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LEE & MARY ANTEE MCCULLOUGH ’97 a daughter, SIMONE LEE
MERT & BONNIE BOWLER SAYGIN ’98 a son, JACK DENIZ
RODNEY & DR. SARA GOODMAN DEJONG ’05 a daughter, ELENA SKYE
CODY & ALYSSA GUILLAUME DONABY ’05 a daughter, CODI GREY
JON & KARA FUOCO LASHLEY ’05 a daughter, DEMI ELIZABETH
NICK & ASHLEY DOUBLEDAY REES ’05 a son, ANDREW JAMES
JORDAN AND JENNIFER PLAUCHE HEBERT ’05 a son, EVERETT TODD
JIM & HOLLI JENSEN MUTH ’05 a son, EZRA WILLIAM
HOUSSEM AOUIDIDI & HUDA KASIM ’05 a son, YASEEN HOUSSEM
DAVID & AMY JOHNSON PONSON ’05 a son, MATTHEW DAVID
CAM & CAITLIN BURKE WOODALL ’05 a daughter, LYDIA GRISHAM
RYAN & ERICKA FUOCO HUNT ’06 twin daughters, KINLEY ELIZABETH & PAISLEY ANN
WILLIAM & DANIELLE CHAUVIN STOUDT ’07 a daughter, SOPHIE MAE
SEAN & CLAIRE MAGNER HOLCOMB ’09 a son, CULLEN MATTHEW
Marcelle Ducote ’00 and Robert Edwards Lauren Bourgeois ’10 and Nicholas Swiber
Renee Bonnaffons ’13 and Alex Eberlan Cora Hicks ’14 and Matthew Hood
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1962 1 THE SKIPPERETTES OF 1962 recently got together for lunch to celebrate their 75th birthdays!
1965 2 SUSAN SCHOEN HOLMES met a fellow Ursuline girl while on a trip to Bulgaria. Anne (pictured left) shared with Susan that she had been “raised by the Ursuline nuns in Canada” and graduated in 1972.
1979 3 JULIE HENDERSON, with Daughters of Charity Health Centers, recently received the Consumer Advocate of the Year Award from the Louisiana Primary Care Association, Inc. This is awarded to “an outstanding consumer who has made significant contributions toward promoting the mission of Federally Qualified Health Centers and excelled in grassroots advocacy on behalf of Louisiana’s FQHCs.”
1981 LESLIE CASTAY was selected to sing the National Anthem at the Allstate Sugar Bowl game on New Year’s Day in the Mercedes Benz Superdome.
1989 KAREN HUBBLE MORTILLARO completed her 26-year career as a teacher and administrator at Ursuline New Orleans in May 2019 and accepted the position of Co-Director of the Office of Sponsorship for the Central Province Ursuline Provincialate. She now works with all five of the Central Province Ursuline schools to help them foster their Ursuline Identity.
1990 SUSAN HACKETT WALPOLE and her business partners recently opened Code Ninjas Metairie. Code Ninjas is “an educational center for kids 7-14 to learn coding (computer programming) through game building and other STEM activities.” They also offer field trips, after school and school holiday programs, as well as summer camp.
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ABOUT ALUMS
1999 4 MELISSIA SMITH, ED.D. was recently awarded the Ida B. Wells Risk Taker Award.
2000 5 CASEY MAGEE MAENZA, co-owner of Girl Crush Fitness NOLA, won the Fidelity Bank 2019 Women in Small Business Award for the Health & Wellness category.
2004 6 LACY DAVILLIER, owner of Davillier Photography and Graphics, celebrated 10 years in business this past August. Her sister Kari Baltimore, is the coowner.
2008 7 CRISTY ASTURIAS CALI, designer & CEO of Cristy Cali Jewelry, opened her flagship store at 3110 Magazine Street this past October.
2015 BAILEY CLOUATRE is currently enrolled in the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, which she began in Fall 2018.
2016 8 AMYRIAH CAMPBELL was selected as University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s 2020 University Program Council President. Her advisor stated “It has been a phenomenal experience working with Amyriah as a student leader on our campus,” said Ruben Henderson, Assistant Director in the Office of Student Engagement and Leadership and advisor to the University Program Council at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. “She has consistently excelled in all of her endeavors, while making a true impact on our organization. She will be a great addition to UPC as president and I look forward to her leadership in making a positive difference.”
2017 9 JADE ALEXANDER was recently elected the 2020 President of the Kappa Sigma Chapter of Alpha Chi Omega Sorority at the University of Southern Mississippi.
In Loving Memory of Our Ursuline Sisters
Sr. Marie McCloskey, OSU C ’36
Sister Marie McCloskey, born Dorothy Catherine McCloskey, died peacefully at Our Lady of Wisdom Healthcare Center in New Orleans on Friday, October 4, 2019, at age 105. The daughter of Joseph McCloskey and Zita Gogarty McCloskey, she was born February 17, 1914, in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was preceded in death by seven siblings - four sisters: Helen McCloskey Graham, Marion Macdiarmid, Geraldine McCloskey, and Mary Anna McCloskey; and three brothers: Joseph McCloskey, Jr., Patrick McCloskey, and Hugh McCloskey. She is survived by many devoted nieces and nephews. Sister Marie graduated from the Academy of the Sacred Heart in New Orleans, after which she attended Ursuline College, earning her BA in English from Loyola University. She taught with the Ursuline Sisters for two years before entering the Ursuline Order on July 15, 1938. She made her profession of vows on January 16, 1941. She earned a Master's Degree in English from St. Louis University and did further studies in theology at Incarnate Word University in San Antonio. Sr. Marie taught in Ursuline Schools in Galveston, San Antonio, and Laredo, Texas; Decatur and Alton, Illinois; and New Orleans, Louisiana. While she was headmistress at Ursuline Academy in New Orleans, she was the one whose idea it was to begin Rally Night, a tradition which has continued for over 70 years. Sr. Marie served in many roles of leadership as principal, headmistress, or prioress of her local religious community. She also assisted at Villa Maria Retreat Center in Frontenac, Minnesota, and in her retirement years, she returned to New Orleans.
Sr. Rosemary Meiman, OSU ’46
Sister Rosemary Meiman died suddenly on July 11, 2019, in Great Falls Montana, where she was presenting a program on the Ursuline Indian Missions there, as she had done annually for several years. The daughter of Joseph Henry and Margaret Howell Meiman, she was born Mary Elizabeth on February 4, 1929, in Covington, Kentucky. She was preceded in death by her parents and her two brothers, George and Phillip Meiman. She is survived by her brother Joseph G. Meiman, her sisters-in-law Joan and Kay Meiman and many devoted nieces and nephews. Called Betty by her family, she came to New Orleans when they moved here and stayed on as a boarding student in order to graduate from Ursuline Academy when the family moved again. Sr. Rosemary entered the Ursuline Sisters in July of 1946, making her vows in January of 1949. She earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree at the College of New Rochelle in New York and a Master's Degree in Education from St. Louis University. Her many gifts enabled her to serve as teacher and principal in schools in Missouri, Illinois, and Minnesota. She was principal of the Ursuline School in Frontenac, MN, when it was destroyed by a fire in 1969. She served as a member of the leadership team of the Ursuline Sisters of the Central Province and was province archivist for seventeen years. On her retirement from this last position, Sr. Rosemary came to New Orleans, where she worked with the Ursuline archives and assisted in giving tours of the Ursuline Sisters' museum on the campus of Ursuline Academy.
Alumnae Clayre Ahern Crook HM Sr. Marie McCloskey, OSU C ’36 Marguerite Rombach Hathway ’40, C ’44 Dorothy Weilbaecher ’40 Amelie Prados Cressend C ’40 Sr. Rosemary Meiman, OSU ’46 Patricia Gunning Reese ’47 Barbara Biermann Graham C ’48 Jacqueline Staub Graves ’77 Leslie Robbert Marsh ’79 Clair Barrios Kennedy ’86
Mother of Karen Keenan Angelo ’62 Patsy Dubret Koehler ’74 Theresa Dubret Nicholson ’78 Ann Dubret Noel ’87
Father of Renee Burch Guenther ’73 Elise Burch Kerl ’75 Celia K. “C.K.” Crull ’78 Paula Burch-Celentano ’79 Lisa Rizzuto Normand ’86
Daughter of Lindy Boggs HM (DEC)
Sister of Sr. Loyola Weilbaecher, OSU ’25 (DEC) Rhea Weilbaecher Holt ’34, C ’38 (DEC) Joan Gunning Merkle ’52 Albione Becnel ’61 Denise “Denny” Becnel McGovern ’64 Teresa Staub Meeuwenberg ’66 Maureen Staub Eide ’68 Louise Robbert Huete ’69 Peggy Staub Chapotel ’71 (DEC) Harriet Staub Cousins ’73 (DEC) Lisette Robbert Fabacher ’74
Brother of Bonnie Peyrefitte Hebeisen ’62 Lisa Rizzuto Normand ’86
Aunt of Alma Ann Soignier Weilbaecher ’57 Claire Weilbaecher Bourgeois ’59 Pamela Weilbaecher Perry ’63 Nancy Weilbaecher Davis ’64 Deborah Ann Weilbaecher Boudreaux ’67 Mary Weilbaecher Desimone ’69 Sarah Weilbaecher Delatte ’74 Elizabeth Desimone ’05
Grandmother of Randi Selby Barrett ’99 Jennifer McDuffie Bond ’92 Jennifer Nicholson Klotz ’00 Jessica Nicholson Fitzgerald ’04 Jamie Nicholson ’08 Jordan Nicholson ’16 Amy Boudreaux Roth ’96
Great Grandmother of Brigette Legendre ’10 Shelby Schmitt ’12
Grandfather of Barbara Traylor ’03 Julia Burch ’13 Alyssa Guillaume Donaby ’05 Ashley Guillaume ’09
Mother-in-law of Avin Puderer Squires AMH Lacy Davillier ’04
Father-in-law of Marie May Traylor ’76
Uncle of Shelley Hebeisen Reinecke ’85 Dr. Cheri Hebeisen ’90
Niece of Sr. Maureen “Mary Ann” Gaffney, OSU ’38, C ’42 (DEC)
Cousin of Louise Malarcher ’23 (DEC) Neila Malarcher O'Neill ’28 (DEC) Myron Gogarty ’56 (DEC) Donna Rees Gerstner ’64 Frances Duplantis Huck ’64 Charlotte Gerstner Bernal ’87 Rochelle Gerstner ’90
AME Associate Member, Elementary AMH Associate Member, High School AMC Associate Member, College DEC Deceased HM Honorary Member If the name of an alumna to whom you are related does not appear here, please call the Office of Alumnae at 504.861.9114 or email us at alumnae@ uanola.org
Our Ursuline girls look forward to Career Shadowing Day. Thank you, Pat Garin Photographer, for hosting a group of students.
All Saints’ Day was extra special with St. Angela, St. Ursula, and Our Lady of Prompt Succor present. Ursuline received the Safe Sports School Award through the National Athletic Trainers' Association and is the only girls' school and 1 of 3 schools in New Orleans to receive this honor.
Our fourth grade students took a field trip to Code Ninjas. The new local franchise was opened by Ursuline alumna Susan Hackett Walpole ’90! The girls had a great time learning more about coding and were even able to complete maze challenges using Javascript.
Our Ursuline girls had so much fun celebrating their grandparents and special friends!
Our Toddler 1 students enjoy painting with nature.
Senior Sioux of 2020 won the most coveted Spirit Award at the 72nd Rally! Our sailors were surprised with letterman jackets. Ursuline Sailing is now a varsity sport!
During this year’s Pink Game, we came together as an Ursuline family to raise awareness and money for breast cancer - all in honor of our beloved former volleyball coach, Marta Bott, who lost her battle in 2008.
We love when past presidents of our alumnae board return to campus for their luncheon.
Our high school girls shined during their The Performing Arts Showcase. It was a great celebration of their many talents.
The inaugural Neon Night was a winwin! Not only did our Lions defeat Cabrini in basketball, we raised money and awareness for organ donation and honored a few organ recipients while doing so!
Congratulations to Mae-Ying Stock Bordnick, Khue Huynh, and Cecilia Barras on being awarded Superior Recitalist for the New Orleans Music Teachers Association.
Our 1st grade students had the opportunity to visit with Fr. Lee Poché and learn about his life as a priest. Fr. Poché is an extra-special member of our Ursuline family as a current grandparent, father of an alumna, son-in-law of an alumna, and husband of the late Distinguished Alumna, Maureen McKay Poché '75.
For a second year, our Ursuline girls have won all places in the Orleans Parish Communication District's Annual 9-1-1 Poster Contest! They won cash prizes, paid internship opportunities, and $1,000 for the academy!
Our kindergarten and 1st grade students attended the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra’s “Early Explorers Meet the Orchestra” program. They were able to meet many members of the orchestra and ask questions about their instruments.
Elementary teachers Meghann Rooney ’06 and Emily Pastorek presented "A Creative Twist on Cross-Curricular Projects" at the LACUE (Louisiana Association of Computer Using Educators) Conference.
The Starstruck Children's Theater production of Hansel and Gretel was awesome! Bravo to Director Renee Barras and our talented Ursuline girls!
In taking the World Mission Rosary and honoring Pope Francis' wishes of "living an extraordinary time of missionary activity," our Ursuline girls prayed a special living rosary to celebrate our Ursuline Sisters and the 6 continents and 37 countries they serve!
Mrs. Z’s theatre students took a field trip to Le Petit Theatre to see alumna Leslie Castay ’81 perform in Noises Off.
We welcomed a group of international STEM educators to tour campus.
Our Mane Event at City Park is always a fun time together with our Ursuline family.
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