Summer 2009 - St. Joseph's Academy

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support...family...working together New Sign To Greet Visitors A new sign being erected at the corner of Broussard and Parker streets will soon welcome visitors to the St. Joseph’s Academy campus. Reich Associates is the landscape architect for the project; it worked closely with Cajun Constructors Inc., as well. The sign is a gift from the senior classes of 2006, 2008 and 2009. Featuring brick columns, cast SJA shields, a planter, iron fence and the school’s name and year it was established, the structure is more than six feet tall and approximately 27 Chapel Available for Special Occasions With the move of the Sisters living in Mother Alice Hall to their new residence on Hundred Oaks in Baton Rouge, a number of changes have been announced regarding the Chapel at St. Joseph’s Academy. On August 16, Monsignor William Greene celebrated a closing Eucharist for lay friends of the Sisters who have joined them for Sunday mass for many years. Because the new chapel at Hundred Oaks is limited in size, welcoming guests for Sunday mass will no longer be possible. Fr. Greene will continue to serve as chaplain for the Sisters in their new residence. feet wide. The design reflects the school’s architectural vernacular in repeating materials used on the buildings. By using sections of the antique fencing that came from SJA in downtown Baton Rouge, the sign also incorporates the school’s history. The beautiful Chapel at St. Joseph’s Academy, designed by Adalie Brent and completed in 1965, is leased to SJA by the Congregation of St. Joseph. It remains open and available weekdays during school hours to Academy students, faculty and staff. It is available at other times to alumnae and friends of the Sisters of St. Joseph for small weddings or special occasions. Seating capacity is 100. Sister Adelaide Williamson, CSJ, is chapel coordinator. Please direct questions or reservation requests to her at (225) 202-7600 or awilliamson@csjoseph.org. Alum To Lead Foundation Board Jo Ellen Kearny, a 1967 graduate of the Academy, will serve as president of the SJA Foundation for 2009-2010. Kearny is a partner with the firm of Daigrepont & Brian. She is also president of Kearny Financial Services Inc., is certified in financial planning and is the holder of securities and insurance licenses for her investment advisory business. The SJA Foundation, established in 1968 by the SJA Lay Advisory Board, is the vehicle wherein funds are collected, managed and distributed, thereby ensuring that the school’s operation is on sound financial footing. All funds are invested under the supervision of the SJA Board of Directors. An active volunteer, Kearny has served SJA in a number of capacities, including Elusive Alumnae If you know the current address for any of the following alumnae, please call the SJA Development Office at (225) 388-2219. Johnny Childress ’60 Catherine Bahm Claudet ’60 Louise Cobb Gautrer ’60 Diana Hindery ’60 Patricia Betancourt Scardina ’60 Marie Erie ’70 Jean Roche Atwell ’80 Gretchen Staub Bugeaud ’80 Paula Price Cahill ’80 Debbie Coonan ’80 Robin Montgomery Kremer ’80 Lisa Fortenberry Lopez ’80 Rachel Rodriguez Morales ’80 Erica Ricard ’80 Karyn Nelson Scales ’80 Mary Cardillo Shattuck-Thurman ’80 Carol Crapanzano ’85 Christine Deeds ’85 Laure Williamson Watts ’85 Sharon Williams Leahy ’85 Jennifer Rountree Barrientos ’90 Holly Brown ’90 Yvette Creel ’90 Allison Elizabeth Dartez ’90 Nikki Fontenot Ford ’90 Katheryn Lantrip ’90 Kreslyn Jill Pieterse ’90 Susan Remmetter Wallace ’90 Letrece Griffin ’00 Amanda Henry ’00 Maria Locker ’00 Heather Pizzolato ’00 Michelle Seeger ’00 as a member of the SJA School Board for 10 years, ulti- Jo Ellen Kearny mately becoming board chair. She served as head of the Finance Committee, overseeing major changes to the Academy’s accounting and budgeting processes. She is active in the community, serving numerous organizations. 8 • Summer 2009
support...family...working together Greetings from the SJA President Sister Adele Lambert, CSJ With a “faint feel of fall” in the air, St. Joseph’s Academy welcomed the largestever student body of 918 young ladies eager to begin another year of sanctity, joy and action. Our 254 freshmen arrived early in June for the annual computer orientation sessions. Most freshmen now come to SJA with some basic computer skills. All students (and teachers) learned a new online course management system for this year, Moodle, which serves to provide email and all communication between students, faculty and parents. This system, used by LSU, replaces Blackboard. Signs of recent and new construction and renovation are visible on the SJA campus. A construction fence and gravel drive on Kleinert Avenue provide a staging area for subcontractors as the North/South wing of Mother Alice Hall is renovated this fall. The rose bed in the Sisters’ garden has been moved to the Fontbonne Garden, small but significant signs that big things are happening. The renovation of Mother Alice Hall (formerly the residence for the Sisters and a children’s home) begins this month. The use of Mother Alice Hall for academic classrooms and faculty rooms is an extremely generous gift of the Sisters of St. Joseph. Mother Alice Hall is valued at $6 million. As the number of Sisters serving on the SJA faculty begins to lessen and older sisters moved to retirement and nursing homes, the Congregation of St. Joseph leadership began to talk about the Academy’s use of the entire Mother Alice Hall. After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the Congregation began to look for residential space for retired Sisters evacuated from New Orleans. It was evident that the residential space at Mother Alice Hall could not be easily converted for handicap accessibility for the elderly. In formal conversations with the leadership of the Congregation, it was de- To make a contribution, visit the SJA website at www.sjabr.org and follow the links to Give Online. Or, complete the contribution card below and send it in the envelope provided in this issue. I/we _______________________________ pledge $____________ to the Always the Academy Capital Campaign to be paid over the next three years. q I/we will pay this pledge in installments of (circle one) Annually Semi-Annually Quarterly Monthly or q Enclosed is my one-time donation of $ __________ to the Always the Academy Capital Campaign. q Please do not include my name in donor reports. cided to build a retirement residence on land purchased from the Baton Rouge Diocese at 3134 Hundred Oaks (at Parker Street). The residence is now complete and houses 16 retired Sisters. The Sisters’ new home serves the needs of the retired Sisters with private rooms and baths, communal dining and sitting rooms, an intimate chapel and beautifully landscaped gardens. The Always the Academy Capital Campaign for the construction of an Academic Performing Arts Center (APAC) has surpassed the halfway mark. This $6 million campaign has the support of more than 400 donors (individuals, families and businesses). The center, the final major building of the SJA Master Plan, will house music, drama, dance and fine arts and will include a black box theatre. It will complement our present academic buildings. Both the APAC and the renovation of Mother Alice Hall demonstrate the Academy’s commitment and mission to educate the whole person. We have invited SJA alumnae, parents Sister Adele Lambert and friends to participate in this capital campaign for the young women of the Academy. Baton Rouge businesses and community groups are being solicited. If you have received materials for the Always the Academy Capital Campaign, we sincerely invite your participation now. It will be a great joy and blessing to be able to say at the end of the campaign, “Look what we did.” Thank you for all the amazing work you do as an SJA alum or friend. We love to hear the stories of your lives and your continued commitment to the ideals taught at SJA. May you and your families receive the abundant blessings our God has reserved for you. Always the Academy Capital Campaign Name: _________________________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________________ City/State/Zip: __________________________________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ Signature Date Please print your name Make checks payable to SJA Always the Academy Summer 2009 • 9
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