St Agnes Academic High School - Agnesene Yearbook (Flushing, NY)

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Youth Lawrence Brennan, Peter Martin, Ken- the students, while Father Connelly is neth McCrary, and Robert Parnell are happy at the numbers arriving. ready to give the Holy Hour booklets to Although the Catholic Youth Adoration Society is new to St. Agnes, its influence has been widely felt. Initiated by Sister Leonard Marie and directed by Rev. Andrew Connelly, the society has flourished and continues to attract new members. Members are grateful for the assistance received through sermons and meditation in the monthly Holy Hour. The spiritual lives of the students have been greatly enriched. It is the desire of all, that the CYO continue to provide students with this worthwhile privilege of spending a precious hour in the com- forting presence of the Blessed Sacrament. mln union there is strengthf, GFO1' Where two or three are gathered together for My sake, there am I in the midst of themf, The members of the CYA listen to Father Connelly's talk at the monthly Holy Hour. Catholic Adoration

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Parent-Teac ers eele Sister Francis Loretta, senior home room and mathematics teacher, discusses with Mr. and Mrs. Sny- der what would be best for their son. On four successive nights in October, parents and teachers of freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors met in order to become beetter acquainted with the problems and needs of the students themselves. At each meeting a general outline of the aims of the school was given. The teachers discussed indivi- dual problems with each parent. This was the key- note of the evening. On Thursday-senior night-parents also consulted with Sister Henry joseph, principal, who gave them a complete report on scholastic standing and averages for the four years. Subject teachers gave a report on what a studentis chosen field should include. Thus a better understanding was brought about among all those concerned. Parent-Teachers Week will help to make St. Agnes a more harmonious unit, scholastically as well as socially, through mutual cooperation. turn. l l Parents of students listen to the purpose schools offer students and what is ex- of Parent-Teachers Night, what the pected of parents and students. '? Si9l -' Father Williams, Assistant Pastor, gives an introductory talk, as Mr. Thomas Dono hue, president of the Fathers Club, Mrs. Virginia Cassidy, president of the Mothers Club, Sister Henry Joseph principal, and Mr. James Lennon, head of Athletics Department, await their