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Alumnae Events
ALUMNAE EVENTS • 2019
MATER’S FEAST FAMILY MASS
The Alumnae Association hosted a Family Mass in honor of the Feast of Mater Admirabilis. Sixty-five guests, including alumnae and their families, gathered for the family-friendly Liturgy, celebrated by Father Kamas. The Mass was followed by a goûter (snack, or in this case, brunch) in the Theater, where grown-ups enjoyed socializing and children enjoyed a craft hour featuring traditional pink “Mater” cookies that they were able to decorate with edible ink markers! Thank you to everyone who shared in this lovely celebration of our community and our heritage.
COLLEGE-AGE ALUMNAE LUNCHEON
Members of the Class of 2019 returned to 91st Street as alumnae for the first time the day before Thanksgiving. Together with the Classes of 2018, 2017 and 2016, our college-age alumnae and their parents attended a Reunion Luncheon in the Ballroom. Members of the Class of 2019 received a copy of their Sacred Heart graduation portrait as a gift from the 91st Street Alumnae Association.
ALUMNAE EVENTS • 2019
INAUGURAL 1881 SOCIETY LUNCHEON
Members of the 1881 Giving Society attended a luncheon at the University Club in celebration of their generous philanthropy. The event featured distinguished guest speaker Mary Callahan Erdoes ’85, alumna of Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart and CEO of Asset & Wealth Management at JPMorgan Chase & Co. The conversation was led by Katie Connorton Fogarty ’87, founder of the Reboot Group, a communications consultancy that works with clients and companies to tell better career and brand stories.
The two high-performing working mothers discussed how their Sacred Heart education was foundational in their career successes. They drilled down on the realities of managing business and family and having them work together (noting that by definition, there is no such thing as work/life “balance”); staying relevant and maintaining passion for your work; professional development; and being and remaining a subject-matter-expert in this fast-paced world. Erdoes also touched on the topic of the future of fractional shares, cryptocurrency and next-gen investing. And finally, they both noted the importance of giving back and remaining engaged with your alma mater because “Sacred Heart women are making changes in the world.”
Established in 2018, the 1881 Society celebrates alumnae who have generously contributed to the Alumnae Annual Fund with gifts of $1,000 or more.
ALUMNAE EVENTS • 2019
PHOTOS & CRAFTS WITH SANTA
Photos and crafts with Santa during the first weekend of December continues to be a hugely popular event among the alumnae and members of the 91st Street community. With over 200 children, accompanied by parents and/or grandparents, our visitors enjoyed breakfast treats, candy canes, crafts, hot cocoa and the prized opportunity to take a photo with Santa Claus.
CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR ALUMNAE, PARENTS & PARENTS OF ALUMNAE
The Alumnae and Parents Associations once again joined forces to host over 500 friends for a fantastically festive Christmas party in the Ballroom, Music Room and Banquet Hall. As guests ascended the marble stairs, a group of carolers in period dress greeted them with timehonored Christmas refrains. The joyful revelers—including alumnae, parents of alumnae, current parents and faculty—gathered to launch the holiday season in our beautiful school, lovingly decorated for the holidays by parent volunteers.
ALUMNAE EVENTS • 2019
NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED DIVERSITY EXPERT VISITS 91st STREET
Rosetta Lee, Professional Outreach Specialist at the Seattle Girls’ School, spent two thoughtprovoking days with Sacred Heart students, faculty and staff. One evening, Lee shared her expertise with alumnae and parents about inclusion, difference, identity and awareness in an effort to inspire and develop courageous leaders who think independently, work collaboratively, learn joyfully, and champion change.
ALUMNAE INDUCTION
At Alumnae Induction, members of the Class of 2019 were given both a Sacred Heart Alumnae Passport and an Alumnae Pin. These two items symbolize the almost-graduates’ admission into the 91st Street Alumnae Association, and on a larger scale, the AASH (the national association) and AMASC (the world association). The passports distributed serve as an entrée to Sacred Heart schools and friendships around the world. The alumnae pins are another identifying symbol that reminds seniors and others that we all belong to a large Sacred Heart community. At induction, we assured the members of the Class of 2019 that they are always welcome at 91st Street and we encouraged them to stay in touch.
ALUMNAE EVENTS • 2019
ALUMNAE ATHLETICS & WELLNESS EVENT at 406
Alumnae from the class of 1960 to 2015 attended an evening of athletics and wellness at 406 in early June! Guests enjoyed swimming laps and water aerobics in the pool, volleyball and badminton led by coaches Colin Hope and John O’Hagan, weight room instruction with Ray Franco, spin with Warren Perry, kickboxing with Ms. W (Cherie Wangenstein) and an alumna-led yoga/stretch session in the dance studio. Special thanks to alumnae Christine Miranda ’04 and Leilani Kali-Rivers ’01, who treated guests to samples of Vita Coco and 718 Heat Factory hot sauce, and to Katie Mullin ’10 and Leah Rumely MacDonald ’02 for donations to our wellness themed raffle with products from Bobbi Brown and classes at Equinox distributed to lucky raffle winners. After the fitness frenzy and tasting, coaches and alumnae athletes gathered at the Milton for appetizers and libations.
AUTHORS’ NIGHT
At the 21st Annual Authors’ Night, we welcomed Cristina Alger, author of The Banker’s Wife; Jean Hanff Korelitz, author of The Devil and Webster; and Kayla Rae Whitaker, author of The Animators. Along with moderator, alumna and EmmyAward winning reporter Magee Hickey, the authors spoke movingly about their writing process and shared stories from their personal and professional lives that inspired various details, both fact and fiction, in their books.
ALUMNAE EVENTS • 2019
The message about the power of storytelling and how to use it to advance your career was delivered loud and clear at the alumnae professional development evening. Moderated by Katie Connorton Fogarty ’87, founder of The Reboot Group, a communications consultancy that works with clients and companies to tell better career and brand stories, the panel included Mary Giuliani (P’33), author of Tiny Hotdogs: A Memoir In Small Bites, and Lydia Fenet, author of The Most Powerful Woman in the Room Is You: Command an Audience and Sell Your Way to Success. Professional photographer Lisa Hancock ’84 took headshots of our guests; in exchange for joining our private, alumnae career networking group on LinkedIn, we delivered our alumnae guests’ headshots. Evidently, there was a thirst for career tips, because roughly 100 guests gathered to hear Fenet and Giuliani’s stories, buy their books, and have them signed. Fenet urged us to “learn to use the voice inside of you to see your way to the life you want” and advised that “no matter how much you love your job, your company, your role, you are going to be compensated adequately only by negotiating for what you deserve.” Giuliani candidly admitted that she “stumbled over obstacles that even [her] sunny optimism couldn’t clear” but said she found the adventures in her misadventures and came out on top —or at least laughing. Fogarty pointed out that both authors wear “many fabulous hats—fabulously different hats” and expertly navigated the conversation to include both perspectives.
