St Joseph High School - Magnet Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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Retreat . . . Pointer of the ay On February 1, 2 and 3, the high school students attended their annual retreat. The Retreat Master was Fr. Thomas Abbot, O.P., St. Dominic's Church, De- troit, who punctuated every conference with a boom- ing voice and stressed himself only as the Pointer of the W'ay. Some of the Senior reactions to the retreat were: Father emphasized that it was better not to go to confession at all if we were not sorry for our sins. -joseph Wade This retreat stimulated my thinking and made me see myself just as I really am. - Frances Perez I never realized how important prayer was until this retreat. It really gave me something to think about. - Paul Pasternak Fathers conference on the Mass has given me a much greater appreciation of it. -james Conley Wliat impressed me most was Fathers conference on preparing ourselves for meeting our Creator. - Beatrice Martinez The thing that impressed me most during the re- treat were these remarks: Everybody does it. Be dif- ferent and don't go to hell just because everybody else is going. - Therese Cieszlak Our religion is ours to practice or to neglect. We make the choice. - joan Hoffman Father said that even if the people call us a sissy for saying the Rosary, we should remember we are here to save our soul. - Josephine Ognisanti The Retreat Master explained the importance of the two strongest prayers, the Mass and the Rosary, by showing us their true meaning and value. I liked Father Abbot's common theme used throughout his whole series of talks - We are here to know, love, and serve God in this world and to be happy with Him forever in the next . He brought this in no matter what he had to say. Father Thomas Abbot, insert, stressed the necessity of good confessions at the annual retreat, and certainly no Catholic can instill his faith in others unless his soul is clear. Bollmn: The entire student body kneels for the Pontihcal blessing as the Seniors make their last high school retreat Its fruits will be evidenced in the years to come. -Leonard Boensch - Carolyn Rocha

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Classes of 19 1-'52 Preparing For a orld to Conquer Top: The Sophomore class officers are in a happy mood and they should be, their class took the most active part in the Search for Talent contest. Left to right: James Sullivan, Rita Mrozinslti, Ann Marie Neuerburg, and Eleanor Miklosovic. Iinflumz Rocco Gianvecchio shows the good effects of Courtesy Week as he holds the door open tor the other Freshie class officers, john Jaime, Maureen Sullivan, and joan Kostrzewa. I'rcmlwzt ..... ....... R ita Mrozinski Vice-l'rt',i'idc111 . . . . Ann Marie Neuerburg SC'L'H'1cl7'fjl ,.., . . Eleanor Miklosovic TfC'tl.Ill7'l'7' . . ..... james Sullivan Witlm the freshness of summer still in the air. the new Sophomores returned to school to find that diffi- cult tasks awaited them in the form of new subjects. Fully conscious that school was a serious business they delved into biology, geometry and of course the study of those irregular and difficult Latin verbs. But it was not all work for they did their share in athletics and took part in extra-curricular activities. They worked diligently in the construction of projects and exhibits for the Talent Contest. Sister M. Per- petua was their faculty advisor. Entering their first year in high school, the Freshies encountered strange faces, rooms, teachers, subjects and still stranger customs, such as, different teachers for each class, study periods, activity periods. and prayers before each class. Soon, however, they became accustomed to this new mode of high school life and went about tackling problems in algebra, conjugating and declining in Latin, and learning historical facts. The Freshmen were given a Hnil test on Initiation night by the Seniors. Their fine cooperation won for them the admiration of all the students. Their faculty director was Sister M. Theodosia. Preridefzi ..... ..... A Ioan Kostrezwa Vice-Prei'icz'e111 . . . . . Rocco Gianvecchio Secretary .... . . Maureen Sullivan Trcamrcr . . . . . . LeRoy Jaime

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