St Joseph Academy - Mesquite Yearbook (Brownsville, TX)

Page 81 text:

Then they go home for almost two weeks. Aftera short retreat, they return to Brownsville in ord.er to pursue the next course of study. The activities of the Juniors are intended toprovide a well-rounded education so as to give them a so- lid foundation for their future life work in the cause of Catholic edu- cation. Their day is well distri- buted b e tw e e n prayer, study wo rk and sports. A very inten sive coursein English is provi ded so that everything is carried on in English almost from the first month of their entry. The plans for the new school include a wing to be devoted to housing the Juniorate. Thus the work of this training school can be carried on a major scale The Juniorate is open to all those students in the Valley who wish o 0 vote their lives to the Cause of C hri st in the apostolate of Catholic ucation, thereby taxing up a noble vocation and ensuring their own salvation. FIRST ROW Left to ri rique 0-yeda, Francisco Gomez, Javier Pre ciado Rafael Otero SECOND ROW Luis Silva, Francisco Lopez, Ramon Mendoza Manuel V illalva , Roberto Luna THIRD ROW Brother Ray Brother Gerard Brother Arthur . . , , 4- -.3 . . . . ' t ic - V exl . I W l 1 I 1 1 . . . - - .Yvi ' . ' - . I T. ' . . - 1 ' ,' . , , s , V . , . ' , ,' ' 1 , . .

Page 80 text:

ST-30561951535 wmv are FIRST RCW Left to rlght Alfonso Castro LUIS Benav1des Alex MeJ1a SECOND ROW Ben-1am1n Montez Frank Castro Brother Gerard Brother Paul Brother Ray M1guel Ram1rez Jalme Estrada Th1S year marks the end of the secondperlod of operat1on of St Joseph's Jun1orate In July 1951 after a vacatlon ln MEXICO the eleven boys who had founded the Junmorate the prev1ous year returned to Brownsv11le to take up the work of the Sophomore Class Of these weven left Brownsvllle 1n December to take a forward step 1n the1r tra1n1ng to the Brotherhood by where they are coursmg more ad vanced studles to cont1nue the1r rel1g1ous and pedagog1caltra1n1ng FIVE new members accompamed the group on the1r return last July and have done very well 1n the freshman class followmo tre regu lar currlculum Every summer he cand1dates go to Mex1cofor a well earned vaca t1on They stay for some tlme 1n Queretaro where our maln House of Tra1n1ng 1S located restlng and renewlng former acqua1ntances 76 Z - , . . , .. . : 9 9 3 9 I ' Q ' c . . , . . . , ! ' I v entering the Novitiate in Mexico . J ,I - . I T . I I . . . , . ' .

Page 82 text:

DHIDIT FIRST ROW Left to rlght Roberto V 1lla r real Charles Gonzalez, Henry Hernandez, Bro W1ll1am V e s s els , Edward Carnero Dan T1'eV1nO A1f0f1SO Maldonado SECOND ROW Raul Cavazos Carlos Pena Alfred Cr1xell, Ray Flores Manuel Ba rr eda Adalberto Arguelles Carlos Hernandez Uvaldo C ha m P1 on THIRD ROW Dan Schrelber Gall Johnson Henry Valent1no, Charles See Ernest de Leon Leonel Maldonado Dav1d Gldden Absent from plcture are Bartolome Garcla and Franclsco Gonzalez The elect1on of new offlcers Edward .I Camero Prefect Henry Hernandez V1ce Prefect Charles Gonzalez Secretary andDanTrev1no Treasurer started off the new year for the Sodallty of Our Lady of the Rosary Our Chaplam who gave a serles of 1nstruct1ve talks was Father Ordner and Brother W1ll1am our worthy Advlsor New candldates wh1ch had been ontrxal smce the end1ng of school were adm1tted on October 3 The flrst aCt1V1ty was the attendance at the weekly Mass on Wednesday and the subscr1pt1onto the Sodal1ty's magazlne The Queen s Work for every member C ate c h1s t s whose work was to teach doctr1ne to the Cathohc ch1ldren at St Thomas Par1sh Hall went fa1thfully once a week The galety of the Mothers Club Carmval was partly furn1shed by the Sodallty who ded1cated songs for anlckel aplece The Chr1stmas hohday started w1th the endmg of a food dr1ve 1n wh1ch over Z O00 cans were collected 1n the school for the Char1ty Home On December Z0 the Sodallty members celebrated the beglnmng of the Chr1stmas holldays w1th a Mex1can supper at the Palmetto Inn An hour adoratlon was spentby the Sodallty as a whole on Holy Thursday 1n the Sacred Heart Church. All 1n all the Sodallty had a successful, useful year, and the graduat1ng Sodallsts w1sh thelr substltutes and returnmg members a blessed and successful school season 1953 54. 78 . K D I .. 514 I W f, , M, 9 . -J ' . ,. 'Q Y V I , . fl X W K Q f' I , S NA fl h ,Q X.,-1 1' t .,' I ' 9 o n I . . 0 0 I 5 I I 9 9 . 3 a 1 9 9 U ' . 9 - i 2 ' I 1 9 S ' J 2 , - 9 x a ' ' ' ' Il I ll 1 1 - 9 . , . . I . . v 1 .