Cathedral High School - Crusader Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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s we entered high school four years ago as freshmen, we were small and afraid; as sophomores, we suddenly became smart, we knew all the answers; as juniors, we began to realize whv we came to Cathedral; and finally, as seniors, we became men. VVe are now going out to enact the drama ol life — to determine whether we are to follow the world and end up in eternal damnation, or to follow God and end up in everlasting happiness.

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IdJe embrace a ±tate Just as a country must have its govern¬ ment and a church must have its religious societies, so also must the Catholic schools have their sodalities. The sociality at Cathe¬ dral Furnishes the spiritual guidance lor the students throughout the year. More specifi¬ cally, its purpose is to promote special devo¬ tion to Mary, the Mother of God and the patroness of the Society ol Mary. General meetings were held usually once a month, while individual class meetings convened from one to four times a month. Father 1 rawalter served as school sociality chaplain and his timely remarks at the as¬ semblies kept the students on their toes in the constant war with evil. The sociality served many purposes. It was the rain which made the seed of faith grow in the student; it was the sunlight which made the student s devotion to Mary come into full bloom; it was the soap which washed out the cobwebs of indifference in the stud¬ ent s soul; it was the food which made the spirituality of the student grow in the eyes of God; it was the medicine which helped cure the student of the sickness of sin; it was the pathfinder which blazed a clear trail through the forest of materialism and worldliness. rhe sodality served to bring the students into closer contact with God and 11 is Blessed Mother. Many worthwhile suggestions of sodality leaders were heeded, particularly during the Lenten season. One of the prin cipal projects of the students was making the Holy Year Pilgrimage in order to obtain a plenary indulgence. Throughout the year the sodality achieved its purpose well.