St Marys Commercial High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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SODALITY ACTIVITIES X, If for no other reason, X this vear's-Sodalitv pro ran ' may be judged a success He- 2 f1W cause of the active interest 1 XX taken it by all the soda- J 5 ll I, lists. Through participation ' ' V ep, in this work, they have pre- SN I ,,N pared themselves to be Active X I p ,T Catholics and, above all, N! If r -A thev appreciate more fully ,ZINX I l 'tvt the holy sacrifice of the is 157 X Ijass. Fic greater success r ' I ij J' could he desired! l H!! .I al Since the fate of the ' , I I Sodalitv rests almost com- Ji I pletely in the hands of the M Q officers, our first act was , to elect those whom we ' ' I thought capable of fulfil- ' , K K ' ling our expectations. Ann I f Arlene Schuck was appointed f J 1 Prefectg Rose Marie Barbagila, Xxflf Vice-Prefectg Betty Schenk, Rx' D Secretary, and Kathryn Fennely, ZQW c Treasurer. I' ' - 1 ' Then came Bazaar time. For seks the students rushed around chattering about the dolls they were dressing for the occasion. These shining examplcs of their handicraft were so cleverly outfitted that it is difficult to sav which were the more pleased, the rirls who won the prizes, or the lucky little girls who won the dolls. In spite of the slight chan e President Roosevelt made in the date of Thanksgiving, we saw to it that those less fortunate than we would have something good to eat. Everyone enjoyed her dinner more hecause she knew that her contribution to the Thanksgiving baskets gave someone else somcthiny for which to he grateful. On the feast of the Immpculate Conception, Decenhor i, the new sodalists were formallv received into the Sodalitv. After the recep- tion in the afternoon, there was an spnetizing supper and an amusing entertainment for all to cnjev. In the evenin , we were privile ed to assist in the solemn closinr of the Fortv Hours' Devotion, by tahinr part in the procession in honor of our Eucharistic hind,

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At Christmas time we all had a grand time making the children in the mission school happy by our annual Christmas party. It is truly more blessed to give than to receive--and a million times more fun! In January, Father Thiefels visited us, and showed us his col- lection of pictures of the Madonna. He gave us a most interestinf lecture on this subject. we now appreciate Art a little more intel- ligently. With February came our first real disapnointment of the year, for Father Zoeger was transferred to the Holy Ghost Seminary. He made his farewell speech at the closing of the Hovena to Our Lady of Lourdes. There were tears in the eyes of many at the thought of losing a dear friend and counselor. However, our tears were dried when we saw our new pastor, Father Knaebel. He is doing an admirable job of fillinq the posi- tion left by his predecessor. The theme of our retreat this year was the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, which Father Knaebel very beautifully correlated with the seven last words of Christ on the cross. It was closed by a re- newal of our baptismal vows at Sass on March third,fol1owed by a delicious breakfast. On Palm Sundav, we marched in the annual procession. Cn Holv Thursday we all assembled before the beautifully decorated repos- itory for our hour of prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. This vear'we decided to have the Hother's party after Lent, in the hope of warmer weather. It rained, bvt the day was not lost--a few prayers to lar? for better weather stopped the downpour. A lerie crowd of mothers rttcnded and the part? was a tremendous success. Hay, the month of tary, was a month of devotion to her. Each noon before lunch, the students assembled before the shrine erected in the typing room to invoke her protection and sing her praises. As the concluding act in our devotions, we crowned her our Queen. After the Noon-day Lass we marched through the church sinring hymns to Mary, climaxing this bv the crowning of Har? with a wreath of flowers. So endeth the year. Can you blame us for being proud of our new nearness to Mary and her Divine Son? Uur sincere hope is that we may always grow ever closer to then, and never forget the many things we learned this year.