St Cyril Academy - Violets Yearbook (Danville, PA)

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Msgr Andrew Grutka God has blessed Father for his twenty two years of humble living simple faith Christ IS always first 1n his life He lives for the Sacrifice of Christ and for His Gospel for his own people and for the world Mass and the administration of the Sacraments are of para mount importance 111 his life The sick are visited comforted and re membered in all parish devotions Office Hours? Yes schedules are made and every possible opportunity for spiritual growth provided for the people Yet 1f these cannot be met with each 1nd1v1dual ls free to call and make convenient arrangements according to his needs Feed my lambs Despite his heavy respons1b111at1es and 1n still holds a place dear to the heart of Father He IS their Shepherd they his lambs It IS h1S love for the poor that had made him one of the out standing priests IH the city of Gary He manifested this love when he opened wide the doors of his school to the Negro and the Mexican An educator at heart he spares nothing where the education of the children IS concerned His love for Lhrists little ones IS ex pressed on h1S countenance when he IS in their midst and they 1n turn surely sen in him another Christ and loving father H1s great learning and eloquence have found him addressing numerous gatherings and organizations Enthusiasm 1S the keynote of hlS success and the sparks that beam forth from It soon enliven even the most languid In a word all Fathers good works are summed up in his fre quently quoted statement We are here to serve the people not they A Parishioner 118 I , , . . . i v. . V , - . . . , . M . , . . . .N KL Y, 1 1 - . . . .. - numerable duties the daily instructions of the First Communion Class n X 7 . W 1 V . sq - , - . - x . . . . . , . Q - 1 li 7 1 us. ' '

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The gorgeous blossoms of sprmg soon faded and the warmth and frrendlrness of summer greeted hun, but stlll he could not pamt Then autumn rn all ther garety and color showed herself to hun hold rng hlm spellbound In due course wrnter crept 1n and the vrllage awoke to frnd rtself clothed rn a mantle of whlte Yet h1s soul would not yreld nts treasures and h1S brush remamed rdle Sprlng was upon hlm once agarn and wrth rt more 1nsp1rat1on Thrls trme he succeeded 1n catch mg the song of beauty that had tempted hnn and wrth th1s prrze the reservorr of hrs soul overflowed Now wrth all hrs heart he endeavored to drscrplme th1s song and capture lt mto the rhythm of hrs lrnes and the blend of hrs colors He pamted unceaslngly, choos1ng subjects from every phase of the l1fe of the vrllage people at prayer, at work, at play people readrng dancrng, washing ploughrng, restrng The parntrng reproduced here was chosen because rt frts the theme of th1s rssue, vrz, Readrng But there are some srxty prctures 1n the book, all charmrng and enchantrng To the donors of th1s treasured volume we say a srncere, Pan B h zaplat trsmcnasobnev' Ellzabeth Mlchllk 57 Brooklyn New York 3 ! 'D s9! gi Bravo, Pat' The Drocesan lorensrc league deposrtel HS Uophy at St Cyrrl Academy tor the en surng year thanks to Patrrcra OBI'l9I1 I Bloombsburg Pa Havrng non frrst place at the a ea el mmatlon se sron she was elrgrble to partrclplte rn the trnars held at Qhamokrn on 'Vlay 2 Her toprc was The Church and the Famrly Noting frrst the rrnportante of the tamrly to the Church the State and rretv Ill general -,he enumerated all the varr ous programs the Lhurth has undertaken to safeguard the famrly For her oratorlcal skrll Pat also arqurred a personal trophy It mll be a constant re rnrnder to her of the obJettrves of the Foren src League to produce artrculate Cathollcs 117 . . W 4 O A , 1 Q x I ' - 1 ' ' 1 ' ' , V . t . N . . .X . N L L ' 1 1 1 . 1 , 1 1 l - 'N' A W 1 1 . . - , 1 , 1 1 , ! Y Y ' . N . N N . . X Q . . ' 1 ' 1 ' I 1 l . - ' as ' ' N , . , , o 1 . . . . , 7 , N ,A I '- ,, ix 'X .fe 089. ' 'I .5 e 'xt eff ' AQ.. , -'W' , ,1. . . 1 ,W , g 1 1 U 1 . A '1 4' - 1' , ,I 1 ' - - 1 . . ' 1 . 1 ,- Y . I ' . ,- .- , . . 1 1 0 1 ' v Q' r' 1 ' 1' sr' , ' ' ,g , 1' ' . . , 2 K . ' 1 ' 1 U 1 - ,11 , . . i . , . - 1 r 30' . r. , , 11 1 ,- .' . sr l - - ,,

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Marlenka 'Vhchna gives the students the b neflt of her professional tfflllllllb at a special scsslon At the plano are M A Roblsh and B Tlusclk MHl16l1li3 MICIIIIH at SC A A brllhant recltal by concert p1an1st Marlenka Mlchna of New York C1tV approprlately marked the openlng of Natlonal Muslc Week at St Cyrll Academy Sunday afternoon May 6 Marlenka MlChHa held her aud1ence spellbound wlth her tech nlcally perfect rendltlon of select1ons from Bach Beethoven Chop1n Franck and Rachmanlnoff Manenka Mlchna was born 1n Torrlngton Connectlcut of Slo vak parentage She began her muslcal career at the age of seven studylng w1th local teachers A scholarshlp awarded by Juhus Hartt School of MUSIC 1n Hartford Conn enabled her to further her mu slcal studles soon thereafter she was added to the schools faculty She has glven concerts for several SUCCESSIVG seasons at Carnegle Hall 1n New York C1ty At present MISS M1chna mstructs and conducts the Glee Club at Thorpe s Secretarlal School N Y C and teaches p1ano at her studlo In add1t1on she does rehearsal work w1th Me+ropol1tan Opera sololsts and currently IS collaboratmg Wlth Rudolf Petrak a rlslng opera tenor from Slovakla She IS much ln demand as an accompanlst by varlous muslcal groups 119 ' . . . . . A , . . 9 , , 4 . . . . . 0. -A I ' ' 1 J . . . . 4 . . Q . Q 1 0 X y U - , v Y ' 1 1 j A n . . . . . , L , y . - 4 . l Y X u s4l , X -I 1 '1 . . ' , , . X A L A , . . - - , . . ., - ., , ,