Connections Spring/Summer 2009

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C O N T E N TS
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Walking with a Forgotten
People — Sister Jo Ann Geary, CSJ travels
to war-torn Gulu, Uganda to respond to an
emerging cardiovascular/diabetic health crisis
and is shown the healing power of forgiveness
by the people she serves.
A Place in Our Hearts — For nearly
50 years, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet have served the dear neighbor in Peru.
Although the ministry has taken different
forms over the years, their caring commitment
to the Peruvian people endures.
2009 Jubilarians.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Around the Province .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Development News.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Tributes.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Spring/Summer 2009
Connections is published twice a year by the Sisters
of St. Joseph of Carondelet, St. Louis Province. Please
send address changes and requests for additional
copies to Editor, Connections, at the address below or
to [email protected].
Province Leadership
Sister Elizabeth Brown, CSJ
Sister Patricia Clune, CSJ
Sister Nancy Corcoran, CSJ
Sister Helen Flemington, CSJ
Sister Patricia Ann Giljum, CSJ
Sister Jean Meier, CSJ
Sister Suzanne Wesley, CSJ
Editor
Jenny Beatrice
Contributor
Development Office
Proofreaders
Sister Jane Behlmann, CSJ
Sister Audrey Olson, CSJ
Sister Charline Sullivan, CSJ
Contributing Writers
Jeanne Barnes
Design
Barnes & Liston Creative
Photography
Steve Frazier (Jubilee, Leadership photos)
Father Tom Hereford (Gulu photos)
Sister Sarah Heger (Peru photos)
Sisters Suzanne Giblin, Janet Mary Feager, Roseanne Cook and Elizabeth Leiwe
were four of sixteen sisters who celebrated their golden jubilees on March 21 in
Holy Family Chapel at the province motherhouse in St. Louis. See all the 2009
jubilarians on pages 12-13.
Cover photo: Acholi youth of Uganda
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
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From the Province Leadership
Dear Friends,
The Community of Saint Joseph of
Carondelet is always striving to deepen our
global consciousness and enrich our appreciation of the multi-cultural reality that
we all live in today. It is amazing what we can
learn from each other and the depth of new
understanding that can come from a diversity
of relationships and experiences.
We continually share how our lives are
richer with every new relationship with our
dear neighbor. Opening our minds and hearts
to the “other” enriches us beyond our highest
expectations. In ministry, we often discover
that we are receiving more than we are giving.
When we believe that we have the answers
Top: Sisters Jean Meier, Suzanne Wesley, Helen Flemington and Nancy Corcoran.
and the resources, we discover other’s gifts are
Seated: Sisters Patty Clune, Elizabeth Brown and Pat Giljum.
even more important. We have so much to
learn from each other.
May we always be aware of all the beauty God offers us.
If we are open, the experience of the richness of God’s
May we meet each new person as someone God deeply loves.
creation is available to us. It is like a kaleidoscope where you
May we make our world large and all encompassing so we
see so many new shapes, colors and dimensions, if you just
don’t miss any of the wonders that are there.
take the time to look—really look.
The U.S. Sisters of Saint Joseph Justice Ministers
experienced the kaleidoscope when they gathered for the
Annual Meeting in Brentwood, N.Y. in October. They were
joined by CSJ’s from Mexico, Senegal, India, and Brazil. They
chose a common focus on the third United Nations Millennium Development Goal of promoting gender equality and
empowering women.
Our community walks together in mission and is
energized in a common purpose. In our province, we do this
in Chile, Hawaii, Japan, Peru, Uganda and the United States.
We seek to be in deep communion with each other and with
our dear neighbors and to act with justice. It is a rich and
rewarding path that we are on in this world. There is much
work to be done and you are invited to walk this path with us.
Province Leadership,
Elizabeth Brown, CSJ
Patty Clune, CSJ
Nancy Corcoran, CSJ
Helen Flemington, CSJ
Pat Giljum, CSJ
Jean Meier, CSJ
Suzanne Wesley, CSJ
Connections • Spring/Summer 2009
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Walking with a
Forgotten
People
by Jenny Beatrice
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S
ister Jo Ann takes the paper book from her patient’s hands — it’s so old
and fragile it practically crumbles to the touch. But she is fortunate to have
this medical record, as incomplete as it may be. Sometimes she just makes
a chart out of scrap paper.
Ants march in over the
As a nurse practitioner,
Sister Jo Ann Geary, CSJ
windowsill that she leans on
is accustomed to treating
to make notes. Outside, by the
diabetes and cardiovascular
shade of the mango tree, she sees
disease. Although she is in
the long line of people waiting to
Gulu, Uganda, more than
see her. Many are weary from
8000 miles away from her
walking hours in the hot sun.
St. Louis home, it is her
She thinks about how Americans
colleagues and patients who
feel if they wait in a doctor’s office
have found themselves in
for just 10 to 15 minutes while
unfamiliar territory.
these patients have never uttered
Twenty years ago these
a whimper of complaint.
diseases were seldom seen in
Dr. Alice always says to
this African region, but today,
her, “Jo-waan, your clinics are
they are increasing in number.
Sister Jo Ann Geary treats a patient at a clinic in war-torn Gulu, Uganda
too big!” but as one of the only
This emerging health crisis is
where cardiovascular disease and diabetes run rampant as a result of
area clinicians who conducts a
displacement camp life.
the result of a 20+ year civil
full physical exam, word of mouth
war—just one of the many consequences that have devastated
travels. Sister Jo Ann says that’s the way she’s always practiced
the Acholi, the forgotten people of northern Uganda.
and she wouldn’t dream of doing it any other way.
Geary runs a cardiovascular/diabetes clinic on the
In this room with two chairs, Sister Jo Ann crowds in with
campus of Gulu Hospital. Her medical ministry is part of the
her patient and the interpreter. The conditions have pushed her
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet’s Project Uganda Team
to rethink her concept of personal space. She checks her patient’s
that was invited to participate in the healing and restoration
blood sugar, even though the woman doesn’t have the 1500
of this war-torn region by the Archbishop of Gulu, John
shillings to pay for the test and the clinic’s supply of test strips is
Baptist Odama.
dwindling.
Geary has been serving there since the project began in
She tells the patient she needs to lose weight in order to
June 2008, along with two other St. Louis Province sisters,
control her diabetes and high blood pressure. “Doctor Sister, are
Sister Pat Murphy, who teaches math to young women and
you trying to kill me?” the woman asks. Sister Jo Ann laughs,
Sister Marion Weinzapfel, who trains catechists in leadership
knowing that when her patients have the proper medications and development.
“I don’t think it’s really been that much of a departure
information, they are good about following her instructions.
from my journey in healthcare,” says Geary, who has dedicated
Still, it seems it is never enough.
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Top: The scene at this ATM machine is typical in Gulu where people wait in long lines for services, such as the clinic. “The lines are so long
it’s mind-blowing,” says Geary. Above left: An Acholi mother and child. Above right: “Sister Doctor” Geary sees patients at the clinic five
days a week. Her reputation as a caring and competent caregiver has spread quickly.
her more than 40 years in healthcare for the homeless, the
working poor, the migrant farm workers, the mountain poor
in Appalachia and other marginalized people in America.
“Yes, [Uganda] is a different place, a different country,
but in a sense, I’ve always thought of myself as kind of a
missionary,” she says.
Yet the deplorable living conditions and extreme brutality
inflicted upon the Acholi are certainly some of the worst
Geary has ever witnessed. “I see where we are as a forgotten
area,” she says. Since the civil war between the Ugandan
government’s National Republican Army (NRA) and the
terrorist organization, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA)
began around 1987, nearly 2,000,000 Acholi have become
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
The formerly agrarian people have been forced out of
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their villages by the government to live in displacement camps
intended to protect them from the inhumane violations of the
LRA. Instead, the losses have far outweighed the benefits.
The government offers little assistance. The Acholi were left
on their own to build huts in overcrowded conditions. “We’re
talking 30,000 people in one camp,” Geary says.
The government does, however, provide them with high
carbohydrate-low nutrient foods. The consequences of the loss
of their land and their lifestyle over these past decades has bred
increased poverty, malnutrition, alcoholism, HIV/AIDS,
post traumatic stress syndrome and now, cardiovascular
disease and diabetes.
Ten years ago Acholi physican, Dr. Lamwaka Alice
Veronica, began to notice the emergence of non-communicable
diseases. “It’s not something we are trained on here in our
An entire generation of children has been raised in the camps,
with no experience of village life and no understanding of
the importance of the land for livelihood.
medical school,” she says. In response, “Dr. Alice” opened up
a specialty clinic that initially served about 20 patients. Today,
with Geary’s help, the clinic sees more than 2000 patients.
“Ten years down the road, they are all getting complications,” Dr. Alice says. “They’ve got hypertension, renal failure,
visual impairment…and I’m not able to care for this number
by myself. Sister Jo
Ann has been very
instrumental in
setting up the clinic
where the people can
now have access to
quality health care
Monday through
Friday.”
Geary’s reputation as a caring and
competent caregiver
has spread and the
clinic has gained
credibility and
popularity in a very
short time. “The lines
are so long, its mindblowing,” says Geary. Yet the patients are thankful to wait to
see the “Sister Doctor.” “God sent her to us in times when we
really were suffering,” says one patient. “Now she is the light, a
torch bearer in our lives.”
One of the greatest challenges for Geary is adapting to
the Ugandan healthcare system, with its minimal accessibility
and availability of treatment. “They’re doing the best they can
under the circumstances,” Geary says.
“Diabetes is so new even the people in the hospital are
afraid of it,” she says. One day, she admitted a young woman
with a sugar level over 500 straight to the hospital. When she
went to check on her the next day, she discovered the staff
had never administered the prescribed insulin nor had they
checked her blood sugar. “This could have caused this delightful 30-year-old woman to go into a diabetic coma and die.”
One of the most overwhelming elements of the Acholi’s
situation is meeting the monumental needs of their children,
who are burdened with the physical and emotional effects
of camp life, disease and, even worse, the scars of being
kidnapped by the LRA to serve as soldiers or sex slaves.
An entire generation of children has been raised in the
camps, with no experience of village life and no understanding
of the importance of the land for livelihood. “They have not
had the opportunity to sit around the fire at night and hear
the stories of their roots and tradition,” Geary says.
A recent study found that one in three Acholi children
is affected by
post traumatic
stress disorder, a
statistic that can be
directly attributed
to a man named
Joseph Kony, the
leader of the LRA.
In 1987 Kony,
who proclaims
himself a prophet,
began the armed
rebellion against
the government.
Ironically, although
Kony claims to be
freedom fighting
for the Acholi, they
have become his greatest victims, in particular, the children.
(See sidebar page 6)
The LRA has abducted more than 30,000 children, as
young as eight years old, to serve as soldiers and sex slaves.
Children are brainwashed and broken down, often by being
forced to murder each other or a family member to survive.
Debriefing and counseling services are available, but it’s not
enough to facilitate comprehensive therapy and healing. “It’s
a big burden. We can’t manage it,” says Dr. Alice.
Amidst all the disease and devastation, the joyful spirit of
the Acholi radiates through. “There is always some underpinning of fear but when you think of what these people have
gone through—the child soldiers, the child mothers, the loss
of so many...it’s astounding to me that they are filled with
faith and joy and forgiveness,” says Geary.
Geary witnessed the power of their forgiveness when she
accompanied Archbishop Odama to a community healing
and welcoming ritual for seven young men and one young
lady who were returning home because they escaped or were
released. The large crowd included family, tribe and clan, as
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The LRA has abducted more than 30,000 children, as young
as eight years old, to serve as soldiers and sex slaves. Children
are brainwashed and broken down, often by being forced to
murder each other or a family member to survive.
A History of Oppression
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In 1986 Museveni ultimately organized his own party
rom the time that
and government and has been in power ever since, with
Uganda was coloneither of the goals accomplished. He, too, saw the Acholi as
nized by the British in
his opposition and ordered the NRA to destroy them.
the 1890s, the dark
The inhuman brutality experienced by the Acholi thus far
skinned, broad featured Acholi people of the north were
was unimaginable but the greatest travesty was yet to come in
marked to serve as the laborers and soldiers while the
a man named Joseph Kony and his terrorist organization, the
light skinned, sharp featured Baganda/Bantu people of the
Lord’s Resistance Army. In 1987 Kony, who proclaims himself
south were granted political, economic, educational and social
a prophet, began an armed rebellion against the governbenefits. To this day, the Acholi have been enlisted as a major
ment which has become Africa’s
military force in many conflicts
Located in central Africa, Uganda’s population is
longest running conflict. Ironiand have been abused as a
12,630,076.
Kampala
serves
as
its
capital
city.
cally, although Kony claims to be
result of this involvement.
freedom fighting for the Acholi,
Since Uganda became
they are his greatest victims.
independent in 1961, the
Kony is notorious for his
Acholi people have continued
extreme inhumanity and abuse
to be victims of the governof children for his cause. The
ment’s instability. They were parLRA has abducted more than
ticularly persecuted in the 1970s
30,000 children, as young as
by Idi Amin Dadid, who blamed
eight years old, to serve as
the Acholi for being a large
soldiers and sex slaves. Children
part of his opposition’s forces.
are brainwashed and broken
Amin’s reign of terror inflicted
down, often by being forced to
great economic decline, social
murder each other or a family
breakdown and human rights
member to survive.
violations upon the people and it
In 1996 the government,
has been estimated that 100,000
unable to defeat the LRA, forceUgandans were murdered during
fully evacuated the Acholi from
this time.
their villages and moved them
After Amin’s removal,
to camps, theoretically for their
Northern Uganda continued to
safety. suffer civil unrest and the human
Today, nearly 2,000,000
rights violations continued. In
Acholi have become IDPs (internally displaced persons) and
the early 1980s the National Resistance Army (NRA), led by
still reside in these camps, fearful of the brutality of both the
Yoweri Museveni, emerged in an effort to force the governLRA and the government that is supposed to protect them.
ment to improve human rights and conduct free and fair
elections.
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“As Sisters of St. Joseph we choose to act for justice
and to walk with suffering people especially in times
of conflict. And that is what we are doing!”
CSJ “Team Uganda” members Sisters Marion Weinzapfel, Jo Ann Geary
and Pat Murphy, seen here with Fr. Santo Ojock, a pastor in Amuru, and
Olanya George. The team has been serving in Gulu since June 2008.
Weinzapfel greets people after Sunday Mass in Amaru. The sisters are
building strong relationships with the Acholi people and are enriched by
their faithful and forgiving spirits.
well as friends and neighbors.
She was overwhelmed by their willingness to participate
in the process and their capacity to understand and forgive. “After that service, these young adults have to sit with
their families and tell them what happened in the bush; what
they did, what was done to them and if they were involved in
a killing. And they have to say who it was. There’s a mediator
who will assist in this process to bring the families together so
the child, now young adult, can ask forgiveness from the other
family. And the family extends their forgiveness.”
This experience speaks volumes to Geary about the CSJs’
mission to reconcile and restore relationships. “These people put meat on the bones of that,” she says.
“What does that mean when I’m a mother of a child who
at age eight was stolen from me and is returning to me at
the age of 16 or 18? I do not ‘know’ this child, what they’ve
done or what they are now capable of. But there’s a love and
compassion so deep that reconciliation, a coming together, a
communion with each other is possible…certainly we CSJs
talk the talk and we make every effort to walk the walk but
this is an entirely new dimension to that walk.”
The Acholi word for neighbor, lawot, means “to walk with.”
As a Sister of St. Joseph living out a call to “serve the dear
neighbor without distinction,” for the past 47 years, this connection spoke to Geary about real mission and commitment.
“Just being there, that someone cares about them enough
to come—to be in solidarity with, standing with, being with,
walking with… As Sisters of St. Joseph, we choose to act for
justice and to walk with suffering people, especially in times of
conflict. And that is what we are doing!” y
For more information about the CSJ ministry in Uganda, visit
www.csjsl.org
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Gilberto, age 6, learning the loom—a trade passed from generation to generation.
A Place in
Our Hearts
Celebrating the CSJ Commitment to the People of Peru
by Jeanne Liston Barnes and Jenny Beatrice
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orn lame in one leg, Claudia
scrambled around as if there
was no bone below her knee.
No doctor in all of Peru had the means
to help her. She seemed to be doomed
to a life of limitations, but when her
mother brought the toddler to the
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet’s
health clinic in Arequipa, new hope
emerged.
Sister Theresa Kvale, CSJ, who ran
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the clinic at the time, made arrangements
for little Claudia and her mother to come
to Shriner’s Hospital in St. Louis. More
than 18 years and numerous operations
later, Claudia is now in her third year
of college, studying to be a teacher. She
stands straight and tall, walks on both
legs and even wears high heels.
Claudia is just one of the countless
Peruvians whose lives were forever
changed because of Sisters of St. Joseph
of Carondelet. Today, 25 CSJs and three
novices serve in the Vice-Province of
Peru, including two from the St. Louis
Province, carrying on the fruits of a
mission that began 47 years ago.
In 1962 Pope John XXIII asked
U.S. religious communities to consider
sending one-tenth of their membership
to third world countries. By the end
of that year, 16 CSJs answered this
call and journeyed to Peru to operate
Whether it is in coastal communities, high jungle towns or mountain villages,
the CSJ mission is to be a gospel presence, encouraging people to use their own
gifts to help themselves and each other.
teacher, led students in a
schools, orphanages and clinics.
“Robin Hood” style rebellion
The mission was a baptism
that ultimately turned violent.
by fire for these experienced
Between 1980 and 2000, the
nurses and teachers with little
Sendero Luminoso killed
knowledge of Spanish or of life
more than 79,000 indigenous
outside of the United States.
people.
In addition to the language
“From March to November
barrier, the immaculately clean
of 1982, they terrorized our
and polished convents they were
town,” recalls Vanden Bergh,
accustomed to were replaced by
who was living and teaching in
dwellings with dirt floors and
Ocobamba. (See sidebar page 10)
cockroaches.
Today order has replaced
Sister Pat Vanden Bergh,
chaos, but poverty, often called
CSJ, who recently returned to
the “great scandal of Peru,”
St. Louis after serving 28 years
remains for so many. “People
in Peru in pastoral ministry and
in the United States are so
education, recalls experiencing
Peru is located on the
north western side of South
concerned about what will
culture shock at a school in
America.The population is 29,180,900.
happen to them in their future
the jungle town of San Jose de
Lima serves as its capital city.
if they do not have enough
Lourdes. “It was a rural area so
Shown
on
the
map
above
are
the
cities
where
the
money saved up for retireat night the donkeys and mules
Sisters of St. Jospeh of Carondelet have worked and
ment,” says Vanden Bergh.
actually came into our classministered in their 42-year presence in Peru.
“Among the poor, the vast
rooms. You can just guess what
Currently, they reside in four communities—Lima,
majority in Peru, there is no
we had to do before we started
Chasquitambo, Huancayo and Tacna—where 28
such thing as a bank account
school in the morning.”
individuals representing sisters, women in formation
and staff carry on the work of the CSJs.
or social security. They depend
The sisters witnessed the
on their families and local
deep disparity between rich and
with cardboard and straw matting for
communities, who are there to
poor that permeated every facet
of Peruvian society. Initially they served walls, a tin roof held in place with rocks share in times of need.”
and old tires, and a dirt floor. There
Whether it is in coastal communiat a hospital in Lima but soon realized
they were only serving the upper classes was one toilet and a spigot for water for ties, high jungle towns or mountain
cooking, bathing and washing clothes,”
villages, the CSJ mission is to be a
and military.
describes Harper. The sisters helped
gospel presence, encouraging people to
In 1972 the sisters, determined to
use their own gifts to help themselves
minister to the greater needs of the poor, out their neighbors whenever they
and each other.
moved from the hospital to the villages in could, but this corralón was just one of
thousands.
Harper explains, “It is not so
the upper jungle and mountains.
much offering solutions to problems,
Sister Sally Harper, CSJ remembers The abject poverty of the masses
made the country ripe for any visionary
as discovering with the people how to
being instantly aware of the tremendous
who promised change and a better life,
solve their problems…not so much havgap between rich and poor when she
resulting in an epidemic of terrorism
ing all the answers as asking the right
arrived in Lima in 1977.
that plagued the region. One of these
questions that can help spark change.”
“Right next door to our Center
terrorists was Abimael Guzman,
Vanden Bergh bears witness to the
House was a corralón…The people in
founder of Sendero Luminoso (Shining
success of this approach. “Thanks to the
the corralón, about 10 families, lived in
Path). Guzman, a university philosophy support of many entities that place their
little shacks that were pieced together
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To Live in Fear
Left: Boys at Hogar, the children’s
home in Huancayo, enjoying a birthday celebration.
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or nine months in 1982
Sister Pat Vanden Bergh
and her sisters in Ocobamba
lived in fear. Every Sunday
their community was terrorized by a militant group
of masked men, the Sendero
Luminoso (Shining Path).
“They came into town, gathered us all on
the plaza and surrounded us. Then they started
preaching their propaganda. They shouted their
slogans at us and threatened our lives,” remembers Vanden Bergh.
Following the political ideologies of Fidel
Castro and Che Guevara, the Sendero Luminoso preyed upon the masses, whose lives of
abject poverty made the country ripe for any
visionary promising a better life.
One weekend they took a teacher from the
school and held him hostage in their truck. The
sisters were certain they would kill him but by
days’ end, they dumped him back in front of the
church, badly beaten, but alive.
Sometimes they set up kangaroo courts
and inflicted cruel punishment for trumped up
crimes. They publicly whipped one little, old
woman for stealing chickens from a neighbor.
They hung dogs from trees with signs. “This
is what happens to anyone who goes to the
authorities,” recalls Vanden Bergh. “They really
put the fear of God in us.”
The villagers also had the military soldiers,
the Sinches, to contend with. If the Sinches
caught wind that anyone collaborated with the
Sendero Luminoso, there would be trouble.
“The Sinches came into our clinic, the only
one for miles, and asked for supplies. They were
heavily armed so we had to give it to them,”
says Vanden Bergh. “They took all our medicines,
searched our homes, stole the priest’s jeep and
took all the gasoline they wanted. There was no
police protection, not even a phone in town.”
When some of their students told them
the Sendero Luminoso planned to get the nuns
and priests the next time they came to town,
they decided to leave. “We had no choice,” said
Vanden Bergh. “We were the only authority left.
It was very dangerous for us.”
From 1970 to 1990, the Sendero Luminoso
killed more than 79,000 indigenous people.
This included some military, but by and large,
it was the poor who perished under their reign
of terror.
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trust in us, we have initiated workshops
such as carpentry, sewing, electricity and
computer science in order that young
people can prepare themselves for work
in the future.” In addition, the CSJs
have helped many high school graduates
continue their studies by providing
scholarships through the CSJ Mission
Fund.
She is encouraged by efforts put
forth by the Peruvian government to
educate all its citizens. “In the early
days of my mission, we didn’t even have
books,” Vanden Bergh remembers. “We
wrote everything on the chalkboards
and the students brought notebooks
to school and copied everything down.
Now the government provides books.”
The CSJs may have helped expand
the educational system in Peru, but each
sister who answered the call has been
enriched by her experiences with the
people.
Harper reflects, “I think of Luzmila,
the grandmother, who reminds me so
much of the parable of the persistent
widow. Brick by brick, penny by penny,
smiling arm-twist by smiling arm-twist,
Luzmila got the church built
for her town…or Magno, the
principal of a public grade
school, whose educational
ethics and clarity about evangelical
values provided quality schooling for
the poor children of the town and
surrounding countryside… or Cesar,
the night watchman and janitor, who,
after a night’s work is always ready to
lend a hand, help another hour or two
and does it with a generous smile and a
happy heart.”
Sister Rita McCormick, CSJ
learned about the strength and courage
of the Peruvians when she journeyed to
Pisco in April 2008 to minister to the
victims of a devastating earthquake. “My days and weeks with people
that I met and worked with taught
me that, like the death of a loved one,
tragedy touches us deeply and we begin
to deal with a sense of abandonment.”
This quake that hit south central
Peru in August 2007 nearly reached 8.0
on the Richter scale, killed more than
500 people, injured more than 1000
and left 100,000 homeless. In response,
the St. Louis Province contributed
$100,000 in emergency funding for immediate and permanent housing needs.
Although the corporal needs of
The CSJs funded and monitored the building of over 300 pre-fab houses in Chincha and Pico, two
cities hard hit in the earthquake of 2007.
Sister Maria Schuh of the CSJ Albany province
visits with the people on a recent trip to Peru.
Schuh was missioned to Peru with Sister Pat Vanden Bergh in 1979. Sisters across the provinces
of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph
of Carondelet have participated in the Peruvian
ministry.
the people were great, it was the CSJ
presence of spiritual support that was
paramount. “It mattered to them that
I was a sister and that I came from the
United States to be with them,” says
McCormick. “To win a place in the
hearts of the people that I talked with,
the people that shared touching stories
with me of their deepest pains, was an
awesome gift for me.”
Harper, who currently serves as the
administrator of a formation program
for laity in Huancayo, sees how an
extraordinary impact can come from
everyday connections.
“Every time one of our sisters loves
someone a little more, includes someone with their smile or listening ear,
embraces someone who feels left out or
helps to bear a burden, our spirit grows.” When asked why she stays in Peru,
Harper’s answer is always the same: the
people. “They are no more saints or
sinners than any other place in the
world, but I feel at home with my CSJ
sisters and with the Peruvian people
who have welcomed me all these years.”
And even though some sisters, like
Vanden Bergh and McCormick, have
returned stateside, the bond the Sisters
of St. Joseph of Carondelet have with the
dear neighbor in Peru grows stronger.
“In faith I do believe that the CSJ
influence will always be with the people
that we have touched and who have
touched us,” says McCormick. “And
that gives me great comfort to say in my
heart… ‘we will always be with you’ in
ways that the Spirit will reveal to us all.”
The work of the CSJs in Peru has
been a struggle at times, but one made
with perseverance, conviction and love.
They immersed themselves into the
lives of a people living at the base of
society with a long history of oppres-
sion. When no one heard them, they
listened and responded. And together,
they helped find solutions.
Last year, Sister Theresa Kvale saw
Claudia, now a beautiful, tall young
woman who is very interested in helping
others as she was helped. “One of her
dreams when she was a little girl was
to be able to dance. And she does,” says
Kvale.
Today in Peru so many lives, like
Claudia’s, are richer and fuller because
of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. Their ministry is truly the hand of
God at work.y
Above, students dancing during a week of
celebration for teachers at Fe Y Allegria.
“It is not so much offering solutions to problems, as discovering with the people how to solve their problems…
not so much having all the answers as asking the right
questions that can help spark change.”
~Sister Sally Harper, CSJ
Learn more about the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in Peru by
reading “Comunidad para el Mundo—The History of the Sisters of
St. Joseph of Carondelet and the Vice Province of Peru” by S. Mary
McGlone, CSJ. This publication can be purchased for $20 through
the St. Louis Province Archive Office. Contact Sister Jane Behlmann
at 314-678-0320 or [email protected].
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O
n March 21 at the
province motherhouse
in St. Louis, sixteen
sisters joyfully celebrated their
golden jubilees, surrounded by
family, friends and members of
the CSJ community. Remembering their call to share the Light of
Christ, the 50th jubilarians passed
a candle to another person during
the ceremony.
Another celebration was held
on March 22 for the jubilarians
who reside at CSJ sponsored
Nazareth Living Center.
For more photos of this year’s jubilarians, visit www.csjsl.org
Portraits taken by Bernie Elking and
Steve Frazier
80 Years
Mary Grace Heiner, CSJ
(S. Henrietta Eileen)
Mary Alexandra Kuhn, CSJ
75 Years
Mary Seraphine
Balwinski, CSJ
Regina Hughes, CSJ
(S. Mary Francella)
Mary Antonia Palumbo, CSJ
Rita Flaherty, CSJ
(S. Marie Edouarda)
Florence A. Kane, CSJ
(S. Mary Fanchea)
70 Years
Mona Marie Buergler, CSJ
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Olive Louise Dallavis, CSJ
Rita Dooley, CSJ
(S. Marie Yvonne)
60 Years
50 Years
Roseanne Cook, CSJ
(S. Kenneth Marie)
Patrice Coolick, CSJ
Marie Dolores Bland, CSJ
Joan C. Casey, CSJ
(S. Mary Carol)
Theresa Desrochers, CSJ
(S. Honora Marie)
Joan Erdmann, CSJ
(S. Rose Wilma)
Virginia Anne Fannin, CSJ
Kathryn Kitslaar, CSJ
(S. Dymphna Marie)
Loretta C. Duggan, CSJ
(S. Francis Regina)
Janet Mary Feager, CSJ
Suzanne Giblin, CSJ
(S. Margaret Louis)
Helen Miljour, CSJ
(S. Mary Alvina)
Mary Adelaide Moeller, CSJ
(S. Regina Agnes)
Aline Mohrhaus, CSJ
(S. Mary Bonaventure)
Joy Elaine Gilder, CSJ
(S. Frances Michael)
Margaret Mary Gregg, CSJ
(S. Margaret James)
Marianne Keena, CSJ
(S. Agnes Patrick)
Joan Pitlyk, CSJ
(S. Mary Odelia)
Ellen Roach, CSJ
(S. Ellen Joseph)
Mary Jane Ruoff, CSJ
(S. Catherine Therese)
Elizabeth Leiwe, CSJ
(S. Justine Elise)
Mary Hugh McGowen, CSJ
Mary Ann Nestel, CSJ
(S. Robert Catherine)
Jane Edward Schilling, CSJ
Anna M. Schlett, CSJ
(S. Patrick Joseph)
Joan Elizabeth Spalding, CSJ
Geraldine O’Laughlin, CSJ
(S. John Ruth)
Carol Jean Peterson, CSJ
(S. Marie Denise)
Jean Paul Selissen, CSJ
41 Women
2,435 Cumulative Years
serving the dear neighber
Barbara Louise Volk, CSJ
(S. Joseph Helene)
Michaela M. Zahner, CSJ
(S. Anne Victor)
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Around the Province
Sister Pat Giljum Named
Arts Educator of the Year
Sister Pat Giljum, CSJ was named
the Arts Educator of the Year by the
Arts and Education Council in St.
Louis. She was honored for both her
history in arts education coupled with
an unwavering sense of commitment
to the children she served for more than three decades as
Director of Fine Arts in the Archdiocese of St. Louis.
In the summer of 2008 Giljum completed her 33 year
tenure with the Archdiocese and began her six-year term in
leadership for the St. Louis Province.
CSJ Artifact Featured in National Exhibit
The Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR)
in association with Cincinnati Museum Center, is sponsoring
“Women & Spirit:
Catholic Sisters in
America,” a traveling exhibit that reveals the largely untold
story of how Catholic sisters helped shape the social and
cultural landscape of our nation.
Many amazing, one-of-a-kind artifacts will be featured,
including the St. Louis Province’s “Handwritten Custom
Book of 1868.” The book, which had been on display in the
Heritage Room at the province motherhouse, is now on loan
to the exhibit.
The exhibit premiers in May at the Cincinnati Museum
Center and will tour several other cities through June 2012,
including a stop at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. from
January to April of 2010.
Visit www.womenandspirit.org for more information and
exhibit schedule.
Nazareth Cemetery to Relocate to
Resurrection Cemetery
The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet will be closing their
135-year-old Nazareth Cemetery, located adjacent to CSJ
sponsored Nazareth Living Center in St. Louis. The remains
of the sisters buried there will be moved to Resurrection
Catholic Cemetery in St. Louis beginning June 1.
“Looking into the future, we can no longer provide the
perpetual care that those buried in the cemetery require and
deserve,” says Sister Helen Flemington on behalf of province
leadership.
The project is being handled by Catholic Cemeteries of
the Archdiocese of St. Louis and the move is expected to be
completed in August 2009. The grave markers will be laid at
Resurrection Cemetery in the spring/summer of 2010.
“This move will be carried out not only with the utmost
consideration for the safety and respect of all those involved
but for the sanctity of the process as well,” says Flemington.
Province Archives Moves to New Space
The Archives Department has recently moved to a renovated
space in the CSJ Ministry Building on the campus of the
province motherhouse to better
accommodate the plethora of
records, materials and artifacts
that have been collected over the
nearly 175 year history of the
St. Louis Province.
The province archivists
not only serve the CSJ community but are available to
assist the public with requests
for information about our history or a specific sister. For more
information visit www.csjsl.org or contact the archives at
314-678-0320 or [email protected].
May They Live in the Spirit
S. Vita Marie Rudden, October 30, 2008
S. Jeanne McGovern, December 28, 2008
S. Anne Bernadine Wackenheim, January 24, 2009
S. Katherine Zanitsch, January 27, 2009
S. Judith Marie Klump, February 3, 2009
S. Mary Bede Baeten, February 7, 2009
S. Charlotte Deken, March 28, 2009
For more information on the lives of these sisters and others
who have passed away, visit our “In Remembrance” Archive at
www.csjsl.org in the “Our Heritage” section.
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News from the Development Office
Of Boundaries, Borders and the
Good Use of Erasers
Dear Friends,
When my nephew was very young,
he used to draw cows, all sorts of
cows. Some cows lived on this side
of the fence. Others lived on that
side of the fence. One day he was
feverishly erasing part of the fence. Curious, I asked, “Won’t
the inside cows run outside and the outside cows run inside?
“No, Aunt Barbie,” he replied. “A hole in the fence will
let all the cows help each other. Then they will be one big cow
family.”
Since our founding in Le Puy, France in 1650, we Sisters
of St. Joseph of Carondelet have been erasing fences, boundaries and borders so that we can help people in need and work
with others to build a world community of people who care.
H
Though we began in France, today our congregation serves
in seven countries, 32 states and over 1,000 cities, towns and
villages. Wherever there is a need, no fence will keep us away.
That’s why we were founded. That’s the message of Jesus…
to leave home, family and familiarity and to be of help to
each other. And, I will dare to say, that’s the message of my
nephew’s cow story.
But we cannot do it alone. Especially in these difficult
economic times, your friendship and generous financial
support help us help others. Together we are changing lives,
helping the most desperate, giving hope and erasing anything
that gets in the way of serving those in need.
Thank you and God bless you.
Sister Barbara Dreher, CSJ
Executive Director of Development
It’s a Wonderful Life
ave I made a difference in this world? By our very nature, we all want to make a
difference, but there are times when we wonder if we’ve truly had an impact on the
lives of others. Like George Bailey in “It’s a Wonderful Life,” we can lose sight of the value
we bring to the world.
This 1946 film never won any Oscars or broke box office records yet it remains a classic. It speaks the timeless message that each of our actions has a ripple effect, touching
the lives of those we encounter, and those they encounter—making a difference along
the way.
“It’s a Wonderful Life” also speaks a message of stewardship. True stewardship challenges us to recognize that when shared, our God-given gifts of time, talent and treasure
make an indelible impact in our world, the fruits of which continue to grow long beyond
our initial act.
The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet are both humbled and inspired by the many
people who have generously shared their gifts of time, talent and treasure—particularly
in these difficult economic times. Their generosity has made a difference in countless
lives through education, health care, social services, pastoral care and beyond. The sisters
trust that partnership, like the awesome grace of God, will never cease.
When the time comes in your life to reflect upon and decide how your material
resources will be disbursed at life’s end, please consider the ministries of the Sisters of St.
Joseph of Carondelet as one way to continue making a difference in the lives of others.
And when you begin to wonder if you make a difference in this world, remember the
words of Clarence, the angel, “Strange, isn’t it? Each [person’s] life touches so many other
lives.”
“True stewardship
challenges us to
recognize that, when
shared, our God-given
gifts of time, talent
and treasure make
an indelible impact
in our world.”
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Development News continued
A Taste of Italy
Spaghetti Dinner
Kansas City • March 1
U
pwards of 1300 guests helped us honor
our patron, St. Joseph, on March 1 at the
annual CSJ Kansas City Spaghetti Dinner, held
on the St. Joseph Medical Center Campus.
Although this was a free event, the generosity
of the guests was overwhelming with donations, pastry sales, silent auction bids and “Pick
and Pay” purchases totaling nearly $150,000—
all to benefit the ministries of the Sisters of
St. Joseph of Carondelet.
Photos by Nicole Nicoll, CSJA
Will and Trust Planning
B
efore you meet with your
attorney to discuss estate plans
you will need to:
1. Identify the assets you possess.
2. Identify the liabilities you possess.
3. Decide how your net assets should be distributed to your loved ones and
charities.
4. Select a personal representative.
5. Choose a guardian and/or power of attorney for both health care and finances.
6. Know the legal title of the Sisters: Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, St. Louis Province
In order to best prepare for your meeting with your attorney,
the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet have a Will & Trust
Planning Booklet that will guide you with the details you will
need as well as provide you with the appropriate tool to bring
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to your meeting with your attorney. For a free Will & Trust
Planning Booklet call: Sister Barbara Dreher, CSJ, executive
director of development, 314-678-0334.
(Please note this article is for information only. It is not to be
considered the rendering of tax, financial, or legal advice. It is the
responsibility of the donor to consult with his or her tax, financial,
and legal advisors regarding charitable donations.)
Visit the new www.csjsl.org in the “Ways to Give”
section to:
· Learn more about planned giving opportunities
· Request enrollment cards to remember your loved ones
· Make an online donation
· Find out about the latest events
· Contact the Development Office
· And more…
2009 Generosity of Joseph Honorees
T
he Generosity of Joseph Honors
are presented annually to recognize
outstanding individuals who
exemplify the charism of the Sisters of St.
Joseph in their lives and work and exhibit
one or more of the following qualities:
• heals and reconciles
• serves others without distinction
• recognizes and defends the human dignity of all
• cares for creation
• promotes justice with a
particular concern for the poor
We are pleased to announce the 2009
honorees who were recognized at the third
Generosity of Joseph Gala at the motherhouse on May 2.
Lynne M. Cooper and
DOORWAYS
St. Louis, Missouri
Care and advocacy for those with AIDS
“Lynne had a
dream—a dream
that no more people
infected with HIV/
AIDS would be
forced to live in substandard housing
and stripped of every shred of human
dignity,” says Sister Loretta Costa, CSJ.
“Out of her dream, DOORWAYS was
born.”
DOORWAYS, an interfaith AIDS
housing and services organization, was
formed in 1988 by Cooper, who collaborated with area community and religious
leaders to decide what services would
best respond to an unmet need in the
HIV/AIDS population. DOORWAYS
provides housing and care for 1,000
households affected with HIV/AIDS
each year, has an annual operating budget
of $6 million and has brought more
than $50 million of competitive federal
housing dollars to Missouri.
DOORWAYS has been recognized
with numerous housing, historic preservation and best practice awards. Cooper
has also received several recognitions
and awards for her achievements and has
served on numerous state and national
boards. She currently serves on the
boards of the National AIDS Housing
Coalition, Women of Achievement and
the Missouri Children’s Trust Fund.
Richard D. Egan
Sister Bay, Wisconsin
Advocacy for the poor, marginated and
underserved
For the past
12 years Egan has
been an ongoing
supporter of
FUVIRESE in
Baños, Ecuador, a
self-governing, nonprofit, cooperative foundation providing
services and support for disabled people
in the region of Baños. After visiting
FUVIRESE in 1997, Egan was inspired
to create a U.S. based charitable foundation that provides FUVIRESE financial,
administrative and moral support.
“Mr. Egan’s support has allowed FUVIRESE to be more visible and receive
additional aid from the government
and other sources,” says Sister Mary
McGlone, CSJ, executive director of
FUVIRESE USA, Inc. “For the people
of FUVIRESE, the best days of the year
are those when Dick visits them in Baños.
He loves the people as much as they love
him.”
Egan is also involved in additional
charities including serving on the board
of Wisconsin Public Radio and the Door
County Foundation.
John M. Ringwald
St. Louis, Missouri
Care and advocacy for older persons
“John has a
real commitment
to older people,”
says Lu Westhoff,
executive director
of CSJ sponsored
Nazareth Living
Center. “He was taught by the Sisters of
St. Joseph, who are very near and dear to
his heart. Serving on the Nazareth Board
is his way to give back.”
Ringwald retired in 1998 after a
successful 36 year finance career with
Ralston Purina. He volunteers 40 hours
a week using his financial expertise to
give back to the community. Along with
Nazareth, he serves on several other
committees including the Finance and
Investment Committee for St. John
Vianney High School and the Budget
Committee for St. Louis Archdiocese
Finance Committee. He is also a part of
Feed My People/Operation Food Search
in St. Louis.
John is the chairperson of the Nazareth Living Center Board of Trustees and
an integral part of sustaining, advancing
and advocating for premier care for aging
persons.
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Tributes
Thank you for the following gifts made between August 1, 2008 and January 31, 2009.
In Honor of…
21st Annual
Monday
September 21, 2009
AND, Golf Ball Drop!
Take a chance! You don’t need to be
present to win. Watch for sign-up forms for
the Tournament and Golf Ball Drop
arriving in your mailbox soon.
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sest t
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First Prize
$5,000
Second Prize
$3,000
Third Prize
$2,000
Norman K. Probstein Golf Course
in Forest Park
S!
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Kuhn
Mr. Thomas J. Kuhn
Mr. and Mrs. Basil H. Pflumm
Mr. and Mrs. Gary D. Schamel
Joan Lampton, CSJ
Mrs. Geraldine F. Stassi
Karen Langhi, CSJ
Ms. Toni Jean Bink
Johanna Melphinstine
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Hord
Paula Patrice Michaud, CSJ
Dr. and Mrs. Nick J. Mansour, Jr.
Kathleen Mlinar, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. Emery W. Dorow
Mary Adelaide Moeller, CSJ
Mrs. Margaret M. Villar
Rita Moriarty, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ritter
Larry & Johanna Morris
Sarah Ann Mitra, CSJ
Marian Niemann, CSJ
Mrs. George Burdis
Martha Niemann, CSJ
Mrs. Mary Joan Kilian
Mrs. George Burdis
Mary Catherine O’Gorman, CSJ
Ms. Toni Jean Bink
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Gilb, Jr.
pin WIN
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Gail & Martin Hadican
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred L. Graf
Bill & Kathy Hampton
Rev. Msgr. Richard Hanneke
Ms. Marilyn Schulte
Loretta Hennekes, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Hennekes
Rev. Ron Hopmeier
Ms. Marilyn Schulte
Regina Hughes, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Hughes
Carolyn Hupperts, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. Franklyn B. Hupperts
Mary Sharon Jones, CSJ
Mrs. Marilyn F. Koncen
Mary Helen Kane, CSJ
Mrs. Marilyn F. Koncen
Anna Bridget Kearns, CSJ
The Cooney Law Firm, LLC
Tom & Loretta Kelly
Rose Seyfried, CSJ
Kathy Koslowsky
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey M. Crowe
Anna Rose Kraus, CSJ
Mr. John Wilbur Mack
Mr. William M. Merrick
Mary Alexandra Kuhn, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony R. Cortino
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th
Helen Alder, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Berra
Helen Alwes, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Budke
Virginia Browne, CSJ
Mrs. Paddi Browne O’Sullivan
Leo Ann Bub, CSJ
Alan Baker and Michelle
Schiller-Baker
Ann Chamblin, CSJ
Mr. Christopher J. Chamblin
Mr. Daniel Chamblin
Mrs. Jean M. Chamblin
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Chamblin
Mr. Todd M. Chamblin
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip W. Daniels
Mr. and Mrs. David W. Fitzgerald
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Hundelt
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Russo
Loretta Costa, CSJ
Mrs. Zena C. Brown
Phoebe Davenport
Mariann DeBuck, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. DeBuck
Frances Dillman, CSJ
Dolores C. Sheehan, SFCC, CSJA
Colette Marie Doering, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Behrens
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Doering
Jim & Millie Downs
Mary Kay & Peter Doyle
Dr. Kathryn W. Sullivan
Howard & Barbara Dunaway
Ann Charles Everett, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Bax
Ms. Sharon Everett
Virginia Anne Fannin, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Farrell
Ruby & Robert Fuller
Ms. Jessie A. Fuller, CSJA
Linda Gardner
Ms. Ruth Shy Wilson
Levon & Sandra Gibson
Joy Gilder, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene J. King
Donna Loretto Gunn, CSJ
Ms. Jacqueline C. Beulick
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G.
Ganninger, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Gunn
Eleanor O’Hearn, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ritter
Virginia Palmer
Drs. William and Patricia May
Carol Jean Peterson, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. Emery W. Dorow
Marie Rene Pretti, CSJ
Chris McGovern
Province Leadership
Sisters of St. Joseph–Baronet Drive
Sisters of St. Joseph–
Charmwood Drive
Our Lady’s Community
Patricia Regan
Marion Renkens, CSJ
Mrs. Sharon M. Geniesse
Rosemary Ring
Drs. William and Patricia May
Kathleen Kevin Ryan, CSJ
Ms. Pamela J. Almasi
Jean Fontbonne Sandweg, CSJ
Ms. Mary Jo Meadow
Mary Annette Schorman, CSJ
Dolores C. Sheehan, SFCC, CSJA
Rose Margaret Schweers, CSJ
Mr. Michael J. Rucker
Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Schweers
John Kenneth Scott, CSJ
Rose Seyfried, CSJ
Miss Delia Rose Jennings
Mary Shryock, CSJ
Mrs. Dorothy W. Smith
Mr. William J. Sonnemaker
Mary Anne Smith, CSJ
Ms. Toni Jean Bink
Mrs. George Burdis
Gabrielle Smits, CSJ
Mrs. Rita R. Armstrong
Ruth Stroble
Dr. and Mrs. Mark F. Stroble
Marianne Thomas, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. Neal E. Darrow
George Antoinette Vander Loop, CSJ
Chris McGovern
Suzanne Wesley, CSJ
Alan Baker and Michelle
Schiller-Baker
In Memory of…
Rev. Phillip Allen
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cox
Rosarita Allen, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Sturgeon
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard L. Volker
Joe Amend, Jr.
Mrs. Angelina Pourcillie
Irene Arcarro
Mrs. Roy J. Murphy
Amy Arnot
Mr. and Mrs. Clement P. Donnelly
William R. Arnot
Mrs. Mary H. Anaya
Francis Anderson, Jr.
Association Partnership Program
James W. Armstrong
Donna Bakemeier
Joan Elizabeth Tolle, CSJ
Maureen Bannister, CSJ
Sisters of St. Joseph–Jackson Lane
Elizabeth Barlow
Elizabeth Barnett
Mrs. Ruth A. Erker
Mr. Roger G. Kaestner, CSJA
Ruth Margaret Raupp, CSJ
Helen Ryan, CSJ
Barbara Barnowski
Ms. Linda I. Kelm
Audrey Bathe
Terry Baum
Ms. Mary G. Sheppard, CSJA
Margaret Becher
Anna Margaret Kern, CSJ
Jacqueline R. Becker
Mr. Charles C. Becker
Lucille Bedan
Newstead Avenue
Louise Beelman
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas R. Daniels
Elvira Behrmann
Fred Bell
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Madigan
Lillian A. Benz
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Benz
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Kessler
Mrs. Rita D. Lorkowski
Marian Therese Muehlbauer, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Schulte
Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Tessaro
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Vogel
Ms. Ida Webb
Ms. Lucie Willsie
Mrs. Jill A. Winchell
Ida Bickel
Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Koeller
Mary Birder
Ms. Theresa M. Vanden Heuvel
Noreen Blackwood
Ms. Kathrene M. Harnacker
Richard Bland
Mrs. Joan C. Bland
Virgie Boedeker
Miss Mildred Vogel
Elton Booth
Mary Ellen Jones, CSJ
Dale Borell
Robert Boswell
Anonymous
Buck Boxdorfer
Ms. Dorothy Boxdorfer
Manuel Brazao
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Lukasiewicz
Albert Broderick
Mrs. Anastasia Broderick
James Broughton
Mrs. Patricia Ann Dunn
Mary Wilma Broughton, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. Leo T. Broughton, Sr.
Dorothy Browne, CSJ
James Patrice Browne, CSJ
Raymond Brueggen
Margaret Schmidt, CSJ
Bancroft Avenue
Harold Bruns
Rita Bubela
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Miller
Joyce Buckler, CSJ
Mrs. Betty Brandt
Mrs. Susan Brandt
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas E. Ippolito
Mrs. Colleen R. Kinworthy
Ms. Lela M. Laurent
Dr. and Mrs.Todd P. Lindley
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel T. Rabbitt
Ms. Mary Lee Walter
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Wilson
Helen Burgoon
Brentwood Community
Nottingham Avenue
Bernard Cahill
Ms. Caroline Phelps
Ms. Patricia J. Scherer
Joseph Callahan
Ms. Peggy M. Maguire, CSJA
Sara Callahan
Ms. Peggy M. Maguire, CSJA
Carol Campin
Mrs. Penelope A. Elfayer
Angeline T. Candice
Mrs. Charles Pozza
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Seibel
Anne Candy
Mrs. Cheryl C. Fetscher
Robert Emmett Carmody
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Belloli
Thomas Carroll
Ms. Toni Jean Bink
Louis Ceriotti, Jr.
Ms. Louise A. Garavaglia
Jacques Chicoineau
Mrs. Odette Chicoineau
Sandy Chilton
Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Piekarski
Lena Chiodini
Ms. Joann Goltschman
Elizabeth “Pat” Clancy
Sisters of St. Joseph–Boland Place
Mary John Cleary, OSF
Jane Kappus, CSJ
Joseph Cloidt
Jerry Cloninger
Ms. Toni Jean Bink
Mary Joe Clune
Dr. Alexandra Guliano, CSJA
Ms. Betty C. Martin
Ed and Lorraine R. Mooney
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rushing
Peter Francis Clune, Sr.
Anonymous
Avila University
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel E. Axtell, Jr.
Ms. Toni Jean Bink
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Brooks
Callahan Transportation, INC
Mrs. Margie Campbell
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley R. Carr, Jr.
Ms. Helen E. Clune
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Clune
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Clune, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter F. Clune III
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Clune
Mr. and Mrs. Matteo A. Coco
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas DeCoursey
Mr. and Mrs. Terrence Dunn
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Dunn, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin R. Fahey
Ms. Brigid Flanagan
Mr. and Mrs. John Frey
Mr. Michael L. Gunter
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Henke
Ms. Marilyn Ann Hurley
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Hursh
Mr. Christopher T. Koenemann
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Kopp
Lockton Companies, LLC–
St. Louis Division
Ms. Betty C. Martin
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Marx, Jr.
Mrs. Helen M. Muenks
Mr. and Mrs. M. James O’Connell
Mr. and Mrs. John J. O’Gara
Mrs. Patricia A. Ogara
Ms. Gigi Oram, CSJA
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Ostrom
Ms. Mary Dey Purcell
Drs. Lawrence and Jane Rues
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rushing
St. Teresa’s Academy
Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Sayers
Miss Sandra J. Schupbach, CSJA
Mrs. Janet Stephenson
Mr. Frederick A. Tromans
Ms. Julia Ann Trotter
Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Wagner
Gifts received August 1, 2008 through
January 31, 2009.
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Mr. and Mrs. John M. Warren
White, Allinder, Graham &
Buckley, LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Harold F. Winkle
Mr. and Mrs. William W. Younger
Michael Cody
St. Joseph’s Academy
St. Joseph’s Academy Mothers Club
Raymond Cole
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Boyer
Catherine A. Conley
Frances Virginia Cholet, CSJ
Bill Conlon
Ms. Susan E. Craig
Joseph & Agnes Connelly
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Giljum
Jim Connors
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Connors
Mark C. Copeland, Sr.
Mary Lillian Baumann, CSJ
Mary Elizabeth Cornelius
Mrs. Regina M. Bellon
Robert Corrello
Mrs. Roy J. Murphy
Margaret D. Craig
Marjorie Craig, CSJ
Mrs. Margaret L. Duhs
William J. Craig, Sr.
Mrs. Margaret L. Duhs
Patricia Cramer, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. William G. Anderson
Ms. Toni Jean Bink
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Brady, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Nick Calandro
Ms. Wanda M. Cowan
Ms. Deborah A. Cramer
Mr. and Mrs. George Cramer
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Cramer
Ms. Mary Dempster
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Dwyer
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon A. Foote
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Franken
Ms. Roberta M. Goodwin
Mrs. Ruth Ann Hampton
Mrs. Margaret Harmon
Ms. Carolyn Henry, CSJA
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Hild
Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Hitz
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Jordan, Jr.
Ms. Anna M. Kaleb
Ms. Jeanene Marcia
Mr. and Mrs. George E. Maye
Ms. Sally A. McQuellon
Mr. and Mrs. Vito Minneci
Ms. Marianne Petru
Mrs. Nancy Kathryn Powers
Mr. and Mrs. Richard O. Sanker
Mrs. Carol A. Schmitt
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Shane
Ms. Catherine A. Shinn, CSJA
Sisters of St. Joseph–Madison Street
Ms. Constance A. Staes
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Thompson
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Ms. Diane M. Wallace
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Waugh
Ms. Mariam J. Yerby
Mabel Curran
Nazareth Living Center
Margaret Denise Dalton, CSJ
Mrs. Rita P. Garcia
Merce Dames
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne E. Fick
James Darst
Marcia Ann Daume, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Novack
Colleen Dazey
Roberta DeFiore
Sisters of St. Joseph–Newstead
Avenue
Kathy De Nicola
Mr. Henry J. De Nicola
Marion De Nicola
Mr. Henry J. De Nicola
Dr. Cornelius Derrick
Mary Jean DeWitt
Mrs. Margaret R. Giblin, CSJA
Homer C. Dill
Mrs. Ann Hazel R. Stoltz
Dava Doyen
Rose Stephen Cento, CSJ
Laverne Dudek
Ms. Monica Von Plinsky
Richard Duffner
Mrs. Helen Duffner
Mary Constance Dulle
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Ardle
Mr. and Mrs. Denis M. Bahlinger
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Basham
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Beckring
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Bess
C.A.P.S. Inc
Congregation of the Sisters of
Charity of the Incarnate Word
Ms. Maureen Conley
Ms. Phyliss Cowling
Mrs. Thomas Danner
Ms. Dolores M. DeGreeff
Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Eacret
Mr. and Mrs. Lee F. Fetter
Mrs. Elsie B. Glickert
Ms. Kathleen M. Gray
Mr. and Mrs. W. Geary Hagen
Ms. Christine Heinsz
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Henley
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Hennicke
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Herleth
Mr. and Mrs. Jay S. Herron
Mrs. Dorothy January
Jefferson Bank and Trust
Jefferson Bank and Trust Company
Ms. Jacqueline Jordan
Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Kaiser
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Kaiser
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Knese
Ms. Martha R. Kratzer
Mrs. Betty T. Kraus
Drs. Kevin J. and Karen A. Lickenbrock
Mr. and Mrs. William McWhorter
Mediacross, Inc
Mortland & Company, P.C.
Mr. and Mrs. V. Jack Muehlenkamp
Ms. Ann Niemczyk
Eileen O’Keeffe, CCVI
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Pearce
Mr. and Mrs. Alan L. Potts
Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Ross
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Sandweg
Mr. and Mrs. Francis X. Sandweg
Mrs. Marilyn Sandweg
Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Sauer
Mrs. Audrey M. Schmitt
Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Schwartz
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Stiles
Mr. Robert W. Temm
Mrs. Barbara I. Vetter
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Walsh
Mr. and Mrs. Donold J. Wappelhorst
Ms. Judith A. Willard
Debbie Dwyer
Medaille II Associate Group
Charles Patrick Eckart
James Egan
Mrs. Mary T. Egan
Georgeanne Egan
Marion Renkens, CSJ
Mary Eichhorst
Marie Charles Buford, CSJ
Gregory J. Eisenhauer
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Gambell
Mary Grace Elder
Mr. and Mrs. John Behl
Joseph L. Eschbacher
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Justice
Francis Estaque
Newstead Avenue
Dana Faerber
Theresa Falcone
Mr. and Mrs. Matt F. Kielek
Jack Farrell
Margaret Mary Faust
Maryellen Tierney, CSJ
John A. Feeney
Mrs. Mary Joy A. Feeney
Eugene Felder
Joan Kaucher, CSJ
Hanna Ferrell
Ms. Nancy Ferrell
Virginia Fickeisen
Chancellorsville Drive
Doris Finnegan
Janet Kuciejczyk, CSJ
Charmane Fitzgerald
Alex Flemington
Mrs. Mary Alice Flemington
Deceased Flemington Family Members
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Tarnow
Jerry Flynn
Ms. Jean F. Kertz, CSJA
John Flynn
Mrs. Grace J. Flynn
Vera Frances Forster
Mr. W. Parks Smith
Reginald Free
Mrs. Lagarda A. Free
Anne Fritzlen
Ms. Toni Jean Bink
Michael J. Furey
Ms. Toni Jean Bink
Eugene Gainer, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan A. Casey
Steve Ganter
Joan Lacey, CSJ
Fritz Garavaglia
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Murnan
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Seymour
Andrew Garamella
Mrs. Rose M. Garamella
Nelson Gatz
Virginia Gauding
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Giles, Jr.
Lahoma Gebken
Vincent Germanese
Mrs. Mary Grace Germanese
Mary Virginia Gibbons, CSJ
Mrs. Jeanne C. Seavoy
Ms. Monica W. Shieh
Alice Ruth Gibons
Alice R. Gilbert
Jacob & Bernice Giljum
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Giljum
William Henry Ginger III
Mr. Richard C. Raupp
Thomas F. Glennon, Jr.
Mr. Richard J. Brady
Madeline C. Goewert
Paul Goltschman
Sam Gordon
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Gordon
Celine Gorman, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Tokos
Margaret Granquist
Mr. Wilford A. Granquist
Jo Ann Grassi
Barbara Dreher, CSJ
Gerald Graves
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Kohm
Jean Greschner
Brentwood Community
Ginny Grieshaber
Dr. Aloysius V. Grieshaber
Thomas Griffin
Marie Ann Grindinger
Mary Kay Liston, CSJ
Nellie Grinenko
Kenneth W. Grothe
Don Grunz
Mrs. Catherine A. Grunz
Mary M. Miles Guminger
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J.
Kleinwolterink
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Kohler
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Lavin
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Michaels
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Miles
Mrs. Joan S. Miles
Mr. John Norton
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest J. Straub, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald K. Tavernaro
Ms. Jill Truitt
Mrs. Rosemary A. Weber
Betty Mae Halliday
Brentwood Community
Marcia Harms
Richard Harig
Rose Marie McKenna, CSJ
Patricia Hartog
Mr. Robert N. Hartog
James L. Hatfield, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael K. Cronin
Frances Heiderscheit
Barbara Hemm
Ms. Ann F. Snitzer
Earl Cletus Henderson
Michael Therese Bauer, CSJ
Arthur E. Herder, Jr.
Ms. Marilyn M. Baum
Ms. Joan D. Beck
Drs. Jeffrey and Anne Carver
Ms. Dolores DiGaetano
Dr. Clare D. Heyne
Mr. and Mrs. W. Dudley McCarter
Mrs. Jeanne A. Redington
Dr. and Mrs. Harry J. Riffle
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Roesch
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Ryan
Mr. Robert L. Seidel, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard D. Shelley
Mr. and Mrs. William Suntrup
Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Szewczyk
Mr. and Mrs. Libory A. Truetken
Raymond Heskes
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Knese
Rita Hesse, CSJ
Ms. Ruth Shy Wilson
Thelma Pape Hines
Edward Hosty
Mrs. Roy J. Murphy
Austin Hoy
Mary Hrdlicka
Mr. and Mrs. John Voss
Joseph Huber
Mary Ann Huesmann, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Bullock
Glenn Huguet
Margaret Jaeger
Tim James
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar N. Reavis
Ruth Jerner
CSJ Care
William Jochens
Harold John
Clara Johnson
Mr. Dale F. Johnson
Charles Jokisch
Mrs. Janet R. Jokisch
Mary Margaret Joyce
Mrs. Roy J. Murphy
Mary T. Jung
Mrs. Roy J. Murphy
Mary M. Kariuki
Michael Karpinski
Michael Kastner
Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Kastner, Jr.
Marie M. Kearns
Newstead Avenue
Pat Keller
Ms. Toni Jean Bink
Bob Kelm
Ms. Linda I. Kelm
Mary Kelm
Ms. Linda I. Kelm
Rosemary Kennedy
Mary Clare Spaeth, CSJ
Michael Kenworth
Rosemary Kerner
Patricia J. Kelly, CSJ
Rose Seyfried, CSJ
St. Joseph’s Academy Convent
William H. Kettinger
Mrs. Loretta G. Kettinger
Patrick L. Key
Mrs. Theresa R. Forthman
George & Therese Killenberg
Mrs. Mary K. Riley
T
Celebrate the Seasons
at the Motherhouse
hroughout the church year, the Sisters of St. Joseph
offer a variety of worship experiences to help you
deepen your faith journey. Check the events calendar at
www.csjsl.org for a listing of upcoming opportunities.
Top: Pastoral musicians from
St. Margaret of Scotland Parish
performed on December 7 as
part of the Advent prayer series.
Center: Members of the St. Louis
Symphony Orchestra showcased
their talents at the Epiphany
concert on January 4.
Bottom: On March 6 singer/composer Jaime Cortez performed a
bilingual prayer service in English
and Spanish as part of our Lenten
Journey series.
January 31, 2009.
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George Kindler, Sr,
Michael R. King
Bancroft Avenue
Margaret Kinsella
Sisters of St. Joseph–Boland Place
M. Baptista Kirby, CSJ
Mr. Charles C. Becker
Laura Klein
Madison Street
Alvin Koeller
Charles Komrska
Karen Langhi, CSJ
Kenneth J. Konop
Ms. Marietta Hedrick
Ms. Kristina L. Kunz
Margaret J. Korn
Mrs. Johanna A. Taylor
Marsha Korte
Newstead Avenue
Kay Kottenstette
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene J.
Kottenstette
Joann Kummer
Knights of Columbus #4099
Ben Kweskin
Ms. Shirley J. Kweskin
Larry Laboube
Margaret “Peggy” LaCroix
Eileen Lamb
Edward E. Lane
Ms. Donna K. Lane, CSJA
Lois Lanigan
Ms. Patricia M. Lanigan
Anthony G. Larosa
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Egan
Marie Lawler
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent P. O’Connell
Toni & Cindi Lazzari
Ms. Mary F. Clifford
Nicholas Leb
Mrs. Emma Leb
Jack Lemon
Regina Bartman, CSJ
John J. Leonard
Mrs. John J. Leonard
Mary Ann Lewis
Mrs. Dorothy B. Schneider
Mary Lou Lewis
Mrs. Roy J. Murphy
Virginia M. Leyden
Ms. Marie C. Shafer
Bill Ligon
Rose Seyfried, CSJ
Rose Mary Linhoff, SSND
CSJ Care
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Eileen Lynch
Mr. Larry Mulcahy
Ruth Macarthy
Phyllis MacNaughton
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Hill
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon P. Hoskins
Dr. Ralph E. MacNaughton
Mr. and Mrs. Glen T. Nakamura
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Okimoto
Mrs. Nicole L. Privitera
Mrs. Virginia L. Ricks
Rosalyn M. Madden
Ms. Juanita M. Thomas
Robert Malloy
Mrs. Roy J. Murphy
Anna C. Markus
Ms. Kristin E. Boesch
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Boyer
Mr. and Mrs. Benedict W. Eldridge
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Impastato
Mr. and Mrs. Mitch D. Long
Mr. Charles Loos
Mr. and Mrs. Wally Simpson
Ms. Deborah M. Washburn
Ms. Karen L. Wentzel
Ms. Helen Willmann
Leona Martenson
Claude & Elvira Martin
Mr. and Mrs. Claude B. Martin
Ella Massingham
Ms. June Pashia
Germaine Matter, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Palmer
Doris Mattingly, CSJ
Mr. John A. Mattingly
Edna McCann
Mrs. Jenny Beatrice
Ann McCarthy
Ms. Mary K. McCarthy
Francis McCormick
Anonymous
Mary McDermott
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel E. Ferguson
Mr. and Mrs. Bill McDermott
Eugene McGannon
James A. McGinn
Mr. and Mrs. Richard I. Lee
Jeanne McGovern, CSJ
Ms. Joann Augsburger Jana
Dr. Babu Dandamudi
Mr. John J. McGovern
Medaille II Associate Group
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F.
Shaughnessy
Mrs. Beverly Spindler
Miss Audrey L. Sullivan
Ms. Lola J. Westhoff
Joan Lacey, CSJ
Bertha McGrellis
Joan Lacey, CSJ
Eugene Fahey McKenna
Ms. Michaela Witcher
Marie de la Salle McKeon, CSJ
The Shepherd Foundation
Catherine McMahon, CSJ
Dr. and Mrs. Edward J. Feroli
Mary Raymond McMahon, CSJ
The Cooney Law Firm, LLC
USA Ret. Colonel and
Mrs. John O. Turnage
Thomas Marie McMahon, CSJ
Dr. and Mrs. Edward J. Feroli
Dorothea Merrick
Mr. William M. Merrick
Alan Metter
Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Yoselevsky
E. Thomas Michaels
Mr. and Mrs. Claude B. Martin
Virginia Miller
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Z. Fisher
Jaret Toshiro Minamo
Mrs. Cheryl C. Fetscher
Clarence Misura
Mrs. Roy J. Murphy
Barbara Molner
Bud Monroe
Mary Moore, CSJ
Mrs. Angela R. Starrs
Annette Moran, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Steed
Teresa Moriarity
Brentwood Community
Geoffrey Morris
Raymond Morrow
Mary Ann Donovan, CSJ
Mary Ursula Mott, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney P. Mott
Daniel J. Moynihan
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Batha
Dr. and Mrs. Patrick C. Hogan
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Moynihan
Dorothea Muehlbach
Mrs. Frances W. Murphy
George R. Mueller
Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Sauer
Father Joseph Mulcrone
Ann Albrecht, CSJ
Richard Pearse Mullally
Edhem Muratovic
William R. Murphy
Mr. and Mrs. Lenly G. Weathers
Caroline A. Murray
Elizabeth Mary Ganss, CSJ
John Nash
Margorie Ndyebe
John E. Neff
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Knobbe
Ms. Jane F. Knobbe
Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Knobbe
Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Knobbe
Mr. and Mrs. Adrian A. Lawlor
Mrs. Juanita Neff
Elizabeth Neibert
Robert Neustrom
Joan Nocchiero
Teresa Maria Eagan, CSJ
Richard Noles
Mrs. Patricia A. Kohlberg
M. Rosalie Nys, CSJ
Mrs. Rosalie M. Alstadt
Joan O’Brien
Mary Alexis O’Connell, CSJ
Mrs. Frances J. Pitrone
Elizabeth Ogilvie, CSJ
Ms. Anna C. Leverich
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore R.
McClure, Jr.
Lucile O’Gorman
Ms. Toni Jean Bink
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Gilb, Jr.
Mrs. Mary Ellen Kelly
Ms. Margaret A. Matteuzzi
Ms. Paula Matteuzzi
John E. Ormsby
Mrs. John E. Ormsby
Roselyn Oster
Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Kube
Henrietta Osterholt
Mr. and Mrs. Harold F. Helmkampf
Michael Anthony O’Toole
Dr. James Ottolini
Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Yoselevsky
Joan Pallme
Geraldine Peace
Joseph Pecherski
Mrs. Jane Pecherski
Bernard Peokie
Monica Marie Kleffner, CSJ
Glendora Peters
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald R. Siefker
Donald Peterson
Mr. and Mrs. John Lochner, Jr.
Max Peterson
John Petry
Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Mitchell
Charlsie C. Pileggi
Ms. Toni Jean Bink
Betty Polizzi
Irene Popovsky
CSJ Care
Corinne M. Portalatin
Christopher Powell
Mr. and Mrs. Mark M. Bauman
Caroline Powley
Mrs. Roy J. Murphy
Anne Marie Prophete
St. Charles LWANGA Center
Angelo Joseph Punaro
Miss Barbara Benedetto
George Quatman
Evarista Quigley, CSJ
Mrs. Theresa M. Mueller
Bernice Rakonick
Mrs. Grace E. Schweitzer
Carol Randoll
Newstead Avenue
William Raftery
Mr. and Mrs. Michael K. Cronin
Kathleen Reardon
Tom & Dottie Reardon
Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Gaughan
Evelyn Marie Reznick, CSJ
Mrs. Mary Ann Warmouth
Bob Reeh
David M. Reese
Henri Renard
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne E. Fick
Mary Clarissa Rene, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. Dominic S. Bisesi
Marie Renkens
Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. Richard N. Baeten
Mrs. Ellen Baier
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Beckmann
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Betters
Edward T. Bexx, DDS
Ms. Felicia Bischof
Ms. Irene A. Bushmaker
Ms. Joan A. Bushmaker
Ms. Therese M. Buss
Carondelet Community Betterment Federation
Carondelet Motherhouse Personnel
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley R. Carr, Jr.
Ms. Jean Chier
Mr. Bill Clancy
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Cousineau
Mrs. Janet M. Cuzner
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Devos
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Donart
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dorrie
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ecker
Mary Therese Esswein, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. Gary S. Evers
Ms. Rebecca Fenstermann
Mrs. Fran Chapman Frigo
Rev. Msgr. Edmund O. Griesedieck
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey J. Hermsen
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hopfensperger
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond P. Hubers
Ms. Marilyn Ann Hurley
Mrs. Janice F. Janssen
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Janssen
Mr. and Mrs. Leon P. Janssen
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome I. Kaskowitz
Ms. Susan Kraft
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert A. Kuske
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lemke
Mr. and Mrs. Michael N. LeRoy
Ms. Rosemary Lieiuwen
Mrs. Jean M. Lofdahl
Ms. Joyce M. Meier
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew B. Nelson
Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Nick
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Nowak
Mr. Kurt R. Phillips
Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Phillips
Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Raggio
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Renkens
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ricklefs
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Rusch
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Sanders
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Schuchart
Mr. and Mrs. C. Locke Scripps
Bancroft Avenue
Nottingham Avenue
Sisters of St. Joseph–Sacred Heart Community
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry O. Snyder
Ms. Jeanette Spice
Ms. Claire Steinfeldt
Mr. and Mrs. Glen E. Steinfeldt
Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Steinfeldt
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Steinfeldt
Mr. and Mrs. C. David Stellpflug
Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Stoehr
Misses Carol and Claire Thomas
Mr. Al Van Lith
Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Van Lith
Ms. Mary C. Vande Hei
Mr. and Mrs. Harold W.
Vanden Heuvel
Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Vieau
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald P. Vieau
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Vieau
Mary Severine Riegel, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Brehob
Pat Ripper
Donald V. Ritchie
Ms. Carol C. Conran
Lawrence J. Ritter
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew P. Conlon
Mrs. Elsie B. Glickert
Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt E. Hill
Holy Infant Church Men’s Club
Mr. and Mrs. Lucien J. Matter
Mr. Kevin H. Melia
Ms. Catherine Strauss
Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Zuroweste
Jack Roche
Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Roche
Shirley Rocket
Mrs. Roy J. Murphy
Barbara Rubson
Kathleen Regan, CSJ
Vita Marie Rudden, CSJ
Ms. Patricia C. Lampert
Ms. Denise Raggio, CSJA
Margaret Schmidt, CSJ
Josephine Ruggeri
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Petkovich
Reverend Jack C. Ruoff, SJ
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ruoff
Ruth Marie Ryan, CSJ
Jeanne M. Ryan-Wanner
Jane Salmon, CSJ
Mrs. Mary A. Tomcheck
Frieda Salzberg
Ms. Shirley J. Kweskin
Maxine Sampson
Newstead Avenue
John Francis Sander
Ms. Michaela Witcher
Mary Ann Kramer Sanders
Frank P. Sapienza
Ms. Carla J. Miller
Rose Savoie
Anonymous
Lloyd H. Schaef
Mrs. Lloyd H. Schaaf
Gerald Schaeffer
Mrs. Phyllis M. Schaeffer
Francis & Dorothy Schilli
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Gegg
Rose Anthony Schmitt, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Henley
Robert Schnettgoecke
Julius Schoendienst
Mr. Albert F. Schoendienst
Mary F. Schoendienst
Mr. Albert F. Schoendienst
Lorraine Schrimpf
Mrs. Patricia A. Kohlberg
Adrien Schwartupman
Kathleen Regan, CSJ
Mary B. Schwartz
Father David Schwartze
Mr. and Mrs. Francis L. Schwartze
Mike Schwer
Bernice Seger, CSJ
Ms. Monica W. Shieh
Robert Seger
January 31, 2009.
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On April 2, students from CSJ sponsored St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf in St. Louis took a tour of the historic province motherhouse. Tours are offered at 10am on the first and third Tuesday of each month: group tours available by
special arrangement. For reservations and information, contact Sister Kate Filla at 314-678-0411 or [email protected].
Steve Seigfreid
Elizabeth Selissen
Daniel F. Sheehan, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard I. Lee
Edward J. Shimko
Ms. Laima Murauskas-Leko
Ms. Rosemary Tomljenovic
Robert Shortol
Anna “Pat” Siegfried
Ann R. Silliman
Norman L. Singler
Ms. Carolyn Sue Allender, CSJA
Agnes Sluesch
CSJ Care
Carl Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Lalumondier
Ms. Carla J. Miller
Frank W. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Clement P. Donnelly
Robert & Dorothy Smith
Ms. Judith G. Smith
Unrico Smith
Marie Spindler
Ed Stamm
Mrs. Irene B. Stamm
Susan A. Stein, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred W. Stein
Margaret Stephens
Stephanie Steward
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Irvin Stoll
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Watts
Sam Stuber
Carol A. Stuckey
Mr. Hubert G. Stuckey
Kathleen Stumpf
CSJ Care
Mary Paulette Gladis, CSJ
Marion M. Sullivan
Mrs. Marion Bok
Marija Susinskas
Ms. Laima Murauskas-Leko
Florence Sutorius
Deceased Tarnow Family Members
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Tarnow
Joseph Tassone
Margaret Gregg, CSJ
Alice Taszerak
Bancroft Avenue
Rose Celine Tauschek, CSJ
Church of Resurrection
St. Albert The Great University Parish
St. Anne Catholic Church
Rev. Larry P. Van Damme
Ms. Joan M. Verheyden
Reggie Taylor
Frances Termini
Mr. and Mrs. Pasquale J. LaTona
Jane Thole
Ms. Mary Anne Thole
Amelia Thomeczek
Rose Marie McKenna, CSJ
Mary P. Thompson
Mr. Robert C. Thompson
Don & Jane Tielke
Mr. and Mrs. George J. Kuehl
Thomas Tierney
St. Charles LWANGA Center
Maxine Timpone
Mr. Raymond Timpone
Ken Tomcheck
Mrs. Mary A. Tomcheck
Mrs. Tsarnard, mother of Diane
Pagnelli
Alexa Martin Tunitis
Mary Lillian Baumann, CSJ
Joseph F. Unger, Sr.
Charles J. Vankocsky
Kathleen Regan, CSJ
Vincent H. Venker II
Jean Marie Vickers
Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Wichmer
Ola Villasenor
Ms. Carolyn Sue Allender, CSJA
Lester Vogel
Edith Vogel, CSJ
JoAnne Vogt
Frances Virginia Cholet, CSJ
Mary Helen Volk, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Salata
Marie Vollmer
John Voracek
CSJ Care
Bernice Vuichard
Frank Anthony Vullo
Anne Bernadine Wackenheim, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Laurent
Theresia Wagner
Ms. Kathrene M. Harnacker
Mary Jude Weathers
Barbara Dreher, CSJ
Richard Webb
Rose Seyfried, CSJ
Bertrand Wehmeyer
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Mahacek
Jeannie Weiss
Francis Weller
Marian Therese Muehlbauer, CSJ
Norman R. Wesley
Mrs. Joan B. Wesley
Olivia Marie Wessling, CSJ
Mr. Donald R. Wessling
Joan West
Ms. Shirley A. Terry
Louisa Whittle
Ms. Toni Jean Bink
Don Williams
Clarence P. Wilson, Jr.
Ms. Ruth Shy Wilson
Joan M. Wittbrodt
Brig. Gen. Edwin S. Wittbrodt,
USAF Retired
George Wong
Angelo Zappo
Mrs. Mary C. Zappo
Bill Zenth
Mr. and Mrs. Len Wiesehan
Mrs. Virginia Zenthoefer
Enola Ziebol
Ms. Marilyn Schulte
Joseph Zinkl
January 31, 2009.
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Office has made every effort to
ensure the tributes are properly
recognized and correctly spelled.
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memorial envelopes or report a
correction on our tributes listing,
please contact our office at
314.678.0327.
Visit our new easy to navigate Web site for
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@ Keep up with the latest news and events with our homepage news feature and events calendar
@ Learn about our rich history and
heritage, including monthly “Jewels from Jane” from Province Archivist, Sister Jane Behlmann
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@ Connect with us: request a prayer, make a donation, find a sister and much more
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6400 Minnesota Avenue
Saint Louis, MO 63111-2899
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Connections Spring/Summer 2009

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