Mercy High School - Mercian Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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3111 illlrmnrxam bI5Tl R MARY BILNIT X D1ec1 Aprll 20, 1931 The world 111 wh1ch We lne 15 pelvaded bx ldeals Sllllllllg stars W e cannot touch tlltlll how cver h 1rd We may trx but lllxc the I11l1'l ncr we choosc the111 as grudes a11d follow them to the end Thev 111ust be real they 111ust not f0lCC us to greater thmgs but th y should draw us forth as the bL1HShlI1C of sprmg coaxes HOWCIS trom the barren and dormant earth quch a11 ldeal IS Olll beloved Slster Mary Bemta Mercy glrls 11ecd look no further for 1nsp1rat1on Llke us she was a Stlldellt a11d graduate of tl1e S1sters of Mercy She was graduated at tl1e age of seventee11 from bt Xavler Academy and 111 that year nearly forty scve11 years ago 61ltC1CCl the Mercy 11OVlt1ZltC Forty seven years 111 tl1e speclal serwce of the Lord It was a long day 111 the vmeyard Izhzabeth s Hlgh All Salnts and St Patrlck s Hugh schools In IQIf she was appo111ted prmclpal of Holy Angels school but aftel three years returned to St James H1gh Here she remamed unt1l Mercy H1gh school opened 1tS doors 111 September 1994 Durlng these years S1ster proved that hers was a m1ss1on wl11ch called for Fme lead ershlp Possessed of an unusually strong and brlght mmd she Z1'Et'l1l1cCl great proliclency 111 pedagoglcal branches Her personallty made hex an extremely successful teacher S1ster Mary Bemta bequeathes to us a legacy of loyalty constancy a11d love We feel that she Wlll fondly hover 11car every Mercy glrl who couches her la11cc 111 prepa rat1o11 for the hard unyxeldmg tournan1e11t of l1fe today a11d that she Wlll help Ht 011 each o11e the hemgn armor of Fa1th and Fort1t11de to strengthen and defend VV ell d1d she apprec1ate the 1nd1spensab1l1ty of these glfts for those wl1o would fight the good light agamst modern foes of Truth and RCl1g1OH and by SOl1C1t0Ll9 tfallllllg' d d she prepare us for our course . . Q A f. I 1' . l - 7 .' A ' df . Q 1, S . . .1 i. 1 1 1 . , ,, 2 K , - ., E -- ,5 , , . . I I I .1 . 5 . .I ., L: . ,Y C . . . A Y . .M A . S vcr C s:-Q i o 1 sl x ' C A C Q - I s -i I spent successively in the classrooms of St. James', St. Gabriells, St. . . , . , . ,V I I .W ,i . A 1 X , . , , 1 , a H n A 7 c 1 . . 4 ' .04 W , 1 . . . L . Y ' ' ' 1 c I . , c I c . Y G I sc . l . ,, ,' C ,y D 1 U ,L , .1 -1 - K . l gg 5 Y! ' c LL 94 . . 7 . . . . Q 1 C , , 9 . ,

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