Regis College - Mount Regis Yearbook (Weston, MA)

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WE’VE A STORY TO TELL Regis College, atop a promontory commanding a sweeping panorama of scenic splendor. Floating over the rolling hills, pleasant valleys, and mirrors of blue, ring out the carillon chimes from the stone casements of the Norman Tower. ’Neath the shadow of that majestic spire nestles the Grotto, the Court of Our Lady, bound by patterned garden paths, down which slowly pace stately forms, black-robed and black-veiled — the Sisters of Saint Joseph. Patience robed in humility, endurance veiled with charity, they brought to this summit, piety, learning, and understanding. Here was founded in 1927 a college for the higher education of young women, named in honor of Mother Mary Regis, Founder of the Boston Congregation. oung in years, old in traditions, Regis is permeated with the spirit and ideals nurtured through the centuries by its Founders. Three hundred years ago in Le Puy, the capital of the ancient province of Velay in France, a dauntless band of women established the Order of the Sisters of St. Joseph, under the guidance of Henry de Maupas, Bishop of that city and pupil of St. Vincent de Paul, and the Reverend John Peter Medaille ' , S.J., the famous apostle of Velay and successor to the missionary held of St. John Francis Regis. spiring to the virtues of St. Joseph, patron of labor and model of contemplative souls, those devoted women 0i l egib College at IS eston,