Notre Dame Academy - Tower Memories Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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Tower Memories, 1943 you will find tho it has been divided into three sections. On has been given to God, one to our country and one to Notre Dame. By this grouping w do not mean that any activity has had a singl objective. Our divisions are merely arbitrar and convenient. As students we have not made the honor 0 Notre Dame the final objective of our activi ties. As citizens of the land of the free' our allegiance has not been only to the Star and Stripes. But each event, although fire by a new patriotic zeal and carried out as loving tribute to our Alma Mater, has bee caught up and transfigured by that highes purpose of allethe greater honor and glor of God. He is the Commandernin-chief of th forces of good, and only by devoting our ever effort to His cause will our chances of free dom become realities. This then has been the purpose of our ever action. We have become better students an more loyal citizens, for our love and our alleg iance has been made Divine. That allegianc was the theme of our life, running as an un dercurrent through the past year-a year a ration books and A stamps. We have live in a world whose skies have been overcas with the clouds of a global war. We coul not and did not ignore the fact. We hav studied and worked, laughed and prayed i the dark shadows of night, and we shall con tinue to do so as long as necessary. But we are confident that day must daw on a new eraean era colored by the shinin brilliance of an all-forgiving Father who wi again send His white Dove of Peace to a re pentant world.

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In a world of disorder and uncertainty we turn to you God, our Light. We're going into the worldeit's ours to live in and work for, but we're young and untested; we need help and assistance. It is fitting then that at the beginning of our annual we turn our thoughts to God and things spiritual. He is our Guide and our Adviser; through Him alone can we succeed no matter what way of life we choose to follow. How many opportunities have we had to learn to bring Christ into our daily lives! How many instructors do we have to help us attain this union!! Our Bishops have shown us the road to follow in our quest for happiness . The facultyewe all have our favorite, but we acknowledge our indebtedness to everyone for her patience, her sacrifice, and her labors to introduce us to Jesus Christ in whom she has found Friend, Savior, and Lover. What wonderful times we have had in our Sodalityll Social affairs, charitable ventures and competitive drives-all the activities in which we proved we were more than daughters of Mary, we were her companions, too. Through the missions we helped all those unfortunates, so dear to her maternal heart. Perhaps the greatest sign-post on the Road to Heaven has been our retreat. We go back to God, receive Him in the innocence of First Com- municants and resolve never to lose that innocence, that nearness to Christ. What then shall we say at the beginning of our memory book? Only this- God, Thou art the Source and the Goal of our Faith!