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Page sixty-two Mundelein Sodal- Top Rozv: Violet Sriubos, Anna Mary Mann, Virginia McClure, Marion Curto, Eleanor Curto, Marion Pearson, Kathleen Clifford, Lucille Connery, Genevieve Dooner, Majella Mannebach, Gertrude Meyers, Mary Lyon, Anna Martino, Ann Maloy, Ber- tille McEvoy, Virginia K. Walsh, Mary Emily Garvey, Virginia Artingstall, Kathleen Shay. Second Rozv: Pauline Flosi, Elizabeth Boyle, Agnes Walsh. Justine Feely, Marjorie Scholl, Eileen Nightingale, Mary Helen Boyle, Virginia Mcis, Alice Durkin, Pauline Duzeski, Emcr Phibbs. Priscilla Crowe. Margaret Sullivan, Kathryn Kennedy, Car- lene Futtcr, Mary Helen Schmitt, Mary Lally, Mary Frances Kennelly, Amber Wills, Helen Orvis. STUDENTS SPIRITUAL COUNCIL AND MUHDELEIH COLLEGE SODALITY A GRADUATE of a Catholic college who cannot look back upon some favorite spot in the chapel, or recall the way the sunlight stole across our Blessed Mother's altar on fragrant mornings in May, or remember the surging desire to go out and do things for Christ and mankind in this dull, unadventurous age, is to be pitied, for she has missed one of the richest blessings of a woman's life a hoard of ennobling memories that will help her to go on when girlhood dreams seem very quixotic and useless and far away. It is to this end, as well as for apparently more practical purposes, that the Students' Spiritual Council has been organized, for the aim of the Council is to organize the spiritual activities of the school under the auspices of the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The prime object of the Sodality is to form Christian character by fostering devotion to Christ through the imitation of His Blessed Mother, and to cultivate the lay apos- tolate of Catholic action. Last fall the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary was established at Mundelein College under the guidance of the Reverend Daniel A. Lord, S.J. The work was slow at first. We knew that the Sodality was the largest, most significant organization in the school. We were a little afraid to try our hands at a task that was at once so personal and so vital. But when the promised pamphlet, The A B C of Sodality Organization, arrived, it was read eagerly and the air w'as alive with plans in the process of formation. The activities of the Sodality are carried on through the administration of its prefect and her committees. The committees are eight, each one in itself as essentially important in its action as is the Sodality as a whole. Every phase of Catholic action is fostered, for there are literary, publicity, catechetical, missionary, Braille, liturgical, Our Lady's, and Catholic Girl Scouts' committees. The interest of the Literary Committee, or Study Club, is centered chiefly about the maintenance of the book racks, which circulate among the students pamphlets on Catholic doctrine and important questions of the day. This committee also devotes a portion of its time and energy to the study of Catholic literature, poetry, essays, fiction, etc., and reports on the knowledge thus gained at the general Sodality meetings. Near the elevators is the bulletin board of the Publicity Committee, whose duty it is to keep the students informed of the Sodality, and to stimulate Catholic interests by public suggestions as to ways and means. The Tower Page sixty-three ity. Committees Third Rozv: Helen Foster, Mary De Gette, Irene Fahey, Julia Connors, Ursula Walsh, Marjorie Cramer, Margaret .Hoyne, Charlotte Schuberth, Marion Delahunty. Marion Jeffers, Marv Klynn, Mary Nicholson, Delphinc Hellwig, Bernadette Culkin, Betty Duker, Irene Galvin, Katherine Brennan, Jane Gramlich, Honor Ridge, Mary Bruce, Margaret Rice, Edith Slattery, Mary Crowe. Fourth Row: Monica Callahan, Noreen Pine, Rita Patterson, Lenore Manning, Helen Lange, Evelyn Steinmiller, Marjorie Murphy, Louise De Tamble, Marion Siffermann, Florence Janssen, Mary F'rances Burke, Mildred Hora, Evelyn McGowan, Grace Sirimarco, Catherine Solon, Lauretta Bambula, Angela Maher, Marjorie Dee, Mary Toohey. The Catechetical Committee has for its end the teaching of catechism in the different charily institutions, poor schools, and social centers of the city. Definitely assigned places are secured and permanent teaching is carried on. The students engaged in this work are deriving from it as much help as they give, for there is a depth of meaning in the faith, that shows most clearly in the light of suffering and need. The Mission Committee fosters the work of the poverty-stricken missionaries by collecting for them the outgrown or out-of-fashion clothing of acquaintances, old stamps, tinfoil, and money. The Committee of Our Lady propagates the veneration of her by encouraging the devotional practice of the rosary, and by placing before the students the gentleness and beauty of Mary most pure, the ideal of the Catholic woman. The work of the Braille section is most interesting, for after the members of the committee learn the system, they exercise it by transcribing literature for the blind. This committee secured materials and set to work early in the second semester, and have manifested patience and skill in a work that is apt to prove tedious. The Catholic Girl Scout Committee fosters a Christian and Catholic spirit, and endeavors to aid all those who need assistance at any time. Catholic leadership is the special mark of this unit, and a course in Scout Leadership is one of the means adopted by the group to develop executive ability and to prepare the members to take their places as leaders of the various groups with whom they will associate in later life, particularly of those who are younger than themselves. The Liturgical section has organized a Guard of Honor pairs of students who take turns in spending ten minutes in adoration before the Blessed Sacrament. Promotion of the liturgical movement through intelligent hearing of the Mass and use of the Missal is also part of the work of this committee. Another phase of its activity is the making of altar linens and vestments, to be sent to missionary priests at home or abroad who are in dire need. The Sodality, like all other organizations, needs a constant supply of new members, and these members are called Children of Mary. Young women of faith and sincere devotion to our Lady, and those of good Catholic life who promise to live up to the ideals of the Sodality, are sought to be members of the Sodality. Every spring, a reception is held, and the new members are admitted into the ranks of Mary's children, a privilege much to be looked forward to, and to be cherished always bv each sodalist. The Sodality is in its infancy at Mundelein, but it has made rapid progress in its brief career. Since it has been so successful at the outset of its work, we may have great hopes for its future. f 19 3 1
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tower1931031
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Mundelein College Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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There are eight total Mundelein College yearbooks: 1931, 1932, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, and 1985.
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Mundelein College Collection
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Reading Room
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Print
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