Pope Pius XII Diocesan High School - Keys Yearbook (Passaic, NJ)

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CHRISTMAS CRIB is arranged as John Ebner and Thomas Caller hold back the pine. The infant, a section ofthe model for the statue above the main entrance, is placed in the crib by Cynthia Poiednic and Nannette Gamache. ADVENT WREATH ceremonies are held in preparation forthe birth of Christ, Our Lord. ln section 4-A the prayer is led by Patricia Collier as Jack Criscione lights the candle for the fourth and hnal week. Devotional ceremonies color school calendar. JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS, president Robert Murray. secretary Marie Di Costa, vice president Edward Maralcovitz, and treasurer Robert Marino receive their cherished class rings from Father Morris. Parents were invited tothe evening ring ceremony which was held forthe first time in the gym. Page 24 As fall ended its festive fling, the quick approach of winter brought with it many moments to remember. At the end of No- vember everyone anticipated Christmas. To prepare for the most ioyous season, a Christmas crib was displayed. ln a most prominent place near the middle entrance of the new building the Child Jesus lay in a crib surrounded with straw and pine. The spirit of Christmas invaded each student's heart as resolutions were formed and in each homeroom where advent wreaths ap- peared. Advent candles were lit each week by members of each class and prayers were recited daily in preparation, But winter brought with it something else beside Christmas. It brought something which had been anticipated for three years, something which seemed an impossibility to a freshman, a symbol of great maturity to a sophomore and a miracle to a iunior-iunior rings and the iunior ring ceremony. At last came spring and with it the month of May, Our Lady's month. Private devotion in homerooms was climaxed by the beautiful May procession through which all the stu- dents offered their homage to Mary, their Queen.

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FIRST FRIDAY finds the Reverend John E. Morris distributing Holy Communion at Mass in the gym to iunior boys, Norman Del Favera, Joseph Borovian, and Joseph Cangialosi, as altar boy, David Renta, holds the patten. The chapel is set up in the gymnasium in order to accommodate all the students who wish to participate in this devotion. A BLESSING is imparted by the Reverend fxdrain Brennan, O.l3.M., retreat master, to the freshman and sophomore students at the conclusion of one of the retreat conferences. In order to give the students a better opportunity to reach their heavenly goal and to be more closely united with God here on earth Pope Pius XII high school provides a varied program of spiritual ac- tivities. Devotion at First Friday Mass held in the gymnasium is increased by the singing of the Mass. Members of the Knights and Hand- maids of the Blessed .Sacrament unite on Wednesday morning at Mass to receive their promised weekly Communion. This year a Communion Crusade, beginning with the senior classes, gave each homeroom an opportunity of receiving Holy Communion in a body. The dialogue 'Mass lends itself to participation in the Holy Sacrifice by each student. To provide an opportunity to reflect on the past and to resolve for the future was the purpose of the retreat. Held in October it was conducted by two priests, one for the iuniors and seniors and the other for the underclassmen. The atmosphere of prayer and silence was conducive to meditation and inner contemplation. The seniors saw their final day of recollection spent at re- treat houses-the girls at Mary Reparatrix in New York, the boys at St. Bonaventure in Paterson, while the underclassmen spent their day of meditation in church and in the gymnasium, Religious highlight of March, vocation month, was a triduum to pray for religious vocations of which the Church has great need. Page 23

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OUR LADY slancling amiclsf an array of spring flowers graciously displays fhe floral wreafh placed on her head by fhe crowner during The annual May procession. STUDENT BODY represenlalive, George Mitchell, reads lhe Ac+ of Consecrafion in honor of Our Lady. Each May Pope Pius sludenls give a public demonsfralion of fheir faifh. CROWNING OUR LADY in May was a momenfous even? for Kafhleen McCabe. She was chosen from a group of girls all of whom hoped fo obfain fhe honor. 'Forfy iunior DRIVING HOME his poinf, Monsignor Romanak appeals for more devofion fo Our Lady, emphasizing The need for complying wifh lhe requesfs of Our Lady of Falima. Page 25