Mount St John Academy - Veritas Yearbook (Gladstone, NJ)

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x 1. Three little girls from school are we ......... 2. Let's take the long way to Latin Classf' 3. We, the frivolous, friendless, fresh Freshmen of '59 ...... 4. Who's having more fun - Freshies or Sophs? 5. Paddy bearing the weight of the world's woes. 6. Coma come, girls. - where's your enthusiasm for General Science? 7. Shiela's prize-winning hat - stunning, isn't it? 8. Ever catch a raw egg -- broken?,' 9. The easiest way around the hall ........... 10. Marcella you look apprehen- sive!

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A new trend in our Annual Retreat was introduced by the Class of '56 this year: instead of the customary single weekend for the entire school. we Seniors joined those of St. John's Villa in Staten Island for a Senior Retreat in mid October. Father Fogarty, who is very active in the Grail Movement in Brooklyn, was our guide on those few days when we put aside the business of studies and extra curriculars and tried to deepen our awareness of the spiritual world around us. Withdrawing ourselves from distractions and re- flecting quietly on the thoughts proposed by Father or culled from our reading, we came to distinguish between the self-seeking motives and those whose end is God - which itlthen became our duty to crush and cultivate, re- spectively. Before the exercises, and during the recreation breaks we were able to find some warm friends in our fellow Seniors from St. ,lohn's. Then, early in January, the three underclasses packed their valises for their Re- treat. Father Raymond Balduf, SJ., was Retreat Master., helping the students derive most fruit from those few precious hours of silence and grace.