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Convent <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong><br />
<strong>Point</strong><strong>Grey</strong><strong>Alumnae</strong><br />
e-<strong>Newsletter</strong><br />
Number 61, November 2011<br />
From our Moderator:<br />
Dr. Margaret Connolley, rscj .. 2<br />
News from Alums .................. 2<br />
News from our RSCJ ............. 5<br />
Reunion ................................ 6<br />
Fun pictures <strong>of</strong> June meeting . 8<br />
AASH, CASHA &<br />
AMASC News ....................... 9<br />
Super Photographer<br />
at Miami Conference ............. 10<br />
Halifax <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong><br />
Video Contest Winners ......... 10<br />
Letter from the Canadian<br />
Provincial Council ................. 11<br />
Tribeca Film Festival: Winner<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Best Documentary ....... 12<br />
Uganda Farmers Story:<br />
Because <strong>of</strong> Your Geneorsity .... 13<br />
Vancouver Alum celebrated<br />
Uganda Jubilee ....................... 13<br />
�e Kongole Old Girls Assn<br />
Celebrated the Jubilee ............ 14<br />
Prayer Cards Sent ................... 15<br />
Executive List ......................... 15<br />
�e Convent’s Centennial ...... 16<br />
Dues Remittance Form .......... 17<br />
Contact Information Form .... 17<br />
Ladies <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sacred</strong> Hear<br />
<strong>Alumnae</strong> Donation Form ...... 17<br />
From the President<br />
Come to the Convent’s 100th Birthday Party<br />
at St. George’s 59th Fair<br />
on Saturday, May 5th, 2012<br />
Page 17 - Dues Remittance Form<br />
Contact Information Form<br />
Ladies <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Alumnae</strong> Donation<br />
Well Wasn’t that a Party!! �e cake turned out beautifully and we were treated to another scrumptious feast by<br />
St. George’s. Sorry the forks and napkins were late! Valerie Giles a great friend<br />
<strong>of</strong> Margaret’s came all the way from Prince George to be at the party. As<br />
Maria-Teresa (Jones) Newell ’63 Peru wrote from Washington “Dr. Margaret<br />
Connolly’s 90th Birthday! Cameras clicked and flashed everywhere, the<br />
atmosphere was filled with the warm Spirit <strong>of</strong> our <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> and I loved it<br />
when Sr. Margaret started her talk by asking if we knew the meaning <strong>of</strong> the<br />
initials, AMASC which we did, <strong>of</strong> course, a great reminder <strong>of</strong> who we are and<br />
how we relate to each other in the love <strong>of</strong> one <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> Family around the world.” Valerie Giles<br />
Sandi Sasaki borrowed my camera and took darling<br />
little movies <strong>of</strong> the day which we look forward to<br />
showing you on November 19th along with some<br />
gorgeous stills. Joan Ripley also took lovely photos;<br />
several <strong>of</strong> which will be featured in the newsletter<br />
and on the DVD.<br />
What fun we had singing the Ugandan Jubilee<br />
Song as you will see.<br />
�e Motion to accept our Revised Constitution<br />
and By-Laws (June, 2011) was proposed by<br />
Felicity (Appleby) Hargott ’67, seconded by Julie<br />
(Wiseman) Lapinsky ’73 and passed unanimously<br />
without discussion. �anks to<br />
our Constitution Wizard<br />
Anne (Wallace) James ’58<br />
for coming to see this<br />
through. If you missed<br />
getting a copy please contact<br />
Airlie.<br />
Anne Wallace<br />
�ere have been changes at St.<br />
George’s. Patrick Maguire our wonderful Food<br />
Services wizard is no longer here but I am happy to<br />
say the Irene still is. Tim Varro our AV Whizz is<br />
back in the classroom teaching; how lucky his<br />
students are! We will be meeting the wonderful new<br />
personnel in November. �e building is sporting ½<br />
a gorgeous new ro<strong>of</strong> with beautiful copper downpipes<br />
to be completed in 2012 and the outside<br />
window frames have been painted a lovely Heritage<br />
green. Unfortunately the<br />
City and Heritage Society<br />
have condemned �e<br />
Nun’s Gallery but the<br />
beautiful iron work has<br />
been saved and may pop<br />
up in a new spot on the<br />
grounds.<br />
�e Nun’s Gallery<br />
By Margit Boronkay in ‘93 See you at our Fall Get<br />
Together on Municipal Election Day, November<br />
19th.<br />
Come ready:<br />
- To sign up for a time to help at St. George’s 59th<br />
Fair on May 5th, 2012<br />
- To give ideas for the contents <strong>of</strong> the 2012 Time<br />
Capsule as well as<br />
- To write Christmas cards<br />
to our darling nuns.<br />
Looking forward to seeing<br />
Margaret Connolly, YOU<br />
and our darling friends from<br />
Forest Ridge.<br />
With much love, Airlie<br />
Please come to the Fall meeting <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Vancouver <strong>Point</strong> <strong>Grey</strong> <strong>Alumnae</strong> <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong><br />
Saturday, November 19th, 2011<br />
11:00 am to 2:30 pm in Harker Hall<br />
(�e Old Senior Study Hall)<br />
St. George’s Junior <strong>School</strong>, 3851 West 29th Avenue<br />
RSVP to one <strong>of</strong> the Executive if you are able to attend!<br />
Please park on the street and enter by the front gate and door.
Gwyneth (Gillis) Durose sent us membership<br />
dues and a donation to our general<br />
expenses. Gwyneth was very active in our<br />
Mother’s Guild when her daughters, Susan,<br />
Shelagh, Pamela and Mary attended PG<br />
from 1955-1972.<br />
Marci Amory another good friend from<br />
Arizona and a former AASH President sent<br />
us an email, “Wonderful newsletter. I feel as<br />
though I were right there with you...... Have<br />
a great summer full <strong>of</strong> Happy Trails.”<br />
Valerie Moore O’Keefe clicked from<br />
Larchmont, New York “�ank you for the<br />
sweet email about my daughter in law<br />
Christie. Happy Feast <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> to<br />
you my dear friend.”<br />
Trish Burns clicked from Australia<br />
“Delighted to see you with Anne de Broglio<br />
(AMASC Board 2010-1014). I believe the<br />
Conference in Miami was a great success. I<br />
saw Anne at Book Club last night.”<br />
News from Alums<br />
We want to thank all our Alums and friends for their memberships and contributions to our <strong>Alumnae</strong> expenses. You should be<br />
proud <strong>of</strong> the generous donations you have made to Sr. Josephine Wright’s <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>School</strong> (Uganda) and/or the Uganda/<br />
Kenya Province Solidarity Fund and/or the Laini Saba Nursery and Primary <strong>School</strong> in the slum <strong>of</strong> Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya.<br />
�e new Jubilee Project, �e <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> Institute <strong>of</strong> Education in Eldoret, Kenya is described in Sr. Jo’s letter in News 60.<br />
Feel free to mark this on your donation sheet if you want your money to go to work there.<br />
Anne de Broglio and Airlie<br />
From our Moderator: Dr. Margaret Connolly, rscj<br />
October is just around the corner as I begin to think <strong>of</strong> our November Meeting. Here on my<br />
desk I have the letter from Sister Mary Finlayson to friends <strong>of</strong> the Society <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sacred</strong><br />
<strong>Heart</strong> concerning what she refers to as our "Futuring Process". You may have received a<br />
copy <strong>of</strong> this letter but I will bring it to the November meeting when I will discuss this<br />
communication with all <strong>of</strong> you.<br />
Come with your questions and together, we shall all be part <strong>of</strong> this “strong commitment to<br />
the future <strong>of</strong> the mission <strong>of</strong> the Society <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> in Canada.”<br />
Alice Burns clicked from Cape Cod “As<br />
always Airlie, a pleasure to read. It was great<br />
to see you and Maureen in Coral Gables. I<br />
think you two (and friends) should plan a<br />
trip to Cape Cod!”<br />
Barb Martell clicked from our school in<br />
Halifax: “Wow! What a wonderful newsletter,<br />
Airlie! Congratulations once again. �e<br />
spirit <strong>of</strong> St. Madeleine Sophie is alive and<br />
well on the other side <strong>of</strong> the Country! �ank<br />
you for sharing it.”<br />
Mary Forsyth our AASH Western Regional<br />
Director clicked “As always, thank you for<br />
Mary Forsyth<br />
by SnapHappyPhotos.com<br />
the many updates about current events in<br />
Vancouver. Indeed, I look forward to your<br />
newsletter. And yes, the conference was<br />
simply wonderful. Our regional next year<br />
will be in Seattle, so it will be a pleasure to<br />
see you again. May your meeting and cake<br />
be every so marvellous!”<br />
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Loving you all always.<br />
Beth Speck our AASH Past President clicked<br />
“Wonderful news from you Airlie. �anks<br />
for sharing. See you in Omaha!”<br />
Joan Gillies was in �e USA and Canada all<br />
the way from New Zealand. Julie Lundgren<br />
clicked from Forest Ridge. “Clair Jenkins<br />
was magnificent in being able to pick up<br />
Joan from her hotel and bring her to school.<br />
We just had a lovely visit and tour and now<br />
Joan is with Sr. Mary B. Joan was delightful<br />
as you said and it was a pleasure taking her<br />
around!” Joan came to the USA to attend<br />
her cousin’s 100th Birthday and then had<br />
fun in Vancouver, Saltspring and Kamloops<br />
visiting friends. What fun it was seeing her<br />
again.<br />
Mary Alice Bartell clicked from Bellevue<br />
Wa. “�ank you for keeping me on the <strong>Point</strong><br />
<strong>Grey</strong> newsletter list. One <strong>of</strong> these days I<br />
would love to come back up to a Spring or<br />
Fall meeting. You have done such a marvellous<br />
job as President <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Alumnae</strong><br />
Association. And it always gives me great<br />
pleasure reading about your activities.”<br />
Robert Marchand, Principal, Fountain<br />
Academy <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong>: “Congratulations<br />
on your very dynamic <strong>Alumnae</strong><br />
Association and your beautifully wrought<br />
newsletter.”<br />
Continued on Pg.3
Alums news continued from Pg. 2<br />
�e Forties<br />
Laura (Ryan) Caldwell ’41 sent us mem- mem- m<br />
bership dues from Cincinnati Ohio.<br />
Pat (Davis) O’Neill (Winnipeg) ’48<br />
clicked that she could not attend our June<br />
meeting but “warmest regards to Sister<br />
Connolly.”<br />
Sue (McPherson) Lane ’48 (Forest Ridge)<br />
our AASH 2011 Cor Unum recipient in<br />
Miami sent us membership dues for two<br />
Susanne Cooke, rscj, Sue Lane, Beth Speck<br />
by SnapHappyPhotos.com<br />
years, a donation to our general expenses<br />
and a donation to the Uganda/Kenya<br />
Province Solidarity Fund. Sue had hoped to<br />
join us at our June meeting but a reunion in<br />
Seattle was booked for the same weekend.<br />
Grace “Babs” (Frier) Glasgow Clifton,<br />
Stone Ridge ’48 clicked from Anacortes<br />
that she attended the wedding <strong>of</strong> Maria-<br />
Teresa (Jones) Newell ‘63, Peru’s daughter ughter<br />
Daisy Newell and Gregory Morgan in<br />
Bellingham on Sept 24th 2011. “Daisy aisy<br />
Daisy & Gregory<br />
by Amy Parsons<br />
looked so beautiful as she came down the<br />
aisle, along with her sister, Kelly, who was<br />
the Matron <strong>of</strong> Honor, and three bridesmaids.<br />
Little Estela walked with two ring<br />
bearers. �e three looked so cute together!<br />
She had a darling dress and flowers in her<br />
hair. Gregory, the Best Man, the three<br />
groomsmen all looked so handsome. �e<br />
whole event was just lovely and so joyous. I<br />
hope it won't be too long before I see you.”<br />
�e Fifties<br />
Victoria (Swencisky) Ciszewski ’50 sent a<br />
contribution to our general expenses and her<br />
membership dues.<br />
Roma (Ranaghan) Rowlands ’51 from<br />
Madison WI., sent us her dues for 2 years, a<br />
donation for our general expenses and<br />
donations for our 3 African Projects."Many<br />
thanks to all <strong>of</strong> you who work so hard to<br />
keep the <strong>Point</strong> <strong>Grey</strong> <strong>Alumnae</strong> thriving!"<br />
Bogna (Majchrzak) Ross ’56 sent us<br />
membership dues for two years and a<br />
donation to our general expenses.<br />
Mary (O’Hagan) Shields ’57 sent us<br />
membership dues, a donation to our general<br />
expenses and a donation to Sr. Josephine<br />
Wright’s new Jubilee Project “�e <strong>Sacred</strong><br />
<strong>Heart</strong> Institute <strong>of</strong> Education in Eldoret,<br />
Kenya”. �anks for the used stamps, Mary.<br />
�ey will help bring someone to the<br />
AMASC Congress in <strong>Montreal</strong> in 2014.<br />
Nancy (Butler) Arnold ’58 now lives in<br />
Vancouver part <strong>of</strong> the year. It was so much<br />
fun seeing her again.<br />
Joan (Goulet) James ’59 sent a contribution<br />
to our general expenses and her<br />
membership dues. “Living in Whistler<br />
during the Olympics was an amazing<br />
international experience.” �anks �anks for the<br />
reunion picture.<br />
�e Sixties<br />
Jo Joan Ripley RRip<br />
iple ley ’60 ’6 ’60 0 sent news that th that Judy Ju Judy dy Kovats<br />
as we knew her at school is on Bowen Island<br />
Nov 18 - 21, 2011. Register by Nov 11 to<br />
not be disappointed: earthliteracies@shaw.ca<br />
250-220-4601 or 250-380-9786 Website:<br />
www.earthliteracies.org Alexandra Kovats,<br />
csjp, PhD is well-known internationally as a<br />
teacher and lecturer on ecology, creation<br />
spirituality, the New Cosmology and<br />
ec<strong>of</strong>eminism. She is Executive Director <strong>of</strong><br />
Green <strong>Heart</strong>h that focuses on urban ecology<br />
and spirituality.<br />
Gabrielle Komorowska ’61 clicked to say<br />
she could not make our June meeting as she<br />
would be away at a family event.<br />
Daphne McKeen ’62 sent us her life<br />
membership dues from Victoria. Daphne is<br />
a retired Clinical Social Worker. “�anks to<br />
you for all your hard work on our behalf.”<br />
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Armande (Lavertu) Morton ’63 clicked<br />
from Victoria: “�e month <strong>of</strong> August has<br />
been wonderful with the Lavertu family<br />
reunion and then the Roberts family<br />
reunion on Salt Spring. In between, I have<br />
had Nicole staying with us (Yellowknife) for<br />
10 days, and Pierrette and Martin<br />
(<strong>Montreal</strong>) for 9 days. I was able to view the<br />
DVD and thank you so very much. �e<br />
meeting went really well, and I was so<br />
pleased to see that Mary Crozier Stark ’63<br />
and Maureen McNamara ’63 were there<br />
(classmates). Both are ‘doers’ so you might<br />
want to see how you can get them involved.<br />
I also recognized quite a few others that I<br />
have met throughout the years. Congratulations<br />
for another successful event.”<br />
Maureen McNamara ’63 sent us her life<br />
membership dues and “many thanks to<br />
Airlie and all <strong>of</strong> you who have kept in touch<br />
and kept me informed over the years.”<br />
Maureen was fabulous at St. George’s Prize<br />
Day presenting �e Convent <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sacred</strong><br />
<strong>Heart</strong> Book Award!<br />
Greg Devenish<br />
Principal <strong>of</strong> the Junior <strong>School</strong><br />
Andrew Lin in Grade 5TW<br />
received a book entitled “Earth”<br />
from Maureen MacNamara’ 63<br />
- �e new Head Boy is Rhys French – he is the<br />
one holding the trophy.<br />
- �e boy beside him is Ryan Cheng who is the<br />
Assistant Head Boy for 2011 -2012.<br />
- �e tall boy on the left <strong>of</strong> the picture is<br />
Kenneth Huang the Head Boy for 2010-2011.<br />
Pictures by Jason Fearon<br />
Continued on Pg. 4
Alums news continued from Pg. 3<br />
Susan Burton ’65 clicked to say, “I’m sorry to<br />
report that I won’t be able to attend the June<br />
4th meeting; I’ll be in California visiting my<br />
nephew and his family. Would you please, give<br />
my regards to Margaret Connolly. I’m really<br />
sorry to be missing her (twice in a row). Hugs<br />
to everyone.”<br />
Susie Butler ’65 clicked from Northern<br />
California, “Nice to hear from you. �anks<br />
for adding me to the newsletter list. All is well<br />
in my beautiful, although, this week very<br />
rainy part <strong>of</strong> the world. Hope to get to a<br />
reunion next year.”<br />
Katharine (�ornton) ’65 and Eric Marks<br />
had a lot to celebrate as their Olympian son,<br />
�omas wed his bride Karen Harris at<br />
Karen, �omas & “Honey”<br />
Pictures by Chris Kidd<br />
Karen’s parent’s home in Nova Scotia. Many<br />
<strong>of</strong> the �ornton family attended as well as<br />
members <strong>of</strong> the Canadian Olympic Water<br />
Polo Team which �omas captained in<br />
Beijing. �omas’ father-in-law’s Morgan<br />
horse, “Honey” <strong>of</strong>ficiated.<br />
Sheena (Walsh) McMahon ’65 clicked from<br />
Beijing “I just spent a month on the Trans-<br />
Siberian Railway across China, Mongolia and<br />
Siberia to St. Petersburg and Moscow, then<br />
down to the Wild West <strong>of</strong> China, near<br />
Kazakstan. It was quite an adventure!”<br />
Cecily (d’Harnoncourt) Trapp ’65 wrote<br />
Margaret Connolly, rscj from Austria “Today<br />
<strong>of</strong> all days, I happened to receive the newsletter<br />
and happened to read it right away and it<br />
seems my timing was perfect! HAPPY HAPPY<br />
BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!! It´s been a long time but I<br />
still remember you and my happy years at the<br />
Convent so well!<br />
My Dear Cecily! Please forgive my long delay<br />
in thanking you for your LOVELY Birthday card<br />
and especially the BEAUTIFUL picture <strong>of</strong><br />
yourself!!! I received so many wonderful greetings<br />
that I could hardly keep up with answering each<br />
one. But yours was very special and I am so<br />
grateful! I hope there will be some pictures in the<br />
next <strong>Newsletter</strong><br />
that will tell<br />
you about the<br />
celebrations!<br />
Do keep in<br />
touch and tell<br />
me more about<br />
yourself!<br />
Loving you always, M.Connolly, rscj<br />
Isabella Franckenstein ’67 clicked “�ank<br />
you so much for forwarding the newsletter. I<br />
enjoyed it very much - it was packed full <strong>of</strong><br />
interesting news and pics. I would love to<br />
make it next year to Vancouver - we will see.”<br />
Susan (Gillis) Chapman ’66 clicked in from<br />
Burnaby “My day began with the exciting<br />
news that my new book, which is dedicated to<br />
the mothers <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong>, is posted on<br />
the publisher's website.... I'm more determined<br />
than ever to complete work on my next<br />
book about St. Madeleine Sophie's teachings.”<br />
Sandy Walton ’68 clicked in from Maple<br />
Ridge that she “had the opportunity to hear<br />
Andrea Law's group Willy Blizzard when<br />
they were the featured artists at an outdoor<br />
concert in Maple Ridge this past summer. It<br />
was a great show. Sorry that I didn't know at<br />
the time that you were "one <strong>of</strong> us" Andrea!”<br />
Laura Sanie-Leask ’68 sent her membership<br />
dues and a donation for the Laini Saba<br />
Nursery and Primary <strong>School</strong> in Kibera.<br />
Sheila Donahoe sent on this note from<br />
MANUEL JOSE LAZCANO AVILA<br />
lazav01@gmail.com “My mother is an<br />
alumna <strong>of</strong> the Vancouver <strong>School</strong>. Her name at<br />
the time she attended was Maria Luz Avila;<br />
we are from México. Maria Luz is trying to<br />
get in touch with her old classmates; I think<br />
she is class <strong>of</strong> ’68. Is there a way or a directory<br />
so she can get in touch with them? Best<br />
Regards, Manuel Lazcano” Please call Airlie<br />
if you can help.<br />
Ursel (Gnass) Baron ’68 sent her membership<br />
dues for two years.<br />
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Heather (Ewonus) McDonald ’68 clicked to<br />
say “I will be away from May 13 to<br />
June 21 so won't be able to come to the<br />
meeting. Please give my regards to everyone,<br />
especially to ‘Mother Connolly.”<br />
Marguerite Goldsmith ’69 clicked from<br />
Burnaby that she had a frantic, sleepless<br />
beginning to her wonderful trip to some <strong>of</strong><br />
the most spiritual places on earth. Marguerite<br />
organized a group from her parish to go to<br />
World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid.<br />
“World Youth Day is a great worldwide<br />
encounter, a pilgrimage, to meet with the<br />
Pope and to celebrate our faith. It is a chance<br />
to experience in first person the universality <strong>of</strong><br />
the Church and it is a great boost to your faith<br />
life. It is also a great lesson in patience. First<br />
<strong>of</strong>f, we just about had to leave some <strong>of</strong> the<br />
group behind because their visas almost didn't<br />
arrive on time. With the help <strong>of</strong> some great<br />
people at Fedex, the visas arrived Saturday<br />
afternoon, the day before we were scheduled<br />
to leave. I think this set the pace for the rest<br />
<strong>of</strong> the pilgrimage. We were always hurrying<br />
from one event to the other.<br />
We made it a true pilgrimage; we went first to<br />
Fatima, then to our Day's in the Diocese in<br />
Sevilla. If you ever have a chance to go to<br />
Sevilla, don't hesitate. �e hospitality was<br />
wonderful. �e Churches hosted 6,000<br />
pilgrims for 3 days prior to the events in<br />
Madrid. We were kept on the go from<br />
sunrise to past midnight. �ey don't eat<br />
dinner till 10 pm or so.<br />
Madrid, well was Madrid. �ere were at least<br />
900,000 participants. �e English speaking<br />
events we went to in the Love and Life Center,<br />
hosted over 30,000 pilgrims a day. �ere were<br />
crowds everywhere and it was very hot. But<br />
we all had a great time. Some <strong>of</strong> our group,<br />
including myself did not get into the closing<br />
Mass. �ey closed the area in the early<br />
afternoon. as the authorities were worried<br />
about the crowds. Well over a million people<br />
including not only the World Youth Day<br />
participants but I am sure most <strong>of</strong> Madrid and<br />
its surroundings showed up at Cuantor<br />
Vientos for the closing Mass,. We ended our<br />
World Youth Day pilgrimage with a stop in<br />
Zaragoza and Lourdes before returning<br />
home, tired but happy. In the words <strong>of</strong> Pope<br />
Benedict XVI "�ank you, young people, you<br />
rejuvenate the Pope, inspire the Church &<br />
refresh a world thirsty for hope and courage."<br />
I was rejuvenated. See you in Rio de Janeiro,<br />
Brazil, 2013.”<br />
Continued on Pg.5
Alums news continued from Pg.4<br />
�e Seventies<br />
Barbra Patterson ’71 clicked to say “I will be<br />
retiring this July from my position as Principal<br />
<strong>of</strong> YouLearn.ca and am enjoying a real<br />
summer. Hello to all <strong>of</strong> our Convent family.”<br />
Joanne Hiebert ’75 clicked from Renton<br />
Washington. “I am so happy you remember<br />
me and so excited to be coming to the<br />
meeting! �ank you for the attachments, I<br />
was blown away to see the letter on-line, I<br />
never realized I could get an email version!<br />
Pease sign me up and save the postage <strong>of</strong> the<br />
paper newsletter! I'm excited with the<br />
schedule too!”<br />
beach in<br />
Victoria. �e Reception was held<br />
outside<br />
at St. Ann’s under tents, absolutely<br />
Beautifu Beautiful!”<br />
Melani Melanie Maguire ’74 clicked from Quebec,<br />
“Hugs to you and all those who keep us all<br />
informed and together as alums. You are so<br />
appreciated. I would have loved to have seen<br />
Sr. Connolly and join in the birthday celebration,<br />
but it just wasn't possible.”<br />
Sara Gourley ’75 told Patricia Connor ’75<br />
about our meetings and now Patricia will be<br />
coming on November 19th.<br />
Selina (Squarey) Koster ’77 sent us a note<br />
from Clinton with a very generous donation<br />
to Sr. Jo’s <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>School</strong> in Uganda.<br />
Julie Lapinsky (nee Wiseman) ’73 has been<br />
blessed with two beautiful grand-daughters in<br />
the past year. Evyn Elise born on Nov 1, 2010 Ruth Wiseman ’78 clicked to say “I expected<br />
and adopted by to be there on Saturday, with Anita Vergis<br />
Julie’s son, however, my husband surprised me and we are<br />
Christopher/ going away this weekend to celebrate our 30th<br />
daughter er in<br />
wedding anniversary. Sorry I won't be there to<br />
law, Christine, hristine,<br />
on Nov 8,<br />
say hello to all and to Mother Connolly.<br />
2010. Lovely,<br />
We celebrated the 4th <strong>of</strong> July as happy little ittle girl.<br />
Evyn has ‘dual citizenship’<br />
News from our RSCJ<br />
Eva Maria Charlene born on March 19, 9, 2011<br />
Donna Dolan, rscj ’60 Halifax, sent us a<br />
to Julie’s daughter, Carmel /son in law, Brett.<br />
contribution to our general expenses. “For<br />
Lovely, happy<br />
the past 17 years I have been program director<br />
little girl who<br />
at the Domano Renewal Centre in Prince<br />
is ‘extra<br />
George. What a wonderful ministry it has<br />
special’ as she<br />
been! I love the people, love the west and will<br />
has Down<br />
be very sorry to leave. Seventeen years went<br />
Syndrome.<br />
by like seventeen months.” Donna does<br />
Everyone<br />
beautiful watercolour painting and sent<br />
doing ‘great’!<br />
Eva having a few zzz’s as she has been<br />
Maureen a note card graced with water lilies.<br />
quite busy celebrating July 4th with Evyn<br />
Mary Munch, rscj clicked from Oakwood:<br />
“Dear Airlie, �e <strong>Newsletter</strong> is spectacular-<br />
Cathy Harrison Marsh ’74 wrote “Our again- with all the news and presentations.<br />
daughter Cassandra, just got married a few �ank you for sending it. I am sure you will<br />
weeks back. We had a lovely wedding on the have a great meeting on the 4th. May God<br />
bless all <strong>of</strong> you.”<br />
Cecile Meijer, rscj clicked from New York:<br />
“How nice to receive your newsletter, Airlie, it<br />
surely makes for interesting reading. �ank<br />
you too for your kind words - indeed, we will<br />
meet again in <strong>Montreal</strong> in the fall. Wishing<br />
you a restful summer.”<br />
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Margaret Connolly ’39, rscj clicked from<br />
Halifax, “HAPPY FEAST TO EACH ONE<br />
OF YOU! We will celebrate with a Mass in<br />
the gym for the whole school - plus the Boys!!<br />
- and all the community. I'll be thinking<br />
about you all - praying for you and loving<br />
you!!”<br />
Margie Conroy, rscj clicked from Uganda,<br />
“�ank you for the superb issue <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Vancouver <strong>Point</strong> <strong>Grey</strong> <strong>Alumnae</strong> <strong>Newsletter</strong>.<br />
Surely no group <strong>of</strong> <strong>Alumnae</strong> in the world<br />
could compare with Vancouver's! I do<br />
congratulate you as a group and thank you for<br />
all the energy and loyalty and friendship that<br />
comes through. Pray that I can get the<br />
Uganda 'Old Girls" as we call them here to<br />
follow even a little in your footsteps.” �e CD<br />
arrived safely. Many thanks!<br />
Sr. Jo Wright, rscj clicked from Uganda,<br />
“How very kind and thoughtful <strong>of</strong> you to<br />
send me a CD <strong>of</strong> the wonderful alumnae<br />
reunion and celebration you had for Margaret<br />
Connolly, Connol rscj. Margie Conroy, rscj will be<br />
here in a few days and I will share this with<br />
her too. Wonderful to hear that you had a<br />
great meeting me in Vancouver and were able to<br />
sing the song Sr. Margie wrote for Kangole.<br />
My sister, siste Rosemary clearly forgot about this<br />
reunion which she had really wanted to<br />
attend.”<br />
Mary “Be” Mardel, rscj was honored recently<br />
at the annual benefit luncheon for St.<br />
Madeleine Sophie's Center’s in El Cajon,<br />
California. She founded the Center for<br />
children with disabilities in 1965. It is now a<br />
non-denominational program helping nearly<br />
400 people with developmental disabilities<br />
each year. http://www.stmsc.org<br />
Do You Love Robins? Shirley Miller, rscj<br />
who clicked from St. Louis does.<br />
“Oh, I just watched the video, and everyone<br />
in the <strong>of</strong>fice heard the birds chirping and<br />
came in to see what I was doing!! Now robins<br />
are chirping all over 4120 Forest Park! �anks<br />
so much. It is precious and a lovely image for<br />
this dark and gloomy day up here.” Enjoy!<br />
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9479342&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=0
Class <strong>of</strong> ’59<br />
THE ’59ERS ARE GATHERING YET AGAIN . . . . . . .<br />
�e ’59ers continue to meet in smaller groups for luncheons and<br />
dinners but our second <strong>of</strong>ficial event happened this year when we<br />
celebrated our collective seventieth year on this planet – wow what a<br />
party. �e day dawned with a lovely clear blue sky – an absolutely<br />
beautiful sunny and perfect day. �e hostesses, Pam (Wilman)<br />
Brammall, Janet (McDermott) Morris, Linda (Hartman) Katz were<br />
busy at Pam’s gorgeous house on the patio completing the final<br />
touches. �e beautifully decorated- balloons and pink flamingos<br />
swayed in the breeze, the champagne sat in the ice bucket ready to be<br />
opened, the beautiful exquisite china cups, saucers and plates were all<br />
set out and the food was on the table. �e table was covered with little<br />
thinly sliced sandwiches, chocolate strawberries, chocolate éclairs, tiny<br />
scones just waiting for the jam and cream, and little birthday fondant<br />
cakes and we were back in the fifties – the scene was truly set and then<br />
everybody arrived, fifties outfits, hats, gloves, bows, and the birthday<br />
party began. �e champagne flowed, the laughter rang, we giggled, we<br />
laughed, the cameras clicked, clicked, clicked and clicked some more.<br />
A true re-enactment <strong>of</strong> the time when we had those tea parties at Ann<br />
Kirby’s place on the Crescent and Linda Hartman’s place on 33rd –<br />
the hats, the bows, the white gloves. Our tea culminated with<br />
Mascot Bubbles with hat<br />
Joanne, Linda, Maralen<br />
Reunions<br />
Tea at Pam‛s house<br />
Hostesses Janet, Pam and Linda<br />
greeting Audrey<br />
6<br />
chocolate fondant individual birthday cakes each decorated with a<br />
lighted candle; we sang a collective happy birthday to ourselves, blew<br />
out our candles and quickly devoured our gorgeous birthday cakes.<br />
We never seem to be short <strong>of</strong> things to talk about, trips to plan and<br />
certainly are to be considered healthy robust 70 year olds with a<br />
continued zest for life chatting about our plans and projects for the<br />
future.<br />
What a day, what fun and what a way to celebrate our seventieth year<br />
on this planet. We are all forever grateful that we are all so healthy and<br />
at this time in our lives ‘we are loving it’.<br />
We must mention that we also had two very special guests at the Party<br />
- our own very special honorary ’59er Airlie Ogilvie, Alum President,<br />
who also sported a true vintage 50’s gorgeous outfit with matching hat<br />
(spectacular) and, <strong>of</strong> course, not to be forgotten our class mascot,<br />
Champagne Bubbles, who was celebrating her fifth July birthday that<br />
week. She sported her pink feathered hat and was found spread out on<br />
a chaise lounge, wearing her hat with matching purse and necklace<br />
worn like a true lady <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong>.<br />
We are truly proving the saying – ‘like wine we get better with age’.<br />
Contributed by Janet McDermott Morris<br />
Airlie - through the looking glass
Reunions continued fro from Pg.6<br />
’59ers Ac Activities nnever<br />
seem to slow down. I’ve told you about the<br />
bi birthd birthday hday party but now n let me tell you about our other activities – on a<br />
gorgeous day in Ma May, Maralen (Read) Rencher had an absolutely<br />
stunning lunch at he her beautiful condo out in Tsawwassan. Genevieve de<br />
Laigue de La Taille called from Paris to wish us well and she had a<br />
chance to have a few words with most <strong>of</strong> us. �e food was beautiful and<br />
the wine was crisp and cold, the conversation was lively and fun was had<br />
by all.<br />
’59ers Announcement<br />
Forno Beachside Ca Cafe<br />
Summer brought the class o<strong>of</strong><br />
’65 a special visitor from Mexico City. Dora<br />
Elia Malo spent a month in<br />
our area. Her trip included an Alaskan cruise<br />
with her son and daughter, a<br />
visit with her close friend, Paula (Grewal)<br />
Paulus in Anacortes, WA and a week in Vancouver where she stayed with<br />
Susan Burton. Dora even flew to Nanaimo for a quick weekend visit with<br />
the Zorkin family and a reunion with Jana (Marianna) and Debbie.<br />
Dora's week in Vancouver was filled with events: Patty (Cotterall)<br />
Sturgess sponsored a dinner at the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, Barbara<br />
(Mioduszewski) Caelles organized a walk-about in Steveston where we ate<br />
fish and chips on the dock, Lou Morrow hosted a pot luck dinner and<br />
walk-about in beautiful, sunny Deep Cove, and Madeline (Bogie Gerenscer)<br />
von Fersen arranged a final dinner at Friache in West Vancouver<br />
where we enjoyed gourmet dining and a fabulous sunset view <strong>of</strong> the city.<br />
Classmates who were able to attend the various events include: Marg<br />
(Petrie) Weiss, Marie (Dumont) Low, Kathleen (Gilraine) Rogers, Ann<br />
(Gendron) Bird, Carol (McCullough) Martin, Joan (Tomblin) Morris,<br />
Airlie Ogilvie, and Heather (Shaw) Sw<strong>of</strong>ford who came up from Whidbey<br />
Island, WA. Many other class members clicked in with their well<br />
wishes. Needless to say Dora was just thrilled as were all <strong>of</strong> us to see and<br />
catch up with one another. Dora clicked: “�ank you to each one <strong>of</strong> you<br />
for the fabulous holiday, hope to see you very soon. And you know there<br />
will always be a place for you in Mexico.”<br />
By Susan Burton<br />
May 2011 - Lunch at Maralen (Read) Rencher’s<br />
Also in March we had a luncheon at Forno Beachside Cafe in<br />
Ambleside, West Vancouver, and many attended with Edit Jablanczy<br />
Ellis getting the bus in all the way from Abbotsford and staying with<br />
Marie Gerencser Jessup overnight so she could attend the lunch – I<br />
understand they spent most <strong>of</strong> the night chatting. Also Joan Goulet<br />
James made it all the way in by bus from Whistler. We’re loving it.<br />
Janet McDermott Morris<br />
Ann Kirby Speer is now in town again after a selling her condo and moving over from Victoria. She has been so motivated to get back to town<br />
because because her daughter is here and she is also al so excited that she can now attend our gatherings. Welcome home Ann – we are so looking<br />
forward to spending some time tim with you. you<br />
Class <strong>of</strong> ’65<br />
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Enjoying dinner at the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club
Happy Birthday to you!<br />
Maureen, Monica & Shelagh<br />
Fun Pictures <strong>of</strong> June 2011 Meeting<br />
Isn’t the cake beautiful?<br />
Julie helping with the cake<br />
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Mary Rosalie (Audet) Guiry ‘46<br />
Are we having fun yet?<br />
Airlie saying the Peace prayer for Margaret
AASH National Conference - Miami Fl April 7-10, 2011.<br />
�e �e �e 2011 National<br />
al Conference, Confe ference, " "Cele "Celebrate lebrate Co Cor Unum - Living<br />
Sophie and Philippine's Vision into Tomorrow Tomorrow.” �e first held at<br />
Carrollton <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong>, Coral<br />
Gables.<br />
Airlie, Frances Murphy, Eileen Bitten, Maureen Elliott and her<br />
sister Patti Coldicutt attended. Sheila Donahoe, our CASHA<br />
President, her sister Cathleen Niedermayer and two alums from<br />
Ottawa also attended.<br />
�e Opening Keynote Address was an incredible presentation by<br />
Suzanne Cooke, rscj and Maureen Glavin, rscj. �ey had a<br />
conversation, one playing the role <strong>of</strong> Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat<br />
and the other playing<br />
the role <strong>of</strong> Saint Rose<br />
Philippine Duchesne.<br />
�e dialog was taken<br />
from actual letters<br />
written by our<br />
wonderful Saints. It<br />
was a most interesting<br />
and incredible<br />
presentation to begin<br />
Sr. Maureen Glavin & Sr. Suzanne Cooke<br />
by SnapHappyPhotos.com<br />
�e Cor Unum Liturgy<br />
where our good friend<br />
Susanna McPherson Lane<br />
received her award was at St.<br />
Hugh’s not far from the<br />
Carrollton <strong>School</strong><br />
http://www.carrollton.org<br />
Cor Unum Pendant<br />
by SnapHappyPhotos.com<br />
�e luncheon following the<br />
Mass was wonderful with the<br />
Keynote address by Cecile<br />
Meijer, rscj. Cecile serves as<br />
the NGO (Non-Government<br />
Organization) representative<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Society <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sacred</strong><br />
<strong>Heart</strong> at the United Nations.<br />
Airlie & Pam Snyder beside Mater<br />
AASH AASH, CASHA AND AMASC NEWS<br />
our conference.<br />
Sr. Cecile Meijer, rscj<br />
by SnapHappyPhotos.com<br />
Fun Miami Pictures<br />
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Rosemary O’Neil from<br />
Evanston Ill. “I remember how<br />
Sr. Cooke, rscj said she went<br />
down to the water’s edge to<br />
renew her mind and spirit.<br />
After having a wonderful golf<br />
cart ride down to the dock, I<br />
fully understand and appreciate<br />
her feelings. I also found it<br />
rarely delightful to learn that the<br />
Looking toward the water’s edge<br />
by SnapHappyPhotos.com<br />
students at Carrollton, Golf and Sail –not your usual S H school!”<br />
Rosemary was thrilled to see our darling Jeanne Burke O’Fallon.<br />
Rosmary received an ovation for her years <strong>of</strong> love and support <strong>of</strong><br />
AASH and its National Conferences.<br />
Jeanne Burke O’Fallon retired as AASH National Office Director<br />
after 17 amazing years. It was so hard for all <strong>of</strong> us, as Jeanne has<br />
found a way into our hearts<br />
and will be there forever. As an<br />
amazing writer, Jeanne was<br />
thrilled that the AASH Essay<br />
Contest will forever be named<br />
in her honour. Wait until you<br />
see the Stunning “Esprit de<br />
Coeur” at the November 19th<br />
Meeting! Lisa Tebbe has done another<br />
spectacular editing job! Congratulations<br />
Lisa.<br />
Singing to Jeanne<br />
by SnapHappyPhotos.com<br />
Jeanne O’Fallon & Rosemary<br />
by SnapHappyPhotos.com<br />
�ree cheers for Rosemary<br />
by SnapHappyPhotos.com<br />
Beth Speck & Jeanne<br />
by SnapHappyPhotos.com<br />
Lisa Tebbe (Esprit Editor) & Susan King<br />
by SnapHappyPhotos.com<br />
Airlie & Rosemary<br />
at Spanish Restaurant
AASH, CASHA & AMASC News continue<br />
Super Photographer at the Miami Conference<br />
Ada Stevens a grad <strong>of</strong> Carrollton <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> was the photographer for the<br />
Miami Conference. I bought several <strong>of</strong> her gorgeous images; they were such a hit on June 4th.<br />
If you would like to see all her gorgeous pictures go to www.snaphappyphotos.com<br />
Click on Purchase Photos tab on the left side <strong>of</strong> the page<br />
Select the event, listed as "AASH Conference Miami 2011"<br />
<strong>The</strong> Miami Pictures are available until December 7th 2011<br />
Any questions, contact:<br />
Ada L. Stevens<br />
SnapHappy Photos, LLC<br />
cell: 786-449-7396<br />
AASH Western Regional - Our friends frien in Seattle/Forest with One <strong>Heart</strong>”. �e discussion topics will be the work <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Ri Ridg Ridge dg dge have ha have generously generousl sl sly <strong>of</strong>f <strong>of</strong>fered ed t to ho host the 22012<br />
22012<br />
Western Re Regional Society <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> in Canada and in the developing world;<br />
Conference: Conference: August 10 and 11, 2012. More Mo More information iin<br />
your the internationality <strong>of</strong> the alumnae network (AMASC) and the<br />
Spring 2012 newsletter and https://aashnet<br />
https://aashnet.org et.org<br />
opportunities for alumnae to actively participate in the world’s calls<br />
for action whether financially, in the field or through advocacy.<br />
�e 2013 AASH National Conference, " "Celebrat "Celebrating Our �e Keynote Speaker is Sr. Cecil Meijer, rscj, Picture <strong>of</strong> Cecile<br />
Le Legacy i iin<br />
in th the <strong>Heart</strong>land” He <strong>Heart</strong>l tl tland” d” will wil il ill l be h hhel<br />
held el eld d in O OOmaha<br />
Omaha, ha ha, Nebraska<br />
April here the NGO representative <strong>of</strong> the Society <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> at<br />
11-14, 2013. Airlie and I attended the 1989 National Co Conference the United Nations. Our Canadian Provincial, Mary Finlayson,<br />
in Omaha and enjoyed<br />
it immensely. Check the AASH Website W<br />
rscj, will speak about the work <strong>of</strong> the Canadian Province. �e day<br />
https://aashnet.org https://aashnet.org g IIt<br />
is an excellent web site for all things <strong>Sacred</strong> will end with Cocktails & �e <strong>Alumnae</strong> Reunion Dinner at �e<br />
<strong>Heart</strong>.<br />
<strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Montreal</strong>. It should be a great one day<br />
event and a chance to see <strong>Montreal</strong> and the beautiful “City House”<br />
CASHA: ��<br />
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�e �e <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Montreal</strong> is celebrating ng school.<br />
th thei their eir 150th 15 150t 0th h anniversar anniversary ending their year <strong>of</strong> celebration with a Gala<br />
week October 26th -2 -29th 2011. �ere will be a one day CASHA SHA AMASC: ��<br />
��e<br />
�e Worl World Congress is slated to be held in <strong>Montreal</strong><br />
Conference Conference on Friday<br />
October 28th. �e �eme <strong>of</strong> this Confer- nfer- in 2 2201<br />
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http://www.ama masc-sacrecoeur.org<br />
Congratulations – Halifax <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> Video Contest Winners<br />
We all enjoyed these winning videos from Halifax at our June Meeting.<br />
<strong>The</strong> runners up are now posted. Here is the link to the web site where the videos are posted:<br />
http://www.sacredheartschool.ns.ca/news/?id=69<br />
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Dear <strong>Point</strong> <strong>Grey</strong> <strong>Alumnae</strong>,<br />
Formal Announcement Letter September 8th, 2011<br />
from �e Canadian Provincial Council<br />
�is news from Ottawa will bring changes to the RSCJ structure<br />
<strong>of</strong> health care at Barat Residence in Halifax as well as bringing<br />
real change to the Society <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> in Canada.<br />
As you read in the September 8th Formal Announcement, Saint<br />
Madeleine Sophie had something lovely to say about change.<br />
Do keep �e Canadian Provincial Council in your thoughts<br />
and prayers as “formal dialogue and discernment about possibilities<br />
for collaboration between RSCJ in Canada and the United<br />
States with regard to leadership and governance, in the light <strong>of</strong><br />
life and mission” unfold.<br />
As I said to Mary Finlayson, rscj, Canadian Provincial “�ank<br />
you for all you do in your position as Provincial. �e job<br />
certainly has its ups and downs.”<br />
As we, Children <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong>, join in Spirit with the<br />
Society, may the results <strong>of</strong> the discussions bring the very best<br />
decisions possible.<br />
Your prayers and thoughts will make all the difference.<br />
With much love to all <strong>of</strong> you, Airlie<br />
�ank you for the many lovely responses we received to this<br />
announcement. �ey will be on the tables at the meeting.<br />
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MONICA & DAVID<br />
Winner <strong>of</strong> <strong>The</strong> Best Documentary : Tribeca Film Festival<br />
MONICA & DAVID explores the marriage <strong>of</strong> two adults with Down syndrome and the family who strives<br />
to support their needs. Monica and David are blissfully in love and want what other adults have —<br />
an independent life.<br />
<strong>The</strong> director, Alexandra Codina is a graduate <strong>of</strong> Carrollton <strong>School</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> and Monica‛s cousin. I am quite sure you will<br />
be as amazed at the beautiful story portrayed as those at the<br />
Miami AASH Conference were.<br />
Here is one <strong>of</strong> Alexandra‛s reactions to a question posed about<br />
her winning documentary.<br />
What do you hope audiences will take away from the film? I<br />
hope that people will see Monica, David and other people with<br />
disabilities as individuals. Not heroes, nor victims, but people who<br />
are striving to lead ordinary lives. Enjoy.<br />
http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/passionateeyeshowcase/2011/monicaanddavid<br />
Sr. Suzanne Cooke, rscj and Alexandra Codina<br />
by SnapHappyPhotos.com<br />
<strong>The</strong> 1st St. George‛s Parents Association Welcome Back BBQ<br />
Sandra Walton, Terry Slack, my friend the Salmon Expert and I had such fun at the Bar B Q on September<br />
8th. 1,300 people arrived on TOY FIELD and became Saints as each was given a gorgeous “I‛m a Saint”<br />
pin. <strong>The</strong> food was scrumptious. Enjoy the slide show.<br />
(Copy & paste this link to a new browser page if you cannot click on it)<br />
https://www.stgeorges.bc.ca/podium/tools/SlideShow.aspx?a=179186<br />
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BECAUSE OF YOUR GENEROSITY<br />
<strong>The</strong> Ugandan Farmers have their Boda Boda to transport their milk to Market!<br />
Fiona received this wonderful email from Susan<br />
Anyango, rscj.<br />
Dear Fiona,<br />
Greetings from Uganda. Thank you so much for the<br />
donation for the Boda Boda. Please in the pictures you<br />
will see part <strong>of</strong> the farm and the manager happily riding<br />
the bike. Thank you for this precious gift that has enabled<br />
us to simplify our transport. May the Lord bless you on<br />
our behalf and give you the strength and health you need<br />
to continue with your work.<br />
With our gratitude and prayers, Susan<br />
Joseph standing beside the Boda Boda<br />
We celebrated the Ugandan Jubilee by singing the actual<br />
song to be sung at the Jubilee Party in Uganda on July 2nd,<br />
2011 here in Vancouver at our June 4th Meeting.<br />
We had the words from Margie Conroy in her wonderful<br />
<strong>Newsletter</strong> BUT...<br />
How could we get the tune figured out at such long distance?<br />
Our wonderful Alum and musical wizard Armande (Lavertu)<br />
Morton ’63 came to the rescue. She clicked the nuns in<br />
Uganda and left her phone number so they could call her in<br />
Victoria. Armande then taped them singing the beautiful<br />
song over the phone. She then transcribed the tune into sheet<br />
music form and clicked it over to my computer. (I made<br />
several to hand out at the meeting)<br />
Armande gave her tape recorder to Joan Ripley ’60 who<br />
brought it to our meeting containing Armande playing the<br />
song on her piano and counting out the time for all <strong>of</strong> us to<br />
follow.<br />
I wrote to Susan to tell her how thrilled I was at<br />
this news.<br />
Dear Susan,<br />
I just received news from Fiona Walsh that the RSCJ farm<br />
in Uganda has a new Boda Boda to help the farmers get<br />
their milk to market. I am just thrilled that Fiona’s<br />
Passion to make a difference for the RSCJ farmers and our<br />
donations from our <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Alumnae</strong> Association in<br />
Vancouver have made this purchase possible. Thank you<br />
so much for the pictures <strong>of</strong> the Boda Boda and the lovely<br />
cattle originally purchased by the Dutch <strong>Alumnae</strong>. <strong>The</strong><br />
Vancouver <strong>Point</strong> <strong>Grey</strong> <strong>Alumnae</strong> will love seeing the<br />
pictures in the Fall <strong>Newsletter</strong>.<br />
With much love, Airlie<br />
Cattle grazing on the RSCJ farm in Uganda<br />
Vancouver Alum “Sing In” <strong>The</strong> Uganda-Kenya Province‛s Jubilee Year<br />
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Fiona and I led the 42 Alums who attended through two<br />
verses and the choruses. I think we all did a wonderful job<br />
considering we had such little practice.<br />
It was great fun. What a wonderful long distance <strong>Alumnae</strong><br />
experience we all had!<br />
Fiona and Airlie with Armande's tape recorder held high
As Margie Conroy, rscj clicked: “Yesterday was lovely! �ere<br />
was nothing I could do to prevent disaster or promote success<br />
so I just relaxed. �e amplifying system I worried so much<br />
about turned out to have no batteries so the play had to be<br />
done without amplification in the open air. But the girls did<br />
speak very clearly and loudly so a good many heard them.<br />
�ey began by singing the story <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> Sisters<br />
very loud and clear. ..... I particularly liked what the Church<br />
<strong>of</strong> Uganda Bishop <strong>of</strong> our area said. "You <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> Sisters<br />
have love poured into your hearts by the <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>of</strong> Christ and<br />
<strong>The</strong> Kongole Old Girls Association (KOGA for short)<br />
Celebrated the Jubilee with enthusiasm on July 2nd.<br />
We could have joined in on their song!!!!!!!!!<br />
you pour that love into the hearts <strong>of</strong> your students." May it<br />
be true, because it certainly sums up what we want to do....It<br />
was getting dark by the time it all ended and the meal turned<br />
out to be supper, not lunch, but no one seemed to mind. �e<br />
day was very well organized by the school and by one <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Old Girls, Valentina Lokol, and I can only thank the Lord<br />
for the event and for Valentina and ask him to pour out his<br />
Spirit <strong>of</strong> love on all who prepared for it and participated in it<br />
in any way.”<br />
FOUNTAIN ACADEMY OF THE SACRED HEART<br />
SECOND ANNUAL ST. MADELEINE SOPHIE BARAT BOOK AWARD<br />
�is award is based on one <strong>of</strong> St. Madeleine Sophie’s many<br />
wonderful quotes:<br />
“Your example, more than your words, will be<br />
an example to the world”.<br />
�is book award is now presented annually each June to the<br />
student in the Grade XII graduating class who has conducted<br />
himself in an exemplary fashion throughout his years at<br />
Fountain Academy <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong>. �e recipient is a<br />
student who has demonstrated kindness to others and<br />
upholds the values <strong>of</strong> loyalty, honesty and integrity.<br />
Sister Margaret, on behalf <strong>of</strong> the class <strong>of</strong> 1959 & special<br />
friends, on June 11, 2011, presented the above book award.<br />
�e recipient, Justin Kho, received 1000 <strong>Sacred</strong> Places by<br />
Christopher Engles.<br />
Justin has been with the Academy since grade 10 and was<br />
consistently on the honour roll. Captain <strong>of</strong> his basketball<br />
team, he is a real leader among the boys. Last year he<br />
achieved his Bronze Duke <strong>of</strong> Edinburgh award and has<br />
received several Principal’s Honour Pins. He regularly serves<br />
mass at his local parish and is an active volunteer on school<br />
projects such as the Holy Cross Cemetery restoration project<br />
as well as service in his community.<br />
Our class had committed funds for this Award for twenty<br />
14<br />
years. We recently had a letter from Mr. Marchand, Principal,<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Academy advising us that they have made the<br />
decision that after our fund has expired that this Award<br />
would continue to be made ‘in perpetuity’ on our behalf so<br />
the legacy from our class will carry on – kind <strong>of</strong> nice feeling<br />
for all <strong>of</strong> us to know that as a group we now have this Award<br />
in our name given forever. Our real intent was to give<br />
something to the young students albeit symbolically from the<br />
mature generation to the young generation in the name <strong>of</strong><br />
our foundress. I think we have accomplished that intent.<br />
CONGRATULATIONS LADIES<br />
Submitted on behalf <strong>of</strong> the Class <strong>of</strong> 1959<br />
Janet McDermott Morris<br />
Justin Kho received the Award from Sr Margaret
We received a lovely note from our Provincial, Mary Finlayson,<br />
rscj for the card we sent on her mother Irene’s passing in<br />
Winnipeg on May 11th, 2011. “I want to thank the Pt. <strong>Grey</strong><br />
<strong>Alumnae</strong> for their very generous memorial enrolment for my<br />
Mother with the Cenacle. She would love that! You are very<br />
thoughtful. Please pass along my thanks.”<br />
We have sent a prayer card to the Cary Family on the passing<br />
<strong>of</strong> their dear family member, Agnes Carey ’39 <strong>of</strong> CSH<br />
Winnipeg (Ravenscourt). Agnes was in the first Graduating<br />
Class and her cousin Terese Wright fondly remembers that the<br />
Class <strong>of</strong> ‘39’s Graduation picture was prominently displayed in<br />
the school parlour. Agnes died in Vancouver this September at<br />
88 after an acute bout with cancer.<br />
We received a lovely card <strong>of</strong> thanks from Diane Remien<br />
Tymick on the passing <strong>of</strong> her wonderful husband Henry who<br />
had a long battle with Cancer. “Your spiritual gift is surely<br />
winging my dear Henry to Heaven”.<br />
We have sent a prayer card to Patricia Barrett Geraghty ’56<br />
(Forest Ridge) on the passing <strong>of</strong> her mother Harriot Berens<br />
Barrett ’28 (Forest Ridge) who died at 101 years <strong>of</strong> age.<br />
Maria-Teresa (Jones) Newell ‘63 Peru clicked that Sr. Mary<br />
B. did a beautiful job giving the eulogy at Harriet's Celebration<br />
<strong>of</strong> Life and Mass. “it was so moving to see and hear from<br />
some <strong>of</strong> Harriet's family members; she had 10 grandchildren<br />
and 20 great-grandchildren.”<br />
We sent prayer cards to both Daphne McKeen ’62 and Mimi<br />
(McKeen) Cooke ’68 as both their mother and stepfather<br />
passed away last Fall and they lost another family member in<br />
February.<br />
We sent a prayer card to Ambriss Clermont wife, mother <strong>of</strong> 4,<br />
mother in law <strong>of</strong> 4, and grandmother <strong>of</strong> 7, day care provider,<br />
care giver, and generally overall dynamo in life. Ambriss is<br />
Honourary President:<br />
Canadian Provincial <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Society <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong><br />
Mary Finlayson, rscj<br />
131 Dalhousie Street<br />
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7C2<br />
mfinlayson@on.aibn.com<br />
<strong>Alumnae</strong> Moderator:<br />
Margaret Connolly, rscj ’39<br />
1455 Summer Street,<br />
Halifax, N.S. B3H 4L6<br />
Ph: (902) 423-7579<br />
margrscj@hotmail.com<br />
President:<br />
Airlie Ogilvie ’65<br />
2117 West 46th Avenue<br />
Vancouver, B.C. V6M 2L2<br />
Ph: (604) 266-4206<br />
mapleair@shaw.ca<br />
Past President:<br />
Fiona Walsh ’67<br />
Ph: (604) 980-8436<br />
fewalsh@yahoo.com<br />
Vice President:<br />
Julie (Wiseman) Lapinsky ’73<br />
Ph: (604) 940-0040<br />
julielapinsky@dccnet.com<br />
Treasurer:<br />
Sandra Walton ’68<br />
Ph: (604) 460-2024<br />
tedsan@shaw.ca<br />
Prayer Cards Sent<br />
Executive Assistant:<br />
Marguerite Goldsmith ’69<br />
Ph: (604) 433-6538<br />
marguerite@sfds.ca<br />
margueriteinbby@shaw.ca<br />
Executive<br />
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Heather Shaw ’65’s cousin and is still hoping for a miracle at<br />
Sannich Peninsula Hospital palliative care unit.<br />
We have sent prayer cards to Cecily (d’Harnoncourt) Trapp<br />
’65 and Isabelle (d’Harnoncourt) Franckenstein ’67 on the<br />
passing <strong>of</strong> their mother, Margret. As Cecily wrote “my mother,<br />
who had just had her 89th birthday, died in her sleep mid<br />
August. My father alone now, ... has a live-in nurse ... soon I<br />
shall be back in Innsbruck for the winter and can visit him<br />
<strong>of</strong>ten.“<br />
We sent a prayer card to Anne ’67 and Pippa de Cossan ’73<br />
on the passing <strong>of</strong> their father Charles Anthony de Cosson.<br />
Kitten (�ornton) Marks ’65 and her mother Nora �ornton<br />
were at the funeral and Cecily (d’Harnoncourt) Trapp ’65 was<br />
with everyone in Spirit from Austria.<br />
We have sent prayer cards to the Locke family on the passing<br />
<strong>of</strong> their father, Charles: Mary Locke ’68 in Vancouver,<br />
Barbara Walls ’71 in Wellesley Mass., and Dorie Pottinger<br />
’72 in Vancouver.<br />
Ursel (Gnass) Baron ’68 sent a lovely card from Lethbridge.<br />
“�ank everyone for the Cenacle Prayer card. Prayers do help<br />
so much and I know my husband<br />
John is in a better place with no<br />
more pain.”<br />
Laura Sanie-Leask ’68 sent us a<br />
lovely card thanking us “for your<br />
kind prayers for my father, he was<br />
95 and my good friend.”<br />
We have sent a prayer card to<br />
Debbie (Dumaresq) Teeple ’71<br />
and family on the passing <strong>of</strong> her<br />
daughter, Linda Stewart.<br />
Membership Secretary:<br />
Sandi (Mah) Sasaki ’67<br />
Ph: (604) 850-2801<br />
sandisasaki@shaw.ca<br />
(Subject: CSH <strong>Newsletter</strong>)<br />
<strong>Newsletter</strong> Committee:<br />
Sandi (Mah) Sasaki<br />
Airlie Ogilvie<br />
Maureen Elliott<br />
Marguerite Goldsmith<br />
Meeting Cashier:<br />
Sean(Cullinan)Ullmann ’67<br />
Ph: (604)431-8445<br />
ullmann@shaw.ca<br />
Prayer Card Contact:<br />
Ellen (O’Malley) Riley ’50<br />
Ph: (604)266-7777<br />
Archivist:<br />
Marguerite Goldsmith ’69<br />
Ph: (604) 433-6538<br />
marguerite@sfds.ca<br />
margueriteinbby@shaw.ca<br />
CASHA Rep:<br />
AASH Rep &<br />
Conference Liaison:<br />
Maureen Elliott ’67<br />
Ph: (604) 731-2824<br />
mae13@shaw.ca<br />
AMASC Liaison:<br />
Frances Murphy ’80<br />
Ph: (604) 734-2586<br />
frmurphy@shaw.ca
�e Convent’s Centennial<br />
Julie (Wiseman) Lapinsky ’73 your Vice President and I have attended the first <strong>of</strong> several Centennial Committee<br />
Meetings at St. George’s. Exciting things are in the works.<br />
�����January 1st 2012 there will be a Centennial Link on the<br />
St. George’s Website. http://www.stgeorges.bc.ca Click in<br />
and enjoy. Please feel safe to loan pictures or bring memorabilia<br />
<strong>of</strong> your days at school. �ey will be treated so carefully<br />
to enhance the website, and will be returned to you as you<br />
gave them.<br />
Contact Elizabeth S. Knox for information on how to send<br />
your pictures etc. to her safely.<br />
Archivist and Historian<br />
St. George's <strong>School</strong><br />
604-221-1363<br />
eknox@stgeorges.bc.ca<br />
Elizabeth enjoyed �anksgiving week at the City House in<br />
<strong>Montreal</strong> with Adria Seccareccia, Archivist: Canadian<br />
Provincial Archives <strong>of</strong> the Society <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong>.<br />
Hopefully Elizabeth will find all sorts <strong>of</strong> wonderful pictures<br />
and information about our beautiful school which she will<br />
share with us in the Historical Display or Web site.<br />
Convent <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong><br />
Burnaby Street<br />
1911<br />
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�����Saturday, May 5th, 2012 St. George’s 59th Fair will<br />
celebrate �e Convent’s Centennial!<br />
Come and help serve cake, help man the Historical<br />
Display, enjoy your old school’s 100th Birthday.<br />
������In June the Corner Stone will receive a new Time<br />
Capsule.<br />
What would you like to put in the Time Capsule <strong>of</strong> 2012?<br />
Come and enjoy with the Community the celebration <strong>of</strong><br />
such a wonderful event.<br />
I look forward to seeing Carole Badgley and her friend<br />
Betty MacRae as Carol’s Great Uncle Charles Badgley was<br />
the architect <strong>of</strong> our beautiful school.<br />
Look for the date <strong>of</strong> this Time Capsule Event in your Spring<br />
2012 <strong>Newsletter</strong>.<br />
See you at St. George’s Fair: from 10 am until 4 pm or any<br />
time between on Saturday, May 5th, 2012.<br />
Love, Airlie<br />
COME TO THE CONVENT’S<br />
100th BIRTHDAY PARTY<br />
At St. George’s 59th Fair<br />
On Saturday May 5th 2012 !
Convent <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong><br />
Ladies <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong><br />
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<strong>Alumnae</strong> Membership Information and Dues Remittance Form<br />
Membership dues are payable to “Convent <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Alumnae</strong>”.<br />
Dues used to support the following general expenses:<br />
• <strong>Newsletter</strong> expenses<br />
• St. George’s CSH Book Prize<br />
• AASH membership<br />
• $ 250<br />
– <strong>Sacred</strong><br />
<strong>Heart</strong><br />
Primary<br />
<strong>School</strong>, Kyamusansala, Uganda<br />
• CASHA membership<br />
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• Misc. gifts and donations<br />
Ladies <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Alumnae</strong> Donation Form<br />
(Tax Deductible)<br />
<strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> Primary <strong>School</strong>, Kyamusansala, Uganda $ ___________________________<br />
Uganda/Kenya Province Solidarity Fund $ ___________________________<br />
Laini Saba Primary, Kibera,Nairobi, Kenya $ ___________________________<br />
Enclosed are my<br />
membership dues:<br />
(Please Phone)<br />
Life ($150)<br />
Annual ($20)<br />
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(for your convenience<br />
you may prepay for<br />
more than one year)<br />
Enclosed is my donation toward<br />
general expenses:<br />
Donation<br />
(non-tax deductible)<br />
$__________<br />
Make cheques payable to:<br />
Convent <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sacred</strong><br />
<strong>Heart</strong><br />
Mail to:<br />
Maureen Elliott<br />
2540 Cornwall Avenue<br />
Vancouver, BC V6K 1C2<br />
e-mail:<br />
pointgreysh@shaw.ca<br />
Name:________________________________________________________________________________________________________<br />
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City: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________<br />
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Cheque should be made payable to: Ladies <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong><br />
Mail to: Maureen Elliott<br />
2540 Cornwall Avenue<br />
Vancouver, BC V6K 1C2<br />
e-mail: pointgreysh@shaw.ca<br />
or Danielle Dunleavy<br />
c/o Society <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> (Canada)<br />
811 325 Dalhousie Street<br />
Ottawa ON K1N 7G2<br />
tax receipts. Ladies <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> Charitable Business No.: 11899 0225 RR0001