Spring 2008 - St. Joseph's Academy

St. Joseph’s Academy
. . . . . Spring
A PUBLICATION FOR ALUMNAE, PARENTS AND FRIENDS
2008
. . . . .
In this issue... Outstanding Alumnae To Be Honored
Alumna Wins Emmy
Sonya Lockett, a 1982 graduate of
St. Joseph’s Academy, won an Emmy
Award for Rap It Up, the HIV/AIDS
education initiative she manages
for Black Entertainment Television
(BET).
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Reunions Planned
The SJA classes of 1958, 1973, 1978,
1983, 1988 and 1998 will celebrate
milestone reunions this spring and
summer.
page 5
Leave a Legacy
Guest columnist Gail Gaiennie ’66
explains how, in 10 minutes’ time,
you can leave a legacy gift to SJA in
your will.
page 6
Tribute Donations
Gifts made between October 31,
2007, and February 8, 2008.
page 8
Students Serve as Mentors
More than two dozen members of
SJA’s Science Club served as mentors
to McKinley Middle Magnet School
students as they prepared research
projects for their school science fair.
page 11
Alumnae News...2
Transitions...3
Alums Today...4-5
The SJA Community...6-9
Campus News...10-11
Five women who have made significant contributions to St. Joseph’s
Academy and their communities will be honored at SJA’s Outstanding
Alumnae Luncheon on Saturday, April 26, at Boudreaux’s beginning at
11 a.m.
Sister Kathleen Pittman ’54, Mary Ann Cannatella Raudales ’55,
Kathleen Daigre Meares ’64, Tara Nolan Messenger ’70 and Pat Carville
Hoffman ’73 are SJA’s Outstanding Alumnae for 2008.
Details about each honoree, as well as the luncheon, can be found on
the SJA website at www.sjabr.org.
Mary Ann Cannatella
Raudales
Class of 1955
Kathleen Daigre Meares
Class of 1964
Tara Nolan Messenger
Class of 1970
Sr. Kathleen Pittman
Class of 1954
Pat Carville Hoffman
Class of 1973
SJA Moves Forward with Master Plan Elements
St. Joseph’s Academy is moving forward
with two elements of its Master Plan: renovations
to Mother Alice Hall for additional
classroom and office
space, and construction
of the Academic
Performing Arts
Center. The Always
the Academy Capital
Campaign will soon
be launched.
SJA development
personnel will be
visiting local alumnae,
parents, friends and businesses, as well
as out-of-town alumnae, to share the exciting
news. Alumnae living greater distances
from Baton Rouge will receive information
in the mail.
Campaign leadership includes Sue and Bert
Turner, honorary chair couple, and operational
chair couples Debbie
and Greg Gelpi, Kim
and Mark Morgan, Sue
Anne and James Cox
and Kay and Roland
Toups. They have provided
tremendous talent
and expertise to
this effort. Another
100 people have vol-
The proposed Academic Performing Arts Center
unteered to help serve
as campaign ambassadors.
A public kickoff event is planned for fall of
2008. For more information, please call the SJA
Development Office at (225) 388-2254.

’67 Connie Fauver Anderson
has been named
associate for Institutional
Advancement at the LSU
School of Veterinary Medicine.
Her great-grandfather,
Dr. W.H. Dalrymple, was Anderson
the first college-trained veterinarian
in Louisiana when he came to LSU
from Scotland in the late 1800s. Dalrymple
Drive in Baton Rouge was named for him.
’85 Lisa Melancon Ganucheau
is serving as president
of the Junior League
of Houston for 2007-08.
She and her husband, Tom,
live in Bellaire, Texas, with
their children, Mary Claire,
Ganucheau
11, and John Thomas, 10.
’86 Ana Andricain recently
starred in the Baton
Rouge Little Theater production
of Cat on a Hot Tin
Roof. She is a veteran of
Broadway shows, including
the original company
of Marie Christine at Lin- Andricain
coln Center, more than 400 performances
as Belle in Beauty and the Beast and as Eva
Peron in the 20th anniversary national
tour of Evita. She recently appeared in the
Broadway Company of The Glorious Ones at
Lincoln Center.
Katy Devlin Yurk lives in Indianapolis,
where she has been employed with the
National Collegiate Athletic Association in
membership services since 2002.
Dede Sabagh Ferrara was among the
YWCA of Greater Baton Rouge’s Women
of Achievement honorees. She is a partner
in the Ferrara and Ferrara Law Firm and past
Connections is published three times per year by the St. Joseph’s Academy Communications and Development offices. It is distributed free of charge to alumnae,
parents and friends of the Academy. Alumnae news, story ideas, photographs and address changes should be sent to Connections, 3015 Broussard Street,
Baton Rouge, LA 70808-1198 or connections@sjabr.org. Call (225) 388-2258. Because of space limitations, we reserve the right to edit submitted news.
Mindy Brodhead Averitt, Communications Director; Molly Sanchez, Development Director; Sister Joan Laplace, CSJ, Director of Major Gifts and Planned Giving;
Wendy Ragan, Assistant Development Director; Lauren Griffin, Alumnae Coordinator; Donna Blanc, Development Assistant; Kacie Fuselier, Communications
Assistant. Design: Sara Tomeny Rounds.
2 • Spring 2008
where where we we are...graduations...accolades...what are...graduations...accolades...what we’re we’re doing doing
president of the Junior League of Baton from Loyola School of Law. She passed the
Rouge.
Louisiana State Bar Examination and was
’93 Emily Daviet Vincent, M.D., re- sworn in as an attorney in October. She is
turned to Baton Rouge from Charleston, practicing law in Lafayette at the firm of Preis
South Carolina, to work as a hospitalist at and Roy.
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical ’03 Lauren Lewandow-
Center.
ski graduated cum laude
’96 Meg Stevens O’Reilly is the vice from Loyola University in
president of public relations for Magnolia May 2007 with a bachelor
Physical Therapy in New
of music in piano pedagogy.
Orleans.
She is now pursuing a mas-
’97 Ju l i a W i l k i n s o n
graduated in May from
ter’s in piano performance
at Loyola. She also teaches
Lewandowski
LSUHSC New Orleans
piano for the Loyola Preparatory Music Pro-
Medical School. She is now
gram.
in general surgery residency
’04 Hilary Thompson is
with LSU New Orleans. Wilkinson a senior at Vanderbilt Uni-
’98 Anne-Marie Miller is a registered versity and will graduate
pediatric nurse at Ochsner Hospital in New summa cum laude in May with
Orleans. She recently passed the pediatric dual majors in art history
board certification exam.
and French and a minor in
Meredith Anderson is a Ph.D. candi- Italian studies. She is active Thompson
date in sociology at LSU with a research focus in service organizations and
in gender, technology, development econom- was recently published in Curator: The Museum
ics and video ethnography. She was recently Journal. She plans to pursue dual Master’s
awarded a grant from the National Science degrees in art history and library science.
Foundation to conduct her dissertation field- ’05 Lindsay Southwick
work and will spend the summer in India, is studying in Paris for
studying the social and economic effects of the spring semester. She
a micro-credit program for women. is a junior at LSU, major-
’00 Jama Vicknair grading
in public relations and
uated in May 2007 from
business with a minor in
Loyola School of Law. She
passed the Louisiana State
French.
Robin Herrington
Southwick
Bar Examination and was
has been selected secre-
sworn in as an attorney in
tary of the Pan-Hellenic
October. She is practicing Vicknair Council at Louisiana Tech
under the state counsel
University. She is a member
with Fidelity National Title
of Phi Mu Sorority and is a
Insurance Company in New Orleans. junior majoring in market-
Melissa Caruso graduated in May 2007 ing and management.
Herrington

marriages...births...memorials
Marriages
’95 Yolanda Schexnayder to Darin Tietgen
3/24/07
Katie Tittlebaum to Mark Hotard 12/28/07
’96 Meg Stevens to David O’Reilly 5/31/07
Stacy Roussel to Jim Hill 7/13/07
’97 Amy Scheurich to Philip House 1/11/08
’99 Maureen Conway to Christopher Beyt 6/30/07
Laney Simar to Judson Sanders 1/6/06
’00 Brooklyn Harris to Jeffery Brown 8/3/07
Megan Legendre to Steven Jenny 7/6/07
’01 Emily Shedlof to Stacy Richard 10/27/07
Laurie Lynch to Timothy Moran 12/28/07
Births
’87 Heather Devitt Williams: son, Clarke
Emile, born 11/14/07
’89 Elizabeth Atkinson Winchester: son, John
Ryan, born 1/11/07
Liz Barber Spreen: son, Irwin Charles IV,
born 10/4/07
’90 Stacy LaCour Weddle: daughter, Anabelle
Jane, born 8/9/07
’91 Meredith Monteleone Silmon: daughter,
Mary Francis, born 10/22/07
Jennifer Bernbrock Hill: daughter:
Gabrielle “Gabby” Gauthier, born 7/20/07
Jennifer Jarman Swartz: son, William Kent,
born 10/20/07
’92 Ginger Coghlan Rabb: daughter, Charlotte
Claire, born 10/31/07
’93 Leigh Griffiths Broderson: daughter, Anna
Leigh, born 12/10/07
Emily Daviet Vincent, M.D.: daughter,
Stella, born 9/8/06
’94 Erin Vaccaro Brickey: son, Luke Anthony,
born 9/26/07
Ginny Rougon Chavis: son, Bazil Major,
born 5/25/07
Jennifer Driesse VanZandt: twins, Luke
Edward and Erin Victoria, born 10/21/07
Courtney Couvillion Alonzo: son, Carter
Sebastian, born 6/19/07
Rebecca Guillot Callender: son, William
Samuel “Sam,” born 8/5/06
Catherine Wilkinson Bergeron: daughter,
Natalie Blaize, born 12/21/07
Jennifer Lewis Vargas: daughter, Isabella
Alicia, born 1/4/08
Shana Stewart Wilson: twins, Andrew
Joseph and Addison Grace, born 1/10/08
’95 Stephanie Lanclos Mayeaux: daughter, Julia
Lene, born 10/24/07
Blakeney Hutchins McGee: daughter,
Alaina “Lainey” Grace, born 11/17/06
Emily Miller Marks: daughter, Ella
Katherine, born 2/2/07
Emily Ellis Welch: daughter, Audrey, born
2/18/08
’96 Julie Bryson Blackstone: son, Luke Joseph,
born 5/4/07
Amy Calkins Teague: daughter, Madison
Allyne, born 8/12/07
’98 Layla Sanandaji Hebert: son, Jackson
Harris, born 9/9/07
Katie Michel Thorne: daughter, Madeline
Clair, born 12/21/07
Anne Spurlock Perone: daughter, Kaylin
Morrow, born 8/21/07
’99 Emily May Kline: daughter, Sydney Frances,
born 1/28/08
Kristen Bell Prestenbach: son, Mason Scott,
born 8/7/07
Ronyell Templet Dodson: daughter, Micki
Lynn, born 6/26/07
’00 Emily Gregory Branstetter: daughter,
Madeline Kate, born 3/12/07
’01 Catherine Long Alford: daughter, Grace
Elizabeth, born 8/18/07
In Memoriam
Notices which appear in this issue were received by
March 3, 2008. The SJA family extends sincere sympathy
to the loved ones of:
Frances G. Bergeron
mother of Charlotte Y. Bergeron ’89
Bill Berniard
father of Peggy Berniard ’65
Joshua Albert Bombet
son of Andrea C. Miranda ’80
Sally Ann Ratelle Brown ’55
mother of Tara Brown LeBlanc ’73 and Sallyanna
Brown ’77
Charles Campo
husband of Gail Pourciau Campo ’58
Grace Morgan Carpenter
aunt of Paula Pennington de la Bretonne ’71
Howard Antoine Champagne
father of Beth Champagne Maxwell ’86
Robert Alexander Crick Jr.
father of Mary Crick Carr ’83
Dr. Rosario Crifasi
father of Renee Crifasi ’67
Samuel Ivan “Sam” Dansky Sr.
father of Amber Dansky Kerth ’89
Roy A. Dardenne Jr.
brother of Mary Claire Dardenne Michel ’67, Elizabeth
“Betty” Dardenne Backstrom ’72 and Martha
Dardenne ’74
Johnston “Johnny” Scott Delaune
husband of Jeanelle Gautreaux Delaune ’46
Jacques de Tarnowsky
father of Sister Juliana de Tarnowsky, CSJ ’74 and
Michelle de Tarnowsky Nett ’78
Beulah Louise Thibodaux Fanguy
mother of Sister Dianne Fanguy, CSJ ’57, Kathleen
Fanguy Couzens ’60 and Mathilde Fanguy Dupuy ’70
Mary Scott Wilson Fergesen ’54
sister of Linda Wilson Landry ’51, Claire Wilson
Bahlinger ’53 and Rebecca Lane Wilson ’65
Helen Allbritton Fleniken
mother of Pat Fleniken Reed ’67; grandmother of Lisa
Renee Yoder Shannon ’85 and Ginger Yoder Trainor ’88
Owen Anthony Gauthier
father of Catherine Lowry Gauthier Edie ’71; uncle of
Fran Fetzer Harvey ’76
Louise Markham Giamalva
mother of Amy Giamalva Drago ’78
Van Haven Gilmore Jr.
husband of Emma Lane Gilmore ’53
Griffin L. Gomez
husband of Camille Castagnos Gomez ’44
Jeanne Ford Grenchik
mother of Mary Grenchik Travasos ’78 and Ruthie
Grenchik Horton ’84
Nell Marie Mayeaux Guay
daughter of Julie Guay Granger ’77
Catherine Guillot
grandmother of Rebecca Guillot Callender ’94
Virginia Dale Hagan
grandmother of Brandi Sharp Al Jariri ’88
J. Clifton Hill
husband of Olga M. Hill (dec.), choral music teacher
and May Day production assistant at
SJA in the 1950s and ’60s
Jamie Elizabeth Lousteau Holdstein ’80
sister of Pattie Lousteau Percy ’67, Mary Lousteau Saul
’68, Lee Lousteau Kleinpeter ’74, Tammy Lousteau
Taylor ’76 and Robin Lousteau Terrell ’79
William Kent Jenkins
brother of Deborah Jenkins Bodey ’67
Margaret Bruce Kugler ’41
Dorothy Mae Yates Landry
mother of Elise Landry Saltz ’68 (dec.)
Aubrey John LaPlace Sr.
father of Denise LaPlace Delahoussaye ’77; grandfather
of Paige Hurston Mitts ’81 and Melissa Hurston
Carroll ’89
Sallie McHugh Lee ’68
sister of Mary McHugh Wheless ’75
Martha Grass Gibson “Bobbie” Lew ’48
sister of Beverly Grass Lacy ’47
June Foley Miller
mother of Barbara Miller Carpenter Hodge ’67 and
Jana Miller Politz ’69; grandmother of Jennifer Politz
’92 and Rebecca Politz ’98
continued on page 6
Spring 2008 • 3

Alumna Wins Emmy Award
Sonya Lockett, a 1982 graduate of St.
Joseph’s Academy, won an Emmy Award
for Rap It Up, the HIV/AIDS education
initiative that she manages for Black Entertainment
Television (BET). The program
was named Outstanding National
Public Service Campaign by the Academy
of Television Arts & Sciences.
As vice president of public affairs
for BET, Lockett develops and implements
all of the network’s on- and offair
political and pro-social initiatives.
She develops and manages partnerships
with major national and international
foundations, non-profit organizations
and corporations, as well as government
agencies. She also served as an
executive producer of six short films
the network produced on HIV, one of
which was nominated for an NAACP
Image Award.
Lockett travels extensively to speak
Alumnae Honored by Business Report
Four St. Joseph’s Academy graduates
were among the 11 members
of the Baton Rouge business community
who received the Business
Report’s Forty Under 40 Award for
2007. The annual awards program
recognizes men and women under
40 who are achieving success and
influencing decisions as “rising business
stars.”
Melanie Couvillon ’86 is the
executive director of Playmakers
of Baton Rouge. Beth Warrington
Veazey ’86 is the executive director
of Alzheimer Services for the
Capital Area. Cheree Schwartzenburg,
M.D. ’94, is an obstetrician/
gynecologist with Schwartzenburg,
LaFranca and Guidry. Dede Sabagh
Ferrara ’87 is a partner in the Ferrara
& Ferrara Law Firm.
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about the network’s
efforts
to reach out
to and engage
young people
on the issues
t h e y c a r e
about. She recently
visited
Sonya Lockett
Thailand and
South Africa to speak at the International
AIDS Conference and the South
Africa Media AIDS Initiative inaugural
meeting on her work at BET using media
in the fight against AIDS.
A graduate of Howard University
with a degree in public relations, Lockett
started her career as a public affairs
specialist for the DC Department of
Human Rights and Minority Business
Development.
Melanie Couvillon
Beth Veazey
Cheree Schwartzenburg Dede Sabagh Ferrara
leaders...mothers...professionals
New Year’s Party
Spans Decades
A New Year’s Day gathering at the
home of Terry Kleinpeter ’76 attracted
graduates from 1935 to 2004. Enjoying
the festivities were (left to right, standing)
LeLe Prosser Moser ’76, Corrine
Heroman McLavy ’37, Fran Fetzer Harvey
’76, Terry Kleinpeter ’76, Winnifred
Stuart Williamson ’35, Sister Adelaide
Williamson, CSJ, Genie Kleinpeter Silva
’72, Tammy Lousteau Taylor ’76, Lillian
Kleinpeter ’71, Connie Kleinpeter
Meyers ’69, Julie Silva ’04 and (seated)
Melissa Silva ’99.
Alum Appointed to
Position at Tulane
M a r i e A n t o i n e t t e
“Tonette” Krousel-Wood,
M.D., a 1979 Academy
graduate, has been appointed
Tulane University’s
associate provost
for the health sciences, a
position that focuses on
Tulane’s School of Medi-
Tonette Krousel-
Wood
cine, School of Public Health and Tropical
Medicine and the Tulane National
Primate Research Center. She is a clinical
professor of epidemiology in the School
of Public Health and a clinical professor
of family and community medicine in the
School of Medicine. She teaches four-year
medical students who are seeking public
health training.

scholars...volunteers...friends
Milestone Reunions Planned for Spring, Summer
Several classes will celebrate milestone
reunions this spring or summer.
For further information, contact the
representatives listed with each class or
Lauren Griffin ’01, alumnae coordinator,
at (225) 388-2246 or via email at
griffinl@sjabr.org.
• Class of 1958, 50 years. Friday,
April 25: Mass in SJA Chapel, 5 p.m.,
followed by cocktails and dinner at
SJA, 6-8 p.m.; Saturday, April 26: Outstanding
Alumnae Luncheon, 11 a.m.,
Boudreaux’s; Saturday evening crawfish
boil at Walk-Ons, 6 p.m. Contact:
Barbara Carr Crawford at barotec2@
aol.com.
• Class of 1973, 35 years. Saturday,
July 19: Camelot Club, 7-10 p.m.
Contact: Ellen Jolly Tanner at etanner@janetparkerbr.com.
• Class of 1978, 30 years. Friday,
June 13: informal gathering at SJA
Committee Plans
50-Year Reunion
Busy at work planning the SJA class
of 1958’s 50-year reunion are committee
members Margaret Duchamp Halphen,
treasurer; Barbara Carr Crawford, secretary;
and Judy Higgins Henderson,
chair. The class will gather April 25
and 26 for a weekend of festivities. See
above for details.
followed by party at the Wine Loft;
Saturday, June 14: cocktail party at the
Old Governor’s Mansion. Contact:
Laura Ruiz at lfontenot@ncbrt.lsu.edu.
• Class of 1983, 25 years. Friday,
July 25: Girls’ Night Out at Gino’s,
7 p.m. Saturday, July 26: party at the
home of Tanie McRoberts Bush, 7
p.m. Invitations will be mailed in June.
Contact: Carol Atkinson LaTour at
clatour02@cox.net.
• Class of 1988, 20 years. Saturday,
July 19: family picnic at SJA
followed by a joint evening party
with CHS at the Varsity; Sunday, July
20: Girls’ Night Out, location TBA.
Contact: Michelle Blakehey Myers at
mmyers@comcaplending.com.
• Class of 1998, 10 years. Friday,
August 15: Girls’ Night Out at On
the Half Shell (Bluebonnet location);
Saturday, August 16: family picnic at
SJA followed by evening cocktail party
at Boudreaux’s with CHS class of
1998. Contact: Katie Michel Thorne
at kthorne@wampold.com.
If you know the current address for any
of the following alumnae, please call the SJA
Development Office at (225) 388-2219.
Linda Manning Abraham ’68
Linda Aubin Chance ’68
Doris Arguello Guardian ’68
Debbie Dolhonde LeBlanc ’68
Mary Mura Martin ’68
Jane Lefebvre Rich ’68
Dionne Reinhardt Rodriguez ’78
Terri Browning Stafford ’78
Jodie Hebert ’83
Nury Menicucci ’83
Donna Tomlinson ’88
Allison Adams ’98
PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH!
Send us your news. We would love your photo, too! We would also like to keep
your record up to date. Please let us know if you have a change in address,
phone number, email address or occupation.
Class of: ____________ Husband’s first name: ______________________________
Name: _____________________________________________________________
First Middle/Maiden Married
Address:____________________________________________________________
City: ________________________________State: _________ Zip: _____________
Occupation/Title: ____________________ Employer: ______________________
Phone: ______________________________Email: _________________________
News to share: _______________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Send to: SJA Connections, 3015 Broussard Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70808
or email your news to connections@sjabr.org
Spring 2008 • 5

Guest Column
Leave a Legacy
Gail Gaiennie ’66
With the blessing of a wide circle of family
and friends comes the opportunity to say
a lot of final goodbyes. Recently, I attended
funeral services for three wonderful friends
within a few weeks of each other.
As I sought a way to honor their memories,
I did not find any mention of their
preferences for a contribution. In speaking
with their family members, I found one
friend had left a legacy gift in her will to her
church, so I followed suit. But, I was on my
own for my other two friends.
In Memoriam ...
continued from page 3
Catherine Ferrara Mitchell ’44
grandmother of Sarah Mitchell ’09
Pamela Ann Montagnino
sister of Rosemary Montagnino Planchard ’54, Lena
Montagnino Riley ’55, Jo Ann Montagnino Webre
’59, Carole Montagnino Hester ’62 and Angela Montagnino
Halleck ’67
Frances Anne Hannaman Naquin
daughter of Dorothy “Dookie” Hannaman Meyer
’45; aunt of Renee Esnard Sumrall ’88, Danielle Esnard
’92, Aimee St. Amant ’97 and Melissa May ’00
Madeline Ortlieb Nesbit ’40
mother of Julie Marie Nesbit ’62, Lynn Nesbit Coco
’63, Rudi Nesbit Lanehart ’68 and Carmelitte Nesbit
Venturella ’70
Allen Nugent
husband of Pat Jacob Nugent ’62
Mary Elizabeth Poche
mother of Linda Poche Brown ’69
Joseph Francis Polito
husband of Merle Alello Polito ’52
Rudolph James Pourciau Sr.
husband of Beverlyn Poirier Pourciau ’42
Kathlyn Welp Reynolds
mother of Ellen Reynolds Doody ’81
Ted Rhorer
father of Mary Rhorer ’10
6 • Spring 2008
These recent experiences led me to
reflect on my own preferences for my family
and friends to remember me. Being a
12-year Academy girl whose parents were
very involved in the Home and School Association,
I knew SJA would be a part of
my planning.
How easy it was to make this happen:
I added a one-page handwritten codicil
to my will leaving a legacy donation in my
parents’ names, then I emailed my family
and attorney to ensure a line of my obituary
would include my preference for memorial
contributions to SJA. The process took 10
minutes.
In calling the Academy to notify them
of my actions, I requested some donation
envelopes to remember those who had
Dorothy Walker Rice ’39
Floyd Saizon
father of Paige Saizon ’09
H.C. Schexnayder
father of Paula Schexnayder Rains ’72
Evelyn T. Sides
sister of Frances Day Ticac ’40
Kalil Joseph Sliman Jr.
grandfather of Angelle Graves Hamilton ’83, Ashlyn
Adaire Graves ’88, Kristen Morgan Spring ’92 and
Katelin Graves Walker ’96
Byron Archibald Smith
husband of Katharine Smith, former SJA physical
eduation teacher; father of Kip Smith Chevalier ’82
and Nancy Smith ’83
Reverend Kenneth Albert Smith
brother of Lelia Mary Lopoo Smith ’61
Barbara Terry Thompson, M.D. ’73
sister of Margaret “Peggy” Thompson Robert ’76
Katherine Kendrick “Iyone” Tricou
mother of Carol Sue Tricou Benoit ’64
grandmother of Julie Tricou McDonald ’83 and Jennifer
Tricou Lambert ’97
Valcour P. Verdun Jr.
husband of Joyce Moffitt Verdun ’47
Mary Coates Walter
sister of Helen Coates McKenzie ’41
Bryan Gerard Woodward
son of Denise Coignet Woodward ’59
expressed no preference.
I was reminded
of the opportunity to
contribute to any of
several named scholarships
– like the one
in the name of my
friend Marjorie Claire
McAnelly – which en- Gail Gaiennie
sure assistance to those
in need who want an Academy education.
SJA was an integral part of my early life
and that of my family. The values, spirituality
and education given to me were great
gifts. Planning can afford these same gifts
and impacts on the lives of current and future
generations of SJA girls. Take your 10
minutes today, and leave a legacy to SJA.
SJA/CHS Class of
’79 Establishes
Benefit Fund
Members of the SJA and CHS class
of 1979 have established the Madelynn
Ellis Benefit Fund at Omni Bank. The
fund will help class member Robbie
Ellis and his family with medical expenses.
Robbie’s 12-year-old daughter,
Madelynn, has been diagnosed with
leukemia.
Donations, made payable to the
Madelynn Ellis Benefit Fund, may be
mailed to Omni Bank, 7054 Jefferson
Highway, Baton Rouge, LA 70806.
Suzanne Landry, Lyndra Lea, Beatriz Hailey,
Geri Guarino and Roslyn Leto are among the
members of the class of 1979 who established
the Madelynn Ellis Benefit.

support...family...working together
SJA Launches Spring
Beautification Efforts
Spring is in the air, and efforts are
under way to further beautify the SJA
campus.
The class of 1966 recently planted
an oak tree in front of Medaille Hall in
honor of deceased classmates. Plans are
in the early stages to offer individuals
and/or entire classes the opportunity to
sponsor improvements to the campus
grounds.
SJA is also looking for volunteers to
help with our flower beds and gardens.
For information on participating in
the beautification efforts, contact Development
Director Molly Sanchez at (225)
388-2254 or sanchezm@sjabr.org.
SJA Administrative Assistant Tommye Guercio
Galloway ’66, left, and Principal Linda Fryoux
Harvison ’66, center, pose with students
as an oak tree is planted in memory of their
deceased classmates.
How do I get involved? Your volunteer efforts are needed to help ensure successful alumnae events.
Yes! I’d love to volunteer with the SJA Alumnae Association. Please call me about the following:
� Being a Class Representative
� Being a Decades Representative
� Serving on the Alumnae Association Board
� Helping with the Halloween Carnival
� Working on the Alumnae Luncheon
Committee
� Helping with Honors Convocation
� Being an Alumnae Annual Giving volunteer
Greetings from the SJA
Development Office
Molly Sanchez
Development Director
St. Joseph’s Academy has been an important
part of the Baton Rouge community
for 140 years. As you will see in this issue
of Connections, we are progressing with two
elements of the Master Plan and are looking
forward to launching a Capital Campaign
in the next few months. As you hear about
this campaign, we hope you will be a part of
events and open to learning more about this
campaign. We need the support of everyone
to make this campaign successful.
There are so many ways to give back to St.
Joseph’s Academy. We recently had an alumna
who gave a creative gift to her alma mater: She
converted her credit card “points” into cash
and made a charitable donation. This is certainly
an easy way to give a little back. Check
with your credit card company to see if this
option is offered for your points, and please
consider making a donation to St. Joseph’s
Academy. Even a small donation makes a
difference in our fulfilling our mission.
Another way to give to St. Joseph’s Academy
for the long term is a gift that may be
designated from your will or estate. We have a
number of loyal supporters who have already
been so generous in
designating these types
of gifts. No gift is too
small. If you are interested
in more information,
please contact the
Development Office
at (225) 388-2254.
Molly Sanchez
Career Day is a
wonderful opportunity for our alumnae to
give back by sharing their career experiences
with today’s students. Many of the girls look
forward to this event and learn details about
the careers that might interest them. The
diverse number of careers represented each
year at Career Day is amazing. This proves
that St. Joseph’s Academy graduates really
are contributing to the community in many
ways. We also recognize the many ways our
graduates contribute as mothers, grandmothers,
volunteers and community activists.
You can read about some of our outstanding
alumnae in Connections. These are
truly women who are doing so much to
make the world community a better place
for all of us.
I hope you will join us at this year’s
Outstanding Alumnae Luncheon, set for
Saturday, April 26, at Boudreaux’s. It’s a
great event and a wonderful way for St.
Joseph’s Academy to showcase these successful
women.
Name _________________________________________________________________________________
First Middle/Maiden Last/Married
Address _____________________________________________________ Email _____________________
City ____________________________________________________State__________ Zip ____________
Home Phone _________________________Work Phone _________________ SJA Class of ____________
Please complete this form and mail to SJA Alumnae Association, 3015 Broussard Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70808. Email inquiries to griffinl@sjabr.org.
Spring 2008 • 7

Tribute Donations
The following tribute donations were
made during the period of October
31, 2007, to February 8, 2008. Please
remember those being honored, as well
as those who honored them, in your
prayers.
If you wish to make a special gift in
honor or memory of a family member
or friend, please use the SJA Foundation
envelope found in this issue. If you have
any questions or wish to request more
envelopes, please call the SJA Development
Office at (225) 388-2336.
In Memory of Mrs. Linda Abadie
Mr. Oscar Richard
In Honor of Mrs. Laura Addison ’32
Ms. Pat Alexander
In Memory of Dr. George and Mrs. Marie Azar
Mr. and Mrs. David Rubin
In Memory of Mrs. Eleanor Baer
Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. McDowell
In Honor of Mrs. Betty Bahlinger ’42
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Bernard
In Memory of Mr. John T. Balhoff
Mrs. Kaye Balhoff
In Honor of Mr. Felician Bellard
Mr. and Mrs. Heishma Northern
In Honor of Mrs. Ashley Benson ’87
Mrs. Marie Ruggiero
In Memory of Mr. Wallace Bernard
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Young
In Memory of Mother Alice
Sister Adele E. Lambert, CSJ
Sister Joan Laplace, CSJ
In Memory of Mrs. Maria Bologna
Dr. and Mrs. Carl S. Luikart
Ms. Candace Young
In Memory of Mr. Patrick Bonanno
Mr. Frank Bologna
In Memory of Reverend Gerald Bordelon
Mr. and Mrs. Philip M. Ragusa
In Memory of Mrs. Marguerite Bozeman ’36
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Sticklen
8 • Spring 2008
In Memory of Mr. Leo Broering
Ms. Ellen Broering
In Memory of Mrs. Carrie Broussard ’38
Mr. and Mrs. Jacques Berry
In Memory of Mrs. Estelle J. Brousseau
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Kalinec
Ms. Antoinette Post
In Honor of Mrs. Evelyn Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Wellston
In Memory of Mr. Hamilton A. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Wellston
In Memory of Mrs. Sally Brown ’55
Mr. Donald Wayne Drone and Dr. Paula Drone
Mr. and Mrs. Carol L. Harelson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Huet
Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Kleinpeter
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Knuckles
Mr. and Mrs. John Ratelle Jr.
In Memory of Mr. James Brumfield
Mr. Frank Bologna
In Honor of Mrs. Emily Bullock
Ms. Elaine Songy
Ms. Emily K. Songy
In Memory of Mr. Joseph Calandro
Mr. Michael Leggio
In Memory of Rosalie Cangelosi ’23
Drs. Chad and Anne Orr
In Memory of Mrs. Lorraine Cary
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Hotard
In Honor of the Class of 1966
Mr. and Mrs. Clarke J. Hughes
In Honor of the Class of 1971
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Mallett
In Honor of the Class of 1989
Mr. and Mrs. Clarke J. Hughes
In Memory of Ms. Allison Clement ’81
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Clement
In Memory of Mr. B.B. Clement
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Clement
In Honor of Mrs. Mirle Clement
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Clement
In Memory of Mr. James Coleman
Mr. Frank Bologna
In Honor of Mrs. Jessie Constant
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Daigle
In Memory of Mr. Jacques de Tarnowsky
Mr. Sidney Arbour
In Memory of Mr. Thomas DeBlanc Jr.
Ms. Donalyn M. DeBlanc
support...family...working together
In Memory of Mrs. Gloria Delacroix
SJA Faculty and Staff
In Memory of Mr. Stewart L. Dietrich
Mr. Daryl Dietrich
In Memory of Mr. Patrick Donahue
Mr. and Mrs. John Bayham
In Memory of Mrs. Peggy Donahue
Mr. and Mrs. John Bayham
In Memory of Mrs. Betty Doughty
Mr. Frank Bologna
In Memory of Mr. Mike Dunne
Mrs. Freda Dunne
In Memory of Mr. Edward Engolio
Mr. and Mrs. Campesi
In Memory of Mrs. Beulah T. Fanguy
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Boudreaux III
In Memory of Mrs. Mary Scott Fergesen ’54
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Bahlinger
Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Kleinpeter
In Memory of Mrs. Geneveive B. Foret
Mr. and Mrs. Troy E. Blanchard
In Memory of Mrs. Jean George
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dottley
In Memory of Mrs. Carol Gilin
Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. McDuff
In Memory of Mr. Van Gilmore
Mrs. Sharon Guglielmo
In Memory of Mrs. Jeanne Guilbeau
Mrs. Melissa Guilbeau
In Honor of Sister Ursula Harelson, CSJ ’45
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Barclay
Mr. Frank Bologna
In Memory of Mr. Charles C. Healy Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. David Thompson
In Memory of Mrs. Brenda Hebert
Mr. and Mrs. Laury J. Bordelon
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Favaro
In Memory of Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Hebert Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles McCowan
In Memory of Mr. Richard Heine
Ms. Stephanie Ruth Heine
In Memory of Mrs. Mary Heroman ’65
Ms. Bunny P. Hines
Mr. and Mrs. David Martin
Mrs. Alicia Ohlmeyer
In Memory of Mrs. Jamie Holdstein ’80
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Broussard
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Creel
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Haydel

support...family...working together
Kleinpeter Farms Dairy Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Lousteau
Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Lousteau III
Ms. Patricia Swenson
Mrs. Janice Wray
In Memory of Hazel Kleinpeter ’35
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Brignac
In Memory of Mr. John C. Kleinpeter
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Brignac
In Memory of Mrs. Lenora Kleinpeter
Ms. Amanda Claire Gelpi
Dr. and Mrs. Greg J. Gelpi
In Memory of Mrs. Lillian Kleinpeter ’16
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Borek
In Memory of Mrs. Thelma Landry
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Pinsonat
In Honor of Ms. Laura Larisey
Ms. Evelyn Traylor
In Memory of Mr. W. H. LeBlanc Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Thompson
In Memory of Mrs. Sallie Lee ’68
Mrs. Mary Grace Arbour Miller
In Memory of Mr. Anthony Lombardo
Mrs. Lena Mae Lombardo
In Honor of Sister Felix Loup, CSJ
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Harvison
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Young
In Memory of Ms. Wilhemena Macaluso
Mr. and Mrs. Leo J. Heuvel
In Memory of Mr. Van Major
Mrs. Angela Major
In Memory of Ms. Gabrielle Marcantel
’96
Mrs. Beverly Bennett
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Linford
Mr. and Mrs. Michael K. Marcantel
In Honor of Mrs. Faye Marcello
Mr. and Mrs. Terry C. Messenger
In Memory of Mrs. Mary Marino ’44
Mr. Sam Marino
In Memory of Mrs. Margaret Maurin
Dr. and Mrs. Bill Gallmann
In Memory of Mrs. Marie Mayhall ’38
Mr. and Mrs. Van R. Mayhall Jr.
In Memory of
Ms. Marjorie Claire McAnelly ’95
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Keaton
Dr. and Mrs. Kyle R. Kennedy
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Monroe
In Honor of Mrs. Mary H. McCowan ’61
Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Hebert Jr.
Mrs. Barbara H. Magruder
In Memory of Ms. Kate Meche
Mr. and Mrs. Scott J. Meche
In Memory of Mrs. Catherine Mitchell
’44
Associated Grocers
In Memory of Mrs. Eleanor Mougeot
Ms. Beth M. Rist
In Honor of Mrs. Barbara Moak
Mr. Donald Moak
In Memory of Ms. Pamela Montagnino
Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Kleinpeter
In Memory of Mr. Bernie Moore
Mr. Hillar C. Moore Jr.
In Memory of Mrs. Margaret T. Morgan
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Ritter
In Memory of Mrs. Lillian Naquin
Mr. and Mrs. David Dupuy
In Memory of Mrs. Madeline Nesbit ’40
Mr. Sidney Arbour
Mr. and Mrs. Randy J. Bonnecaze
Mrs. Edith Boudreaux
Mr. and Mrs. Farley Day
Mr. and Mrs. Donald P. Kershaw
Mr. Bill Meyerer
Ms. Patricia Swenson
In Honor of Mrs. Dorothy Ourso ’38
Mr. and Mrs. Gary J. Anderson III
In Memory of Mr. Donn Parsons
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. King
In Memory of Mr. Gustave Piazza
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene M. Bologna
Mr. Frank Bologna
Mr. and Mrs. David DiVincenti
In Honor of Ms. Sarah Piland
Mr. Robert Piland
In Memory of Mr. Rudolph Pourciau
Mr. Frank Bologna
In Honor of Mrs. Rene Richard ’89
Mrs. Marie Ruggiero
In Honor of Mrs. Cherry Riggs ’62
Mr. and Mrs. Troy E. Blanchard
In Memory of Mr. Bobby Roberts
Mrs. Anne Roberts
In Memory of Mr. Lynn C. Roberts
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Matherne
In Memory of Miss Susie Roberts
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Huet
In Memory of Mrs. Ginger Romero
Mr. and Mrs. James deBrueys
In Honor of Ms. Mary Kathryn J. Romero
Mr. and Mrs. David Fisher
In Memory of Mr. and Mrs. Harold J.
Rose
Ms. Melanie M. Rose
In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony N. Scardina
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Quinlan
In Memory of H.C. “Brother” Schexnayder
Mr. Frank Bologna
In Memory of Miss Cecilia Simon ’30
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Harvey
In Memory of Reverend Kenneth A. Smith, Jr.
Mr. Frank Bologna
Dr. and Mrs. C. Verne Brian
Mr. and Mrs. David DiVincenti
In Memory of Mr. and Mrs. Ishmael Steib
Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Averett
In Memory of Mrs. Mildred Strickland ’37
Mr. and Mrs. Daryl A. Bongiovanni
In Memory of Mr. Charest Thibaut
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Smith
In Memory of Mrs. Ann Thomas ’78
Miss Larry Jean Wilson
In Memory of Dr. Ben Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Thompson
In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. Bert S. Turner
Mr. John G. Turner and Mr. Jerry Fischer
In Honor of Sister Doris Vigneaux, CSJ
Sister Elizabeth Bourg
In Memory of Mrs. Janet Ann Webb
Mr. Hillar C. Moore Jr.
In Memory of Mrs. Katherine Whatley ’40
Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Buzbee Jr.
In Memory of Mrs. Beatrice Williams
Dr. Foy Matthews Crary
In Memory of Ms. Rachael L. Willis ’00
Ms. Glencora C. L. Cowan
Ms. Veronica J. F. Cowan
Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Ourso Jr.
In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. Ming K. Wong
Mr. Lindsey Tape and Dr. May Tape
In Memory of Mrs. Frances Kleinpeter Wray
Mr. Clark and Dr. Jennifer Cole
Spring 2008 • 9

Students ‘Serve Dear Neighbor’ Through
Serve Together Project
Approximately 40 St. Joseph’s Academy
juniors and seniors spent part of their
Mardi Gras holiday learning about and
witnessing poverty and social injustice in
Baton Rouge and New Orleans. The students
were participants in Serve Together
2008, held February 6-8.
Created in 2004 by the Sisters of Saint
Joseph, Serve Together enables participants
to reflect on and give service in three
areas of concentration: education, health
care and criminal justice. Through in-depth
study and hands-on experiences, participants
discovered the interrelated causes
and reality of poverty and witnessed all
sides of the service continuum.
The experience began on Ash Wednesday
with a prayer service in the SJA chapel,
followed by a stirring keynote address by
Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ. Over the course
of three days, participants visited Earl
K. Long Medical Center, Joseph Homes
(transitional housing for men leaving
prison) and Eden Park Elementary School
A group of St. Joseph’s Academy students
who worked independently to raise
money to rebuild a school in Uganda were
honored for their efforts during a special
Invisible Children awards ceremony in
Washington, D.C. The group, led by core
committee members Wallis Watkins, Desiree
Watkins, Raine Landry, Bridget Tiek,
Marqui Leland, Kristen Lousteau and Kayla
Comeaux, organized a number of events
to raise $20,341 in support of Awere Secondary
School in Northern Uganda. That
amount was the eighth-highest total in the
national Schools for Schools effort, which
involved more than 16,000 students working
to rebuild 10 schools in Uganda.
The group spent February 22-27 in
Washington, D.C., attending an Invisible
Children conference, working with Resolve
10 • Spring 2008
Serve Together participants visit a Hurricane
Katrina survivor in his home, rebuilt with the
help of St. Gabriel Catholic Church.
in Baton Rouge, as well as St. Gabriel Parish
and the PACE Center at St. Cecilia’s
in New Orleans. They also toured the
site of the Global Green House project
in the Lower 9th Ward and heard from
a variety of speakers, including students
from Frederick Douglass High School in
New Orleans who were forced to evacuate
during Hurricane Katrina.
Service Project Wins National Acclaim
Uganda on Capitol Hill, talking to
senators about the crisis in northern
Uganda and visiting with other officials
to raise awareness of the plight of children
in the war-ravaged region.
The fundraising effort began in
September, when the group hosted a
screening of Invisible Children, a documentary
which details the abduction
of children who are forced to become
soldiers in the 21-year war between the
Ugandan government and the Lord’s
Resistance Army. Other money-raisers
were the sale of student-designed t-shirts,
private donations, a coin collection and
the first annual Make Art Make Peace art
show and silent auction, which was held at
Avoyelles Café and featured pieces donated
by artists from throughout the region. The
academics...traditions...faculty
Seniors Honored for
Academic Excellence
All three of St. Joseph’s Academy’s
National Merit Semifinalists have met the
requirements to advance to Finalist standing
in the competition for Merit Scholarship
awards to be offered in 2008. They
are seniors Kirby Baker, Renee Lorio and
Stephanie Miller.
Both of SJA’s National Achievement
Semifinalists – seniors Jasmine Glasper
and Ashley White – have met the requirements
to advance to Finalist standing in the
competition for scholarship awards.
Baker, the daughter of Jeanne and
Christopher Baker, attended Most Blessed
Sacrament School. Lorio, the daughter of
Stephanie Lorio, attended St. Louis King
of France School. Miller, the daughter of
Margaret and Jeffrey Miller, attended St.
George School.
Glasper is the daughter of Nedra
Glasper and Pernell Glasper. She attended
Gonzales Middle School. White is the
daughter of Judge Trudy M. White. She
attended University Lab School.
A group of students worked independently to raise
money for and awareness of the plight of children
in Uganda.
event raised more than $8,000 for Awere
Secondary School.
The core committee undertook some
of their efforts under the umbrella of the
school’s Amnesty International Club, comoderated
by Janie Simmons and Crystal
Eldringhoff.

honors...athletics...students
Student-Athletes Sign Scholarships
Seniors Sydney Wilson, Kirby
Baker and SiMon Franklin signed
scholarship papers during a special
ceremony held November 14 in the
library. Wilson will play softball next
year at Baylor University; Baker will
play golf at St. Edward’s University;
and Franklin will play basketball at
Xavier University.
The student-athletes were joined
by family members and their coaches,
as well as a large gathering of friends
and teammates, who watched them
sign their papers. Principal Linda Fryoux
Harvison, Assistant Principal of
Academics Sheri Gillio and Assistant
More than two dozen St. Joseph’s Academy
students served as mentors to McKinley
Middle Magnet School students as they
prepared research projects for their school
science fair. Beginning in September, the
SJA students spent two afternoons a month
at McKinley, helping the younger students
with their projects. The SJA Science Club
donated the backboards and materials for the
projects, and SJA students spent the morning
of Saturday, January 12, creating the project
boards. The project culminated with the
McKinley Science Fair on January 30.
Senior Sarah Smith served as co-chair of
the McKinley mentors project. She wrote
the project proposal over the summer and
said she was gratified that not only was the
proposal accepted, the project was a huge
success.
McKinley students’ research projects
ranged from discovering which material acts
as the best sound barrier to fighting coastal
erosion.
Sydney Wilson, Kirby Baker and SiMon
Franklin, seated left to right, sign scholarship
papers while parents, coaches and administrators
look on.
Principal of Records Kathy Meares
were also in attendance.
WBRZ-Channel 2 and WAFB-
Channel 9 covered the signing ceremony.
Students Serve as Science Fair Mentors
Member of SJA’s Science Club served as mentor
for students at McKinley Middle Magnet
School as they prepared projects for their school
science fair.
Ryan Wormuth, 8th grade science teacher
at McKinley, called the collaborative effort
“an extremely positive experience” for all
participants. “Our students received guidance
and support they would have otherwise
missed,” Wormuth said. “The SJA students
were able to take their knowledge and help
students who needed it. This is truly what
learning is about: when students are able to
help and teach other students.”
Faculty/Staff News
Spanish instructor Francisco Nieto
was among the presenters at the Chancellor’s
Service-Learning & Civic Engagement
Showcase, held December 7 in the Lod
Cook Alumni Center at LSU. He was a
member of the Educational Technology/
LSU Coastal Roots Program group which
created two internet-based environmental
science curriculum websites to enhance the
educational objectives of the LSU Coastal
Roots Program. The curriculum webs focus
on high school-level research regarding
critical coastal issues such as erosion and
habitat restoration.
Science teachers Linda Messina and
Vicki LaPlace hosted 22 teachers from
throughout the region for the 2008 LSU
Coastal Roots Winter Workshop, held on
the SJA campus. The LSU Coastal Roots:
School Seedling Nursery Program for
Wetland Restoration began in 2001. SJA
served as a pilot school for the Coastal
Roots program and has been involved
ever since.
Four faculty members were recognized
at the Diocese of Baton Rouge’s Catholic
Schools Week Mass in January for their service
to Catholic schools. Drusilla Balkom
was recognized for 43 years of service, and
Carol Boudreaux, Ann Schneller and
Jackie Zeller were honored for 25 years.
Science teacher Gina Oldendorf presented
two break-out sessions at the first
annual Discovery Educator Network Virtual
Conference, held February 2 at West
St. Mary High School in Baldwin. The
conference was sponsored by Discovery
Education, a national leader in digital
video-based learning.
Multimedia teacher Sara Rounds is the
recipient of a $2,000 Teach Award from
Best Buy Company. The Best Buy Teach
Award program was developed to reward
and recognize schools that are finding
creative ways to engage students through
the hands-on use of technology.
Spring 2008 • 11

St. Joseph’s Academy
3015 Broussard Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70808-1198
www.sjabr.org
A National School
of Excellence
1991 • 1996 • 2002
You are cordially invited to the
St. Joseph’s Academy
Outstanding Alumnae Luncheon
honoring the 2008 Outstanding Alumnae
Sister Kathleen Pittman, CSJ ’54
Mary Ann Cannatella Raudales ’55
Kathleen Daigre Meares ’64
Tara Nolan Messenger ’70
Pat Carville Hoffman ’73
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Boudreaux’s
2647 Government Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
11 a.m. social (cash bar) • 11:30 a.m. luncheon
$30 per person
Reservation deadline: April 18, 2008
Call (225) 388-2246 or 388-2336
or visit www.sjaconnections.org
Prepaid reservations only.
No reservations accepted after the deadline or at the door.
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Permit No. 50
Let’s Paint the Town
Red and White
August Gala To Be a Joint Affair
The Sisters of Saint Joseph and St. Joseph’s Academy will
co-host a benefit gala on Saturday, August 23, in the SJA Activity
Center. Since 2005, the gala has been held at SJA for the
benefit of the Sisters and their ministries. At the suggestion
of many SJA supporters, this year’s gala will benefit both the
school and the Sisters.
Let’s Paint the Town Red and White is the theme. Proceeds will
be divided between the Sisters and St. Joseph’s Academy. For
the Sisters, the funds will assist with their various ministries of
service, ministry that began in Baton Rouge in 1868 with the
founding of St. Joseph’s Academy. SJA will use the funds to
install shatterproof glass and internal locks on all classroom
doors as part of a total security plan, unfortunately a greater
need in today’s society.
The evening will feature food from the area’s finest restaurants,
raffles, live music, silent and verbal auctions and the good
company of old and new friends. Cost is $100 per ticket.
For information about corporate sponsorships, donation of
auction items, volunteer opportunities and/or tickets, contact
Sister Carolyn Brady at (225) 924-3323 or csjbrady@cox.net, or
gala chair Ann Guglielmo Roeling ’80 at (225) 756-0408.