St Mary of Redford High School - Rustic Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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jcx A l - - -F .xi f. a .- - - .- N- .- , . K . If L.. .J 1 1 l, .Z ,I r-' T 1 is ilu'-jlxf. .I . .JL I ,f:4'--1::Tr2f:n.:if'i. L gf? 'Tl 'L -8 , v K 1 lx sr Yli. 1 . will f M -! fi 5 lf .X , ll .. il ,K ll. ixl Ik V f' M1 .va 5 is sv ff he C91 ri! M Mu-2 fu, . I? 0 til ,Htl 'rl ll ,Q 1-1 Ji 4 ll XX se! M W X . i la l -s .T .3 '5'i9 if-X'r'r 'x 'sC Shi' 'J 7 Kei? if px' !f4 ff'C Quit Faculty Ten years ago, when Father Cook, still in the uniform of a chaplain of the United States Army, came to St. Mary of Redford Parish, there was but a small, old-fashioned Church set among tall, beautiful trees close to Grand River avenue, where interurban cars passed at intervals. A short way back from the Church was an old, comfortable-looking farm house. This was the Rectory. And, situated in the middle of the Church property, was Rosary Hall, our first school. This was a two-story building, consisting of two rooms on each floor. The Sisters Went through many hardships to teach in that old school and traveled back and forth daily from St. Agnes' school. Rosary Hall school included eight grades and we still have many students in our high school who look back with pleasure on the years they spent there. From the class 'of '29 alone the old students number seven: Raymond Ankofski, Harry Tyler, Agnes Hope, Marie McDonough, Marion Law, Marie Magnee, and Eugenia Gramlich. Our much-lovcd Mother Genovefa taught these boys and girls, with the assistance of one other Sister. In 1923 the first part of our beautiful new building was completed and, for the first year, only one room was opened. Rosary Hall was also used that year, and the Sisters, then numbering four, lived in the present oflice of our school. The next year, 1924, the Convent was built, more Sisters came, and more classrooms of the school were opened to students. Mother Genovefa carried her students through the years with flying colors, until, in 1926, the orders came to change, and Mother Julia finished the year with the graduates. . In the fall of 1926, Mother Irmina, whom everyone has learned to love, came to direct and guide. In that year also the second wing of the school was added and our faculty now numbers thirteen Sisters and sir: lay teachers. In the fall of 1929, we shall have another wing, more rooms, and more of the loving and gentle Sisters to teach, guide, and direct in them. Thus has been added one more chapter to the long history of service and devotion which the Sister Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary have written into the record of their Order. This courageous Sisterhood, whose efforts for generations have done so much to further the cause of education and spread the Catholic faith, have always been at the call of any struggling Parish. Parents and the students and alumni of St. Mary's school join in this acknowledgment and appreciation of the work accomplished by the faithful Sisters who have brought our school to its present high standard. Page Fo'u1'tcc'n .aifbsqirt fs Pi' , in Sli' ax' if li., elif FW. 51' . I-fig 1355 16 ff' ffl? x K, W ffl iff? -K . i lgefif- sl 5' if 111 R fy F315 ' i U21 5 A EQ .ng 5. if gal, . ff' .1 hi lair 7,5 Hi? lfixf 'Gail sq, 'fl. ,ufw Fffil a . gi QQ. K all 2-al' I af 'tw 3 tif: Idsf, 5 lex ,nz -N: :QQ !f,.H L., fi. Ti .V ,V If I '-CJ ci Q Y-vC.rl'.f'+:f-f.xf1rf.f+11fi'wLf4r11.ze5.1953 bsiaseeslcesgaseaeaflsg

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Through the Silver Years With humility that ever accompanieth wisdom, with vigor and courage worthy of a disciple of Christ, with undaunted spirit and with an abiding faith in the eflicacy of prayer, the Reverend John Gilmary Cook, LL.D., ten years ago began the arduous work of building and organizing the Parish of St. Mary of Redford. Since that day, into the silvery mists of time, a decade of years has passed. Our beauteous basilica, consecrated to the Mother of God, our well- equipped school, dedicated to the training of youth, and a spiritual and material progress most worthy of note have sprung from his energy and devotion. Ten years of Father Cook's Priesthood have been ours. The first fifteen were spent in Reese and Mt. Clemens. There, as here, the parishes were made happy by his presence and made better by his ardent Priestly zeal. There is, there can be, no question as to the success of Father Cook's mission in St. Mary of Redford Parish. Dreams made actuality through strenuous work have taken form in the growth of the Church and the buildings that stand as monuments to his labors. What the future holds no man may know. We can but express the sincere hope that the years to come may find him, as now, our guide, directing us on Virtue's pathway. JoHN HALLMAN, '29 Page Sixteen 5