McAuley High School - Mercian Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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In the year 1919, under the fatherly guidance of Rev. John Cherry and the able direcf tion of the late Mother Mary Ursula, in a little red brick building on Taaffe Place in Brooklyn, the MERCY COMMERCIAL HIGH SCHOOL was established. The first class of twentyfthree students was welcomed by their principal, Sister Mary Helena. Little did the founders surmise at the time that. this little seed, MERCY COMMERCIAL HIGH SCHOOL, would blossom into the CATHERINE McAULEY COMMERCIAL HIGH SCHOOL. On the Feast of Corpus Christi, 1940, Rev. Mother Mary Philip, Mother Superior of the Sisters of Mercy of Brooklyn, sought and ob' tained permission from His Excellency, Most Rev. Thomas E. Molloy, S.T.D., to build a new high school. His Excellency suggested the present site on Foster and Brooklyn Avenues, Brooklyn. The following year on May 11, the late Rev. Monsignor Thomas Nummey, then pastor of St. Therese, the Little Flower of jesus Church, Brooklyn, blessed and broke the ground for the new building. In memory of Mother McAuley, beloved foundress of the Sisters of Mercy, the name MERCY COMMERCIAL HIGH SCHOOL was changed to the CATHERINE McAULEY COMMERCIAL HIGH SCHOOL. When the doors of the new building were opened on September 14, 1942, with Sister Mary Annunciata as principal, the second phase of the history of Catherine McAuley began. The student body of twentyfthree in 1919 had now, twentyfthree years later, grown to two hundred and ninety students. Through the dili- gence and hard work of Sister Mary Annunciata, the school stands today one of the best equipped in Brooklyn, its auditorium, gymnasium and spa' cious cafeteria are second to none while its library, commercial department, and art room bring sighs of envy from the lips of our visitors. The focal point of the CATHERINE McAULEY COMf MERCIAL HIGH SCHOOL is the devotional Holy Spirit chapel, where one sees the students making frequent visits to our Lord. Although the CATHERINE McAULEY HIGH SCHOOL is noted for its commercial curriculum, its students receive a wellfrounded education, with courses in language, mathematics, science, chemistry, etc. Catherine McAuley, because of its high scholastic standing, has today an enrolled student body of over a thousand. Were it not for lack of facilities, this number could easily be doubled, judging by the everflengthening waiting list and by the number of girls who are disappointed every registration day. This year, under Sister Mary Euphrasia, another chapter was completed in the history of the CATHERINE McAULEY COMMERCIAL HIGH SCHOOL. The Sisters who, up until now, had been ineonveniently quartered in private houses on the school block, have taken possession of their modern convent which was started two years ago while Sister Mary Geraldine was principal. This new building is a beautiful complement to the CATHERINE McAULEY COMMER- CIAL HIGH SCHOOL and is a rich recompense for the years during which the Sisters lived so patiently and cheerfully in inadequate annexcs.

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The wellfpl.innetl curriculum and snioiitlif running efficiency of the urgaiiizgiticiii of the Catherine MeAuley Ciminiereml High Sehomml is the result of the fciresight, experienee :intl tireless effurts of our revered prineipgil, Sister Mgiry' Euphrasia, Sisters patienee, kindness and underf staintling halve, in the short time she has had her new post here, endeared her to all MCAUlCj'.lllS. Our guidanee in spiritual :is well :is seholgistie nizitters lr generously iintl graciously directed hy Father XVilligun Dunn and Father John B. Henley vsliiw, through their snlieitiuus care :intl iiistruetinn, help lend gill true lx4eAuleyx1ns to the rezilizritiuii of their ideal. which has its fuuiida' tion iii Christ, the Divine Model. xx , 6 X XLIXLND fOliN B liLq'xLlQY