MOSAKOWSKI GARDENS A garden is a symbol of growth and rebirth, which makes the new Mosakowski Gardens a most appropriate addition to the St. Mary’s campus. Named for longtime, generous benefactors Bill and Jane, the Mosakowski Gardens, located behind the new STEM building and in between the school and St. Mary’s Church, will provide space for learning, gathering, prayer, reflection and celebration. “Bill and Jane have been tremendous benefactors and supporters of St. Mary’s,” said Head of School Dr. John F. Dolan. “We are naming the gardens for them in recognition of that support.” Bill Mosakowski has served on the Board of Trustees since its inception in 2006 and has been chair since 2014. He was recruited to the board by former Pastor Rev. Msgr. Paul V. Garrity and has never left. “It made a lot of sense for me to stay involved,” he said. “I have a real fondness for education, especially primary and secondary education, where the learning experience takes place and kids are prepared for college and adulthood.”
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The Mosakowski Gardens will be split into two quadrangles: a student life side and a spiritual side. The student side is named for Dr. Elizabeth Molloy Twomey ’52, vice chair of the board of trustees. There is space for classes, outdoor dining, theater performances, community gatherings and celebrations. It was christened in May with a performance by the eminently talented Amanda Mena ’21 along with a Christmas concert in December. The sacred side will feature a grotto dedicated to the Blessed Mother, in an area where the altar in the old chapel sat. There will be powder-coated hydraulic cut aluminum Stations of the Cross, designed by John Kirby ’79, that are replicas of the Stations in St. Mary’s Church. Saints Place is a tribute to those who are honored or memorialized, while the Cardinal Seán O’Malley Sanctuary is a space for prayer and reflection, with a water fountain surrounded by landscaping.
