St Marys High School - Sceptre Yearbook (South Amboy, NJ)

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We, the graduating class of 1962, dedicate to Our Lady, the Immaculate Mother of God, our first yearbook. Mary’s name has been woven into our lives; she is the patroness of our parish, the namesake of our school. She is linked to us by the ties of Marian, Marvite, and Mercy. Marian care has guided those who established our par- ish, and inspired those who built our school in 1892. Since 1919 the high school has been under Mary’s protection. She has preserved our buildings in time of disaster and aided those who led us through all our difficulties. We participate in our religious, academic, and social activities under the name Marvite. We are Mary’s sons and daughters desiring to be “a little” like our Mother. She has assisted us in all our accomplishments, and we have felt her love and companionship in all our scholastic en- deavors. Much of our instruction has come to us from the Sisters of Mercy. Our Lady of Mercy, their patroness, wears a crown as she reigns from her throne, and in her hand is a royal sceptre. The Sisters have brought her to reign in our hearts. Fittingly, then, we dedicate our yearbook to Mary and name it after her own Mercy sceptre.