Brother Rice High School - Crusader Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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As the first group of seniors prepared to leave Brother Rice and enter the confused world of multiple religious beliefs, Brother Penny, mindful of true esoteric values, began looking for a priest to conduct the all-important Senior-Junior retreat. After months of deliberation the selection was madep he chose Father Anthony Spina of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish. The choice was perfect, judging from the reaction of the seniors and juniors. Brother Penny said that he must have been sent by the Holy Ghost. Father Spina's conferences were conducted with an understanding firmness and were on an adult level ideally suited to his audience. It was by far the best retreat in the history of Brother Rice High Schol. As further evidence of its success, the faculty pointed out the tremendous number of communicants at the daily Masses. As the student body looks back on their years at Brother Rice High School, one of their outstanding memories will be the Senior retreat, an event certain to have a lasting effect on their lives. They will hear an echo of the prayer and supplication, with which Father summarized the three days - Domine, ut videam. RETREAT lf!-'s 1 sf sg!!-ilt X During the iunior-senior retreat, Father Anthony Spina leads in the adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. 1Kq'.,sl 'X Sw ? 3 X 4' . coin J' F it N .ji as 'X Xx .. L af Q X44 in Father Anthony Spina delivers one of his well received sermons in the Brother Rice H.S. gymnasium, sie xlib' T . A kg 1 . N fr-f X Q X' 'mrgl 4. r As V is 1 - l 'IL'-HA Father Spina delivers the last blessing at the end of one of the daily masses.

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Tllg COLLEGE DAY On February 7, 1960, the second Col- lege Day was held nt Brother Rice High School. The purpose of this undertaking was to help the juniors to choose a college and to assist any senior who had not made his 'final decision. This event was an example of the many functions of our Guid- ance Department, under the direc- tion of Brother J. G. Fairleigh. Anticipating an interesting after- noon, seniors and iuniors, some accompanied by their parents, arrived and proceeded to the sched- uled tallcs. Various forms of lit- erature and information for the college-bound student were dis- seminated by representatives of fourteen Mid-western colleges and universities. After all the schools had presented their cases, the boys and their parents were invited to wander around and talk to the representatives concerning college education. The final bell concluded another College Day and all agreed that its merits were many. H V. Bt mms . i - I 1 Ol: . S. is I . . ,M ,gg N f- .vga :W X I Q-ii 7 ' 44 I Brother Hugh Elzear FS C., expounds the advantages of a small, Catholic college to an interested audience. Brother is from St. Mary's College in Winona, Minnesota 51 M i 1 Q 1 A ftr 4 ,Q TA s , 5 i L P .. AA 2 , fy' tb 4 N' r L i i 1 .J al A' Xi f L. The gym had to be used to accommodate the large crowd listening to Mr, L. St. Josephs 'Collegevillet man, Rev. A. O'Dell, C.P.P.S., discusses Miller, who rf-presents Illinois University, Navy Pier Branch. the merits of his school with senior Dave Bitter and his parents R

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VOCATION CLUB i 5 H 1 2 sh 1 I The Vocation Club has the distinction of being among the first clubs formed at Brother Rice. 5 , As the title signifies, the Vocation ,. - Club takes upon itself the augmenta- I A A awww, tion of religious vocations. The mem- bers, through the club's practices, the guidance of moderator Br. Rohan and the talks by various priests and brothers try to foster more vocations among themselves and others By achieving greater unity with God a member can know what God wishes him to do with his life also he asks God for the grace to attain what He has so ordained Surely not all the mem bers have religious vocations but in the world there are many whom God has given a vocation but through selfish ness or doubtfulness turned it aside Correcting this situation is the work of the Vocation Club Besides daily spiritual reading and meditation the club practices are as follows a daily decade of the Rosary a weekly visit to the Blessed Sacra Seated with Br Rohan are the Vocation Clubs ofticers QI to rl Dennis Baller ment Gnd Holy Cgmmumon once Q mgnfh Ken McNealy and Jack Wright For the senior members a retreat was conducted at Lourdes Indiana X..-A Brother Rice Vocation Club members listen attentively to inspiring lecture given by Br E C OConnor who is the Vocation Director and the Provmcal Consultor of America v 3 I 1 'S X? f 42-. 'N 1 , li 'C ' 2 4 k V., N r 1 Y' ' ffffff '- V 1, 4 ..ll . B '51 Q 1 ' . 4 . P l , l fu A at , A - l , - I I . 5 A Q . ,A I