Power Memorial Academy - Power Yearbook (New York, NY)

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llEl.lGl0N bl A real1zat1on of whx the Sax 1our 1n5t1tuted Holx Communon H15 des1re to be wlth ll to share our problems cl -Xn act of fa1th bx XXl1lLl l we be llexe that we haxe recened the Bodx and Blood of jesus Chr15t dl -'tn act of loxe 1n return of HIS Loxe e l -Xn act of grautude for HIS G1fts especlallx the Sacraments In these fue con51der1t1ons there 1s an adequate thankslgnmg Thou,,ht ox er slowlx they cannot fa1l to arouse 1n the soul words wh1ch w1ll comet much of our loxe fa1th and gratltude to God New SOClety There IS a new soc1etx 1n the school Its purpose the 1nstruct1on of Cathohc Iubhc School ch1ldren durmff release t1me per1od5 Its name The Confrater nztx of the Chrzstzan Doctrine Or1g1nallx It was the pract1ce of a group of Semors to go up to Samt Nlat thew 5 once a week and mstruct the classes there Th1s was often de5cr1bed as the sole work of the Sodahty The only connect1on however was that the men who went up there happened to be Sodahsts smce the 1m1tat1on to teath came to the souety Thelr Hnstory The Conffatcvnztx of lhe Chrlslzan Doctrznc IS an organ1zat1on of lax men who 1n5truct and do NI1ss1onarw work The drrector at Power IS one of the new add1t1ons to the facultx Nlr Gallagher He has had a reat deal of expenence ln th1s t1eld haxmf' been actmtx assocmted Wllh the LCD of Nlanhattan Qolle e There 1n h1s Alma Hater a trad1t1on for th1s sort of work has f rown up for Nlanhattan students haxe been teachmf ch1ldren 111 oxer twenty parlshes 1n the Bronx 'Nlanhittan XX estchester ueens and New jersex 'Ihex also do work amonv the tubercular chlldren of gh don Hospltal and the deaf 1n lLp1pham lar 5 AI' Work nn Power X5 well as teachlnf at Snnt I1t thew I NI X bots hue now trken on the dflCllll0IIdl burden or 1I'l truetm two more lar1 he it Xlberts and Nlo t Preuous Blood There 1re between ten to fourteen boxs workm ID the Lonfratermtx and each hx Cla sts to .1 total of lljtlllt nftx 142 P 11 Confratern1tw of Fllrl tlan Doctrme Dlrf 1 tor and member John Gllllmns ch1ldren 'XIr Gallagher would l1ke to cut down the S126 of these classes, and consequently IS extendmg an 1r1v1tat1on to Semor Xear to volunteer He puts lt th1s way Growmg boys l1ke growmg trees can b bent ea51ly 1n many d1rec t1on5 'Io shoot up 5tra1,ght they need the steadwnf mfluence of a mature per son Vocatlons Exhlbltlon At Fordham Unlverslty One hundred and two rel1g1ou5 orders sent the1r repre5entat1ve5 to the Xocat1ons I'1ch1b1t1on at Fordham Dm xers1tx durmg the week Apr1l 21 25 for the purpose of presentmg to the Cathohc la1ty the act1v1t1es and the Po ple 9114 4 Oll an I 1 Brotln r llfa nttr ut llllt rt t at the Fordl1a111 cxlnbxt The Power . A K ' I T I ' Y 2 . 4 v ,',' h U 1 v v y . l . C J . . . ra .' . . . u' ' owic . . ' ' , ' ' , S ' ' If . I I - v 'Y a o o n . V . . . . Y n I , . Q - p - v Y - v . . ' v v. 41 .' '. ,' ' ' . . . . . . , , , ,. . , . . Q . . . , ' . , . . . Y . ' u ku L - A. ' ' Q. .l 7 ' ' - . . I ' A 7 v 4 ' - ' 1 Z5 , , ' as ' ' V v .'r .. r 9 xl , U ' ' ' ' ,, . : :- -v ' . .1 . U ,, - 5 . . A . X - 'A ' P- 7 f ' V' . v v . I v ,., . A v 1 . Y rw . . V , v .4 N . ' z ' . 5 .i .Q r- r. , 1h. 1 ' ' ,1 -1 Ba - A .Z 1 .- , . Y , ,A I 5. .- V . L ' ' 5 ' 2111 . 1 '. . ' . . I 3. v. , 4 Q jx. T Z , ' ur' l ' ' . .- 2- ,- W - 'I 15 ' ' 1 7' . ' .,. 'S.'L i'S. ' '

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llELIGION 51135 XM V3 1 1 1 llll tttut 111 it 11111 Il00lx ofl lllf 111.1111 0311 Have You Seen St joseph? Ha1e 1011 seen St jo eph 1ate11 or n1a1be 1 should ask if 1o11 h11e seen him at all? N131 be 1ou h11ent noticed him 1411611 but he stands ln '1 spec1a111 made '11co1e opposite the n11111 entr1nte C-Xmsterd 1111 Me J to t11e school It is 1 p11ce sclclont frtquentetl 111 t11e e TX 1111 on thttr 11 1X to tht It lL 1e1s room tl erh1ps th It s 111111 To describe h1111 '1 littlt 111ore 111111 he 1s a stat11e about 111e teet to11r inches in hewht holdinff 1 sn1a11 1111108 ot the Christ Child 111 his tather11 'arm H1 face shows a sad expression prob 11111 he ls 11orr1ed about protectm 1nd pro11d inv for the H011 I 1111111 C 16 N Lf alonff 111th 1 1111 others thtt st1nd ctbout the school b1 it Nl 1tt11e11 p1r1sh 11h111 the1 I'6fl6COI'lICCl their own church Nhw 76 19:17 Pentecost Occurinff ten d11s 11ter t11e fe1st of the -Xscension Chrtsts 1sce11t into he1 X011 Pentecost 1s one of the most 111117011 an fe1st c 11s in the h1stor1 ot e urch It 1 pop111r1 1111111111 1 B1rthtl11 oi t11e C hurch s 1 britt r111t11 111 11111118 tht Xpostlt teturntd to tl11 upper room lt 11e 11ttr t1t -Xsct 11111 1r lord 111 1 ter Gslls L s 1111 thit t11e1r lt 1der 111 ffone 1e1 11ere 1111111 to 1enture out ide the Ce11 1t1e le t the1 be Obl9CIs ot ridicule to R11111111 nd he 611 e er torturt 11111 Cl6ll11 1 e ll lor ten d 11 thu rem 1111111 lll the 11pper 11111 pr11111 1 1 1111 1 Xc11oc1tt 1 t 11161 pro1111 1111111 11111111 on the 111or111n 1 ot the tenth day, they heard a great noise, as the rushing of the wind, and suddenly no- ticed tongues of tire above the heads of each person in the room. They were the first to receive the Sacrament of Confir- mation, by which they receive the graces of strength and wisdom from the Holy Ghost. Now they had become soldiers in the arn11 of C hrist The1 were willing to do an1th1nff for their IJIXIIIB Commander e1en stiffer death for His sake No lon ger did the1 remain in hiding in the Qenacle 11161 now went fear1ess11 forth to Teach all nations On that first f1a1 alone Peter con1erted n1ore than three thousand people This was the real beginning of the Church, and since then tt has spread to e1er1 corner of the earth to us, and todav we ha1e the pr1111ege of Catholi ci 1 After Communion Thanksgiving 11 hen we learn that an important per son is cominff to 11s1t us we make e1 ery preparation to make him we1con1e We clean our houses from top to bottom we brinfr Ollt the best s111erware we go to extrt tro11ble in prepftring meals to Slllt his t1ste lll short 11e do e1tr1th1nff to n1111e his st 11 1 p1e1s1nt one 7 If we do these thinfrs for 1 guest it ls on11 proper that 11e should do the s1n1e 111d e1e11 n1ore for the personal Xl it ot C,-od H1n1se1f Through Penance 11e C111 make our souls spotless an throuf h 9 1net1t1 inn Grace we c 1n '1dorn our soul 1111 it ls I'1t tor a nf' The most precious 111o111e11ts of our llll ire thost 1111n1et111te1 ltter H011 11111111111111111 esus Christ Our orc ll XX t c Ill pe 111 to Hllll per on 1111 1s1s H1111 tor our needs thank H1n1 tor His Goodness 1lNl seek ad11se for our own pec111 problems To txlse 11111 '1d1ant1ffe ot thi e1ent 11e sho111d pend some t1n1e in pra1er and Ill6CllItlllOIl Durinff our con1 11111111011 with God 11e should obser1e tht 111111111111 point 1 1 -X rt 111z1t1o11 ot 11ho 1s 1311356111 in our stbtlls that ls jesus Christ God n1an re 1d1 illfl waiting to help us 141 , 'v I-5 1 V I 1 1 , 1 H ' I - . ., A ' '1, M L ' ll '. ' C I I' . . 5 1 f ' , ' it c ' ' . F5 .V Y Y y . 3 D v vf f v 2 ' aj: 1 1 . l,.l111.1 v 1 . i , T11-littl-S sz 'S ' 1' ' ' ' . ' K u . 'z . 2 ' . , 1-1 'I 3 ' -' T fqff , if ' 2 .' . ::,. d L ' ' L ' ' . 5 T ' . . . . .. - . .3 ' ' V - , . 1 : ' 111 . ' ' 3 1 1 ' . , ' h' ' t zi 1z ': ' ,' th 5 1 ' 1 1' 1 ' Ch ' . 's 11 1 ' ' as the H 5 . 5. -- K K 1 A .- U 1-- L., - - ci' 1 1. fl Y: it 1 L '51 ' 1 '- 1 ' I.L'I.,f1lllX'O' 1 ' ' ' z 'ent , ' ' 5 M ' . A ' ' . v . . , ' , , llllfl 111111.z1ct11:1111-t111'el1s 11'1th1n our very students. but the lay faculty pass htm betore this great feast. X1 e 14111111' that my muh Ve ', L.. ,- .2 -. 1 ,C-1 1 A 5- is - . 1 1 U ' . ' 1 ' z ' '. or 111 t'e111'1. 251 11 .:'111s' ot . i 1 5 1' 9 5 i . . . X . V the' , 111 Mas . I : 3 'hri:t. 5- ' ' 5 .N A 1' . . . 'Q N ' 1 ,' 1: ts, .tl .' e 55-1 5 '5 ' . . 5 L . .' . 5 ' 1 ' 1' ' 5' - S Z 5- I' - rs f S Cr . . . . , , I ': ' ' ':' '. s. 's L5 5 -5 - 5 2' L ' fe 5 ' ., -, . , Y the 1 s 21 t bl' 's. or 1 st they ' 3 ' 5 M ' ' ' '- - ' 'sk suft' 1. 1 tsjssdid. . 'f' , 'P ff - . 5 .Q :I . , 1715 L , , Q . D , ro . 1 u 111111 'z1sti11Q. 1 ' '11s for 1 ' -' M f' fg Th statt 1111: present1 1 to us. ' ' , ' 5 .- , -X , 1 , A t11e . ' I 1 11:1 Jesus 1 sed , 1, - , - - . -, , - L 5 L , 1 . 1 1 1 - . 1 1. ,' 2 ' ' '. 'g ' 1 g , . .,':. , 'L. '

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type of work to which each order was devoted. The Fordham gym was filled with seven rows of various types of exhibits, and each rmw extended the full length of the gy mnaslum as well as two rows at either end of bu1ld1ng that extended its width It was a cold wet day when we went un to haye a look at it but despite the miserable weather there was a large crowd on hand Much Work ks you can probably gather this was a pretty big show but let me remind you, not nearly as bi as the job these priests missioners missionaries bro thers and nuns haye to do Their work extends to ey ery part of the world to every type of people giving them train ing in religious and secular matters That was their motive for giying this exhibition to explain what they haye to do, and then ask for your help in carrving out this work They ,aye you a chance to see what the different orders are engaged in It IS up to you to Join the one you are most interested in, if you haye a yocation I C B Dlsplay The Christian Brothers of Ireland were there too, their display under the direction of Brother Hickey Ihev pre sented a slide show depicting the daily routine of the brother, and the aspi rant to the brotherhood during h s their schools on the North American Continent May Altars May the Month of Mary It is nttmg and proper that the most beautiful month of the year hould be dedicated to the greatet and holiest woman that eyer liyed Xlary the Nfother of God Powerites in showing their deyotion to the Ble sed Xirgin haye erected Hay altars in their classrooms adorned w1th the beautiful flowers that blosbom forth in the month page you see some deyotion following established in eyery ot Hay On this examples ot their a tradition well IC B school Niay 26 1907 W luch IS the most beautiful? Disl World Sodallty Day On Nlav 11 Nlothers Day I am sure that each and every one of us showed his mother the love, respect, and deyo tion that he had for her The Power Nlemorial Senior Sodal ity dedicated to the Blessed Xirgin Nlary Nlother of all men honored her on Nlother s Day by the obseryance of ll orld Sodalitv Day Nlembers of the group were granted a special Plenary Indulgence The theme this year was Personal Xpostolicity Xpostolicity IS a feature familiar to all Sodalists It is one of the essential characteristics of the or anization mseparably linked wlth the element of personal holiness A special emphasis was placed on the importance ot liymg this Xpostolicity throughout their daily liyes instead of only group actiyitie Four Points to Know The Iurthtr meaning ot the Day may be de crlbed under the following points al It wa a fea t day ot the XX orld wide Sodality family by It wa a day ot umyersal prayer and deyotion in honor ot the Ble ed Nlother Queen ot the Nodality It wa a day ot brotherly ai Prom the heart ol million ol qodah ts rises a yolume of pray er to draw down graces and ble sings upon one another llELlGl0N I xB ix Photos Jlay ed are the 404 and 504 altars dj It was a day of Thanksgiving thanksgiying for the many blessings conferred upon the Sodality Brother Galway was well pleased with the enthusiasm and response of this schools members -Xs Nloderator he sincerely lsopes that next year s Sen iors will respond with equal vigor to the work done by the group 7 'W v-are Biother Galway Dan Shanahan and Xltx Lflllili n planning Pow er obsery ance of W orld S0ddl1IX Day 143 f ' ,' . . . U A, v v A v v ' , 3 A 'V , 3 ' r .V P1 V! .U . 5 r Q 1 1 ' , V ' , i 3 - -I 1. 3 1 s 1 1 . N Y : A- If s Y C, v 1' . . - ,, 1 A N .in ' , , U, , , , F' ' .f 4 ' v v Y ' ' . A . l - ' ' , , ' A - . Y. . . vv7 ' , V 7 ' l . . . ' ' . V ' T! I .f ' ' v . xi K. - - .. ' .. f. if-Hrs . . . I -' l I I - l 9-fl I training days. A huge map outlined - - - - - f'. ' ' ' . i. . . v . Q lf : , U . -, 1, . I m 3 A N . S. ' ' s - 5 S . M , ' U ' 'v 1. , '. . s ' ' ' M, - - ' s s ' ' ' - 5' ,' . ' ' s ' ' ' ' . ,' ' 5. ' Q i ' ss - ' cj ' s ,' ' Q 'd. I s -' ' ' L s ' ' ' s ' s 's ' . , . Q 1 , C' I , ':.