Last week was Founder's Week and on Thursday, instead of attending the world history II class, we took a mini tour of the school. Our tour guide was a sister named Roseanne (I'm not really sure how to spell her name). We started the tour at the beginning of the class, meeting inside the chapel. When class started, the Sister started explaining about how the stained and etched glass in the church each represented different stories and unfortunately on the day we went it was raining because the Sister had said that if we were to be there when it was sunny, it would be absolutely stunning. Because I am not religious, I never had any sort of religious background so I was shocked to hear that the stories that she told were interesting. I always thought it was boring to be learning about the history and how there is someone above you and that you had to worship Him even though you had never seen him before.
After, we headed to the St. Joes common room, the Sister told us that where the fireplace was, there were three tiles on each side of the fireplace and one of them was the symbol for the school, even though I never went into the common room, because I commute, I found it interesting that there's so much history etched into the school. If I were to not go on the tour, I would have missed so many aspects of what the school has to offer because I just go from class to class and leave when class is over.
I think it was so inspiring to listen to the different stories of each of the sisters of Notre Dame and how this school was originally in San Jose (I'm not entirely sure but I'm pretty sure it was in the Bay Area). She also told us about the different hallmarks and that was why each class was supposed to help us embrace these hallmarks and try to make ourselves a better person if we have something to live by.
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