Friday, November 12, 2010
The Record Volume 41, Issue 10
The Official Student Publication of the Saint Louis Priory School since 1960
40 Days for Life a Success Jack Schmerold, ’12
Respect Life Club
As you all know, 40 Days for Life has just ended. A few Mondays ago, Priory organized a day of prayer at our local Planned Parenthood, and it was a major success. Every hour was filled and, although we had no confirmation that a baby was saved directly by us, our prayers helped and may have resulted in saved lives. Throughout the country, 632 babies were saved in those 40 days and one Abortion Center was closed! Some ask “How the heck do you get the exact number of saved lives?” Well, one way is that a woman will be convinced by those standing outside the clinic to not have an
abortion by them handing the mother a pamphlet or showing the mother pictures of a fetus – Which results in a saved baby. Or, a woman will enter the clinic planning on having an abortion, but when she comes out, she tells those standing outside the clinic their prayers made her realize that abortion was wrong. (For an exact story see the respect life board.) Sunday the 31st, Halloween marked the official last day of 40 days for life and we had 5 people
from Priory come out to pray for another hour. I want to thank everyone who came and prayed and please keep up the prayers. Also, looking ahead, on January 24th the March for Life is happening in Washington DC, so if you are interested in coming please see Fr. Ralph, Colby Braeckel, or anyone else in the Respect life club.
Naval Band Brings Pleasant Surprise to Sleepy Crowd John Austin, ’14
Entertainment Writer
Last Wednesday Priory was visited by the Naval Academy Admissions Band who played several cover-songs for the student body. The band was made up of members of the Naval Academy, dressed up in USNA football jerseys singing pop hits from the last couple of years and a few older favorites. These songs included: Imma Be, Teenage Dream, Party in the USA, Yeah!, Don’t Stop Believing, I Got A Feeling, and several more. The combination of the cool drums, base and guitar solos, great vocals, and speakers that were so impressive we could feel the vibrations in our chests and made for an exciting surprise for the students. The band did an excellent job of replicating the original songs with features like auto-tune, and wowed the audience with impersonations of Fergie and other
artists. The Naval Academy gave us an enjoyable Rock/Pop/Hip-Hop in the place of the monotonous 1st period in the middle of the week and earned an encore approved by Mr. Finan.