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

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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

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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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Mercy Sisters, works of the lnstitute, begun by their saintly founds ress, art' being Carried on by these sisters for the al- leviation of human misery in every form not only in the United States but also in British Honduras and British Guiana. One of Mother lVlclXuley's favorite sayings was One might suppose the daily and uninterrupted rvpetition of the same duties would prove tiresome: it is not so. the Religious life affords more lively. solid and lasting happiness than all the variety the world could give. Sr. Maru lllilmetl, R SJVH hixtoru, algebra, and reliaion instructor, displays some of that famous southern hospitality as she rings the hell for dinner, Kr. Maru Tarrisiux, R SM . instructor in mathe- matirs. sews on a new habit in the quiet of the Merry convent. Sr. Maru flnclreu. R.S.M . 1,1111-V7 instrurtor, tuhips up a rake in the spotless kitchen of Ihr convent, l ,.,,a sk. is