St Agnes Seminary School - Agnesian Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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May Browning 'ii Religion brought forth riches and the daughters honored the Mother. The unparalleled sight that greets the viewer on the day of the May crowning takes careful planning and preparation. Seniors Betty Lou O'Neill and Valerie Brewer help Marjorie Eisner with her wreath while Pat Bocker. Irene Carrano and Betty Jane Hynes mentally plan the afternoon's activities. Before the actual crowning takes place the student body joins in the recitation of the Rosary. Each prayer is a petition to Our Blessed Lady for a personal favor on the part of a student. '-ii, I .fiifjq .5 This February marked the end of the eentenary year of Our l,ady's apparition to Bernadette at Lourdes. During this past century the world has witnessed much persecution and destruetion. Yet dav after day numerous pilgrims visit the shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Southern France to give honor to Marv and ask her help. We outwardly show our devotion to Nlarv lay our annual May crowning. The Ceremony commences with the impressive proeession of the student hody, followed hy the singing of traditional hymns and the ref-ilation of the Rosary. As the smoke of our hurning petitions disappears in the heavens, the ceremony is climaxed as once again vve eroivn Nlarv, Queen of our lives.

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il -4 ii N-a s x . . . I Rf, r More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of. Fully realizing the ellicacx' of this adage. members of the Madonna of the Missions Praesicliumn Diane Zoller, Mary Beckley. Angela Cassano. and President Valerie Brewer recite the Rosary for the spiritual strength and guidance necessary to keep the Legion in its foremost position as keeper of the faith. ll- L . 4 l An integral part of the Le- 5 gion meeting is the spiritual reading taken from the hand- book. It clearly outlines the duties of Legion members as well as the history of the Legion. Betts' Lou O'Neill. President of Our Lady' of Promise Praesidiumf' con- ducts the reading while Marie lannone. Grace Butler, Pat Bocker. Jane Wolz and Eliz- abeth Hynes listen attentively. lil' Nlarv's Legion prepares for Santlsi and Regina Lennon .aT T 2 Ari ...J . 35. Q :var T a spiritual renewal. Sandra discuss plans for the forth- coming retreat while Patricia Grafton and Marjorie Eisner look on. Christians are made not born. Setting out to prove this maxim. legionnaires Katherine Schwabacher. Mary Ann Mazzarella. Angela DeVivo. and Ann White give up time and energy to prepare meals of Mercy. for orphans at the Convent

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Part of Legion work is the outward expression of our love for Mary. Here Legion officers gather round the Shrine to sing hymns as a part of the annual May Crowning. Nh -N1 0 W As the crown of roses is placed on the head of Our Lady by the May Queen, the voices of the student body are raised in song. This is only one of the ways in which we pay tribute to our Queen and Mother. The flowers an expression of our love: the prayers, an expression of our devo- tion, only serve to complete the picture. It is titting that we do justice to Mary on this day, for she gives willingly of herself on every other day of the year.