The words of gratitude shared at Sr. Mardel’s memorial reflected her vast and immeasurable impact on the students, friends and
[Sr. Mardel’s] legacy is seated here … This legacy continues to echo in the laughter that we hear here and the memories of the students.” - FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI
social causes to which she committed her life. In a letter to the community following Sr. Mardel’s passing, Dr. Krejcarek wrote that, like a garden, “Be tended to generations of students and Sacred Heart school leaders, seeing and nurturing each one’s strength and heart with her love, fortitude and courage.” Convent & Stuart Hall owes Sr. Mardel immense thanks for the care and support she so ardently provided to the school. Her light, love, radiant smile and tireless contributions to Convent & Stuart Hall will be greatly missed and diligently remembered.
spread to every person she encountered. “To know Be was to know to be loved and also to know what a purpose in life was,” Dr. Krejcarek said in her opening words of the service. Reflecting on over 50 years of involvement with Convent & Stuart Hall as a parent and friend, then House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shared: “For our family, [Sr. Mardel’s] Sacred Heart value, which she said we all are connected by, taught us gratitude for when we are blessed and strength when we are challenged. And she worked to do the same for every family in the community.” Motioning to those gathered in the chapel, former Speaker Pelosi noted that “[Sr. Mardel’s] legacy is seated here. … This legacy continues to echo in the laughter that we hear here and the memories of the students.” The legacy former Speaker Pelosi spoke of was later evidenced by remarks from alumni. “She has loved her students with a mother’s love,” Brenda MacLean ’63 said. “Up until her very last
I owe a very special debt of gratitude to this wonderful religious person because she helped make me what I am today, and I will never forget it, and I will never forget my years at Broadway. ... Ladies and gentlemen, this institution has made this Jewish woman what she is today, a United States Senator.” - SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN ’51
years, Mother Mardel would greet a long-ago alum, address her by name, inquire about her family and her fellow classmates, and ask her for updates on her present life.” In a moving address, Senator Dianne Feinstein ’51 spoke about
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her time as a student of Sr. Mardel. “I owe a very special debt of gratitude to this wonderful religious person because she helped make me what I am today, and I will never forget it, and I will never forget my years at Broadway,” Sen. Feinstein said. “Ladies and gentlemen, this institution has made this Jewish woman what she is today, a United States senator.”
Guests browsing old photo albums upon arriving at Sr. Mardel’s memorial service.
Dr. Krejcarek and Senator Dianne Feinstein ’51 at the memorial event for Sr. Mardel. 9
