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

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Campus Activity Lfaclers put their heads togothcr to schcdulci msc-tings and projects for thc campus ORGAi IZATIO

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preaenfing we 7W5Ae5 .fdf we Wounf In Their Organizations . . The Mount where the Social Science Club debates such inter- national issues as the St. Lawrence Seaway, the Peace Treaty in Korea, and the proposed party for the next meeting-where laughing Belles snap pictures of their classmates-where serious Belles write, tear up, rewrite those lines that will perhaps entitle them to Press Club or even Quill and Scroll honors-where campus leaders put their heads together to plan a surprise prc-gram .... The Mount where one may hear the two chords as Sister Pauline calls the Glee Club to order, or girlish cheers of delight and pride as National Honor Society memberships are announced, cr excited oral plans for the next Sodality skit-the Sodality of Mary that guides us in the practice of personal holiness and imitation of Our Lady. 66 O Concjuer-eu of euif . . . Wage l'Ylel'l feakze are l'0f el'6 26

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Sodality officers and chairmen are seated from left to right: Betty Emrick, Missions Committee: Patsy Cooper, treasurer, Pat Bauer, vice-prefect: Mary Ann Nosal, secretary: and Gaye Stormes, Apostolic Committee. Standing: Rose Mancini, Parish Committee: Joan Ogle, Our Lady's Committee, Angela Belotti, Social Life Committeeg Mary Lou Womack, Prefectg Mary Ann Wollhower, Eucharistic Committee, Missy Wright, Catholic Truth Committee, and Mary Kay McDermott, Publicity Committee. .SZJQEQ of War? The Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary re- organized early in September with the appoint- ment of new officers by Sister Mary Mark, Sodality Moderator. Activities for the new year were started at the first meeting, with the elec- tion of Committee Chairmen. Every Friday afternoon meetings were held, consisting of reports, skits, discussions, and quizzes, written or conducted by the Sodalists, to lead the members to a greater devotion toward the Blessed Virgin Mary, and to sanctify them- selves, their neighbors, and to defend the church. The Little Office of the Immaculate Conception and the Rosary were recited in the Chapel on the First Friday of every month. 28 On February second, a group of sixty-eight new members was received into the Sodality at a ceremony conducted in the Chapel by Very Rev- erend T. L, Keany. The Sodalists' annual three- day retreat, conducted by Reverend John Nugent, was held the last week in Lent. Other projects sponsored by the Sodalists in- cluded a pledge from all the members to raise funds to donate a new statue of Mary for the new building, a Mardi-Gras dance, promotion of Cath- olic literature for Catholic Press Month, and a contribution to the Bishop's Relief Fund for the poor children of Europe.