St Marys High School - Cathedral Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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r Yli HIS EXCELLENCY MARK K. CARROLL, S.T.D. The annual staff of 1956 wishes to speak for the entire student body in expressing their gratitude and appreciation to the Most Reverend Bishop Carroll for all he has done to further the students' spiritual, physical, and scholastic welfare.

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SEATED, LEFT TO RIGHT ARE: Father Io- seph I. Abraham, Holy Savior Parish, who teaches in rooms 202 and 2055 Father John Vianney, O,F,M, St, Anthony's, rooms 206 and 207g Standing are Fatherlohn I, Curran St, Patrick's, rooms 204 and 200: and Fa- ther Ia m e s Spexarth, Blessed Sacrament, Room 208. For a brief time before reporting to their junior a n d senior homerooms to instruct, Father John P. Mannion, Church of the Magdalen, Father Andrew Cecil, Cathe- dral Parish, and Father Edmund Amigh, C,S, s, R, , of St. Joseph's Parish ch at in the spiritualdirector's office, Father Man- nion instructs in junior rooms 422 and 201, Father Cecil in rooms 307 and 309, and Father Amigh also in senior homerooms 306 and 308, They give us many practical and spiritual pointers concerning the sacrament of matrimony and preparation for it, Q, 1 ,.., 'f 6 .SI Tuesday and Thursday of each week, St. Mary's students looked forward to re- ligion class taught by the assistant pastors from one of the Wichita parishes, The students appreciated the excel- lent instruction, the great interest, and the sincere guidance of these priests. It took time in their already busy parish schedules, but the Smips hop e that the priests enjoyed coming because we really liked to have them.

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if 1 I ,il if 4' '. . ., 5 f - x' . .- r 1 f S V 2 . ii Q L S 'f t ' S t . ' ' li . '1 'L-, L? il f W K l' sf. gk V V V af,-3 :fi it ifilil S VkV.g lr? il, ' If 4 Q Y v , F Q5 ,l 48' U X ' f 4 I h 1 ' . 'Q l'f'i 'l l 'ffff m,t f-'f Y . - ly fied lff 1:43 JJ , ln- ' 'q.li. if 4 'tl A SISTER M. LAURA - The staff of the i956 Cathedral feels honored to pay tribute to our Principal Sister M. Laura. The close of this school year marks I8 years of service at St. Mary's. Sister spent the first IO years as a professor in our classrooms and the past eight as principal . She holds a bachelor of arts degree conferred by Marymount College of Salina, Kansas, and a master of arts degree from the University of Notre Dame. At present Sister Laura is working on her doctorate at Fordham University. Sister Laura planned our well-equipped library. She was the instigator of the student testing program and the remedial reading class. Due to Sister's efforts we now have c modern, roomy school office, and student records microfilmed . She introduced the student council, has been active in P.,T.A. proiects and has been the drive behind various school organizations. We have been fortunate in having Sister Laura at the helm during these past eight years . fi