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Tribiit e to '*Sister Albert in e A Remembrance of Things Past
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St. Joseph alive, '■	^	___
Thanks* Given ^
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A great school la a tradition, yet advancement. It Imparts knowledge—not just book learning, but an insight into people as-well.^ A great school never; changes, though fires and hurricanes and finances may- ravage it. It Is not just a shell; it j has a heart which embraces all Its students. It is loved a3j-a person because it is a person.	■	■■&'■■ •
A great schools doesn’t just happen,-it is made. It comes after many late hours—long hours of planning, talking and working/It comes from laughter1 and tears. It , comes when devoted people CARE and show they do. .-j-
There„is, no way wecould show our appreication to all^the people who have made SJA a great school. We can only say: Thank you. We will^remember you gratefully Jiecause of ,the. heritage r you have given us In St. Joseph Academy.
Back—scene managers Integral lo S^J. Ar
"Have ydu'seen John orSt eve?” "Yes, sister, they were over near Marian Hall Just a minute ago going toward the gym. I think I heard them «ay something about what you had for them to do on the third floor."6 rar..
Whew I Just thinking about what our two “handy men” do is tiring. Call them: managers, plumbers, gardeners, maintenance men—whatever! Call them all of these and that still does not cover all they are. For,-i our school has depended on them s-. for the care of Its buildings for many yean. And CARE it has recelvedl From Marian Hall to the annex building.
"Yes, sister, I sawijohn and Steve. sJ They -were over near Marian Hall going ? toward tbe,gym* 4 think .1 heard them mumble something that sounded like,1 Tm going to mlss this place/*
Anyone win has attended St. Joseph for at least two years is familiar with Sr. Albertine. The name belong to a muchloved sister who has spent over a quarter of a century of her life here, and who came to think of the Academy as her only home. Practically every student has seen Sister as she tended her flowers and kept the spacious grounds almost spotless of careless candy wrappers and milk cartons and many can remember following her to the Shrine to say the Rosary - following her like a flock of ducklings as she disappeared into the kitchen for her private treasure of treats to scatter to awaiting hands. Parents of students (particularly some fathers, who shall remain anonymous!) recall with laughter how she could disillusion an enterprising (If sneaky) Romeo-of-the-back-fence- with a bucket of cold water. The people of Bay St. Louis itself certainly feel that Sister Albertine’s dally visits to the sick and needy of the community were an unending breath of hope. But all these vague memories cannot teU us who Sister Albertine really was — a sister who became a near symbol of Saint Joseph Itself.
Sister Albertine was born on the border of Switzerland near Lake Geneva, and at a very early age she came to love and appreciate the many beauties of outdoors. Her first home as a sister of Saint Joseph was' at Bourg, France, where ’she entered religious life over 50 years ago. Her real desire was to go to the mission in India, but Instead she” landed’ in New York. Mount Washington, in Cincinnati then called West Cedarpoint, was her first assignment in the U.S. When orders came from the Mother General, she left for Minne-sota, !’where she spent almost 15 years., A Brief stay in Baton Rouge followed her Minnesota assignment, then down ta New Orleans where she taught for another ten years. Sister Albertine ^had her first . glimpse of Bay St. Louis in September of 1932, and in Bay St. Louis' she remained. So it was that Sister witnessed, and was a fundamental part of, some of the best years of Saint Joseph's growth. It was with sadness that we heard of her hospitalization on Graduation Day last year. s Sister Is still at Mtrabeau Hospital In New Orleans.
Perhaps It"' is a blessing thAt she not ?have to see this final year of Saint Jeseph Academy. She is symbol of that In St. Joseph’s that cannot end: A spirit of courage, dedicated service, and love.
“You're Aheod
FORD”
"Bthba” Oujtolet Ford, lac.
Gulfport, Miss.
May 19. 1967
SJA history reviewed Rich heritage cited
St. Joseph Academy had Its beginning in Bay St. Louis in January, 1855. Three Sisters of St. Joseph had come from their motherhouse at Bourg, France, at the request of the Reverend Stanislaus Buteaux whose parish then included most of Mississippi. They held classes In a mission chapel at Waveland until September, when the small frame structure built at the site of the school received its first student body, numbering thirty-three girls. Three years later, a three story boarding school was erected here.
There have been many colorful moments of painful crisis. The school has survived the Civil .War, a major fire, epidemics of yellow fever and Influenza, countless hurricanes, and a tidal wave. With its growing years of experience, it offered a high quality of Catholic education tc elrls from grades seven through twelve.
Chartered by the.;Mississippi legislature In 1871, the school la approved both by the state and by the Southern Association of Secondary Schools anc Colleges.
The Sisters of St. Joseph, who have staffed the school, have an even longer history. Their congregation, with its gen-
-	erate in Bourg, France, began in 1650. Dispersed the following century during the French Revolution, the congregation was reorganized In 1807 at Lyons by Mother St. John Fontbonne. Today, the Bourg community operates In France, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, the United Seates, Africa, apd I -artn America.
Though the'Bay St. Louis chapter oi their history has just about been closed, no doubt a new segment will unfold in the fyture-and to It the Sisters ot St. Joseph will give their love and de^tton, Jitft^as^they^ha^^done^liere^tt^ouryA,
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