St Mary High School - Marian Yearbook (Marion, OH)

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of Charity and St. Mary School man, pastor of St. Mary parish in Marion, petitioned the Motherhouse at Mount St. Joseph for Sisters to teach in the school he had built. The educational principles of the Sisters of Charity whom he had chosen are rooted in the realization of the individual dignity of each child of God. Their program, conforming in external standards to the requirements of the Ohio State Department of Education, educates the child of two worlds for Christian living in his modern world, with a definite aim to prepare him for eternal living in a heavenly home. Their schools, wherever they may be, bear the distinctive marks Mother Seton emphasized in the structure of her Maryland school. These include alloting definite time to the study of the truths of Faith, molding the will to the acquisition of Christian virtue, creating a school atmosphere conduc- tive to achieving these ends, and insisting on respect on obedience for authority. This philosophy of education the school at Marion has shared with all others conducted by the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati. The little black cap and the neat black habit became a sight familiar to Marion residents who passed the first school on North Main Street. At recess time, the playground, until then a voiceless empty plot, burst with the shouts and ' l A x gf' A' I--fb d l l I eff X Qflll .--t ei . .,,,,.., f f X T 5 . i'f':SE? .ig '5 3 A. . ,iii 55- E L A, it-'A' ju, ,.', h ,... I gli . .V- w k , TV.-x x hmxly N Fl .:

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movement of young life - and moving through the little crowds were the Sisters, happyeeyed, yet watchful that fair play and clean fun always carriefl first place in young hearts. ln the little church on Pros pect Street the Sisters gathered their charges toe gether to instill reverent conduct and a prayertul spirit at the Holy Sacrifice. By the turn of the cen- tury the St. Mary enroll- ment had reached two hundred titty, with seven Sister-teachers. A convent adjacent to the school at 274 North Prospect Street was built for the Sisters' needs. A high school had been organized, oftering both an academic and commercial program. Pu- pils of the school volune teered their time and tal- ent for a choir to make possible the celebration of the Missa Cantatag while generous-hearted boys as- sisted the priest in the role of acolytes.