St Francis Xavier Academy - Gateway Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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A school's basic academic curricular depends largely on The relaTion- ships beTween The Teaching sTaTT and sTudenT body. AT ST. Francis. sTu- denTs become closely associaTed wiTh The TaculTy. Thus leading To a beT'I'er undersTanding of each oTher. and in Turn To a beTTer undersTanding of The curricular subiecTs. Teachers in a small school have a beTTer opporTuniTy To observe you as an individual. This close associaTion provides spiriTual, inTellecTual. and social blessings and advanTages ThaT are oTTen lacking in a very large school. As ST. Francis is a convenT school. The SisTers are a combinaTion oT Teacher. counselor, and parT-Time moTher. The friendliness and hominess lead To beTTer academic accomplishmenTs which are naTurally beneficial To all. buT especially To you college-bound sTudenTs and nurses. Under The guidance and direcTion oT our small TaculTy you worl: hard Through geomeTry. inTermediaTe, and The sciences, plug away Tor LaTin and French sequences, digesT The world's hisTory and sTrive To acquire a maTure sTyle in your English composiTion. ln addiTion To This. There is ThaT all and ever imporTanT subjecT-Religion. The word is inadequaTe To Turnish a Tull concepT of iTs imporTance To you. IT is from The ST. Francis inTangibles. such as: The Real Presence. your as- sociaTes. and The aTmosphere iTselT. coupled wiTh The knowledge absorbed in your religion courses. ThaT you imbibe The ChrisTian principles and CaTholic way of life. The spiriT ThaT inspires you To Talce your place where you can besf serve oThers and add To Their happiness along liTe's way. is. undoubTedly parTly, The resulT of This SainT Francis influence in your life. .. i ,...Ag..w. , . .,..-.iu.niun1.

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The Bible Tells Me So . . . says A. ATTianese To M. MonTalbano, and ThaT seTTles The ouesTionl . . . e igion As we Seniors have dedicaTed This. The GATEWAY, To The Blessed SacramenT, iT is only proper ThaT we Tell of The Training and knowledge implanTed in us Through our Religion classes. XavieriTes can uTilize This shield of religious learning To proTecT and sTrengThen Their TaiTh. From The Treshman To junior year, we acquire a beTTer undersTanding oT The Mass, The SacramenTs, The Old and New TesTamenTs, and The hisTory oT our Church. However, Seniors alone may look Torward To FaTher l-logan's class. ln receiving our weelcly copies oT The Tablef we realize The imporTance of an accuraTe CaTholic view- poinT. Such sources develop in us a consTanT awareness Tor a vibranT Lay AposTolaTe. Realizing The primary purpose of liTe, we can sTep Torward enlighTened, empowered, and maTured in The defense and preserva- Tion oT our TaiTh. Through This basic spiriTual educaTion, we are encouraged To spread iTs good TruiTs among our Tellow men. Geifing The poinf across . . . A. PanzeTTa, locafes Rome The cenTer oT Chrisfendom Tor B. Hall and A. Nardella. 38 A mission of mercy progresses . . . as E. Driscol, M. Coffey, M. Moran and K. Penn- cavage assisT SisTers in collecTing canned goods Tor The Old Follcs Home.