Norfolk Catholic High School - Crusader Yearbook (Norfolk, VA)

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Vcaacauftdmq 0MS4afz 22. YV' -c l'.1th:-1' l'm-ter St'llHllIt'Il. pastor of Saint Marys. arranged tht tl Mater. om-rs 11- they new pre-sent:-ml to Our Lady of Till! December 8, the opening day of the Marian Year, saw all the Catholic students of Tidewater united at Old Saint Mary's to honor Our Blessed Lady. Ceremonies were begun by a Solemn High Mass celebrated hy Monsignor Joseph Coveart, YF., Dean of Tidewater, assisted hy our own Father Meehan as Deacon and Father Haymond Mclntyre as Sub-deacon. After Mass. everyone gathered at the new statue of Our Lady of Tidewater. Father Leo Creamer led the recitation of the Rosary. after which Monsignor Coveart consecrated all present to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Representatives of the various elementary schools high schools and nursing schools presented a floral piece to honor Our Blessed Mother, John Began, Norfolk Catholiris Student Council President. per- formed the honor for his fellow students. YQ 1 L E Q A Y 1, , A

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WW Dlos te salve Marla' ye vous salue Marle' Hall Marv' Mlll10nS of llps are whlsperlng these words ln many and strange soundlng languages For thls IS the year of Mary proclalmed by Pope Plus XII dur lng WhlCh the falthful are to pay Sp6Cl3l homage to the Blessed Vlfgln The Marlan Year IS the year set slde by the Holy Father to commemorate the one hundredth annlversary of the Proclamatlon of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conceptlon It IS a tlme devoted especlally to Mary when all the thoughts words and actlons of the falthful are to be dlrected toward her Marlan way of llfe It IS a year when the falthful are urged to llft thelr hearts and mlnds ln prayerful medltatlon to her Thls modern world we llve ln IS so badly ln need of Our Lady s help and she IS wllllng and prepared to help us and all the falthful provlded all falth hope and love IS placed IH her and Jesus Chrlst her son There are many petltlons whlch the Pope wlshes the falthful to pray for durlng thls Marlan Year He CSPCCI ally wants us to pray for purlty ln youth good Chrlstlan prlnclpals ln dally llwlng for the aged that they may FCJOICC ln a well spent llfe and when the end comes they may have no fear of death for the hungry for those who have been torn apart by hatred alld envy that they may be brought together agaln And above all of these we are to pray for the peace of the Church that IS now sufferlng persecutlon at the hands of t enemles

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hom-lady IS perhaps the most lJC3Utlfl1l and most consolmg of all rellglous practlces Mother of God and Mother of men Mary has It m her power to ohtaln for us what IS necessary to our happmess here on earth and to our glory ln heasen llllled w 1th the Splfll of the Church the students of Norfolk Cathollc 5 L under the leadershlp of the class of 57 hue gnen their tlme and energy for the ereetxon of a Grotto ln honor of Our Lady Of Grace 'lhosz dances and beneflts whlch were glVCl1 to rfuse funds for thxs shrme dedicated to Our Blessed Mother were more than just the ordmary type of get to gether for they had for thelr purpose a goal w hwh the students could well be proud of one whlch gave them a warmer feelmg toward the Mother of God and Hrs Dnlne Son They proylded for the entlre school a shrme a place where the students could now show devotlon to thelr Dnme Mother thus answer her ardent plea for publlc devotlon and recltatlon of the Rosary The prlde whlch the entlre student body has taken m the Grotto was evldent by thelr response to the dedlcatlon and blessmg of the statue by Father Gabrlel M8l0TlCl lo The members of Norfolk Catho hc Hlgh School all reallze that the school could not have been com plete wlthout thls shrme to Mary Q 5 1 T J x Y . . Y qc va s a A . . , , 4 , . . 2 ' ' . V' . 1 x 1 . Y . y . . . . . . t , , Q - , - 1 . . Y V - - V . 1 . , . V . Y . v . V . . Y. ' Y 7. . . A V Y Y . . . V. . . T . ' , . . .IQ 1 , kai nil A J ' ' ' ra' 1 1 ,