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

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TH A' :d Men and women OR OTHERS “You spend your first two years at SI learning how to be a wildcat. and you spend your next two years learning how to he an Ignatian. -Mr. Bjorkquist '65 At every sports game, for the morning prayer, and Masses, wv say the Prayer of St. Ignatius, the prayer of generosity. And while as freshmen we stumbled over the words, by the time we graduate we have come to understand the meaning of each line. As alumni we will all have completed the mandatory one hundred hours of Christian service. One might say SI does not teach us to lx- men and women for others, but requires us to do so. However as of October 10. 2004. SI boasts 147 members of the 200 Club, meaning they haw completed over 200 hours of service. Reasons for continuing to serve vary, but if asked, most students will simply say “I like it. The evidence that we are becoming Ignatian is all around the campus. Signs painted by An and Pub telling of the sock drive, announcements over the PA system for Driven, the new club organizing all the drives, students moving through classrooms gathering a total of 2.500 dollars for the victims of Hurricane Ivan, and Lord, teach me to BE GENEROUS with food giving corners of Wc give others. boxes filled for a Thanks- meal sitting in classrooms, ourselves to our resources, energy, our time, our love. We ate taught in our four years how to lx- an Ignatian. Early on in our SI careers we are taught SI is not only about making the grade, being an exceptional athlete, actor, or musician, or only having strong faith. It is about being an Igna- tian, living out one's faith, giving of one's self. Mr. Hanley's saying “whenever you get all caught up in your own problems, just Jo something for someone else, is not uncommon advice and provides the message that the mission of SI is generosity. Tlie most popular times to complete Christian service arc the summers between sophomore, junior and senior years. Students have to complete at least 40 core hours. Some of the most popular places to volunteer include the Jewish Home. CYO Camp, Camp Costanoan. Recreation Center for the Handicapped, and California Piicific Medical Center. For the class of 2005, there are 107 diffor- ent agencies where students spend their time for core hours. Out of 357 seniors. 322 have gone beyond 100 hours and have a combined total of 61,400 hours. The entire school has accomplished an impressive 103,360 hours. When we come back from summer as seniors, some of us have been changed from Immersion (sec page 8) and others from another year at CYO camp. Now we no longer just participate in die drives, wv lead and organize them. We no longer just attend the Solidarity dinner, we plan, participate in. cook, and encourage other students to attend. We arc the students letting the rest of the student body know about the Martin De Torres soup kitchen and the Thursday Morning Runs. At the time of graduation each Ignatian has averaged 172 hours in service, a number that has stayed consistent over the past few years. Nora Stillman explained in a school-wide prayer service, My identification with SI will mean that I spent four years uncovering my gifts and acknowledging that they were truly from God. I spent four years learning that the most compassionate and most sincerely Ig- natian way to thank God for those gifts is by using them to serve other people. As seniors wv no longer haw to lx- encouraged, wv encourage others to serve. When wv graduate, wv will join the other 149 classes to lx- the leaders of the future. I. Giiu lojii '05 «ith Cotumm drip« Will, a noowntui itiiU »tx uu £u Giiu uin bnpiit . Curp G«oiu» to i pn-cnm tw (tiilircn ind «Mb »v i mentil MtiAx [6. «eg tunJkjppi «fine Mtrndrr lorn n Kt mo« uvjrprivJrnt (hnxifh pXB. rtwtK. diner. tovl MB mkJ «rafc» 2. Service i« r»-e ilaw ehrvthil u-J Sin. Student» tnuri in the SI wi ii 6.4 5 in the mxnint ti Kind .ill «undavhr» m i Com (on Run 1. Icnxun •fulcra help» ««nor «4m i Iruning to im m the Himiluo Ibol. 6n«n TV IfiufiM. I96S. 4. On vh. midem . Mich a Jc„«-j Kind OS. Audio Ncunun ‘06. AK'VI IWrgrr« n .'6, Margin CimpVII VS. mi Mi,hull Cnudlo 0-S. »rr jcin in »upp»xt ,4 «unn id» Uirfrt Bem 1'irol ,uvii 11k.« who d-xiMcd Ini .gib» ikkmJ i png niton pin inj i p »» R. wi (onto on tVfnn Dr . SI r«ne l 155. ill vl whxh «cm r I he Sinn G. KoflKfl Bum» Cinccr founlinon n »-tvl tr»ro,h. cvkkiroev wtwnintt. inJ manner p fim, Th» H ihe (uutth sen SI hit «ovnriv pinv.purvl in IVtmin l « 5. Gicrpiu Mclnrrno V 7 ind Krl«- Uunit W work »»th etiem» 4 Siini Amhom', Aduli l « llritih program, a lUppcrttvr i.- d npiwnit’ r«»td neul wnimunm lor pc.-pic o»«r M. Huh «ophomexr uawl. with lhot relijpon cl»», to Si. Amhom'» Foundation lo Warn tHxit jnd put in pile in fwncnm» jviliNe 10 the hornet»»» end poor el San Irjn.t.c.x h Clt) ( imp (Vniuitin All Kn.cn V6 ind Allic I’ncr V. wh i draper. Opening

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One Hundred and Fifty Years of Jesuit Education Saint Ignatius College Preparatory The Ignatian, 2005, Volume 68 2001 37th Avenue San Francisco, California 94116 (415) 731-7500 http: www.siprep.org 1,418 Students

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