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Volume 1, Issue 6

In This Issue • Meet Nia Glasgow ’13 – Page 2 • Sr. Eileen Breen – Page 3 • Married to a Bishop’s Girl – Page 4 • Just Another Day at Bishop McDonnell – Page 5 • Bishop McDonnell Reunion – Page 6 • Interview Joysetta Marsh Pearse’56 – Page 9 • Class Notes – Page 11

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Meet Nia Glasgow

Nia Glasgow has just completed her junior year as a student at Bishop Loughlin MHS. Nia is fortunate to be a recipient of a Bishop McDonnell Scholarship which covers half of her tuition for all four years.

Recently, I sat down to talk with Nia and learned that she is on the honor role and has attended three honors classes, Honors English, Honors Math, Honors U.S. History and Advanced Bio. She belongs to an extracurricula activity, Cultural Connection, where students discuss different cultures around the world. Members of the group are assigned a country to research. They print out their findings and other students read these and discuss the different aspects of the various cultures. They also prepare and share foods from these countries. Nia is also in the Video Club. The members create stories, select students from the school to act out the parts. Then the group members film it and edit the film which is then played on the school’s closed circuit TV so all can enjoy. The students love these films.

She attends LaSallian Youth meetings, where students join together under the leadership of two directors, and learn to share with one another, develop spiritually and offer service to others. Their motto is “Faith, Service, and Community.”

Although she is not certain of what she wants to be, Nia is very interested in music and drama. She plays the piano and studies guitar at Loughlin .

A Bishop McDonnell Scholarship Recipient you with your work if you don’t understand.

Regarding her Bishop They even have an After School Center McDonnell where students can go for assistance with Scholarship, homework or subject material and there Nia felt very are teachers from different areas to help. honored Nia is pleased that she never gets in trouble to receive it. She is at Loughlin. “I have matured here” she said. proud to “The deans of discipline are fair and say that her grades prove reasonable but really hold Loughlin students accountable for their behavior, that she teaching us to take responsibility was worthy for our actions. Teachers and deans of it. She together are ‘on top of’ things so Nia Glasgow ‘12 might not have been that problems do not escalate. As a able to come to Bishop Loughlin without result, the school is a safe place where that assistance. Nia has three sisters deeper friendships can develop.” and receiving this scholarship has made Nia loves Bishop Loughlin retreat it easier for her parents to afford her programs. Every year, the students education. She hopes that her work and good grades have made her parents and take a day away from classes to gather those who contributed to the Bishop together to pray, to reflect on their lives McDonnell Scholarship Fund proud of her. and to do activities that lead them to deeper understanding of themselves “Bishop Loughlin is a great school,” Nia said. She graduated from a junior high and others. She describes the retreats as where there were a lot of problems. She said “time to be with God.” She enjoys when that she was immature and not behaving they split up into smaller groups where as well as she could have. “I felt afraid they speak about themselves and what is when I first came to Bishop Loughlin. I going on in their lives. “Sometimes you expected to be one kid lost among eight hear students you don’t know so well or hundred people.” Instead she discovered a even ones you thought you knew but you very friendly environment where teachers learn so much about what they are going take time to get to know students. She through and I come to understand them likes many of her teachers and guidance counselors. “Teachers are willing to help better. I am so grateful to be here.”

An Excerpt from an Interview of Sr. Jean Aquinas Lanahan, OP “Yes, I love to talk about Bishop McDonnell; not only did my mother attend Bishop’s, but I was also a student and later on became a teacher at Bishop McDonnell. Then I was Vice Principal when the school closed, which was a sad day. As my mother said, she opened the school and I closed it. When we closed the school we looked into some of the history, and from that and what my mother told me over the years, I know that Bishop Molloy, who was Bishop of Brooklyn at the time, had a fund raiser in 1922 for the entire diocese and he raised two million dollars for the building of the school itself. He had the forschool opened immediately, so even though the building was not erected, they had a freshman class start in September of 1923, and the students, all girls, attended many different elementary schools. The high school classes were held in these elementary schools for two years. My own mother arrived

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from Ireland in October of 1923 and was living in Brooklyn, in Holy Name Parish in Park Slope/Windsor Terrace area, so she was allowed to go to Bishop McDonnell and began her classes at Holy Name. After two years some of those elementary schools merged and for one year they attended St. Augustine’s in the Park Slope area. In September of 1926, the Bishop McDonnell building on Eastern Parkway was completed and all the students arrived there. ..The building was so beautiful. It was built to match the architecture of the beautiful Brooklyn Museum down the road.”

Sr. Jean Aquinas, OP attended Bishop’s and graduated in 1948.

This is an excerpt from an interview by Sr. Erica Burkhardt, OP

Thankful To Be Here Sr. Eileen Breen OP ’56 Tutwiler, Mississippi is a long way from the streets of Manhattan, where Sr. Eileen Breen ‘56 began her nursing ministry. But in 1991, after a trip investigating the area, she chose Mississippi for her ministry and has made it her home ever since. When asked why she chose Mississippi, Eileen simply says, “This is one of the poorest places in the country, so it is one of the best places for me to serve.” Eileen, who has Masters Degrees in Public Health and Nursing, began nursing in Manhattan. She moved to Washington D.C. where she was a Nurse Coordinator with Health Care for the Homeless and Nurse and Program Specialist with the National Children’s Center. But in 1991, Eileen went to work in DePorres Delta Ministries in Marks, Mississippi, joining a group of Sisters who then included ten Dominicans. Since 1994, she has been Family Nurse Practitioner at the Tutwiler Clinic.

A town of fewer than 1400 people, Tutwiler is one of the poorest in the country. The railroad which once provided employment and commerce, is long gone. The work that is available is primarily seasonable farm labor, although some residents have found jobs at one of the two correctional facilities nearby. The Tutwiler Clinic is the only source of health care in Tutwiler. People there must struggle to make a life and make a living. There is high unemployment, substandard housing and illiteracy. Chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes

daily. People come to the clinic confident that they will find understanding and concern for their problems. These include health care issues, counseling needs and help with the medications. It is the faith of these people, those to whom and with whom I minister, which gives me hope.”

Sr. Eileen Breen OP ‘56

and arthritis, are prevalent at young ages.

With little or no income and no health insurance, residents would have no access to healthcare or medicines without the clinic. The clinic provides a vital liaison to the drug companies’ assistance programs and access to life-saving medications for diabetics and those suffering from hypertension.

Eileen finds that outreach and education are important for the clinic, and she offers classes on health education and rights. She places high value on the ability to listen as key to understanding and healing. Also, as she explains, “It is here that I preach as a family nurse practitioner in a rural, southern clinic by standing with and ministering with the people of Tutwiler. I preach through my healing ministry and by my compassion, touch and belief in God’s healing presence

“My preaching is my caring and love for the whole being, for each person’s healing and wellness. This takes place through simple conversation as well as assessment of how I can help each one to heal or to stay well.

Often, both young and old, despite illness and poverty, have great faith and hope in God. By sharing their faith stories, they, in turn preach to me.” Eileen explains.

Each day when Eileen asks someone, “How are you?” the response is, “thankful to be here and to see another day, thank God” or “blessed to be here.” There is hope that God will provide. She seldom hears people complain. They say only, “I’ll make it through with God’s help and she echoes them in saying, “I’m thankful to be here in Tutwiler, here in this ministry.”

Sr. Eileen Breen OP ‘56

Why I Give “Enclosed please find a donation of $500 for The Bishop McDonnell Scholarship Fund. Upon reading the 2010 issue of The Memorial, I decided to again send in a contribution. I truly appreciate the excellent education I received at Bishop’s through the teaching efforts of all the Sisters. They also instilled in us catholic morals for a lifetime. For example, “Girls, save yourself for the man you will marry.” Remember?

If I had not been the beneficiary of a scholarship, it would not have been affordable for me to attend a Catholic High School. Again, I am so grateful

for my Bishop’s education. It is now my time and perhaps the time of other fortunate Bishop’s grads to give back in return for all we received.

My life has been blessed with health, happiness and a wonderful family, three children plus eight grandchildren. My husband Marty and I are looking forward to celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary this summer. God bless and thank you to all the dedicated people who continue to keep the Bishop McDonnell Alumnae Association a success.

Dot Devlin-Gallagher ‘58

Dorothy Devlin Gallagher

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Married to a Bishop’s Girl Jim Doyle My wife went into the city not long ago for lunch at Eamon Doran’s place with a bunch of women she has known for more than 60 years. Good heavens! Most people living on earth aren’t yet 60 and we have people who have been friends with for that long!

These ladies, of a certain age, as the saying goes, call themselves Bishop’s Girls, because they were all students in the late 30s at Bishop McDonnell High School in Brooklyn. Originally, my wife tells me, there were a dozen in the group-a sorority of sorts, although catholic high schools, then, and now, I suppose, didn’t have sororities.

A few of the original 12 Bishop’s Girls have died by now, of course, and a few have moved too far away, and one couldn’t come because she’s going off to Europe, but there were five at the table the other day. One came in on an overnight train from Elyria, Ohio (she has never flown); another drove up and back from Virginia, two came by train from New Jersey and one came in from Long Island.

They had a wonderful time recalling their days at Bishop’s and their lives since then.

They talked about their marriages, and their husbands, a few of whom have died and their children and grandchildren, and what’s happening in the world they grew up in and lived in and grew old in, and how things have changed and how some things have stayed the same.

They talked about their computers, shared e-mail addresses and agreed e-mail is a marvelous way to keep in touch with their children and grandchildren.

They talked about where they are all living, some now in apartments and condos. And, of course, they talk about the good, young days at Bishop’s.

Bishop McDonnell was the girl’s high school for the Brooklyn Diocese. It was staffed by five orders of nuns: the Sisters

of St. Joseph, Sisters of St. Dominic, Sisters of Mercy, Sisters of Charity and the Daughters of Wisdom – each community with its own special charism.

Bishop’s was on Eastern Parkway, near the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens and Museum. It opened in 1926, but it’s not there anymore, sad to say. It closed in 1973, I learned from Susan Hamilton, (then) in charge of the Brooklyn Schools Archives Office. The building is now occupied

by St. Francis School for the Deaf.

You had to compete to get in, and no more than two girls from each parish were accepted. Because it was competitive, there was a broad mix of cultures and background among the students. Bishop’s girls came by subway, buses and the Long Island Railroad from all over the diocese – from many parishes in Brooklyn, as well as neighborhoods in Queens and as far away as Babylon out on Long Island.

There was a certain cachet, a distinction about being a Bishop’s Girl, I have been told, and I believe it to be true. A few year’s ago, when Ethel’s closest Bishop’s friend, Ruth, died, the priest at her funeral remarked in his homily about the unique character of Bishop’s Girls.

They were intelligent, he said, well-trained in the faith, graceful and friendly. And, if I am to judge from my wife and the Bishop’s girls I’ve met - which I think I can fairly do, they were independent and self-sufficient, classy and charming, “Tres chic” as the French say.

The dozen Bishop’s girls in my wife’s group started meeting regularly in high school and continued their gatherings after they graduated. My wife recalls that they were all meeting at her house on December 7, 1941, and were horrified to hear of the bombing of Pearl Harbor on the radio that afternoon. They realized, as all of us who remembered that day and that ominous radio broadcast realized, that our lives would be dramatically altered.

That knowledge flowed into our lives with the radio broadcast itself, and stayed with us. We were all frightened. We knew right away, that instant, that everything would be different, but, of course we had no idea of how drastically the world and our lives would be forever changed.

This sort of enduring friendship that Bishop’s girls have and have had – the closeness one has with certain friends for years and years, the special language good old friends use- are part of the life fully lived. Old friends and old friendships demand attention and need to be nourished. You have to keep the lines holding a friendship together strong and healthy by using them. You do that by phoning or writing, sending e-mail messages and, if you are fortunate enough to be able to, sometimes taking a train or plane to have lunch or dinner or visit with the girls or guys.

Memories of old friends and old friendships keep our minds agile, our hearts strong and our psyches young. Old friendships keep us joyful, keep us loving. “The friendship and conversation of a few select companions,” wrote the poet John Addison, are an important part of true happiness. I think he was right.

Reprinted from Catholic New York by permission of the author, Jim Doyle, who is the husband of Ethel Clancy Doyle’39

Friends for Over Fifty Years Ann O’Brien-O’Reilly ’52 passed away on February 28, 2011. She lived with her husband, John, in Dundee, New York. Ann was active on her parish council and liturgy committee. She had five children, two brothers and several nieces and nephews. Enclosed is a photo of the two of us which we had taken at the All Years Reunion at Bishop’s in 1998. We wanted proof of the fact that we were allowed to enter through the main entrance since students of our time were only allowed to enter through the side doors. I will miss my friend of over fifty years.

Marianne Thompson-Smith ‘53

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Marianne Thompson Smith ‘53, Ann O’Brien-O’Reilly ‘52

Just Another Day at Bishop McDonell Remember running into the building wishing we weren’t late? Remember going into the gym at the top of the school to meet with our friends and have fun? Remember going from classroom to classroom, going to assemblies, sitting in our assigned seats and listening to thought-provoking speakers?

Remember when we went to the cafeteria and laughed and laughed? On April 16, 2011, we were able to do it all again.

Memorialites from the 30s and 40s as well as the anniversary classes of 1946, 1951, 1956, 1961, 1966 and 1971 gathered together to reminisce and renew friendships from those precious high school years. Yes, there were some changes. We walked a little slower, laughed a lot louder and looked a little older. The school had changed also.

What was once our third floor locker room has become a playhouse. Tricycles are in evidence beneath stairwells, and the bathrooms now contain mirrors. The old elevator has been replaced and we are now permitted to use it, no permits required. There are parking lots behind the school which most of us never knew existed. Today we used the main door instead of the side ones. For some of us, this was our first trip back since graduation.

program moving swiftly. Memorialites gathered from Michigan, Texas, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey and in between.

Ed McCormack, Director of St. Francis de Sales welcomed us back to the school.

It is because of his willingness to share the school with us, that this special day is possible. Maureen Moss-McInerney ’66 spoke of the importance of Catholic education. Doris Jean-Charles, scholarship recipient, shared heartfelt sentiments of how receiving her scholarship had given her the wherewithal to study her hardest, enabling her to graduate in the top 5% of her class and to attend Fordham University on a scholarship.

One of the most poignant moments was the introduction of Virginia BaluffFreestone ’37 and Lillian Platt-Lotito ’38, living proof that 73 and 74 years after graduation, the Bishop’ spirit still lives on. Ten alumnae from the early forties classes were also in attendance.

Frances Ventimiglia-Giacalone introduced the Class of ’61. The girls were celebrating their fiftieth anniversary and Frances shared experiences from their four years at Bishop’s. Lastly, it was a time once

again, as a student body, to close the assembly with a rendition of our muchloved song, Memorial. It was Bishop’s Creative Writing Class that wrote the second stanza of our school song in 1964.

Before we knew it, it was time to proceed to the cafeteria for “lunch” which turned out to be a delicious dinner. We took the same stairs (some took the elevator) to the basement where for four years we shared meals with our favorite classmates. We did the same today, only this time, wine was on the menu. The topics of conversation might be different than they were then, but the feelings are the same. More photos were taken and, in a flash, this long awaited day was another “Bishop’s memory.”

The school still brings extraordinary teaching to extraordinary students.

Today, what was once Bishop McDonnell Memorial High School is now St. Francis School for the Deaf. The school spirit is in evidence and it’s dedicated faculty remains committed to the students.

We may all have moved on, but our hearts are still at Bishop’s. Just another day? Not in a HEARTBEAT! Phyllis Murphy-Howell ‘67

After registration, groups scattered throughout the school to take a peak at their old, official classrooms, wander the halls, check out the changes and visit the Library and Chapel. In the gym, each anniversary class had its own table set up with a display of memorabilia devoted to students’ four years spent at Bishop’s. Sprinkled throughout the gym, (didn’t it look much larger back then?) were displays of uniforms, gym outfits, dyed prom heels and saddle shoes.

Outside the gym, the large classroom that once housed the art room, now offered tempting displays of fruit, cheeses and other treats, coffee and soft drinks. In the halls where we once purchased Crusade items, purple fleece jackets, tote bags and other items were available so we could bring that Bishop’s spirit home and savor the memories long after our reunion was over. Even former faculty members, some of whom seemed a little frightening, but who now seemed like old friends, joined in the festivities. There was much laughter and many tears of joy.

At 2pm, all the “students” gathered in our beautiful auditorium for the celebration of Mass and a brief “assembly.” Mary Macchiarola ’58 was our Master of Ceremonies for the day and kept the

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graduate who is now our wonderful photographer.

Francis School for the Deaf. St. Francis is the former

Ross auditorium. This was followed by a welcoming

reunion for all the anniversary classes, was held at St.

Bishop McDonnell High School. We had about 240

attendees. The day included a welcoming light brunch of coffee, tea, cheese, crackers, vegetables and dip.

Bishop McDonnell merchandise was available for

Mass was celebrated by Rev. Kevin Sweeney in the Msgr. ceremony with Mary Macchiarola ‘58 as the emcee

Gintare Malinauskaite, a Music teacher at Loughlin,

played the piano and Loughlin students led the singing.

Doris Jean-Charles ‘10, a graduate of Bishop Loughlin,

now attending Fordham University, addressed the Bishop

those who wished to purchase fleece jackets, t-shirts,

McDonnell women on what it meant to her to have a

or logo. Many were lined up to get merchandise for

‘66 spoke, encouraging all of her sister graduates to

cloth bags, all with the Bishop McDonnell name

themselves and others who could not attend. The gym

was filled with memorabilia from Bishop’s. There were mannequins dressed in Bishop’s uniforms and gym suits, old sweatshirts and school blazers on display.

scholarship at Bishop Loughlin. Maureen Moss McInerney contribute to the Bishop McDonnell Scholarship Fund.

Finally, there was a wonderful catered dinner held in the

cafeteria where friends and classmates enjoyed the food and

the conversation with women they had not seen for many

Photos were being taken all day by Rob Munroe, a Loughlin years. Another successful reunion for Bishop McDonnell!

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Bishop McDonnell Reunion Please visit www.blmhs.org and go to Alumni Publications for picture captions

Grads from the 70s Classes! We are wondering why we have so few grads from the 70s classes on our database.

Have you ever had any reunions?

Could you send us the list of attendees with their info? We need help from grads of the classes of 71, 72 and 73 to help us find more of your classmates.

Please contact Rita MonaghanMaloney’59 rmaloney@blmhs. org 718-857-2700 x 2253

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Bishop McDonnell Alumnae Reunion

Save the Date March 31, 2012 12:00 – 6:00 PM Enjoy the afternoon with your classmates!

The day will include a meet and greet reception, Mass, welcome ceremony, and buffet dinner.

This year’s reunion will celebrate the anniversary classes of 1942, 1947, 1952, 1957, 1962, 1967 and 1972.

All 20’s, 30’s, 40’s classes are always welcome.

The reunion will take place at your Alma Mater, now St. Francis de Sales School for the Deaf, 260 Eastern Parkway, between Franklin & Classon Avenues. Limited parking will be available at the school, with nearby lots at the Brooklyn Museum and street parking available for those who need it. Cost is $80 per person.

Invitations will be mailed in January.

This is an annual event and all classes will attend over the next five years.

Event Schedule (Subject to change) 11:30 am Doors open 12:00 pm Meet and Greet Reception/Memorabilia Displays/ Class Pictures 2:00 pm Mass 3:00 pm Welcome Ceremony 3:45 pm Buffet Dinner Help make the Alumnae Reunion a success!

Get involved with the Alumnae Reunion by joining your class Reunion Committee.

Contact the Development office to learn how you can help make the Reunion a triumph; call Rita Maloney ‘59 at 718-857-2700 x2253 or rmaloney@blmhs.org.

Reunion Registration Please make

reservations at $80 per person for March 31, 2012.

Yes, I would like to join my reunion committee by calling classmates to encourage them to come.

Name (graduation and married names) Class Guest Name Class (if applicable) Address City State

Zip

Phone Number Email Method of Payment: Amex Visa Mastercard Check (Payable to Bishop McDonnell) Card # Exp. Total Amount

Authorized Signature

Please return registration form and fees to Rita Maloney at Bishop Loughlin MHS, 357 Clermont Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11238.

TICKETS WILL BE HELD AT THE DOOR

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Joysetta Marsh-Pearse’56 Interview

Freeport Memorial Library is nestled in the small town of Freeport, Long Island. It was there that I interviewed Joysetta MarshPearse’56 in the Memorial Room of the Library which seemed most appropriate.

To this day, Joysetta still remembers the thrill of receiving the postcard telling her that she was accepted to Bishop McDonnell Memorial High School. Unlike most other girls, Joysetta was attending a public junior high school and went on Saturdays to Our Lady of Loretto parish to take additional courses in Math and Science in order to be accepted into Bishop McDonnell. At that time, only two girls were accepted from each parish. Joyce lived in Our Lady of the Presentation parish. All incoming freshmen to Bishop’s were given a test to determine in which language class they would be placed. Joysetta placed high and was therefore placed in the French class. She remembers the boat ride, her prom and going to see Roma Downey at the Copacabana, topping the evening off with a ferry ride to Staten Island.

Joyset ta Marsh

-Pearse ‘56

When working at NYNEX, all those French classes paid off. The company had sent out a memo asking for bilingual women to assist at their booth at Lake Placid for the Summer Olympics. Joysetta was paid to assist French athletes who needed to place international calls back home. This was a two-week, all expense paid trip which included coordinating outfits supplied

by Lord and Taylor, and she had the time of her life!

She thanks the Daughters of Wisdom for this. Her office overlooked the skating rink and each day they watched as Eric Heiden practiced. When he won five gold medals, it was as if they had also won.

In 1986, while attending a workshop at Hofstra, Joysetta met Dr. James Rose who had done the research for the book, “Roots”. As a result, she started a side career and began to search her husband’s family tree. Spending her lunch hour in the NYC Library, she was asked by Dr. Rose to look things up for him. Finally, Joysetta became a Research Assistant for Dr. James Rose. After retiring in 1990, her children suggested that she find something to do during the day so she contacted Dr. Rose. It was shortly after that, that Dr. Rose turned over to her the projects that he was working on. However, Joysetta and her husband decided that there was a need to teach people to search their own family roots instead of simply doing the work for them.

Together, Joysetta and her husband organized The African Atlantic Genealogical Society.

Joysetta is employed by the local neighborhood library, meets with people looking to trace their roots, and she is booked solid. Many interesting stories have been found and some have put their findings into books. In the 1940s word spread in Aiken, South Carolina that there was work to be found in Hempstead, Long Island. An agency would provide food and shelter until jobs as maids and nannies or other domestic work was found for them.

Heritage tours to Virginia and South Carolina, to name a few, are also a part of the research process.

The journey of researching starts with a questionnaire to find out what information a person already knows. From there, the library computer is set up to research the 1930 census to find the names, addresses and other information about siblings and other relatives. In fact, we ended the interview with Joysetta pulling up the records of my grandparents.

Her passion is contagious and it was wonderful to sit with Joysetta as she shared the story of her days at Bishop’s and all the wonderful work that she has done since then.

This interview was done by Phyllis Murphy-Howell ‘67.

The article was written by Patricia Hurley-Pagano ‘67

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Letters to the Editor

It was wonderful to share memories of Brooklyn where we were almost neighbors.

Those were the days! Words like inspiring, competitive and gratifying come to mind when I recall Bishop’s and its hallowed halls. I felt very privileged to attend such a wonderful school. In addition, my immigrant parents were proud of me for getting in on a scholarship. When I started there in 1937, so close after the depression, there were no fees at all. It was very greatly appreciated. Keep up the good work, sister Memorialites. Let’s continue to keep Bishop’s in the spotlight.

With God’s grace it will be fruitful in forming happy Christian lives. God bless you all. Anna Russo-Rodrigues’41 My heart is filled with gratitude to you and your Committee for the months of organization and tireless effort that you brought up to the final completion of a day that people will never forget. Hundreds of Memorialites were recipients of so much love and joy because of all of you. Truly, you could breathe a “Deo Gratias” for a well done mission accomplished. Thank you for the complimentary invitation which made my presence possible. I am grateful also for the souvenirs. This morning I christened my mug at breakfast and shall wear the pin on my jacket tomorrow. Gratefully, Sr. Agnes Wassmer OP’45 Just a little word of thanks for all you do for the Bishop’s alumnae. I was so happy to be able to be at the reunion last Saturday. It was great. Sr. Jean Aquinas OP ‘48 The reunion was beautiful. The Mass was wonderful and it was so good to be together with classmates and other Bishop’s grads.

Thank you. Barbara Koeppen-Reilly ‘61 Just a note to thank you and your crew for a job well done at the reunion. I know you put a lot of work into it and everything went so smoothly. Pat Hannon-Frost ‘51 That was such a spectacular reunion. I had the best time I could have. Everything was so well organized…..so much to see and do and even the opportunity to purchase some keepsakes.

Wow! And the food was too delicious. I can only imagine what hard work you put into it…but the end result was certainly worth it.

Thank you, thank you, and thank you. Maria Piro ‘51 Thanks for printing lists of our teachers, both alive and deceased. Please continue doing this….Margaret Whelan-Keogh ‘48

Thank you so much for e-mailing my friend and classmate, Maryann, with my contact information. Within thirty minutes of receiving your e-mail that informed her I was looking for her, I received an e-mail from her.

We are just beginning the process of catching up after so many years. Many, many thanks for bringing us together again. I am sure that this will lead to my re-connecting with a few other high school friends. Wishing you the very best….Grace Fountaine-Markovits ‘61 First of all, I would like to thank you and your whole team for ALL the work you did to make this last reunion such a magnificent experience, from start to finish. We will be talking about it for the rest of our “mobile” lives, and even thereafter. I, and many of my classmates, were wondering if it would be possible, for a fee, to obtain a copy of the ’51 class photo that was taken on the bleachers…. it would be a great momento. Gratefully, Mary McCrann ‘51 I am grateful to be able to contribute to the scholarship fund. I attended Bishop’s alumnae affair in March, 2010 and was moved by the recipient of the scholarship’s speech. She successfully transitioned from a great h.s. student to college student. Success! Denice Stevenson-Dishman ‘70 I really enjoyed the reunion on April 16th.

The old school stirred up some emotion in my heart when I looked into the auditorium from the lobby. I could not believe that they have kept that beautiful and relief sculpture around the ceiling. In fact, the building has been well maintained, certainly better than the school I work in. Thanks for inviting me and hopefully, we’ll be able to view our class photos that were taken in the gym. Christine Lauro-DiFalco’66 I echo Christine DiFalco. Last year I saw the outside of Bishop’s and it looked smaller than I remembered it and regretfully, it seemed a bit seedy. I was afraid that the inside would be in bad shape. The first thing I did when I arrived at the reunion was look into the auditorium and I cried. It looked just as it did the day we graduated. I don’t know what grants or money went into it, but it is gorgeous. The rest of the building was kept up nicely. Even though I did not have a lot of friends as a student, the shared memories were incredible. Just seeing the halls, rooms, gym and cafeteria brought me back in time.

Thanks to all who played a part in putting this together. I’m now looking forward to our 50th.

Margaret Thomson-Ryan ‘66 The reunion on April 16th celebrated the

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Expanding our Database Presently we have information on almost 7,000 Bishop’s grads and also former faculty.

If you have information on any Bishop’s grads or former faculty, please contact Rita Maloney at 718-857-2700 ext 2253 or rmaloney@ blmhs.org. We are interested in any information you have including the address, phone number, e-mail address and year of graduation of any Bishop McDonnell grads.

Even if you have only partial information, it is helpful to us. Thank you.

45th anniversary of our class. It was held at the school on Eastern Parkway where there were about forty of us joined by more than 150 other graduates from different years. Bishop Loughlin organized the event for us. I was amazed how Eastern Parkway has changed since we attended school. The revitalization of Park Slope has extended beyond its borders and has benefitted the neighborhood surrounding the school. At the welcoming ceremony, Maureen Moss-McInerney ‘66 was invited to speak about supporting catholic education through the Bishop McDonnell Scholarship Fund at Bishop Loughlin., an effort she supports wholeheartedly. She was very convincing. We had dinner in the cafeteria where we continued catching up with one another. The intervening years just melted away. Being at the school seemed very familiar. We reminisced, shared old photos and some bragged about grandchildren. The energy level was high since we were so thrilled to see one another. We all expressed interest in returning again for our 50th reunion and encouraged others to join us as well. Joan Fallon-Yett ‘66 I had a great time at the reunion. I found it especially nice to see the old building and how it has not changed, although the immediate neighborhood seemed nicer to me. A few of us who attended the reunion are planning to meet in NYC in the near future. Thank you.

Frances Sopko-Bruno ‘66

Send us your Memorialite Memorabilia Please send to Bishop McDonnell Alumnae Assn. any yearbooks, photos and memorabilia which you would like to donate to our archives: Bishop McDonnell Alumnae Association, c/o BLMHS, 357 Clermont Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238.

Bishop McDonnell Class Notes Class of 1940 Elizabeth McCormack-Lathrop is now 87 years old, would like to hear from others in her year.

Ed Note: Please contact me for Elizabeth’s info if you are responding.

Rita 718-857-2700 xt 2253 Class of 1941 Mona Fitzpatrick-McCarthy will be 88 years old on August 30, 2011.

She settled in Southold, L.I. in the early 1960s with her late husband, Robert and their five children. They bought a little red country schoolhouse, renovated it into a comfortable home and proceeded to have three more sons, five boys and three girls in all. She suffered a series of setbacks in the last two years, recuperated in a local rehab center and is now back home in Southold living with her eldest daughter, a retired R.N. Mona sends best wishes and cheery greetings to all of her sister alumnae.

Martina Horan-Henry travelled from Hollis, L.I. for her four years at Bishop McDonnell. She was a member of the French Group and stayed with the same class for three years. She married in 1946, is blessed Class of 1939 with three sons and one daughter and Helen Wozniak-Blenk is the proud grandmother of fourteen passed away on January 27, 2010. She and the great grandmother of ten. She always had fond memories of Bishop is a Eucharistic Minister and visits McDonnell and friends that she made homes and nursing homes. She volunthere. She pursued nursing school and teers at her parish Outreach Office and worked two separate careers in nursing. many other ministries in her parish, Ethel Clancey-Doyle St. Joseph’s in Babylon. She serves as attended Bishop McDonnell during the an Inspector at the Primary and Gendepression years and is grateful that eral Elections for the Suffolk County her parents were able to find the $5 a Board of Elections and is a past officer month so she could attend. She travof the Catholic Daughters of America, elled via the Long Island Railroad. She Ct Bishop McDonnell 1403 Babylon. has fond memories of classes taught Patricia Leahy-Smith by the five communities of sisters. is enjoying each new great grandchild Watching her five children and, later on, and a long-time true friend from her grandchildren go through their high Bishop’s Class of ’41. She can still school years, she realized how pivotal remember the names of so many of those years were. She made friends who her teachers and the priest, Fr. Ross were special to her throughout the years, who was so warm and gentle. She especially Ruth Fritz-Butt and Madrecalls that the students weren’t all eline Conway-Cashman who has died so angelic. There was an occasional and several others with whom she still smoke and coke at a nearby shop, keeps in touch: Frances Bergen-Horsley, after school, of course but she is so Anne Bailey-Harkins, and Rosemary grateful to Bishop’s for everything.

Fuerst-Kretschman. Her Bishop’s years Class of 1942 were her introduction to “real education.” planting seeds for college and for Evelyn Brinskele-Finno life. She is married to Jim Doyle who is 86 years old and a widow after sixty wrote the article “Bishop’s Girls” for years of marriage. Her memories of the New York archdiocesan newspaBishop McDonnell are wonderful ones. per and which is printed in this issue.

She has five children. Her oldest is a Class of 1936 Angela O’Keeffe-Galdi is still “ambulating” at 92 and in good health.

Helen Culloty-Kuhner passed away on May 6, 2010 at 91 years of age, she attended the last reunion, was the second oldest attendee and was so very, very proud. She had a few lifelong friends from her class, Katherina Buttner and Alice Fitzsimmons and they were always close. She was very proud of her years at Bishop McDonnell and was thankful that her immigrant parents were able to send her to the school. She excelled academically and was given a scholarship to Delahanty Business School where she was a dedicated Thespian. This was reported to us by her daughter, Kathleen Henry.

Neonatologist at Cardinal Glennon’s Children’s Medical Center in St. Louis, and last week her daughter graduated from medical school in Kansas City, Missouri.

Eileen McDonald-Kiesel sends her contribution in thanksgiving for her four years at Bishop McDonnell of which she is a proud graduate.

Frances Bertuccio-Opinante is widowed and has four children, a daughter, three sons and seven granddaughters. She is 86 years old and loves flea markets and garage sales. She loved every minute of being at Bishop McDonnell. It was almost like a college education. She loved all the different orders of nuns and believes that no high school could compare to Bishop’s.

Eileen McDonald-Kiesel has been widowed for the past twenty years. She is the mother of four living sons and one deceased son and the grandmother of two boys and one girl. Her middle son, James, is a priest in the Archdiocese of Baltimore and pastor of his parish. Her second son is a teacher at St. Joseph’s Indian School in South Dakota. Her first son retired from IBM and then went back to school to become a registered nurse and is now at the VA Hospital in Northport. Her youngest son is a Wall Street Investor.

Corrections Sr. Helen Anne Ebbitt was reported as deceased. We are pleased to hear from Sr. Helen herself that she is alive and well and has a sense of humor about this mishap. PLEASE DO NOT REPORT DECEASED GRADS TO OUR OFFICE UNLESS YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN OF THEIR DEPARTURE. We misspelled this name in our last issue.

The correct spelling is Noreen McCartney Haffner and she graduated from Bishop McDonnell, not Bishop Loughlin, in 1963.

In the last issue we listed the Sisters of Mercy who taught at Bishop McDonnell. Two RSMs were omitted: Sr. M. Lucia Farnan RSM, now known as Sr.Virginia Farnan RSM is currently residing at McCauley Hall Health Care Center 1633 Highway 22W Watchung, N.J. 07069 and Sr, Mary Corde Somma RSM is currently residing at Sisters of Mercy Convent, 22-04 Parsons Blvd. Whitestone, N.Y. 11357 The Memorial

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Bishop McDonnell Class Notes

Class of 1943 Mary Margaret Boyle-Knight died in 2009. She grew up in Baisley Park, Queens, New York in St. Clements’ parish. She was a nurse and a wonderful friend to Joan Murphy Baldwin, her classmate at Bishop’s.

Elizabeth Murphy-Hagstrand will be married 50 years to her husband, Don. They are both fine and she enjoys the news about Bishop’s and about Brooklyn.

Anne Loftus-Prunty After 54 years of a marriage “made in heaven” to her husband, John, a NYC Police Officer, is now a widow for almost thirteen years. She is blessed with four children, four children-inlaw, twelve grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Her four years at Bishop McDonnell and twenty-three years of working at Molloy College as an Executive Secretary with the Amityville Dominicans prepared her for a wonderful and joy-filled life. She now lives in Pinehurst, NC. Patricia Scroope-Connors has been living in Arizona for the past 36 years and enjoys it immensely. She has five children, five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Most of her family resides in the East and she visits them once or twice a year. She will never forget Bishop McDonnell and the wonderful times she spent there.

Class of 1944 Patricia Menken-Wilson died one year ago on February 16, 2010.

She was pre-deceased by her husband in 1985. Her youngest daughter, Donna, was killed in the terrorist attack at the World Trade Center. She is survived by her daughter, Linda Wilson who made a contribution to the Bishop McDonnell Scholarship Fund in her mother’s memory. Patricia was wheel-chair bound since 1992 so Linda accompanied her to her 50th class reunion in 1994 in Douglaston. Linda enjoyed the occasion as much as her mother did.

Class of 1945 Elizabeth McLoughlin died on February 12, 2011. She was a retired Principal of the NYC Public School system and spent the last few years of her life in the Rockville Health Center. She had been a member of St. Patrick’s parish, having graduated from its grammar school in 1941.

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Constance Ficarra-Costagliola’49 has been married to her husband Pat for 55 years. They met one another sixty years ago through their playing of music and they continue to play music at liturgies and charismatic prayer meetings as well as other occasions. They have three great daughters who are all married to Class of 1946 wonderful husbands. The oldest daughter, Patricia has her doctorate in music Eileen Greely-Phillips and education. Like Connie and Pat, is so proud of her daughter, Mary Ann Patricia and her husband are both into Phillips who received the Presidential music and he is a teacher. Her second Citizens Medal from President Obama daughter, Caren, gives classes in exercise on August 4, 2010 at the White House. and her husband is an architect. Regina, She received it for her many hours of the youngest daughter has taught dance work with the wounded soldiers comand is a para-teacher in her local school. ing from Iraq and Afghanistan at the Her husband is a skilled mechanic and Landstuhl Hospital in Germany. Her a computer technician. Connie has daughter lives and works in Munich. seven beautiful grandchildren and is so They all had a wonderful time attendgrateful for their full and happy life. ing the honoring in Washington.

Loretta Cosgrove-Cody Class of 1947 joined the Medical Mission Sisters and Sister Marie Denise Thompson OP ’47 served Muslim women in Pakistan for and sixteen years. She has detailed this part Sr. Mary Stephen Monahan OP of her life in her autobiography, Life’s formerly Eileen Monahan, were the very a Story. No longer available on amabest of friends. They were always seen zon.com, this book can be purchased together. During Sr. Mary Stephen’s by contacting lcody4@verizon.net. On wake, Sr. Marie Denise Thompson her return to the states, Loretta asked died. This was reported by Sr. Leo herself, “What makes American women Francis OP who taught at Bishop’s different? Who gave us our freedom?” A from 1954-1968, and she added, “God private study of women’s history opened wanted them to remain together.” a world of information on the lesser known 19th century women reformers Fran Pilson-Pignatelli who believed that women’s rights are huwas bred in Brooklyn’s Brownsville, man rights. Loretta recently published schooled at Queen of All Saints A Mighty Social Force, detailing the and Bishop McDonnell. In retirelife of Phoebe Coffin Hanaford (1829ment, she enjoys happy memories 1921), suffragist, author and clubwoman of fun and friends. Before retirewho lived on the cutting edge of the first ment she taught English in New wave of feminists. This book is availYork’s Barringer High School. able on amazon.com or you can contact Class of 1948 Loretta at the e-mail address above.

Florence Kehoe-Fitzgerald Catherine Reilly-O’Keefe celebrated her 80th birthday with is 80 years old and using a walker her daughters and grandchildren because she has Parkinson’s disin July of last year and it was a ease. She has a son Stephen who lovely day. She thanks God evmarried Kara and they have two ery day for her beautiful family. grandchildren, Aidan who is thirteen and Aislinn who is eleven.

Joan Henn-Sanner went to Business School at the Grace Dolores Stadler-Lekstutis Institute. She married and had chilshares that a former co-worker of dren. In October she and her husband her husband who was Administrawill be celebrating their 60th antive Director of Fleet Maintenance niversary. They have six grandchilfor the NYPD came to visit with his dren. She and her husband are both wife, Marion. Dolores’ husband, Alretired and were very involved in the bert was as pleased as she was to learn St. Margaret’s church where they were that Marion went to Bishop’s. Dolores in working Bingo and ran the semiadmits that even though Marion is annual blood drive for 33 years. younger than she is, the bond of being Bishop’s grads is still there.

Class of 1949 Ann Corcoran She was on the staff of the Laurel at Bishop McDonnell. From there she went to St. Joseph’s College. In 1999 Elizabeth was installed as a Lady of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem. She helped to organize the 50th anniversary celebration of her Bishop’s class.

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Bishop McDonnell Class Notes retired twenty years ago from the Baldwin Public School system. She enjoys meeting up with her classmates from time to time. They have an annual get-together on the first Saturday in November at Koenig’s in Floral Park and hopes to see everyone there.

Antoinette Martorana-D’Angelo found her 60th reunion to be very joyful. She jokes that since there were 12 of them at the reunion they hope it was not their Last Supper. “What is life without a laugh?” she asks.

Sheila McAvoy-Block received a B.A. from Queens College, was married and had three children.

In 1976 she graduated from St. John’s University Law School and practiced law in a private firm in California and then went to work in Northrop Corp which later became Northrop-Grumman Corp in Los Angeles. She retired from her position as Vice President and Corporate Secretary in 1995. She is now writing short stories, has published about fifteen of them and has won a few prizes, thanks to Bishop’s training and her Liberal Arts education.

Elizabeth Geyer reports that she just turned 80 and is doing okay although she doesn’t have the energy of a sixty year old. She enjoys her beach house in East Marion and the walks to the beach. Her brother’s kids are all adults and the six grandchildren range in age from twelve to twenty two years. The 22 year old just received her Masters from

Adelphi. Two more are at college and Matt Jr. is at Georgetown. Liz is retired for fifteen years and loves every minute of it. She keeps busy as a volunteer at church and brings communion to homes. She also volunteers at Southold Historical Society.

Class of 1950 Sr. Alberta Surico MSC is a Missionary Sister of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and a volunteer teacher for Cabrini Immigration Service. She is 78 years old and has been a Religious for 58 years. Her community has missions in fifteen different countries, especially Ethiopia and Africa.

Joan Gott-Nelson was born in 1931. She was a Sister of Mercy from 1950-1967. She received a B.A. from St. John’s University in 1966 and an M.S. from Notre Dame University in 1970. She taught Biology and Chemistry for the last nineteen years prior to retirement. She married Dr. James F. Nelson in 1969 and has no children. She has been a St. Bernard dog owner for 38 years and was involved in the showing of some for 14 years. Now she and her husband enjoy fishing, boating and some travel.

Mary Noonan Fritz is an Associate Professor in the Child Study Department of St. Joseph’s College in Patchogue, NY. Elizabeth Buccheit-Bruckner celebrated a 50th wedding anniversary with her husband Donald who has been a permanent Deacon in the Catholic Church for 38 years and has been active in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. Margo Richter-Roll married Ernie Roll and travelled throughout the US with his military career. He retired in ’79 and went into business. She did the same and did custom framing for 24 years. She taught painting and drawing to children and adults for the past thirty years and retired about four years ago but hasn’t stopped teaching. She exhibits her paintings in four galleries, three in Los Angeles and one in Texas and does a lot of commission work. She and are husband are now married for fifty eight years. They have five children, eleven grandchildren and six great grand babies and one more on the way. She considers herself blessed.

Frances Bannon, now Sr. Lora Bannon OP is retired for four years now and doing volunteer work once a week at

the Veterans Hospital in Brooklyn.

Gaetana Avallone-Riccobono has been married to her husband for 57 years and has six grandchildren.

Ellen Brown works at Lathrop HS in Fairbanks, Alaska as a substitute teacher and as a tutor in special programs. She really enjoyed the reunion at Bishop’s in 2010.

Mary Theresa Lenoe-Smilo ’50 died in 1977 when her daughter, Barbara Glover, was sixteen years old. Now Barbara wants to know more about her mother and her days at Bishop McDonnell. Theresa was in Commercial and on the bowling team. Barbara is not certain if her mother was ’50 or ’51.

Anyone who knew her or has memories of her, please contact nicemom_10@ hotmail.com or Rita MonaghanMaloney ’59 at rmaloney@blmhs.org Class of 1951 Geraldine Herlitz-Rochford died on January 30, 2011 at Calvary Hospital. She was a wonderful mother, wife, friend and sister. After graduating from Bishop McDonnell MHS, she received a BA from Hunter College and an MA from the College of New Rochelle. She was a resident of Larchmont, NY for over forty years and was active in the Larchmont Beautification Committee and the Cancer Support Team of Westchester. She taught the Art of Language on Channel 13 for one year and was a retired NYC public school teacher. She is survived by two children, Britta Lerner and Kristofer Herlitz, five grandchildren and three sisters.

Geraldine’s daughter was not certain that her mother graduated in 1951 but thinks so.

Anne Linnane-Kevany enjoyed the recent 60 year reunion at Bishop’s Mary Kelly-Ryan After graduation had several secretarial jobs while attending St. John’s University (Brooklyn) at night, BA degree 1958, B.S. in Ed 1962, teacher in NYC public schools, married a Fordham Lawyer, had five sons (one deceased) and a daughter, moved from Bklyn to N.J. , for a very good job opportunity in 1969.

Celebrated her 50th wedding anniversary last year, did many years of volunteer work - church, hospital, school related.

Her best friends are Catherine ScorciaKane, M.D. and Marilyn MonahanMcLoughlin R.N. She still misses N.Y. The Memorial

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Bishop McDonnell Class Notes Catherine Scorcia-Kane is a retired Pediatrician. Her son is the Investigative Reporter for Cablevision, Channel 42 in New Jersey. The show is called “Kane in Your Corner”. He won his fourth Emmy this year. So, if you are in New Jersey, tune in and watch.

Eleanor Weber-Sweeney is married for 57 years, has six children, fourteen grandchildren and six great grandsons. She lives in Pennsylvania and finds it peaceful by the lake’s shore. She has had so many blessings and is grateful for her twelve years of Catholic education and her wonderful, spiritual parents.

Class of 1953 Vernita Zucchero-Kenney’53 was married and had six children, five girls and one boy. She re-married George Kenney who was a very loving father to the children. He had three daughters and they all got along well with one another. In 1992, one of her twin daughters passed away while Vernita was pregnant with her third child. She was always a private piano teacher but then extended to early childhood music and for ten years now she has worked with babies and toddlers. She also raised a granddaughter who is now at Molloy College majoring in Special Ed. Ida D’Angelo-Ayers has been widowed for almost ten years and is recently retired as the Principal of the Jackson Avenue School in Mineola, NY after a twenty five year tenure. She enjoys travelling, cruising the Caribbean, Panama Canal and travelling to Ireland, Italy, England, the Grand Canyon, the Canadian Rockies and other places. She is grateful for excellent health which enables her to accomplish these trips.

Dorothy Henshaw-Schaedtler is “still alive” at age 76 and is married to her 77 year old husband. She is retired and spends seven months in Florida and five months in East Islip.

She is active in church and yacht club.

Catherine A. Schiebler is an Associate Professor of Studio Art and Art Appreciation at Jefferson State Community College in Birmingham, Alabama. She recently participated in the Jefferson State Art Faculty Art Show.

Kathleen Thorpe-Holder retired from her work as City clerk after 27 years of service. She remains active in the International Municipal Clerks Association and is Secretary of their Foundation. She

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now resides six months in Florida.

Catherine McCrann-Kelly has favorite memories of Bishop’s including The Laurel room with Sr. Catherine Bernadette CSJ, the basketball games with star players like June Fleckenstein, Doris Nevitt, Dee Cunningham and Barbara O’Dea, the cheering squad with nimble Elaine Callahan, the Art room with Srs. Lurana, the dreaded “Little Theater”, the handsome Msgr. Asip and so many wonderful mentoring faculty like Sr. Robertina SC, Clare Agnes CSJ and Mary Francis DW and all her dear deceased friends and classmates like Gen LaPointe.

Class of 1954 Patricia Finn writes, “Keep up the good work. God bless you.”

Kathleen Seagraves-Flack ‘58 writes, “Memorial….we pledge eternal loyalty!”

Eileen Connolly-Palmer earned a Master’s Degree in Nursing at age 51 and retired at 70 years old. She has been married for fifty one years and has three daughters, two of whom are nurses. She also has nine grandchildren. She wants to say hello to Pat Finn since she saw her note.

Annette Bettini-Cappello is very active at her local AARP chapter, is busy as Queen of The Red Hat Society. She attends art classes and Golden Age clubs and is President of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Society at St. Adalbert’s church. She thanks God every day for the wonderful education she received at Bishop’s and for the friends she made there.

Patricia Finn appreciates the work being done to keep Bishop’s alive.

Margaret Somma-Indelicato would like to see active participation in organizations that are pro-life, prochurch, pro-chastity, support for colleges that are truly catholic, not only catholic in name, that follow the “mandatum”.

She believes we are losing to the secular culture and some refuse to see it.

Marge Gibbons-Kilroy just returned from a tour in Australia and New Zealand. She says that it was great to travel. She recently had a reunion with Barbara BreenGalluzzi ’54 and Mary GriebellKenny ’53 in Fort Lauderdale.

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Dorine Guiney-Kiley When she went to high school there was no tuition and it cost about $20 a term for book fees. She remembers the day the bill came and her mom and dad didn’t know how they would pay for it.

Somehow they did and she graduated.

She has great memories of her school years but gets a lump in her throat when remembering the look on her parents faces on that long-ago book bill day.

Barbara Spengler-Woessner is married and has four daughters.

She was upset about the legalization of abortion in 1973 and this has been her concentration in her parishes throughout the years. She is convinced that the foundation given to her at Bishop’s led her to this journey for the dignity of life. She meets with other ’54 grads every five years so the memory of Bishop’s is kept alive. She appreciates the Bishop’s newsletter.

Sara Feola is 75 years old, a retired teacher and is enjoying retirement with her husband, camping in Florida for the winter. She has such fond memories of Bishop’s.

Class of 1955 Eileen Riley-Ruesterholz I am ever grateful for all the teachers, their faith and example. I pray for them daily, living and deceased.

Patricia A. Dwyer is the President of the SVDP Paseo District. They have eight food pantries, a thrift store and a resource center for the homeless where more and more people are knocking on their door asking for assistance.

Dolores Alberico-Fales has a busy life with eleven children and twenty-five grandchildren and a wonderful mother who is enjoying life at 96! Dolores is doing Reiki for homeless folks at Inn Vision Shelter and does yoga and painting with acrylic paints. She is doing centering prayer daily and considers it most important. She would love to get in touch with Assunta CerottoHorak and hopes she is well and happy.

If anyone knows Assunta, please contact Rita Maloney with info. so she can give it to Dolores.

Mary Parle-Callahan is the President of the Marion County (FL) Sheriff’s Office Foundation, a non-profit organization of 1500

Bishop McDonnell Class Notes volunteers engaged in fund-raising activities to support the Sheriff’s office and its volunteer functions.

Nellie Curzio-Sanfilippo has never regretted her education at Bishop McDonnell where students were prepared to go out into the world to be the best in whatever career or life path they chose. She is so grateful for this.

Helen M. Hendren, became Sr. Catherine Charles, SND. She has been the D.R.E. at St. Margaret of Scotland for the past ten years. Next year she will become the Pastoral Minister at the same parish which is a one priest parish so there are many tasks to do.

She is grateful to be doing work that is helpful to so many parishioners. She looks forward to reading the Bishop’s news. Her brother, James Hendren went to Loughlin and graduated in 1962. He passed away in 2008.

Rosemarie Retcho-Carroll is a retired snowbird with her husband.

She has a condo in Port Charlotte, Fl., four children and nine grandchildren.

She has become an avid golfer and any chance she gets; she is on the golf course.

Barbara Odell-Pepe is an X-Ray technician at Zwanger-Pesiri Radiology for 38 years. She has four married children and three grandchildren. She is looking forward to her goal of working there for forty years. When she was in elementary school, Barbara had a classmate whose mother worked as an X-ray technician in Shore Road Hospital. The field fascinated her, so after high school, she applied to NY Hospital School of Radiology. She has loved working at Zwanger-Parisi, has had great employers and good friends there.

Class of 1956 Rita Schmitt-Mannarino Has three daughters – Lisa Lusby, Dr. Kathy Clarke M.D. who lives in Virginia and Amy Spencer who resides in Malibu, California. She and her husband, Vincent, have four grandchildren. In August, 2011 they will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with the entire family at a beach house at S. Bethany Beach, Delaware.

Mary Elizabeth Fay-Gannon is currently a Physician’s Assistant at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, NY. Dolores Giraldi-DiTeresi lives in Naples, Florida during the

winter. She would love to hear news of alumnae living in Southwest, Florida.

Mabel Audingston-Thompson-Hewlin was delighted to see all her ’56 classmates and all the other alumnae after so many years. She now lives in San Jose, California. After graduation, she attended Kings County Hospital Center School of Nursing with her sister alumnae, Jeanette Jones and Jean Murphy. She moved to California in 1969 and has three children, four stepchildren and eleven grandchildren.

Virginia Lee-Powers has been retired from teaching for ten years and is enjoying every minute. She often visits her six children, thirteen Class Coordinators Needed: We are looking for Memorialites to help expand our database of Bishop’s graduates.

Class Coordinators take responsibility for one list of about 50 names of students whose addresses and phone numbers we have. They call each person on the list and ask if they have the names and addresses of other Bishop’s graduates. When this information is reported to the Development Office we add it to our growing database.

If you are interested in helping, please contact Rita Monaghan-Maloney ’59 (718) 857-2700 ext. 2253 or e-mail rmaloney@ blmhs.org.

Eileen Duffy-Hynes will be celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary with her husband Marty, on July 18, 2010. They will renew their wedding vows in their parish church where they were married in 1970, St. John Fisher in Chicago. The officiating priest for their 40th anniversary will be the same priest who married them, now known as Auxiliary Bishop Francis J. Kane. A celebratory luncheon is to be held afterwards and much to her utter joy and happiness, four fellow Memorialites will be with them-Joyce Gemeli-Mullany ’57, Aileen Carlin- Gianelli ’57 and her husband, Jim, and Andrea Halyard ’57 who now resides in Chicago. So, Bishop’s will be very much a part of this celebration, some 53 years after her graduation.

Anne Miles-Guidry was married in 1978 and has two children, Joshua and Anne-Marie and three grandchildren, Michael, Justin and Kiley. She taught elementary and middle school grades in New York, Maryland and Texas. She also taught Special Ed. She married Bob in 1978 and adopted two children. She is active in parishes as Religious Ed. Director and is presently retired from teaching. She coordinates the Baptism program for her parish in Lafayette, La. For the last 14 years. She is active in Family Promise of Acadiana, a national non-profit organization, helping homeless families achieve independence, serves on the Justice and Peace Commission for the Diocese of Lafayette. Ann holds very fond memories of her years at Bishop’s.

grandchildren and one great grandchild in Breezy Point, Suffern, Staten Island, Omaha, Nebraska, Dallas, Texas and Los Angeles, California. She has been a widow for twenty three years but enjoys traveling with family and friends.

She loved Bishop’s, played on the Varsity for four years, had wonderful times and now has many precious memories.

Class of 1958 Patricia A. McGivern retired from teaching English at Valley Stream South H.S. where she still substitute teaches. She is involved in Irish language activities in the Lynbrook - East Rockaway Historical Society where she is an active member of the Board. Patricia is the past President of American Irish Teachers Association.

Class of 1957 Dorothy Markianus-Ilijic Eileen Heenan-Schulze moved with her husband, Gene, to Apex, entered a cloistered community for North Carolina after living and working a short time after graduating from in the Poughkeepsie, NY area for over 47 Bishop’s. She then married her childyears. She keeps in touch with and visits hood sweetheart, Nicholas, and raised two children on Staten Island. She and with her Bishop’s friends, Pat Braunher husband shared Marriage EncounFrancione, Sr. Theresa Bruder, Maryter, Cursillo and Amway experiences. agnes Classen-Lenahan, Linda PalmerSteele, Marylena Hilfrich-Munetz. They After her children entered college, she went to St. John’s University full time have attended all of their special year and graduated with a BS and later, an reunions, renewed friendships, etc. She MBA cum laude. She became a certiis looking forward to the next reunion. fied Financial Planner with American The Memorial

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Bishop McDonnell Notes Express. After retiring in 2005, she moved to an active adult community in Waretown, N.J. She and her husband will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on October 7, 2011.

Elissa DeStefano-Chase has a new grandson, Joseph, born on March 19, 2010.

Kathleen Seagraves-Flack writes “Memorial. We pledge eternal loyalty!”

Emilie D’Onofrio-Stris has a son, Peter and his wife, Radha Pathak and a grandson Kavi Peter Stris.

Paulette Morel-Gallagher celebrated her 50th wedding anniversary with her husband, Tom on December 31, 2010.

They took a cruise with relatives in the Fall and then celebrated with their five children, their spouses and fourteen grandchildren during Christmas week in Georgia.

Maryann Mieczkowski-Barone feels so fortunate to have been a student at Bishop McDonnell. “What an experience!” she writes.

Class of 1959 Donna S. Caldwell loved her 2009 50th reunion and reconnecting with wonderful classmates.

She is a happily retired NYPD Lieutenant. She has two sons, Michael and Jeffrey and four grandchildren, all in their teens. She enjoys telephone chats with her aunt. Patricia Scroope-Conors ‘53 of Mesa, Arizona, sharing the memories of their favorite high school.

Kathleen Duggan-Dirschel is married to her husband, George and has five children. Mark is a nurse, Kristen works for the U.S. Dept of State Foreign Services. Michael is an English Professor in Argentina. Brad and John are twins. Brad is a Computer Specialist and John is in the US Coast Guard. Kathleen is a Dean of the School of Nursing in Yonkers, NY and has a PhD from NYU. She is a nurse. Her husband, George is retired from Business and the US Coast Guard and they have five grandchildren.

Catherine Sciacca-McSweeney writes “Thanks for all you do!”

Margaret R. Davis was a history teacher in a high school in Massapequa and retired some years ago. She co-owns and shares a house in Westbury with her brother, Jim. Camella DeTrano-Lodato

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has been happily married for forty-five years. She has three children and eight grandchildren and all are happy and healthy.

Class of 1961 Kathleen Raitt-Schulz graduated from St. Vincent’s School of Nursing in ’64. She has three sons, James, Charles and Patrick Raitt and married Frank O. Schulz in 1966. She received a B.S. in Health Administration from St. Joseph’s College in Patchogue in 1953 and worked as an R.N. in operating rooms in local hospitals on Long Island for more than twenty five years. She and her husband now live in Southport, North Carolina and she loves it. She is an EMT for the Fire Dept,, teaches CPR and is an Infection Control Officer.

She is active in Sacred Heart church.

The “light of their lives” is grandbaby Francesca, born in November, 2010.

Anita Papa-Goldstein is married to her wonderful husband, Steve for twenty three years. They both attended the reunion on April 16th and had a wonderful time. She has two daughters, Carolyn and Barbara who are moms also. Anita finds her four grandchildren to be a joy. She has owned a dance studio for 37 years. It is a large studio with

University. She feels truly blessed.

Therese Brzeski-Philip is a retired math teacher living in the Atlanta, Georgia area with her husband, Dave. They have two children and four grandchildren. She does volunteer work at church and a nursing home.

Eileen Bohan-Browne can’t believe that her class celebrated their 50th reunion. She has been married to her wonderful husband, Pat since October 17, 1970. She has two children, Margaret and Patrick and two grandsons. She and her husband retired in 2009 after owning and managing residential properties. Now they are travelling and enjoying life and she is so grateful to the teachers and her memories of Bishop’s.

Class of 1962 Claire Roberts-Kelly writes “What a fabulous surprise! Your Fall 2010 edition of The Memorial just arrived. I left New York in 1967, lost contact with former classmates, heard Bishop’s had closed and had no idea that there was an Alumnae Association.”

Her 50th reunion will be next year and she hopes to attend. The articles in The Memorial brought back memories. She recalls that a Monsignor was the Principal at Big Bishop’s but, de facto, the power figure was a Dominican named Sr. Thomas Aquin, AKA Mommy TomLooking to create regional reunions my. She enjoyed the article on Little Bishop’s and remembered Sr. Basilica’s of Bishop McDonnell, St. Augustine’s big pots of soup and Bugsy who taught and Bishop Loughlin High School grads algebra and geometry. She adored her. in the Bay area of California, Northern About ten to fifteen years ago she California, Texas, Chicago, Boston, tracked her down to tell her she’d Connecticut and areas of Florida. Anyone never forgotten how much she owed to interested in forming or hosting one her. Just before the final exam “Bugsy” of these reunions, please contact Rita told her to tutor the worst student in Monaghan-Maloney ’59 rmaloney@ the class and if the student failed, so blmhs.org 718-857-2700 ext 2253 would she. So she came in early and stayed late every day and the student passed. Then there was “Aggie” who used to open the classroom windows many students. She thanks God for and say, “Fresh air and sunshine-God’s her Catholic education which gave her greatest gifts!” Every so often, somethe tools for life and for business. one would whistle and claim it was a Linda DeStefano-Stevenson bird on the windowsill. But even now, retired from teaching in 2007. Now she when Claire opens the windows, she and her husband travel three times a recalls “God’s greatest gifts”! She went year. They have been to China, crossed to Little Bishop’s annex and when she the North Atlantic and have seen Italy, transferred to Big Bishop’s it took her Greece and Turkey, travelled through eight hours and eight train rides a day the Panama Canal and cruised to Alaska. to commute to and from school but she They have two daughters, Alycia who is is still grateful for the knowledge and as lawyer and Corinne who is going for discipline acquired there. She thanks the her Masters in Family Life and HuAlumnae Association for finding her. man Development at Colorado State

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Bishop McDonnell Notes Eileen Perpinka-O’Shea meets with an informal alumnae group who continue to defy gravity and the laws of physics and have stayed in motion, stopping only for trips to the ballet, ballroom dance extravaganzas and bistros for almost 50 years. They will celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2012. None of them have been subject to wrinkling, waistline expansion or wallet deflation all due to their optimistic and rosy outlooks.

They continue to proclaim their years at Bishop’s as some of the best in their lives.

Joan Miley-Danehy feels it’s time for the grandchildren to receive all the awards now, high honor roll, basketball all-stars, gymnastics medals and the youngest – a kindergartner is reading chapter books! She can’t believe that the oldest is a high school junior and looking at colleges.

Class of 1964 Marilyn Sciacca-DuMont retired from the NYC Child Welfare Administration. She does some volunteer work and belongs to a book club, a bridge club and a garden club of which she is a treasurer. She and her husband enjoy travelling.

Marilyn Compolongo-Walsh has three children and five grandchildren. It’s great to be still a part of something wonderful. Keep Bishop’s memory alive. Barbara Kulleck-Cuomo, where are you? I’d love to hear from or about you.

Contact Rita Monaghan-Maloney’59 if you know of Barbara’s whereabouts.

Alice M. Connell-Giancola retired from TIAA-CREF in 2007 after thirty five years of service. She is currently a co-managing Principal of Bay Hollow Associates, L.I.C., a Commercial Real Estate Advisory Firm. She is active on various boards, public and private. Her 29 year old son, David recently got engaged.

Class of 1965 Joan Marie LaManna-Biscello has been working as a Teacher’s Assistant at The Catherine Laboure School which specializes in Down Syndrome, Mentally Challenged and Learning Disabled. She has been doing this for thirteen years.

Her oldest son, Christian, has been teaching there for fourteen years.

Eileen Moore-White is a retired teacher after working for 37 years with the New

Heaven’s Gift

Wild birds outside in the trees

Fluttering, chirping before the winter freeze

Now I am retired and earn no wage

I have three birds that flutter about in their cage

God, the Holy Spirit is portrayed as a Dove My birds are gifts

from Heaven, and

They look at me with love.

Joan Kikel

Danylak ‘60 Most of Joan’s

books of poems are published by

“The Poetry Center

Press” which is held in high esteem.

York Board of Education.

She is a volunteer at the New York Aquarium in Coney Island.

Class of 1966 Marie Lombino-Palagonia after 35 years in the non-profit field, writing as a development professional executive director and communications PR officer, she retired to enjoy the next chapter of her life. While still volunteering with a few organizations, she enjoys the gift of time to live each day at a more leisurely pace, spending time with family and friends, traveling with her husband whenever the spirit moves them, all adds up to a truly good and blessed life.

Francine Coppola-Livreri passed away on February 21, 2011 from complications of pancreatic cancer.

Francine was married to her husband, Gerry for 42 years. Anyone who wants more information can contact Gerry at franciger@optonline.net Class of 1967 Regina Richers-Amoroso moved with her husband to Carmel, Ca. a little over six years ago. Two sons and one daughter followed them and live in different cities in Ca. while her first born daughter remains in NYC. Regina volunteers in her church office a couple of days a week and enjoys walking and running by the ocean. She and her husband look forward to traveling when he retires later this year or early next year.

Class of 1968 Andrea Pico-Stevens enjoyed the wonderful ’68 reunion at Bishop’s this past October. It brought back such great memories, walking the halls of the school again.

Lorraine Cooney-Gorrin spent 38 years in teaching and thirty of those years at St. Saviour’s School in Brooklyn where she taught the first grade. She is also Assistant Director at U.C.P. and Ed. Director at S.I. Head Programs.

Class of 1972 Lorraine McGinn-Englehart is a practicing certified occupational therapy assistant. She just attended the AOTH convention in Philadelphia. She graduated from R.N. school and looks forward to her final career. She has three wonderful adult children and a wonderful husband.

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Sisters of Charity Bishop McDonnell 1926-1973 We had planned an interview of a Sister of Charity for this issue but an emergency came up, preventing the interview. It will appear in our next issue but this is a list of the Sisters of Charity who taught at Bishop McDonnell 1926 – 1973 and those who can be contacted: Sr. Regina Margaret Angelovich

1966-1970

Sr. Mary Aquinata Adler

1941-1947

Sr. Marion Seton Bals

1969-1973

Sr. Honoria Maria Cassidy 1964-1968 Sr. Anastasia Mary Conklin 1964-1972 Sr. Marie Frances Connelly 1941-1956 Sr. Xavier Rosaire Corbett 1935-1948, 1955-1956 Sr. Marian Joseph Craddock 1971-1972 Sr. Mary Bernard Cuddy

1934-1935

Sr. Agnes Marion Cummings 1938-1942 Sr. Theresa Mercedes Devery 1942-1945

Sr. Barbara Kane

1967-1970

The following Sisters of Charity reside at:

Sr. Dolores Mary Kelly

1947-1951 Mount St. Vincent Convent Sr. Thomas Maureen Kenny 1962-1964 6301 Riverdale Avenue Bronx, New York 10471 Sr. Rita Regina King 1962-1965 Sr. Mary Aquin Flaherty Sr. Mary Cecelia Lane 1962-1970 Sr.Thomas Maureen Kenny Sr. Mary Alexandrine Lash 1926-1930 Sr. Rita Regina King Sr. Mary Robertine Lee 1942-1953 Addresses of other Sisters of Charity: Sr. Antonia Miriam Luby 1957-1962 Sr. Jean Marie McCurdy 1965-1968 Sacred Heart Convent 27 Convent Avenue Sr. Helen Dolores McDonald 1949-1961 Yonkers, NY 10703 Sr. Miriam Perpetua Sr. Regina Margaret Angelovich McGarry 1926-1940, 1948-1949 Sr. James Marie Devine Sr. Maria Elizabeth McNeill 1961-1967 Sr. William Mary McNeill

1946-1952

Sr. Helen Maria McSherry 1941-1960 Sr. Michael Marian McTaggert Sr. Agnes Carmelita Meenahan

1961-1966

Amity Oaks 18 Noelle Court Amityville, New York 11701 Sr. Marie Cornelius Quinn

St. Patrick Villa 2 Duryea Lane Sr. Maria Concepta Mulhern 1959-1967 Nanuet, New York 10954 1928, 1935-1942

Sr. James Marie Devine

1960-1961 Sr. Vincent Loretta Mullins 1927-1930 Sr. John Maria Reeves Sr. Mary Sylvia Diamond 1963-1970 Sr. Marie Noeline Noll 1934-1941 Sr. Stephen Mary Dormer 1944-1946 Sr. Anna Carmela O’Connell 1966-1974 166 Valentine Street Yonkers, New York 10704 Sr. Mary Isabel Dowdell 1954-1966 Sr. Mary Laurene O’Connor 1962-1965 Sr. Miriam Magdalen Smith, Sr. Joseph Miriam Doyle 1943-1957 Sr. Joan Carmel Pollock 1966-1969 Mary Jerome Eli Hall Sr. Anita Mary Driscoll 1960-1962 Sr. Marie Cornelius Quinn 1958-1963 6301 Riverdale Avenue Sr. Marie Therese Sr. Teresa Miriam Rafferty 1945-1954 Bronx, New York 10471 Dyke 1927-1941, 1957-1965 Sr. John Maria Reeves 1969-1973 Sr. Mary Ancilla Egan 1943-1945 Sr. Agnes Carmita Sheridan 1953-1956 We are looking for Bishop Sr. Alice Maria Endlekofer 1962-1971 Sr. Marie Alacoque Sheridan 1966-1969 McDonnell grads who are Sr. Regina Anne Farrelly 1959-1961 Sr. Jean Smith 1969-1973 willing to join us on our working Sr. Mary Aquin Flaherty 1959-1967 Sr. Miriam Magdalen Smith 1952-1962 BMD committee…..we have no Sr. Margaret Mary Fleming 1951-1959 representatives from the 70s Sr. Maria John Sullivan 1967-1969 Sr. Mary Theresa Fowler 1971-1973 classes.

We also want anniversary Sr. Richard Marian Sr. Joan Marion-Gavigan 1933-1943 class reps to be on the committee Unsworth 1961-1964 for the 2012 reunion…all classes Sr. Frances Mary Gilsbach 1970-1973 Sr. Marietta Whalen 1935-1940 Sr. Marie Daniel-Hannon

1952-1970

Sr. Miriam Cecelia Hilbert 1935-1946

The following Sisters of Charity reside at:

Sr. Elizabeth Mercedes-Hooke

Convent of Mary the Queen 35 Vark Street Yonkers, NY 10701:

1961-1963

Sr. Marion Joseph Craddock, Sr. Mary Isabel Dowdell, Sr. Marie Daniel Sr. Marie Francesca Hurley 1945-1959 Hannon, Sr. Constance Marie Horan, Sr. Catherine Marita Johnson 1952-1960 Sr. Michael Marian McTaggert

Sr. Constance Marie Horan 1950-1954

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ending in 2 or 7. Please contact Rita Monaghan-Maloney ’59 rmaloney@ blmhs.org 718-857-2700 x 2253 Do you know a Bishop’s grad whose story needs to be told? Send it to us and the committee will be glad to review it for publication.

In Memoriam

Sr. Edward Joseph Egan OP ‘31 Concetta Cascio-Goldstein ‘32 Sr. Grace Smith OP ‘34 Jane M. Flood ‘35 Sr. Janice Buettner OP ‘35 Helen Culloty-Kuhner ‘36 Marcella Canale-Reid ‘36 Marie Gerard-McDonald ‘36 Nora McSweeney-Rosenberger ‘38 Helen Schnibber-Holland ‘39 Helen Wozniak-Blenk ‘39 Eileen Ettinger-Jacoby ‘40 Helen Walsh-Fogarty ‘40 Regina Molloy-Maguire ‘40 Rosalie McHenry-Huff ‘40 Sr. Mary Clare Norton OP ‘40 Catherine Dwyer ‘41 Catherine Rankin-Poston ‘41 Edna Roebrig-Weppler ‘41 Eileen Conboy-McCarthy ‘41 Joan Brosseau-Scheck ‘41 Margaret McCormick ‘41 Mary Higgins-Lyons ‘41 Sr. Ann T. Ellis CSJ ‘41 Sr. Eileen Harrigan ‘41 Sr. Margaret Egan RSM ‘41 Carmela Rapisarda-Roppolo ‘42 Eileen Mahoney-McConnell ‘42 Josephine Walsh-Lavoe ‘42 Ann McEvoy ‘43 Mary M. Boyle-Knight ‘43 Mary Murphy-Dalton ‘43 Anna Kelly-Scott ‘44 Janet Spiers-Kelly ‘44 Maureen O’Brien-Erb ‘44 Patricia Menken-Wilson ‘44 Sr. Agnes Butler ‘44 Sr. Eileen Johnson OP ‘44 Sr. Miriam Walsh MHSH ‘44 Elizabeth McLoughlin ‘45 Therese Cheevers-Carracino ‘45 Jean McAllister-McManus ‘47

Sr. Marie Denise Thompson OP ‘47 Anita Cunningham-Hoynes ‘48 Sr. Mary Buettner DW ‘48 Alice Bradley-Bradford ‘49 Florence Monahan-Manzo ‘49 Rosemary A. Donnelly-Jennings ‘49 Sr. Claude Marie Vitale CSJ ‘49 Ann Gallagher ‘50 Martha Werner-Jackowicz ‘50 Mary Theresa Lenoe ‘50 Mary W. Barrett-Kugler ‘50 Arlene Rabbit-Fernandez ‘51 Audrey O’Dell-Savona ‘51 Catherine Bernard-Wavra ‘51 Dagmar McPeak ‘51 Eileen Barry-Hughes ‘51 Eileen O’Brien-Miele ‘51 Geraldine McGonigle ‘51 Geraldine Rochford-Herlitz ‘51 Gloria White-Dunham ‘51 Grace Vaskas-Burns ‘51 Helen Buchanan ‘51 Jacqueline Walsh-McGann ‘51 Janet Peifer-Belamy ‘51 Joan Manneback-Watkins ‘51 Judith Hanrahan-Graham ‘51 Kathleen Gardner ‘51 Lois Severynse-Inserro ‘51 Margaret McDonald-Ferris ‘51 Margaret Reedy ‘51 Marguerite Meyer ‘51 Marguerite Welsh-McLeod ‘51 Marianne Suessmann-Nevins ‘51 Mary A. McDonough ‘51 Mary Barth-McBride ‘51 Mary Halligan-Travers ‘51 Mary Keane-Sullivan ‘51 Mary Rooney-Morgan ‘51 Maureen Durkin-Hackett ‘51 Maureen O’Boyle-Galalis ‘51 Sr. Helene Ciborski ‘51 Sr. Teresa McGrath OP ‘51

Theresa Di Domenico-Benack ‘51 Theresa DiDomenico ‘51 Virginia Rowley ‘51 Mary L. Sullivan ‘52 Theresa Vaiciulis-Keller ‘52 Dolores McGuire-Zink ‘53 Peggy Kearney-Coughlin ‘53 Barbara Helfrich-Boganski ‘54 Jennie DiStefano-O’KeefeKiermeier ‘54 Margaret Halpin-Ahlgren ‘54 Catherine Savarese-Johnston ‘55 Virginia Carfora-Wickham ‘55 Ann C. McCarren-Hurley ‘56 Barbara Eschwie-Lesser ‘56 Bridget Feola ‘56 Carol Conroy ‘56 Donna Thomas ‘56 Ellen Nagle ‘56 Lorraine Gagne ‘56 Margaret Fitsmaurice ‘56 Mary Rose Ricca ‘56 Mildred Phelan ‘56 Phyllis Pulgrano ‘56 Rita Brander-Frackek ‘56 Rita Schlegel-Henderson ‘56 Sally Candon ‘56 Sr. Barbara Lowney CSJ ‘56 Maureen O’Hara-Dolan ‘57 Mary Driscoll-Duffy ‘58 Dorothy A. Laska ‘59 Tomasina Rainone-Trocina ‘59 Ellen M. Monahan ‘60 Jane Gasser-Duggan ‘60 Olympia DelBianco-Haggerty ‘60 Sr. Mary Dolorosa Lancer CSJ ‘60 Barbara James ‘61 Darryl Utz ‘61 Eileen O’Halloran-Holmes ‘61 Jeanne Rice Harvey ‘61 Kathleen Burke-Ratto ‘61 Loretta Donahue ‘61

Prayer Intentions If you have prayer requests, please send them to us with your full name, including year of graduation. They will be placed under the altar at Bishop Loughlin MHS and will be remembered in the Masses said in our chapel and in our prayers said in the school by faculty, administrators and students.

Send these requests to Rita Monaghan-Maloney ’59 rmaloney@blmhs.org 718-857-2700 ext 2253 Margaret Russo-Yander ‘61 Patricia Goodwin ‘61 Lorraine Wagner-Sapio ‘62 Francine Coppola-Livreri ‘66 Dorothy Frerks-Mallery ‘68 Donna Sacco ‘71 Francine Virgilio ‘71 Eileen Kraus-Schmitt ‘72 Dorothy Tobin-Torlincasi Eileen M. Monahan Marie Melton Sr. Alice Luby SC Sr. Aquinas Daly RSM Sr. Catherine Santos CSJ Sr. Grace Maria Dolan CSJ Sr. Helen Costello CSJ Sr. Jean Edward Furey Sr. Joan Margaret Leonard CSJ Sr. Margaret Dowdell SC Sr. Marian Joseph Craddock SC Sr. Marie Secour CSJ Sr. Mary Elizabeth Donegan CSJ Sr. Miriam Immaculate CSJ Sr. Rita Clair OP Sr. Rose Alonzo Sr. Rose Immaculata Krug OP

<<<<< Announcements >>>>> Our goal for the Bishop McDonnell Committee is the same this year as it was last year, to increase the number of contributions made to the Bishop McDonnell Scholarship Fund so that each graduate receiving this newsletter makes some contribution to the fund. No contribution is too small or too large. Our hope is that each Bishop’s grad will participate.

Catholic education is so vital now. Together we can make a difference so please respond to our annual appeal to assist families in need of scholarships for their daughters during these difficult financial times.

“Whatsoever you do to the least of your brothers and sisters, that you do unto me.”

Would you like to share some Bishop’s memories? We are considering a column of memories of Bishop’s. You are welcome to contribute yours in Bishop’s or an annex.

Memorabilia – We are always looking to expand our treasure chest of memorabilia. We would love to have a copy of each Laurel, Mitre and other bits and pieces of our senior days in order to have photos for our name tags and information for our display boards. If you are ready to part with your Bishop’s items, they will find a permanent home with us.

If your name or address is misspelled on the newsletter mailing or is incorrect, please contact us with the corrections.

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