St Mary of the Mount High School - St Mary Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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Reverend Mother M. Kathleen Superior General of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Scranton, Pennsylvania. Faculty — St. iMarv of the Mount Coalmuntlv 1955-1956 First row: Sister M. Catherine, Sister M. Brigid, Sister Mary Grace, Sister M. Julian, Mother M. Alma, Sister M. Ann Elizabeth, Sister Maria Patrick, Sister M. Anacletus, Sister M. Josepha, Sister Maria Margaret, Sister M. Thomasita. Back row: Sister M. Clarice, Sister M. Hyacinth, Sister Miriam Catherine, Sister M. Antonina, Sister M. Coronata, Sister Maria Benedicta, Sister M. Venard, Sister M. Ina, Sister M. Adelaide Marie, Sister M. Louise Marie, Sister Maria Edmund, Sister M. Hosina, Sister M. Anna Teresa, Sister M. Julie. Also on the faculty although not included in this picture are the three lay teachers: Mrs. Margaret J. Knouff, Miss Dorothy J. Dolan and Mr. Walter V. Borrows.

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uates in general, the Alumni present the annual Alumni Banquet at which event the new graduates are welcomed as fidl-fledged members of St. Mary of the Mount Alumni. Through class campaigns to raise money to help pay for the magnificent building we are dedicating today, the members of the Alumni have played their part in assisting their beloved pastor. Father Sullivan, to ' take his dream out of the shadow and make it a reality. From the ranks of the Alumni have gone many devoted sons and daughters to consecrate their lives to God ' s service in the priesthood and in the sisterhood. Others have made their mark in business, in industry and the professional fields. Miltary records list names of members of St. Mary of the Movnit Alunuii who gave their lives to their country. Alumni Banquet — 1956

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SISTERS, SERVANTS OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY As with the mustard seed which indeed is the smallest of all the seeds; but when it gro vs up it is larger than any herb and becomes a tree ... so, too, with the congregation of religious teachers kno vn as Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. From the tiny seedling planted so zealously more than a century ago, the community has grown and expanded until its branches reach out to the borders of our country and beyond. The story of this fruitful activity is a story of implicit trust and confidence in God, Who, as of old, uses the weak and lowly to accomplish His work. Impelled by the dire need of providing religious instruction for the Catholic settlers in and around Monroe, Michigan, Father Louis Florent Gillet, a Belgian missionary of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, made earnest efforts to procure teachers from the then-existing sisterhoods in Europe. After his unsuc- cessful attempts to transport sisters to care for the needs of the people vho vere the objects of his zealous ministry, he determined to establish a community of American origin. That the blessing of God -was on his vork is attested by the fact that from the poor log-cabin convent that housed the three original members the congregation has spread and increased until it now supports three separate Motherhouses from which more than four thousand sisters help to carry on the work for souls. A hurried glance at the ecclesiastical map of the United States of America cannot overlook three Motherhouses of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, respecti cly located in Monroe, Michigan, West Chester, Penn- sylvania, and Scranton, Pennsylvania. From these Motherhouses, during the greater part of the past century, have gone forth thousands of educators and social workers, fashioned according to the pattern of the mind and heart of Christ and His Immaculate Mother, and dominated by one supreme motive — to win souls for Christ and to widen the frontiers of Christ ' s Kingdom on earth. Here then, in brief, is the story. The Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary vas founded in November 1845, by the Reverend Lotiis Florent Gillet, C.Ss.R., in order to provide religiotis education for the chil- dren liviirg in the vicinity of Monroe, Michigan, where the first convent was founded. The object of the Congregation is twofold: the sanctification of its members, and the education of youth and preparation of childreir and adtilts for the reception of the sacraments. The educational activities of the Congregation began ' ith the establishment of the Community for almost at once the Sisters took children into their log-cabin convent to impart religious instruction. Shortly after, their first school was formally