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

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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.

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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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20 Grace Needham Mary Columbro Prefect First Assistant Kathryn Mangan Kitty Brady Treasurer Eucharistic Our Lady's Committee Ad Jesum Per Mariamll has been the motto of our Lady's Sodality pervading both spiritual and social activities throughout the year. Since its directorship was taken over by Monsignor Carl E. Frey in l927, it has been the goal of the organization to build future citizens not only for the United States but also for God's Country, Heaven. Spiritual motivation is thus given to all ordinary school activities. This is sustained by monthly meetings pre- pared with Sister Mary Leroy, moderator, and conducted in the auditorium by the Sodality officers. Meetings conducted according to parliamentary procedure include opening prayer, committee reports of past activities, discussions on future enterprises, and a short feature reiterating the main thought for the month. Our Sodality activities are divided among various committees to give concentrated at- tention to their details. The Eucharistic-Our Lady's Committee has charge of all projects relating to Mary and Jesus such as distribu- Margaret Healey Second Assistant Marian Rehor Publicity Manager Bette King Secretary Kathleen Ryan Publicity Manager tion of medals for Sodality Communion every month, and spiritual leadership in the Apos- tleship of Prayer. Under the ward of the Apostolic Commit- tee come such projects as aiding the Social Mission Sisters by teaching Catechism, pro- gramming the Days of Recollection for girls of public schools, and knitting articles for men in the service. The Literature Committee is directly con- cerned with distribution of the Catholic Di- gest and The Queen's Work , the promo- tion of Catholic books for general reading, and the sending of pamphlets to service men. Duties of the Social Life Committee include entertainment at general Sodality meetings, parties for Social Mission Sisters, and main- tenance of the Personality Clinic for Sodale ists. Retreat notes, clever bulletin board dis- plays, and zippy pep talks are taken care of by the Publicity Committee. Working together with the Prefect, all com- mittees echo the motto, To Jesus through Mary.