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

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Sister Mary Thomasine Latin Religion Sister Mary Xavier Math Nano Nagle, the foundress of the Sisters of the Pres- entation, our teaching sisters, lived and died during the cruel Penal Days when every effort was made to crush out the Catholic faith in Ireland. As a teenager, she was sent to France to complete her education. School days over, Nano entered into the gay social life of Paris. After the death of her father, she returned to Ireland and lived with her mother and sister in Dublin. Here she was brought face to face with the miserable condition of the poor. After her sister’s death, Nano determined to devote her life to the poor. Her first school was a mud cabin of two rooms and her first pupils thirty of the poorest little girls her maid could muster. Soon there were seven of these schools financed by Nano. In 1775 three of Nano’s helpers shared her little cottage. The following year marked the foundation of the Pres- entation order. When she died in 1784, her community numbered three. She did not live to see her sisters venture forth for Christ and the little ones so dear to Him into England, Newfoundland, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, and South Africa. Sister Mary Rita Sister Mary Roland French English ; ee oe am a3

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The cornerstone of our high school was laid in 1926. At that time we had one main building of thirteen rooms with auditorium and gym. When it was converted into a central high school, eight portables were built accommodating 350 pupils. In 1965, the new addition was completed and ready for occupancy. In addition to the thirteen new classrooms, there were also the labs--biology, chemistry, general science, language, and home economics. A chapel and cafeteria were included in the addition. Sister Mary Berchmans Sister Mary Bernadette Religion French Stenography Sister Mary Consilia Sister Mary Ellen Sister Mary James Sr. M. Joan Sister Mary Laurita Home Economics Religion Library Religion English Bio-Chemistry English Religion Sister Mary Marcella Sister Mary Martin Sister Mary Noreen Sister Mary Patricia Typing Religion French Dietetics Math Sister Mary Peter Sister Mary Perpetua English Latin

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