St Mary of the Assumption High School - Assumpta Yearbook (Brookline, MA)

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Children of Mary The meetings of the Children of Mary for 1940-1941 were almost completed when this account was sent to the printer. Rev. William J. McCarthy has presented for this year a program of conferences under the general title Knightr of Gad. When we were very young we thought of knights as the lordly, heroic characters of literature who went about saving the op- pressed, or lighting for Christendom. They seemed to us to belong in a world apart. Now that we have heard fourteen of Father McCarthy's conferences on the Knights of God we know that even though war and devastation have not reached our shores that we ourselves are Knights of God and daughters of Our Ladye Fair. Now it is our turn to answer the challenge given us at these conferences and to really respond to the call to arms by appreciating our duties as Knights. We have paused to think about our rich endowment of God-given graces and vir- tues. We have meditated on the standard that is ours. We have carefully considered our plan of campaign and our equipment which includes the Gifts of the Holy Ghost and the Theological Virtues. We know that as Christian Knights our reward will be the Fruits of the Holy Ghost and The Beatitudes. ln addition to the general program of conferences there has been our biweekly Sodality paper Our Ideal, a Holy Ghost book composed by the Senior girls, and the many literary contributions of Father Mc- Carthy in the form of pamphlets. Our liter- ary and art project for the Children of Mary will take the form of posters and poems which exemplify the lesson which impressed us the most during the year. The climax of these meetings will take the form of a beautiful May procession and the coronation of Our Lady. M. Rocmz

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Little Flower Procession Little Therese of Lisieux is surely very pleased as she looks down upon our yearly tribute so carefully prepared in her honor. Even though her beautiful life story and pageant never change substantially, from year to year, yet she seems to bring forth a renewed challenge to her clients, a chal- lenge to imitate her simplicity and Chris- tian fervor. There is always a keen interest in know- ing which senior girl shall be elected to the principal role. The answer came one Sep- tember morning when the senior girls assembled to elect the principals for the pageant. Helen Melville '41 was the stu- dents' choice to take the part of Therese as a Carmelite nun. Hers was the honor of crowning the little Christ Child, a part assigned to Arthur O'Shea, Jr., of the sec- ond grade. Margaret E. Carmody was elected to the role of the Little Flower as a bride, receiving the Habit of the Carmelite Order. Her choice of attendant was Patricia McCormack '4l. All Senior girls participated in the beau- tiful tableaux formed on the steps of the main altar. There were trumpeters in pink satin to the left and right of the principal characters, garbed in soft blue and carrying silver grapes was a second group, a third group in white made a pleasing contrast with their palm branches. During the procession and pageant the underclassmen sang a selected group of hymns dedicated to St. Therese. MARG ARET CARMODY 43 B Carmody as bride H. Melville St. Therese Senior Attendants SSUTTI P. McCormack as bridesmaid

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Memo The introduction of a daily religious paper, entitled Memo, was this year's major addition to the spiritual projects among the religious classes in the school. Of course, such a bulletin is not entirely an original ideag it has been successfully tried in large, central high schools and colleges. Our enthusiastic claims for its success in a small school, however, have been com- pletely proved. As the year progressed and the style and message of the Memowere understood by the student body, an invitation was extended to the high-school pupils to become con- tributing authors of Memo. lt was worth the effort when we realized how we might effectively spread the Word of God and iill our own minds with the idea of living in the normal state of life as each Monday morning's Memo advocated. Light Bringers Although the Light Bringers Society was founded only a few years ago by Rev. William J. McCarthy, it has acquired both success and distinction. The underclassmen are proud of their part in its growth and building. Next year it will include the Junior class as well as the first two classes. Mary Roche '41 was the Senior who helped the younger generation in their noble work of bringing light and happiness. junior Holy Name The Junior Holy Name Society began in October and continued to meet biweekly under the guidance of Rev. james J. Mc- Manus. The purpose of this society is to foster respect for the Holy Name and to guide our spiritual lives. After listening to a very practical and inspiring sermon, especially adapted to us as boys of 1941, we knelt at Benediction and pledged ourselves and our words to God that we might ever respect His Holy Name.