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Did You Know?
We will be
St. Catherine University
as of June 2009! For more... Questions about the change to university? For answers...
Alumnae News
ELECTIONS 2008
If you are an alum who has won an election or know of alumnae/i inside or outside of Minnesota who have been elected or re-elected, please contact us!
Five alumnae are re-elected in Minnesota races:
 Betty McCollum SP '87 earns 68.4% of the vote for the United States House of Representatives, MN District 4
 Erin Murphy MAOL '05 earns 77.5% of the vote to represent the MN State House of Representatives District 64A.
 Catherine Lang McLynn SP '71 earned 55% of the vote to continue serving as Itasca County Commissioner, District 2.
 Elizabeth B. Langhilde Kautz WEC '82 earned 54% of the vote for Mayor of Burnsville.
 Ramsey County Judge Margaret M. (Peg) Marrinan '69 ran and was re-elected uncontested.
OTHER NEWS
 Sherry Johnson Woods '82 to be honored in November as Mother of the Year for the Washington D.C. Area. She founded and directs the UNIQUE Learning Center for struggling inner city youth in addition to mothering her own three children. For more...
 Jeanne Fleming Sedgwick SP '71 is selected as Minnesota School Nurse of the Year 2008 and wins Harvard Scholarship. For more...
Two alumnae from St. Catherine's School of Health have been selected as Twin Cities Health Care Heroes by Twin Cities Business magazine and Medica. The June 2008 issue tells their stories. For more...
 Dorii Lucas Gbolo, '95, is CEO of Open Cities Health Center and known for her advocacy in the area of community outreach and providing high quality specialty health care services for her patient who are mostly African Americans, immigrants, and people of low income. For more...
 Catherine Pavlak Garvey, R.N., '75, is the Transplant Coordinator in the University of Minnesota’s Living Donor Transplantation Program. She developed new protocols for allowing non-related, unknown donors to offer their organs to those who need them. For more...
Teens with parents suffering from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) find help in book by DeAnne Boeltl Sherman SP '67 and daughter. For more...
WAR AND PEACE
 Harriet Hentges '63, former Executive Vice President of the U.S. Institute of Peace, shares insights on stabilization and peacemaking in areas of violent conflict, such as Iraq. For more...
- Sheila Kozar '84 receives Commander's Award for her civilian efforts to support deployed Minnesota service members. For more...
- Brigid (Mary Ann) McDonald, CSJ, '62, and her sisters Jane, Kate, and Rita McDonald, CSJs, are highlighted for their peace and justice work on Minnesota Public Radio's Midday Program. For more...
- International Journalist Frank Wright presents "Talking with Our Enemies" as part of the Alumnae Lifelong Learning Great Decisions Program. For more...
 Come Along with Alumnae on a Mexican Cruise President Andrea Lee: January 10-17, 2009! For more... |  Twins Kelly and Colleen Marchwick '91 are hosting a Bone-Marrow Donor Drive on January 17 in honor of Kelly's daughter, Nora. For more...
Upcoming Events
Twin Cities Area Events
- Happy Hour at Black Dog Cafe, KATIES CONNECTING, Nov. 20
- Great Decisions: European Integration -- Looking Ahead, Dec. 3
- Cafe Latte Afternoon Tea, KATIES CONNECTING, Dec. 4
- COME HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS Alumnae/i Christmas Boutique and Glorious Music, Dec. 6
- Christmas Cookie Exchange, KATIES CONNECTING, Dec. 11
Chapter Events
- New Jersey, Dec. 3: 15th Annual feast of St. Catherine gathering.
- San Diego, CA, Jan. 9: Meeting with President Andrea Lee at home of an alumna.
More upcoming events...
Conversation with Books 2009 date and preliminary list are out. Start reading! Get some Katies together for your own book club. For the list...
"That's the special thing
about St. Kate's --
your education and connection
with the school
don't stop when you walk
across the stage at graduation."
Joanna 'Josey' Becker '98
Six outstanding alumnae were selected for the St. Catherine Alumnae Award. For more...
Four extraordinary faculty members were chosen by alumnae for the Myser Faculty Award for Excellence 2008. For more...
June Reunion was great! For highlights ...
Alumnae offered input for the strategic planning of the Association . . .Read all about it and add your voice!
Women’s college alumnae affirm that their education was a good investment
June 23, 2008 · A national survey released this spring demonstrated that alumnae of women's colleges are more satisfied with their educations than are the female graduates of liberal arts colleges or large public universities. More »
The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, founders of the College of St. Catherine, were featured on Minnesota Public Radio as part of their coverage of Minnesota's 150 years of statehood. Nikki Tundel had the story.
SCAN is online! The College of St. Catherine magazine, is now available on our website at StKate.edu/scan. For more...
Alumnae can now keep up with their home teams, the Wild Cats! Go to www.stkatesathletics.com
CATHOLIC IDENTITY
 Virginia Binet Berg '54 welcome the pope this spring as part of the U.S. Bishops' National Advisory Council. For more...
President Andrea J. Lee, IHM attended meeting with Pope Benedict XVI. For more...
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 PETER LUPORI ORNAMENTS AND CHARMS
Visit our Lupori Ornament page for more information on how to get yours, along with ornaments and charms of earlier years. |
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 COLLEGE CENTENNIAL HISTORY BOOK
In honor of 90 years of the Alumnae Association and more than 100 years of the College of St. Catherine, invest in a commemorative Centennial history of the College! Copies of this softcover title with historic photos is $25, with the proceeds supporting the Alumnae Association and its programming for members. You may purchase the copies through the Association.
The College of St. Catherine
Taking Women Seriously for 100 Years |
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 CSC ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION SCARF
Limited Edition: Second Century Collection
NEW, VIBRANT – LEADING THE WAY INTO THE SECOND CENTURY OF THE COLLEGE
Beautiful, silk scarf with design elements of the lace symbolic of our founding order of sisters, the outline of the rose window, and a splash of vibrant colors--designed by alumna Mary Kay Crowley O’Loughlin ’66. Actual size is 36'' by 36''. Price: $75.00 each; $5 additional if mailed.
To order, send check or credit card number to:
CSC Alumnae Association, F-33, 2004 Randolph Ave., Saint Paul, MN 55105, 651-690-6666.
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TUSCAN NOTECARDS AND POSTER
Decorate your office with a taste of Tuscany! Send out lovely thank you notes that delight your friends and support the Alumnae Association. This poster and note cards exhibit a reproduction of the 1937 oil painting by Anysia Keating, CSJ, “Highland Park in Tuscan Light,” are being sold by the College of St. Catherine Alumnae Association. A packet of ten note cards is $12 and the poster is $35. You may purchase these items through the Alumnae Association Office, 651-690-6666 or alumnae@stkate.edu.
Sister Anysia Keating was one of the original Sisters who came to the College in late 1904 to serve as faculty members for the first students arriving in early 1905. She was dispatched with two other sisters to Europe (1908-1910) to study and copy Renaissance paintings. In that short time, they produced a prodigious body of work -- more than 300 finished pictures -- mostly copies of old masters, which became a valuable teaching tool for the fine arts, and a significant number were sold to generate funds for the College.
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More than a year of Keating's study was spent in Florence and she fell in love with the Tuscan countryside. These influences converge in Sister Anysia's whimsical interpretation of Highland Park, with the tower of Our Lady of Victory Chapel, the Highland Water Tower,
and Sister Anysia's cherished memories of Tuscan villages.
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This One Heart Shaken It was only my own voice that I had heard,
but at first I did not know it for my own.
Although my lips had formed no single word,
and the voice seemed one that I had never known,
still it was mine. I knew that it must be:
this secret voice that I had not surmised,
this cry flung from the unsuspected sea
of loneliness by which I was surprised.
It was as though my other selves came thronging
to see this wonder washed up on the shore,
this one, heart-shaken with immortal longing,
that must possess its life forever more.
And over and over again one cry she made:
'I'm afraid of silence. I am afraid." | THE COLLECTED POEMS
of SISTER ALICE GUSTAVA SMITH, C.S.J.
Delight and inspire yourself or anyone you know who enjoys the music of words and thought -- or who knew Sister Alice Smith! This hardcover book of poetry may be purchased from the Alumnae Association for $10. Proceeds go to support the Alumnae Association. |
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