St Bernards High School - Bernardian Yearbook (Fitchburg, MA)

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MOUNT ST. MARY CONVENTS 118 and 124 Summer Street, on the school campus, shelter the 21 Sisters of the Presenta- tion, B.V.M., who teach in our high school. wu? bbe biol 4 diay paves E| oH | ee HAHAH tei 3 Oe inn nn % Hi one

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Cw eae, ® GS paris enrollment was 815 f our school was laid h school for 19 ST. BERNARD’S HIGH SCHOOL | hig The September, 1954, Boys’ side and entrance The cornerstone o 1926. It is a centra

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a¢ ay — r f 4 Ons SM! BG Foe ah) : A= i res = ST. BERNARD Bernard was born in 1071 at the Castle of Fontaines in Burgundy. His father, the Lord of Fontaines, was a noble knight, who preserved the dignity of the Christian life at the court and in the camp of the Duke of Burgundy, and : distinguished himself on all occasions by his valor and : tan ( his hy iWlh hit Mijas his uprightness. His mother, the daughter of Count Bernard de Mont- bar, entered the married state, against her will, as She longed to give herself entirely to God in the cloister. - She became the mother of six sons of whom Bernard was the third, and of one daughter. After the death of his mother, Bernard felt that his support and his consolation was -no longer here on earth. One day, Bernard started out to visit his brothers, who were wtih the Duke of Burgundy, at the siege of the Castle of Grancey. As he rode along in deep thought, a voice sounded in the depths of his heart — ''Come to - me all you that labor and are heavy laden, and | will refresh you; take my yoke upon you, and you shall find rest to your souls. ° At these words a heavenly longing took possession of Bernard. He entered the nearest church, prostrated him- self before the altar and prayed. A deep calm fell upon his soul, and Bernard, all on fire with love, consecrated himself forever to God. ie iY LOO See Sie i ie —