St Francis Academy - Memories Yearbook (Hankinson, ND)

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ALUMNI We are happy to record the great honor comlng to the school on Iune 11 1955 when one of 1ts graduates W1l11am Sherman 45 w1ll be ralsed to the dxgnlty of holy priesthood Rev W Sherman was orda1ned deacon ln December at St Cloud Semmary Collegevllle Mlnn Hls flrst Mass IS on June 12 at St Bonlface Church Lldgerwood N Dak Wh1le VlSltlIlg' wlth hlS hlgh school classmate Mr James C Scheller Father Sherman lectured to the P O D class on the functlon of modern art ln modern archltecture The flrst graduate of St Franc1s Academy consecrated to the serv1ce of the altar 1S Rev Raymund Scheller 36 orda1ned prlest ln 1947 Graduates at present preparmg for the sacred mmlstry are Edward Sher man 48 at the Cathohc Unlversxty of Amerlca Washmgton D C to be ordalned subdeacon th1s summer John Mlesen 52 flrst year phllosophv at St Cloud Semlnary Collegevllle Mlnn and Robert Plrmantgen 54 preparmg at the Marlanlst Nov1t1ate Marynook Galesvllle Wlsc for h1S professlon on August 15 1955 A former student Marvm Peterson has 1nv1ted his Hankmson frlends to attend hlS slmple Rellglous Professlon as Lay Brother at the Crosler House of Studles Fort Wayne Ind on March 19 1955 Durlng 1tS twenty f1V6 years of exlstence the Academy has graduated flfty seven young ladles who have dedlcated thelr llves to the servlce of God ln the convent of the Slsters of St Franc1s The S8ll1OI'S of 1955 are proud to have f1V9 of thelr own class entermg the novltlate ln July thlg summer Magdalen Garmen Joan GISI Alberta Schmaltz Paulme Schne1 bel, and Barbara Schwartzenberger . . . , . . 1 1 1 1 1 . , , . L l , . , , . . 1 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 . , . . . - 1 1 ' . . . , . . . . . 1 1 1 1 - '1 . . . . , . . 1 1 1 V . . . . , ' . 1 1 '1 I ' . 1 1 1 '1 , . 1 1 -1 , . ' 1 - - . . . . I 1 ' n I n D n a 1 0 . . . . ' 1 1 1