Our Lady of the Valley High School - Valiant Yearbook (Orange, NJ)

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Edith Davis takes time out at the Summer School of Catholic Action to rest her weary bones. Edith selected a lovely spot on the Fordham campus. Mary Jo Kopechne, Prefect 0f the Sodality, crowns the Blessed Mother with the aid of Marie Haarlander, senior sodalist. A sodalist is only considered a member of the sodality if she attends all the meetings and lives up to each rule of the association. This group of faithful sodalists listen with eagerness to the advice given by a senior sodalist.

Page 95 text:

William Kane finishes making the stations as Marie Cerone begins them. To follow Christ daily in His passion is a daily privilege enjoyed by those in retreat. One of the highlights of our school year is the annual retreat. It gives us an opportunity to brush away the cobwebs of indifference that may have a weakening effect on our moral life. At retreat time, we have conferences, meditations, and extra spiritual exercises designed to help us balance our account with God. Since classes are temporarily suspended, the worries and anxieties of scholastic work dissolves, and we can thus concentrate more readily on the calling God .has in store for each of us. This year, Father Reynolds, our retreat master, tried to make us realize the responsibility that God places on the shoulders of all Catholic High School graduates. In between the spiritual exercises this little group combines reading with sunshine.

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y. mm..,w,,, L Carol Sexton prepares the meditations for the freshmen. topic must be interesting and fruitful if one can judge from the attention of the group. Anne Arnold discusses an important item with Eileen McFarland, Joanne Chiechi, Carol Sexton, Kathleen Lynch, Patricia Naughton, Virginia Buoye, and Joanne Molinari. in the Blessed Sacrament.