St Marys High School - Green and White Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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The Sodalist is not only a man of prayer but a man of action. Grace is aspiritual energy which must have an outlet. Judging from the number of activities which the Sodality has successfully sponsored, the St. Mary's Sodalists and loyal children of Mary and she is bestowing graces in abundance up- on them. Two truly remarkable works of the Sodality were the Mission Rally and Exhibit, and the Christmas Canned Food Drive. On November 30, the Sodalists of St. Mary's performed a man-sized job. With the guidance and assistance of the brothers and the Sodality moderators, the Sodalists sponsored a Mission Rally and Exhibit which netted well over 31,000.00 for the Catholic Missions of the World. As is usual around the Christmas season, the Sodalists sponsored the annual Christmas drive for the needy of St. Louis. With the devoted backing of the student body the Sodality collected over 30,000 items of food, clothing and toys for the needy of this area. l. Discussing th e Maryknoll literature are: Gerald Qtanding before apamt Yallaly, Don Kostecki, Charles Seager, and Tom Green. 2. Wh1ChwaspfeSemedf0 the hmg of Father Chaminade ODCYSUUQ the games Of Chance in the gYrn were the Sodalists. atmg Class are the Sodalric O01 bylast year 5 Sfiidu Robert Van Wellglares ata heckler who is ridiculing his efforts. DOH Plekarski Dave Schn y pl-efeCfS Fred Kotoske 3. Michael Hilliard helps set up the White Fathers booth. 4. Greg Divls elder Dennis Gleason and The St. Mary's students in this picture are Joe Garibaldi seated comfortably on the floor and Melvyn Forester in the costume of a priest. is ggi Q Z

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The following are renewing their baptismal promises as probationers: Dave Schneider, Ronald DeGreef, Jim Barta, Donald Mitchell, Tom Turner, John Gasko, Kenneth Fey, Don Piekarski, Jack Sengheiser, and Harold Johnson. Assisting Father O'Shaughnessy and Father Blemker in the various cere- monies were sodalists John Oberlohr, Harold Richter and Dennis Gleason. Making their acts of consecration and receiv- ing the coveted honor of being full fledged Sodalists are: Michael Bresnahan, James Steinbach, David Blackwell, and Gerard Behnen. odaliiy The Sodalist, as we call him, is not really a full fledged Sodalist until hehas passed several stages of advancement which usually takes him till about the end of his junior year. As a freshman, a mem- ber first proves himself worthy of the position of a Postulant, and later he is advanced to the stage of Aspirant. In his late sophomore orearlyjunior year he is advanceda step higher and becomesa Probation- ist. Finally, at the end of his junior year or his.early senior year, he makes his act of consecration and be- comes a Sodalist in the Sodality of Our Lady. This year the Sodalists were advanced on three different occasions. The first in December, the sec- ond in February and another in May. Members of the Sodality viewing the ceremonies which took place in the school chapel.

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