Notre Dame High School - Shield Yearbook (West Haven, CT)

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His Holiness, Pope Pius XII signing the document oflicially proclaiming 1954 the Marian Year. OUR QUEEN AND OUR MOTHER Because Our Holy Father Has made this your year -- This book is for you --- A record Of the minutes, Of the hours, Of the days -- Of all the things of our minds and hearts - Of all that we are and have been In our years at your school, Notre Dame. 3

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ia? Dear Mary, You have always been the center of our devotional life at Notre Dame. Each year we honor you through our daily consecration, our rosaries before your shrine during October and the month of May. But this Marian Year we have tried to honor you in a unique way by introducing the perpetual rosary in the school. Early in the year a group of students began work on a special Marian Shrine. They cleaned and painted in tones of blue, the small room adjacent to the library. With the help of the Brothers they built a beautiful shrine for your statue. Contributions from the student body purchased rich draperies for the walls and provided for a large blue vigil light and fresh flowers to be placed there weekly. But most important, Mary, every fifteen minutes a student kneels to say the rosary in your honor. In the dim quiet of the oratory room he places A M A himself at your feet as the representative of the student body, imploring pipy graces and blessings on us all. We hope that this pleases you. .iii 2