Immaculata High School - Immaculata Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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Zi-is iii iii ii: SEE EVERYTHING HliHlllSi me BHEIKGRDUND ETERNITY Have you had your spiritual tonic? Nancy Wallace and Diane Orban knows that the girl who thinks for herself Carol Weisenberger are getting theirs. thinks for STSFUETY- Be still . . . Begin to know that God is God' Live your lite to the hilt, Father William tells a group. You cannot love what you do not know! It you do not love Christ, it's because you do not know Him, and once you get to know Christ you cannot be cured of Him. So Father William set the theme of our annual retreat. Over and over again during those three days, Father urged us to greater personal holiness, to know God better through greater use of the sacra- ments, through more spiritual reading, medita- tion, and prayer. Caught up in the tempo of modern living, he pointed out, we fail to ap- preciate life to the fullest . . . To remain human we must break away from the ordinary, and begin to live extraordinary lives, to realize that Christ-likeness is a sign of greatness. Father said many striking things durng re- treat. One of his most powerful conferences was his talk on the dignity of womanhood. It is important for you to realize, he stressed, that a woman has by the gift of her nature the most powerful instrument in the world. This power can be used for good, or it can be used for evil. Using it, a woman can raise man to his highest spiritual stature or drag him down to the depths ot infamy . . . When a woman fails to live up to her high calling, when she comes out of the depths and is bamboozled by the devil into leading a shallow, puny, artifical life -she becomes a miserable, cold, calculating, dispicable, deplorable specimen of humanity.

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We were impressed by the universality of the Mass when Father Michael, intro- duced by Anne Larin, described the ceremonies of the Slavic Rite. i Q V ,V i -llt , ...-V Milf , , iyss Q tiff' ..,- :.. I V . '-' ' 't l'sf's.-s 1, 1' What - ringing a bell near the Quiet Sign? Rosaline Donna's at it again - urging all of us to recite our Lady's rosary together at 8:08 o.m. Calm? Cool? Convincedl lt's that deep conviction which calms Mary Kiley as she commences an S. S. C. Assembly with a subdued bang. Cur S.S.C. points the way It's a fact! We're real living human beings. Ancl to live we must possess life-not only of mind and body, but of soul-Christ's life within us. As we receive nourishment in the form of food and exercise for our bodies, as well as knowl- edge for our minds-so, too, at l,H. do we enioy unnumerable sources of sus- tenance for our spiritual life. Helping us to be aware of our tremendous opportunities for grace, helping us to live a more Christlike, a more Marylike lite are the members of our Stu- dent Spiritual Council. To them we turn with such questions as: What can we do to help our classmates appreciate the infinite value of Holy Communion? or How can we make a better Lent There's always a PLUS in l.H.! Here it's Pot Wilkie delving into that heap of Christmas cards she's sorting for the missions, Bmw., Extra! Extra! Roberta Parkhill's sales tactics are EXTRA-ordinary, ond our re- sponse to the Queen's Work is iust one result of her efforts. Poster paper, pencils, patience, and Pam Rich add up to eye - catching public- ity in another of our publicity chairman's creations. To make His world more peaceful. Anne Enderby places her advent inten- tion in our Christmas crib.

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A wonderful way to wind up the Enioying the social agenda are Mrs. Valliere, The 1959 speakers stand is graced by Mrs Do day, says Mrs. Lynch as Mrs. McVicar Mrs. O'Brien, and Mrs. Bozyk on a typical Moth- hany, President of the Mothers Guild awards her a Guild scholarship. er's Guild Monday. Thank you, Mom Our Mothers' Guild works hard to grow closer to us, to understand us better, and to give us a steadying, sympathetic hand in our school. We are always glad to have our mothers meet our teachers-which they do on every meeting clay. Too, our mothers often enioy helpful talks and discus- sion concerning our problems. For example, at their October meeting Doc- tor Aloysius S. Church talked to them on the Contribution of Religion in Psychiatry, and later in the year Judge Nathan J. Kaufman gave a report on Youth Today. Their proiects are many and varied: the monthly scholarship help, Dad's Night, Parents' Night, the Sisters' Shower, etc. Their actions show us that they care for us, and for this we say gratefully, Thank you, Mom. ALWAYS AROUND WHEN WE NEED THEM Somehow this seems to be serious business, thinks hostess Cathy Toppin as she pours for our appreciative mothers at the Christmas Tea. lt takes an l.H. Mom CMrs. Oudersluysl to know an l.H. Dad's appetite. iWaiting - Angela Cas- sise and Mr. Phillips. Mrs. Calahan and Mrs Cooney admire the beautifully wrapped gifts for the Sisters Christ l'TlC1S S hower