Little Flower High School - Garland Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Ill lIAlHlllIlI PHllllSllPHl Our religion department effectively executes a spiritual-building program that enables its three thousand students to attain full spiritual growth through an extensive four-year course. Appropri- ately, the Life of Christ prepares freshmen for the second-year study of Church history and the sacra- ments. An intensive, practical consideration of the commandments is undertaken by juniors While seniors delve comprehensively into apologetics. Thus. religious-minded Little Flowerites, an im- portant group among Philadelphia's youth, will help uphold high moral standards and keep our great city ever a Citi' of lirnrlzwrly 1.0-rr. Charitable institutions scattered over the United States come under the scrutinizing observation of senior apologetics classes. l fi. sw- 5 l ,a- Hn 1 rv Left to right. you see the other members of the religion department: Sister M. Lucinda. O.S.F.: Sister Maria Norbert, I.H.M.g Sister Mary Regina, G.N.S.H.g Sister M. St. Xavier. I.H.M.g and Sister Terese Immaculate. S.S.j. The following Sisters whose pictures do not appear also teach religion: Sister Dorothy, B.S.. S.N.D.. and Sister Margaret Elizabeth, S.N.D. 'X'

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,- The reading of pamphlets provides for modern applica- tion of the Commandments and offers proof to this iunior class that these precepts are Models for Modernsf' Pious hearts-awed silence-it's retreat time! Yearly the girls make a retreat. In free time. they pray the rosary and read spiritual hooks-aids for il holier life. lflllllllflllllll .- f ' ' . ws Sfyfighf ' Q ., f .A Y sl-'Y ' JH ,sl . L32 Wy.-N K A' pf 'Wg .F Ylhile religion is a common point of interest for all our teachers. it is the center of teaching interest for the Sisters of the religion department. Reading from top to bottom. meet: Sister M. Ann Rita. G.N.S.H.g Sister M. Celestis, M.S.C.g Sister M. Evarista. S.M.. Sister Mary Joanna. S.S.j.g and Sister M. Juanita. S.S.J.

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HST llllll Ill Sllll TIHII RESEARCH In this atomic age, more girls are becoming in- terested in the field of science. Our laboratories with their modern equipment afford scientific- minded Little Flowerites the opportunity of basic preparation for future roles as chemists, pharma- cists, x-ray technicians, doctors, and nurses. After school hours find students furthering their knowl- edge in science by carrying on extracurricular ex- perimentation. Perhaps some of these may he 21 llladame Curie of tomorrow. fUpperj: Two busy future scientists, Irene Bannister and Mary Connors, work together in experimentation with bromides. QLowerQ Iodine crystals, the result of their own making, are the subject of Eileen Rooney and Eileen Owen's intensive study. Thus, the youth of today pre- pares a better scientific outlook for tomorrow's world. Xa- Eager contemporaries crowd around to see what Catherine O'Byrne holds. Al- ways desirous of furthering their scientific knowledge, students of the chemistry lab work together in proving and developing theories and analyzing substances.