Our Lady of the Angels Academy - Angelican Yearbook (Enfield, CT)

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' bv ,Z 4 Sanctity in embryo, energy in reserve, the Catholic Church in miniature: that is the role of the parish. It is through the parish that every new-born child, incorporated into its ranks, receives the seed of spiritual growth. It is from the parish that every family, reminded of the unstinting self-sacrifice reflected in its history, draws strength to uphold its traditions. It is within the parish that every organization, fired with Christ-like zeal, receives the inspiration to carry on its lay apostolate. The individual, the family, the society, - all de- pend upon the parish for spiritual life, strength, and inspira- tion and in many instances for relief and comfort in physical distresses. 1I1'I.5fI Z From a link in the chain of Christ-centered parishes has the with the ideals of Christian living has made her conscious of the spiritual help received at Baptism and has laden her with the limitless potentialityg it has convinced her of her obliga- tion to promote social, as well as personal holiness, it has presented the parish as the scene of her future endeavors. The Graduate-Angelite now returns to her parish, full of resolve to pass on to others the spiritual bounty she has so freely received. She realizes that souls must build, if not the splen- did edifices which lack nothing in external strength and beauty, then, the temples of the Holy Ghost which must com- pensate in intensity of child-like love what they lack in the hardships endured by preceding generations. By her effort to continue that work of spiritual construction, the Ahgelite is privileged X X X X f -f . 5 5 I4 f 4 i i 1 ' V X Angelite come to the Academy. Her four-year-long contact ' I Q f N ff J Q Z iii TO CARRY THE PEACE OF CHRIST .INTO THE SPHERE OF THE PARISH ...S ,, .2 .l ci' bf' ,ll A 4, .X E. - 1:37,-ff' Hmxmz: Q I f i

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V 1 t Q HW At the right - The gay smiles of the j u n i o r s speak of their inner joy -they wear the ring, the symbol of loyalty. If you love me, keep my commandments. fjohn 14:l5J The keeping of the com- mandments is therefore the test of love, the test of loy- alty. juniors drink deeply of the lessons presented by Sis- ter Mary Lauretta on the Holy Ghost, their clss Pa- tron. The Holy Ghost is the bond of charity that unites us with God and, in God, with one another. The Holy Ghost is the SOUL of the great Christian family, the Church. At the Mass of the closing school year Rev. H. Fiedorczyk brings to our souls the message of Christ con- tained in the Last Gospel. 0 make thy Church, dear Saviour, A lamp of purest gold, To hear before the nations Thy true light, ax of old. 0 teach thy wandering pilgrims By this their path to trace, Till, clouds and darkness ended, They see thee face to face. ..,,, ,.,, N :L H 7 WOW! Q ' . .Www -at - V With candles in their hands junior-juvenists step up to receive the medal of loyalty. pa -W