St Mary High School - Astrolabe Yearbook (Jackson, MI)

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, Jr W ig Top Row, l. to r.,: Gerald McDevitt, Patrick Cunningham, John Robe, Robert Walz, John Young, David Kastens, Terence Crowley, James Way, Robert Hoffman, Thomas McDev- itt Second Row: Francis Stott, Gerald Vogt, Philip Comerford, John Oliver, Louis Hoskyns, James Maloney, George Eder, Donald Cassady, Thomas Arend, Charles Todaro, Third Row: James Weed, Lawrence McDonald, James Murray, James Carroll, Richard George, Thomas Mohr, James Gaebelein, James Rumler, William Murray, Bernard Solon. Not enough can be said of our acolytes, who serve God every morning at Mass and at other services throughout the day. These boys sacrifice time and sleep to assist in that most magnificent of miracles-the sacrifice of the Mass. , Serving the priest at Mass is the layman's highest privilege, and servers show their reali- St. Mary students kneeling before the crib renew the memory of the glorious birth of Christ and express their devotion to God for his love of mankind. The inspiration that is de- rived from this replica shows us the birth of our Salvation. zation of this by their fidelity to appointments and their manner of conducting themselves while on ceremony. On June l948, five servers will be grad- uated: Philip Comerford, John Oliver, Louis Hoskyns, James Maloney and George Eder, who appear in the center above. Other senior boys share this privilege in their home parishes.

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Monsignor Hardy takes wrne and water for the sacrnfnce at the 8 o clock dauly Mass Catholuc hugh school students do not always stop to realnze that much of thelr lnfe IS tled rn with the splrutual which they take so much for granted Dad they realuze It more fully the song nn their hearts would burst out more often and with greater force and earnestness Children of the same age In European countrues could vouch for the void that comes when the splrltual as snatched from thenr lnves All roads lead to church durlng the Forty Hours Devotuon Here hugh school students offer their adoratlon to the Kung of Klngs It s only a gate a cross and a step but at sugnlfnes Iufe and ment and hope for thts as the entrance to the sanctuary where every Celt looks for lnsplratuon Before the tabernacle he thanks God for all hos glfts and asks favors of both a spnrntual and temporal nature Harmony as agam the keynote for man s dual nature 48 , . ' ll - - 11 1 1 1 1 1

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Vocatuon Week celebrated March 7 l4 was only the untroduc tuon to the seruous consuderatuon of started thus lune of thought the enture month of March was guven over to ut and yet every day should be a preparation for thus great chouce Senuor and uunuor gurls traveled to Nazareth College Kalamazoo Muchugan to partucupate n Voca tuon Day Thus was part of a new natuonal movement to aud Catholuc students un fundung out and follow :ng the wull of God for them QTJJQYAS! Each year St Mary students make a three day spurutual retreat between sem esters The reason? Reflectuon prayer reparatuon resolutuon For retreat us a tame to thunk over the past and to plan a better future Father Alexus Quunlan C P conducted the retreat January 6 7 8 Four con ferences were guven dauly and students recuted the rosary whuch was led by the senuor boys The Way of the Cross and Beneductuon of the Blessed Sacrament closed each days exercuses ocataon CD g xerclses l00 Regustratuon l 0 Conference lntervuews wuth pruests untervuews wuth Susters Pruvate Devotuons 245 Conference 3 15 Formal tea lntervuews wuth pruests an Susters Pruvate Devotuons 445 Conference 5 I5 Beneductuon of the Blessed Sacrament 50 T rf' 1 HL AVI OO Ol' Q ' OU f 9 . R,...,.,,. . l -l! ' Q 8 ' . ' . , . ' F A .Q .13 ' ' onels Slate ill life' Retreat- had 2-:OO Discussion of ASisterhoods I . . . : 4 - I ' d N , , l