Dominican Convent High School - Veritas Yearbook (San Rafael, CA)

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The Mission Committeels reminder tags, given to each girl before Thanksgivingg brought i-more than fif- teen filled boxes of warm clothing for Hungarian relief. Orphanages benefited from the many stockings filled by all of the girls at school during the Christmas sea- son. The Art Group gained from their sometimes heated discussions over the subject of contemporary Christian art the realization that liturgical art can be a very controversial subject. As the year progressed and both national and world events came to prominence in the news, members of the Political Group gathered to discuss and draw con- clusions as to the hows, and why,s of current prob- lems and issues. In the world of books, the Literature Committee conducted a series of lively debates on vari- ous subjects: what can be considered good reading? what kind of reading standards should we as Catholics have? how can we learn to acquire and promote better taste in literature? Catholic Action extended beyond our own school groups to take in a larger number of students, as we attended Federation meetings, each session held at a different school. Here Catholic teen-agers had the opportunity to compare notes on commonly shared problems and experiences, as well as to hear the Churchls position on many subjects of vital concern to them. Yet only activity without prayer would prove fruit- less, and so various processions throughout the year in honor of Our Blessed Mother enabled each of us, together, to give honor to her and to her Son, while Retreat provided us with three days set aside for prayer and for examination of our lives as they are and as we want them to be. The year 1956-57 was another successful one, filled with a variety of classes, activities, and, most important, with enthusiasm. There is no summary better than a yearbook to explain the reasons why, and yet school spirit cannot be confined within the two covers of a book. Neither can the spirit resulting from an active Confraternity and Sodality be kept on two pages alone. Rather this spirit affects everything we do, and enables Dominican school spirit rightly to be called spirit with 21 diffCfC11CC-Y' PHYLLIS Giussuvr '57 During a wifi! to the Jaerirty of Roiary Chapel, Liturgical Ar! Commitlee 71761726811 lilfldfgl Slreieh, Molly Kell, Crerrey Wal- lace, flzlie Daoir, and Patricia Guy examine a chafzzhle. Packing clolher for Hzmgariarz IWW Relief are Mirriorr Com- miflee memherr Gay Kell, Lynn Garihoili, Belry Vazzlresr, Merrilee Gwereler, mul Phyllii' Grirrim. Lileralure Commitlee memherr Claire Tavaref, Clare Rorieh, Diane Smith, Marg! Malley, and Nazzry Faulkner were erpe- cially apprerialirfe of mrrenl Catholic hoohr added io the lihrary lhir year. Berry Spear, rhairman of fhe Poliliral Comnzillee, prerided over rome zflgoroar flehaler. Among the alehaterr were feazz Mzfrjbhy, Arzloinelle Caramiho, Barbara Bfzfeher, and Kathleen Kizmey. 527

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r26J O11 Romry Snmlfzy Afzgelico Hall if l1'm1.rfo1'mecl info rl chapel I0 lhfz! .rlzzdentr of the Lower Srhool, U pper School, and College iogelher may offer prfzyerr to Om' Lady. Thir year Falher Slmzley Parmimzlo, O.P., rpohe to ur and then gave Befzedirfiozz of lhe Blerred 5'1zc1'r1me21l. Confraternit and Sodalit C077f1'IZl6?7'77lly Prerizlefzl Mary Alire Thornton mul Sodalify P1'e.s'iflen1f Phyllis' Grirrim al lhe Lozzrder Grotto, where lhe Rosary Smzdoy Procelpfiovz hegim. As each page of the yearbook is turned, a new aspect of Dominican is revealed, the entire contents viewed col- lectively summing up our life at school. Yet, beneath the hockey games and cheerleading, the struggle to make honor roll and the fun of class picnics, lies an intangible something that somehow defies description or pictures, inaccurately defined, it could be called spirit, but rather it is spirit with a difference. Basically this spirit depends upon our awareness of God's will and, still further, of our consequent responsi- bilities in school as students. This is the purpose of Confraternity and Sodality, for it is through our mem- bership in these that each of us can learn to deepen her faith and mature in its practice, applying it to our lives here as students. The hurried search for veils and missals after the Mass bell rings, the quickened walk across the chapel porch on icy mornings, to say nothing of a weekend at Bolinas, are all part of membership in Confraternity, and yet the real value, of course, lies solely in partici- pation in the Mass. For from no other act do such powerful graces result, our participation in the Holy Sacrifice is the best possible way to begin each day with new enthusiasm and purpose, Sodality contributes in a different yet valuable way to our school life, providing further opportunity for Catholic thought and action. Each member of Sodality also belongs to a smaller group: Missions, Art, Politics, or Literature. The purpose of these groups varies in that each tries to take a different aspect of life and, through reading, projects, and, most important, group discussion, learn to understand and apply Christian values and standards.

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