Jesus Mary Academy - Echo Yearbook (Fall River, MA)

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LEARNING TO LIVE A Catholic School is successful when its graduates shape their lives according tc Catholic principles The systematic teaching ot r ligion in every grade is one means taken to attain the desired end Then the entire school day is steeoed in Catholic atmosphere with prayer woven as a golden thread throughout the hours When High School is reached another means of developing a Catholic mentality that will issue into a thoroughly C tholic life is encouraged 'lctiwe participation in the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary The am of tle Sodality which includes personal sanctification sanctification of the neighbor spread and defense of the Catholic Church seems to sum up every Catholic students duty and ambition in life This organization established in almost every Catholic school helps its members both spiritually and temporally Our Blessed Lord once sa d I am the Vine and you are the branches the Sodalitk help us to realme our part in the Mystical Body The Soclalists motto Ad esum per Mariam To esus through Mary indicates the role Mary plays in the life of evfry Catholic and explains the devotion reverence and filial love each sodalist develops for her ueen Ad at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass on her successive feas s the practice of tae Five First Saturdays the study and imitation of her virtues are some expressions of a sodalists love for Qur Lady The patronal feast of the Immaculate Con ception and Marys Day in May are obs rved with special solemnity and joy Mary becomes a living force in the spiritual life of her sodalists Who does not need a strong character and will power? There is no one who does not for in every phase of life there are difficulties to be faced Here again the Sodality helps us to encounter these trials and problems with a Catholic pirit The Sodality proposes mall means of character development which insignificant though they may seem trifles now are a store of energy for the future A you might presume the Sodality to be exclusively a spiritual association you must know it organizes parties charity drives group discussions var ous contests plays and Catholic reading clubs to give our Catholic principles ex pres ion in our everyday social and intellectual life No Catholic student wishes to remam on the side lines or to be out of date so the Sodality sponsors social actn ities to show its members the correct way to act actmg socially in a Catholic way' Thus when each graduate emerges from a Catholic Hi h School and from Jesus Mary Academy in particular she should be equipped with all the principles and virtues of a good Catholic American Woman Irene Fonteneau 45 ' 1 . , . . . . . , S . , . . , ' 'Y Q I rt - sv. ' I . . . , . A 4 , u .. , ,. ,, I 7 s i I' A Q a ' vocate and Mother. The daily recitation of the beads in her honor, attendance . . f . , . , . ' Y . , . . . . . D V K . , . S i l . l S 1 I 1 . . .. Y . v 6 S , . . W . . . . , . . . , g . . , . . y i 7 5 . l I V - ' A - . . . , - -K .,. . . - . Q . . 4 - , . 3 ,

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FOYER DE C LTURE Loeuvre eclucatlonnelle est vaste comme le monde Par elle sopere le cleveloppement Cles facultes lntellectuelles et morales Le premler clevolr de leducatlon, cest clecla1rer lesprxt, cle fortnfner la volonte, cle donner a la v e lornentatnon qun la concluxra vers le Souveram Blen La v1e chretxenne est au premler chef une v1e nntellectuelle, car la fox est son PFIHCIPC et la fox est mtelln gence Pour alder a parfa1re cette culture, le contact avec les auteurs s 1mpose Un llvre c est un maxtre, et quel ma1tre Une blbllotheque bxen orgamsee exercera donc clans tous les centres cl etucles non seulement une mfluence bxenfansante et preventlve, mats elle contmuera la traclmon mxllenalre cle lEglxse, qux veut diffuser le gout de la lecture et du savou en general Dans son Encycllque sur leclucatlon Ple XI, a mamtes reprlses, loue les bxenfaxts et la HECCSSIIC de la culture par laquelle lhomme v1t de son esprlt et s eleve vers le bxen le vral et le beau La doctrxne clu Christ est venue apporte un nouvel element a la culture, et le lxvre reste le plus efflcace mstrument, l moyen lcleal cle conservatlon et de dxffuswn cle toutes les rlchesses reugxeuses, lxtteralres, sc1ent1f1ques et artlstxques Vomla pourquor les Institutions catholl ques se sont empressees douvrtr des btblxothequ s aux rayons garnls clouvrages cle premner chonx, afm que les Jeunes ne sasslmxlent que clu bon clu me1ll ur dc lexcellent Appllquez vous a la lecture des bons lnvres ecrlvalt salnt Paul a son cllsclple Tnnothee La punssance du bon llvre est la plus effxcace qu ll y alt sur la terre ajoute 1 son tour le Pere Felxx effxmce pour lllummer, efflcace pour consolef, effxcace pour convertxr non seulement un lmomme, mals un peuple mais un snecle Une blbllotlxeque composee clexcellentes proclucuons sera, non seulement solenl et rosee pour lesprlt, mans encore un foyer ou l1 Jeunesse etuclnante recunl lera clans une lecture same et IHSIYUCUXC, le moyen cle se forme de se granch de s'engager avec assurance clans la vo1e royale du savour Ceclle Cliauvette, 45 s , . , . ,, . , ,, . , . , . , . . . 1 , A. . K . a- I? ' 3 A A 97 ..., .. . , . , . . . , ,, . . . . . , . 1' 6 , , . - - . - 1 . L, . c a L ' Q ,Q . . - Q- , - - . . V - . , ,Q . . . ,. . ,, - 1 , t 1 . ,. U . . , . 1 1 , . 1 - , r ,. ,, . . , , , . Q . , , . . , I , . U. , S V ' . . .I r I.,- , -s Ar

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Catholic Literature Committee in action Socialists of the Bundle Drive about to spread Christmas cheer. Catholic Literature Committee