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

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Formed in the spirit of unselfish love of God and ceaseless service of mankind. Involved in the nationwide endeavor to produce concerned citizens responsive to the demands of modern society. Committed to the formation of the whole man- an integrated composite of spirit, mind, and body. They are our intellectual stimuli; our ever-present source of confidence and soul-support; our guide to the spiritual reality of our free response to God in mortal seeking for perfect love ADMINISTRATION AND FACULTY

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MOTHER MARY VITERBIA C.S.S.F. Provincial Superior of the Felician Sisters of the New England Province President of the Academy “God left some persons here that they may be as luminaries, and be appointed as teachers of others-, He left them here that they may be as leaven, and be as seed to bring forth much fruit. St. John Chrysostom Society owes its greatest debt to those who spread knowledge and understanding among men. Such a vital force is Mother Mary Viterbia, whose spectrum of experience with education in both time and scope is about as broad as could be embraced in one life. No sector of American education is strange to her. She began as a school teacher, eventually assuming varied administrative positions, as Principal, Dean of Studies, Supervisor of Schools, and Council Member, culminating in the position of Provincial Superior of the Felician Sisters of the New England Pro¬ vince. As the first principal of the Academy, Mother laid the foundation for an educational philosophy enriched by her profound wisdom and dedicated commitment to youth. Recognizing that progress is a law of nature, and that the Catholic school serves to bring the light of faith to bear on the totality of human life, Mother initiated programs which would produce responsible Catholic women prepared to meet the changing needs of modern society. She sought to stress the fact that keeping p ' ace with the times involved both a strengthening of interior life and a utilization of inherent and acquired abilities. Quiet by nature, extremely reluctant to be seen in the limelight, she possesses an inward strength which is mani¬ fested in everyday situations. Her seemingly ordinary manner belies her many accomplishments. If at any moment one might ask her where she were going, she might reply, in the words of the poet John Oxen- ham: “To lift Today above the Past; To make Tomorrow sure and fast; To nail God’s colors to the mast.”