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of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, St. Louis
Province. Please send address changes and requests for
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Province Leadership Maureen Freeman, CSJ
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Sisters Rita Marie Schmitz, Marilyn Lott, Mary Margaret Lazio, Linda Straub and Maureen Freeman.

Fall greetings to everyone!

Its that time of year when everything changes. Colors that we havent seen for months
appear in the forests and hillsides. The air is crisp and there is new vigor after a very hot
summer. Football is back and Friday nights are spent cheering on high school teams.
On Saturdays we get those rakes out and coax those leaves into piles. Then there are
couch-potato Sundays. Autumn is a special time of year. In Wendell Berrys poem,
The Wild Geese, he takes one of the distinctive signs of fall and challenges us to
think about what we really need.

The Wild Geese

Horseback on Sunday morning, harvest

over,
we taste persimmon and wild grape,
sharp sweet of summers end.
In times maze over fall fields, we name
names
that went west from here, names
that rest on graves. We open
a persimmon seed to find the tree
that stands in promise, pale in the seeds
marrow.

Geese appear high over us,

pass, and the sky closes. Abandon,
as in love or sleep, holds them to their
way, clear,
in the ancient faith: what we need is here.
And we pray, not
for new earth or heaven, but to be
quiet in heart, and in eye clear.
What we need is here.

In this season of change, what am I asked to do? The poem, which is countercultural,
challenges us to be content with what we have. We dont need more thingswe need
quiet hearts and clear vision.
We humans are always looking for more. So much so that we are no longer called
citizens but, rather, consumers. Our consumption is what is destroying Mother Earth.
So when you see the geese flying overhead, may they be a reminder to be content.
Let us not take more than we need. As Mahatma Gandhi taught: Live simply so
that others may simply live.
Connections is printed on recycled
paper using earth-friendly, soy-based inks.

Province Leadership

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Educating Students,
Changing the World
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eatures
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8 Nazareth Living Center:

Legacy of Service

Expansion enables Nazareth

Living Center to continue serving
the dear neighbor by meeting the
needs of todays seniors.

24 Generosity of Joseph

At our 10th annual gala, we honor

Kathleen Murphy and Ann
Rotermund who exemplify the CSJ
mission of serving the dear neighbor.

D epartments

2 Around the Province News

4 Story of Justice: Associate
Peggy Baker Volunteers
at the Border
5 Vocations: An Invitation

Cover story: The numbers of sisters in the classroom may be vastly

different than years past. Today, sisters are meeting the specific needs of
students. Who are the students being taught today and how are their needs
being met by the Sisters of St. Joseph who remain engaged in the ministry
of elementary education?

Celebrating 150 Years

in the Kansas CitySt.Joseph Diocese
page 14

6 Jubilarians

19 Tributes & Memorials

25 Donor Spotlight:
The OFlaherty Family
26 Events & Happenings
29 Save the Dates

Follow Us:

Visit www.csjsl.org
for links to our social media sites.

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AWARDS

ST LOUIS: Sister Barbara

Volk was named Volunteer
of the Year from Leading
Age Missouri for her
service and commitment to
preserving the dignity, wellbeing and independence of
senior-living residents. Sister
Barbara volunteers as an art
teacher at Nazareth Living
S. Aline Mohrhaus, Ron Mantia, CEO
Center, a senior-living
Nazareth Living Center, S. Barbara Volk
community co-sponsored and Rhonda Griffin
by the Sisters of St. Joseph
of Carondelet and Benedictine Health System.
ORLANDO: Sister
Barbara Moore was the
recipient of Catholic
Health Associations
(CHA) 2016 Lifetime
Achievement Award
for her work in social
justice, service to the
marginalized and leadership in the development
Robert Henkel, CHA Board Chair, S. Barbara of Ascension Health.
Moore and S. Carol Keehan, DC
This award is given each
year to an acknowledged leader of the health ministry who
has inspired and mentored numerous others to influence and
impact the local community and beyond.
KANSAS CITY: In July, Sister Marie Joan
Harris was honored at a Kansas City Royals
Game with the Buck ONeil Legacy Seat
for her making a world of difference in higher
education in the community through her 45
years of service at Avila University in Kansas
City.
ST. LOUIS: Sister Amy Hereford was recognized by the Catholic Press Association
(CPA) for Best Reporting on Special Age
Group for an article in HORIZON: The
Journal of the National Religious Vocation
Conference. The article, Midlife Vocations,
co-written by Sister Adrienne Kaufmann, O.S.B., received
second-place honors at the CPA conference in June.
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DULUTH, MINNESOTA: Sister Mary

Kay Hadican was recognized as a winner
of the annual Horizon Award at the recent
Benedictine Health Systems Conference.
This award annually recognizes the
volunteer among 35 different senior-living
communities whodemonstrated exceptional leadership skills
in recruiting, coordinating and motivating volunteers for
fundraising efforts andwhose involvement made a significant
impact on fundraising results. Sister Mary Kay is a board
member of Nazareth Living Centers Operations Board as
well as Nazareths Foundation Board, and she served as chair
of their recent capital campaign.
ST. LOUIS: Associate Susan Klepper was
a recipient of St. Louis Universitys 2016
Alumni Merit Award in September. Susan is
a retired pediatric physical therapist with more
than 38 years of experience and accomplishments working with children in school systems.
KANSAS CITY: Associate Peggy Baker
was honored with the Mother Evelyn ONeil
alumna award from CSJ-sponsored St. Teresas
Academy. Peggy was recognized for a lifetime
of exemplifying exceptional leadership and
service.
KANSAS CITY: Associate Nicole Nicoll was named 2016s
honorary alum at the Avila University Alumni Association
annual awards luncheon in October. Nicole was recognized
for ten years of
work with Avilas
associate formation
programs and her
service to the larger
community working
with Safehome
Shelter and Sanctuary of Hope
Prayer and Retreat S. Ruth Stuckel, Nicole Nicoll and Avila President
Center.
Ron Slepitza.

Let Us Remember...
Visit www.csjsl.org to read the life stories
of our faithful sisters who have died.

Associate Karen Cox

July 10, 1957 January 10, 2016
Warm, kind-hearted with the gift of hospitality
Sister Mary Annette Schorman
August 30, 1931 January 31, 2016
Hospitable, gracious, a hard worker, a loyal friend
The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet were well represented at the federation
event with nearly 100 people in attendance from across the congregation.

Sisters of St. Joseph Federation Event

Focuses on Labor Trafficking

n July, nearly 700 sisters, associates and partners in

mission attended the U.S. Federation of the Sisters of
St. Joseph event in Orlando, Florida. They focused on
awareness and advocacy of labor trafficking and the
exploitation of farm workersin particular, the Immokalee
Workers of Southwest Florida.

The federation is collaborating with the Coalition for

Immokalee Workers (CIW), a worker-based human rights
organization, to encourage Wendys Restaurants to participate in the Fair Food Program. Wendys is the only major
fast food chain not signed on. Through the program, partner
growers, farmers and retail food companies support a wage
increase through paying an additional penny per pound and
require a human-rights-based code of conduct to be implemented on the farms that grow their tomatoes.

Associate Teresa Annette Loch

July 20, 1962 February 17, 2016
A spirited, embracing woman
Sister Rose Mary Murphey
May 10, 1931 February 20, 2016
A generous woman with a smiling face and sense
of humor who cared deeply for others
Sister Mary John Dillard
January 25, 1924 February 26, 2016
Gentle, diligent, smiling, kind
Sister Mary Reinhart
February 14, 1932 March 3, 2016
Compassionate, welcoming, cheerful
Sister Marianne Thomas
January 6, 1925 March 5, 2016
Open to Gods will, loved to tell jokes, lived a life of gratitude
Sister Elizabeth Ann ODonnell
January 1, 1930 March 7, 2016
Compassionate, generous, welcoming

CIW has called for a boycott of Wendys, and a corresponding letter-writing campaign serves as the indicator
to let Wendys know the boycott is impacting their bottom
line. At the federation event, the participants wrote letters
and postcards to the company. Attendees also donated more
than $11,000 for the Immokalee Workers.

Sister Anne Christine Looze

August 16, 1927 June 3, 2016
Prayerful, compassionate, gracious a writer and a poet

Unfortunately, bad and abusive conditions continue

to persist in the agricultural industry, says Lupe Gonzalo,
a farm worker and now leader in the CIW, who shared her
experiences at the federation event. Theres so much left
to be done, but the important thing is to continue working
together, as consumers and farm workers, to be able to win
the changes that are necessary in the fields.

Sister Jean Marie Iadevito

January 27, 1940 August 14, 2016
Amazing, gifted, creative, private, and so wise

Visit csjsl.org for the Sisters of St. Josephs statement on labor

trafficking, the Wendys postcard and other resources.

Sister Helen Miljour

January 17, 1930 August 14, 2016
Caring, joyful, prayer-filled woman

Sister Joan Haas

March 22, 1919 September 22, 2016
A woman of encouragement, open to the future,
faithful in prayerful
Sister Michael White
July 14, 1924 September 22, 2016
A compassionate woman, an empathetic listener,
keen to learn, prayerful

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aroundtheprovince
The Language of Love:
Associate Peggy Baker Volunteers at the Border
By Mary Flick, CSJ, Justice Coordinator

They do not cry or complain.

These people have walked for days.
Mostly, they want a better life
for their children.
Peggy Baker, CSJA

The women arrive at the shelters door, wearing GPS

bracelets around their ankles, their children carrying a black
box which must be plugged in to recharge the bracelets
battery. They do not cry or complain, she says. These
people have walked for days. Mostly, they want a better life
for their
children.
Non-conversant in Spanish, Peggy spent six to eight
hours each day giving the newly arrived towels and hygiene
packs, taking them to the showers, escorting them to dinner,
showing them their beds for the nightall within 24 hours,
before the next bus arrives with the new days refugees.

S. Maureen Freeman of province leadership presents Associate Peggy Baker

with the Giraffe Award for being one who sticks her neck out for the dear
neighbor.

EL PASO: Its been months since CSJ Associate Peggy

Bakers stay at Nazareth/Loretto, a shelter for immigrants
in El Paso, Texas. But the images are still so fresh in her
memory: the look of fear in the faces of the women and
children who enter the door; the dust caked on every
exposed piece of flesh; and the gestures she used to assure
the newest guests that they are safe.
In April, Peggy was one of three volunteers whose job
it was to welcome hundreds of newly arrived refugees from
Central and South America. Peggy says in the two weeks
she was there, they welcomed nearly 500 refugees from
Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Brazil.
Buses bring mostly women and children to the house.
Many have been separated from their husbands or older
sons, who remain detained by Homeland Securitys
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.

Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet

She relied on the universal language of love and her

own game of Charades to communicate. When I wanted
to take them for a shower, I put my hands over my head and
moved my fingers, like water coming down, she says. I was
constantly patting and hugging so they knew the message
was good. They would just smile and laugh. It is amazing
how we communicated.
Peggy remembers one young mother who arrived,
carrying twins and her two-year-old clutching at her skirt.
I motioned to the mother I would hold her babies for her
while she showered. She shook her head no. All four got in
the shower together. They dont ever want to be separated.
An active volunteer at her home in Kansas City,
Missouri, Peggy traveled the miles because she wanted to
better understand immigration at a personal level rather
than a political one.

I wanted to see the people myself and tell them we
love them and we hope that something works out for them,
she says. Ive never seen hope like this before.

Vocations: An Invitation

one are the days when

vocations work was
measured by the numbers.
Pope Francis tells us, Do
not let yourself be tempted
by numbers and by the
quantity of vocations;
rather look for the quality
of discipleship.
Vocations work today
is less about quantity and
more about quality of
presence that we can offer,
says Sister Mary Flick, part of the new
#CSJLife vocations team. We can make
a difference and invite others who make a
difference.
Sister Mary, along with Sisters Clare
Bass, Sarah Heger and Amy Hereford,
are inviting their peerswomen in their
20s, 30s and 40sto explore the possibility
of entering religious life.
The discerners appreciate talking to
us. They want to talk to sisters, says Sister
Amy. Our role is about being there to
say, Heres what I love about this life. Its
not for everybody, but heres what I love.
S. Amy finds that one aspect of the
life that appeals to the discerners is the
commitment to others in community.
There are many different ways to do
ministry. But to be in a community where
I commit to you for the rest of my life,
where we support each other in daily life
and in the spiritual life is something they
find attractive.

The #CSJLife Vocations Team:

Sisters Amy Hereford, Mary Flick,
Sarah Heger and Clare Bass.

Prayer for Vocations

LORD of the Harvest,
BLESS young people with the
gift of courage to respond to
your call.
Open their hearts to great
ideals, to great things.
INSPIRE all of your disciples
to mutual love and giving
for vocations blossom in the
good soil of faithful people.
INSTILL those in religious life,
parish ministries, and families
with the confidenceand grace
to invite others to embrace the
bold and noble path of a life
consecrated to you.
UNITE us to Jesus through
prayer and sacrament,so that
we may cooperatewith you in
building your reign of mercy and
truth, of justice and peace.
Amen.

Today, the experience

of being in a religious
order goes well beyond
convent walls. S. Clare says,
The formation today
gives us an experience of
the broader Sisters of St.
Joseph community as we
get to know our spirituality, our history,
our foundations and our peers around the
nation.

S. Mary senses that discerners are
not only looking for committed community relationships. They are also searching
inside themselves for meaning, for God,
and they see women religious as their
guides. I think our role is to be countercultural witnesses, she says. People look
to us as women who have gone into that
inner place where God dwells. Were
inviting others to enter their innerspace,
to develop a personal, loving relationship with God, and explore how they can
respond with love.

S. Mary reminds us that it is in that
inner place that the Holy Spirit is doing
the inviting and all of us need to be
there to help. And by us, she means
that vocations work extends to everyone
in the church community.

Dont be shy. If you know a woman
in your parish community or in your
family or in your workplace who really
exhibits a life thats dedicated to Christ
and to service, dont be afraid to ask her if shes thought
about religious life, she says. Its as simple as saying, You
would make a great Sister of St. Joseph.

~Pope Francis.Adapted from the

Message on the 51st World Day of
Prayer for Vocations.

S. Amy says women are interested in

talking not only to sisters their age but to
other discerners as well. One woman said
she didnt even think about vowed life for herself until she
saw other women her age doing the same.

S. Clare finds the desire for community to be her

experience too. People want and need that sense of
belonging. It means a lot in somebodys life to be a part of
community, whether its a church community or religious
order.

Invite a young woman to visit the #CSJLife Vocations page at

www.csjlife.org to learn about the Sisters of St. Joseph, read the
blog posts from the team members and connect with us!
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aroundtheprovince

2016 Jubilarians
75 Years

S. Laurita Joseph
Nemec

e are honored to present to you the 2016 sister jubilarians whose

faithful service to God, their community and the dear neighbor
represent 1,930 years of ministry. Spring and summer celebrations
at the motherhouse and Nazareth Living Center marked the occasions for the
jubilarians, surrounded by members of the CSJ community, family and friends.

S. Martha Ritter

Read about the lives of these holy women in their online bios at www.csjsl.org.

70 Years

S. Ann Albrecht

60 Years

S. Ruth Baudhuin

S. Phyllis Bardenheier

S. Mary Joyce Bringer

S. Barbara Ellen Fleury

S. Jean Junak

S. Leo Ann Bub

S. Ruth Marie Burkart

S. Anna John Igoe

S. Helene Gutchewsky

S. Rita Louise Huebner

S. Ruth La Var

S. Christine Massman

S. Justine Ostini

S. Monica Marie Kleffner

S. Barbara Moore

S. Martha Niemann

S. Carol Olson

S. Edward Cecilia
Schniedermeier

S. Kathleen Stack

S. Patricia Murphy

S. Mary Ann Potts

Not pictured: S. Maureen Kottenstette

Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet

50 Years

S. Barbara Lynn Dreher

S. Jeanne Janssen

S. Mary Fran Johnson

S. Anne Kelly

S. Marilyn Lott

S. Linda Carol Maser

Above, The 60th Jubilarians

1. Sisters Martha Niemann, Marilyn Lott and

Barbara Fleury; 2. Sister Jeanne Janssen;
3. Sister Anne Kelly and her great-grand nieces;
4. Sisters Phyllis Bardenheier and Rita Huebner;
5. Cindy Boyer, Sisters Betty Leiwe and Mary Fran
Johnson, and Michael Johnson; 6. Sister Barbara
Dreher and Joanne Buttice.

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John Schmerold (NLC Board of Trustees), Sisters Mary Margaret Lazio, Mary
Fran Johnson and Marilyn Lott, and Ron Mantia (CEO/administrator NLC).

McGovern Commons

Legacy of Service
By Stephanie Stemmler

Nazareth Living Center Continues

Legacy Of Service to the Dear Neighbor

very morning in her apartment

on the third floor at The Village
at Nazareth, S. Rita McGovern
walks to her window and rapidly flicks a
green light on and off.

Sisters Mary Kay Hadican and Rita McGovern

Nazareth has
consistently earned
a Five-Star Medicare
rating. It also has
been recognized by
US News & World Report
as one of the top nursing
homes in the nation.

Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet

I flash that light every morning to

show the construction workers that Im
praying for their safety, she says with a
smile. I started that when construction
began this summer and it will continue
every day until the campus projects are
finished.
Nazareth Living Center broke
ground on the first of three major
construction projects in January 2016.
The first creates St. Josephs Home, a
new two-story dedicated memory care
facility that includes 48 private studio
apartments. Another project expands
independent living at The Village, with
50 new apartments, including 21
two-bedroom units. The third project
is an extensive renovation and upgrade
of the McGovern Commons skillednursing facility. The campus-wide
projects total $30 million.

Nazareth Living Center was

founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph of
Carondelet, who purchased a 57-acre
farm in south St. Louis County in
1869 to construct Nazareth Home, a
place for retired and infirm sisters.
In 1965, a larger residential facility,
Gleason Hall, was built, providing
housing for a greater number of sisters
in a modern setting.
In 1992, with a growing need for
quality healthcare services for seniors
in the surrounding community, the
sisters made the decision to open the
doors of their facilities to the dear
neighbor, enabling the public to join
the sisters on Nazareths campus.
Today, the campus comprises
The Village at Nazareth, which is the
senior-independent-living facility, and
Nazareth Living Center, a series of
programs and facilities that offer
assisted living, short-term and long-term
skilled nursing, skilled rehabilitation
and memory care.

 Were still on the same property

where the first sisters built Nazareth
Home, says S. Rita. When we walk
these grounds, we feel and honor their
service and presence every day. As I
look at all of the construction, I believe
this is a tribute to the sisters who have
gone before me.
S. Rita has lived in Nazareths
independent-living center for the past
several years. Its a coming home of
sorts, she says. I first came to Nazareth
in 1969 as a licensed practical nurse and
was subsequently transferred to Kansas
City to be an emergency department
nurse at St. Joseph Hospital.
Over the years, she served at Frontenac Community and the Provincial
House before returning to Nazareth in
1992 as director of Resident Services
and then director of Admissions and
Marketing. She retired in 2011,
but today S. Rita officially serves as
a part-time ambassador, living out a
legacy of love and care.
When I was here, I fell in love
with the older adult, she recalls. There
was so much wisdom here. To me,
service is the rent we pay for living, and
my role is to serve my fellow sisters and
the dear neighbor.
S. Rita also serves on Nazareths
Foundation Board along with Sister
Mary Kay Hadican. S. Mary Kay is one
of five sisters of St. Joseph who serve
on the Board of Trustees for Nazareth
Living Center.
In this faith-based facility, the
presence of the sisters is a huge asset,
says S. Mary Kay. As we continue to
enhance the senior-care services here,

the sisters were living in would be

great. Thats what they deserved.

Sister Rita McGovern

What we see under

construction here at
Nazareth Living Center
truly is a tribute to
the original mission of
caring for our sisters
and the dear neighbor.
Mary Kay Hadican, CSJ

all of us must remember and honor the

legacy of the first sisters.
She is very much in favor of the
continued expansion of Nazareth in
order to respond to the needs of the
sisters and other lay men and women.
If we are alive and well and actively
engaged, we have the opportunity to
share our mission and the charism of
the sisters with others. Thats a blessing.
S. Mary Kays connection to
Nazareth began, like most novices, in
service to other sisters. In the early
1960s, to keep the novices busy and
create a sense of service, they cleaned
and swept while Gleason Hall was
under construction.Even as a young
sister, I picked up the sense of caring
for our sisters and the dear neighbor.
That activity created a desire in many
of us to make sure that the environment

She went on to earn a bachelors

degree in elementary education and
a masters in religious education. For
two decades, she was involved in
catechetical ministry. She also served
as mission leader at St. Joseph Hospital
(Carondelet Health) before her selection
for Province Leadership, serving from
2002 to 2008.
Along with the current expansion
underway at Nazareth, shes seen other
big changes, such as when the sisters
made the challenging decision to partner
with Benedictine Health System
to manage and enhance Nazareths
healthcare services. That partnership
with Benedictine has continued the
legacy that the sisters began with both
parties focused on the healing mission
and delivering high quality care.
With the new facilities set to open
at varying times in 2017, timing is
crucial. Demand for the independentliving apartments is high, with almost
all of the apartments already rented.
As the aging population continues to
riseboth in the community and
nationwidethe need for assisted-living
memory-care facilities also is rising, as
is the desire for full continuum of care
services for seniors.
What we see under construction
here at Nazareth Living Center truly
is a tribute to the original mission
of caring for our sisters and the dear
neighbor, says S. Mary Kay. Our
legacy does continue.
Below, The independent living units at the Village at
Nazareth, from construction to finishing touches.

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E ducating S tudents,

he Pedagogy of Confidence. Teaching with Love

and Logic. Leading in a Culture of Change. Sister
Sarah Hegers office bookshelf conveys the kind
of leader that the world of education requires
today.

Maybe it has always been so at the Sisters of St. Joseph

schools. Back in 1965, 676 CSJs from the St. Louis province
staffed 81 elementary schools as far west as Denver, as far
north as Ishpeming, Michigan, and as far south as Brunswick,
Georgia. The numbers are vastly different today. But what a
woman religious brings to her school today is perhaps even
more significant than what the legions of sisters brought to
the Baby Boomers 50 years ago.
In the 60s, thats where we needed to be, in the
traditional Catholic schools, says Sister Sarah, principal of
Marian Middle School in St. Louis. But not as much anymore.
Today there are very specific needs that we are meeting.
Who are the students being taught today, and how are
their needs being met by the Sisters of St. Joseph who remain
engaged in the ministry of elementary education?

Its About Relationship

ike so many educators, Sister Pat Gloriod will tell you

that the desire to be a teacher came early in life. But
there also was the religious life caveat. As soon as I knew I
wanted to be a teacher, I wanted to be a sister, she said. The
CSJs were known to be good teachers, so I wanted to be one.

Forty-five years later, she still comes to the classroom

each morning, excited to be there. Over those four and a
half decades, she has taught all eight grades in a half dozen
Catholic schools, spending a quarter century with seventhand eighth-grade students. For the past 13 years, she has been
teaching at St. Vincent de Paul parish school in the farming
community of Dutzow, Missouri. She currently teaches nine
first-graders.
What first attracted S. Pat to teaching is the reason she
remains teaching today. Its the curiosity of children, she
says. It excites me.
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Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet

Sister Sarah Heger

Much has changed in education through the years,

especially with the advent of technology, S. Pat says. But one
thing remains the same: the way students learn. We learn
because we get excited about something. We learn the things
we want to learn first.
Ultimately, S. Pat says, education is about relationship.
I can tailor what I teach to a child. I am not teaching subjects;
Im teaching each child. I make sure it fits. I want each child
to not only learn a subject, but integrate it into his or her life.
Sometimes, lifes lessons are learned on the playground.

C hanging the W orld

By Mary Flick, CSJ

I can tailor what I teach to a child.

I am not teaching subjects; Im teaching
each child. I make sure it fits. I want each
child to not only learn a subject, but
integrate it into his or her life.
Pat Gloriod, CSJ

One of the most immediate issues is around name calling

and settling arguments. Beyond racial or religious differences,
there are differences of opinion. And everyone has a right to
their opinion, Sister Pat says. I help the students process
their experience and ask them, How do you treat someone
whose opinion is different from yours? Such unity amid
differences, with a focus on relationships, are hallmarks of the
CSJ charism.
In the end, actions speak louder than words. Whether
we sisters are in a classroom or not, Sister Pat says, we are
all teachers.

Bringing Joy and Happiness

usic is the main thing in my life, Sister Mary Ann

Potts confesses, as she reflects on her 50-plus years
of teaching music. When I was a child, we didnt have money
at home, says the Chillicothe, Missouri, native. But I never
wanted for things. My mother sewed so I could take piano
lessons. Music has given me opportunities I cant believe.
One gift it has given her is a way to teach and reach
children. While teaching at Central Catholic High School,
the consolidated inner-city high school in Denver in the
late 70s and early 80s, she began providing accompaniment
for musicals at The Original Scene, a local drama and dance
endeavor sponsored by the Archdiocese of Denver. Ive done
over 50 musicals, she says with delight, remembering most of
the performances shes directed by name and year.
Sister Pat Gloriod

At Los Fresnos Elementary School where she now

teaches, the student population is 92 percent Hispanic, and
her presence in the public school is appreciated by the families,
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A Catholic school is about building

a faith community. We dont want to
lose that as our central focus.
Mary Kay Dowling, CSJ

Poverty is very, very obvious, she says. To have children

bring $2 for a recorder is a big deal, she says. Parents dont
have the extra dollar.
It is such a gift to be able to work with the poor, she
says. If I can make these kids happy and give them a good
start in music and a positive feeling about life, its worth
everything to me.
Sister Mary Ann Potts

many of whom are Catholic. I am widely accepted, she

says. The families call me Sister Potts. The little kids call me
Sister Pops.
After 19 years, S. Mary Ann is well-known by the regions
residents. It helps that she provides music at three different
Catholic churches most weekends. The people come to me
when there is a great need, she says. I am aware of a lot of
children coming across the border. Some are migrants. Some
lived in colonias, small plots of land on which simple houses
are built with little or no infrastructure.

Sister Mary Kay Dowling

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S. Mary Ann admits that at age 79, she finds teaching

650 children every week to be taxing. I may be tired, but
when I go to the school and see the kindergartners, I light
up, she says. I say Im going to retire at 80. But if I still feel
good, I might continue. I love teaching children.

Giving Love

ister Mary Kay Dowling knew she wanted to be a

teacher before she knew she wanted to be a Sister of
St. Joseph. It is a part of who I am. While she was earning

her bachelors degree in education at CSJ-sponsored Avila

College in Kansas City, she met the CSJs. She entered the
community after graduation.
Now after more than 40 years in the classroom, all
of them in Catholic inner-city schools, S. Mary Kay says
elementary education is my gift and my call. And she is
forever the student herself, as she admits that even after four
decades, I continue to grow in my knowledge of the world
around me, and in knowing how best to help the children.
In 1980, you never heard the word, bullying, she says.
Regardless of the words, the lesson S. Mary Kay is there
to teach is the same: How to help children see right and
wrong. Its not only the answers S. Mary Kay provides, but
the questions she raises. When there is a conflict, I ask my
students questions, like, What do you want to do with your
feelings? and I help them see there are options.
S. Mary Kay currently teaches fourth grade at St. Helen
School on Chicagos west side. She has diversity among her
student body, academically and economically. In fourth grade,
I see such variety. I have students reading at a first-grade
level, and those reading at a ninth-grade level. The
economic level among St. Helens families has shifted, too,
with the gentrification of the neighborhood.
S. Mary Kay also knows what is essential in Catholic
schools. A Catholic school is about building a faith community. We dont want to lose that as our central focus, she says.
We can talk about STEM projects and music programs. But
if we dont have the faith component, we are missing something important.
She knows 20 percent of St. Helens student body is
not Catholic; but she also knows that the parents have their
children there for faith development, whether Muslim or
Christian.
Kids know the minute they walk in the door of my
classroom that they are loved.

We Change the World Together

ister Sarah Hegers office wall is lined with notes from

her students. One 4x6 banner says it well: We Love
You, Sister Sarah. Another hand-printed note says, Thank
you for being a Sister.
S. Sarah is entering her seventh year at Marian Middle
School in South St. Louis, a Catholic, all-girls middle school
for young women with the potential, but not the finances, to
make it in private education.

Sister Sarah Heger

For five years, she taught fifth-grade everything,

meeting her young students where they were: one who came
reading at a second-grade level and another who entered at a
10th-grade reading level. That was not the only diversity she
found at Marian. S. Sarah has taught students who are
homeless, some who have been abused, and others who come
with a phenomenal family life, but cannot afford private,
faith-based education. Families want the best for their
students, she says. We want to make sure they get it.
With her first full year as principal behind her, S. Sarah
admits, I affect change in a different way [when not in the
classroom daily], she says. But my relationship with students,
families and staff have to remain central.
One student admits, She does push you. She expects
a certain way we should act as young ladiesand she wont
settle for less.
What is also central for S. Sarah is prayer. My prayer
life allows me to stay centered on whats important: taking
my student where she is. Without a grounding in prayer,
discipline looks different; conversations sound different.
Marian opened its doors in 2000 as a joint venture
among seven womens religious communities, one being the
Sisters of St. Joseph. I love being part of this collaborative
venture, S. Sarah says. Collaboration is part of the future
of religious life. Its inspirational what the sisters did and
continue to do through their support here at Marian.
For the CSJs, collaboration is required on many levels.
Education is a two-way street, she continues. I cannot
change the world by myself. But by allowing each other to
be changed through relationship and interactions, we change
the world together.

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150

Celebrating

Years
of Serving the

Dear Neighbor
In the

Kansas City-St. Joseph

Diocese

ather Bernard Donnelly was a priest in

Kansas City, Missouri, working to grow a
parish community in the post-Civil War
cow town. He sent word to the Sisters of
St. Joseph of Carondelet in St. Louis, inviting them to staff his parish school. In 1866, six sisters
answered the call, leading to the opening of St. Teresas
Academy to teach young women.
Since then, more than 1,250 Sisters of St. Joseph
have served the people of Kansas City in education,
healthcare, social services, parish communities and more.

On September 24, more than 200 sisters

and supporters gathered at the Cathedral of the
Immaculate Conception in Kansas City to celebrate
the Sisters of St. Josephs 150-year presence in
the Kansas City-St. Joseph Diocese and to give
thanks for all those who supported and
partnered with the sisters over the years.

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Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet

The following remarks were

shared at the event by Sister Mary
Margaret Lazio, a member of
the province leadership team.

Sister Marie Joan Harris leads the sisters in the procession.

t is my distinct honor to welcome

each of you to this celebration of
thanksgiving as we mark the 150th
anniversary of the Sisters of St. Joseph of
Carondelet in ministerial service to the
people of the Diocese of Kansas City
St. Joseph.

In 1916, the College of St. Teresa
was opened. This later moved to its
current location at 119th and Wornall
and became known as Avila College,
evolving through growth into Avila
University. Avila is celebrating its
centennial year.

The first sisters came at the invitation

of Father Bernard Donnelly in 1866 to
establish a school for young women,
St. Teresas Academy, in an area near where
we are now, Quality Hill. St. Teresas is
celebrating its 150th anniversary this year.

The sisters served in many elementary
schools in the greater Kansas City area,
St. Joseph and Chillicothe. The sisters
also served in meeting the needs of the
elderly at Cathedral Square Towers,
Redemptorist Parish Residence and
Carondelet Manor.

The sisters in the next years established

schools in St. Joseph and Chillicothe.

The ministry of prayer and spiritual
direction
was provided through the
As the need to provide care for the
St. Elizabeth House of Prayer and at
sick became more acute, Fr. Donnelly
the Franciscan Prayer Center in Inagain petitioned the motherhouse in
dependence. Sisters served as parish
St. Louis for sisters to help. Sisters came Sister Mary Margaret Lazio delivers her address.
administrators in Easton, and here in
in 1874 and opened St. Joseph Hospital
Kansas
City,
at
St.
Therese
Little Flower. Other ministries
in the old Waterman mansion at 7th and Penn. The sisters
included the diocesan offices, the Holy Family Catholic
were not formally prepared to care for the sick, and Dr. J. D.
Worker House, and most recently, Journey House, a ministry
Griffiths took the leadership in educating them to do so.
to help women leaving prison resume their rightful place as
In 1880, St. Marys Home for Boys was opened in
contributing citizens to our society. Sisters served in various
St. Joseph. The same year, St. Josephs Home for Girls was
high schools in the diocese and at Rockhurst College (now
opened in Kansas City.

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Celebrating 150 years

Left, Fr. Tom Curran addresses the sisters

during his homily.
Below left, Sister Rosemary Flanigan.

women, reaching back many generationsyour great-grandparents,

grandparents, parents and you, have
worked tirelessly to support us in
our service. We celebrate the sisters
and all who worked with them to
live out the gospel by being the
loving presence of Christ among the
vulnerable, marginalized, and those
most in need of Gods great love.

All of these ministries were

established in partnership
with church leaders and the
people. This is a hallmark of
the Sisters of St. Joseph.
Sister Mary Margaret Lazio, CSJ

University) and Penn Valley Community

College.
All of these ministries were established
in partnership with church leaders and the
people. This is a hallmark of the Sisters of
St. Joseph: working collaboratively with
others to meet the needs as they are able.
The sisters strive to serve the dear
neighbor without distinction, building
right relationships as they participate in
making known the kingdom of God and Gods great love.
This was the inspiration of our foremothers in 1866, and it
has sustained each sister who has served in this area over the
years and still today.
Since 1866, over 1,250 Sisters of St. Joseph have served
the people of this diocese in education, healthcare, social
services, and parish faith communities. Countless men and

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Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet

Today there are over 125 sisters
still living who have ministered here.
Families in this diocese generously
gave many daughters to the Sisters
of St. Joseph of Carondelet. This
has been a fertile field for religious
vocations and our community
has benefited from these loving,
talented women. Some of them are
present here today.

Our first sisters in France
supported themselves and their
ministries by making lace. The lace
is not yet finished. As we reflect
on the stories and the memories
we share, we can see the pattern of
these 150 years. May we together
commit to continuing to share our
faith through our service to others,
doing so with an orientation to
excellence, tempered by gentleness,
peace and joy as the sisters who
preceded us and as we have tried to do.
We are deeply grateful that we can be in partnership
with each of you in building Gods kingdom on earth. Let us
celebrate and give thanks for all that has been, all that is, and
all that will be.

Proclamation from Kansas Citys Mayor Sly James

WHEREAS, six Sisters of St. Joseph
of Carondelet came to Kansas City in
1866 at the request of Father Donnelly
to teach young women at St. Teresas
Academy which was established 150
years ago; and
WHEREAS, the Sisters responded to
a call for caring for the sick and began
St. Josephs Hospital in 1874, and
WHEREAS, in 1916 the Sisters heard a
call from their high-school graduates
who needed a place for higher education. St. Teresas College was started
and is now known as Avila University,
celebrating 100 years; and
WHEREAS, since 1866 over 1,250
Sisters have been present and served
the needs of the People of God
through parish schools, such as
Assumption, Cathedral, Holy Rosary,
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of
Lourdes, Redemptorist, St. Elizabeth,
St. John, St. Thomas More and Visitation;
and
WHEREAS, the Sisters have ministered
at St. Joseph Girls Home, a number of
healthcare facilities, colleges, and nursing homes in the
Kansas City area; and
WHEREAS, in 1973, the Sisters invited men and
women, Catholics and other Christian denominations
to become CSJ Associates, that is, to deepen their
faith by living the spirituality of the Sisters, to be
contemplatives in action. There are about 100
Associates in the Kansas City areas; and
WHEREAS, from the beginning of the Sisters presence
in Kansas City, women and men partnered with them
as benefactors, prayer partners, partners in ministry
and as CSJ Associates. The Sisters thank them for
their friendship and years of caring for others; and

WHEREAS, the Sisters and their Associates continue

to serve the needs of the most vulnerable in Kansas
City through ministry to the imprisoned, the hungry,
the vulnerable elderly and people at risk.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Sylvester James, Mayor of the
City of Kansas City, Missouri, on behalf of the citizens of
this great city and the city council, do hereby celebrate
and honor the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet on
their 150th Anniversary of serving their dear Kansas
City neighbors without distinction.

Above, Kansas City Mayor Sly James presented the sisters with
a mayoral proclamation at the anniversary reception held at the
Muehlbach Hotel.

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In 1865 Father Bernard Donnelly writes to Mother St. John Facemaz inquiring
about the possibility of obtaining some Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet to
take charge of a young ladies academy in Kansas City.

St. Teresas Academy

1866Mother Francis Joseph Ivory and five

companions started St. Teresas Academy named for

St. Teresa of Avila.
1908The Academy was accredited to the
University of Missouri, the first Catholic high school
in the state to secure this privilege.
1910Mother Evelyn ONeill moved St. Teresas
Academy from Quality Hill in downtown Kansas
City to the exclusive Country Club Plaza.
1916St. Teresas Academy was reincorporated
to grant college degrees beginning with associate
degrees.

Donnelly Hall
1940Donnelly Hall opened

Childrens Homes
1880With Father Donnellys

for classes in 1941, making the

junior college a 4-year college
housed in its own building.

St. Josephs Hospital

1874Six sisters led by Sister Mary Celestia Reilly opened St. Josephs

Hospital, the first private hospital in Kansas City and one of the earliest in
the trans-Mississippi West.
1901A nursing school was added to the hospital. Even before St. Josephs
Hospital was built the sisters had staffed a neighborhood clinic and did some
home nursing during diphtheria and small-pox epidemics.

1917New St. Josephs

financial support, the CSJs

opened St. Josephs Girls
Home in Kansas City and St.
Marys Boys Home in
St. Joseph.

Snapshots

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Hospital on Linwood and

Prospect opened for
patients.
1948St. Josephs
Hospital ended the nursing
school and the College
of St. Teresa, soon to be
renamed Avila College,
established a department
of nursing.
1975Ground is broken
for a new St. Josephs
Hospital at I-435 and State
Line Road. Last patient
moved into the new facility
in 1977.

1997St. Joseph Health System and St. Marys

Hospital of Blue Springs merged to become

Carondelet Health System.
2015Carondelet Health is purchased
by Prime Healthcare.

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Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet

Years

Avila University
1961Groundbreaking for Avila

College in South Kansas City on

119th & Wornall Road.
1969Avila College goes coed.
2002Avila College became
Avila University.

Thank you for the following gifts received between September 1, 2015 and August 30, 2016.
Tribute donations of $25 or greater will be published. Thank you for your continued generosity
in paying tribute to your loved ones with a gift to the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet.

In Honor of
The 150th anniversary of the Sisters of
St. Joseph of Carondelet serving the
dear neighbor in Kansas City
Ms. Kathleen Thompson Brown
50 year Jubilarians
Dr. Ellen M. Dukes, CSJA
John Komotos, Jr. &
Kay Komotos, CSJA
Mr. & Mrs. Garland H. Nieweg
Sandra Straub, CSJ
60 Year Jubilarians
John Komotos, Jr. &
Kay Komotos, CSJA
Winifred Adelsberger, CSJ
Mrs. Katherine D. Smith
Ann Albrecht, CSJ
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Coppinger
Mr. & Mrs. John E. Turner
Helen Alder, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Berra
Bill & Joan Ashley
Ms. Kathleen A. Stewart
Avila Universitys CSJ Sisters
Mrs. Barbara Schweiger
Phyllis Bardenheier, CSJ
Diane Calcaterra, CSJA
Ms. Suellyn Fahey, CSJA
Mr. & Mrs. Danny B. Glenzy
Ms. Susan D. Klepper, CSJA
Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. OBlennis
Ms. Mary G. Sheppard, CSJA

Mary Louise Basler, CSJ

Mr. Joseph C. Hafner &
Ms. Linda C. Hanna
Jane Behlmann, CSJ
Ellen Miller Group
Ida Berresheim, CSJ
Ms. Rose Mary Green
Bertas Place
Ms. Mary T. Fasenmyer
Mary Joyce Bringer, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Ruoff
Ms. M. Marilynn Trinder
Christopher Brockman, CSJ
Diane Calcaterra, CSJA
Leo Ann Bub, CSJ
Mr. John J. Ebeling
Rev. Msgr. Salvatore E. Polizzi
Shaughnessy Family Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph F. Shaughnessy
Mr. & Mrs. John P. Wolk
Patty Cassens, CSJA
Ms. Deeds Bonham
Rose Stephen Cento, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. William A. Skaggs
Patty Clune, CSJ
Ms. Frances Diane Lott
Mr. & Mrs. John F. Marx, Jr.
Peg Connolly, CSJA
Mr. Michael Castrigano
Loretta Costa, CSJ
Diane Calcaterra, CSJA
Ms. Frances Diane Lott
Mary Charity Dalton, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Scott A. Meierotto
Mary Ann Donovan, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. James R. Lynch
Mr. Timothy J. Thompson

Barbara Dreher, CSJ

Mr. William J. Bollwerk
David E. Cassens &
Patricia Cassens, CSJA
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Evans
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur F. Fitzgerald
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Gunn
Shaughnessy Family Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph F. Shaughnessy
Mr. & Mrs. John F. Sieckhaus
Jeanne Urschel, CSJ
Ms. Debra L. Watson
Patricia Dunphy, CSJ
Mr. Peter Dunphy
Mary Rita Essert, CSJ
Nancy A. Siefker, CSJA
Arline Eveld, CSJ
Mrs. Christine E. Soland
Ann Charles Everett, CSJ
Ms. Sharon Everett
Mrs. Mary Morrow-Bax
Jan Ferguson, CSJA
Mr. Joseph Simon &
Mrs. Pat Hinton-Simon
Kate Filla, CSJ
Ellen Miller Group
Rosemary Flanigan, CSJ
Ms. Teresa J. House
Eugene J. Cole CSJA &
Patricia Cole, CSJA
Ms. Deborah D. Conklin
Mary Flick, CSJ
Mr. Meredith C. Jones III
St. Joseph The Worker PCCW
Elizabeth Mary Ganss, CSJ
Diane Calcaterra, CSJA

JoAnn Geary, CSJ

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey S. Burger
Ms. Sharon Breen Kenny
Ms. Margery D. Maconachy
Ms. Jennifer L. Strohl
Michael C. Warren & Julie Buchanan
Joy Gilder, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene J. King
Patricia Giljum, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Giljum
Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Reiter
Pat & Jim Giljum
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Giljum
Ron & Karen Giljum
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Giljum
Sue & Mark Giljum
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Giljum
Laura Ann Gruber, CSJ
Diane Calcaterra, CSJA
Patrick K. McDowell, CSJA
Julie Guillot, CSJ
Diane Calcaterra, CSJA
Ms. Robin Smitherman, CSJA
Donna Gunn, CSJ
Mr. Francis A. Kneib
Helene Gutchewsky, CSJ
Diane Calcaterra, CSJA
Ms. Deborah A. Oates &
Mr. Michael Nooner
Mr. & Mrs. Larry W. Olinger
Shaughnessy Family Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph F. Shaughnessy
Barbara Henniger
Dr. & Mrs. Marvin Rennard
Patricia Hix, CSJ
Ms. Rebecca McDermott &
Mr. Dennis Donnelly

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tributesandmemorials
James Lorene Hogan, CSJ
Mrs. Christine E. Soland
Roberta Houlihan, CSJ
Patrick K. McDowell, CSJA
Mr. John F. Szentes
Anna John Igoe, CSJ
Ms. Mary G. Sheppard, CSJA
Jeanne Janssen, CSJ
Mr. Jeffrey Norton
Jeanne Urschel, CSJ
Mary Frances Johnson, CSJ
Mr. Kerry N. Kearney
Mr. Steven B. Prickett
Shaughnessy Family Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph F. Shaughnessy
Jeanne Urschel, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. James E. Zipperer
The Jubilarians
Marie Damien Adams, CSJ
Mrs. Clarice M. Baum
Mr. & Mrs. Gene W. Broadbear
Community Life staff at
Nazareth Living Center
Jean Katherine deBlois, CSJ
Mrs. Ann DeMaria, CSJA
Rita Flaherty, CSJ
Rosemary Flanigan, CSJ
Ms. Gloria M. Frigo
Paulette Gladis, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. John R. Jordan, Jr.
Mrs. Marilyn F. Koncen, CSJA
Ann Landers, CSJ
Patricia Lorenz, CSJ
Ms. Peggy M. Maguire, CSJA
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Mareschal
Linda Markway, CSJ
Roland & Marie Martir, CSJA
Kathleen OMalley, CSJ
Jean Paul Selissen, CSJ
Nancy A. Siefker, CSJA
Eileen Stanley, CSJA
Ms. Marnee Torchia, CSJA
Barbara Louise Volk, CSJ
Ms. Lola J. Westhoff
Jean Junak, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Bartanen
Mary Margaret Kearney
Mr. Michael Castrigano
Anna Kearns, CSJ
Ms. Frances Diane Lott
Anne Kelly, CSJ
Mr. William J. Bollwerk
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel A. Dykas
Mr. & Mrs. John C. Glunt
Ms. Mary Lee Grone
Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Haywood

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Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. OBlennis

Ms. Barbara A. Peach
Shaughnessy Family Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph F. Shaughnessy
Jeanne Urschel, CSJ
Carol F. Williams, M.D.
Monica Marie Kleffner, CSJ
Diane Calcaterra, CSJA
Mrs. Ann M. Geraty
Judith A. Russell, CSJA
Pauline Komrska, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Rogers
Maureen Kottenstette, CSJ
Ms. Nancy J. Heggem
Mr. Eugene Kottenstette
Nancy A. Siefker, CSJA
Janet Kuciejczyk, CSJ
Patrick K. McDowell, CSJA
Ruth La Var, CSJ
Mrs. Yolanda Downey
Ms. Barbara A. Peach
Ann Landers, CSJ
Mrs. Norma Burdis
Betty Leiwe, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Stern
Joe & Linda Licata
Marianne Keena, CSJ
Anne Christine Looze, CSJ
Ms. Constance C. Emmette
Mrs. Margaret L. Fank
Marilyn Lott, CSJ
David E. Cassens &
Patricia Cassens, CSJA
Jeanne Urschel, CSJ
Carol F. Williams, M.D.
Linda Maser, CSJ
Jeanne Urschel, CSJ
Rose McLarney, CSJ
Ms. Joyce Green
Jean Marie Miller, CSJ
Diane Calcaterra, CSJA
Sarah Ann Mitra, CSJ
Mrs. Margaret S. Boveri
Patrick K. McDowell, CSJA
Aline Mohrhaus, CSJ
Eugene & Denise Mennel
Barbara A. Moore, CSJ
Ms. Helen A. Antoine
Diane Calcaterra, CSJA
Carol Keehan, DC
Mrs. Ann M. Geraty
Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. OBlennis
Brother Roy E. Smith, CSC
Mary Ann Mulligan, CSJ
Mrs. Genevieve M. Hofsetz
Kathleen Murphy
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Andrews
Patricia Murphy, CSJ
Holy Trinity Community
Dennis A. Murray
Mr. & Mrs. John Keller

Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet

Elizabeth Ann Ney, CSJ

Mr. & Mrs. James M. Schloegel
Martha Niemann, CSJ
Eugene J. Cole, CSJA &
Patricia Cole, CSJA
Mr. Michael G. OFlaherty
Mary Catherine OGorman, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. OGorman
Maria Cabrini Oldani, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald G.
Oldani
Regina Frances Oldani, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald G. Oldani
Carol Olson, CSJ
Mrs. Mary R. Kruger
Father Kent Pollman
Mrs. Mary D. Mann
Marie Rene Pretti, CSJ
Chris McGovern
Marjorie Quin, CSJ
Diane Calcaterra, CSJA
Marion Renkens, CSJ
Ms. Frances Diane Lott
Bishop Edward Rice
Mrs. Mary D. Mann
Emily Roeder
Mrs. Mary D. Mann
Rosati-Kain Teachers
Ms. Patricia M. Quicke
Ann Rotermund
Ms. Ruth Murray
Ms. Susan Reese
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred J. Wessels, Jr.
Helen Ryan, CSJ
Mrs. Katherine D. Smith
Barbara Schatter
Mrs. Mary D. Mann
Ron & Joan Scherun
Lorraine Walsh Mooney
Edward Cecilia Schniedermeier, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Mueller
Catherine Ann Schuermann, CSJ
Diane Calcaterra, CSJA
Eleanor Agnes Sheehan, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Knickerbocker
Ms. Christine E. Pope
Mary Sheppard, CSJA
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Giljum
Mary Shryock, CSJ
Mrs. Dorothy W. Smith
Ann Gerard Siebert, CSJ
Diane Calcaterra, CSJA
Roseanne Siebert, CSJ
Diane Calcaterra, CSJA
Louise Michele Sommer, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas R. Daniels
St. Josephs Feast Day
Mrs. Ellen E. Bonacorsi
St. Leo School Teachers
Ms. Patricia M. Quicke
St. Teresas Academy CSJ Sister
Mrs. Barbara Schweiger

Linda Straub, CSJ

Drs. Scott & Kendal Endicott
Ms. Kelli D. McDonald
Ruth Stuckel, CSJ
Mrs. Katherine S. Colgan
Ms. Teresa J. House
Charline Sullivan, CSJ
Anonymous
Cathy Taylor
Mr. & Mrs. David Ackerman
David Fearis & Lynn Fearis, CSJA
Mr. & Mrs. Dan Moritz
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Sieben
Mr. & Mrs. Steven Stollman
Ms. Marsha Werning
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Wheeler
Reverend James Telthorst
Marianne Keena, CSJ
Vickie & Bob Templin
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Giljum
Margaret Eugene Tucker, CSJs
99th birthday
Pat Donnelly, CSJ
Mary Pamela Harding, CSJ
Suzy & Jack Villas 50th
wedding anniversary
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Villa
Edith Vogel, CSJ
Mrs. Gloria Bluj
Barbara Louise Volk, CSJ
Eugene & Denise Mennel
Gretchen Wagner, CSJ
Ms. Rebecca McDermott &
Mr. Dennis Donnelly
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Snyder
Suzanne Wesley, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. John F. Marx, Jr.
Michael White, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Sean Donnelly
Patrick K. McDowell, CSJA
Judy Wierciak
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Giljum

In Memory of
Ruth Allaert
Mrs. Mary Joy Allaert Feeney
Rosarita Allen, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Gary R. Van Blarcum
Helen Alwes, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry D. Rice
William Auberry
St. Josephs Academy
Agnes Marie Baer, CSJ
Dr. Ellen M. Dukes, CSJA
Ms. Maureen J. Kane
Ms. Mary G. Sheppard, CSJA
Gary C. Batz
Mrs. Sally A. Batz
M. Irene Beauchemin
Ms. Darra D. Mulderry
Joan Bialczak
Ms. Carol A. Toczylowski
Janice Marie Blessing, CSJ
Mrs. Shirley A. Blessing
Bud (Carl) Brehob
Mrs. Carl E. Brehob
Mary Josephine Breiner, CSJ
Breiner & Breiner, L.L.C.
Cindy Brooks
St. Josephs Academy
Development Office
Linda Brother
John & Sylvia Morton, CSJA
Mary Elizabeth Browne, CSJ
Mrs. Patricia Browne Sullivan
Virginia Browne, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Campbell
Mrs. Patricia Browne Sullivan
Bob Bruce
St. Josephs Academy
Development Office
Renee Burghardt
Mr. & Mrs. David J. Murnan
Jennifer Duke Burton
Ms. Elizabeth A Donnelly
Charlotte Marie Byrnes.
Mr. & Mrs. James Neunuebel
Ms. Dorothy Nill
Ms. Mary V. Petersen
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Toler
Ms. Karen Bayne
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Helderman
Mrs. Katherine Lynch
Margaret Camper, CSJ
Ms. Lorraine M. Camper
Mrs. Jean M. Leonhardt
Mr. & Mrs. Claude B. Martin
Ms. Jean Wasko
Robert Capstick
St. Josephs Academy Development
Office
Richard Carpenter
Mr. & Mrs. John P. Wolk

John James Caruso

Ms. Elizabeth Vancil
Mary Nestor Casey
Mr. & Mrs. George P. Coughlin
Frances Virginia Cholet, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew W. Allen
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Cholet
John Christian
St. Josephs Academy
Anne Clifford, CSJA
Mrs. Marilyn F. Koncen, CSJA
Michael Concannon
St. Josephs Academy
Rose Conklin
Mrs. Christine T. Trum Lupi
Mary Louise Connaghan
Ms. Joanne P. Buttice
Mr. & Mrs. Leo V. Garvin
Mr. James W. Huck
Mrs. Floyd O. McBride
Ms. Carolyn S. Meine
Mr. & Mrs. Dan J. Randant
Ms. Barbara M. Rombach
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Sabacky
Lynne Cooper
Mr. & Mrs. James L. McCoy
Kathryn Corbett
Mrs. Mary Ann Egan
Blanche Marie Corcoran, CSJ
Ms. Susan K. Haddock
Marian Cowan, CSJ
Anonymous
Jerome Shen & Bridget Brennan
Mrs. Carol Z. Brescia
Mr. Harry M. Byrne
Mrs. Dolores Caton
Ms. Marilyn Diekmann
Ms. A. Carolyn Henry, CSJA
Carol F. Williams, M.D.
Karen Cox, CSJA
Sam & Jere Aguilera
Anonymous
Mr. & Mrs. James W. Bacak
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Cox
Mark & Karen Cox
James Dempsey &
Dorothy Dempsey, CSJA
Larry Frevert & Carol Frevert, CSJA
Karen Garber-Miller, CSJA &
Cort Miller
Ms. A. Carolyn Henry, CSJA
Ms. Kathy J. Homer
James & Amy Johnson
Kansas City Irish Fest
Ms. Julia B. Koncak
Mr. & Mrs. Bryan E. Ottinger
Mr. Barry Parham
Mr. Michael E. Puidk
Ms. Marilyn K. Stotts

James & Nancy Toone

Mr. Robert M. Venable
Ms. Marilyn A. Whitehead
Kathy Croghan
St. Josephs Academy
Development Office
Joseph Crouch
Mr. & Mrs. Steven A. Meierotto
Margaret Jostedt Czufin
Ms. Shirley A. Vierheller
Margaret Denise Dalton, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Al J. Garcia
Kenneth N. Daniels
Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas R. Daniels
Marcia Ann Daume, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Novack
Margaret Alice Daues, CSJ
Mrs. Mary Ann Willis
Francis De Francesca
Mrs. Margie C. De Francesca
Roberta Dearing
Jaymes Dearing
Eleanor D. DeBuck
Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Debuck
Marianne DeBuck, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Debuck
Margaret Demgin
St. Josephs Academy
Development Office
Mary John Dillard, CSJ
Ms. Allie Dillard
Ms. Anne W. Jordan
Mrs. Dorothy M. Todd
Ralph Dischert
Mrs. Mary D. Mann
Robert Bob Donovan
Mr. & Mrs. William C. Blanck, Sr.
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Cosgrove
Mr. Mark Thompson
Drs. John S. & Linda K. Donovan
Mrs. Mary Donovan
Mr. Paul E. Donovan
Mr. & Mrs. George Jakobe
Mrs. Helen A. Mahurin
Mr. Joseph Marciniak
Mr. & Mrs. John F. Marx, Jr.
Ms. Mary McLiney
Mrs. Judy Reichmeier
Mr. & Mrs. Mario Scaglia
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald K. Tavernaro
Mrs. Joan Thompson
Mr. Joseph Vardyan
Anonymous
Dolorita Marie Dougherty, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Stelloh
Mae Duggan
St. Josephs Academy
Development Office

Maryhelen & Joe Van Dyke

Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Van Dyke
Tom Egan
Mrs. Mary Ann Egan
Ronald Emo
Suzanne Giblin, CSJ
Mary Eschbacher, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. James R. Killion
Juliana Marie Feld, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Paul S. Feld
Ms. A. Carolyn Henry, CSJA
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony F. Knapstein
Ms. Maureen L. Wolff
Ms. A. Carolyn Henry, CSJA
Audry Ficke
Ms. Carol A. Gruen
Kenneth McManus, Sr.
Mrs. Connie McManus
Harold Fitzgerald
Anonymous
Henry Fitzgerald
Anonymous
Mary Cyrilla Fitzgerald, CSJ
Mr. Thomas G. Hurley
Pat Fitzgerald
Mr. John Larry Fitzgerald
Patricia Fitzgerald
Mr. & Mrs. James F. Karl
Mary Jane Forness
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin L. Forness
Frances Gainey Frank
Mrs. Patricia Ann Dunn
Ruby & Robert Fuller
Steven B. Clark &
Jessie Fuller Clark, CSJA
Juanita B. Gach
Mr. John Gach
Maureen Gaffigan
Mrs. Mary D. Mann
Frances Gainey
Ms. Mary G. Sheppard, CSJA
Carol Gambino
Mrs. Patricia Ann Dunn
Caroline Gegg, CSJ
Dr. & Mrs. Francis B. Kapper

Gifts received September 1, 2015 through

August 30, 2016.

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tributesandmemorials
Francis Catherine Gegg, CSJ
Dr. & Mrs. Francis B. Kapper
Marion Joseph Gerl, CSJ
Mr. Steven G. Grall
Mary Mathias Grall, CSJ
Mr. Steven G. Grall
John & Theresa Gray
Ms. Joan S. Gray
Ms. Kathleen M. Gray
Charles Green
Mrs. Patricia Ann Dunn
Margaret Gregg, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Larry W. Appelbaum
Mrs. Patricia Ann Dunn
Marianne Keena, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Larry A. Meyer
Mr. Thomas K. Regan
Mr. & Mrs. James F. Seidler
Gertrude Grzebien
Ms. Darra D. Mulderry
Margaret Hamm, CSJ
Dr. Ellen M. Dukes, CSJA
Loretta H. Hardebeck
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Hardebeck
Matt & Tillie Haric
Mr. & Mrs. Veroljub N. Chkautovich
Daniel H. Harkins
Mr. Paul E. Donovan
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Renkens
Alan Hausfeld
Mrs. Ann Hazel Stoltz
Mary Hawver
Mr. William L. Hawver
Bill Hessi
Mrs. Mary D. Mann
Sharon Hill
St. Josephs Academy
Development Office
Marcella Marie Holloway, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Henze
Deacon Randy Howe
Joseph & Linda Licata, CSJA
Mary Ann Huesmann, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. William F. Bullock
Mary Hughes, CSJ
Xavier Schermerhorn, O.S.B.
Patricia Hulton
St. Josephs Academy Alumnae
Association
Robert R. Hunt
Mrs. Patricia Ann Dunn
Jean Marie Iadevito, CSJ
Ms. A. Carolyn Henry, CSJA
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin L. Huffman
Roger Jung
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Dalton

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Mary Helen Kane, CSJ

Mrs. Angeline N. Barber
Ms. A. Carolyn Henry, CSJA
Mrs. Marilyn F. Koncen, CSJA
Mrs. Alice O. Lamb
The Kane daughters
Mrs. Marcia E. Bequette
Peter Karagianes
Mrs. Mary Ann Egan
Donald Kemner
Ms. Becky Bielicke
Tom & Bette Kern
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Hesemann
Betty Keyes
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Carey
Rose Augusta Klaas, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Kemper
Edward Kohlberg
Joan Galli, CSJ
Joan Lacey, CSJ
Mary Komrska
Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Rogers
Pat Kowalsky
Mrs. Frances Krukar
Robert Krull
Lorraine Walsh Mooney
Mary Alexandra Kuhn, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Alexander J. Kuhn
Joselita Marie Kujak, CSJ
Mr. Joseph F. Ryan
Staci Jones Lafitte
Holy Trinity Community
Christiana Lippert, CSJ
Mr. Norbert P. Schott
Tom Liston
Ms. Cathy Bartholome
Ms. Judith A. Behee
Dr. David R. Blick &
Mrs. Sarah McBride-Blick
Mr. & Mrs. Bob Comiskey
Mr. Willard Congrove
Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Cramer
Mr. & Mrs. John E. Crone
Ms. Danielle Donovan &
Ms. Kandace Donovan
Mr. & Mrs. John Fisher
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Fitzgerald, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. James T. Glynn
Mr. & Mrs. Lynn Harris
Mr. Joseph T. Fahey
Mr. Adrian C. Jackson &
Mrs. Heather Shinn
Ms. Patricia A. Lee
Ms. Deborah McCloskey
Mr. & Mrs. John Mendicino
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Murphy
Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius E. Neufeld
Mr. Patrick G. Ryan
Mr. & Mrs. J. Barry Scanlon
Ms. Sheri Scott
Mr. & Mrs. Rick Stephan

Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet

Mr. & Mrs. Harry Walker

Ms. Patricia Bowen Walsh
Teresa Loch
Ms. A. Carolyn Henry, CSJA
Daniel Lodes
Mr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Reilly
Anne Christine Looze, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Hormer L. Acosta, Jr
Ms. A. Carolyn Henry, CSJA
Mrs. Marie Killips
Mrs. Maribell L. Knickerbocker
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Leist
Ms. Norma J. Melcolm
Betty Lou Lynch
St. Josephs Academy
Development Office
Jane Lyons
Mr. Lawrence R. Lyons
Colleen Mackin
Joan Galli, CSJ
Joan Lacey, CSJ
Deborah Marino
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan M. Evans
Ms. Marcia Marino
Ms. Robin Smitherman, CSJA
Bill Markey
Mrs. Betty Markey
Theresa Martin, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Garland H. Nieweg
Germaine Matter, CSJ
Ms. Jeanne P. Belnap
Mr. Robert J. Palmer
Doris Mattingly, CSJ
Mr. John A. Mattingly
Winifred McConaughey, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick McConaughey
Mary de La Salle McKeon, CSJ
Mr. Charles Matthew McKeon
Shepherd
Jarlath McManus, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Harte
Mr. Eusebio Macias, Jr.
Dorothy Meirink, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin L. Forness
Elmer E. Meng
Ms. Linda M. Coleman
Mary Meyers
Mrs. Patricia Ann Dunn
Helen Miljour, CSJ
Eugene J. Cole, CSJA & Patricia
Cole, CSJA
Kathleen Mitchell, CSJ
Anonymous
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen D. Dunn
Annette Moran, CSJ
Dr. Ellen M. Dukes, CSJA
Pat Moran
Mrs. Mary D. Mann
Mary Ursula Mott, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Sidney P. Mott
Achille Joseph Muccigrosso
Ms. Deborah A. Grass

Mr. & Mrs. Ben M. Muccigrosso

Mr. & Mrs. Mark Muccigrosso
Pleus & Company LLC
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth S. Skaggs
Ms. Marlene A. Skaggs
Mrs. Elizabeth Wills
Richard Joseph Muraski
Ms. Cathy Bartholome
Ms. Bernice Campbell
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Coffey III
Corinth Dentistry
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Handley
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Mulloy
Mr. Andrew Schlickman
Mr. & Mrs. Ted Sullivan
Mr. & Mrs. Greg Vranicar
Ms. Mary Henderson Winget
Rose Mary Murphey, CSJ
Mr. Daniel G. Phillips
A.R. Bob Murphy
Mrs. Frances W. Murphy
Arlene Neary
Mrs. Geraldine J. Bergman
Paul NIedringhaus
St. Josephs Academy
Development Office
Mary Carmel Najjar, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Stansfield
William Nicoll, Jr.
Mrs. Nicole C. Nicoll, CSJA
Barbara OFlaherty
Mr. & Mrs. George P. Coughlin
Donlard Oiekarski
Mr. Dwight Guerrant
Mary & Jerry OLeary
Mrs. Peggy O. Corcoran
Hugh OMalley
Ms. Joan Bourke
Rosemary OMalley, CSJ
Jean Katherine DeBlois, CSJ
Kathleen OMalley, CSJ
Virginia May Palmer
Ms. Jeanne P. Belnap
Mr. Robert J. Palmer
John J. Payton
St. Josephs Academy Alumnae
Association
Ralph Pennybacker
Mrs. Patricia Ann Dunn
John Peters
Mr. & Mrs. Bob Hanson
Stuart B. Phipps
Mr. Carlos A. Castro
Mr. & Mrs. S. Piper
Mrs. Mary D. Mann
Marion Poth
Ms. Carol A. Toczylowski
Rose Purcell
Mr. & Mrs. Louis Dell Orco
Mr. & Mrs. Louis A. Dell Orco, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Dell Orco
Mrs. Mary R. Kruger

Eunice Rahn
Mrs. Dorothy M. Dielschneider
Ms. Patricia Morgan
Tom & Dottie Reardon
Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Gaughan
Anthony Rejent
St. Josephs Academy
Joseph E. Renshaw
Mr. Kevin Renshaw
Mary Severine Riegel, CSJ
Mrs. Carl E. Brehob
Daniel W. Roche
Mr. & Mrs. John G. Graf
Jack Roche
Mr. Michael R. Roche
Francis Roeder Jr.
Ms. Mary Mann
Robert Rogers
Ms. Deeds Bonham
David E. Cassens &
Patricia Cassens, CSJA
Grace Rotermund
St. Josephs Academy Alumnae
Association
Alicia Sabaugh
Mr. & Mrs. Sam H. Sabaugh, Jr.
Mark Clancy Sanders
St. Josephs Academy Alumnae
Association
Jean Fontbonne Sandweg, CSJ
Dr. Ellen M. Dukes, CSJA
Ms. Joan S. Gray
Ms. Kathleen M. Gray
Justin Michael Schaefer
Mr. & Mrs. James E. Ricklefs
Mary Annette Schorman, CSJ
Ms. Nancy L. Enlow
Mr. Daniel G. Phillips
Mr. & Mrs. David H. Rodgers
Mr. & Mrs. James L. Runyan
Mr. & Mrs. David Schorman
Dr. & Mrs. Jan Stefanov
Marie Seiler
Dr. & Mrs. Joseph E. Seiler
Patricia Ann Severyn
Mrs. Patricia Ann Dunn
Clare Shewbridge
Mrs. Patricia Ann Dunn
Marjorie K. Shine
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence P. Nash
Mrs. Marjorie K. Shine
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Stice
Mary Consuela Simon, CSJ
Mr. Joseph F. Ryan
Robert Sise
Ms. Juanita Newton
Michael Smith
Mrs. Katherine D. Smith
Mary Jeanne Smith
St. Josephs Academy Alumnae
Association

Todd Smolinski
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Petri
Loretta A. Sondhaus
Ms. Mary Mann
Mark Spalding
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Mareschal
Rosalia Stankovich
Mrs. Geraldine J. Bergman
Marjorie Stice
Mr. & Mrs. Mark C. Skornia
Hans Stoltz
Mrs. Ann Hazel Stoltz
Larry Sullivan
Mr. & Mrs. John G. Graf
Cecilia Sullivan, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm Phillips
Joe Swope
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel P. Winkelmann, Jr.
Angela C. Szyhowski
Mrs. Jean F. Renshaw
Mary Ligouri Tackaberry, CSJ
Mrs. Mary S. Wiegert
Helen I. Tarnow
Mr. & Mrs. William M. Tarnow
Cathy Taylor
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Mareschal
Mr. & Mrs. James Flexman
Marianne Thomas, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. John C. Beisner
Mr. & Mrs. Neal E. Darrow
Byron G. Thompson
Mr. Paul E. Donovan
Byron & Jeanne Thompson
Mr. & Mrs. B. Christopher Thompson
Msgr. Arthur M. Tighe
Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Bennett
Anne Steck Tighe
Ms. Lynn M. Clark
Ms. Kathleen M. Courtney
Mr. & Mrs. C. Daniel Holcombe
Mr. & Mrs. William Meurer
Mr. Dennis K. Pfeiffer
Ms. Anne Sandmark
Mr. & Mrs. William R. Simmons
Ms. Barbara A. Steck
Ms. Julia Ann Trotter
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Wilson
George Antoinette Vander Loop, CSJ
Chris McGovern
Mary Jo Varchetti
Mrs. Mary D. Mann
Frank Vincenc
Ms. Carol A. Toczylowski
Mildred Vogel
Mrs. Janet Moran
Miss Beva A. Vogel
Mary Wagner
Mrs. Sally W. Schwarz
Francis Patrick Waldron, CSJ
Mrs. Jean C. Waldron

Diana Walsh
Lorraine Walsh Mooney
Mr. Ed Walsh
Bill Waris
Mrs. Patricia A. Waris
Richard Warren
Ms. Mary Mann
Pat Waters
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher G. Waters
Norman R. Wesley
Mrs. Joan B. Wesley
Joan Margaret Whittemore, CSJ
Anonymous
Mr. & Mrs. Richard K. Howard
Mrs. Marilyn F. Koncen, CSJA
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Leahy
Ms. Kathleen L. Robinson &
Ms. Sandy J. Magurany
Ms. Linda Sampson
Ms. Mary G. Sheppard, CSJA
Margaret E. Wich
Mrs. Linda Hoffmann
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Labitska
Ms. Kelly Langford
Doreen & Guillermo Moscoso
Ms. Virginia Hall
Ms. Rita Wich
Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Wich
Rose Mary Willett, CSJ
Miss Mary Diane Cummings
Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Heinrich
Ms. A. Carolyn Henry, CSJA
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Willett
Mary Patricia Wilson
Mr. Douglas G. Gray
Anna Wingbermuehle
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Hardebeck
Dan Winkelmann
Joseph & Linda Licata, CSJA
James Winston
Ms. Carol A. Toczylowski
Robert Christopher Wiske
Isabelle C. Wiske, CSJA
Martha Witcher
St. Josephs Academy Alumnae
Association
Patricia Ann Wozniak
Karen Langhi, CSJ

Rosemary M. Wuertz
AEC of Greater St. Louis
Mrs. Beverly A. Boren
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Dreyer
Mrs. Becky L. Pobst
Mr. Jerry Reinhold
Safety National
UHY Advisors
Mrs. Phyllis S. Weinmann
Doris Yates
Mr. & Mrs. Abe Campbell
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Collins
Ed Zeidler
Mr. & Mrs. William A. Goldkamp
Patricia M. Zimmerman
Ms. Annette M. Kopp
Mildred Zolg
Mr. Phillip Zolg

The Mission Advancement Office has made every effort to ensure the tributes
are properly recognized and correctly spelled. To make a donation, request
memorial envelopes or report a correction on our tributes listing, please contact
our office at 314.678.0326.
Gifts received September 1, 2015 through August 30, 2016.

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advancingthemission

2016 Generosity of Joseph Honorees

ur hearts were filled with

gratitude and appreciation as
we gathered to celebrate our
honorees, Kathleen Murphy and
Ann Rotermund at the 10th annual
Generosity of Joseph Gala in April.
The Generosity of Joseph Honor
Award publicly acknowledges and

celebrates those whose generosity

positively influences and contributes to
the betterment of society and encourages others by example to practice
life-altering generosity.
Throughout their lives, Kathleen
and Ann (both former Sisters of
St. Joseph) have been instrumental

Kathleen Murph Murphy

Saint Louis, Missouri

Heals and reconciles

Serves all persons without distinction

athleen is originally from Chicago, Illinois. After many

years of teaching and serving as principal at St. Pius V
School in St. Louis, Kathleen was paralyzed from the waist
down due to a gunshot wound. This
has not stopped her nor slowed her
down. She is currently working
at Doorways, which provides housing
and related supportive services for
people affected by HIV/AIDS.
With determination, she has
come through great adversity so that
she can continue to reach out to the
dear neighbor. She has also been a
model of reconciliation by forgiving
the person who caused her paralysis.

in carrying out our mission of unifying

love that brings respect for life and for
the dignity of all persons. Through their
ministries they have been a witness to
all they have met. Their lives are that of
service, and they have been responding
in a gentle and open way to those with
special needs.

Ann Rotermund

Saint Louis, Missouri

Promotes justice with a particular concern for the poor

Recognizes and defends the human dignity of all

nn began her teaching career while still a member of

the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. In 1985, after
many years of teaching fourth graders as well as children with
emotional and learning disabilities,
she began her long-time service at
St. Patrick Center in St. Louis. In
her tenure at St. Patrick Center, she
has served in various capacities. She
has also served on the State Advisory
Committee for the Department of
Mental Health.

After retiring from her full-time

position in 2013 as the senior director
of mental health programs at
St. Patrick Center, she continues to
be a consultant with St. Patricks.
Along with many other organizaHer commitment to serving the poor
tions, Kathleen is involved in Unlimited
and homeless encompasses all aspects
Play, a non-profit organization that
of the ministry as she not only
builds universally-accessible playgrounds
reaches out to all who came to her
to promote health and wellness for
for serviceshe is also a supportive
all children. She served on the board
presence to the programs staff
and was treasurer of the organization
members. With a focus on mind,
for 10 years. She is currently on the
body and spirit, she is a dedicated
Ann Rotermund and Kathleen Murphy
advisory board and working on an
facilitator
with the Ignatian Spirituality
educational component of the organization.
Program, which provides retreats for the homeless in St. Louis.
Kathleen continues to be a role model of hope, joy,
In addition to our Generosity of Joseph Award, her
generosity and determination, working quietly behind the
work aiding St. Louis homeless has been recognized,
scenes, much like St. Joseph did.
including being honored with the Cardinal Rigali Service
Award. She is recognized at her home parish, St. Stephen
Protomartyr, for her significant contributions as well.
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donorspotlight
Kansas City Family Recounts Generations-Long
Journey with CSJ Sisters
By Mary Lou Frank

Joe needs more chores at home.

ister Mary Ann Donovan wrote

those words on Joe OFlahertys
report card, one of her third-grade
students at Visitation School in Kansas
City.

Its just about giving

back because theyve
given so much over
the years.
Joe OFlaherty

It was the early

1970s and to Joe, Sister
Mary Ann represented
how things were
changing. Sister Mary
Ann was more casual.
She represented some
of the newer ways.

Mike and his wife Barb also chose
CSJ schools for all four of their children.
Joes sister Liz attended St. Teresas
Academy. In 1986, the year Liz graduated,
Barb went to work there part-time and
stayed for over a decade.
Barb had a great
affection for the people
she worked with, Mike
shares.

Little Joe, who grew

into a more model
student, and his wife
Julie guided their
daughters Tara (2008)
But some things
and Casey (2010) to
never change. She was
St. Teresas Academy.
trying to tell my parents
Today, Tara works in
that I wasnt behaving
the communications
well in school, he says.
industry in Denver.
Mike and Barb
Casey teaches social
OFlaherty got the
studies at her beloved
message and Joe got his
alma mater. The school
Mike, Barbara, Julie and Joe OFlaherty
added duties.
has played a major role
in their becoming well-educated, well-prepared and confident
At that time, the familys connection to the CSJs was
young adults, he says.
already a beloved relationship. Mikes parents, Vincent and
Josephine, were educated by the Sisters of St. Joseph in Kan- The gratitude of the OFlaherty family overflows in
sas City during the early part of the 20th century.
their generous support for CSJ ministries. In addition to
Mike was a little boy during the World War II era
when Vincent and Josephine took a friends niece, Martha
Niemann, into their home as a boarding student. She babysat
Mike while attending Redemptorist High School. She
always treated me like her own family, he says.
Martha became the daughter Josephine never had and
she prayed that Martha might choose religious life. And
indeed, the boarder-babysitter went on to enter the CSJ
convent. Mike remains in touch with Sister Martha, a CSJ
for 60 years.
If theres one word or phrase he would use to describe
his older sister, it would be kind and loving, he says. She
always treated me like her own family. When I introduced
her to my wife Barbara after we were married in 1961, she
said, If youre Mikes wife youre okay with me!

their numerous volunteer commitments during their childrens

school years, both Mike (now widowed as Barb passed away
in 2015) and Joe continue to bless the congregation with
gifts of both time and financial backing.
Its just about giving back, says Joe, because theyve
given so much over the years. Its important to me that
their legacy continues on and that the elderly sisters get the
proper care.

Our whole family is very fond of the sisters, says

Mike. And, certainly theyve had a major impact on Kansas
City, having educated thousands of people who live here and
are grateful for the CSJ connections in their lives.

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eventsandhappenings
28th Annual CSJ Golf Tournament
St. Louis: Thanks to all our sponsors, underwriters,
players and volunteers for helping to make Septembers
28th Annual CSJ Golf Tournament at Westborough
Country Club a special day.

1. Associate Kay Barnes and Sister

Maryellen Tierney; 2. St. Teresas
alumnae Jan Klapp and Sheri Jack
with spouses Gregg Klapp and
Tom Jack; 3. Jacob Unser, Joe
Wingbermuehle, Scott Hark, Adam
Brenecke; 4. Cove Street Capital
Team; 5. Brake Landscaping Team

Concert in the Park

1
St. Louis: Every summer, the CSJs
sponsor a concert in the Carondelet
Community Betterment Federation
concert seriesa fun way to be part of
the greater community.
1. Olivia Walter, Sister Kathy Eiler and Flat Fontbonne;
2. Miss Jubilee plays hot jazz and swing music;
3. Sister Barbara Jennings.
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Generosity of Joseph Gala Dinner

1 St. Louis: Thanks to our

honorees, attendees,
sponsors and volunteers
for helping make the
10th annual Generosity
of Joseph Honors Gala
at the motherhouse a
memorable experience.

1. Dr. Michael Pressimone, president of Fontbonne

University, collects donations for our water
filtration project in Gulu. 2. Countertenor Terry
Barber performs with musicians Amy Greenhalgh and
Steve Neale. 3. Associate Corliss Cox and husband
Michael Cox. 4. Mike DePope, Todd Garter and Opal
Jones from Doorwarys. 5. Honoree Kathleen Murphy
(seated) and friends.

Wine and Chocolate

Cheers to our supporters, guests and wine experts Dave

Birkenmeier (Schnucks), Anne Birkenmeier (Major Brands)
and Mike Ward (Ward on Wine) for making our Wine and
Chocolate event at the motherhouse a fun evening.
1. Maureen and Mark Donnelly 2. Associate Cathie Braasch, Sister
Marilyn Lott and Denise Overberg 3. Louise Menne, Luci Bryant, Cindy
Stahl and Pam Levitt 4. Mike Ward explains tasting to our guests

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Kansas City 150th Celebration

Kansas City: Thank you to the Mission
Advancement Office in Kansas City and
to all the sisters for all they did to plan
and carry out a wonderful celebration
of our 150 years in Kansas City-St.
Joseph. Thank you to all who came to
celebrate with us.

1. Nyakio Kaniu-Lake, CSJA; S. Mary Kay Liston;

2. S. Helen Flemington; Dave Armstrong, CSJA &
Director of Campus Ministry, Avila U; Mary
Coppinger Orndoff; 3. Mary Ann Brown and S. Ann
Everett; 4. S. Clare Bass, Kristen Whitney Daniels;
5. From Left: Maggie Mitchell, CSJA, & KC-MA
board member; S. Marilyn Lott; Barb Roberts;
Mayor Sly James; 6. Eleanor Liston Murphy;
7. Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.

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Avila University Womens Ensemble performs at the 150th Celebration

in Kansas City. See story, page 14 and event photos, page 28.