St Marys Academy - Chimes Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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GF THE STRUCTURE WE ARE NOW LEM.-ffgiffily-is 54 ., .xii ,.k. . Give and you shall receive a hundredfoldn has been the motto of St. Mary's girls for many a year. An example of this generous spirit is shown on the happy face of Ioan Smith, faithful mission leader for four year, as she presents to Father McDonough, Assistant Archdiocesan Director df the Propagation of the Faith, our contribution to this worthy cause. The trio of smiling faces belongs to Teresa Spina, Sacristang Rita Lowen, our Prefect, and Helen Luff, Sodality Treasurer. In their capable hands we have placed the beautiful task of helping us keep closer to Jesus through Mary.

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CORNERSTONE At this moment, the First Holy Com- municants step to the shrine of Our Blessed Mother, Queen of May, to recite with childlike simplicity Lovely Lady Dressed in Blue. One of the beautiful moments of the annual May Procession is the crown- ing of Our Blessed Lady. Betty Ann Hand, our May Queen, presents the wreath to Father Edward Conlin to place it on the head of our patroness. V - b 'S M4639 As the members of the sodality begin the procession to the strains of Ave Maria, they form a large M, rep- resenting the name of our Mother, before the shrine erected in her honor. r . .f 4 .A-, Q . -. 1 , , , V .2 H ' . s '-w- u D

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ERECTING. RECEIVING completes the three r's in our desire for perfection. Joan Wambold knowingly explains to her Eucharistic Committee that a life devoted to the Mystical Body of Christ will undoubtedly be a fruitful one. The Sodality is a religious society for the pur- pose of fostering love and devotion to Our Blessed Mother. Our sodality is comprised of three special groups-the Marian, Eucharistic, and Catholic Literature. Although all work for one goal-to honor Mary, they do so in diiferent ways. The Marian group honors her by the daily recitation of the rosary. Every time that Mary has appeared, she has asked for more and more devotees of the rosary. The Eucharistic group strives to stimulate frequent reception of Holy Communion, for they realize that the closer we come to jesus through the Holy Eucharist the nearer and dearer we will be to Mary, His mother. The aim of the Catholic Litera- ture group is to interest the girls in Catholic books and periodicals, to give them a taste for worthwhile literature. We hope that Mary, Our Mother, is pleased with our efforts to spread devotion to her. fi. ' 'Pk Q. a A hifi RECITING is the second step toward charac- ter development. By saying the Rosary as the members of Our Lady's Committee so ardently do, we will reach the hand that the Mother of Grace and her Infant Son so lovingly offer us. READING begins the tedious process of char- acter building. As a' building needs workers to form its structure, so the Catholic Literature Committee works to inspire us to read good and wholesome literature.