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December 16th, 2011SJCAA has “Moved on Up” to the Mount
July 14th, 2011Since Reunion 2011, SJCAA has been busy implementing changes to strengthen our organization and support it in the coming years. Among these are the appointment of Kathleen Hollenbeck as new SJC Alumnae Liaison, moving the office to space at Mount St. Mary’s University, and establishing new contact information.
SJCAA Contact Information is as follows:
Mailing address: P.O. Box 1149, Emmitsburg, MD 21727
NEW Phone Number: 301. 447. 5075
NEW Office Email: office@sjcalumnae.org
Website: www.sjcalumnae.org
Blog: blog.sjcalumnae.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/sjcaa.emmitsburg
For the complete message from your SJCAA Board about changes and plans, please visit the SJCAA website.
Who’s on [your] Board?
July 14th, 2011During the 2011 Reunion the Board of Trustees transitioned to the new Board. Below is a photo of those present. Please check the website for the current Board of Trustees list.
Current (c) and outgoing (o) SJCAA Board Members at Reunion 2011 include, seated, from left: Mary Ann Lesso (c); Susan Flanigan Conrad (o); Christine Wiberley Goglia (c); Sr. Anne Higgins, D.C. (c); Mary Kay Hughes Clarke (o); Cathryn Homan Winslow (c); Nancy Meskill (c); and Maureen McPartland Smith (c). Standing, from left, are: Chrystie Damico Goles (c); Ann Wyllie Mulroy (c); Joanne McNally Downes (c); Jane Manning Brennan (c); Jane Currie Sutton (c); Mary Ellen Doherty Mehl (o); Christine Roos Mehl (c); Karen Mattscheck (c); Kathleen Graham (c); and Bernadette Ackerman Benninger. Not shown: Sr. Mary Jean Horne (c); Claire Maurer (c); Mary Anne Kelly (c) Mary Lou Ullrich Jones (c); Jacquie Nemetz Van Meter (o), and Leslie Hentz Blackstock (c).
Remembering Betty Daly McFann
December 13th, 2010Betty Daly McFann ‘60, who singlehandedly put our Alumnae Association back on track during her tenure as executive administrator, died suddenly on December 2, 2010, in Beebe Hospital, Lewes, DE, after suffering a stroke. She was 72.
View obituary on the SJC website > >
The SJC published an article on Betty in the Winter/Spring 2007 issue of The Valley Echo that announced her retirement from the SJCAA. Read article now >>
We extend our heartfelt prayers and sympathy to Joe, the entire McFann family, and Betty’s classmates and good friends from SJC. If you would like to leave some remembrances of Betty, please click the Comments link below (once we have reviewed he remarks, we will clear them for posting).
Remembering Sr. Juliana Kowal, D.C.
November 12th, 2010Former SJC science professor Sr. Juliana Kowal, D.C., passed away on Oct. 17, 2010, in Emmitsburg. You may read her obituary on the SJC website.
Upon hearing of her passing, members of the Class of 1972 have shared their memories of her via email. Following are some of their thoughts. Please feel free to add your own by clicking the “Comments” link at the bottom of this post.
“I remember seeing Sr. Juliana in a wheelchair several years ago in the back of the Provincial House Chapel. She was so happy to see all of us. My greatest memory was the year she was off campus on sabbatical. She was driving up the “A” one Friday afternoon and our sign, hanging out of a dorm window, ‘Out of the zoo in 72,’ caught her eye. She plowed into my car (except it was my sister’s car that I had borrowed!). I was happy to know that nuns had insurance! God bless Sr. Juliana. She is probably already working on science projects in heaven!” – Mary Pat Bohan Kelly
“Remember when we stole the arm from the skeleton and scared the crap out of Paulette? That was hilarious! Sr. Juliana was a gift. She knew her anatomy and passed her knowledge on to us. We were fortunate to have her as an instructor.” – Hope Heaven Hatch
“I remember the time that those of us who were not nurses were supposed to be dissecting frogs, and Ann-Marie let many of them escape out the back door of the lab. Sr. Juliana said she did not believe our story that it was an ‘accident.’ She said we could not get out of it that easily, and replacement frogs were located and arrived shortly thereafter. Good times, fond memories, for all but the replacement frogs, of course. – Leslie Fulton Weatherly
“Another ‘icon’ gone.” – Chris Mele
“She called me Virginia the entire year, and the one time I corrected her, she replied, ‘Yes, I know, Virginia.’ I will always remember her.” – Veronica Duggan Flynn
“Remember those fetal pigs!” – Jayne Bianco Cohill
“She did know her anatomy! I was able to spend some time with her last year at the reunion. It was a precious experience. She was a great lady. – Maureen Maloy Biggers
“One of my greatest memories of her and her class was the oral anatomy exam with that stupid skeleton. She couldn’t catch me, so she went to some minute fissures in the brain. Didn’t do well in logic, but I could memorize! She still couldn’t stump me. It was one of my best memories of her, and you are right, the old gal knew her anatomy!
- Julie Lombard Venuti“All I can say is, ‘Are you with me on that?’ She did know her biology.” – Susanne Palmer
SJC Class of 1974 Members Gather at Mount’s 2009 Reunion
November 10th, 2010
Members of the SJC Class of 1974 at the Mount’s 2009 Reunion, their 35th, from left: Mary Berens Regan, Lori Quinnin McCormick, Kathy Kerns Raubens, Jamie Lowe Huber, Trudie Mangiaracina Glazewski, Jane Davis Gallagher, Patty Holt Troy, Mary McFadden Molinero, Belinda Lowry Jaffee, Jocelyn Law Yone
Class of ‘61 holds September, 2010, Mini-Reunion in Shelter Island
November 10th, 2010Several members of the Class of 1961 held a weeklong mini reunion in September at the home of Bud and Phyllis Mack Gillespie in Shelter Island, NY.
Front row, from left, are: Ann Depenbrock Holmes, Mercedes Suarez Pfeffer, Rosemarie Aellen Dunning, Elizabeth Strezeski LaFrance, and Phyllis Mack Gillespie (holding Duffy). Back row, from left, are: Patrick Downes, Eileen Keefe Bonhag, Moira Hanlon Little, Joanne McNally Downes, David Holmes and Bud Gillespie.
Front row, from left, are: Ann Depenbrock Holmes, Mercedes Suarez Pfeffer, Rosemarie Aellen Dunning, Elizabeth Strezeski LaFrance, and Phyllis Mack Gillespie (holding Duffy). Back row, from left, are: Patrick Downes, Eileen Keefe Bonhag, Moira Hanlon Little, Joanne McNally Downes, David Holmes and Bud Gillespie.
SJC Mini Reunion in Longboat Key, FL, Jan. 22-29, 2011
November 10th, 2010All SJC Alumnae who will be in the area of Longboat Key, FL, Jan. 22– 29, 2011, are invited to join the Class of 1961 at their annual mini-reunion.
Participate in any activities, including, but not limited to, dinners, day trips, antiquing, hikes, breakfast on the beach, and poolside afternoons.
For information, contact Joanne Downes (jmdownes@verizon.net) or Elizabeth Strezeski LaFrance (strez2@verizon.net).
Denver Area Alumnae Lunch, Plant Seeds to Grow Colorado Club
November 9th, 2010Five Alumnae from the Denver area took the first step in forming an SJC Colorado Club when they gathered for lunch in January 2010. “We had a great time,” reported Suzanne Sullivan ’69, “spending more than two hours at lunch–and still chatting when we reached the parking lot. Not bad for five women who’d never met before. With St. Joe’s as a starting point, we discovered that we have lots in common.” If you’d like to make contact with these ladies about a Colorado club, please contact the SJC Alumnae Office.
Standing, from left are Suzanne Sullivan ’69, Marlene Brown Strattan ’65, Ginny Pittman Boschen ’64 and Marella Colyvas ’73. Seated is Valerie Kochis Werzyn ’66.
Fall 2010 Washington, DC, Club Luncheon
October 17th, 2010SJC Alumnae gathered at the Washington, DC, Area Club’s fall luncheon on October 16, 2010, at O’Donnell’s Sea Grill in Gaithersburg, MD.
Attending were Joan Billerbeck ’53, Helen Bursley Fournier ’69, Pat Grant Chamberlain ’73, Pat Ziegler Conley ’69, Carolyn Cox ’64, Suzanna Kiser Crock ’53, Kathy Flannery Deerkoski ’68, Jean Givens Denney ’69, Margot Smith Giuliani ’60, Ann Lehigh Grau ’61, Alhen Ehrensing Green ’56, Mary McNeill Mohr ’53, Becky Peters, Patsy Garrity Prunkl ’69, Angie Zappacosta Scheerer ’69, Sally Callahan Sullivan ’65, Jane Currie Sutton ’65, Diane Asselin Thompson ’69, Joanne Cartagena Windle ’70, and Linda Dumbroski Wivel ’69.
The group meets for lunch each fall and spring and all area alumns are cordially invited. For information, contact Linda Dumbroski Wivel, (301) 253-3804 or email lwivel@verizon.net.