Seton High School - Shepherdess Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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Hula life pure, all things are pure. LEGION OF DECENCY Having as its purpose the promotion of decent films, books, plays, literature, and radio and TV programs, the Seton unit of the Scholastic Unit of the Legion of Decency was one of the charter members. Membership in this organization calls for mili- tant Catholicity in promoting Catholic standards of decency and morality. On February 15, a city-wide rally was held at Seton at which the Reverend T. Austin Murphy presided and conducted a movie forum. To further the cause of this organization, various pamphlets are circulated among the students of various high schools and city-wide meetings are held four times a year. Barbara Santoro, president, checks a movie list. Joan Yates, vice president, Ann O'Neill, recording secretary, Nina Orlando, corresponding secretary for the Executive Board of the Baltimore Scholastic Legion of Decency, Virginia Hipsley, iuniar representative on the Executive Board discuss tuture events. Carol Ann Schreiber, Carolyn Gordon, Dorothy Anderson, Helen Rydzewsko, Mary Elizabeth Sasada, Mary Ann Zebron, Nadia Bendiuk set oft to represent Seton at a Legion of Decency meeting. 45 rl Iv Q y ,.., .. r ' ...... s . .. 7:llf51i.j Q ,

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6'l1arily is the virtue af thc hearh and fmt of the hands. R, KS Katherine Fiarenza, treasurer, and Marlene McFadden, secretary, prepare the altar for the reception of the Louise de Marillacs. LOUISE DE MARILLACS The Louise de Marillacs is a section of the Association of the Ladies of Charity established by St. Vincent de Paul for the visit- ing of the sick and the aged. It has the some end, the same spirit, but it is composed exclusively of young girls who propose to honor our Lord Jesus Christ as the source and model of all charity, according to the words of St. Vincent, and to imitate Him in visiting the sick, especially the aged and the triendless. On the day of her reception after a six-month probation period, each girl receives a smoll indulgenced crucifix which she wears when visiting her old people. At Seton the Thursday activity period sees groups of these generous girls visiting such places as City Hospital, the Little Sisters of the Poor, Montebello Hos- pital, the Melchor Nursing Home, and the Fayette Street Con- valescent Home. These gay misses are on their way to bring happiness and cheer to the less fortunate. an---Y Ar 1 .. ci Q. Angela Fuchs, president, gathers some goodies for the old people. Louise de Marillacs ask God's blessing on their work before each visit to the poor.

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HUA, the goodness nf nur Gnd IS czferyllzzlfg MOTHER SETON GUILD To honor Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton, foundress of the Sisters of Charity in America and inaugurator of the American Parochial School System in the United States, and to hasten her beatifica- tion are the purposes of the Mother Seton Guild. These are being accomplished by making known Mother Seton's life and her virtues. Prayer cards, relics, and literature are obtainable from student representatives. The cause of her beatificatian is also being furthered by bulletin boards, quotations from her writing on blackboards. On the anniversary of her death in January members of the Guild presented a skit over the public address system and a filmstrip and records were presented in the audi- torium. lf the Church deigns to raise Mother Seton to the altar, she will be the first American-born saint. Patricia Koftenberger, Kathleen Callahan, Beverly Chalifman Margie Downs portray an episode from the life of Mother Seton .-f-' A