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

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A RETREAT IS A WITHDRAWAL FROM THE WORLD FOR SPIRITUAL REAWAKENING. THE MASS IS THE FIRST SPIRITUAL EXERCISE, SETTING THE PACE FOR THE DAY. 56 R E T R E A T Spiritual Revival As the development of the whole man is the primary concern of Catholic education, it is imperative that every means possible be used to train the mann or the Uspiritf, A result of this is religious, moral, and ethical training which succeeds to a certain degree. Class instruction, however, is not completely adequate and a means of graphic demonstration is needed to supplement it. So it is that there is a retreat. At Power, this annual event usually occurs in conjunction with a great ecclesiatical feast or holiday. Somewhat different this year was a late-spring activity held by Paulist Fathers james Lloyd, a Power graduate, and J. Hagemeir. Designed to resolve Ch-ristis relation with youth in the mind of youth, the day began with Mass and Communion at Nine. Those who didn't re- ceive returned to school for reading while the others breakfasted. The seniors heard a lecture in the gym as the underclassmen left for church. Final meditation followed another school ses- sion and after that came benediction. Though this yearis enclosed retreat for seniors did not coincide with the school's, the forty who attended went into the same materials their school companions would do later in the year. In general, school response was good. All students were shown the secret of life, some benefited, others not. Each learned of his re- sponsibility, his conscience would have to ful- fill it. THE EUCHARIST IS SPIRITUAL FOOD, SANCTIFYING THE DAY

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if nes -gi. it fN -M.. FOR SENIORS, THE ENCLOSED RETREAT PERMITS FREER I .. sau-EXAMINATIQN. S !!!! I FQ SPIRITED LECTURES PROMOTE THOUGHT ON THE PART QF FOR OTHER SENIORS, THERE ARE SOCIAL TALKS ON VARIED THE STUDENTS. SUBJECTS. f' F I if T., YL if f7WO f, t I -+5 I J' I 5 f' - , - E- as we .Lx - gx 9 ,ka R, . THE RETREAT. THEN, IS THE TIME OF SELF-EXAMINATION AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PROGRESS INTO THE MEANING OF LIFE 57