Cathedral High School - Crusader Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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MARY’S Our Lady of Perpetual Help! In grade school we were taught by the good Sisters of Notre Dame to love our Blessed Mother and while in high school we were taught to know that we might the better love her. Under the title of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Mary is honored in nearly every parish in Belleville. During this, THE MARIAN YEAR, it has been our aim to make Mary a little better known and loved. As a consequence, we made it a point to visit her shrines and churches on the various Satur¬ days of the school year. All our readers are encouraged to visit these shrines of Mary. Our Lady of the Way! WE VISIT We in Belleville are most fortunate in having so many beautiful shrines located in this area. A goodly number of these places are dedicated to Our Blessed Mother under her most popular titles. The newest shrine is that of OUR LADY OF THE WAY, an ex¬ quisitely carved statue of Mary and the Child, sculp¬ tured from carrara marble and erected on the grounds of St. Mary’s Church on West Main Street.

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HEAVEN’S PEACE PLAN PROCLAIMED BY THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN TO THREE LITTLE CHILDREN AT FATIMA, PORTUGAL, FROM MAY 13th TO OCTOBER 13th, 1917. Authenticated by the Sun Miracle witnessed by 70.000 marvelling spectators! MARY ' S ULTIMATUM: Worldwide Communistic oppression and war unless her requests are heeded. Civilization and human liberty are at stake. MARY’S PROMISE: The positive assurance that “Russia will be converted and there will be peace, if my requests are heeded.’ Are you helping Heaven’s Peace Plan or Are You Hindering It? 3 POINT PLAN 3 R’s of Peace REPENTANCE Mary warns the faithful to amend their lives, stop sinning, to ask pardon for their sins, to offer for the conversion of all sinners, all sacrifices entailed in perform¬ ing every duty of life as perfectly as possible. REPARATION All must consecrate themselves to the Immacu¬ late Heart of Mary. This can be done daily by praying, “Immaculate Heart of Mary, I consecrate myself to thee.” Also make Communions of Reparation on at least five consecutive First Saturdays, spending 15 minutes saying the Rosary and meditating on its mysteries. ROSARY In all six apparitions, Mary demanded the daily recitation of the Rosary. She asks us to say the following prayer after each decade: “O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell and bring all souls to heaven, especially those who are in most need of Your mercy.”

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Each morning of May we recited the LITTLE OFFICE OF THE IMMACULATE MOTHER! SHRINES On the grounds of St. Henry’s Seminary, conducted by the Ob- lates of Mary Immaculate, is located the charming new chapel honoring our Heavenly Mother under her famous title of OUR LADY OF THE SNOWS. The local shrine is affiliated with St. Mary Major in Rome, the church in which our Holy Father, the Pope, opened the Marian Year. Each May the seniors have the privilege of publicly renewing their act of consecration to Our Blessed Mother in the presence of their earthly mothers follow¬ ing Mass in the Cathedral. The National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows!