Mater Misericordiae Academy - Meriannal Yearbook (Merion, PA)

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Sleep, sleep, mine Hobf One! jf flesh, my Lord. Y Adeste fideles, laeti triumphantes- The and wearing sprigs of holly in their hair. , S- , Flickering beams from the candles cast a halo of light through the dim Convent halls. Centered in the light, the Holy Babe lay, as His Mother gazed upon Him with love. The Seniors realized the fulfilment of a tradition sacred to Merion 4 Carol Night - when they and their parents ushered in the Christmas celebration. Beautiful carols sung with loving faith stirred again those Christmas embers which lie hidden all year until the glad season comes around. Carol Night at Merion is one of those elusive Mary' i00kS i0ViH2iY on famiiiaf faces as White clad twelfth grade students open Carol Night moments in life that is lived for with breathless . , . , . joining her in adoration of her Infant Son. anticipation, finally achieved, and seldom recap- tured. Smiling carolers await signal to begin singing. Left side kneeling ll. to r.J E. Richards, D. Mahony. Standing il. to r.J P. Abbott, R. Hartzell, C. McCosker, E. Harding, T. Juele, R. Shay. Top row il. to r.D M. L. Mahon, S. Whittingham, I. Martin, H. Stapleton. Right side kneeling il. to r.J J. Lynch, H. Raquet. Standing Il. to r.J M. Smith, E. de Garay, A. McNichol, E. Collins. Second row fl. to r.D P. Lynch, J Fitzgerald, R. Altenderfer. Top row il. to r.J V. Tegler, E. Kampf, A. Coady, M. Burke. .5 i' ll . twelfth grade students, clad in white choir robes, Q I descended the Great Stairs carrying red candles . 'r ' ii ,K ' . if V if 1 fs ' ,ge - EJ i X

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A. McNichol pours the tea while M. Corson, R. Altenderfer, J. Fitzgerald, P. Abbott, E. Col- lins and H. Raquet prepare plates for their mothers at the twelfth grade Mothers' Tea. if if 4 I fa- - Enjoying the twelfth grade Mothers' Tea are ll. to r.D Mrs. Harry J. Abbott and Patricia, Mrs. Robert L. Shay and Rosemary, Mrs. James L. Mahony and Dolores, Mrs. William W. Corson and Mary, Mrs. john W. Hartzell and Ruth, and Mrs. Roosevelt R. Juele and Theresa. Parents, faculty and students intermingle at the gala Christmas VVIH1 Mary, we fhinle llie txwlltli grille Mothers' 'Iic.1 mis tliu first rc.1liz.1tion tli.ir tliys .it Utlit- srlionl uc low NO wt-ll were toming to .1 tlosc. Smiling girls tgimuctl rlitir inotliurs .it the door, uslicrcd tlitin into the iutplioii morn. .intl .irfcttionitcly pinned t.iinclli.is to tlicir motliers' 1.11m-ls. :Xt CQl1risrm.is tlit- lfitlicrk Assotiition gm Q .1 party to which lllnl' of Clirisriims soiigs .xml otliw tlixoisitcs, rlinting .intl refrcsli- int-nts. rountlctl out .1 pre-C.lirisriii.1s ,girlie-ririg full of lioliday the world ofyouf lf! inxitt-rl the inorlit-rs .intl rliuglircrs, Community singing imnfl t. V I I, I D I C, 4 I lx, Mr. Frank Lynch, Pat, jane, Mr. Harry Dougherty, in list .lliIlLI.l .lt ILT- .iugitcrl .onimunlion 'erm list put Roseann at the Father-Daughter Communion Break- .1 new .isp-tt or liqipiiiws on tliu list ol their affairs, fast.

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bf Rosemary Shay tries Our Lady's crown for size while other members of the twelfth grade arrange flowers. ll. to r.P Eileen Collins, Patricia Abbott, Virginia Tegler, Dolores Mahony, and Mary Corson. A chance meeting with Father Daniel J. Lord, S.J., at the Catholic Action Summer School, Fordham University, climaxes a perfect week for Mary Irene Corcoran, Sister Mary Immacu- lata, Sister Mary Martin and Eliza- - I '-JA beth de Garay. Evangeline Harding rf' and Ann Martin also attended the . week-long conference, with some 2000 Z: sodalists from eastern United States Yi'-bei---.. and Canada. A U Mans Mary-fzme mr mf? Patricia Hayden hands Martha W'olHngton Our Lady's crown. Eleventh grade students Mary Ann Espenshade, Josephine Fortunato and Judith Hudson help prepare the shrine on the main corridor. lo Icwus through Mary might wt-ll he the motto ot the flklllllk' ot the llltssul Virgin Mdry. This is .1 xoluntdry group xxhost- INL'INlWCI'S st-ck to sdnttitiy' their oxxn lixt-s tln'otH'h tht nn1t.tt1on ot Mary in thc syiirrttml 3' .md torpoml works of Mt-rty. Two wry sputidl protessions honored Mary this M.1ri,1n yc.1r. The first, on the feast of the Annuntiation, w.1s an indoor cycnt. Six splendid shrines were erected .md dctorited hy the mtrions tlasscs, liiftccn decades of the Rosny sung. The the Lourdq the joy of Reception were rctitcd and virions Mary hymns were Mn Procession h.1s part of its tercmonics .it s grotto .ind continues into thc thrtwl where C' this day reathcs its t1im.ix .tt the moment of into the Soddlity of those who luyc ht-cn .tsprmnts for the past year. Ann McNichol, May Queen, will present her crown. to Our Lady in Chapel. Eleanor Kampf, Rosary Queen, will offer her crown in the Lourdes grotto.