Divine Child High School - Clarion Yearbook (Dearborn, MI)

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ABOVE FAR LEFT: Monsignor Herbert Weier Joins in Homecoming festivities, socializing with radiant Claudia Plagens and an interested senior couple. ABOVE LEFT: During change of class, students find Sister Gerald with a moment to spare from her busy schedule. ABOVE: Father Ronald Alder tends to the spiritual needs of the students by performing one of his priestly duties. LEFT: Father John Cusmano gives Steve Gaerig some sound advice as Michael Vecchioni and Ed By die k listen in. 11

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In a day of riot-torn schools and picketed principals, only a wise and understanding administration could maintain such a cooperative student body as that at D.C. Monsignor Herbert Weier decrees the last word on both parish and school functions. Although he is always swamped with work, he is never too busy to chat with a student and even induce a laugh with one of his many anecdotes. D.C. students agree that Sister Gerald, principal, plays a vital role in the unification of the school. Along with her administrative duties, she manages an occasional check on unsuspecting classrooms via the back door window. Sports director and assistant priest, Father John Cusmano, takes a personal interest in his job. He relates to every person, athlete and student alike, on an individual basis with concern and compassion. Father Ronald Alder is a “new addition” at D.C. Already students identify him with his battle through the main hall’s traffic jam enroute to his freshman religion class. The combined efforts of the administration, faculty, and students maintain an outstanding school. 10

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Religion Classes Provoke Thought S. Josephenia Jane Below Sr. Joletie Sr. La Verne Sr. Margaret Mary Michael Mikonczyk Sr. Terenita Mary Vargo There is one class in Divine Child High that offers as much knowledge and enrichment in fifty minutes of time as the other five or six periods put together. This compulsory course is a review of history and a preview of the future. In religion class, individual viewpoints are often the igniting force in whole-scale debates. This short session serves as a vent for pent-up emotions and leads the way for in-depth discussions on current issues which may (if not already) affect the lives of today’s students. Senior students find themselves confronted with the shattering possibility that Christ perhaps was not the Son of God, and on the other hand are asked to give their thoughts on love and conscience. Junior religion classes take a look at themselves and evaluate their relationship with others. The connection between the life of Christ and the fives of people today is the main topic presented in the sophomore classes. Finally, we find the freshman eagerly attacking the intricate ins and outs of the Old and New Testaments while developing useful historical background data on the life of Christ. 12