St Ignatius College Prepatory - Ignatian Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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Mr. Phelps relaxes with a few SI Seniors on one of the ever popular senior retreats. The final day a Valembrosa retreat house on a Senior Retreat STUDENT LIFE 27 Retreats

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Retreats Deep. That is the one word I use to describe the first junior retreat of the year. Every discussion, every meditation was very interesting, we talked on a different level. The funny thing was, that people I seldom talk to had become my best friends. It felt like I could tell them anything, and I know my secret would’ve been well kept with them. Being led by Fr. Horsfall, Ms. Pucell, Ms. Pueghe and Mr. Quatrain, made this trip one of the most unusual trips I’ve been on. Mr. Quattrin, one of the many great teachers in our math department, playing his whale music and hypnosis tapes, got me thinking that maybe our group should throw in some money for a psychiatrist. Ms. Purcell and her tacky socks got me wondering as to where she shops. And Fr. Horsfall’s “rise and shine , at what seemed to be six o'clock in the morning, made everyone feel especially cranky in the morning. Kidding aside, the junior retreat was enlight- ening and spiritual. Not in the spiritual sense of religion or God, but actually getting to know yourself or myself and others around you. I feel like I've known the people in my group forever, I can relate to their problems as they can relate to mine. It is like we’re all on the same wavelength and we can understand each other without the certain barriers or obstacles that other people must put up with. This retreat made me feel more open to new ideas and it helped me to focus on what I want out of my junior year at SI. I recommend that everyone go on their class retreat. It was a stimulating experience. John Cassanego, Fergus Internal). Mr. Lippi. Alex Rollo. Matt Langley, and Noreen Yee form an SI pyramid. STUDENT LIFE 26 Retreats

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Awareness Day r 1 The world is full of many diverse ethnical backgrounds. In order for a more peaceful, less prejudi- cial world, we begin to open up to and learn many other ethnics. .St. Ignatius is a little world within itself. This year S.I. gave its student body a chance to learn about their classmates of both same and different ethnical backgrounds. The student body and faculty took Wed., January 27 off to celebrate Awareness Day. We began the day by gathering a mix of seniors, juniors, sophomores, freshmen, and faculty members. Lemons were passed out among smaller groups. Everyone had to say any words that came to their minds about lemons, whether they were yellow or sour. That showed how all lemons were a like. Then each group had to give their lemon a name, background, and personality. That made each lemon different. A bit later, the lemons were put together in a basket, and a member from each group had to try to pick out his or her group's lemon. Most people were able to find their own lemon. Why? Because they recognized their lemons from certain shapes, marks, or anything else that made their lemon stand out. That was to show how all people arc the same (a head, a nose, a mouth),yet how they arc different (tall, short, big nose, small nose). We were entertained and pondered out- standing acts written by many great Asian and Black writters. Peter Chicn, Michelle Hines. Robert Whitt, Alex Thatcher. Peter Schmitt, Victor Chi. Erica Perry, and Michael DeJcsus were our great S.I. actors. It was made possible for the whole student body to have lunch to- gether. At the end of the day, the student body was divided up and went to the gym, Commons.and the chapel for a prayer service. There we saw a large S.I. logo puzzle made up of pieces of colored paper with the signatures of the student body. UNITY NOT UNIFOR- MITY! STUDENT LIFE 28 Awareness Day Victor Chi shows off his aelini’ skills.