Notre Dame High School - Crusader Yearbook (Fitchburg, MA)

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. ' f :'f'r-as at ss. i 1- in 'T . ' at 4. BROTHER FREDERIC. S.C. The Notre Dante facility is under the en- lightened direction of Brother Frederic. S.C., school principal and director of the Broth- ers since 1956. llc has tirelessly tried to capitalize the teaching wealth of the faculty and to give to each member the work most suited to his abilities and attainments. As school principal he has showed great administrative qualities in guiding the edu- cational policies of the young Crusaders. lntc-rested in all phases of student life. he has been both a guiding patron and a wise counsellor in the many scholastic and extra- curricular activities of Notre Dame students. Brother Sebastian. S.C.. and Broth- er Hermas. members of the school's administrative council. dis- cuss school policies. Every Brother of the Sacred Heart has the chal- lenging task of personal sanctification and the Chris- tian education of youth. Time is a most essential ele- ment in the pursuit of both aims. Therefore the Brothers' day is carefully planned so that every per- sonal and educational task will receive its alloted time without any useless loss of effort and concentra- tion. The Brothers rise early in the morning to ask the Sacred Heart and His Blessed Mother in their morn- ing prayer, meditation, and Mass to bless the new day. ln these exercises they seek the spiritual strength to carry on the day,s serious tasks. After a quick breakfast in silence, the Brothers attend to last minute preparations before class. The class day which may call on the Brothers to teach a various number of subjects to hundreds of boys continues even after class hours in the numerous activities that the school organizes. It is often late afternoon when the Brothers return to the residence for a well-deserved rest? The Brothers then engage in their evening devotions fol- lowed by supper. ln the evening the Brothers enjoy their first real get-together of the day in the com- munity or recreation room. Here they chat, discuss the day's happenings, play cards, read newspapers and magazines, or enjoy radio and television. luater in the evening the Brothers retire to their rooms for correction of papers and the preparation of next dayls class. This is followed by night prayers after which the Brothers retire full of the merits of the servants of the Divine Teacher. uifeiil 'QPF

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2 1 1 1 Religious life, especially in a teaching order like the Brothers of the Sacred Heart. is similar in many ways to military life, hut particularly in the hond of ohcdi- ence that controls and wclds all individual action into a concentrated conintunitv force of influence. The supreme authority of the Brothers ol the Sacred Heart is the Suverior General whose tower is deleffated 1 1 I 1 If to suhordinates who guide over large sections of the Order called Jrovinees. These men are called Provincial 1 1 1 Superiors. The Provincial Superior ol the New England Province is Beverend Brother George Aime, SC.. from whom the individual teaching Brothers receive their yearly teaching assignment with a corps ot' men who will con- stitute the leaching facility of a particular school in the province. Un August l,5, l957. the least of the Assumption of Our Lady. Brother Provincial again proclaimed the nominations for the coming school year. As a result. veteran staff memhere, Brother Gerard. Brother Adrian. Brother Vincent, and Brother Gregory, departed for other schools and were replaced hy Brother Celestin. Brother Auhin. Brother Bosco, Brother Berchmans. Brother Calmriel. and Brother Linus. The newly organized faculty pledged itself to Work in close harmony in the Christian education of all Notre Dame students. 1-n 1 4 fx' swf' . ,S x,y Vs

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