St Vincent Academy - Vincentian Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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v IN c E N T IA THE SODALITY OF OUR LADY The spiritual and social meetings, the various novenas and triduums have militat- ed for the success of the Sodality of Saint Vincent Academy this year. On the feast of the Annunciation, we held our communion breakfast. After the talk given by Father Benedict English on So- cial Service , two of our Seniors gave ad- dresses on Catholic Action and the Lay Apostolate . On that day four officers were installed for the following year. Our May Day celebration, however, prov- ed the most colorful of the year. This con- sisted of a procession of students, recitation of the rosary, singing of hymns, and crown- ing of the May Queen. Then, after the girls had recited the Act of Consecration, the May Queen crowned the statute of Our Lady. One of the most far reaching and practical accomplishments of the year was the placing of the Queen's work in the Newark Public Library. This year, we also organized a new unit called the Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament. Finally, in January, the delegates of Saint Vincent Academy were afforded an opportunity to meet the Sodality national director, Reverend Daniel A. Lord S.J., as well as Miss Dorothy J. Willman, his executive secretary, at the miniature convention or sodality seminar, held in Jersey City, in January. Through our Sodality, the girls aim to practice and teach the words of Holy Scripture: This is the will of God, your sanctiiicationf' 95

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V I N C E NT I A STUDENTS' SPIRITUAL COUNCIL Eleanor Del Monte Thecla Byrne Helen Radack Mary Atkinson Kathleen Judge Mary Sexton Marguerite Bianchi Catherine Whelihan Marie Kolb Anna Canniff Sodality Executives Eleanor Del Monte .,........................,..........,.............. President - Thecla Byrne ......,...,...,.,...,...,.,.,..,.,,....,...........t.................. - Vice-President and Chairman of Our Lady's Committee Helen Radack .....,.....,..,.....i........,.,....................,......, Secretary Mary Atkinson .......................................................I Treasurer Marguerite Bianchi ,..... Chairman of Eucharistic Committee Catherine Whelihan ..., Chairman of Literature Committee Marie Kolb .,.,..............,... Chairman of Publicity Committee Anna Canniff ............ Chairman of Membership Committee Eucharistic Committee Claire Williams Marian Ceeckler Ann Bolger Literature Committee Margaret Peters Alice Purcell Margaret Felsberg Rosalie Queenan I Rosemary Koermaier Our Lady's Committee Christella Bedell Mary Fahey Eleanor Megaro Publicity Committee Norma Matte Honor Tansey Anne Caldwell Membership Committee Mary Caufield Elizabeth Weckenman Margaret Farley Margaretta Kane