Vincentian Institute - Crossroads Yearbook (Albany, NY)

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M AY DP x Each May, al lhe QCD. grounds, Vincenfian sfudenfs parficipale in a magnilicenl dernonsfraf lion of devolion To Our Blessed lvlofher. The Varsily Band and a living rosary, formed by boys and girls of lhe high school, led fhe procession of sfudenls from fhe high school lo fhe grounds, where lhe exhibifion of publicly honoring Mary began. ln lradilional red and gold gowns, The Girls' Glee Club eslablished afrnosphere wilh lhe singing of appropriale May hymns while May Queen, Joan Bornhorsf, and her courl of ai- lendanls approached lhe allar of Our Lady ol Fafima. Climaxing lhe dernonslralion was lhe corona- lion of lhe Blessed Virgin by Jrhe sludenl' queen. An inspirafional address, given by Monsignor Maginn, was imrnedialely followed by Benedic- May Umm ,Mm H 'rion ol lhe Blessed Sacrament 4'ruu'11iny by frm .-H Tlu' May Court and Jllnizxifnznr Lllliljllfill foxy Iu'fm'f Our I :dx xtulzw. .2 N-vi-iF WX i s Q il .H lg

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Ixllfflfl' HKIVVIIIIYIIJ and lfullzvr lfzmriim. I ETREF ' Highlighfing lhe year of Vincenriarfs spirirual acfivilies was 'rhe Annual Relreal. Three days of lale November were ser aside for each sludenl as a lime of prayer and recolleclion. Fafher Dunslan, O.F.M.C., and Falher Barnae bas, O.F.lVl.C., relreaf masfers for lhe girls and boys respeclively, gave enlighfening spirifual Jrallcs lo help 'rhe sludenls caplure rhe full mean- ing of lhe relreal. Informal discussions were held in which Jrhe Relreal lvlaslers slressed lopics ol vocafions, Chrislian virfues, and our purpose on ear+h. Daily Mass, Communion, and Benedicfion en- abled slrudenls 'ro enioy lhe many spirifual bless- ings of These Three days. Prevailing silence allowed lime lor concenfralion on our efernal goal. hula lzrlmz In lwrlfzm' llzmrfiru v r'i'lrm1f miifi-:'mz.1' n n1-i-u -1 Q .-1-iiv-w -uul i

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Ojjliiiicrs and Comnziffvc Clmirillrfz. Left to right: James Hogan fS0fl'PfrI1'j'T, Matthew Fitzgerald CVirc-Preffwfj, Blake Duffy Cfre- fvcfj, Joseph Buff Cfcrrctzzryj. CAN-If LIC YF U'l'i-I To bring abouT a uniTicaTion OT eTTorT and a wider parTicipaTion by The numbers, The Boys' C.Y.O. combined The individual commiTTees oT pasT years inTo a single general commiTTee. AT The TirsT weekly meeTing The responsibiliTy OT leading The group was given To PreTecT Blake DuTTy, Vice-PreTecT lvlaTThew FiTzgerald, Secre- Tary Joseph BUTT, and Recording SecreTary James Hogan. Guided in iTs Tasks by The moTTo To have The V. I. sTudenT Think and acT CaTholic, The C.Y.O. has esTablished a record worThy oT praise. The organizaTion sponsored a weekly religious bulleTin To assisT in The spiriTual liTe oT The sTudenT body. By The sale oT ChrisTmas cards, The collecTion oT cancelled sTamps, and The supervision OT miTe boxes, The organizaTion was able To aid The Toreign missions. AT reTreaT Time, The members made and placed posTers ThroughouT The school To remind The sTudenTs oT The spiriT and purpose OT The reTreaT. BroTher Jogues, BroTher Ferrer, and BroTher Francois moderaTed The C.Y.O., and under Their guidance The organizaTion wiTnessed a success- Tul year. WhaT TribuTe could be more pleasing To our Blessed lvloTher Than a group OT young sodalisTs uniTing To honor her? This sodaliTy, The girls' uniT oT The CaTholic YouTh OrganizaTion, enioyed a successTul year largely Through The eTTorTs OT iTs direcTor, SisTer Mary Helene, R.S.lvl., and her TaculTy assisTanTs. The organizaTion, secTioned inTo smaller uniTs, each oT which underTook a major proiecT Tor The year. enabled a more comprehensive program To be enacTecl. These commiTTees, working in- dividually, were consTanTly acTive in encouraging The wider disTribuTion oT CaTholic wriTings, pro-