Nazareth Academy - Lanthorn Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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A Bereavement S THE publrcatlon of our Golden Jubllee Year Book 1S ID process a great grref has fallen upon our School teachers and students 1n the death of Reverend Mother Agnes for thrrty n1ne years the General Superror of the Slsters of St Joseph of the Dlocese of Rochester and Presrdent of Nazareth Academy srnce lt was chartered under the Un1vers11 y of the State of New York In Peverend Mother Agnes a great personallty a great educator and a great moral power has been lost to the Communrty Indeed through the long years or her WISE and effectrve adnfnnlstratron her mfluence has extended far beyond the l1m1ts of our Drocese The rnfluence of her strong personahty and her great work has gone abroad throughout our land Mother Agnes was a name of power fam1l1ar to us and to us synonymous w1th greatness long before we had ever seen the sweet retrrrn nun by whom much was done of whom much was heard and but llttle seen Though a woman of very busy hours as she must have been she yet found trme not only for the larger charrtres of l1fe but for the lrttle nameless krndnesses the sweet and gentle thlngs a sure accompanrment of greatness Mother Agnes was a woman of broad lntellectual v1s1on of commandrng powers of accomphshment The var1ety of her talents was most surprrsrng and her taste and Judgment were to be trusted seemrngly rn everythmg She was a lover of the best 1n lrterature and rn the arts and she kept her self wonderfully well 1nformed of current tendencres movements and occurrence of srgmficance Hers vxas a culture and a fineness of feelrng that belong to the clolstral llfe and 1n self d1sc1pl1ne lndeed rn her whole attltude of mrnd and heart she was the . . , . i yi 1 La , - 9 N 1 Q l . 7 4 . . ,. .A 4 .1 u , n - a ' 7 I . , . .I I u -I , H ' V 3' , r- , ' ' ' We knew her' as one whom everyone loved and revered. . l , 2 . . r . . ' 1 ! . l -ll 7 , . . . , l u ' 7 1 1 7 4 I . w ' ' .' . g i . . . . , . v. ,

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ix TWENTY-ONE 'VN All the majesties of earth, All the hope of higher birth, All the dreams since time began, Sheltered in the heart of man, All that plays the Godlike part, Finds its home in woman's heart, Radiating sweetly thence, Moves to finer reverence, In the spirit high of youth Teaches beauty, love and truth. This thy life-dream, Mother mine, Kindled with a spark divine, This I read in thy clear eyes- Thy teaching, born in Paradise- While I nestled at thy feet And drank thy accents honey-sweet. Now thy Golden Year has come, Who shall reckon up the sum Of thy giving and thy gift? She must needs the curtain lift Of the sanctuaried heart, And discern thy mother-part In nobilities undreamed, In renouncements that oft seemed Price too dear-too dear to pay Where life's utter sweetness lay,- For soul-whiteness traficing- Price indeed of priceless thing. She would trace the singing course Of the sun-stream to its source,- Little nameless deeds of love, Jewel trove, in worth above,- That have overflowed the heart And have played an undreamed part In some graceless, sunless life, Wooing peace where storms were rife She must to your scattering hand Trace the growth on fertile land- Rooted faith and oaken will, Breasting broad opinion still, Burgeoning in truth's clear light Into symmetry of right. Thou, O Lady of my theme, Art the light of hope and dream, Lutanies of love I sing, Lowlily,-though I would bring Stately music, Mother mine, To grace this Golden Year of thine. I would hymn what thou hast been, And the glories thou shalt win, I would praise thee as thou art, For I know thy mother-heart. I would glean thy deeds that burn, Into History's golden urn. -A Daughter of Nazareth

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type of soul consecrated to the hrgher l1fe A certam quahty of sprrrtualrty sweet and attractrve yet wrthal vrgor ous and practlcal characterrzed her One realrzed that a l1v1ng farth gave strength to the foundatrons of her lrfe was the motrve power of her labors and of that farth were evolved the rdeals toward wh1ch her whole l1fe moved Perhaps the most strrklng quahty of her remarkable personalrty after her general ab1l1ty was a certam t1m1d1ty whlch remarned wlth her to the end lhuty mne years rn the hrghest oflice of a great 1nst1tut1on wlth the large experlence rt brought drd not ellace thrs quahty whrch was perhaps her svs eetest charm She was a burlder an educator and an admmrstr ator and above all she was a leader of hearts and souls through hxdden paths of to1l and sacrrflce on toward all Mother Agnes was the woman wrth a heart full of tenderness and aftectron gentle full of genurne helpful sympathy Her lrfe was one long act of grvrng and domg Wrll her domg and grvmg cease now that she has reached the Source of all good g1fts'7 So she would not be her own great hearted self Let us rather prcture her safe and secure and radrantly happy ln th mrdst of her own gentle nuns that have gone before strll umted wrth them rn the old sweet ways of prayer and prarse How can she cast off the old earth habrt of seventy years of domg good to others? Th treasury of the great Brrdegroom IS now her own Mary the Help of Chrrstrans rs her mtlmate frrend and the dear St Joseph has st1ll a father s heart to command Let us then FSJOICG Wrth a holy gladness that we have known such true though hrdden greatness on earth that we have come w1th1n the clrcle of 1tS Godlv rnfluence and let us st1ll look wrth confidence to her for a contrnuance of the deeds of golden charrty whlch were her very l1fe May she enjoy m fullest measurr the reward of the Sarnts I . .. I. I I I . I .I . I . .I ' g 2 I . '. I I . I . . I, II II . . I II 4 I 1 , . . 4 Y' . ' ' 9 the highest ideals that human lives can follow. With I , 1 - , ' 1 N W v 5 , 1 1 ' ! u . n . , n e 1 ! , ' . e . . . . I 2 ' ' 3 ' 3 , . ' 1 7 v' I c I I I uf S I . . . I , . ,,