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

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l8 Reverend Thomas J. Donnelly, S. J. Solemn, hushed, expectant, we entered Chapel for the first day of our Retreat. Solemnebecause we realized that for three days we were to be alone with our God; hushed efor only in the depths of our own souls could we find the silence wherewith to hear the Lord speak to us; expectanteas we waited to see what this great experience would really mean to each of us, not as a group but as an individual soul seeking the end for which it was made. We Seniors with the Juniors in the Chapel went through our day starting with Holy Mass, conferences, stations, rosary devotions, and culminating in Benediction. Freshmen and Sophomores were also having retreat at the same time in the auditorium, now trans- formed into a chapel where Christ in the Blessed Sacrament found another tabernacle for the three days of the retreat. Our retreat was a grand success but how could it have been otherwise with such retreat masters? Our Father Donnelly, president of John Carroll University, and the younger gen- Reverend Francis P. Callan, S. J. aired . . erations' Father Callan of St. Ignatius Higl- School, put into each of these short days al the important doctrines of our Religion. They made our faith really live and it was so easy tc see how God figures in our lives after it was explained. There were many things we learned fro our retreat, but these we want to remember especially. We're in business with the Lord building a roadea long, straight highway leading directly to God, with the Ten Com- mandments as signposts to guide us and make certain our way. Goodness is inherent in man's nature, and we have all the liberties of a child of God. That means that the more joy we know, the holier we are. Though we can' evade the shadow of the Cross in our lives, we can bear it with more patience and strength if we take as our model Him who carried the Cross of the World. l Everything we do must be determined by what God wants. Once we resign our wills to His, everything is comparatively simple. If

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07ft! JILJVLXA eniors . . . SISTER MARY RICHARD for e splendid technique she employs while aching home nursing plus the rudi- ents of first-aid, her deft method in Ome management in training would-be omemakers, and her thoughtful conside ration of the ill . . SISTER MARY ROSE- ERESE for her proficiency in matters ertaining to typing and business . . . ISTER MARY ST. LAWRENCE for her timulating French classes, Mais oui, nd her intensely absorbing govern- ent classes . . . SISTER MARY WIL- ARIE for her helpful and timely sug- estions in home economics, her many elicious meals for starved students, and er other Epicurean delights . . . MISS lLLlAN FRIEDL for her complaisance n finding what-you-want, when-you- ant-it, and her wonderful qualities of onsideration and helpfulness . . . MISS ELEN KOMP for her keen facility in rranging A. A. programs, and her new, ltra-modern methods for physical ed . . MISS ANNA PERTZ for her courtesy nd efficiency. We will not soon forget these sentinels f patience, courage, guidance and right ho have led us through the bewildering aze of school days up to the door that leads to a new lifeea life that will be richer, fuller and more Christian for their influence. All the trite amenities that troll so glibly off one's tongue would be out of place hereeeour debt is far more than a material one, it has a spiritual tenor, too. Through their help, their in- spiration, their example we have learned not to fear to venture into the unknown. They have taught us to go out into the darkness and put our hand into the hand of Godethat shall be for us better than a light and safer than a known way.ll TOP: Promoters for better speech are Eleanore Blankenburg, Agnes Stanley, Mary Ileene Roche while Sister Mary Alicia passes her approval. MIDDLE: Our aspiring scientists of the third floor are Mamie Sansone, Catherine Kehner, Charlotte Hahn, and Coletta Craw- ford while Sister Mary Alene assists them. BOTTOM: Our future homemakers are Evelyn Phillips, Cath- erine McEllin, Mary Jane Molnar and Ann Cimperman who learn this craft from Sister Mary Leanilla.

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W 1004 AWW gm QMW we but take advantage of the opportunities offered to us, it won't be hard to keep on God's side of eternity. Hell merely proves the mercy of GodeHe made it just so we would be sure to avoid it. Taking an incentive from our retreat, how easy it will be for us, the coming generation, to make our world safe not only for us but also for those peoples who have not been as fortunate as we. Henceforth our efforts will TOP: Life's greatest moment 05 Seniors and Juniors receive our Lord in the chapel. BOTTOM: An outstanding prince of knowledge-Father Donnelly expounds his learning to: Patricia Lombardo, Marian Kerrigan, Kathleen Ryan, Helen Arnold, Mar- garet Heoley. be toward the fulfillment of our duties to our God, to our country, and to our Alma Mater. It was a beautiful and inspiring retreat. As it closed we were all left with the thought that it had opened to us a new and loftier vision of goodness. Our modern, complex philosophies of life are taboo. Our newer mode of life will be sweeter, simplerl more Christ-like, built on the three standards of Praise, Love, and Service of God. TOP: The magnetic personality of Father Callan attracts, lstandingl Patricia Manning, Dorothy Goebel, Martha Maynard, Therese Marie Nudo, Ann Sexton; lseotedl Mildred Schubeck, Marjorie Ihlenfield, Doris Myers. BOTTOM: Peace and tranquility reign on the altar in the auditorium set up for the Sophomores and Freshmen during their Retreat.