, espe- cially il' it happened to be a member of the faculty. They will again recall that the Sisters of Nlercy were among their most frequent visitors. There is a def- inite reason for this. The distinctive feature ofthe Sisters of Mercy is that their works are the XVorks of Mercy and their Rule combines the active with the contemplative life, the duties ol' Nlartha with those of Mary. The Institute ol' Our l.ady of Mercy was or- ganized by Nlother Catherine Mcrauley in Ireland on June 6, l8-ll. Mother Mcfaulev established her institute primarily for the poor, but when she real- ized that children of the middle class were being neglected, she immediately opened schools to meet this necessity. The Union of the Religious Sisters of Mercy in the United States of America now comprises nine provinces and numbers six thousand Sisters. The gf T ,gs a