Dominican High School - Profile Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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Time spent in meditation helps Rosalie Cusmano anal Patricia Armitage communicate with God, Whose laeauty they see in the natural loveliness surrounding them. Medi- tation deepens their spiritual life anal provides a concrete tool for personal sanctification. Examining the pamphlet rack, Carol Wilhelm and Maureen Doyle dis' cover that these selections can he a helpful source of spiritual reading anytime, but especially :luring retreat. Youth re are MOTdlbl, Intellectualhf fir Their Future Beaming happily, the novices and postulants tell about their first impressive days in Adrian. Corrine Verduyn, ,loanne Ryntz, Karen H obson, and Sue Clark listen intently to young women - so much like them, yet so different. Glowing eyes reflect the wonder of an unforgettable outing. Enjoying relief from exam pressures, Patricia Nienstedt returns home refreshed by her tour of the Adrian Dominican Motherhouse. 13

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Guest speakers during Catholic Youth Week stimulate such animated discussion that Sister Basil continues a point privately backstage with Mrs. Iames Brophy and Mrs. I. Goodwin. .xggg Saying Stations of the Cross in the ,serene atmosphere of a quiet chapel, ludy Mansor finds these minutes spent in meditation spiritually refreshing. Vocational Insigha Quiet Rqflection, Catholic Action Heh? With a swift glance at his young feminine audience, husky six foot Reverend William King prudently wonders, How will I present this vocational talk - I 've never been a nun? 12 As winter flowers into spring beauty, teens blossom into spiritual maturity. As God guides nature's creative hand, He directs man's daily actions. Faith is the fertilizer that enriches knowledge. Hope is the hoe that smooths the ruts and pebbles on the way. Love is the light that warms mankind. Knowledge nourishes faith. As the voice of God in the annual retreat replaces resonating radios, telephone talk-a-thons, and bellowing boyfriends, the weeds of doubt choking self-understanding are extracted. As the gardener's hoe prepares the soil for fall planting, hope readies the soul for future planning. God calls. Dominicanites reply. They listen intently to vocation speakers, who stress the role of Catholic youth in the lay apostolate. A unique excursion to Adrian gives the upperclassmen an inside peek at religious life. Love radiates from Christ. As flowers, fish, and fowl joyously hannonize in response to the sun, so color, race, and creed fuse in the Mystical Body. If spiritual growth accompanies physical develop- ment, the adolescent reaps a harvest of inner beauty.

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Broad grins animate the faces of Lorraine Hacias and Pat- ricia Ryal as they playfully inspect the many toys collected for underprivileged children in Michigan. Performing apostolic works, the missionaries bring Christ to the poverty stricken. To Elaine Gerhardstein and Cheryl Dorchak, the tedious task of making bandages deserves the praise of a missionary angel. 14 Students Heqaing Tbose Less vw., To zealous missionaries, stamps accompanying Holiday greeting cards become more important than the salutations themselves. Linda Staels, Margaret Flynn, and Serena Benacquisto are kept busy checking. separating, and preparing them for shipment. Spear-heading Homeroom 304, mission chairman Lynda Denys in- structs the girls in making gaily colored mats for dinner trays to be used on Halloween at Children's Hospital.