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ACADEMY OF THE SACRED HEART
WINTER 2011 VOL. 5 NO. 1
Message from the Continuing our Excellence Campaign Co-Chair, Chuck Viator
“Achetez!” was the single word the Superior
General of the Society of the Sacred Heart
Adèle Léhon telegrammed to her sisters
in New Orleans in 1886 to grant them
permission to “buy” the “back square”
property along with the St. Charles property
known today as the Rosary Campus. The
reasons to receive permission from the
Superior were described as follows: “the
Carondelet Street separates the property
from the garden facing St. Charles. On this
ground, there are 4 small houses….many
orange trees have been planted. There is a
good stretch of vacant land on which we
could have a vegetable garden, grazing
for a cow, and…yard space for chickens.”
In October 1887, the Rosary opened,
and we still walk and enjoy these sacred
grounds today.
As we draw near to driving the final
nail and applying the last coat of paint
to the new Arts and Athletics Complex, I
want to write about how far we have come
on this campaign. By recalling the journey
we have taken over the past five years,
we will be strengthened and inspired to
complete the task at hand.
From the spring of 2006, the efforts
by many Sacred Heart families have truly
been remarkable. Just as the city was
returning to normalcy (i.e. the streetcars
were not running at this point), we
began to finish what the school started
in 2001—completing the Journey of the
Heart Campaign that gave us the Mater
Campus, with over $2.5 million needed
to reach our goal. As we hosted small
informal class lunches in the parlor, it
became apparent that everyone’s attention
was on completing the back square.
As Sacred Heart has done often in
its almost 125 year history, we developed
a plan—a road map—for exactly what we
were trying to achieve—the final phase of
our strategic plan envisioned over a decade
ago. Our initial attempts had been met with
a sobering “underwhelming” response.
So we began a year of meetings where
the administration and faculty shared
their dreams and aspirations for the young
ladies of Sacred Heart. A feasibility study
conducted in the fall of 2007 with 227
parents, alumnae, past parents and friends
confirmed that we needed to move forward
with plans to construct the new Arts and
Athletics Complex.
In the fall of 2007, we began the silent
phase of the Continuing Our Excellence…
Academics, Arts and Athletics Campaign to
determine the interest of our donors. By
spring of 2008, we officially kicked off the
public phase of the campaign with a $10
million goal.
The ink was barely dry on our
brochures when we were faced with a
nationwide financial meltdown not seen
since the Great Depression. But, as Sacred
Heart families do, we continued our
campaign inspired by the courage and
principles upon which we were founded,
collecting enough cash and pledges
throughout 2009 to begin construction
in March 2010. If we stay the course,
the former elementary school will be
completely renovated and a new athletics
complex will be ready for all students to
enjoy in the fall of 2011.
As we reflect on our progress, we
should take time to realize how all of our
collective efforts have truly made this
dream become a reality. We now need to
ensure that this endeavor will be enjoyed
by thousands of girls who will walk the
halls of the Rosary for decades to come.
In order to leave the school debt free on
this project, we still have to raise $1.2
million. To date, 45% of parents and
15% of alumnae have contributed to the
campaign. I feel confident that we can
improve participation and finish this
project before the end of this school year.
It will take the efforts of all of us to make
that happen, but in doing so, we will all
become a part of something very special.
Susan and I have been honored to
be part of a leadership team with Byron
and Shannon Adams, Mel and Lauren
Lagarde, as well as Cooper and Ellen
Manning. Throughout the campaign we
have spoken to so many families about
their dreams for their daughters. We will
remember this time in our lives forever,
and look forward to watching the real
life activities that will enhance all Sacred
Heart families in the future.
Finally, staying true to the mission
of a Sacred Heart education, we need to
ensure that this new complex will benefit
our larger New Orleans community. Our
purpose should not only be to help each
other and our families, but to also reach
out to the larger community as a resource.
Through our outreach programs, we will
give other children opportunities they
may not have thought possible. Then we
can look at each other and know it was all
worth it.
God bless,
MESSAGE FROM THE HEADMASTER
Our Bridges to our Past and to our Future
The Bridge over Carondelet Street behind the main
Rosary Campus has been an icon of significance for
years at Sacred Heart.
Pictured are Martin Steib, project manager
for F.H. Myers Construction and Tim Burns
In the main hallway just outside my office
square renovation began. This bridge has
future” includes the stories of the Arts and
is a photograph of the two bridges that
been replaced with the third version of the
Athletics Complex and how it will create
have connected the front and back squares
Sacred Heart bridge, and this one that was
opportunities for our girls, and a Network
over Carondelet Street. The first bridge was
put in place on December 4, 2010. The
Spotlight on our global education initiative
constructed in 1913, just a decade or so
banner attached to it says, “Our Bridge to
and our relationship with our Sacred Heart
after the original two-story Rosary school
the Future,” and it will once again connect
School in Kincoppal-Rose Bay in Sidney,
building was completed. The square behind
the original campus to the state-of-the-
Australia. The five students who were on
the school had orchards of fruit trees and was
art facilities for arts and athletics on the
exchange at the Rosary from our Sacred
referred to by the Sisters and the students
back square. Next fall, when we open the
Heart school in Chile are yet another
as “the park.” A notation next to the photo
new school year with the completed back
example of the bridges we are creating to a
says, the first bridge provided “access to
square, we will once again enjoy the daily
new and exciting future at Sacred Heart.
the park [which was] the site of a vegetable
tradition of “crossing the bridge.” Cut and
garden and a grazing area for cattle.”
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thriving in New Orleans. I hope all within
St. Joseph Hall, the elementary school
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our school community enjoy this issue of
on the back square, was constructed in
watch our new bridge being put in place “in
The Bridge and the many stories that remind
1951 with the bricks from St. Michael’s, the
a Sacred Heart minute.”
us of our glorious past and our prominence
Sacred Heart school in Convent, Louisiana
This issue of The Bridge highlights
as one of the distinguished Sacred Heart
that was destroyed in the hurricane of 1926.
all kinds of “bridges”—some to our past,
schools throughout the world. Indeed, we
From that point on, “the bridge” provided
and some to our future. You will read the
are participating in St. Madeleine Sophie’s
the connection between the Pre-Primary
fascinating and historical account of the
dream of “making known the Heart of God
and Primary School on the back square and
cross that rested atop the 1953 bridge over
to the world.”
the original Rosary Campus. The tradition
Carondelet Street, and how it chronicled
of “crossing the bridge” to the Prep Division
the RSCJ who died in the yellow fever
of Middle School was an important tradition
epidemic at St. Michael’s School in Convent,
for many decades at Sacred Heart.
La. in the 1850s. Another “bridge to the
In 1953, when the “new” gymnasium
past” will recount the intriguing stories
was built on the uptown-lakeside corner
of distinguished alumnae from various
of the back square, the original bridge was
decades along with the school’s recent
replaced with the bridge that existed until
celebration of the 50th Anniversary of
it was dismantled last year when the back
To Kill a Mockingbird. “Bridges to the
The Academy of the Sacred Heart is
Tim Burns
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“I was quite
shocked.
I knew it was a pretty good bet that
nobody knew it was there.”
- Mark Beyer, ecclesiastical artisan
AN HIS ORIC
by Peter Finney Jr.
Everyone loves a great detective story. The Academy of the Sacred Heart
had a 155-year-old story of its own—covered under black paint—before an
amazing saga of courage and faith on the part of the Religious of the Sacred
Heart finally came to light during construction of a new student center in
the block behind the school’s main St. Charles Avenue campus. For nearly
60 years, a nondescript, black iron cross was perched atop the second story
pedestrian bridge over Carondelet Street that linked different sections of the
Sacred Heart campus.
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Not readily apparent
From the ground, the cross did not attract
special attention. When the school began
construction of its new student center [Arts
and Athletics Complex] on Carondelet Street
last year, it dismantled the pedestrian bridge,
erected in 1953, and placed the iron cross to
the side. That’s when things got interesting.
While preparing for the new construction,
workers removed a statue of St. Joseph
from its niche above the door of the former
elementary school building and accidentally
cracked its base. The school called Mark
Beyer of Walter L. Beyer ecclesiastical
artisans to see if he could repair the damage.
While examining the statue, Beyer turned
his head and saw the five-foot iron cross
“sitting next to the dumpster in the back.”
Since he was already repairing the statue,
the school asked Beyer if he could repair it.
“It was tall and rusty and beat up,” Beyer
said. “That’s when I started sanding. All of
a sudden I saw something shining below
the surface, and I kept rubbing and rubbing
until I saw the inscriptions. I was quite
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shocked. I knew it was a pretty good bet that
nobody knew it was there.” While most of
the cross was cast iron, directly in the middle
was a two-foot brass Maltese cross plaque –
about an eighth of an inch thick – that bore
16 names. Each was the name of a Religious
of the Sacred Heart, including French-born
superior Sister Annette Praz, who died at St.
Michael’s School in Convent, La., of yellow
fever from Sept. 19 through Oct. 30, 1855.
Fifty percent death toll
Incredibly, the death toll in those six
weeks was about one half of the religious
community. On Oct. 8, 1855, Archbishop
Antoine Blanc, who had seen 12 of his priests
succumb to yellow fever, paid a personal
visit to St. Michael’s and prayed with three
sisters “who were dangerously ill.” Religious
of the Sacred Heart Sister Mary Blish, a
community archivist, surmises that the cross
originally was a memorial marker in the St.
Michael’s cemetery, where the yellow fever
victims were buried in a common grave with
no individual markers. “There was concern
about contagion because of yellow fever,”
Sister Blish said, explaining why the sisters
were buried together. “When you read about
the history of New Orleans, yellow fever
was the basis for establishing the mortuary
chapel (at Our Lady of Guadalupe) because
people couldn’t be taken (for burial) to St.
Louis Cathedral.” The cross continues to
have many mysteries. When and why did
it arrive in New Orleans? One plausible
answer is that the cross came to New
Orleans sometime in the late 1940s, when
the St. Michael’s School building was finally
torn down after having been badly damaged
in a 1926 hurricane. Bricks from the St.
Michael’s School building were reused to
build Sacred Heart’s new elementary school
building on Carondelet Street – St. Joseph’s
Hall – which opened in 1951. “The cross
could have been in storage,” said Dr. Tim
Burns, Sacred Heart headmaster. “One of
the sisters who taught at St. Michael’s might
have been assigned here, and she knew of
the stuff in storage and figured we should
preserve that history.” But why were the
While most of the cross
was cast iron, directly in
the middle was a two-foot
brass Maltese cross plaque
that bore 16 names.
inscriptions painted over? No one knows.
Burns thinks perhaps it was the sisters’
humility. Sister Blish thinks it could have
been painted when it was placed atop the
walkway. Beyer has a similar supposition.
“I can’t imagine anyone painting over it,
unless because it was way up there and was
tarnished so badly,” Beyer said. “Brass gets
real dark when it’s old. It might have been
that some maintenance man climbed up
there one day and painted the whole thing
black. In 155 years, a lot can go wrong.”
Beyer said the discovery of the names – and
the history of the sisters’ perseverance – was
a memorable chapter in his work as a church
restorer. “I was terribly excited,” Beyer said.
“I’ve never run across anything like this.
The only thing that comes close was when I
found out that one window about 60 or 70
feet up above the sanctuary at Immaculate
Conception on Baronne Street was put in
backwards.” Any other surprises? “Maybe
some bubble gum under a pew,” Beyer said,
laughing. Burns said the shiny cross will
be given a place of honor in a courtyard in
front of the new student complex so that
students can reflect on the sacrifices that
religious women made for their education.
“There will be a big plaza, and we’ll have
tables and chairs out there for the students,”
Burns said. “We’ll put it at eye level so that
everyone can see it. It makes a great story.”
Peter Finney Jr. – Clarion Herald – reprinted
with permission.
Deaths at St. Michael’s from
September 19 – October 30, 1855
Annette Praz, Choir Professed, Superior (aged 44)
September 19
Virginie Duboille, Coadjutrix (aged 33)
September 20
Justine Champeaux, Coadjutrix (aged 19)
September 26
Josephine Boileau, Coadjutrix (aged 28)
September 28
Mary Long, Coadjutrix Novice (age unknown)
September 28
Hermine Lemieux, Coadjutrix Novice (age unknown)
September 28
Antoinette Seeligmann, Choir Professed (aged 47)
September 29
Angela Puthof, Coadjutrix Aspirant (aged 30)
September 30
Adeline Carron, Coadjutrix Aspirant (aged 41)
September 30
Catherine Van der Heide, Coadjutrix Aspirant (aged 31)
October 1
Adèle Champeaux, Coadjutrix Aspirant (aged 28)
October 1
Louise de Barbarin, Choir Professed, Mistress General (aged 48)
October 3
Johanna Walsh, Choir Aspirant (aged 23)
October 8
Melanie Carrard, Choir Aspirant (aged 27)
October 11
Caroline Kieffer, Coadjutrix Novice (aged 28)
October 20
Adelaide Stanislas Aguiard, Choir Professed (aged 49)
October 30
St. Michael's Academy of the Sacred Heart - Convent, Louisiana
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Mignon Faget ’51:
Turning Adornment into Art
By Sarah Manthey ’06
Now recognized with iconic status in New
Orleans, Mignon Faget began designing at
an early age, gaining recognition as a Sacred
Heart student for her clothing designs.
Not only did she design the white gowns for
her 1951 graduating class, but she also began
to develop a keen eye for the mechanics of
art, discovering both natural and religious
inspirations for what has grown into 40
years of jewelry design. Mignon Faget has
become more than just a household name. By
coupling timeless style with an appreciation
for her native New Orleans, she has become
a beacon for New Orleans culture and style,
creating wearable, always evolving art for
contemporary audiences.
Faget’s dynamic creativity stems from her
interests in a wide range of fields, mediums,
and styles. While now known primarily for
her jewelry, she first dabbled in designing
clothes, which began as a way of extending
the fun of playing dress-up. “Dressing up
as a child was a fantasy thing, and as I got
older, it remained so because I wore uniforms
five days out of the week.” While attending
Sacred Heart, she sought diversion from her
strictly regulated uniform by enlisting her
mother to help her create dresses. “I loved
being able to create, working with my hands,”
Faget said. “One of the things I knew how to
do was adorn myself.”
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In addition to learning
how to sew, she also learned
discipline. Faget referred to
herself as an exacting task
master, recalling that “the
dress was never quite right.”
Laughingly, she referred
to her mother as her first
employee, saying “I was very
demanding.” Her high quality
standards married with her
precise eye for extracting art
from the everyday launched
her into the Fine Arts program at Newcomb
College of Tulane University.
In art classes, Faget studied how to
scale the proportions of the human body
and how to work with metal. Yet, it was
her science classes that taught her how to
explore the world around her, inspiring
in her a fascination with nature as art and
laying the foundation for her future work.
In a course called “Design in Nature,” her
professor Robert Durant Field would take
the students on walks, exploring nature in
the quadrangles and flowerbeds of campus.
She began to see flowers and leaves as much
more than just decoration, but as triumphs
in construction. Faget recalls assignments
focused on using a common object to inspire
drawings based on the elements found
within the piece. With a newfound attention
to the technical aspects of how things
move and close, she began taking examples
found in nature and, as she referred to it,
“miniaturizing it.”
While at Newcomb, Faget took science
courses, including botany and biology. This
dual art and science education broadened
her scope of how art is just as much about
mastering the technical characteristics of
a piece as it is about refining its aesthetic
elements. Faget remarked, “I’ve always
thought that the closure—either around
your neck or around your wrist—is as
important as the thing itself. It’s the
dynamic part of the design.” The technical
challenge to construct how things move and
close became just as important as the rest
of a piece. “The challenges are why you do
it,” Faget said. Her sense of inventing and
overcoming technical complexities became
just as invigorating as creating something
beautiful.
After a brief foray into clothing design,
Mignon returned to metalwork at, what she
recalled as “a point in my life where I felt
not very useful.” She went on to explain
the transformative act of creation for her.
“I needed desperately to express with my
own work,” Faget said. Drawing on themes
and images from her habitat, Faget turned
to classic sea images for her first jewelry
collection. On a trip to the coast, she picked
up several sea shells that served as the
foundation for her metal reinterpretations.
In her later collections, we see her influence
from her Catholic upbringing, her love
of local food, Mardi Gras krewes, and
architectural motifs found in New Orleans.
Seeing jewelry as more than decoration
for modern women, Faget continues to
honor the history of jewelry as a method
of expressing both status and sentiment. Its
lasting quality “satisfies a lot of core values
in me,” she remarked. She also sees her
productions as inextricably linked to how
they work and move on the human body.
The work that I make is
meant to
be worn...
“The work that I make is meant to be worn,”
Faget said. “So it’s an expression of a person
that you have inside of yourself…not just a
static piece of metalware or beads.”
Faget also believes that jewelry can
illustrate and capture the animé of an object,
serving as a vessel for the life of something
once living. In her Knots & Bows collection,
she created the mold from fabric that she
tied into a knot herself. Seeking to transpose
the tension of the fabric into the final piece,
Faget commented that the piece “takes on
properties of the metal and retains the shape
and form of the original.” Faget has always
retained a sense of embodying nature in her
Zea. She admits that some of her collections
do not translate as well for customers, such
as the Armament collection, which was
inspired by plants adorned with beautiful yet
fierce elements, such as thorns and spikes.
Faget saw this embodiment of “passive
armament” as conveying “you can look, but
don’t touch.” While this remains one of her
favorite eras, she laughingly remarked that
many of her loyal customers saw the pieces
as “kind of scary.”
More than simply serving as a testament
to physical surroundings, Faget regularly
injects her pieces with elements that reflect
the vibrancy of the culture, people, food,
work. Her practice of metalwork reflects her
attention to the dynamic, and often living,
forces that serve as a crucial first step in her
creative process.
Faget describes her own creative process
as largely “instinctive.” Since nature and
architecture focus on a balance, she reflects
this aspect of her inspiration in her approach
to building her pieces and her collections.
“If it looks right and feels right, then it
goes out,” Faget said. In addition to reenvisioning the world around her, Faget
often uses suggestions from customers and
enthusiasts to invent her latest creations.
“Sometimes people will tell me a story that
makes me want to make a piece,” Faget said.
This exchange of artistry and innovation has
stimulated such collections as Sno Ball and
music, and, most importantly, events that
affect our city. For instance, Katrina and the
Gulf Coast Oil Spill spurred her to embark
on philanthropic endeavors that resurrected
time-honored pieces with a new layer of
relevancy that mirrored the mourning state
of the city. In the December 2010 “Designing
Women: Five Perspectives” panel, Faget
spoke of how New Orleans is more than just
a place where artists create art. Rather, there
is a back and forth between the city and
those who live here, especially artists who
channel our culture, music, food, and way
of life. Speaking on behalf of the five artists
on the panel, she said, “New Orleans is very
evident in our work, in a very literal way and
a spiritual way.”
While at the Rosary,
Mignon (pictured
fifth from left,
top row) gained
opportunities for
showcasing both
academic and
artistic excellence,
including winning
a contest to design
the all-important
white gown that her
class wore for the
graduation ceremony.
...So it’s an
expression of a
person that you have
inside of yourself…
not just a static piece of
metalware or beads.
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1971
Wendy Delery Hills ’71
A
s a Child of the Sacred Heart, I was always aware of the
story of St. Madeleine Sophie Barat and the beginnings of the
Religious of the Sacred Heart in France. But it never seemed
real until this past December when I went to Joigny, France.
There I saw where she lived and that her spirit still lives in the
world today.
The purpose of my visit was a meeting of AMASC
(Association Mondiales des Anciennes et Anciens et du Sacré
Coeur) which is the world-wide alumnae association of schools
of the Sacred Heart. I am one of the four officers (Treasurer)
elected from the United States and Canada to lead the group for
the next four years. Additional alumnae from around the world
were elected to the board and several alumnae, including our
own Olga Seiferth Rome '53, were elected emeritus members
for their service to AMASC over the years.
(left) Anne and Wendy in front of
Sophie Barat House, the birthplace of
St. Madeleine Sophie Barat.
(right) Mme. Jacqueline Tourraix, great-granddaughter of Pierre
Clement de Laussat, last French governor of Louisiana and signer of
the Louisiana Purchase, pictured between Wendy Delery Hills ’71
and Anne Delery Comarda ’75.
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The new board of AMASC. Wendy Delery Hills ’71 is pictured
standing at far left.
The outgoing and incoming boards were privileged to
meet in Sophie Barat House which is part of the complex of
houses assembled around the birthplace of Sophie. My sister
Anne Delery Comarda ’75 accompanied me on the trip. We
were able to visit the Church of St. Thibaut where the Barat
family worshipped and Sophie was baptized and made her
First Communion. Stained glass windows commemorate those
events. After the conclusion of the meetings, we went to Paris
where we were guests at a dinner hosted by the French Alumnae
Association. The next day we visited St. Francis Xavier Church
where the châsse of St. Madeleine Sophie is now housed and
then visited the Rodin Museum which was a Sacred Heart
School for a number of years.
The gathering of women from Japan, Australia, England,
Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Mexico,
Argentina, Brazil, Malta, Canada, the United States, France,
and for the first time ever, the Democratic Republic of the
Congo and Cuba, may not have been something that St.
Madeleine Sophie had envisioned. It was a testament though
to the universality of her mission in educating women and in
working with the poor.
It will be my privilege to serve with Pamela Snyder of
Arizona (President), Barbara Lopiccolo of Michigan (VicePresident), and Maureen Elliott of Canada (Secretary). We will
all attend the AASH Conference in April in Miami. Our term
will last until the Congress to be held in Montreal in 2014. If
anyone has any questions about AMASC, please don’t hesitate
to contact me at [email protected] or my New Orleans
cell 504-908-3919.
D
ebra Lombard entered Sacred Heart in her sophomore year of
high school and found the academic curriculum to be rigorous and
challenging. She loved the atmosphere of an all girls’ school and
was happy to be able to focus on learning rather than competing
with boys for attention in class. “As students, we always needed
to be prepared for class and be organized. The teachers pushed
us to do our best and encouraged us to go beyond our comfort
zones.” One of those teachers was math instructor, Ann Laird, who
recognized how enthusiastic Lombard was about math and science.
With her support, Lombard won first place in Trigonometry at the
Regional Level at State Rally and received the Bausch and Lomb
Honorary Science Award upon graduation. She credits Ms. Laird
for nurturing a love of math that carried over into college and
ultimately led her into the sustainable design field.
“Sacred Heart laid
the
foundation for me to enter my
field of sustainable design.”
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Debra Lombard ’83
Lombard attended Randolph Macon Women’s College, and
received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Tulane University. She
then attended Tulane and the University of New Orleans for
graduate work in urban planning and environmental studies. In
her early career, she worked as an assistant for a chemical engineer
and was a safety engineer for Travelers Insurance Company.
Later, she decided to go back to Tulane on a State grant and
get certified to teach math. However, due to those grants ending,
she worked a summer job as a white water rafting guide in North
Carolina, a decision that changed her life. She was struck by
the environmental damage caused by tourism and the rafting
industry. She returned home, determined to work toward making
building developments more eco-sensitive. Instead of teaching,
she took a position as project manager for the St. Tammany
Parish Rails-to-Trails project, Tammany Trace. There she initiated
sustainable design in the 31 mile project. She worked to “green”
the rehabilitation of 31 old timber bridges by using the most ecofriendly chemicals to preserve the wood. She investigated solar
walkway lighting, compost toilets and recycled rubber for paving
the trail. She even persuaded the Parish to use old rail cars by
putting them to use as the trail office and bridges.
Lombard went on to work with Steven Winter Associates
in Connecticut and has over 14 years of experience working
with corporate and institutional clients on a wide range of
environmental projects and programs. She has worked on projects
for Yale University and Yale Medical School, Tufts University and
other clients advising them on sustainable design strategies and
policies. While with The RETEC Group, a national environmental
consulting firm, Debra was the sole green building consultant on
the first “green” designed building project at Yale University, the
award-winning Chemistry Research Laboratory Building, which
set the precedent for Yale’s green design process and achieved Silver
LEED® certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.
Debra Lombard has a daughter in college and lives in New
Haven, CT. She is an USGBC LEED Accredited Professional, an
advisor and former Board Member of the CT Green Building
Council and was a LEED Technical Advisor to the USGBC for
development of LEED green building rating systems. Lombard
freelances as a sustainability consultant and gives presentations and
classes on green design and sustainability. She is also the founder
and organizer of New Haven Green Drinks, a regional monthly
environmental networking event started in 2007 for people who
work or have interest in the sustainability issues.
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1996
Ashley Shreves, M.D. ’96
A
fter years of being what she calls a “little monster,” spending
a fair amount of time in the principal’s office and in detention,
middle-school aged Ashley Shreves ,96 found herself in Sr. Margaret
Seitz’s office having a conversation about personal responsibility.
Conversations like this could be dismissed or forgotten, but Shreves
credits Sacred Heart for the patience and willingness to look past her
mischievous nature in order to encourage her true potential. While
often overlooked at the time, those moments of personal engagement
stood out over time. Shreves remembers, “In high school, Ms. Hagan
once talked to me about what it meant to have integrity. At the time,
I didn't have a full grasp of the concept, but her words stuck with me.
She told me that the highest aspiration any woman should have is to
be called ‘a woman of integrity.’”
Clearly, these words took root. Shreves graduated among the
top of her high school class and went on to attend Washington and
Lee University in Virginia. A double major in both Biology and
Chemistry, she set upon a pre-med track. Upon graduation, she
returned to New Orleans to attend medical school at Louisiana
State University where she studied alongside her Sacred Heart
classmate ZiZi Ryan Yockey ’96 while another classmate, Sudha
Kailas ’96, attended Tulane Medical School. “I think it's useful to
have a peer group with similar goals. We stayed in touch throughout
college, commiserating over various pre-med milestones. And what’s
remarkable is that, as different as we all are, we've geographically had
similar routes.”
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After a lifetime spent in the South, Shreves was ready in 2004
to fulfill a lifetime dream to live in New York City (Yockey and
Kailas also secured positions in New York City residency programs).
She chose St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan’s Upper
West Side for her combined internship/residency program where she
specialized in emergency medicine. Life in New York City proved to
be a good fit for her; after settling in, she realized that the city’s fast
pace, politics, and diverse culture made her feel at home.
While working as an attending physician at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt,
she met her husband David Newman, an emergency physician
who was her attending during her residency. They started dating a
year after she graduated from the program and were married last
October in New Orleans with Yockey and Andy Pearce Myer ’96 as
bridesmaids. The couple resides in Manhattan. Together, they share
an interest in pursuing evidence-based medicine that incorporates
the best, most relevant clinical research into medical practice. “I
don't think most patients are aware of how many agendas shape the
care they receive and how it has little to do with good medicine.
My husband and I are invested in closing the gap between what
research suggests and what happens in the doctor's office or the
ER, where we work.” They started a monthly podcast this year
called SMART EM (Scientific Medicine and Research Translation
in Emergency Medicine). Drawing from landmark articles, often
fascinating ones from the 1950s and 1960s, they choose a topic
each month that speaks to current guidelines and practice patterns.
What comes to life is the manner in which medical education often
functions like a big game of telephone. Rather than fall back on
the standard of citing and re-citing prior cases and papers, Shreves
hopes others in the field will bring fresh eyes to their research,
uncovering new observations, alternative prognoses, and possible
treatments. “It's an exhilarating but painful process to unlearn
and realize that those who taught you were well-intentioned, but
sometimes completely wrong.”
“In high school, Ms. Hagan once
talked to me about what it meant to
have integrity. At the time, I didn't
have a full grasp of the concept,
but her words stuck with me. She
told me that the highest
aspiration any woman should
have is to be called ‘a woman
of integrity.’”
Along with other colleagues, she and David created a
collaborative website called, TheNNT.com—NNT refers to the
“number needed to treat.” It quantifies the benefits and harms of
therapies (ie: drugs, procedures) in familiar language that both
patients and doctors can understand. Connection and fluent
communication is crucial to her practice. Recognizing that too often
the goals of physicians and the expectations of patients and their
families are often very different, she wants to revisit the way that
emergency departments consider the care that patients receive at the
end of life. In order to better address these concerns, Shreves will
begin a fellowship in Palliative Care at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New
York this summer.
Like most Sacred Heart graduates, Shreves is drawn to issues
of social justice and outreach. Over the past two years she has
volunteered at the NYU Free Clinic, a medical student-run clinic
supported with private funds that exclusively treats an uninsured
population. With Partners in Health, she traveled to Haiti last year
and for two weeks tried to provide medical assistance after the
earthquake. Shreves reflects, “They were the most stoic, gracious
patient population I've ever treated.” Considering factors that
affect health and well-being, Shreves speaks about the importance
of an environment that fosters the development of meaningful
female friendships through single-sex education. “In order to live
a healthy, happy life, there are few things more important than
strong, lasting friendships.”
written by Lauren LeBlanc ’96
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Peace
Corps:
Goal Three in Action
By Sarah Weiner ’05
Questions raced through my head as I nervously stepped out of the
Peace Corps truck on my first day in Nakolo. What will the village
be like? Will the people like me? Can I really live here for two years?
The driver left me to get acquainted with the small group of people
who formed my welcome party. My neighbors promptly brought
over my breakfast, which consisted of no less than ten grilled cheese
sandwiches and a very large watermelon. It was a fitting introduction
to the generosity of the people I would be living with during my Peace
Corps service in the Kingdom of Tonga.
It didn’t take me long to acclimate to the simplicity of life in
Nakolo, a small rural village on the country’s main island. After my
first month, almost everyone knew my name. Peace Corps focuses on
having Volunteers culturally integrate; thus, I have found myself being
a tou’a (server) at kava circles, dancing in concerts, and sitting at the
head table of a kaipola, a traditional Tongan feast. I primarily work
as an English teacher at the local Government Primary School, but
engage in a number of secondary projects as well. This past September,
I assisted at a girls’ empowerment camp, and I am also treasurer of
E-Waste Tonga, a nonprofit that safely disposes of electronic waste.
My biggest project is helping to establish the Nakolo Community
Learning Center, which will consist of both a library and computer
lab. I am currently fundraising to buy books for the library along with
a cost-effective thin client computer system that allows six people to
simultaneously use one computer. The Center seeks to remedy the lack
of information and resources available to the people in my village—
one of their biggest obstacles to success—so that they can perform
better in school and obtain income-generating jobs.
Sacred Heart undoubtedly influenced my decision to join Peace
Corps. Whether it was mapping continents with Mrs. Pendleton or
studying social justice in religion, Sacred Heart succeeded in imparting
Goal Three to me. In recent Bridge issues, I have read about the Global
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Education Initiative and students who have participated in service or
exchange programs. If you have enjoyed these experiences, or even if
you have just wanted to, you should consider joining Peace Corps.
Being a Volunteer offers the unique opportunity to perform
rewarding work while truly immersing you in a foreign culture. As
you gradually lose your outsider status, you begin to not only accept a
different way of life, but to also understand why it works for the people
in your community, challenging your world view in many ways. For
me, Peace Corps was a logical extension of the emphasis on publicservice that is the hallmark of a Sacred Heart education, and one that
I hope far more students and alumnae pursue in the future.
If you are interested in becoming a Peace Corps Volunteer, feel
free to contact me at [email protected] with any questions. Also,
if you wish to donate to the Nakolo Community Learning Center,
you can do so online. Please email me for the link or just search for
“Weiner” on the list of Volunteer Projects on the “Donate Now”
section of Peace Corps’ website. Malo ‘aupito (thank you very much)
and ‘ofa atu (with love) from Tonga!
Malo 'aupito means
“thank you very
much” and 'ofa atu is
a phrase meaning to
send love to someone.
A Timeless Classic
Turns
50
Sacred Heart Celebrates 50th
Anniversary of To Kill a Mockingbird
by Melody Lee and Bert Deffes,
Middle School English teachers
“Until I feared I
would lose it, I never
loved to read. One does
not love breathing."
- Scout Finch
Giving students a book that they love is
one of the most rewarding experiences
of teaching, and we have the pleasure of
doing so every year when we teach To Kill
a Mockingbird to the 7th grade. To many
of our students, reading is as natural as
breathing, and this classic introduces them
to a whole new dimension of literature. To
our reluctant readers, it is the first book they
really love, and it is an honor to share this
adventure with them.
This year, the 50th anniversary of Harper
Lee's classic novel gave added dimension to
study. To Kill a Mockingbird became part
of life in the entire middle school, and the
national acclaim that is still given the book
piqued the interest of all students. Students
brought in related articles, and Mockingbird
was the topic of a chapel, an art show, and
an assembly for both the middle and upper
school. Mrs. Adams, our librarian, spoke to
students, informing them that Mockingbird
was once on the list of banned books. This
caused great indignation, and added interest
to the study of the book.
The focal point of our celebration was
an art show in the assembly room that
included work by 7th and 8th graders. Each
year, we use an art project to help students
understand abstract concept and thinking.
We create abstract paintings that involve
the use of symbols, motifs, and themes.
At first the girls want to paint very literal
scenes, but are soon able to express their
ideas in a non-literal way. Harper Lee often
used the "show, don't tell" technique in her
writing; she painted pictures with words
and allowed readers to make their own
inferences. Putting their ideas into pictures
helps students visualize the word pictures in
literature. To clarify Harper Lee's symbolic
use of contrast, students illustrated a scene
or passage in the book using only black and
white. A great deal of reflection goes into this
work, and they must explain their thought
processes along the way. Eighth grade
students created a huge tree that spread its
branches throughout the room, and the
art work of both 7th and 8th graders was
interspersed throughout the branches. The
trunk of the tree contained the knothole,
replete with the gifts given to the children
by Boo-gum, a spelling medal, two Indian
head pennies, and hand-carved soap dolls.
This year, we were fortunate to have
Mary McDonagh Murphy, the author of
the book Atticus, Scout, and Boo speak to
both middle and upper schools. Murphy is
a friend of the Laibe family, whose daughter
Madeleine studied Mockingbird this year.
Students were fascinated by the documentary
that Murphy produced on Harper Lee and
her book. It depicted aspects of the racism
before the civil rights era as well as the
struggles our country had in dealing with
this issue.
The book also explores prejudice
against women and religion, against
anyone who is different, and even against
boys who don't play sports. Mockingbird
is a perfect example of Sacred Heart Goal
III-social awareness, and hopefully it will
make students more aware of prejudice
and racism as it starts them on a lifetime
journey through great literature.
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Auction – I Say Hello, You Say Dubai!
November 13, 2010 – With exotic jeweltoned swags, tassels, carpets, beaded
curtains, a Dubai lounge, palm trees and
sand, the Nims Fine Arts Center was
transformed into the dazzling city of Dubai.
Thank you to our generous sponsors:
Whitney National Bank, Wells Fargo
Advisors, Audi, and Frischhertz Electric
for underwriting an event that auctioned
off over 160 items. Patrons bid on jewelry,
sports memorabilia, creative class creations,
and a week's stay in the Cayman Islands.
The night would not have been possible
without the dedication and hard work of
our 2010 Auction chair, Erin Luetkemeier
and her committee chairs, Shelley Barreca,
Ariane Brennan, Marli Davis, Lori
DeMarcay, Julie Habetz, Kendall Hales,
Cappy Johnson, Missy Mantilla, Jennifer
Rabalais, Anne Ready, and Monique Toso.
We want to applaud our sponsors, donors,
faculty, staff and volunteers who worked so
hard to make this a fundraising success for
the school.
Special thanks to our in-kind sponsors
who provided us with so many generous
items that were essential to the evening’s
enjoyment: American Sector, The Audubon
Nature Institute, Baked by Barbie, Besh
Steak House, Brown Forman Spirits, CHL
Linens, Court of Two Sisters, Crystal
Clear Imaging, Domenica, Gabrielle at
the Uptowner, Galatoire’s Restaurant, The
Pinnacle Division of Glazer’s Distributors
of Louisiana, India Stewart, Le Meritage,
New Orleans Party Rentals, The Plant
Gallery, Ristorante Filippo, The Royal
Sweet, and The Stationer.
Hans and Erin Luetkemeier
Kathy Burns and Nancy Walshe
Maria and Luther McDougal
Missy and Octavio Mantilla
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Molly Silvia and Ellen Manning
Ben and Kendall Hales
Cappy and Brian Johnson
Avenue Marketplace: Christmas in October
NEW BOARD MEMBER
Sister Mary Blish, RSCJ
October 22, 2010 – The Academy of
the Sacred Heart’s Avenue Marketplace,
Christmas in October event was a day full
of festivities, food, music and shopping.
Open to the school community and the
New Orleans public, the marketplace
featured more than 100 vendors selling
unique jewelry, clothing, gifts, holiday
decorations, and more. Over 400 shoppers
enjoyed the opportunity to complete their
Christmas shopping early thanks to local
artists and vendors.
This event also featured a sold out
seated luncheon with food provided by
Clancy’s restaurant. Luncheon guests were
treated to entertainment by a live jazz trio as
they dined on delicious delicacies. A special
thanks to New Orleans Party Rentals,
The Plant Gallery, Clancy’s Restaurant,
Leidenheimer, Bayou Moon, Paul Connick,
Elio’s Wine Warehouse, Mary Beth Rittiner
and Lele Wood for providing sponsorships
and in-kind donations that helped to make
this event a success.
Congratulations and thank you to
the committee that organized this premier
event: Mary Belle Connick, Colleen Barber,
Valerie Bayle, Missy Curran, Breanna
Young, Julie Ann Connick, Charlotte
Hebert, Denise Galloway, Sarah Ott, Beth
Owens, and Wendy Thomas.
Sister Mary Blish grew up in Chicago and
entered the Society of the Sacred Heart
in 1950. She received her English degrees
from Maryville College, Manhattanville
College, and St. Louis University.
Her apostolic work was primarily in
higher education and administration at
Maryville and Manhattanville, and then
Professor of American Literature at the
University of the Sacred Heart in Tokyo
for 19 years. Sister Blish returned to the
United States in 1996 and has been in
New Orleans since August of that year.
She acts as the moderator of the Children
of Mary Sodality at the Rosary and is a
Research Assistant for the Society of the
Sacred Heart. She leads scripture study
groups and has a great interest in current
events and politics. On her appointment
to the Board of Trustees Sister Blish
remarks, “I appreciate the Network of
Sacred Heart Schools very much and am
happy to contribute in any way I can.”
Beth Owens, Sarah Ott, Breanna Young,
Mary Belle Connick, Wendy Thomas, Colleen
Barber, Valerie Bayle and Missy Curran.
Charlotte Hebert, Denise Galloway and
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NEWSMAKERS
National Merit Semi-Finalists
National Merit Scholarship Semi-finalists
are: back row: Chandler Moody, Emily
Tixier and Celeste Cahn. Front row:
Commended Scholar, Katherine Moody
and National Achievement Semi-Finalist,
Donovan Lockett.
American Doll Creator Visits
Sacred Heart
Great enthusiasm and excitement greeted
Pleasant T. Rowland when she visited the
Mater Campus in January. The girls from
Kindergarten through Fourth Primary
asked her questions about the American
Girl books and dolls which Mrs. Rowland
created. She is also the creative force behind
the reading program “Super Kids” that our
students and teachers love. She said that
never before had she seen so many of her
dolls and books beautifully displayed in
a school library. She autographed the foot
of the doll Kit, “To the American girls at
Sacred Heart, Happy Reading! Pleasant T.
Rowland, 2011.”
Sacred Heart A+ Athlete
Academy of the Sacred Heart senior Maddie
LaForge was named a Ronald McDonald/
WWL-TV A+ Athlete. She is pictured with
WWL-TV sports anchor, Jim Henderson.
Maddie is an outstanding volleyball player
leading her Sacred Heart team to State
Championship runner up this year. She is an
honor student at Sacred Heart and is very active
in campus ministry and community outreach.
Senior Maria Willhoit was chosen by her class to portray Mater.
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Madison Ashley was selected as one of two
delegates to represent the State of Louisiana
in the 2011 United States Senate Youth
Program in Washington, D.C. She will
receive a $5,000 college scholarship from
the William Randolph Hearst Foundation
and the all-expenses paid week for delegates
in Washington, D.C. in March 2011.
In January, a group of students visited on
exchange from our Sacred Heart sister school
in Santiago, Chile. Pictured left to right:
Magdalena (Maida) Barros, Magdalena
(Lela) Correa, Pascalle (Pasqui) Thenoux,
Anita Herreros, Trinidad (Trini) Maiz, Dr.
Burns and Fran Portaluppi (chaperone).
Profile on Sacré Coeur in Australia
Bridging
theNetwork
our new exchange partner
(from left to right) Margot Childs - 7th grade ASH, Eloise Bridgers – yr. 7, Kincoppal-Rose
Bay, Allie Clunis-Ross – yr. 11 KRB, Dr. Burns, Maddie Clunis-Ross – yr. 9 KRB,
Courtney Childs - 9th Grade ASH
Their philosophy of personalized learning
in a contemporary educational setting aims to
encourage all students to strive for their
personal best.
Kincoppal-Rose Bay School in Australia is
a member of the International Network of
Sacred Heart Schools and was founded on
a rich heritage of Sacred Heart Education.
In 1882, five religious from the Society
of the Sacred Heart travelled from England
on the SS Orient to establish a school of
the Sacred Heart in Sydney, Australia.
They selected the stunning residence of
Claremont on the Vaucluse peninsula to
begin their task of offering students the
educational vision and spirituality of Saint
Madeleine Sophie Barat, the founder of
their Society.
Throughout its long and rich history,
the school has continued to develop young
women and men of integrity, compassion and
learning. Their philosophy of personalized
learning in a contemporary educational
setting aims to encourage all students to
strive for their personal best. The coeducational junior school and secondary
school for girls, fosters spiritual, social and
intellectual growth.
Kincoppal-Rose Bay has participated in
International Exchanges with other Sacred
Heart schools around the world for over
three decades and now with The Rosary in
New Orleans. The school year in Australia
runs from February to November. You may
learn more about the Network Exchange
Program from Upper School counselor,
Katye Irwin at [email protected]. There
is more on Kincoppal-Rose Bay on the
school’s website at www.krb.nsw.edu.au.
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A New Spirit of Ministry
by Bobby Tonnies, religion teacher and director of campus ministry
It has been said by many students and
faculty in the Upper School this year that
there seems to be a “new spirit” of ministry
floating around “this place.” No, we haven’t
built any new shrines to our school’s patron
saints, and no, we didn’t have any priests
come in and bless the walls of the second
floor with holy water. Put simply, we have
been seeing the result of a number of students whose hearts and minds have been in
full gear to bring “student-led” ministry to
Sacred Heart.
It began in 2009 with the desire of a
number of students for something that
would revitalize ministry. Then, with the
help of many, including Upper School principal Dr. Yvonne Adler and religion department chair Dr. Florence Bourg, 14 seniors
of the class of 2011 elected to take a new
religion course, “Campus Ministry.”
In its first semester, the course successfully worked ministry into the curriculum at
Sacred Heart. Students in the course now envision, plan, and run ministry in the Upper
School. They plan and run four off-campus
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retreats - one for each class throughout the
year. During weekly chapels, they lead the
student body in song and prayer, give sermons and personal accounts of faith, and
even show inspiring examples of God in the
world through new media.
Certain student-led clubs have also
found new life this year. The African Awareness club, led by seniors Janie Lunn and
Izzy Cropp, raised over $5,000 dollars for
schools in Uganda and will sent three Upper
School students to San Diego for Invisible
Children’s national conference. The Pro Life
club, led by senior Maddie LaForge, has
almost tripled in size this year, and its 67
members put on a very successful first ever
“Life Week” in October and sent 15 students
to the March for Life in Washington D.C.
in January.
The spirit is moving with parents as
well. Principal Dr. Yvonne Adler and a group
of 12 Sacred Heart mothers have formed
the Rosary Spirituality Advisory Committee, which has brought First Friday Masses
and Adoration, Sunday evening Masses and
dinners, public speakers and screenings of
religious films, various prayer books for the
entire student body, and many other contributions that have helped to encourage the
spiritual lives of our students.
Yes, a new spirit is moving at Sacred
Heart. Ministry now begins with students,
and it ends with students, but it is being encouraged and felt by everyone in our Sacred
Heart community.
Rosary Collaborates
with Carrollton School
of the Sacred Heart
by Annie Tête
Last fall, Rosary students collaborated
with International Baccalaureate (IB)
Visual Arts students at our sister school
in Miami, Carrollton School of the Sacred
Heart. The Carrollton art students paired
Gyotaku Japanese printmaking, a unique
printing style using a variety of real fish
and marine invertebrates, with research
of the effects of the Macondo oil well
spill affecting the Gulf ecosystem. The
ambitious project aimed to connect social
awareness with art skills and technique.
To accomplish this goal, Carrollton
students interviewed Rosary students
over Skype. The Carrollton students were
touched by the personal experiences of
our students and shocked to learn about
the degradation of the coastal wetlands in
southeast Louisiana.
Reflections on the Skype Interview with The Academy of
the Sacred Heart - Carrollton
“I was struck by the
connection between the
two groups of students. As
our girls spoke about their
experiences, I came to
realize how we
have all
been impacted on an
emotional level by the effects
of the Gulf oil spill.”
Participating students were – Izzy Cropp, Kelly Leftwich, Madison Ashley, Ellie Davis, Amy
Fok, Mae Lobrano, Elizabeth McDougal, Olivia Meisner, Sam Montgomery, Isabelle Schmit,
Emily Tixier
– Annie Tête
Daniela Hernandez
“The most shocking thing was to hear that
BP photoshopped pictures of the oil spill to
make the world think everything was fine,
but in reality, it wasn’t fine.”
Adrienne Castro
“I was surprised to hear that there was so
much pollution in the air from the oil, that
Aretha Franklin was unable to sing when
she came to New Orleans.”
Megan Rickborn
“What I found most shocking is that every
45 minutes they are still losing a football
field size of the wetlands to the oil.”
Ana Zelaya
“It was interesting to hear that one of
the student’s mothers stopped using all
petroleum based products.”
Christine Nunez
“It really surprised me that even though
they are in the city, they could still smell
the oil from the coast.”
Ana Kurzan
“It is sad to hear that their state bird, the
brown pelican, has made its way back to the
endangered species list due to the oil spill.”
Adriana de Armas
“The attitude towards BP is one of anger.
The students felt that the nonprofit
organizations were the ones that were most
efficient in cleaning up the oil and helping
the animals; much more so than BP.”
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SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS 2011
Coach Kara Martin receives the 2010
Swimming State Runner-Up Trophy
Swim Team 2010 State Runner-Up
Top: Bella Barré, Elizabeth Burvant, Emily Gundlach, Clerc Cooper, Victoria Selden,
Gabrielle Broders, Elizabeth Selden, Victoria Jones, Helen Marsh, Coach Kara Martin;
Middle: Bond Bordelon, Megan Jackson, Courtney LaChute, Lucy Simon, Shea Duckworth;
Front: Elizabeth Schmidt, Morgan Jones, Laura Bruce
Margaret Viator makes a “Dig” during the
State Championships
Senior Brooke Buras was selected by the
Louisiana High School Coaches Association
to participate in the 2010 Volleyball
All-Star game.
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Lucy Simon comes up for air at state
Relay Team
Relay SILVER Medalists – Courtney
LaChute, Clerc Cooper, Elizabeth Burvant,
Elizabeth Selden
The Volleyball Team
receives the 2010 State
Runner-Up Trophy.
Pictured left to right
are: Emily Frischhertz,
Margaret Felger, Amy Fok,
Megan LeBlanc; Seniors:
Maddie LaForge, Daniela
Delgado, Brooke Buras,
Caroline Dienes and
Margaret Viator; Lauren
Holmes, Charlotte Delery
and Coach Mike Barnes.
Cross Country Team 5 in a row
Megan Jackson, Maura Eagan, Caroline Bloemer, Megan Terral, Coaches Greg and Jenny Caro, Morgan Lee, Jason Aucoin (athletic trainer),
Britton St. Pierre, Grace Gille, Catherine Belle Paulk, Brittany Perrin, Emily Tixier, Margaux Hoefer, Lindsey Owens
Megan Jackson finishing 10th at the Cross
Country State Championships; two days
later Megan won the individual State
Championship in the 200M Freestyle at
the Swimming State Championships.
Maura Eagan poses with the 2010 Cross
Country State Championship Trophy and her
individual Gold Medal.
Cross Country State Gold Medalist Maura
Eagan (middle) and Bronze Medalist
Caroline Bloemer (right).
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Alumnae News | WINTER 2011
Emily Chopin ’96 and her husband
are enjoying life with their new baby,
Edith Claire, and are staying busy running
their business, the Beehive Hair Studio on
Orange Street in New Orleans.
Megan Auer Micale ’97 and her
husband have recently moved back to New
Orleans after being away for 13 years. She is
currently a Sales Representative for Gambit.
Jena Hartley Casbon ’99 married
last fall in Marshfield, MA and has
recently moved back to New Orleans.
Virginia Bakewell Muller ’00
married Jason Asbury on June 21, 2009.
They are happily living in Lakeland, Florida
where Virginia is an interior designer with
a Tampa based firm, and Jason is a deputy
for Polk County.
The Class of 1978 celebrated their 50th birthdays together with a party which they entitled
"50 and Fabulous" at Mary Fischer Johnson's home. Thirty-one classmates attended out
of a potential 58! Classmates traveled from DC, NC, TX, AL, OH, MA, FL and all over
Louisiana. It was a great evening where they reminisced, gave out awards, shared a class
booklet, hula-hooped and even had one classmate flip flop! Happy 50th!
Bernadette Chiasson ’79 has
moved from Houston, Texas to Atlanta,
Georgia and is the owner/scientist for
Innovative Environmental Consulting, an
environmental consulting company working
on contract basis with small businesses.
Gillian Crane ’84 is a photographer
in Laguna Beach, California. She spends
her time taking beautiful, professional
photographs of families, weddings and
events. She also enjoys her time as a mom
to her three children, a 4-year-old boy and
twin girls who are almost two years old.
Gretchen Steen ’91 and John
Colyandro became engaged during the
2010 Reunion Weekend Soireé.
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Claire Babineaux Medo ’94 wishes
everyone at the Academy of the Sacred
Heart a happy and healthy 2011. She asks
that everyone consider donating blood
on a more frequent basis as a New Year's
resolution. Her son Otto just turned one
year old and daughter Marcelle is three
years old. “It's snowed more than a few
times this winter in Birmingham. It seems
as though building snowmen is our newfound hobby. We are getting pretty good at
it—practice makes perfect.”
Meg Manthey ’01 visited Mother
Wleh’s Orphanage during her recent
trip to Monrovia, Liberia. She is the
Communications Manager for PAE, Inc.
(Pacific Architects and Engineers), a division
of Lockheed Martin. PAE provides logistics
and support services to United States
government agencies and international
aid organizations. PAE has had a presence
in Liberia for over 13 years. Meg lives in
Washington, D. C.
Courtney Stumm ’01 is the Young
Alumnae Representative for The Rosary
Alumnae Board. She is currently working
on a Young Alumnae Kickball Tournament
scheduled for April 16th. The tournament
is open to all alums in the classes of 19952007. If you are interested in helping plan
this new Young Alum event, please contact
Courtney Stumm.
Upcoming
Alumnae Events
Congé
Sunday, April 10
Alumnae Baby Party
April 15, 2011
Fun Run
Saturday, May 21
Feast of the Sacred Heart
morning mass
July 1, 2011
Dedication of the new Arts
and Athletics Complex
October 20, 2011
Hartley Casbon ’04 is an Associate Producer for Nick News with Linda Ellerbee and Lucky
Duck Productions. She recently won an Emmy Award for the show. The official title of
the winning episode was "The Face of Courage: Kids Living with Cancer" and it won the
Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Children's Non-fiction Program during the Creative
Primetime Emmy Awards in August 2010. The show originally aired on January 24, 2010,
and Hartley was and continues to be the Associate Producer.
Top: Joan Cahill (Hartley’s cousin), Meghan Donelon, Allison Leblanc, Hartley, Ali Spencer,
Jennifer Robichaux, Barkley Rafferty and Laura Baños
Bottom: Eliza Trice (friend), Margaret Tufton, Courtney Williams, Julie Dyer and Cerise Potts
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Lucy Boyd ’07 will be joining the
Teach for America Corps in Newark, NJ
next year after graduating from UVA in
May. She will teach high school English
and knows that her ASH education will
help her succeed in this role.
Liz Crouch ’07 plays
volleyball at Auburn
University
(senior)
and
earned
her
second Southeastern
Conference Defensive
Player of the Week
honor of the season.
The award is Crouch's
third of her career. "My goal is to go out
there for the team and get the job done,"
Crouch said. "I'm honored to be recognized,
but have to give the credit to my team. We
are all working together to achieve our goals
and I'm happy to be a part of that."
Young alumnae returned in January to speak to the seniors. Pictured from left to right
are: Emery Finegan ’10, Molly Phayer ’10, Caroline Crumley ’10, Caroline Bologna
’10, Clesi Bennett ’09, Corinne Plough ’10, Ellie Quinn ’10, Georgianna May ’10.
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Alumnae weekend 2010
2010 Alumnae Awar
d Recipients, André
Villeré and Cathy Bo
Kinabrew ’66
uzon
Religious of the Sacred Heart – Sr. Mar
y
Blish, RSCJ, Sr. Mary Louise Wolfingt
on,
RSCJ, Sr. Carol Burk, RSCJ, Sr. Jane
McKinlay, RSCJ, Sr. Anne Sturges, RSC
J
and Sr. Lorraine Landry, RSCJ
Members of the Class of 1995 enjoy their class party Saturday night
Cla
Members of the
The Class of 1960 at the 50-year luncheon
ss of 1945
Members of the Class of 195
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The class of 1965 gathers for
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cocktails during the Court
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yard Soireé
ere
Many families gath
mass on Sunday
d for coffee and donu
ts following
The Class of 1990 enjoys the Cou
rtyard Soireé
Sr. Lorraine Land
ry
, RSCJ leads the gr
oup in a second lin
e during lunch
The Class of 2005 celebrates their 5th reunion
Members of the Class
for the Legacy Luncheon Upper School Students Volunteer
ausen, T. Smith,
Elizabeth Lopez, Lizzie Ellingh
Barre, Nicole Carbon
la
Bel
b,
Janie Lunn, Nicole Rue
of 1985 enjoy their
25th reunion
Rosary Sacred Heart Alumnae Association Board
SAVE
The Gumbo Trio performed for
the Legacy Luncheon
THE DATE:
reunion weekend
OCTOBER 20-23, 2011
The class of 1980 celebrates
30 years
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With This Ring
Valerie Hopkins Bayle ’85
To: Allen LeRoy Finch
Ann E. Crasson ’95
To: Jason D. Buneo
Kristin Elizabeth Hasseltine ’95
To: Jospeh Peter Klapatch
Jeanne Persac ’96
To: Michael Casey
Ashley Elizabeth Shreves, MD ’96
To: David Hopkins Newman, MD
Ann Leslie Chance ’97
To: Chalin Perez
Houser-Houser Wedding
Photo by Glade Bilby
Connie Lenear Green ’97
To: Corey Marshall Hall, MD
Hardie-Montgomery Wedding
Taylor Legendre Houser ’97
To: Jackson Ross Houser
Mary Erin Larmann ’98
To: Claude Favrot Reynaud, III
Marianne Jeanne Mullin ’98
To: Timothy Daniel Ballisty
Elaine de la Houssaye Hardie ’99
To: James Spencer Montgomery
Danielle Monica Long ’01
To: Bradley James King
Long-King Wedding
Meg Manthey, Christy Rowley, Lisa Long, Danielle Long- King,
Caroline Jones, Emily Adler, Julie Wilson
Breland Deano ’02
To: Scott Lehman Sternberg
Larmann-Reynaud Wedding
Callie Amanda Strickland ’03
To: Richard Ferand Folse
Sarah Elizabeth Bagot ’04
To: Kristopher Michael Gould
Green-Hall Wedding
Hasseltine-Klapatch Wedding
Shreves-Newman Wedding
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Photo by Artisan Style Photojournalism
F
bless these babies
N
Mignonne Mary Hammel ’90 (A)
3rd child, 3rd girl (Charlotte Johanna)
Zizi Ryan Yockey ’96 (K)
2nd child, 1st boy (Ryan Shriver)
GiGi Haydel Graffagnini '91 (B)
3rd child, 3rd girl (Maelan Elizabeth)
Julie Ramelli Kollenborn ’97 (L)
1st child, 1st boy (Clayton)
Katie Peyton Mason '91 (C)
2nd child, 2nd daughter (Adeline Kate)
Nicole Bruno O’Blanc ’97 (M)
1st child, 1st girl (Josie Claire)
Keegan Chopin David ’92 (D)
2nd child, 2nd boy (Charles Theodore)
(pictured at left)
Lindsey Graugnard Schafer ’98 (N)
2nd child, 2nd boy (George Hayne)
Susan Hamilton Hanlon ’93 (E)
1st child, 1st girl (Annabelle Pennington)
Emily Del Corral Highsmith ’94 (F)
1st child, 1st boy (John “Jack” Murdock)
A
Olivia Eustis Guider ’99 (O)
2nd child, 1st boy (Thompson Shaw)
Kate Spangenberg ’00 (P)
1st child, 1st girl (Emma Spangenberg Lynn)
Missy Ratté Pidot ’94 (G)
1st child, 1st boy (Charles Philip)
Alex Baker Hude ’01 (Q)
twin Boys, 1st and 2nd children
(William Thomas and James Robert)
Julie Couret Willoz ’95 (H)
1st child, 1st girl (Emma Mae)
Marie Larue Robertson ’01 (R)
1st child, 1st boy (Roger “Cage” deVesine)
Adrienne Roth Salvaggio ’95 (I)
2nd child, 1st girl (Sophia Clare)
Emily Davis White ’01 (S)
1st child, 1st boy (Jackson Davis)
Kelly Perez Dabezies ’96 (J)
2nd child, 2nd boy (Collins Perez)
Elizabeth Ogden Janke ’02 (T)
1st child, 1st boy (Henry Ogden)
M
Q
K
L
S
Emily Chopin Naquin ’96 (D)
1st child, 1st girl (Edith Claire)
(pictured at right)
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Gayle Batt - mother-in-law of Andrée Wood Batt ’81,
grandmother of Bailey Batt ’15, Kelly Batt ’17
George Alvin Bertsch - husband of Ann Marie Oertling
Bertsch ’58
William Francis Bloemer - father of Catherine Bloemer ’13,
Caroline Bloemer ’14
George Robert Boasberg - father of Julie Boasberg Saussy
’86, Amy Boasberg Ruggles ’97, grandfather of Katharine
Saussy ’09, Elizabeth Saussy ’11, Sarah Saussy ’11
Mary Ellis “Sis” Tack Carrère - mother of Mary Ellis
Carrère Hasseltine ’60, Sallie Carrère Miller ’71, Lisa Carrère
’77, grandmother of Kristen Hasseltine Klapatch ’95
Anne Carrière - mother of Anne “Kit” Carrière Stumm ’72,
grandmother of Courtney Stumm ’01, Celie Stumm ’04,
Sibyl Stumm ’06
Anita Louise Crozat Cassilly ’41
Joffre J. Crouère - grandfather of Ashley Denechaud Capra
’88, Julie Denechaud Gahagan ’92, Katherine Lagarde
Bernard ’00
John “Jack” Dane, Jr. - husband of Dorothy Roy Dane ’39,
father of Dale Dane DeSonier ’67, Debra Dane Norton ’71,
Dorothy Dane Shepherd ’72, grandfather of Regan Norton
’03, sister-in- law of Peggy Roy Place ’35, Betty Roy Trefy
’38, Faye Roy Bryan ’44, Joel Roy Barnett ’45, uncle of
Patricia Resor Berthelot ’66, Peggy Resor Frederick-Place ’62
Audrey Reineke DeBuys ’53
Arnold Kirchhoff - father of Muriel Kirchhoff Duggins ’85
Maurice Leonard Lagarde, Jr. - grandfather of Erin Lagarde
Spooner ’99, Emily Lagarde ’09
Michael Joseph Larose - brother of Lydia Anne Larose Rives ’53
Shelby Ryan Leonhard ’15 - sister of Barrett Leonhard ’17
V. Price LeBlanc - father-in-law of Elizabeth Diaz LeBlanc
’91, grandfather of Emily LeBlanc ’21
Samuel Logan - father-in-law of June Bertucci Logan ’69,
grandfather of Ginger Logan Smith ’00, Ellen Logan ’05
Althea Schulze Martin ’46 ♥ - grandmother of Ann Grace
Martin’10, Lillie Martin ’13
Pilar Blasco Martinez - grandmother of Celina Morrison ’17
Nancy Shaw Michel - mother of Helen Michel ’62,
grandmother of Caroline Wilcox Smith ’89,
Michel Smith ’87
Norman Alexander Nicolson - grandfather of Ann Grace
Martin’ 10, Lillie Martin ’13
Donald Jospeh Oertling - brother of Ann Marie Oertling
Bertsch ’58
Diana Hayden Ogden - mother of Elizabeth Ogden Janke ’02
Lauren Tyler Read ’98 - sister of Helen Read Smith ’88,
niece of Susan Read Johnson ’64, Carolyn Read Villeré ’66,
aunt of Julia Smith ’19
Charles J. Derbes, Jr. - retired Board of Trustee member
1972-1974, father of Jean Derbes Ratté ’70, Denise L.
Derbes ’73, Janice Derbes deVerges ’76, grandfather of
Megan Derbes McCarthy ’92, Kathryn Ratté ’92, Emily
Ratté Pidot ’94, Courtney deVerges ’08
Donna Gayle Hurt Reese - mother of Ashley Reese ’97
Sarah Elizabeth Bell Emerson ’94 - sister of Erin
Bell Luetkemeier ’90, Mary Colleen Bell ’00, Jeannine
Bell ’02, aunt of Mary Kate Luetkemeier ’19, Cali Jane
Luetkemeier ’23
Maureen Toomey Lange Roberts - mother of Malise Lange
Kearney ’92, grandmother of Lanier L. Kearney ’24
Lawrence D. Garvey - grandfather of Alana Garvey ’15,
Elise Garvey ’18, Lyla Garvey ’20
Raymond Gelé - father-in-law of Monica Sanusi Gelé*,
grandfather of Julia Gelé ’21, Emma Gelé ’24
Euxenia Jane Rathe Gregory ’37 - sister of Barbara Rathe
’41 , Norma Rathe Steele ’44, mother of Anne Gregory
Gonsoulin ’61, Kathleen Gregory Newcomb ’63, Mary Lee
Gregory Levis ’65 and Margaret Carol Gregory ’71, aunt
of Kathy Batt Youngberg ’75, Rebecca Batt Thomas ’76,
Eileen Batt Farris ’77, grandmother of Elizabeth Gonsoulin
Brennan ’85, Jane Gonsoulin Miller ’89
Donald Hammett - brother of Barbara Hammett Bagley ’46,
grandfather of Mary Ann Yopp ’08
Katherine Arbour Hannaman - grandmother of Suzanne
Burns Childs ’86, Katherine Endom Davis ’91, Emelié Burns
Rountree ’92, great grandmother of Courtney Childs ’14,
Margot Childs ’16
Margaret Farr Hicks - grandmother of Mary Margaret
Wogan '05
Dorothy Grundmann Janssen '28 - grandmother of Beth
LeBlanc Fournier-Foch’81, Ashley LeBlanc ’85
Moonyeen Marion Johnston ’39 - mother of Lynne
Johnston Howard ’67, Diane Johnston ’70, grandmother of
Leslie Howard Wubbenhorst ’93, Kelley Howard Gill ’94
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Peggy Deeves Regan ’77
Adele Marie Rivet ’36 – sister of Mary-Anna Rivet Miranne ’36
Camille Graugnard Roussel ’31 - mother of Mary Lise
Roussel Poirrier ♥♥, aunt of Mary Margaret Graugnard
Odom ’66, great aunt of Lindsey Graugnard Schafer ’98
Elise Rubin - mother of Leslie Graf *
Ellen Schroeer – sister of Kathy Schroeer Burns ’66 ♥♥,
sister-in-law of Timothy M. Burns, Ph.D.*
Bernadette Kennedy Smith - mother of Bonnie Smith
Talbot’56, Gerrie Smith Gough ’58, grandmother of
Beth Talbot Dienes ’79, Lisa Talbot Fletcher ’89, great
grandmother of Elizabeth Dienes ’06, Caroline Dienes ’11,
Reilly Talbot’15
Gabrielle Huber Sisbarro ’84
James L. Stulb - grandfather of Taylor Stulb ’10
Leon Firmin Touzet - grandfather of Nicole Touzet Joyner ’89
Harry S. H. Verlander, Jr. – father-in-law of Margaret
Bohlke Verlander ’72, Deborah Mannina Verlander ’82,
grandfather of Katherine Verlander ’16
Beverly Villars White ’44
♥ - Exited Alum
♥♥ - Associate Alum
† - Deceased
* - Faculty/Staff of ASH
Shelby Ryan Leonhard, Middle School 8th
grade student, lost her brief battle with nonHodgkin’s lymphoma February 15, 2011.
Her need for A negative blood led to a citywide plea for donors that united the Rosary
community as well as the city of New
Orleans. Her death continues to unite us.
Beloved daughter, beloved sister,
beloved student, beloved classmate; Shelby
was and will continue to be all these things
and more to her own family and to us, her
Sacred Heart family.
Shelby loved the Beatles, good food,
cooking for others, her family, her friends,
and her life. She dreamed of doing good
things for the world. When asked what
made her happy, she answered that
sometimes she felt that she was too often
happy over material things, but that she
knew she would find true happiness only
in God. We cherish her legacy of hope
for the future and joy in the present. Her
short stay was a good one for her and for all
whose lives she touched. Her classmates are
honoring her legacy by being, as Dr. Burns
noted, Shelbys to one another.
While she was here, Shelby was a
trusted friend and a genuinely happy
person who generously spread good will
and cheer throughout her class. Her friends
could count on her smile and her help with
just about anything. When asked about
her idea of paradise, she wrote that her
image of paradise was having a good time
with her friends in a beautiful place, like
Greece. Shelby did not make it to Greece,
but we know that she made it to a beautiful
place. May she rest there in peace, and may
all who knew and loved her find their own
peace in the knowledge that in doing good
things in the world and in reaching that
beautiful place, Shelby did indeed achieve
some of her dreams.
Marion Ramsey – Middle School Teacher
D on ’ t m is s a n e l eg a n t e v e n i ng w i t h
Ch e f Joh n Be sh
be sh r e s tau r a n t grou p
Aug ust, Besh Stea k, L a Provence a nd Lü ke
H e a dm a s t e r’s Di n n e r
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(Grandfather of Catherine Bloemer, Class of 2013
and Caroline Bloemer, Class of 2014)
Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Adams, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Byron A. Adams, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Barber III
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Barreca
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory C. Bensel
Dr. and Mrs. Barry G. Blank
Ms. Dionne Bloemer
Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. Bohn
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy P. Bonura
Ms. Carole B. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Brown
Dr. and Mrs. Timothy M. Burns
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Cahn
Mr. and Mrs. Allen A. Canzoneri
Dr. Staci O. Olister-Champlin
and Dr. Stephen A. Champlin
Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Charbonnet
Mr. and Mrs. Corey D. Chimento
Drs. Leslie and George Chimento
Mr. and Mrs. Dane S. Ciolino
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin T. Connick
Drs. Tracy and William Curran
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Daigle
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Davidson
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence R. DeMarcay III
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart E. DesRoches
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander J. Ellsworth
Mr. and Mrs. H. Mortimer Favrot, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack D. Fleming, Jr.
Mr. Thomas Andrew Flower
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Frischhertz
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Gaines
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Gallagher
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Galloway
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn A. Garaudy
Mr. and Mrs. James Garner
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton C. Geary
Mr. and Mrs. Ryan P. Gootee
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Grady
Mr. and Mrs. Kyle F. Graffagnini
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Guarisco
Dr. and Mrs. Gregory P. Guerra
Mr. and Mrs. Shane Guidry
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Haddad, Jr.
Dr. Valerie Hemphill and Dr. Philip C. Hemphill
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Hines
Mr. and Mrs. Karl E. Hoefer
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Hotard
Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Howard
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Hughs III
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Hunter
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Hurd
Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Jenkins
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold F. Kaulakis
Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Kavanaugh
Mr. and Mrs. Mark F. Keiser
Mr. and Mrs. Elie V. Khoury
Mr. and Mrs. Tony L. King
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Kingsmill III
Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Kleehammer
Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Laborde
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice L. Lagarde III
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. P. Laibe
Mr. and Mrs. Mickey P. Landry
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Lauscha
Mr. and Mrs. Paul N. Lawless
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton D. LeBlanc
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn J. LeBlanc
Mrs. V. Price LeBlanc, Sr.
Judge Joy Lobrano and Mr. Francis Lobrano
Mr. and Mrs. James M. MacPhaille
Mr. and Mrs. Cooper Manning
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mannino II
Miss Katherine Manthey
Mr. and Mrs. Octavio Mantilla
Mr. Frank Maselli
Mrs. Mary Matalin and Mr. James Carville
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip May
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. McCormack
Dr. Robin McGoey and Mr. Patrick S. McGoey
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. McIntyre
Mr. and Mrs. Evans M. McLeod
Mr. and Mrs. Ryan C. Medo
Mr. and Mrs. Kirk J. Milano
Dr. Cristina Milburn and Dr. James Milburn
Dr. and Mrs. Chad W. Millet
Mrs. Robert E. Nims
Mr. and Mrs. George H. Nusloch III
Mr. and Mrs. Jack W. Owens
Mr. and Mrs. John W. R. Payne
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey H. Pitt
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Rapier
Mr. and Mrs. M. Davis Ready
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Reiss III
Mr. and Mrs. Clinton J. Romig III
Dr. Stephanie Sarrat and Mr. Henry J. Crocker
Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Silvia, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence J. Sisung III
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Sisung
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald F. Slattery, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Salvadore V. Spalitta
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory T. Talbot
Mr. and Mrs. M. Merritt Talbot
Mr. Brandt Temple
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Terral
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Tixier
Mr. and Mrs. Numa J. Triche
Mr. and Mrs. Greg S. Unger
Dr. and Mrs. Richard C. Vanderbrook, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Stafford J. Viator
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Benton Vickery III
Dr. Alexis M. Waguespack
and Mr. Gregory J. Waguespack
Dr. and Mrs. Rudolph F. Weichert III
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Wilson
Dr. and Mrs. Michael J. Yarborough
Dr. Sarah Yockey and Mr. James Yockey
Mr. and Mrs. Jay F. Zimmer
Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Zimmermann
as of February 16, 2011
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Timothy M. Burns, Ph.D.
Lauren R. Lagarde
Maureen Little, RSCJ
Frank M. Maselli
Mary Matalin
Evans M. McLeod
Chad W. Millet, M.D.
Lucie Nordmann, RSCJ
Michael Q. Walshe, Jr.
Jay Frank Zimmer
Catherine Bisso Howard ’70, Past Chair
Editor/Director of PR and Publications
Elizabeth G. Manthey
Design
Tom Varisco Designs
Writers
Bert Deffes
Wendy Delery Hills ’71
Lauren LeBlanc ’96
Melody Lee
Debra Lombard ’83
Liz Manthey
Sarah Manthey ’06
Marion Ramsey
Annie Tête
Bobby Tonnies
Sarah Weiner ’05
Board of Trustees
Stafford J. Viator, Chair
Marguerite Kern Kingsmill ’74, Vice-Chair
Gerald F. Slattery, Treasurer
Salvadore V. Spalitta, Secretary
Byron A. Adams, Jr.
Mary Blish, RSCJ
Scott M. Bohn
Kathleen Gibbons Favrot ’53
William R. Galloway
Paul B. Kavanaugh
Elizabeth Becker Laborde ’88
Timothy M. Burns, Ph.D., Ex-Officio
Lillian Conaghan, RSCJ, Honorary
Jeri L. Nims, Honorary
Director of Admission
Christy Sevante
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Taylor H. Houser ’97
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Monica S. Gelé
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Special Events
Elaine D. Montgomery ’99
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Robyn Schmidt
Alumnae Association President
Lynne Charbonnet Gibbons ’89
Fathers’ Club President
Greg Neve
Mothers’ Club Co-Presidents
Lori Frischhertz and Johanna Raymond