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

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The cornersTone oT ST. Bernardis CenTral High School was laid in l926. Today in addiTion To The rnar bulding, There are eighT porTalole buildings and a large garage serving as a Home Economics laboraTory. Today, also, The annual enrollnnenT is lirniTed To abouT 860 sTudenTs. SeyenTeen parishes are represenTed aT ST. Bernardis. Qn The campus are Two converTs Tor our sisTer-Teaching TaculTy, The SisTers oT The Pre5ehTaTion oT The Blessed Virgin Mary. This religious order was Tounded 'n l776 by Nano Nagle, who Torsalcing The gay socieTy liTe oT Paris and The lorillianT courT oT Louis XV, reTurned To Ireland and oeyoTed her enT2re liTe and TorTune To The educaTion oT The poor, in heroic deTiance oT penal laws which sTricTly Torbade such educaTion and The Teaching of The CaTholic TaiTh in Ireland. This religious order spread rapidly ThroughouT lreland as more and more women joined Nano Nagle in her liTe oT selT-sacriTice in The inTeresTs oT The poor and Tor The greaTer glory oT God. The Tounda- 'Aff Li , Q. 4. .Ab 6 r-'S -1 Tions were made in England, NewToundland, fXusTralia, India, and The UniTed STaTes. The TirsT PresenTaTion SisTers came To FiTchburg in 1886, where Today They sTaTT noT only ST. Bernard's T-ligh buT also Tour grammar schools and Regina Coeli College. '-0991140