Regina Grey Nuns Hospital School of Nursing - Memorare Yearbook (Regina, Saskatchewan Canada)

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TO THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 1961 On behalf of the Medical Staff, I am privileged to extend con¬ gratulations to the Graduating Class of 1961. With graduation, the toils, adversities and pleasantries of the past years take on a new meaning; all that you have learned takes on new purpose. As a Graduate, you acquire certain rights and privi¬ leges, but with them, you also acquire duties and responsibilities. Learning does not cease when lectures are finished. Our art is one that demands a lifetime of study, for we can never learn too much concerning the care of the sick. It is the sincere wish of the Medical Staff that the years ahead will bring happiness and gratification in your chosen profession. I. W. Bean, M.D., President - Medical Staff, Regina Grey Nuns ' Hospital.

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Dear Graduates: The successful training of today’s nurse has become an exacting business de¬ manding both scientific and technical proficiency. You have measured up to the standards of your school and profession and for this I wish to congratulate you. But over and above such knowledge the ideal nurse looks upon her profession as something more than being a skilled technician. She thinks of it in terms of service to others with a sympathetic understanding of the dignity and personality of the patient she tends. This is what makes your profession a noble and necessary one with your Christ like approach lifting it far above the level of just another task. It will sanctify all you do and in it you will find your own sanctification and reward. Yours very sincerely in Christ, Most Reverend M.C. O ' Neill, Archbishop of Regina.

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Graduates: You have achieved a high standard in the fact that you have successfully completed your three year course. You must try and retain thishigh standard without being standardized; yo i must continue to blend the truly modern scientific spirit with the ancient religious inspiration of Christian Spirituality; you must make the corporal works of mercy your social program. Everyone of you has been imbued with the idea that the spirit of nursing is the spirit of charity and is absolutely in¬ separable from religion. To quote Pope Pius XII - Nursing is noble and necessary. It is aimed at achieving the welfare of the body and soul. It serves both time and eternity. It is a sacred ministry. Keep this in mind, and Our Blessed Lord will reward and bless you. Father Norman A. Andries, Chaplain To the Nurses: All of us are obliged to contribute to the common good of humanity. From the day your experience with nursing-school began, you probably noticed that the pro¬ motion of what is good took on a real meaning in your life. As the years of your training progressed, this reali¬ zation of serving, what helps and lifts up your fellow man, grew deeper. On the day you graduate, public recognition is given to testify to your spirit of thoughtfulness and gener¬ osity, and you receive a diploma and an Registered Nurse Certificate. These are a passport to every corner of the earth, and a guarantee that you will move with dignity and act with skill no matter what life may present to you, whether it be the close ties of domestic love, or the many-splendored activity of a career in far away places. A nursing school must surely rejoice in sending forth such wonderful members into society. And those who have benefited by such training must surely realize the special contribution they must always make to life around them. May I wish constant success to the school and its never-failing harvest of Graduates. Father D. K. Edward C. Ss. R Retreat Master