St Francis Xavier Academy - Xavier Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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May 26, ’midst great cheering, waving of flags and pennants, our dearly beloved Bishop departed for the “Eternal City,” to pay his official visit to our lloly Father. During his travels, he expects to witness the famous “Passion Play in Oberainniergau,” and on his return from the Continent, he will make a short stay in Ireland. We regret his absence from our graduation exercises, but we are comforted in this, that his encouragement and holy blessing were sent in advance. That our dear Bishop may have “bon voyage” and a safe return, is the daily prayer of his devoted children, the pupils of Saint Xavier’s. Pope Benedict XV., the “Prince of Peace,” a most worthy successor of Saint Peter, surrendered his noble soul to God, January 22, 1922. The great Shepherd of Rome, undaunted by the horrors of war, was ever solicitous for the welfare of Christ’s Church and for humanity. What love and gratitude does not the whole Christian world owe to this glorious Pontiff? Proud is the Class of ’22, to link the year of its graduation from S. X. A. with the demise of Pope Benedict XV. “Requiescat in Pace.” “Requiescat in Pace.” Two further items of interest that now absorb us are the Annual Retreat and the Arbor Day Program. The Retreat, to be given by Reverend John L. Coonev, will open on May seventeenth. Father Cooney is known to us as an eloquent and unctuous speaker. We all look forward to the Retreat with very great zest. Resolutions will be the order of these days. The Arbor Day Exercises will take place on May tenth. This year we dedicate our tree to the “Pope of Peace,” Benedict XV. The Xavier' Page Keren

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Class of 1922 MOTTO: '‘Simus Fideles” Class Colors Blue and White CLASS OFFICERS President, Alice G. O’Neil Secretary, Catherine J. McCann Vice President, Hope E. Scott Treasurer, Catherine A. Murphy EDITORIAL STAFF Editorin-Chief Social Editor Margaret C. Ellis Catherine McCann Assistant Editors Art Editors Regina Coutanche Anna Cox Helen McGeough Margaret Ellis Evangeline Manter BUSINESS STAFF Mu nager A saint a n ts Edna Hackett Circulating Ed it or Mary L. McCarthy Teresa L. Coyle Elizabeth Downes SOCIAL COMMITTEE Dorothy McIntyre Mary Donahue Mary Nolan PICTU RE COM MITTEE Margaret McCann Mary E. McCarthy Marcella Egan Page Six “The Xavier

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