Dominican College of San Rafael - Firebrand Yearbook (San Rafael, CA)

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.Y , 'isa' MARY ANN BANNAN South Pasadena, California MAJOR! ENGLISH MINOR! ITALIAN December 1968 Graduate Attended Loyola University of Chicago, Rome Campus '67 F irebrand Staff '68 Gamma Sigma Community Service '68 Pennafort Secretary-Treasurer '68 Irish Club '65, '66, '67, '68 Carillon Staff '66

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THE CLASS OF 1969

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MARY ANN BANNAN Mary Ann challenges herself and her world. With Ugo Betti she believes that God has intentionally made us, not docile, for that He should find us useless . . . but dif- ferent from Himself and a little too proud . . . so that we may . . . stand against Him, thwart Him, amaze Him . . f' She will never be bored, will never fall prey to uhousewives' depressionf, for that would be both docile and useless. Success is her goal, and the supreme satis- faction of showing everyone is her forthright-not de- fiant-intent. Mary Ann shares much with St. Paul. Both see the World as the manifestation of God and, in the manner of St. Paul, Mary Ann relates her journeys matter-of-factly, for the experiences are astonishing in themselves. Fasci- nated by the past, Mary Ann spent a year studying in Europe, learning from the treasures of human civiliza- tion. The temple of Delphi, La Alhambra, and Mont St. Michel all attracted her equally. St. Paul's shipwrecks are rendered bland as Mary Ann describes being thrown into the Fountain of Trevi, or nearly being killed by the Mafia. While Mary Ann fancies herself a Don Quixote, she ac- cepts her Crusader Rabbit self. She will shock people, amaze people, and always profoundly stir them, and if she has her way, she will do it through her writing, whether it he her family history or uthe great American novel. I5