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judith vollbrecht, rscj, nc’61
NC 1962
Correspondent: Mary Ann Brennan Keyes makmad@comcast.net 26 Ridgewood Crossing Hingham, MA 02043 As I write this, we are having yet another nor’easter in less than a week. This winter in the Northeast has driven many New Englanders south for a reprieve. The nice part of these trips is that we are catching up with classmates along the way. On her whirlwind trip around Florida, hitting Huntington Beach, Port Charlotte, and Naples, MaryLynn Fleming Liverzani stopped to visit Judy Pizzarello Bishop in Miami Beach. Following in a similar whirlwind fashion, Janet Richmond Latour and I plan to leave in mid-February for Florida, taking a week to get there, staying two weeks on Siesta Key with lots of other classmates, and taking a week to drive home. On the way down or back we plan to see Toni Lilly Roddy, Barbara Jones, Anne Crowley Kelly, Barbara Fortunato Hurley, and you never know who else along the way. Anne Gallagher Murphy has once again organized events during the first two weeks of March: a luncheon in Fort Myers at Pat Beck Klebba’s golf club, a boat cruise in Sarasota, and a dinner party at Holly Hicok Schroeder’s in Osprey. If you are interested in being included on our email list for these annual events, please contact Anne or me. • Just before Christmas 2012, Jayne Murray CareyPeterson lost her husband, Jerry, and in early February, Ann O’Connor Fairbanks’s husband, Dick, passed away at their home in Coconut Grove, FL. On January 1, Mary Hallisey McNamara’s sister Joan died. Several of us were able to attend her very beautiful funeral. Our prayers and sympathy go out to all of you and the many others who have lost family this past year. • Maureen Slattery wrote: “We had a wonderful trip to California for two weeks in November to visit with my two San Fran cousins. While there, Germain and I had a delightful lunch with Gerry Wang Huang and Nancy Edmondson Hogan in Palo Alto. Then, they took us on a fascinating tour of the Stanford campus, where we also visited the beautiful Rodin gallery.” • As I reread this, what I am seeing is the way we are all staying more connected. I’m reminded especially of Reunion and the level of comfort we all felt with each other at our Saturday panel—as though graduation ’62 were just yesterday!
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1963 reunion year
class participation goal: 491 Correspondent: Matthew J. McDonnell matthew.mcdonnell.esq@gmail.com 121 Shore Avenue Quincy, MA 02169; 617-479-1714 By the time you read this column, we should be about to experience our 50th Reunion Weekend: May 31–June 2. The 50th Reunion Committee, under the excellent leadership of Tom McCabe, promises a spectacular celebration! As of this February writing, we have a high number of early-bird registrants, thus ensuring a fine turnout. The committee
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fter several years working in Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda as a missionary, Vollbrecht directed the mission education program for the Archdiocese of New Orleans for nearly a decade. She returned to field work in 2000, when the Society of the Sacred Heart established a foundation in Verrettes, Haiti. “Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere, and conditions were very bad even before the earthquake in 2010. Despite its challenges, Haiti is a proud, beautiful, fascinating country, and sharing life with its people has been an amazing experience,” says Vollbrecht. Religious of the Sacred Heart Sister Judith The sisters established the Timoun Tèt Vollbrecht, NC ’71, recently returned to the United Ansanm center to teach the children of States after twelve years of ministry in Haiti. Verrettes, and they more recently established a training program for teachers. While the heart of their work is in education, Vollbrecht and her colleagues find themselves involved in every area of humanitarian work, including food distribution and medical relief. how have you changed since graduation?
what is one thing everyone should do while at bc?
I have always had a missionary heart, but now I have a much deeper sense of how great are the needs in our world. And I know, too, how great is God’s grace in giving us opportunities to help.
Savor the experience!
what would you do if you were bc president for a day? I’d invite all the children from Boston to campus so they could see what a college experience is like.
read more about judy vollbrecht’s experiences in haiti and her memories of newton college at www.bc.edu/alumniprofiles.
all but finalized plans for Reunion Weekend at our December 2012 meeting. Attending, besides chairman Tom, were Jim Norton, Louise Crowley Fox, Doug MacQuarrie, Ann Hurley, Jane Mannix Mullowney, Bill Redgate (from Connecticut), Carol (Donovan) NC’63 and John Levis, Jack Hayes, Steve Garzone, Bill Garvey, Bill Gavin, Tom Ryan, Ed Rae, Frank “the Cat” Catapano, and yours truly, Matt McDonnell JD’66. • I was very sad to hear of the death, on January 27, of Linda G. Jengo, wife of our classmate and 50th Reunion Committee member Peter Jengo. Peter and Linda resided in Phillipston, where they raised two sons, Michael and Anthony. Linda was a longtime elementary school teacher. Linda and Peter were scheduled to go on our class Bermuda cruise last May but had to cancel at the last minute due to the onset of her illness. Sincere class sympathies to Peter and the family. • Also, I heard from Harry Kushigian ’64, reporting that Carl Fliegner, a member of our varsity football team, had passed away on February 4. After a 12-year career with DuPont, Carl formed his own industrial painting, consulting, and inspecting company, and retired 18 years later to Maryville, TN. Carl is survived by his wife, Debbie; four children; and four www.bc.edu/alumni
grandchildren. Carl loved staying in touch with his football teammates. Our condolences to Carl’s family. • I fully appreciate, and look forward to receiving, your email correspondence. Keep those cards and letters coming in! • See you at the 50th!
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NC 1963 reunion year Correspondent: Colette Koechley McCarty ckm2@mindspring.com 106 Woodhue Lane Cary, NC 27518; 919-233-0563 Classmates! In no time now, we’ll be together celebrating our 50th reunion—before you know it, we’ll be packing our bags and checking in. • Before I say another word, thank you to our hardworking committee: Carol Donovan Levis, Marj Dever Shea, Carol Flynn, Jo Egan Maguire MA’72, Mary Pierce Conner Burke, Maureen Lambert Roxe, Judy DeMarco, Anne Gallagher Southwood, Delia Conley Flynn, Maureen Kane Allman, Patty Lyster Vitty, Jane Graham, Mary Ann Cole McLean, and Donna Moran Robbins. As you all know, Carolyn McInerney McGrath has