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Show ST. JIARY'S ACADEMY. I Of the various feast days which j tliroughout thj yerr honor the nreteg-j nreteg-j atives of Our Blessed Mother, or com-1 com-1 memorate the events of her life, that of ' the Immaculate Conception serins to ; be a prim-? favorite with the Children I of Mary, marked as it usually is by i special celebrations on the part of the j Sodality. The customary reception of ; aspirants into full membership tHk place on the afternoon of" the festival. - immediately after the Benediction of j the Blessed Sacrament. The following J yminir -ladies .proffered- their, demands i for admission and pledged themselves ! to - observe the rules and practice., the virtues oi a child' of Mary: Misses J Agues Barry. '.Nt-llie Barry, .Katherine ; Brennan. Alina Reno. Mae Busche, Margaret McDoiiough. Elizabeth Cap-, Cap-, linger. Bertha Michaels. . Katherine j Murphy, Margaret Mulryan, Mary j Owens. and Lore t to O'Dopncll. i At the oonelusioii of tlie ceremony the beautiful- hymn. "O (lioriosa- Dom-; Dom-; ina."' by Lambillotie, Was rendered j with siilendid effect by a "specially iraineil choir of the pupils." The mem-; mem-; hers theh repaired to the dining-room : where a feast was spread by the (thoughtful generosity of the older so-j so-j dalists for the enjoyment of all. |