HS Class ‘70 restores our beloved CHS Chapel
On February 2, 2020, High School Class ’70 will be celebrating its Golden Jubilee, together with other jubilarians of the College of the Holy Spirit. It will be a joyous event to return to our other childhood home, our Alma Mater. This was where little girls with knobby knees and skinny legs in starched brown and white uniforms grew into young ladies with the kind of inner toughness that help navigate the many tests of a lifetime. Our Alma Mater nurtured our intellectual and emotional growth and our spiritual formation. We learned from our teachers, textbooks, and the lessons of building lasting friendships.
The CHS Chapel is the most loyal witness to our spiritual journey. There, in the second grade, we celebrated our First Communion, dressed in long white gowns and veils, ready for a blessing from the Holy Spirit. There we had many first Friday Masses in our white gala uniform, raising our voices heavenward with hymns we likely remember to this day. There we lined up for our confessions to be heard. There the more prayerful ones of us visited during lunch breaks to say a short prayer. The Chapel was indeed a big part of our young live