Living the Dream 2023

2023 Tenth annual dinner to benefit the

Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston

April 24, 2023 | Seaport Hotel, Boston | 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.

The Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston Celebrate the “Dear Neighbor”

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Letter from our President Sister Lee Hogan

Welcome to Living the Dream 2023!

Our dinner this year celebrates the 150th anniversary of Sisters of St. Joseph presence in Boston. As we look back and recall the blessings, joys and challenges of the last 150 years, we celebrate the sisters who have preceded us, ordinary women of faith, strength, resolve, endurance and dedication filled with the Holy Spirit upon whose shoulders we build and, who selflessly gave so much to the people of Boston.

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This anniversary year our theme is “Unifying love flares.” It flares now as it did in 1873 when Sisters arrived in Boston and four days later began our first educational ministry. It flares in people like Joe Nolan our “Dear Neighbor” awardee, President and CEO of Eversource who still finds time for a life of faith and charitable work. It flares in Beth Sheehan, CSJ associate, and our featured speaker. It flares in the hearts of our hard-working committee whose generosity of time and commitment has made this evening possible. Finally, my friends it flares in YOU! The proceeds from this event will provide vital support for our work in congregational ministries and help provide for our retired sisters. I hope you take this opportunity to connect with sisters, and friends new and old. Enjoy your dinner, the program, and our video during which you will be introduced to twelve current CSJs who share their reflections and memories of life as sisters.

Thank you to all who support us with your gifts, pray for us, volunteer with us, work with us, attend our programs and events. We count on you to share the flaring of unifying love with those you encounter because…the flare burns brightly in you!

As Karen Holmes Ward, our Emcee leads you through this evening’s program, enjoy and know that you remain in our prayers always.

With gratitude to all, Lee Hogan, CSJ President

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April 24, 2023 My Dear Friends in Christ, Allow me to share my greetings as you gather to celebrate the milestone 150th Anniversary of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston arriving in our Archdiocese and honor Joseph Nolan with this year's "Dear Neighbor" award. Without question, Joseph and his family have gone above and beyond in providing assistance for the dear neighbor. Throughout those many years, the Sisters have been a gift and a blessing to the people of God. Since 1873, much has changed in the life of the Church, the world, and the communities of the Archdiocese of Boston, but the Sisters of St. Joseph have never wavered in their commitment to witness the Gospel and bring the presence of the Lord to those whom they serve. As they have shared with us, throughout those many decades, the needs of the Church and society have changed. And as they have shown us through word and action, the Sisters have recognized and responded to the changes, while always holding fast to their faith, their mission, and their commitment to service of the dear neighbor, without exception.

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We are all more than grateful to the Sisters for their ministry. Through their work, they have lifted the lives of countless persons and continue to do so today. This evening is rightfully a time to remember with gratitude, and a time to look ahead as the Sisters shine a light on the way forward, helping us all to follow the Lord's call in our lives. Because of your support for the Sisters, that light will shine brightly in our lives and beyond.

Asking God's blessings upon you and all your loved ones, I remain, Devotedly Yours in Christ,

Archbishop of Boston

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Sponsors Thank you to our many sponsors and supporters

Dear Neighbor Sponsors

Courage Sponsors

T h e F l a t l e y Fo u n d a t i o n +

Michelle & Bob Atchinson Committee to Elect Martin J. Walsh Eileen & Jack Connors Curvey Family Foundation Janet & Mike Daley

Unity Sponsors

Justice Sponsors 3

Bally Shannon Foundation Hon. Regina Quinlan Doherty

Hunt Street Fund Dottie & John Remondi The Yawkey Foundation

Edward Doherty Donna Hale & John Donovan John Harrington & Family Hunt Family Mary & Jim Judge Donna & Tom May Helene & Rich Monaghan Therese & Joe Nolan Pat & Bob O’Neill Elinor Quill

Cathy & Rick Roche

Shay Family

Peace Sponsors Anonymous Leon Olivier Charitable Foundation

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Wagner Foundation John & Cathy White

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Vision Sponsors

Hospitality Sponsors Archdiocese of Boston Joan Vercollone Barry & Skip Barry Aimee & Richard Bellew

Kathleen & Jim Daley

Maura Nolan Brown Margie & Paul Chisholm

Kim & Jim Jessee Maryanne & Dan Lagan 4

Jean & Daniel Falvey Rita & Kevin Gill Tracy Campion & Bernard Greene John J. and Mary E. Shaughnessy Charitable Trust Killian Family Foundation Norma & Dennis Leonard Rick Lord

Thomas F. & Katherine E. Ryan, Jr. Joanne & Richard Spillane

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Elizabeth and Richard O’Neill Brendan & Kerry Swords Trust Sponsors Anonymous Ashland Construction Corp.

Baerlein & Partners Kara Boudreau Brian J. Honan Charitable Foundation Donna & Bob Burke The Catholic Schools Foundation Gloria & Chuck Clough Congress Asset Management Rev. Ron Coyne Patricia Derba James Donahue Kathleen & Kevin Driscoll

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Trust Sponsors (Cont’d)

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Neal Finnegan Ralph Fuccillo Patricia & Neal Harte Douglas Hines Richard Horan Maureen Hurley Kristin & Barry Hynes Tom Hynes The Ink Spot Jean T. Jianos Mary Ann Jordan Lauren & Gerald Kelley Laverty Lohnes Properties Judith Logerfo Margaret & Emmett Lyne Jack MacKinnon Malden Catholic High School In Honor of Hon. Regina Quinlan Doherty 1960 Markham Metals, Inc. Marianne & Timothy McLaughlin Merrimack College

Jacqui Miller Mimi & Paul La Camera Charitable Fund Mary Flynn Myers Juliet & Frederick Nagle New England Copy Specialists, Inc. Very Rev. Msgr. Kevin O’Leary Mary Bevelock Pendergast Doris Pienton Joan & Eric Pilsmaker William S. Reardon Regis College Mary Ann Rogers Charles Seitz, DDS Barry Sloane St. Anthony Shrine Sisters of St. Joseph, Springfield Maryalice & Vincent Stanton Stonehill College Laura Turbini, CSJ (In Memory of Mary C. Turbini)

Our apologies to anyone we may have missed due to printing deadlines.

2023 Living the Dream Dinner Committee Co-Chairs Eileen & Jack Connors James W. Hunt Mary Black, CSJ Cathy Clifford, CSJ C. Michael Daley Gail Donahue, CSJ Mary Flynn Myers Brenda Forry, CSJ Ralph Fuccillo

Joanne Gallagher, CSJ John Harrington Lee Hogan, CSJ Barry Hynes Tara Kenney Dennis Leonard Rick Lord

Carol Mack Hon. Regina Quinlan Doherty John Remondi John White Frances Wool, CSJ

Carol McKean, Consultant

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W E LC O M E TO O U R C E L E B R AT I O N O F

150 years

in Boston

This year marks the 150th anniversary of presence and service of the Sisters of St. Joseph among the people of Boston. First, we want to say thank

you for the many ways you have journeyed with us and continue to support us in our mission of unifying love.

From the day Sister Regis Casserly and her three companions traveled from New York and arrived in the Jamaica Plain section of Boston on October 2, 1873, through the many challenges and opportunities that brought us to where we are today, you have partnered with us.

We came in response to an invitation to educate a growing population of Catholic immigrants who were not welcome in the public schools at the time. During these 150 years, we have continued to respond to changing needs and changing times. In the process, we have educated thousands of people in more than 130 educational institutions, ministered in over 30 health care ministries, and participated in more than 85 service ministries within the Archdiocese of Boston. In turn, we have also learned from you and benefited by your presence in our lives. Clearly, we have touched one another’s lives in countless ways. Imagine the impact! Imagine our gratitude!

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Our 150th logo is designed as a graphic representation of our unfolding which dates from our origins in 17th century France and actually deeper into history to the original impulse of God’s creation of the universe. And our tagline: Unifying Love Flares…! If you’re asking, what does this mean, we invite you to ask, what does this mean for me and for others who partner with the Sisters of St. Joseph?

We are a community whose mission is to realize the prayer of Christ: that all may be one with God and with one another. Our growth is about responding with courage in impossible situations; embracing anything of which a woman is capable; witnessing in challenging times; standing with the marginalized in the struggle for justice; and doing all with a contemplative spirit.

Therefore, our 150 years in Boston is a celebration of and for all who have been a part of this journey. We celebrate founders whose original impulse of unifying love brings us to this day as well as sisters, associates, agrégées, and you, our partners in mission, who continue this impulse as it flares among and beyond us.

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Dear Neighbor Award Honoree

Joe Nolan This award is given to those outstanding people whose values and accomplishments honor the spirit and charism of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston by serving “The Dear Neighbor without Distinction.”

Joseph R. Nolan, Jr. is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Eversource Energy, New England’s largest utility. Eversource serves approximately 4.4 million electric, natural gas and water customers across Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

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Joe joined Eversource in 1985 and served in various customer service and government affairs positions before becoming Vice President of Government Affairs in 1999. In this role, Joe was instrumental in obtaining support for company policies and positions from the state legislature, federal agencies and the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy. Joe also successfully directed the internal and external communications of electric restructuring and the sale of generating plants.

He subsequently served as Senior Vice President, Customer & Corporate Relations, then as Executive Vice President, Business Strategy, Customer Care & Corporate Relations. Joe oversaw Eversource’s innovative strategic investments in offshore wind, battery storage, electric vehicles, and other technology. In 2015, Joe also led the company’s comprehensive brand change strategy and three-state rollout, bringing six operating companies together as one customer-facing brand: Eversource.

In addition to his Eversource responsibilities, Joe serves on the Chairman’s Council of Boston Children’s Hospital; on the boards of directors of the New England Council, Sancta Maria Skilled Nursing Facility, the Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund, the Camp Harbor View Foundation and the Long Island Association; and the advisory board of Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation. Joe is also active in the communications and government relations committees of the Edison Electric Institute and the American Gas Association.

Joe holds a master’s degree in business administration from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College, and a bachelor’s degree in communications from Boston College. Joe and his wife Therese reside in Belmont, Massachusetts, with their four daughters, Olivia, Hannah, Isabelle and Claudia.

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Testimonial Speaker

Beth Sheehan, CSJA Beth has lived her entire life in Milton, Massachusetts. She is the third child of five siblings.

She has always lived with her parents and when the time came, she cared for them until their passing, which was a blessing and honor.

Beth grew up enriched by Catholic schools, attending Saint Agatha School, Milton, Archbishop Williams, Braintree, and Regis College, Weston. Her education inspired her occupation; she inevitably found herself drawn to academia.

Beth has been teaching for 36 years, 35 of which have been in Catholic schools in the inner city of Boston. She spent her first year teaching preschool in a daycare setting in the South End of Boston. This wonderful experience introduced her to many cultures which assisted in her future as a teacher and a person. God then sent her to Saint Angela School in Mattapan for 20 years. Saint Angela’s became the Mattapan Campus of Saint John Paul II Catholic Academy where she spent ten more years. She loved her years in Mattapan.

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When the Mattapan Campus was consolidated into the other three Saint John Paul II campuses, she was placed at the SJPII Lower Mills Campus which used to be the former Saint Gregory School, which is where she has been teaching for the past five years. Thirty-five years of teaching Grade Two has been the perfect placement for her. Preparing the students for the Sacraments of Penance and Holy Communion has been so rewarding. She cannot imagine teaching anywhere else. She has also been teaching religious education for the past two years at Saint Gregory Parish preparing children for the sacraments.

In 1994, Beth was introduced to the Sisters of Saint Joseph Associates, which has been a most fulfilling and faith-filled part of her life’s journey. The Associates and the Sisters have opened her eyes to seeing herself as God sees her and seeing others as God sees them.

This relationship with the Sisters and the Associates has transformed all areas of her life.

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Evening Events — 5:30 PM —

COCKTAIL RECEPTION Pianist, Florence Kahler, CSJ, Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston — 7:00 PM —

WELCOME Karen Holmes Ward, Director of Public Affairs & Community Services & Host City Lines, WCVB Channel 5

BLESSING Cathy Clifford, CSJ, Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston 9

DINNER First Course Entrée Dessert & Coffee — 8:00 PM —

BEGINNING OF VIRTUAL SIMULCAST WELCOME ALL TO THE LIVING THE DREAM DINNER & 150th Anniversary Celebration

Karen Holmes Ward, Director of Public Affairs & Community Services & Host City Lines, WCVB Channel 5

REMARKS Lee Hogan, CSJ, President, Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston

VIDEO PRESENTATION GUEST SPEAKER Beth Sheehan, CSJA

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PRESENTATION of the Dear Neighbor Award Gail Donahue, CSJ & Lee Hogan, CSJ to Joe Nolan (Honoree)

CLOSING REMARKS Karen Holmes Ward

SPECIAL THANK YOU Gail Donahue, CSJ

SINGING OF SANCTE JOSEPH The Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston — 9:00 PM —

CONCLUSION

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Menu First Course Baby Gem Lettuce, Pickled Watermelon Radish, Yellow Peppers, Feta Cheese, Cucumber and Za’atar Dressing with Pita Croutons Entrée Grilled Filet of Beef, Cabernet Reduction, Yukon Gold Mashed Potatoes, Sauteed Baby Vegetables Dessert Tiramisu Crème Anglaise Freshly Brewed Coffee, Decaffeinated Coffee & Tea Please inform your server of any food allergies.

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