Sacred Hearts Academy - Aymerian Yearbook (Fall River, MA)

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v 3? K, u X l S' 4 2 N K '- 2 'Dzsmtguisltcd fUisitor L71illUfl'lL'7' ... Our class of 1950 seems to be particularly blessed in being able to insert in our yearbook, just before it goes to press, a little account of the second great visit we have had the privilege of receiving. As our junior year was blessed with the visit of Our Very Reverend Father Superior General, so likewise is our senior year the beneficiary of a similar visit from the Very Reverend Mother Superior General of the Sisters' branch of the Congregation. ln fact just as we are feverishly at work on last minute material for our book, the Very Reverend Mother arrives from Hawaii, and manifests a keen interest in all our doings-work. play. activities. ln her presence, we again experience the charm of gracious simplicity, condescending interest, and above all, maternal kindness. We can feel that she is the spiritual mother of our dear faculty and. by this fact, our mother too, While we bask in the radiance of her genial smile, our minds are carried back to the l800's, and we wonder what must have been the magnetism of that other lVIother, the first of the line, the foundress, whose perfect goodness won for her the endearing name she still bears, The Good Mother.

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.Qs 'wr Our sisters of the 1949 class just missed one great honor, that of including' in their yearbook an account of so rare an event as that of the visit of the Very Reverend Superior General of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts, because the printer had to have the material before the distinguished visitor arrived. Since we, as well as they. enjoyed the visit, we are most happy to record it. The Very Reverend Jean du Coeur de Jesus d'Elbee arrived here from Hawaii, in the beginning of June. He greatly admired our well- equipped and neatly kept school and our beautifully landscaped campus. In his exquisite graciousness, the Very Reverend Father took an interest in all our work and activities, and condescended to assist at our theatrical representations and gym exhibition. It seems that it would require pages to describe the impression made by the Very Reverend Father, but because of lack of space, maybe we could sum it all up by saying' that his simple, alfable, gracious, condescending manners bespoke the perfect gentleman and charmed everyone with whom he came in contact. Qui' A rc LI flprivilcqc

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Reverend Edward 1, Gorman, C5-2X.e9B'C. Superintendent of rDioee5an Schools