Saint Joseph High School - Pendulum Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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0 U O . ..fAl L6tlaI'l5 5el Ue QOL! ll,l'lC2d5ll'lg y Fatima Club members listen to a recording and view a film strip of the story of the Miraculous Medal. Knowledge of Our Lady increases faith in her intercession. FATIMA CLUB Prayer for vocations is the chief aim of the Fatima Club. With regular monthly meetings the girls keep in touch with the activities of the other Fatima groups throughout the diocese and plan their projects accordingly. The most important o function, however, is attending Mass and receiving Holy Communion on the First QMS Saturday of every month. Religious movies, panel discussions, and games help the girls realize the need for vocations and the value of praying for them, For unselfish and far reaching aims, this club ranks high in the school. - This year the Junior-Senior division of the Fatima Club X had as ofhcersz Alice Koeppl, Presidentg Janet Farabaugh, Vice-Presidentg Rose Zirngibl, Secretaryg and Margie Oestreich Treasurer. is ' . i 11 r

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SODALITY OF OUR LADY A Communion breakfast is both a social and a spiritual activity. Rev. Walter J, Schaming was guest speaker this year. Sodalists Betty Jane Wagner and Mary Dirrigl try their skill or luck in making candy for the Sodality stand at the annual bazaar. ORDER OF SAINT FRANCIS The Third Order Members show much enthusiasm in receiving their monthly news bulletin. .fdcfiue A good Catholic youth is a practical Catholic youth first of all. There are several outlets for practical joint Catholic action in the high school, Daily Mass and Holy Communion are encouraged, for a living Catholic must be fed with the Bread of Life to maintain a high spiritual level of existf ence. The Fatima Club and the Sacred Heart Preparatory Club concentrate on the continuaf tion of vocations to the religious lifcg the former for vocations in general, the latter for particular preparation for that life. Christ's name and honor are safe in a group who dedicate their services to Him through membership in the Holy Name Society. Our Blessed Mother has many copies in a parish group that can point to an active Sodality of Our Lady. Individuals not satisfied with merely a nominal Catholic way of life have an opportunity to aim at pcrfecf tion as laymcn, attaching themselves to a Third Order of some religious community, Such is the Third Qrder of St, Francis group in our school. These were in the mind of Christ when He uttered the anew doctrine of the Eight Beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount. I c

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.14 ITL! I eU2l'2I'lt I RING CEREMONY Seniors watch a little wistfully each year as juniors present themselves at the Communion railing in church to receive their class rings from the hands of the priest. The special blessing attached to the ring at this time adds greatly to its already precious worth. Father Crundler ofhciated at the ceremony, reminding the juniors in a simple address that their ring is a beautiful symbol of a Christian life+labor for and with Christ. Consecration to the Blessed Mother followed in the traditional ceremony. On Ring Day one more tie is formed to bind true students to their Alma Mziter and to their church. ,qiw The photographer caught these Junior girls at the climax of the ceremony--the actual reception of the blessed rings. Boys were equally as proud to slip those rings on for good. ssl X Z r 1 fa'