Connections Fall/Winter 2008 - Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet

CONTENTS
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The
Power Within—At Central Catholic/St.
Nicholas School and Academy, Principal
Sister Gail Trippett, CSJ helps students tap into
their God-given gifts to create a better world.
Fall/Winter 2008
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Healing
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Lives, Building Futures—
Sister Jean Abbott, CSJ restores hope and heals
lives through her work at the Center for Survivors
of Torture and War Trauma in St. Louis.
Human Trafficking—Sister Kathleen
Kelly, CSJ (LA) explores this grave violation of
human rights and calls us to make a difference.
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 communications@csjsl.org.
Pr o v i n c e 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
Ed i to r
Jenny Beatrice
Co n t r i b u to r
Development Office
Around the Province .......................................... 14
Development News............................................16
Tributes........................................................ 18
Where have all the
nuns gone?
Their unusual dress once made
them easy to identify, but since
their move to secular clothing,
the sisters have become invisible.
The film, “That All May Be One,”
hopes to change that by examining
the good work and enduring
legacy of the Sisters of St. Joseph of
Carondelet. Read more about this
documentary and the filmmaker’s
journey in “Around the Province”
on page 14.
For more information and to
purchase a copy of the DVD ($25),
visit www.thatallmaybeone.com
Cover photo: S. Gail Trippett, CSJ, principal of Central Catholic/St. Nicholas School and Academy,
poses with some of the summer school students. Story on page 2.
Pro o f r e a d e r s
Sister Jane Behlmann, CSJ
Sister Audrey Olson, CSJ
Sister Charline Sullivan, CSJ
Co n t r i b u t i n g Wr i t e r s
Sarah Baker
Jeanne Barnes
Frank Cognata
Kathleen Kelly, CSJ (LA)
De s i g n
Barnes & Liston Creative
Ph oto g r a p h y
Cover and pps. 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9, Fred Barnes
Page 14 (S. Sarah Heger photo), Steve Frazier
Page 15 (Uganda Team Photo), Sarah Baker
Page 17, Bob Morrison
Page 20, Bernie Elking, Jenny Beatrice
Page 22 and back cover, Jenny Beatrice
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From the Province Leadership
Dear Friends,
In this issue of Connections, we explore
the ways the CSJ community works to honor
the human dignity of all people. Our dignity
comes to us because we are created in God’s
image and likeness; it is enhanced through
right relationships that glorify the gifts of
every individual.
Sister Gail Trippett, CSJ, principal of
Central Catholic/St. Nicholas Elementary
School and Academy in North St. Louis,
empowers her students by calling forth their
gifts in Christ’s name, a gift that increases
tenfold as the students grow to recognize and
honor the dignity in others.
While education is a way to instill selfworth
and promote human dignity, human
trafficking is on the rise, continuing to violate
human rights around the globe.
Sister Kathleen Kelly, CSJ, of the Los
Angeles Province, outlines the facts of this
“lucrative multi-national” business and
examines our call as people of faith to end this
grave violation. Women religious are taking an active role in
addressing this crime, yet we all are called to be prophetic
voices to bring about a more just social order. Resources are
offered to help us take action.
In her work as the clinical director of the Center for
Survivors of Torture and War Trauma in St. Louis, Sister
Jean Abbott, CSJ sees first-hand how relationships can build
or destroy individuals. To help restore the dignity of the
survivors, Abbott walks a journey with them as they learn to
heal themselves.
While not all children will come to know their gifts, human
trafficking will not soon be eradicated and not all survivors
of torture and war will experience healing, the restoration of
human dignity will continue. We, the Community of Joseph,
are committed to living our charism and working for right and
just relationships.
As you read these stories about the ways in which the
Sisters of St. Joseph honor the giftedness of every person, we
Top: Sisters Nancy Corcoran, Patty Clune and Suzanne Wesley. Bottom: Sisters Helen
Flemington, Jean Meier, Pat Giljum and Elizabeth Brown.
hope you recognize the gift you are to each of us. As we thank
our loving God for all the blessings given to us, we are most
grateful for each of you.
You are a wonderful part of our lives and our love and
prayers are with you.
Province Leadership,
Elizabeth Brown, CSJ
Nancy Corcoran, CSJ
Pat Giljum, CSJ
Suzanne Wesley, CSJ
Patty Clune, CSJ
Helen Flemington, CSJ
Jean Meier, CSJ
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The
Within
At Central Catholic/St. Nicholas School and Academy,
Principal Sister Gail Trippett, CSJ helps students tap
into their God-given gifts to create a better world.
ower
by Jeanne Liston Barnes
Upon entering Central Catholic/St. Nicholas (CCSN) in North St. Louis, a sign at
the front door serves as a reminder that there is more to this school than reading,
writing and arithmetic:
“Be it known to all who enter that Christ is the reason for this school. He is the
unseen but ever present teacher in its classes. He is the model of its faculty and
the inspiration for its students.”
This may be a common approach to Catholic-centered education, but at CCSN it is the foundation
for everything that happens at this uncommon school. Principal S. Gail Trippett, CSJ
makes sure this message is permanently woven into the fabric of her students’ lives.
The school serves over 300
African-American preschoolers through
eighth graders, many of whom live in
communities experiencing high crime
and poverty rates. But within this
school’s walls, you won’t hear the word
“poor.”
“The first breach to a child’s dignity
is to teach them they are poor,” believes
Trippett. “If people say the word ‘poor’
they often think of someone who is not
intelligent, not self-activating, doesn’t
have dreams and won’t accomplish
much in life. When we label a child as
‘poor’ that child begins to assume the
“We tell our students ‘You are
infinitely gifted by God,’ and we
ask them, ‘What are you going
to do with those gifts?’”
~S. Gail Trippett
myth that goes along with that word.”
A child’s sense of dignity begins
with the belief that he or she is,
indeed, gifted. The way to honor that
dignity is to share those gifts with
others. Trippett says, “We tell our
students, ‘You are infinitely gifted by
God,’ and we ask them, ‘What are you
going to do with those gifts?’”
The students are challenged to put
these words into action. For example,
as part of the monthly Saturday programs
at CCSN devoted to Christian
service, the upper grade students
listened to a young man who escaped
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S. Gail Trippett visits with a group of children in the lower school while they discuss the importance of protecting our environment. Below is a CCSN
pledge the children make to each other, their teachers, families and community. Every month a new virtue is added to the pledge.
Respect
I respect myself, I respect you, and I
respect all others, and I will show respect.
I will be accountable for my actions. I count,
you count, and you can count on me, and I
will show kindness. I will be honest. I will
show responsibility.
from Darfur. He shared his eyewitness account of adults
being killed and children left orphaned. He told the students
how 25 cents could feed a child in Darfur for one day.
Back in the classroom, the students were challenged to
find a way they could use their gifts to make a difference in
Darfur. The students keyed in on one simple fact: there was
a child, maybe their own age, on the other side of the world
that had lost her parents and needed help. Feeding a child for
25 cents a day made sense to them and they decided raising
money was something they could do.
“One class raised $1,000 selling lemonade from an old
time stand. Can you imagine that?” boasts Trippett. Yet she
describes the students’ true achievement with even greater
pride. “They got beyond their differences, set their goals and
had the drive and determination to stick with it.”
Trippett earned a bachelor’s degree in early childhood
education from Spelman College in 1978 and a master’s
degree in education administration from St. Louis University
in 1998. While these degrees certainly qualify her to be an
educator and principal, she cannot forget the lessons she
received at the knees of her parents, grandparents, aunts and
uncles.
“I come from a long line of educators,” tells Trippett.
“I’d hear my family talk about how to reach this child, or that
child...They were always trying to figure out what a child
needed to succeed,” she remembers.
But it was her grandmother’s words, “you never raise
your voice to a child,” that stuck with her most. Trippett
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ecalls, “When I started teaching, my first principal said to
me, ‘You are a superior teacher, but I think you need to learn
how to raise your voice to the children to get their attention.’”
By the end of her first year, when the principal realized that
she could maintain control of the class on her own terms, he
apologized and asked her if she could share her secret with
the rest of the staff. It was a testament to Trippett’s cool, calm
manner that puts everyone at ease and nurtures an environment
for learning and growing.
Helping children to grow emotionally is a vital component
of the program at CCSN. Trippett believes that the state
of one’s Emotional Quotient (EQ) is just as important as
one’s Intelligence Quotient (IQ). She discovered a movement
in education that supports her beliefs which she has implemented
school-wide.
The “Top 20 Training” program was developed to help
people awaken the potential
God has planted in us all and
is grounded in the 20/80
rule. “Only 20% of our world
population has healthy EQs,”
says Trippett. “It’s easy to
believe when you look around
the globe. Just look at the
disputes and problems in our
world...families unable to stay
together, the rise in violence.”
People who operate
“above the line” in the top 20 percent are people who are
thinking, learning and communicating in highly effective
ways. Trippett and her staff teach their students that they
have the power to choose to operate “above the line” in
any situation. “We empower children to create win-win
situations,” she says.
“For example, say a teacher needs to correct a student,”
explains Trippett. “That child can take it as, ‘This teacher
is picking on me, this teacher doesn’t like me.’ If that’s the
response the child chooses then she will feel negatively, act
negatively and end up getting exactly what she perceived. On
the other hand, if a child chooses to believe ‘this teacher cares
about me and is trying to help me be the best person I can be,’
she will respond differently and get a totally different response
from the teacher.”
CCSN serves students from 37 zip codes, which means
some families travel many miles to attend, but they wouldn’t
“The beauty of being a Catholic school is we
bring the faith element of how Jesus, God
and the power of the Holy Spirit can make
a difference in your life. When you run up
against hurdles that feel insurmountable you
can persevere. There’s a phrase we use: ‘God
makes a way out of no way.’”
have it any other way. “We have been driving 30 miles each
way for years to keep our kids in that school,” says Samantha
Neal. “That’s how important it is to us.” Neal, and her
husband, Terrance, have four daughters, two CCSN alumni
and two current students.
“Many people think that if you go to an all African-
American school, it’s somehow substandard,” says Neal.
“Central Catholic/St. Nicholas may not be the most up-todate,
modern, beautiful building, but you have to look beyond
the building. It’s a loving environment and Sister Gail makes
you feel that anything is possible with enough love.”
Trippett admits that there are days where she feels like
she’s swimming upstream. “There was a time when we learned
these life skills from our parents and community. Today, that’s
all changed. It seems we live in an everything goes society.”
“The beauty of being a Catholic school is we bring the
faith element of how Jesus,
~S. Gail Trippett
God and the power of the
Holy Spirit can make a difference
in your life,” explains
Trippett. “When you run
up against hurdles that feel
insurmountable you can
persevere. There’s a phrase we
use: ‘God makes a way out of
no way.’”
“Many of the students at
CCSN come from neighborhoods
where they’ve had to fight for everything. Some from
horrendous situations,” says Trippett. But the success stories
abound.
“I’ve had parents come in crying because of their experiences
at other schools. Their children were making failing
grades and they did not think they could ever succeed in
school,” she says. “Then they start to see a different kid and
can’t believe what their child is capable of. These children
finally have an opportunity to see there is a different way and
as their grades rise, everything changes.”
As their EQs become healthier, Trippett’s students begin
to map out a path for success at CCSN and beyond. “About
99% of our students go on to graduate from high school,” says
Trippett, “and from that group about 90% graduate from
college.” With national high school graduation rates in the low
70th percentile, CCSN is clearly bucking the trend.
Trippett is keenly aware that what the children are
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learning must be mirrored in their homes. “Statistics show
that 80% of children in our community (African-American)
who start college don’t finish if they don’t have solid family
backgrounds and faith principles guiding and driving their
lives,” says Trippett.
Parental involvement in the
lives of the students at CCSN
is key to educating the whole
child. “Teachers try to help
whole families come together
and grow in their spirituality
and understanding of the
principles and skills needed to
have healthy EQs as well as the
integration of that into their
faith,” she explains.
“My ultimate dream is to have a team of parents that
is well-versed in healthy EQs and can begin to train other
parents—a program where they can share their experiences
and struggles in parenting along with the wisdom they’ve
gained,” says Trippett.
When children leave the classrooms of CCSN, they are
equipped with both the academic proficiency and emotional
skills to enrich our world and make it a better place for
themselves and everyone they encounter. “How you treat
one person can affect a multitude of people in a lifetime,” says
Trippett, a firm believer in the
“You can’t quantify
the value of teaching
young people the
importance of human
dignity.”
~S. Gail Trippett
ripple effect. “Every time you
help one person come to a new
place, you’ve helped hundreds.”
The investment Trippett
and the staff at CCSN make
in these children is an investment
in the future. “You can’t
quantify the value of teaching
young people the importance
of human dignity,” says Trippett.
“It goes along with respect, honoring people where they
are, and how God would want every individual in the world
treated. But it’s even more than that. It has to do with the
type of society and community we want to create.” y
Top 20 Training — Staying Above the Line
The model of Top 20 Training
began as a pilot program in the
late 1990s for incoming freshmen
at a Catholic high school in St. Paul,
Minn. It soon exploded and the five
partners have since trained over
10,000 teachers across the nation.
Paul Bernabel, one of the co-founders,
describes the principle of Top 20
Training as “helping people discover
the power of choice to make a positive
difference in their lives.”
Top 20 Training starts from the
perspective that “God has planted
potential in everyone.” Bernabel likes
to say that he and his team are really
only “professional reminders” of that
potential. “What we hope to do
is help people discover the power
within them to make a difference
in their lives. That potential is in
everyone but for some reason or
other, we’ve forgotten it’s there.
When you awaken in a human being
the power of who they are, that will
bubble over and impact everyone
else they encounter.”
One of the foundations of Top
20 Training is the 20 percent/80
percent rule. Operating in the top 20
percent means that you are thinking,
learning and communicating in highly
effective ways. Bernabel calls that
“staying above the line.”
Another concept they teach
educators is called the frame model:
See, Feel, Do, Get. What this
frame suggests is that:
• The way we see things (our
beliefs about situations, other
people or ourselves) affects how
we feel.
• How we feel (our emotions)
affects what we do (our behavior
or actions).
• What we do affects what we
get (the results).
• What we get tends to reinforce
how we see our beliefs.
It all boils down to choice.
When we are living below the line,
or in the bottom 80 percent, we can
choose to do nothing and accept
the outcome, or choose to make
changes. Or as Bernabel says, “We
can be a character in someone else’s
story, or we can be the author of
our own story.”
For more information on Top 20 Training,
visit: http://www.top20training.com
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The participants of the Bosnian’s women’s support group at the Center for Survivors of Torture and War Trauma in St. Louis.
Healing Lives —
Building Futures
For many Americans,
September 11, 2001 was
the first time “terrorism”
jumped out of the headlines
into their homes and hearts. For Sister
Jean Abbott, CSJ, that day served as yet
another example of how terrorist acts
can continue to destroy lives long after
the violence subsides.
As the clinical director of the
Center for Survivors of Torture and
War Trauma (CSTWT) in St. Louis,
Abbott hit the streets when the news of
the attacks broke out to connect with her
clients from war-torn Bosnia, knowing
that they would be in a state of utter
by Jenny Beatrice
S. Jean Abbott (right) celebrates with one of
her Bosnian clients who just received her first
passport as an American citizen.
panic. She recalls, “I tried to assure them,
‘That’s in New York, far away from here.
We have it under control,’ and they said
to me, ‘In our country, in our home, it
was far away—and it came.’”
“That’s what terrorism is,” Abbott
says, “the instillation that you have no
ability to control anything.”
Many of the 9000 survivors in the
St. Louis region arrived in America
from areas experiencing political and
social unrest, carrying with them
hidden stories and visible scars that
prevent them from living functional and
fulfilling lives. “Sometimes we don’t see
the person—we just see the scars that
keep them from holding a job or learning
English,” Abbott says. “Think about
what would force a person to leave his
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Many of the 9000 survivors in the St. Louis
region arrived in America from areas experiencing
political and social unrest, carrying with
them hidden stories and visible scars that prevent
them from living functional and fulfilling lives.
home. It could be war or violence or
oppression. The refugees come with
this tremendous energy to survive and
to find a safe place, but the trauma, the
grief of the attack, stays with them and
they have to find a way to deal with it.”
Abbott became aware of this
profound grief in the late 1980s when
she opened a sanctuary for survivors
of Guatemalan refugee camps where
hundreds of thousands of people were
being kidnapped and massacred. Abbott
says, “I began to notice something different
in the energy of the women who
were tortured. After they were finally
safe, something seemed to cave in.”
She saw this same breakdown
manifest itself in the violence exhibited
by the male survivors. When Abbott
witnessed a man beating his wife at the
sanctuary, she reminded him he was in
a house of non-violence. He went into
an altered state and shouted, “You don’t
know what violence is!” as he revealed a
chest full of electric burn marks.
“I thought, ‘This guy is going to pay
his whole life because he’d never dealt
with the extreme rage and helplessness
about what was done to him,’” Abbott
remembers. “That was the beginning.”
At that time not much was known
about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD) but Abbott immersed herself
in the subject. In the early 1990s she
identified other health care professionals
who were seeing an increase of refugees
suffering from PTSD. She formed a coalition,
which grew to become CSTWT,
officially incorporated in 2001.
The center’s mission is to help
refugee and immigrant survivors manage
their symptoms that make adapting
to life in a new culture difficult while
facilitating the healing process through
holistic mental health services. “Just
giving someone their first month’s rent
is not going to do the trick,” says Abbott.
“The center speaks to the power of
relationship, working to replace cruelty
with love. It’s a creative instillation of
my CSJ values, a way of giving back to
people that have been so degraded.”
Many of the clients have been
through unimaginable experiences,
such as the Bosnians who suffered in
concentration camps, the Somali women
who were brutally raped, and the Afghan
widows whose husbands and sons were
murdered. Abbott strives to see the
world from the survivor’s perspective.
“I was in Nicaragua for a year and by the
eighth or ninth month, I felt the uprooting
from my culture and a profound
loneliness even though I knew I could go
back,” she says. “So what does a person
with no ‘back’ to go to feel? Everything in
their past has been destroyed.”
CSTWT is a place where survivors
can heal from their pasts and form
new paths for their futures. The staff
provides and coordinates individual and
group counseling, integrative therapies,
youth programs and support services.
“Jean built a great place that provides
creative skills to help the healing
process,” says Kristin Bulin, executive
director of the center. “What we are
working toward is strengthening the
foundation to keep that piece going.”
The core staff of seven relies on
the extensive network of community
partners that help provide translation
services, transportation assistance, social
service needs, legal support and guidance,
and health services for the clients. “Part
of my work is therapy, but part of it
is fostering a network of compassion,”
Abbott says. “It’s like being in the middle
of a web of people who have good
will. Sometimes I get a call and I don’t
have one more minute, but I’ll respond
anyway because people have responded
to me when I needed help.”
Volunteers also respond to fill the
center’s specialized needs, enabling the
center to provide integrated therapies
for its clients—therapies that focus on
the connection between healing the
mind and the body, such as acupressure,
hypnotherapy and movement therapy.
“Separating the mind from the
body is a Western model,” says Abbott.
“The research shows that if you don’t
get the body toned, it can’t hold the
emotions that go through it.”
Integrated therapies also offer the
clients new ways to cope with everyday
events that act as triggers to panic
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Left: Another Bosnian client, who recently
became an American citizen, fills out her first
voter registration card.
Below: S. Jean Abbott embraces one of her
clients.
attacks. For example, a recent yoga class
at the center turned into an exercise in
self-control during a tornado warning.
When the sirens sounded, the volunteer
instructor told her anxious Bosnian
students to keep breathing and go
downstairs. “That was the best exposure
therapy we could have done,” Abbott
recalls. “There they were, in a dark basement,
surrounded by people who care
and doing good things for themselves.”
Two programs at the center
facilitate the healing of children suffering
the debilitating effects of PTSD,
although they may not have been the
direct victims of violence. “Sometimes
the parents are so traumatized, they
can’t give their children the relationships
they need,” says Abbott. These children
struggle in school both academically
and socially, with truancy and anger
management as some of the most
common issues.
The Open Door after school program
provides a place for them to share,
learn, create, express and heal. The
International Play Ground performing
arts ensemble provides a creative outlet
to facilitate healing while educating the
public. Middle and high school students
develop original scripts and put on annual
theater productions. Abbott’s long
term goal is to open a charter school “so
that children can have a year of tendering
before they get integrated.”
Abbott calls herself a “cheerleader”
who finds the strength in her clients so
they can start to heal themselves. “Somebody
has to be around to say, ‘did you see
what you just did?’ That’s what the Sisters
of St. Joseph did for me. It embarrassed
me but it also strengthened me.”
She sees her work as a symbol of
the totality of all the ministries of the
Sisters of St. Joseph. “It’s a symbol
for those in need—the sojourner, the
homeless, the tortured—and how we
are facilitating the healing of their souls
so they can become whole.”
Ultimately, Abbott’s ministry is a
testament to the transforming power of
forgiveness and God’s limitless healing
grace. She recalls the moment she
witnessed the transformation of a young
man from Russia who was degradingly
tortured in his teens to serve as an
example to rising protesters.
“Every time I tried to talk with him
about his journey, he tried to avoid it,”
Abbott recalls. “Then one day he says,
‘You know I was thinking about the
men who did this to me and I feel sorry
for them. They’re trapped in the system
just like I was trapped. Don’t you feel
sorry for them?’”
“It was so powerful,” she remembers.
“I looked at him and thought,
‘Honey, you’re going to fly.’” y
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A Tragic Crime and a Grave Violation
by Sister Kathleen Kelly CSJ (LA)
llegal trade in human beings through the use of force, deception, fraud, sale or coercion
for the purpose of sexual exploitation or forced labor is one of the most tragic crimes
of our time. It is a grave violation against women and children and a breach of their
fundamental rights. Most of those trafficked are women and children, girls as young as
nine, particularly to be used as sex slaves.
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Other victims may be forced
into forms of work such as domestic
servitude or migrant agricultural work.
Trafficking of persons has become a $5
to $7 million operation annually and is
quickly becoming the most profitable
international criminal activity, outpacing
the illicit sale of drugs and guns. It
is a modern form of slavery—at least
800,000 persons are trafficked annually
within or across international borders.
Transnational organized crime,
specifically human trafficking, is
growing in some developing countries
and rivaling their GNP. Approximately
50,000 women and children are trafficked
into the United States each year.
The United States is one of the major
trafficking magnets, with New York
City being a key point of entry.
Promise of a Better Life
Poverty and lack of opportunity are
the underlying forces that drive human
trafficking. Over 515 million youth
(primarily girls) live on less than $2 a
day and 208 million live on $1 a day.
Desperation resulting from these situations
motivates many to escape from a
life of hopelessness, a dead end future in
a slum or a dreary village. Promises of a
better life, employment and education
cause many to believe those who offer
this hope.
Parents who see no future for their
children accept the words of recruiters
who deceive them into letting their
children leave. Parents who are desperate
may sell their girls to the recruiters.
Women and children are kidnapped or
coerced.
Causes of trafficking include the
following:
• Illiteracy and inadequate education
and employment opportunities
• Patriarchy, a major cause of
discrimination against women
and girls
• Erosion of traditional family values
• Racial discrimination
• The commercialization of sex in
media and new technologies
The demand in the expanding commercial
sex industry has resulted in
increased trafficking of young girls.
Male attitudes and perception of
women as unequal and as objects
intensify this demand.
Poverty and lack
of opportunity
are the underlying
forces that drive
human trafficking.
In Our Neighborhoods
Human trafficking occurs everywhere,
in our own neighborhoods, even on our
doorsteps. This crime is unseen and
silent. Individuals are hidden, kept as
prisoners and their legal documents
taken from them. Usually they cannot
speak the language of the country. They
have been threatened and frightened
and told that their families at home will
be killed or harmed if they escape.
Trafficked women often are
employed in the garment industry, in
massage parlors, as farm laborers, in
brothels, even as housekeepers, cooks,
dishwashers and in any type of enforced
labor.
Most often a key to recognizing
trafficked persons is the isolation of
individuals from any social or personal
contact. If they are ill, they are taken to
clinics or emergency rooms. They are
often allowed to attend church services.
If a woman does escape she will most
often contact a convent or church. Each
of us can be aware of these types of
situations and notify a local agency or
trafficking hot line, such as the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (888-428-
7581). You do not have to identify
yourself—just ask that the situation be
investigated.
A California woman’s keen insight
and commitment to action serves as
an example of how we, as informed
individuals, can make a difference. The
woman noticed a large group of young
women who attended her parish church
every Sunday. They came together, left
together and never interacted with
anyone. When the woman approached
one of them to welcome her, the young
girl pulled back and acted very afraid.
After weeks of wondering, the
woman, who was knowledgeable and
informed about the problem of trafficking,
talked with the local police who
had also been trained in trafficking.
Investigation of the federal authorities
resulted in the arrest of the traffickers
and the victims were assisted by CAST
(Coalition to Abolish Slavery and
Trafficking), taken to safe homes and
rehabilitated.
Illustration by Jeanne Barnes
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As Sisters of St. Joseph, we are called by our charism to be prophetic
voices and to engage in action to bring about a more just social order.
U.N. and U.S. Responses
In 2000 the United Nations adopted
The Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and
Punish Trafficking in Persons. The
Protocol included provisions to protect
and assist the victims of such trafficking,
especially women and children, with full
respect for their human rights and to
promote full cooperation among countries
in order to meet the objectives.
All countries of the U.N. were called
to establish laws
embodying these
provisions, and
presently, all
countries have
done so.
The United
States immediately
passed the
Victims of Trafficking
and Violence
and Protection
Act which
encompasses the
prevention of trafficking,
the protection
of victims, and
the prosecution of
traffickers. A T-visa
allows the victims to
remain in the United
States and includes
provisions for legal
representation. Since
2000 individual states
have passed legislation
that increases services
for victims and gives high
priority to the criminalization
of traffickers.
Prophetic Voices of the
Church
Trafficking in human persons violates
central teachings of the Catholic
Church. It shows contempt for the
inherent dignity of the human person
and exploits those who live in poverty.
The Pastoral Constitution of the Church
in the Modern World condemns certain
grave offenses against human life.
Whatever is opposed to life itself,
whatever insults human dignity, such as
subhuman living conditions, arbitrary
imprisonment, deportation, slavery,
prostitution, the selling of women and
children, as well as disgraceful working
conditions, where people are treated as
mere instruments of gain rather than
as free and responsible persons: all these
things and others like them are infamies
indeed. They poison human society and
they do more harm to those who practice
them than to those who suffer from the
injury. Moreover, they are a supreme
dishonor to the Creator. (“Gaudium et
Spes,” p. 27)
Women religious have taken a
leadership role in addressing this crime
and have been a powerhouse in keeping
this topic on the national and world
agendas. In Rome in 2001 the Union
of International Superiors pledged the
efforts of all their religious communities
to “work in solidarity…to address
insistently at every level the abuse and
exploitation of women and children
with particular attention to the trafficking
of women which has become a
lucrative multi-national business.”
In many countries around the
world sisters are taking action by
educating themselves and others,
backing legislation, setting up safe
houses, offering services, volunteering
and donating funds to victim assistance
organizations, participating in training
of law enforcement officers and partnering
with organizations that share the
goal of ending human trafficking.
As Sisters of St. Joseph, we are
called by our charism to be prophetic
voices and to engage in action to bring
about a more just social order. By joining
our voices with others and denouncing
this egregious violation of human
rights, we can network and collaborate
to combat human trafficking.
Inspired by Jesus’ mission “that all
may have life and have it to the full” let
us work together and with others to
eradicate the evil of modern slavery. y
S. Kathleen Kelly, CSJ,
a member of the Los
Angeles Province, works
to educate people on
the issue of human
trafficking. She is Director
of Development at
St. Mary's Academy in Inglewood, Calif. and
the board chair of Ascension Health System,
the nation’s largest Catholic and non-profit
health system. Ascension is co-sponsored
by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet.
Illustration by Jeanne Barnes
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— What Can I Do to Make a Difference? —
Educate yourself and others about this tragedy of our
times with the following resources:
Read. . .
Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global
Economy by Kevin Bales, Published by University
of California Press, 1999
Slavery is illegal throughout the world, yet
more than twenty-seven million people
are still trapped in one of history’s oldest
social institutions. Kevin Bales’ disturbing
story of contemporary slavery reaches
from Pakistan’s brick kilns and Thailand’s
brothels to various multinational corporations.
His investigations reveal how the
tragic emergence of a “new slavery” is inextricably linked to
the global economy.
Surf the Web…
U.S. Department of Justice — www.usdoj.gov
Click on “What We Do” then “Human Trafficking”
to get information on policies, victims’ services and how
to report trafficking crimes.
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime —
www.unodc.org
Click on “Human Trafficking” to find out about UN-
ODC’s response to trafficking in persons. UNODC offers
practical help to States, not only helping to draft laws and
create comprehensive national anti-trafficking strategies
but also assisting with resources to implement them.
Freedom Network USA — www.freedomnetworkusa.org
Freedom Network (USA), which was established in
2001, is a coalition of 25 non-governmental organizations
that provides services to, and advocates for the rights of,
trafficking survivors in the United States.
Stop Trafficking! Anti-Human Trafficking Newsletter —
http://homepage.mac.com/srjeanschafersds/stoptraffic/
The Stop Trafficking newsletter, edited by Sister Jean Schafer,
SDS, serves as a forum for exchange among religious
congregations and their collaborating
organizations to promote awareness, to
exchange best practices in advocacy for
and empowerment of survivors and to
recommend actions that counter human
trafficking.
Reflect. . .
Reflect on appropriate Old and New
Testament passages to deepen your understanding
of this crime against women and
children. (For example, read Isaiah 42:22,
58:6, Leviticus 19:29, Joel 3:3,2:7, Proverbs 31:8-9, John
10:10.) Pray for compassion for those who are trafficked
for the profit of others and that they experience freedom
in the spirit of Jesus.
Meditate. . .
Imagine a young girl who has been trafficked…sit with her,
talk with her, find out how she feels. Note your feelings and
thoughts.
Think about Eliza, a 14-year-old who worked cleaning
hotel rooms in Mexico. A man approached her parents,
telling them about a well-paying job he could get her for
doing the same work north of the border. Eliza was eager
to go, although her parents were reluctant. Eliza was taken
to Orlando, Fla. by a “coyote” (a people smuggler). She
was then told she would have to work as a prostitute until
she paid off her debt for her passage out of Mexico.
Think about Valentina, a 27-year-old Ukranian psychologist
and social worker, who arrived in Israel believing she
was going to work as a company representative. Instead,
she was taken to an apartment where she was held for
two months and forced to work as a prostitute. Eventually,
she succeeded in escaping captivity but was then arrested
by Israeli authorities for not having proper documents
or a visa. Valentina had no idea how or when she would
return home. (Amnesty International)
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Around the Province
Heger signs her certificate of profession witnessed by (left to right) Sisters
Patty Clune, province leader; Pat Quinn, novice director, Jean Meier, province
leader; and Rebecca Holley.
Sister Sarah Heger Professes First Vows
On August 2, Sister Sarah Heger, CSJ professed her first
vows as a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet at the Province
Motherhouse. “So many sisters have said to me, ‘Welcome,’”
said Heger. “While I feel like I was welcomed long ago, this
was a wonderful celebration of being welcomed into community
in a deeper way. As I said in my vow statement, I know
(and hope) that it will be a lifetime of deepening and coming
to understand. Community is awesome!”
Heger, who has a bachelor’s degree in
special education from Fontbonne University,
is currently teaching at Ripley
High School in Ripley, Miss.
CSJ Documentary “That All
May Be One” Released
When Karen Kearns took a trip from
her home in California to her native
St. Louis to visit her cousin, Sister
Joan Lampton, CSJ, she never expected
it would be the beginning of a journey,
the production of her first film, “That
All May Be One,” (TAMBO) a
documentary about the Sisters of
St. Joseph of Carondelet.
During this visit in
2001 Kearns, the associate
dean of Cal State’s University
Curb College of Arts,
Media and Communication,
was inspired to chronicle
the monumental renovation of the province motherhouse. As
the production evolved, the renovation became the backdrop
for the film’s ultimate purpose—to make visible the good
work and enduring legacy of the CSJs.
TAMBO makes a connection as to how today’s sisters
in province leadership and in our sponsored institutions are
living out the legacy of the congregation’s founding mothers.
Interviews with province leaders, sisters who served at
St. Joseph’s Academy and St. Joseph’s Institute for the Deaf,
as well as sisters residing at Nazareth Living Center, paint a
picture of the vibrancy and spirit of the community. “These
women are charming, funny, and pragmatic as they continue
to make tomorrow,” says Kearns. “I’m honored they allowed
me to tell their story.”
While Kearns set out to share the sisters’ ministries, business
acumen and hope-filled perspectives with her audience,
she experienced some of her own revelations. “I was amazed at
how current the sisters are,” Kearns says. “They are tied into all
aspects of daily life, the community and the world.”
Kearns also learned the value of patience during the
six-year process of completing the film. “For many years, it
felt like the dark days of the soul. But you can’t push the river.
Sometimes you just have to step back.”
In the end, the timing was impeccable. Kearns entered
TAMBO in the July 2008 St. Louis Filmmakers Festival.
Above, CSJ sisters and associates gave filmmaker Karen Kearns (center) the
“red carpet” treatment at the showing of “That All May Be One” at the Tivoli
Theater in St. Louis on July 23. Left, Kearns with cousin, S. Joan Lampton, CSJ.
Lampton says, “Karen caught our spirit, our life and our mission. I am very
proud of her, and I know my sisters are pleased with the final product.”
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The film received recognition, in part due
to the overwhelming CSJ community’s
presence at the screening. As a result,
TAMBO is playing at the St. Louis
International Film Festival in November.
Although Kearns never set out to be
a documentary filmmaker, her talent to
bring her experience and vision of who
the Sisters of Joseph are today is profound.
“There was something about being
together with a bunch of people pulling
in the same direction,” says Kearns. “‘That
All May Be One’—it’s not only a great
title —it’s the way they live, too.”
For more information about TAMBO, visit
www.thatallmaybeone.com.
May They Live
in the Spirit
S. Mary Raymond McMahon,
April 11, 2008
S. David Joseph Migliarini,
May 6, 2008
S. Rosemary Connell,
May 20, 2008
S. Rosarita Allen,
June 17, 2008
S. Joyce Buckler,
June 19, 2008
S. Rose Celine Tauschek,
July 5, 2008
S. Patricia Cramer,
August 10, 2008
S. Catherine Beauron,
September 26, 2008
Sisters, family and co-workers gather outside the Motherhouse in St. Louis to
offer a fond farewell to the CSJ Uganda Project Team on June 4. Above, Sisters
Monica Lubitz, Jo Ann Geary, Patricia Haire, Marion Weinzapfel and Pat Murphy.
Uganda Project
verything in me wants to not
“Eturn my back on them, but to
affirm the love of God that has sustained
them and brought them and all the people of Acholiland
through immense sufferings; to affirm God present in their midst
and to be privileged to walk with them,” says Sister Marion
Weinzapfel, CSJ on serving the people in need in Uganda.
On June 4, 2008, the CSJ Uganda Project Team embarked
on their journey to share in the ministry of the Archdiocese of
Gulu, Uganda. Sisters Patricia Haire (Los Angeles), Jo Ann Geary (St. Louis), Monica
Lubitz (St. Paul), Pat Murphy (St. Louis) and Weinzapfel (St. Louis) have ministered
toward healing, restoring and deepening family and community relationships as part
of the church of Gulu and its ministry among and with the Acholi people.
“I sensed that I was being told I should not be afraid to say ‘yes,’ and that the
future and hope was for the people of Uganda,” says Murphy.
After 20 years of war between the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and the
Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF), the Acholi people have been working to
re-develop their country. Amnesty, reconciliation and forgiveness are key parts of
the fragile peace process which is now in place. These core cultural values of the
Acholi people have been tested by the trauma of the recent war and their lives in
camps, to which many were sent for their own safety.
“For me it’s about connections, it’s about relationships, it’s about recognizing
needs,” says Geary. “…and so I offer myself and my gifts to be used as the people
see fit.”
Haire and Lubitz returned home from their two-month ministry in Gulu on
August 6. While serving in Uganda, they helped the others get settled and interacted
with the schools and St. Jude’s Orphanage.
Geary, Murphy and Weinzapfel continue their ministry in Gulu. Murphy
teaches math to young women in high school and child mothers, Geary works at the
St. Mauritz Health Center and Weinzapfel trains religious leaders in leadership development
at the Catechist Training Center. They also tutor and mentor young women
in preparation for college entrance exams and studies. Both Geary and Weinzapfel
are helping with the building of the St. Louis CSJ ministry dispensary/clinic in Barogal,
Uganda as well.
To learn more about the experiences of the CSJ Uganda Project Team, visit the blog site,
http://csjgulu.blogspot.com.
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News from the Development Office
Dear Friends,
Kids say the darndest things.
I remember when seven-year-old
Kylie stood up in the middle of
the math class I was teaching
and asked, “Sister, what color is
dignity?” As luck, or grace would
have it, the recess bell interrupted
my pensive, “Hmmm.” Out the door she went but her question
crawled inside my pocket and never left.
Kylie, wherever you are, I want you to know that I have
seen the color of dignity. It’s red when a teacher notices and
encourages a passion for learning. It’s purple when health
and hospice care are offered to all, no matter what their
economy. It’s green, when the fragile resources of Earth are
not possessed but protected and shared. It’s yellow when
people and cultures, differences and abilities are named with
acceptance and respect rather than ciphered with silence or
disdain. Mostly, I think dignity is clear, like a window that
offers a plethora of opportunities to notice, honor, nourish
and reconcile life.
You, our donors and friends, reflect the myriad of dignity
colors. Your friendship and generosity support the Sisters of
St. Joseph as we strive to treat all life with dignity because of
one simple truth—all are made in the remarkable image and
likeness of God.
Thank you for partnering with us. Together we have the
collective power to encourage and protect the dignity of all life.
Sincerely,
Sister Barbara Dreher, CSJ
Executive Director of Development
Gifts of Appreciated Stock Benefiting Donors
Last spring, friends of the Sisters
of St. Joseph gathered at the
Carondelet Motherhouse
for the second annual
Generosity of Joseph
Honors Gala. Sisters,
friends and donors
celebrated the Eucharist
and recognized those
who reflect St. Joseph’s
life-altering generosity. This
gathering was truly a reflection
of the unity of the sisters and their
partners in the efforts to bring Christ to others through so
many special ministries. “We are ordinary women striving
to reflect God’s extraordinary love,” says S. Barbara Dreher,
CSJ. “Together with our coworkers and friends we are able to
bring compassion, care, empowerment, education and love to
thousands of people everyday.”
It is the contributions that we receive annually that provide
the necessary resources for our many special ministries. We
have been frequently asked, “What is the best way to make a
gift that can help the Sisters of St. Joseph and possibly benefit
our supporters as well?” Of course there are many ways to
make a gift, but at this time of so many corporate mergers,
by Frank Cognata, Development Advisor
appreciated stock in a publicly-traded company is often the best
choice. The donor will obtain a charitable donation deduction
for the full value of the stock as of the date of the gift and will
avoid recognizing a capital gain on the stock’s appreciation.
Further, the donor will not need to obtain a formal appraisal
of the stock to secure the charitable deduction, as would be the
case with many other types of non-cash gifts.
Many shareholders of merged companies are confronting
capital gains on the sale of their stock in connection with the
mergers. To avoid the taxes associated with these gains, some
of these shareholders are considering using their stock to fund
charitable gifts that they intend to make in the near future.
This is good planning, but these donors should consult their
tax advisors and act soon.
Ever grateful to our friends and partners, it is our hope
that everyone can benefit from the stewardship of their gifts.
For more information regarding Gifts of Appreciated
Stock or IRA Charitable Rollovers or any other type of
planned gift, please contact Elaine Wichmer in the
Development Office at 314-678-0330.
(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.)
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Generations turn out for Grandparents Day
Above, front row: Jeff Mueller, Dorothy Buttice, Susie Mueller holding Thomas Mueller and
Mary Buttice. Second row: Joanne Buttice, Joe Buttice and Gus Buttice.
The Sisters of St. Joseph
welcomed guests at
their BreakFEAST in celebration
of grandparents and
families on September 7 at
the Carondelet Motherhouse.
This is the second
time the CSJ community
has hosted this event and
more than 95 grandparents,
parents, children and friends
attended. The morning began
with Mass in the Holy Family
Mary Jo Ryan and Ronnie Henderson. Chapel, followed by breakfast
prepared by the motherhouse
chefs. Proceeds from the event help advance the mission and
ministries of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. The date for next
year's BreakFEAST will be Sunday, September 13, 2009.
Above, top Row left to
right: Steve Robben and
Ray Harter Jr. Second
Row left to right: Mary
Alice Robben and Sharon
Harter. Third Row: Mary
Patricia Robben.
Left, Bob Juergens and
his granddaughter, Allison
Winkeler.
Opportunities for Charitable Giving with IRAs
The $700 billion economic
bailout bill was passed on Friday,
October 3, 2008 which includes
a two-year extension of the IRA
(Individual Retirement Account)
Rollover provision. The provision will
be made retroactive to January 1, 2008,
and will apply to gifts made from that
date through December 31, 2009.
Provisions—
•Individuals 70½ and older are
able to make charitable gifts, up
to $100,000 annually ($200,000
annually for married couples) from
their IRAs.
• Individuals holding the IRA
simply instruct the institution
holding their IRA to transfer funds
directly to a charity such as the
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet.
• Donors do not report the transferred
funds as income or take a
charitable deduction for the gift.
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Tributes
Thank you for the following gifts made between February 1 and August 1, 2008.
In Honor of…
1958 Golden Jubilarians
Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Cowan
Ms. Michelle M. Piranio, CSJA
Mary Carol Anth, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Eschbacher
Mrs. Elizabeth L. Gilbert
Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Gronemeyer
Mr. & Mrs. William F. Sondermann
Fr. Jerry Arono-Ponce
Dr. Kathryn W. Sullivan
Ida Robertine Berresheim, CSJ
Ms. Rose Mary Green
Mary Jacinta Blanchard, SHF
Mrs. Gloria M. Morrow
Carol Brouillette, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. William F. Bullock
Mr. & Mrs. William C. Gandolfo
Ms. Marcia A. Mueller
Marie Charles Buford, CSJ
Mr. Edward J. Barni
Mrs. Ruth Ann Mitchell
Patricia Ann Clement, CSJ
Ms. Kimberly A. Dodson
Patty Clune, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory J. Mueller
Camille Collini, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. McGreevy
Blanche Marie Corcoran, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Albert E. Rose
Nancy Corcoran, CSJ
Ms. Nancy L. Hennessey
Mr. Joseph Mongelli
Loretta Costa, CSJ
Ms. F. Diane Lott
Marian Cowan, CSJ
Mr. Wallace R. Alford
Kathleen Crowley, CSJ
Ms. Mary S. Rosenthal
Elizabeth Deutsch, CSJ
Dr. & Mrs. Walter A. Korfmacher
Jacqueline Dillon, CSJ
Ms. Pauline F. Price
Fiona Duffy
Ms. Elizabeth H. Black
Mary Laurent Duggan, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Leahy
Ann Charles Everett, CSJ
Ms. Sharon Everett
Francis Regis Feise, CSJ
Ms. Ann Hubel
Rosemary Flanigan, CSJ
Ms. Lorraine M. Camper
Mr. & Mrs. John D. Harris
Mrs. Cynthia A. Stasevich
Mrs. Toni Walters
JoAnn Geary, CSJ
Ms. Mary S. Rosenthal
Pat Giljum, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Cavato
Jacob Giljum
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Giljum
Patricia Gillespie, CSJ
Donna Murray
Donna Gunn, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. John J. Bruns
Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Genovese
Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Gunn
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Gunn
Joan Haas, CSJ
Mrs. Valerie A. Burhans
Martha Heimer, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. William F. Bullock
Ms. Genevieve S. Cleary
Mary Concordia Hennessy, CSJ
Mr. Lawrence R. Dallas
Mr. & Mrs. W. James Enghauser
Mrs. Ann M. Geraty
Ms. Dorothy H. Hogan
Mrs. Mary C. Skewis
Carl Hofer
Mrs. Carol A. Powers
Paula Hofer
Mrs. Carol A. Powers
Rebecca Holley, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. John J. Bruns
Carolyn Hupperts, CSJ
Mrs. Lucille Curtin
Ms. Geraldine A. Rauch
Mr. Richard M. Kacenski
Ann Jones, CSJ
Ms. Lorraine M. Camper
The 2008 Jubilarians
Francis Regis Feise, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Frank P. Greco
Mrs. Aliceann E. Gruber
Mrs. Ethel Sharon Johnson, CSJA
Anne Christine Looze, CSJ
Ms. Peggy M. Maguire, CSJA
Ms. Mary A. Robillard, CSJA
Ms. Ann Rotermund
Mr. & Mrs. James E. Sinner
Sisters of St. Joseph - 51st Terrace
Sisters of St. Joseph - Saint Louis Avenue
Sisters of St. Joseph - Our Lady’s
Community
Sisters of St. Joseph - Crittenden
Ann Dominic Tassone, CSJ
Mary Helen Kane, CSJ
Ms. Bernadine Hettinger
Mr. & Mrs. James H. Thomas
Sarah Ann Mitra, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Walter T. Thome
Anna Bridget Kearns, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon B. Hardy, Jr.
Ms. F. Diane Lott
Carol & John Kohler
Mary Kay Liston, CSJ
Anna Rose Kraus, CSJ
Mr. William M. Merrick
Joan Lampton, CSJ
Mrs. Geraldine F. Stassi
Karen Langhi, CSJ
Ms. Toni Jean Bink
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. DiMaggio
Mary Kay Liston, CSJ
Ms. Patricia A. Lee
Rita McCormick, CSJ
Ms. Mary Ann Rodriguez
Ms. Marianne C. Rohan
Rose Marie McKenna, CSJ
Ms. Karen Anne Hiatt
Mary Catherine O’Gorman, CSJ
Ms. Toni Jean Bink
Dr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Blanton
Mrs. Mary Gericke
Dr. & Mrs. Raymond W. Hellweg
Mrs. Grace R. Mazzoni
Dr. & Mrs. Harry T. Nomura
Mr. & Mrs. Sean O’Gorman
Mr. & Mrs. William F. Sondermann
Mrs. Edward J. Tabash
Ann Pace, CSJ
Ms. Dee A. Harvill
Mary Antonia Palumbo, CSJ
Mrs. Mary J. Reinhardt
Bob Powers
Mrs. Carol A. Powers
Province Leadership Team
Ms. Deborah S. Wilson
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Tom & Dottie Reardon
Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Gaughan
Marion Renkens, CSJ
Ms. F. Diane Lott
Vita Marie Rudden, CSJ
Mrs. Jean E. Scholz
Kathleen Kevin Ryan, CSJ
Ms. Susan Klepper, CSJA
Charles Schaeffer
Mr. & Mrs. James J. Ryan
Rose Margaret Schweers, CSJ
Mr. Michael J. Rucker
Eleanor Sheehan, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. R. Hal Johnson, Jr.
Louise Michele Sommer, CSJ
Ms. Mary Lu Christiansen
Martha Smith, CSJ
Ms. Toni Jean Bink
Linda Straub, CSJ
Ms. Cindy Costello
Ruth Stuckel, CSJ
Mrs. Mary Ellen Moreno
Kay & Paul Sullivan
Ms. Jessie A. Fuller, CSJA
Michael Sullivan
Dr. Kathryn W. Sullivan
Theresa Svehla, RSM
Dr. Kathryn W. Sullivan
Maryellen Tierney, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Beckring
Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Genovese
Mr. & Mrs. James Grumich
Mrs. Cecelia K. Piekarski
Ms. Mary Ellen Smith
Karen Conley Tobia
Dr. Kathryn W. Sullivan
Jeanne Urschel, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. William B. Christian
Margaret Vincent, CSJ
Mrs. Mary Ellen Daly
Mr. & Mrs. William Wentz
Dr. Kathryn W. Sullivan
Suzanne Wesley, CSJ
Ms. Karen M. Ledbetter
Ms .Rosemary Jaclyn Meyer
Mrs. Anna L. Millburg
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory J. Mueller
Norma Wurmlinger
Mrs. Patricia Ann Dunn
In Memory of…
Wilbur Allaert
Mrs. Mary Joy A. Feeney
Rosarita Allen, CSJ
Catherine Mary Boucher, CSJ
James Patrick Corbett, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. DeMarea
Mr. & Mrs. Gary R. VanBlarcum
Rudolph R. Anaya
Mrs. Mary H. Anaya
John Anchor
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Kemple
Mary Annand
Association Partnership Program
Keisha Avalon
Donna Loretto Gunn, CSJ
John A. Babich, Jr.
Anonymous
Greg Baker
Mrs. Patricia Ann Dunn
Mildred Bakewell
Mrs. Joan C. Bland
Mildred Baldelli
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Zinselmeyer, Jr.
Delores Banden
Mary Lillian Baumann, CSJ
James Banks
Ms. Peggy M. Maguire, CSJA
Elizabeth M. Barlow
Patricia Ann Giljum, CSJ
Nathaniel Battle
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Cox
Alyce Irene Batty
Ms. Toni Jean Bink
Edward Beeles
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick M. Postal
Gloria Benavides
Mr. & Mrs. James A. Miller
Mary Helen Best, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. John E. Best, Sr.
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond T. Crevis
Robert P. Bettlach
Mrs. Theresa R. Forthman
Ray Bilotti
Ms. Theresa M. Vanden Heuvel
Joseph Pat Biondo
Mrs. Lucy Biondo
Saleema Mansour Black
Ms. Isabelle Mansour
Mary Carmelyn Bommarito, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Bommarito
Mrs. Sam S. Bommarito
Sam S. Bommarito
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Bommarito
Mrs. Sam S. Bommarito
Kathryn D. Bookstaver
Mary Lillian Baumann, CSJ
Francis Borgia Robillard, CSJ
Ms. Mary A. Robillard, CSJA
Virginia T. Bouckaert
Mr. & Mrs. Francis J. Sauer
Sisters of St. Joseph - Ringer Road
Grace Boyer
Mr. Kenneth W. Bayer
Kathryn Mary Brady, CSJ
Mr. John T. Brady
Mr. & Mrs. David L. Dunlap, Jr.
Jane J. Brady
Mr. John T. Brady
Edward R. Brandel
Rita Marie Schmitz, CSJ
Thomas Breitenstein
Bonnie Ann Murray, CSJ
Jack Brown
Mrs. Frances K. Johnston
Patricia O. Brown
Anonymous
Joyce Buckler, CSJ
Ms. Claudia Anderson
Ms. Eula Marie Benson
Dr. Arnold G. Brody
Mr. & Mrs. John M. Christensen
Ms. Mary Jane Crowley
Mr. & Mrs. Walter A. Donius
Margaret Gregg, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory E. Heller
Dr. & Mrs. Raymond W. Hellweg
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Laurent
Ms. Myrtle B. Laurent
Mrs. Gloria J. McDowell
Ms. Carla J. Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Edgar R. Politte
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph T. Porter
Mr. & Mrs. James A. Rohleder
Mr. & Mrs. James E. Sinner
Mrs. Christine E. Soland
Ms. Patricia A. Travers
Mrs. Patricia A. Treacy
Mr. & Mrs. Luis Tumialan
Mrs. Mildred E. Zolg
Dorothy Burmeister
Mary Sharon Jones, CSJ
Gifts received February 1, 2008
through August 1, 2008.
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June 2008
Donor Receptions
Nearly 200 friends attended the
June 2008 CSJ Donor Receptions
held at the Carondelet Motherhouse.
Four receptions were held to honor
and thank donors for their generosity
and continued support of the Sisters
of St. Joseph.
S. Barbara Dreher with the Capelle family at the June l reception—Bruce and Michelle with
children Benjamin (in dad’s arms), Emily, Andrew and Evan. Bruce Capelle is an architect
with Trivers, the firm that worked on the renovation of the motherhouse.
Sisters o f St. Jo s e p h o f Carondelet
Top photo: Monica and Dennis Golden,
president of Fontbonne University, with
Mary and Don Goeke. Above, Gary Behrman
spends a moment with S. Barbara
Dreher, CSJ.
Kirk Burns
Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Burns
Edwin “Bud” Burns
Mr. & Mrs. Herman C. Meyer
Anne Ambrose Butkovich, CSJ
Ms. Barbara E. Laurie
Helen M. Campbell
Mr. Thomas W. Campbell
Thomas P. Carroll
Connie Heun, CSJ
Ms. Mary Lou Pleiman
Ms. Mary G. Sheppard, CSJA
William C. Casey
Mr. & Mrs. Lenly G. Weathers
Robert Cicotte
Ms. Louise A. Garavaglia
Mrs. Roseann Nolte
Mary Joe Clune
Association Partnership Program
Mrs. Jo Ann Axtell
Barackman Insurance Agency
Ms. Connie M. Clune
Ms. Helen E. Clune
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Clune
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Clune
Mr. & Mrs. Matteo A. Coco
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Compton
Mr. & Mrs. Terrence Dunn
Mr. & Mrs. John Frey
Mr. & Mrs. John H. Henke
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel T. Hogerty
J. M. Fahey Construction Company
Mr. & Mrs. Robald L. Jurgeson
Mr. & Mrs. James T. Kehoe, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Kendall J. Kremer
Mr. & Mrs. Wesley P. Kurre
Mr. & Mrs. Terrence J. Lillis
Medaille II Associate Group
Jean Vianney Mindak, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth M. Ostrom
Marjorie Quin, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. John E. Redmond
Drs. Lawrence & Jane Rues
Ms. Mary G. Sheppard, CSJA
Sisters of St. Joseph
Ms. Mary Ellen Smith
St. Teresa’s Academy
Mrs. Janet Stephenson
Mr. & Mrs. Randall J. Stiles
Ms. Mary Clare Tallman
Mr. & Mrs. Tony Tighe
Ms. Patricia Walsh
Mr. & Mrs. John M. Warren
Bruce Condit
Mrs. Jo Ann Condit
Rosemary Connell, CSJ
Ms. Marian F. Lavelle
Dr. Ellen Lissant
Tens F. Consodine
Ms. Monica F. Consodine

Emmet Cook
Mrs. Regina E. Cook
Alphonses Cornelius
Mrs. Regina M. Bellon
Debbie Corrigan
Mr. & Mrs. Clement P. Donnelly
Thomas Curran
Mr. & Mrs. Larry A. Osmundson
Joseph D’Aquisto
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Cramin
Carol Dawson
Nazareth Living Center
Joe Decaro
Mrs. Sally Decaro
Agnes DePew
Mrs. Frances J. Wurm
Mary Alice Doehring
Mr. & Mrs. Clement P. Donnelly
Albert Doerhoff
Sisters of St. Joseph - Bancroft
Robert E. Dolan
Mrs. Theresa R. Forthman
William E. Dolan
Mr. & Mrs. Paul F. Williams
Mary Daniel Downey, CSJ
Mr. Robert J. Learmont
Virginia Dugger, CSJ
Mrs. Susan F. Fagan
Mrs. Judy M. Liermann
Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Mazzola
Helen Patrice Dunn, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Georgas
Christy Dunnaway
Donna Loretto Gunn, CSJ
Elaine Ebeling
Mr. John J. Ebeling
Audrey Echelmeyer
James Patrick Corbett, CSJ
Jean Vianney Mindak, CSJ
Joseph Eck, Jr.
Mary Lillian Baumann, CSJ
Kenneth J. Eiler
Sisters of St. Joseph - Madison Street
St. Joseph’s Academy
Mr. & Mrs. Paul F. Williams
Ms. Jeanne K. Wilson
Edward B. Eisenhardt
Mrs. Edward B. Eisenhardt
Mary Grace Elder
Mr. & Mrs. John Behl
Donald Erbs
Mr. & Mrs. Walter J. Kube
Mary Ann Fahey, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Charles J. Dougherty
Ms. Angela M. Drabik
Mr. & Mrs. William R. McAuliffe
Richard J. Dinsmore, P.C., L.L.O
Robert Fank
Mrs. Margaret L. Fank
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ALA 2009
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Mark your calendars!
Joseph Fawcett
Mrs. Rita F. Martine
Betty L. Feldmann
Mrs. Patricia A. Kohlberg
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene O. Voss
Betty Feely
Ms. Elizabeth A. Feely
Hanna Ferrell
Ms. Nancy Ferrell
Jim Finnegan
Mrs. Virginia M. Finnegan
Flora M. Fiorella
Ms. Toni Jean Bink
Anna Louise Fisher
Mr. Richard J. Fisher
Charles Fleming
Mr. & Mrs. James T. Evans, Sr.
Grace & Alex Flemington
Mr. & Mrs. William M. Tarnow
Lillian Forman
Mary Catherine O’Gorman, CSJ
Frank A. Forst, Jr.
St. Joseph’s Academy Alumnae
Rev. Hillman T. Frazier
Donna Loretto Gunn, CSJ
Michael J. Furey
Ms. Toni Jean Bink
Helen Galanos
Nazareth Living Center
Richard Galli
Mrs. Ida Galli
Virginia O’Malley Gartland
Mr. Arthur V. Gartland
Daniel Gerau
Mr. & Mrs. Walter M. Gerau
Mary Virginia Gibbons, CSJ
Ms. Marjorie Kenney
Mary & Francis Gilreath
Ms. Theresa A. Gilreath
Jerome Gleich, MD
Ms. Regina C. Sanguinette
Jeffrey Grellner
Mr. & Mrs. Norman W. Kohler
Lawrence F. Glynn
Mr. William B. Hyland
Angelo Gravagna
Mrs. Jennie Gravagna
Richard A. Grellner
Mr. & Mrs. Norman W. Kohler
Alma Hammerschmidt, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. David L. Dunlap, Jr.
Mary Ann Hanneke
Sisters of St. Joseph - Bancroft
Robert Harrison
Mr. & Mrs. Albert W. Sevcik
Patricia Hartog
Mr. Robert N. Hartog
Andrew T. Hassler
Dr. & Mrs. James M. Oleskevich, CSJAs
Jean Frances Haug, CSJ
Anonymous
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Benney
Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Haug
Mrs. Patricia A. Kohlberg
Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Spillane
Mr. & Mrs. Albert B. Stanger
Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Tamborski
Mrs. Johanna A. Taylor
Mr. & Mrs. James R. Toebe
Richard James Hayes
Sisters of St. Joseph - Chancellorsville
J. Harold Hayob
Mr. Charles Robert Hayob
Nonnie Hayob
Mr. Charles Robert Hayob
Glenn Hehner
Sisters of St. Joseph - Newstead
Neil J. Helle
Ms. Deborah A. Oates
Patricia L. Hellwig
Mr. & Mrs. Norman W. Kohler
Sisters of St. Joseph - Brentwood
Community
Catherine Henkey
Mr. & Mrs. Norman W. Kohler
Graham Hereford
Association Partnership Program
Sisters of St. Joseph - Madison Street
Agatha Joseph Hesse, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. James Reilly
Marie Vanden Heuvel
Ms. Theresa M. Vanden Heuvel
Tom & Betty Higgins
Ms. Ann Higgins Ahner
Rose Hilton
Mr. & Mrs. Clement P. Donnelly
Frank J. Hines, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas R. Daniels
Eileen Hoelscher
Teresa Maria Eagan, CSJ
Gifts received February 1, 2008
through August 1, 2008.
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Albert & Regina Holley
Ms. Mary Ellen Naylor
Bobbie Gafney Hormberg
Ms. Julia F. Nelson
Ms. Patricia J. Scherer
Maura Dowling Houlihan
Ms. Janice L. Scheurer
Austin Hoy
Association Partnership Program
Mary Ann Huebner
Ms. Rose Marie Fitzsimmons
Mary Ann Huesmann, CSJ
Mr. Emil J. Huesmann
Mary Hughes, CSJ
Xavier Schermerhorn, O.S.B.
Joseph H. Hulser
St. Joseph’s Academy Alumnae
Joe Hutjins
Ms. Theresa M. Vanden Heuvel
Cecilio Iglasias
Mrs. Yolanda Downey
Anthony Ingolia
Patricia Ann Flavin, CSJ
Charlie Issacs
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene O. Voss
Rosemary Jacobson
Ms. Theresa M. Vanden Heuvel
William F. James
Mr. & Mrs. Paul F. Williams
Karen L. Johnson
Col. Thomas W. Johnson, Retired
Jeanette Johnson
Nazareth Living Center
Charles Jokisch, Jr.
Mrs. Janet R. Messig
Helen Julich
Mrs. Sylvia Nagl
Gladys A. Kalt
Sarah Ann Mitra, CSJ
The “Kane” Daughters
Mrs. Marcia E. Bequette
Rita Kennedy
Mr. & Mrs. James Wheeler
Ruth Kern
Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Belloli
Ann Catherine Kessen, CSJ
Ms. Antoinette O’Connell, CSJA
Brendan Kirby
Mrs. Marian E. Kirby
Henry & Olivia Klaes
Mrs. Donna Kasza
Rose Augusta Klaas, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Kemper
Alice Kleba
Ms. Mary Margaret Kleba
Marlene Kocken
Ms. Theresa M. Vanden Heuvel
Helen Koehnemann
Mr. Harold G. Koehnemann
Reverend James Komrska
Karen Langhi, CSJ
Harriet Koutsoumpas, CSJ
Mr. William Togias
Bernice E. Kracke
Mr. & Mrs. Michael K. Cronin
Joselita Marie Kujak, CSJ
Mrs. Delores Baumgartner
Ben Kweskin
Ms. Shirley J. Kweskin
Larry LaBoube
Catherine Ann Schuermann, CSJ
Ms. Kathryn A. Wertman
Lois Lanigan
Ms. Patricia M. Lanigan
Frances L. Laramie
Mr. & Mrs. John E. Mosher
Michelle M. Lawson
Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Carmody
Bill Layton
Dr. & Mrs. Robert S. Yoselevsky
Nan Lazio, OP
Association Partnership Program
Mr. Roger G. Kaestner, CSJA
Olga Ledon
Mr. Alfred B. Ledon
Eleanore E. Leiwe
Mr. Gregory K. Murphy
Dr. & Mrs. Mark F. Stroble
Josie Lillis
Mr. & Mrs. Terrence J. Lillis
Spencer Lindsey
Mr. & Mrs. Dan A. Casey
Christiana Lippert, CSJ
Mr. Norbert P. Schott
Concetta Lo Porto
Sisters of St. Joseph - Chancellorsville
Frances Lohman
Mr. & Mrs. Albert W. Sevcik
Mary C. Lynch
Barbara Dreher, CSJ
Margaret Lynch, CSJ
St. John the Evangelist Catholic School
Marie Madden
St. Joseph’s Academy Alumnae
Jill Marie Maddock
Mrs. Betty M. Maddock
William J. Maddock
Mrs. Betty M. Maddock
Nadine Madison
Association Partnership Program
Mary Lillian Baumann, CSJ
Dorothy M. Manda
Sisters of St. Joseph - Jackson
Agnes Mansour
Ms. Isabelle Mansour
Florence V. Mantych
Ms. Mildred Vogel
Margaret Pearl Markowitz
Jane Kappus, CSJ
James Martine
Mrs. Rita F. Martine
M. Anselma Matte, CSJ
Ms. Sandra Lee Carlyon
Helen E. Maurer
Mr. Robert J. Maurer
Adele McAnany
Ms. Donna M. Short
Marilyn McElroy
Association Partnership Program
Claire McGovern
Association Partnership Program
Mary Raymond McMahon, CSJ
Babbitt’s Inc.
Mrs. Jane M. Eubanks
Ms. Janine M. Fleischman
Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Gabrisch, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. James T. Garren
Ms. Mary Jo Mason
Mr. Louis Mulherin, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. James P. Thomas
Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Vierling
Ms. Angela M. Walsh
Mary T. McMurray
Ms. June B. Helbling
William J. McNamara, Sr.
St. Joseph’s Academy
Loretta E. Meade-Tamme
Ms. Michaela Witcher
Arthur Meirink
Sarah Ann Mitra, CSJ
Dorothea Merrick
Mr. William M. Merrick
Dennis W. Merritt
Nazareth Living Center
Francis “Bud” Messig
Donna Loretto Gunn, CSJ
David Joseph Migliarini, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Jon W. Carlson
Mr. & Mrs. Claude B. Martin
Peter & Rosemary Menk
Ms. Antoinette O’Connell, CSJA
Mrs. Mary J. Reinhardt
Ms. Helen Clare Sillstrop
Mrs. Beverly Spindler
Francis Mitchell
Mrs. Margaret Klevorn
Mary Kathleen Mitchell, CSJ
Ms. Margaret M. Mitchell
Mrs. Mary Carol Mitchell
Frances Mitchell
Mr. & Mrs. George A. Schulte
Frank Mitchell
Mr. & Mrs. George A. Schulte
Bud Monroe
Ms. Peggy M. Maguire, CSJA
Ms. Mary G. Sheppard, CSJA
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James Moody
Mrs. Betty Moody
Mary Ursula Mott, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Sidney P. Mott
Mary Helen Mroczkrowski, OSF
Ed & Lorraine R. Mooney
Audrey Mulrooney
Mr. & Mrs. E. Richard Asquith
Mr. & Mrs. James L. Hayes
Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Hoffmann
Ms. Sue Macpherson
Mr. & Mrs. William McLaurine, III
Ms. Helene L. Rich
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce A. Schrama
Mrs. Suzanne M. Sheehan
Ms. Vivian Smith
Ms. Eileen Sullivan
Marie M. Murphy
James Patrick Corbett, CSJ
Irene Narekiewicz
Mr. & Mrs. Albert W. Sevcik
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Sevcik
George Nolke
Association Partnership Program
Greda L. Novak
Mr. Warren J. Novak
Irene Nowak
Mr. & Mrs. James A. Miller
Mrs. Sarah Josephine Miller
Comfort Nwabuzo
Rose Stephen Cento, CSJ
M. Rosalie Nys, CSJ
Mrs. Rosalie M. Alstadt
Margaret Andrea Oberle, CSJ
Mrs. Margaret E. Pepper
Elizabeth Ogilvie, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Theodore R. McClure, Jr.
Lucile O’Gorman, CSJ
Mrs. Marguerite M. Allan
Michael Therese Bauer, CSJ
Dr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Blanton
Rev. Don G. Brinkman
Wallace D. Brown, M.D.
Ms. Kathleen Chensweth
Mr. & Mrs. David E. Coverstone
CSJ Care
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis M. Cuddihee
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Cusumano
Mr. & Mrs. Glenn M. Feiste
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne E. Fick
Mr. & Mrs. Glenn D. Fisher
Patricia Ann Giljum, CSJ
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Glickert
Mr. & Mrs. James F. Goldkamp
Dr. & Mrs. John J. Griffin
S. Patty Clune shares a snack with golfers Brian Wolf and Ryan White from Lockton Companies, LLC.
CSJ 20th Annual Golf Tournament
More than 130 golfers participated in the 20th annual golf tournament
on Monday, September 22, 2008 at the Norman K. Probstein Golf
Course in Forest Park. Proceeds from the
event support the mission and ministries of
the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet.
Below, students from St. Joseph’s Academy volunteered
at this year’s tournament.
Winners of the 2008
Heavenly Open Golf Ball Drop
First Prize: $5,000
Ball #212 — Mary Alexandra Kuhn, CSJ,
St. Louis, MO*
Second Prize: $3,000
Ball #148 — Peter Dunphy, Issaquah, WA
Third Prize: $2,000
Ball #121 — Leah Long, Charlotte, NC
*Ball purchased by Alexander Kuhn,
brother of S. Mary Alexandra
Gifts received February 1, 2008
through August 1, 2008.
Dennis Chitwood, Jeanne Place and Rick Hayes enjoy the weather on the veranda in the clubhouse
at the Norman K. Probstein Golf Course in Forest Park.
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Pray with us. . .share a meal. . .grow in awareness of the cost
of discipleship. . .be in solidarity with those without abundance.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009, Holy Family Chapel
Guests are invited for individual prayer and vespers — 4-7:30pm
A simple meal will be served in our dining room — 5:15-6:30pm
Admission is free. Donations for the meal accepted.
For more information call 314-678-0327 or visit www.csjsl.org
Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Gunn
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Gunn
Ms. Mary E. Heitert
Ms. June B. Helbling
Dr. & Mrs. Raymond W. Hellweg
Mary Concordia Hennessy, CSJ
Mrs. Cecile A. Herold
Mrs. Mary M. Jennings
Mrs. Judith E. Kienzle
Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Killius
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Laschober
Ms. Eileen M. Lawrence
Ms. Helen V. Mannion
Mr. & Mrs. Claude B. Martin
Sarah Ann Mitra, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Elmer C. Mittler
Ms. Annie Nolfo
Dr. & Mrs. Harry T. Nomura
Dr. & Mrs. Roy Nomura
Ms. Pauline M. Norwood
Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Paster
Ms. Michelle M. Piranio, CSJA
Ms. Rosemary Pitlyk
Ms. Janet Postlewait
Mary Agnes Puricelli, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Reznikov
Mrs. Dorothy J. Schenkel
Mr. & Mrs. Harold J. Schroeder
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen A. Shaw
Ms. Viola C. Shaw
Ms. Mary G. Sheppard, CSJA
Ms. Patricia Sheridan, CSJA
Ms. Marie C. Sherman
Sisters of St. Joseph - Chancellorsville
Drive
Sisters of St. Joseph - Nottingham
Avenue
Sisters of St. Joseph - Bancroft Avenue
Sisters of St. Joseph- Brentwood
Community
Ms. Ruth M. Stoker
Mr. & Mrs. Francis A. Stroble
Mrs. Edward J. Tabash
Mrs. Dolores A. Van Osdol
Mrs. Anna E. Wagner
Ms. Joan P. Ward
Mrs. Virginia Kiefer Weber
Mrs. Rosemary Ward Wellington
Mrs. Joan B. Wesley
Dr. Harry M. Oldham, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Kemple
Jeanne O’Malley
Mrs. Frances K. Johnston
Blanch O’Reilly
Mr. Albert F. Schoendienst
James P. O’Reilly
Mr. Albert F. Schoendienst
Darrell Osseck
Mrs. Frances J. Wurm
Ann Paruck
CSJ Care
Edwin Allan Paul
Frances Virginia Cholet, CSJ
John Petry
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene O. Voss
Dorothy M. Pirnie
Ms. Genevieve S. Cleary
Joseph Pitsl
Mrs. Agnes S. Stark
Pat Popp
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Egan
Shirley A. Potts
Mr. Henry L. Potts
Josephine Prebil
Mr. & Mrs. Rodney J. Kettelkamp
Michael R. Przybyski
Jean Frances Haug, CSJ
Lucille G. Raemdonck
Ms. Patricia Sheridan, CSJA
Joyce F. Rasp
Sarah Ann Mitra, CSJ
Marilyn A. Reagan
Nazareth Living Center
Ernie Reda
Mrs. Carmela M. Reda
Genevieve T. Reedy
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne E. Fick
Ms. Mary Jane Mueller
Leo A. Reinwald
Nazareth Living Center
Mary Clarissa Rene, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Dominic S. Bisesi
Kenneth Ringel
Ms. Mary Ringel
Alvin Roberson
Nazareth Living Center
Mary Rocheleau, CSJ
Ms. Mary M. Egan
Mr. & Mrs. Jerome H. Quigley
Mr. Joseph C. Rocheleau
Dorothy Rogatschmig
Nazareth Living Center
Jacqueline Rohloff
Ms. Christine A. Rohloff
Josephine Ruggeri
St. Joseph’s Academy
Helen Rung
Margaret Schmidt, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. John Walker
Susan M. Ruskusky
Dr. John L. Ruskusky
Irwin Ruzicka
Mr. Lawrence J. Ruzicka
Ruth Marie Ryan, CSJ
Jeanne M. Ryan-Wanner
Carl Saale
Sisters of St. Joseph
Mario Salvador
Mrs. Isabelle A. Salvador
Bernard J. Sanders
Patricia Ann Giljum, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Walter J. Kube
Irene Sanders
Jerry Sandweg
Mrs. Jacqueline Conger
Mrs. Marilyn Sandweg
Sisters of St. Joseph - Newstead Ave.
Gerald Schaeffer
Mrs. Phyllis M. Schaeffer
Richard Schenkel
Mrs. Dorothy J. Schenkel
Norman H. Scheppers
Mrs. Eleanor Scheppers
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Sisters o f St. Jo s e p h o f Carondelet

Carl Schilligo
Patricia Ann Flavin, CSJ
Paul J. Schmitt
Mrs. Audrey M. Schmitt
Evelyn Schmitz
CSJ Care
Richard Schneider
Association Partnership Program
Edward Schulz
Nazareth Living Center
Bill Schwartz
Maryellen Tierney, CSJ
Dorothea Bauer Schweiger
Ms. Toni Jean Bink
Elizabeth Selissen
Catherine Mary Boucher, CSJ
James Patrick Corbett, CSJ
Margaret Gregg, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Konop
Paul Edwin “Ed” Shortal Jr.
Mrs. Johanna A. Taylor
Mary Ann Simien
Donna Loretto Gunn, CSJ
Victor V. Simonetti
Mr. & Mrs. Nick Zerillo
Betty Skiadas
Mr. & Mrs. Herman C. Meyer
Alec Slepitza
Sisters of St. Joseph - Brentwood
Community
Linda J. Slusher
Mr. & Mrs. Walter J. Kube
Alma L. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Larry L. Craven
Gene R. Smith
Ed & Lorraine R. Mooney
John Joseph Smith
Marie Charles Buford, CSJ
Mrs. Anna K. Herbst
Dr. Joseph A. Smith
Mrs. Julia G. Smith
Margaret R. Smith
Mrs. Johanna A. Taylor
Wanda Smith
Mrs. Anna K. Herbst
William B. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Larry L. Craven
Mary Martha Dierks Solomon
Ms. Toni Jean Bink
Thelma J. Sparks
Mr. Charles L. Sparks
Jack Spence
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
Dorothy Louise Spesia
Mary Catherine O’Gorman, CSJ
Sisters of St. Joseph - Chancellorsville
Drive
Mary Adelaide Stanton, CSJ
Dr. & Mrs. John C. Stanton
David C. Stark Sr.
Nazareth Living Center
Becky Stepusen
Kathleen Kevin Ryan, CSJ
Dorothy A. Surowitz
Mrs. Helen Duffner
William Tarnow
Mr. & Mrs. William M. Tarnow
Rose Celine Tauschek, CSJ
Ms. Carol A. Geshel
Ms. Marie C. Hilgers
Anne Christine Looze, CSJ
Ms. Bernadine Torznik
Mr. & Mrs. Albert E. Vandenplas, Jr.
Mary K. Tausen
Ms. Toni Jean Bink
Lea Anne Telthorst
Ms. Jane L. Condon
Mr. Thomas Cunniff
Ms. Christine Heinsz
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin E. Mueller
Ms. Virginia C. Steck
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Telthorst
Helen Templin
Patricia Ann Giljum, CSJ
Mary Paulette Gladis, CSJ
Lena Thompson
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Cox
Raymond Topolski
Mr. & Mrs. Russell H. Hinrichs
Marguerite Tornovish, CSJ
Mr. J. Russell Bley, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. William A. Tornovish, Sr.
Donald Tryk
Mr. & Mrs. James M. Quinlan
Sophie Tuskenis
Ms. Rosemary Tomljenovic
Rosie Tutory
Ms. Catherine A. Politte
Dolores Vale
Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Giebe
Angelo Venegoni
Mrs. Josephine C. Ruggeri
Barbara Verheyen, CSJ
Dr. Alexandra Guliano, CSJA
James Wakeland
Edith Vogel, CSJ
Frances (Pat) Walker
CSJ Care
Juliana Marie Feld, CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene O. Voss
Bud Walsh
Frances Virginia Cholet, CSJ
Ed Walsh
Ed & Lorraine R. Mooney
Bill Waris
Mrs. Patricia A. Waris
Louis Vander Wegen
Ms. Theresa M. Vanden Heuvel
Irene M. Weinzirl
Dr. Kathryn W. Sullivan
Arlita Ann “Tippy” Wertz
Betty Leiwe, CSJ
Robert F. Westerheide
Mary Rebecca Eichhorn, CSJ
Jewel H. White
Mr. John P. White, Sr.
Paul M. Wilhite
Mr. & Mrs. David J. Murnan
Alan Williamson
Mr. & Mrs. Clement P. Donnelly
Clarence P. Wilson, Jr.
Mrs. Ruth Shy Wilson
Vernon R. Winter
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis C. Benassi
Harold Winter
Mrs. Frances B. Winter
Joan M. Wittbrodt
Brig. Gen. Edwin S. Wittbrodt, USAF
Retired
Judy Wright
Mr. & Mrs. Herman C. Meyer
Louise V. Zarinelli
Ms. Louise A. Garavaglia
Mrs. Roseann Nolte
Mrs. Josephine C. Ruggeri
M. Angelica Zarinelli, ASCJ
Ms. Louise A. Garavaglia
Dolores M. Ziegler
Mr. & Mrs. James A. Miller
Hamdia Zimic
Nazareth Living Center
Beth Zito
Mrs. Roseann Nolte
Gifts received February 1, 2008
through August 1, 2008.
The Province Development Office has
made every effort to ensure the tributes
are properly recognized and correctly
spelled. To make a donation, request
memorial envelopes or report a correction
on our tributes listing, please contact our
office at 314.678.0327.

Supporting the
mission & ministries
of the Sisters of St. Joseph
of Carondelet.
Above left, tournament emcee Tim Thompson. Above right, S. Barbara
Dreher, CSJ, executive director of development, flew in on a Vespa.
Above, crowd gathers on the veranda to watch
the Heavenly Open Golf Ball Drop.
20th Annual
CSJ Golf Tournament
September 22, 2008
Norman K. Probstein
Golf Course in Forest Park
More photos inside.
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
St. Louis Province
6400 Minnesota Avenue
Saint Louis, MO 63111-2899
Non-profit Org.
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