Mount St Mary Academy - Mercian Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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ll g7 Our M127 0 Uur ,Daft AA Sodality officers seated. left to right: Rosemary Oberste and Janet Bentrup, Social Life Committee Co-chair- 1119112 Carol Aucoin, Parish Committee Co-chairman, Dorothy Dayer, Secretaryg Sue Malloy, Vice-Prefcctg Carol Ann Gibson, Publicity Committee Chairman, Dorothy Saenger and Joan Armbrust, Missions Committee Co- chairmen. Standing, left to right: Jenny Zaloudek, Our Lady's Committee Chairman, Mary Ellen Stormes, Catholic Truth Committee Chairmang Selma Jo Gilmore, Parish Committee Co-chairman, Sarah Grace Martin, Eucharistic Com- mittee Chairmang Margaret Mack, Prefectg Patricia Bentze, Treasurerg Mary Bob Foreman, Apostolic Committee Chairmang Cathy Papan, Publicity Committee Co-chairman: Mary Lee Wickard and Patricia Brown, Co-editors of the Soda1ist. 0 df? The Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary began its new year of activities with the announcement of the new officers and committee chairmen, at the first meeting in September, conducted by Sister Mary Mark, Sodality Moderator. Meetings were held every Friday, consisting of skits, readings, quizzes, book reports and discus- sions. Specially prepared skits were presented in connection with Catholic Press Month, Vocation Month, and Lent, On the first Friday of every month, the Sodalists recited the Little Office of the Blessed Mother in the Chapel. On December 12, after a three-month probation period, new members were received into the Sodality, in the chapel ceremony conducted by the Sodality spritiual director, Very Rev. T. L. Keany. In December, eight Sodalists attended the S.D.S. convention lSupply the Demand for the Supply! in St. Louis, under the direction of Rev. Daniel A. Lord, S.J. Reports of the convention were made at the following meetings to encourage the Sodalist to start the S.D.S. movement for modesty in dress, in Little Rock. Other Sodality activities included the students annual three-day retreat, conducted by Rev. Anthony Maher, C.P., from St. Louis, continued donations to a mission in India adopted by the Sodalists several years ago, distribution of Christ- mas baskets for the poorg collecting cancelled postage stamps for foreign missions and con- tributing to the Bishop's Fund for the poor chil- dren in Europe,