A Publication for Alumnae Parents and Friends Winter 2016

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SJA Community
A life-sized bronze statue of Sr. Isabel pulling two small children in a
wagon was dedicated on September 30, 2004. The children were modeled
on images of two kindergarten students taught by Sr. Isabel, Dr. Peterman
Prosser and Linda Kron Marchand.
The sculptural work, located between St. Joseph and Medaille halls on the
SJA campus, was created by artist Aaron Hussey. Mr. Curet remembers
the image with great fondness. “It wasn’t uncommon to see her shuffling
across campus with the little red wagon in tow,” he said. “It wasn’t always
filled with children, however. It was often filled with things that she had
collected or been given and that she was going to distribute.”
Mr. Curet’s daughter, Jeanne Curet James, is a 1975 graduate of St.
Joseph’s Academy. She remembers visiting with her great aunt most
Sundays after mass. “We would visit in the convent parlor,” Mrs. James
said. “When we were getting ready to leave, she would always bend down
and tell me, ‘There is room upstairs,’ letting me know that if I wanted to join the convent, she’d be happy to
have me.”
Sister Isabel Gosserand
Mrs. James recalled the story of a young Sister Ursula
Harelson and her Thanksgiving assignment of cooking
three turkeys. “Sr. Ursula was very nervous about this
responsibility and kept checking on the cooking process,”
she said. “All turned out well, and after they finished
cooking, she set them on the kitchen counter to cool.
When she went back to the kitchen to check again, one of
the turkeys was gone. She panicked, then discovered that
Sr. Isabel had taken it and was headed to the home of a
family with many children to feed.”
The Sister Isabel Gosserand Scholarship represents her
spirit and, like the sculpture in her likeness, will be a
permanent reminder of her life in service to others.
Celebrate SJA
with a gift!
Join us on March 18 as we honor the
Feast of St. Joseph with SJA’s first
day of giving.
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