Fontbonne Hall Academy - Fontbonne Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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5 4 1 Sally Ferrara, Renee Creighton, and Dolores Moran admire Fontbonne's new Bible. Rebuilding Society's Social Order, a study of Pope Pius Xl's encyclical on labor, absorbs the attention of these Juniors: Carol Stahl, Helen Murphy, Maureen McLaughlin, Virginia Lee, Maureen Dugan, Claire Little, Denise Fauci, Joan Campbll, Maura RELIGIO Today's student at Fontbonne Hall is being steadily molded into tomorrow's staunch Catholic woman. Fontbonne's religion course is designed to give its stud- ents a well understood and firmly rooted faith. Although moral counsel and Catholic philosophy begin with our religion classes, they are by no means confined to these three or four periods a week. There is an under- Current of religion in everything that is said or done in Fontbonne. Our formal religion program includes a year study for each of the following: Church liturgy, the Scrip- tures, the Commandments, and Church History. A thorough interpretation of the four major encyclicals is also included in the religion schedule. Aside from the required religious training, Catholic doctrine is in- jected into every other class. As the students absorb Christian principles throughout the day, their moral background is being formed as is, consequently, their way of life. Wixsted, Ann Timmes, Audrey Woods, Georgina Bassett, Coneetta Iacono, Barbara Battaglia, and Betty Clancy. From it they receive wise counseling on modern social problems. it ' If N h Fl i li -ll 'z 5 it' 1 '4' 'E rw.

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Mary Jean Campbell, Marion Joyce and Joan Melomo look on as Marie McGrath and Dorothy Sevillo hold a chart showing the growth of the Catholic Church to a Church History class. Regina Coll displays copies of Jubilee, a new pictorial Catholic magazine. In this Freshman class, the girls are engrossed in reading The Tablet, the weekly newspaper of the Brooklyn Diocese. This issue contains Pope Pius XII encyclical, Fulgens Corona Gloriae, pro- claiming the Marian Year. This Diocesan organ is a useful aid to Catholic thinking. TQ HZLIVQ . 4 si i- These Sophomores deepen their knowledge of the Mass, an integral part of the course in Religion, as they intently study these charts containing the expression of the liturgy in symbols. llary Farinella displays a copy of The Tablet supplement, printed during the celebration of the Diocesan centenary, to her class- mates. The Tablet keeps the girls informed of current Diocesan happenings. 'bf G