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

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' I 'HIS, the sixteenth volume of “The Xaviercarries with 1 it a big message to all our readers, for ours has been a very important year. Since last September we have celebrated the Centennial of our beloved Teachers, the Sisters of Mercy, and the bicentennial of our Rational Hero, George Washington. Then, too, we have lived through many other stirring events, which, perhaps, are more important to us because they are personal. All these happenings are lovingly commemorated in these pages. Joyfully, then, we send forth our “Xavier” with the fond hope that our l(ind Readers may find some moments of pleasure in reading our experiences and with the usual request for their patience, charity, and indulgence should they find anything upon which to exercise such noble virtues. Pauline Nardolillo. tyoreword

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 he Story Official Dignity We See Ourselves Time Has Been, Is, And Will Be Minor and Major Importance Prose and Poems Dutiful Awakenings Friends in Need “The Die Is Cast,” The Story Told:' 'Tis the Tale of the Past-'Tis Treasure, 'Tis Gold.

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AT MARY’S SHRINE Wherever I look in the distance. Whenever I turn to the past, There is always a Shrine of Mary, Each brighter still than the last. I will ask for one grace, O Mother, And I will leave the rest to thy will: From one Shrine of thine to another Let my life be a pilgrimage still; At each one, O Mother of Mercy, Let still more of thy love be shown, Till I kneel at the last and the brightest In Heaven, O Queen, at thy Throne.