Good Counsel College - Vestigia Yearbook (White Plains, NY)

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DEDICATIO MOTEIER MARY VERONICA 4- To the Sisters of the Divine Compassion in Honofr' of Tlieifr Dicwnond Jubilee. Right Reverend Monsignor THOMAS S. PRESTON, V.G. 5. Lil ,nk CE lf, 2Ir,.,,4,14-sf -VTYB YQ? is ai:- f y3 f'-t, RFQ. Q, in X . Wil Fly' ,Hi N f m fff. ml ff: G: T'Qf1Fxf7 q .rf-'beef fur- -1. ' 'mr-ll, jgx 'ri lk ffl -ff il gi 1ai-gif! Ii :MM ......., ,,,.,... .mg-...A R... Q' fq v..-: '-fr-x ff ive. M , ,f V, :f lossle- ' e il g f Q' as IAM fi ,Li lip? 'ik it 5 a ..3, , X, I If X .c, . g. xf-, .1 - 1' ivillll ff, i 5 gfl'm Xvifkaii, it gQlQ'f'fl.f'i xx:-lol 'X -M xg' cfs? ' iifff it ,Xenia XG f'Q,vwibQg:.5 H, 5, gflxj,-,w . 4 'V 'gli' ,vii -1, jf NVQ,- Q':'x3'Eg9:::?Tfxi: 'Ttiii .ff f6i.b. 55:1 z. N -'s,,r1 ' ' QQQQQK .-'ef fa-454?W ing '? -1 T25 vs:-X X wwsswf ,mv-'.-f44U7 X-by 1, . J-E.v,..-..-.f. ,fl 1 ,,K,,.,,xv 1 Giigxxcmst 'SQ-3 X-:iff f.-if xxx 515' 'X The Sisters of the Divine Compassion have always been surrounded by an abun- dance of interested friendship, magnani- mous love, humble piety, and stimulating teaching. This year marks the celebration of the seventy-iifth anniversary of this community. Brilliancy, size and degree of isometric perfection are the most important factors governing the value of a diamond. The diamond is recognized universally as the peer of gems. So, too, are our Sisters of the Divine Compassion marked by the reflec- tion of God's love. The growth of the Sisters of the Divine Compassion may be likened to the gradual perfecting of a diamond. At first it is found as a rough, homely mass of crystals which in time come to perfection in brilliancy through the artistry of highly skilled and careful hands, hands which grade, polish, and finally allow the glorious emergence of a colorful and brilliant gem. Similarly the Order of the Sisters of the Divine Compassion began, preceded by seventeen years of hard, charitable work among poor girls in New York City. In 1869, Mrs. Dannat Starr, a convert to the faith, gathered together a group of promi- nent Catholic women in an organization known as the Association for Befriending Children. Its purpose was to rescue chil- dren from poverty and unfortunate home conditions and to teach catechism to them in preparation for the reception of the sacraments. A year later the House of the

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College. Seven students constituted the Hrst freshman class. Today the beautiful stone has emerged perfect and sparkling with the'student body numbering well over hve hundred. Today the sisters are devoted to the Christian Education of youth in elementary schools, high schools, and in college. They are the instruments of Divine Hands and bear to them His Divine Compassion. Theirs is the spirit of compassion of which Christ was the epitome, theirs is the love and inspiration of our Lord. Each one endeavors to manifest the spirit of our Lord's Compassion. Today, seventy-five years later, it is this same wholesome spirit which animates them. Each performs spir- itual and corporal works of mercy in at- tempting to bring Divine Compassion to the hearts of young persons. On Saturday, November twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and sixty-one, the Most Reverend John J. Maguire, with His Emi- nence Francis Cardinal Spellman, other dignitaries, the Sisters, students, alumnae, and friends of Good Counsel offered the Pontifical Mass of Thanksgiving at Saint Patrickis Cathedral in New York. With the angelic voices of the sister's choir we bowed our heads and thanked God for the blessings He has bestowed on the com- munity of the Sisters of the Divine Com- passion. Thus we Hnd the brilliancy and the ful- fillment of the perfection of this stone. It shines on us now and it is destined to do so magnihcently forever. It continuously radi- ates the beautiful words: May I be the instrument of His loving heart, the fruit of His compassion, and the minister of His pity unto others, may His compassion live in me, in my every thought, Word, and deed . . . Marcia Acconci 6 5 F His Eminence Francis Cardinal Spellman blessed each sister after Mass. The principals of the occasion were the Most Rev. John J. Maguire, Auxiliary Bishop of New York and celebrant of the Mass, His Eminence 5 Rev. Mother Mary Ethelburge, Superior General of the Community, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. John Hartigan, Honorary President of the college 5 the Rt. Rev. John J. Corrigan, the Most Rev. James E. Kearney, who delivered the sermon g and the Rt. Rev. Msgr. james A. Boyle. ll A B ' ti rim 1.