by Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M. My high school literature class just finished reading Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner. If you haven’t read this classic recently, it is well worth your time. Besides the obvious sailors’ superstitions, there is a lot of Catholicity in Coleridge’s work. We have a beautiful, large edition of [...]
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Here are some of the pictures that I (Sister Maria Philomena) took during Sister Mary Bernadette’s funeral Mass at Saint Joseph’s Church in Hinsdale, NH. (Because of the weather, her burial will wait until spring.)
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Posted 13 January 2012
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Sister Mary Bernadette, M.I.C.M., went to her reward on December 16, 2011. She was just shy of her ninety-second birthday. She had a very full life (you may read her obituary here), but she was always looking towards eternity. Her special love was for the Christ Child; so, it is particularly appropriate that she should [...]
The Christmas Program this year was simple (due to our extra duties with Sister Mary Bernadette’s declining health) — but very lovely. The elementary students (grade k-6) put on a pageant focusing on the shepherd and the gift that Our Infant Lord desires (our hearts!). The junior and senior high school students played several [...]
Every year the parents and children in our community (especially in the school) try to come up with saints that will stump the judges. They are getting very good at finding obscure saints! I think the judges were stumped about half a dozen times this year. Here are some pictures.
And with our school picture, we are proud to give special mention to the outstanding students of the first quarter. Our first quarter ended November 9th. Honor Roll is all A’s (two B’s allowed) and Honorable Mention is all B’s or better. This includes effort and conduct grades. For Perfect Attendance, a student must be [...]
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Although our really big snow storm hit the following weekend, our first snowfall was on the evening of October 27 (or the morning of the 28th). I took a few pictures of this first snow storm and thought you might like to see them contrasted to the pictures I had taken ten days before [...]
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