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Sister Corrine (Margaret) Dahlheimer grew up in Dayton, MN, a small rural area. She and her four older brothers went to a one room country school until her mother decided Dayton, MN needed a Catholic school. Her oldest brother, Vernon, drove their mother approximately 100 miles to Mankato in their 1941 Buick to meet with Mother Annunciata to persuade her to send SSNDs to Dayton. Mother Annunciata agreed to send four Sisters, and St. John’s School opened in time for Sister Corrine to attend 5th grade.

She vividly recalls the day God called her to be a Sister. She was in 8th grade, playing with some children while waiting for the bus. A sudden peace came over her, and she felt drawn to go into the church and pray. She now realizes “God takes us where we are at.” Sister came to Good Counsel as an aspirant. She was very shy. Sister Marlene Breimhorst, her geometry teacher, had a smile and gentle manner that ‘touched’ her heart, encouraged, and inspired her. Her dear mother has also been an inspiration throughout her life and credits her mother in providing SSNDs in her life’s journey.

Sister Corrine graduated with a B.S. degree in teaching from Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, WI in 1959. Her first teaching assignment was to shadow Sister Cabrini in the first grade classroom at Holy Rosary in North Mankato, MN. Sister Cabrini was a creative, expressive Italian who taught Alumnae Award Recipients continues on page 2

Sister Dahlheimer, a straight and proper German, to make everyday a creative adventure. The following year, and for the next 20+ years, Sister Corrine taught first grade in various Catholic schools in Minnesota. Realizing her energy level was not what it once was, she moved to 2nd and 3rd grade at Epiphany School in Coon Rapids, MN until she retired from teaching in 1985.

It was near the end of her teaching ministry that Sister felt drawn to the concept of volunteerism and the belief that it is “education in the broadest sense.” She attended a meeting given by the MN Office of Volunteerism, and saw the value of organizing volunteers within her parish. Church of the Epiphany in Coon Rapids, MN was a large and growing parish with over 2,500 families. With help from the MN Office of Volunteerism, the MN Council of Churches, and the University of Colorado-Boulder, the parish council

voted on a new staff position: Coordinator of Volunteers. Sister held this position from 1985 – 2003.

One of her first responsibilities as Coordinator of Volunteers was to find 100 volunteers per day for 12 days to staff the Epiphany Country Diner at the MN State Fair! For the next 18 years she recruited, managed, and supported up to 75 volunteer groups, which included 1,200 volunteers for the Diner at the State Fair.

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It was her job to provide volunteers to assist staff and perform any needed parish services rather than paying for services.

As a young woman at Good Counsel she developed a true love for education and the desire to help others, especially women. Sister realized stay-at-home mothers and grandmothers can be lonely and depressed. She started The Ministry of Mom’s group at Epiphany, a ministry that was developed by a Benedictine sister from the St. Paul Monastery. The goal is to support mothers and grandmothers in the gift of motherhood, stressing household tasks, even though “ordinary”, are sacred, and so choose to call them “Ordinary Holiness.” The women meet weekly for four weeks and end with a small retreat and a banquet. Some women, who completed the program, have continued meeting for 15 years, and they recently invited her to join them!

While being a Hospice Chaplain for five years, Sister Corrine considered herself blessed to companion the dying on their final journey. She also was privileged to become a care giver for a friend and three family members. Sister takes communion to the sick, prays with her fellow parishioners and their dying family members, plans memorial services for the residents in her Epiphany Senior Housing community, and leads the rosary twice weekly in the residents’ chapel. Sister is a member of Healing Harmonies, a small organization that sends solo musicians into two hospitals in Coon Rapids. She plays easy listening melodies on the piano which bring comfort to patients and families.

Sister Corrine provided activities for five years in the Memory Care Unit of Epiphany’s Assisted Living. During that time she discovered one of the residents, Rosemary Baker Thomas, ’45 was a GCA Alumna! “We would reminisce of our days in the academy. I remember her saying, ‘wouldn’t you give anything to walk those halls again?’ We often sang ‘Our Lady of Good Counsel’ together.” She’s grateful to have the opportunity to go to Mass daily there and prays, “Lord, continue to be my refuge, be my guide, lead me to eternal life.”

Currently she is President of the Residents’ Community Club at Epiphany Senior Housing community. The SSNDs taught her to play the piano, and she shares her talent on Sunday afternoons and at dinner in the dining room. Once a month she hosts musicians and speakers for a Wine, Cheese and Classical Music happy hour to enhance and enrich the lives of the residents.

In 1997 Rev. Bernard Reiser, former pastor at Church of the Epiphany, founded the Reiser Relief Program. Their mission is to partner with existing organizations in Haiti with ministries that include providing clean water and caring for orphans, the needy elderly, and people with disabilities. They also work with organizations involved in improving education, employment, and agriculture. Sister Corrine is an active member and records donations and writes thank you notes to the donors.

Sister Corrine is very creative, develops the ideas, helps organize,

When nominating Mary Jane Steinhagen for the GCA Alumnae Award, Sister Esther Wagner, ’64 summarized Mary Jane’s worthiness for this honor by saying that, “Mary Jane lives out the Gospel message of ‘Whatsoever you do to the least of my people, you do unto Me’.”

Mary Jane is a life-long teacher in her career and volunteer activities. She first taught in Catholic education for at least 15 years, some as an SSND. She taught junior high students during most of her teaching career and taught a variety of subjects at several Twin City metro Catholic schools. Mary Jane taught 9th grade religion at Epiphany and built a great Old Testament curriculum that engaged the students through the use of various art projects and by relating topics

then lets others make it their own. She organized a Veteran’s Day celebration, and it’s now become an annual event. She spearheaded Share a Hobby Day where residents set up tables and showcased their hobbies. Sister encouraged residents to make hats for poor children, and in order to keep aging bodies limber, she initiated a yoga class.

When asked about any awards or recognition she has received, her response was humbling, “the greatest award or recognition I often received came from people at the time they sensed their quality of life was enriched in some way.” She finds organizing people and events and observing them working happily together has been her reward. “It’s all about relationship, community, and meeting new friends. I was able to have a little part of that.”

Judy Rothfork, ’56, a classmate, nominated Sister Corrine. Appropriately, Judy has named her friend the “Sunshine Sister.” Judy credits Sister Corrine with always thinking of positive things to do for the residents and bringing freshness into daily living. She has the gift of organization. Sister continues “her love of ministry and education through compassion and empowering others to make a difference.”

Alumnae Award Recipient Mary Jane Steinhagen, ’64

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in the Old Testament to modern times. She used the same techniques in teaching literature and poetry. Her students benefitted by Mary Jane’s being awarded several summer study grants including a grant by the Minnesota Humanities Commission supporting her research on fairy tales as tools for teaching literary styles. Another grant allowed her to spend two weeks studying colonial American history at Stratford Hall in Virginia, home of four generations of the Lee family and the birthplace of Robert E. Lee.

Mary Jane’s creativity as a teacher was recognized and valued. After attending a week-long teaching conference in South Dakota one summer, she was invited back as an instructor to present creative ways to help teachers engage students as learners. She also presented on this topic at a National Council of Teachers of English convention and was subsequently invited to give college credit workshops in Worthington, MN.

Her second career was working part-time for Catholic Charities in two different positions. Mary Jane worked for over ten years as the program director for people with disabilities, especially those living with mental illness. Often those with serious and persistent mental illness need drugs with several side effects. Mary Jane stated that, “People who live in group homes, who are without transportation and who dress less than fashionably are not often welcomed in our faith communities. With other groups in the community, I worked to lessen stigma and teach faith communities about the realities of mental illness.”

During that time, Access Press, a monthly newspaper focused on the world around disability and on those who live with disabilities started a faith column at Mary Jane’s request. For several years, she secured writers to share insights from many faith traditions. She also performed accessibility audits of the archdiocesan Catholic churches and the then named Catholic Bulletin ran a guide to local church accessibility. She and her Episcopal counterpart published an accessibility manual which was distributed throughout the archdiocese. Mary Jane was given an award by Catholic Charities for her work with and on behalf of people with disabilities. She was employed another three years at Catholic Charities in the volunteer department working on special projects such as the large holiday party for kids in the Phillips neighborhood in Minneapolis and creating manuals documenting how major projects worked.

In her next position as the full- time Pastoral Minister at Christ the King parish in Minneapolis, her time was given to senior citizens, especially those over 90. Mary Jane ministered to those who were hospitalized, in nursing homes or rehab centers, in hospice and/or those grieving.

For many years Mary Jane had collected quotations and short pieces about grieving, support and consolation. She had also begun making cards as a creative outlet so she joined both those interests in an intentional card ministry. Grieving

individuals receive weekly cards for several months with a short quotation related to grieving and then receive a book of daily meditations related to grief. Feedback to her card ministry includes: “The message in that card was exactly what I needed to hear at that moment. I keep all your cards and share them with my children. Each night I light a candle and your card of the week sits next to the candle.”

She is flexible about the cut off time for cards. If the individual tells her that he or she is not ready to stop receiving cards, she keeps sending them. People undergoing cancer or other serious health treatments also get weekly cards tailored to their needs. These cards are an assurance of support for them in their struggle. In addition to her card ministry, she helps seniors move, downsize, clean and organize their lives as they transition into the next phase of their lives.

Mary Jane’s first post-retirement volunteer work was as a conversation guide for immigrants with a fairly good grasp of English. She updated the curriculum to focus on current needs and issues ranging from practical matters such as how parking works during snow emergencies to cultural matters such as burial customs in their native countries. Next she served as a weekly volunteer in Sister Esther Wagner’s class in the Learning in Style ministry of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet (CSJ). The students were so appreciative of the one-to-one instruction and time for conversation. She views volunteering as payback for all that she has been given in life.

At age 70, she interrupted her volunteering at Learning in Style to go back to work at Christ the King parish where she had worked before retiring five years earlier. Mary Jane finds it very humbling to be with people in great need and to offer comfort as they rebuild their lives after great losses. She bases her ministry on the mantra that people should not be forgotten by their church. Shut-ins and others who are unable to be present in their faith community deserve reassurance that they still count.

Mary Jane viewed Sister Margareta Bertrand as an outstanding teacher at GCA and appreciates the deep interest that Sister showed in what you were thinking and why you held that belief. According to Mary Jane, “She valued everyone’s thoughts and sought to draw them out.”

When asked to describe how values and concepts learned at Good Counsel have stayed with her throughout the years, Mary Jane said that she learned to look for the big picture and notice how it differs from her narrow world view. In her gentle manner, Mary Jane went on to say, “Slowly, slowly I have learned and continue to learn how to be a good listener and how to be supportive of individuals facing difficulties.”

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Sister Mary Kay Ash ’64, who is the Archivist here at Good Counsel, found a phonograph record titled “Pop Music” when she was deciding which of the records should go to the SSND Archives in Milwaukee. She doesn’t know who gave it to her or when – or whether it was always here and she just discovered it when she became serious about organizing the phonograph records. Its history was unknown so she asked the Alumnae Office to send out emails to the grads from 1970 - 1974. We got three replies: Jeannie Elsen Bagshaw ’73, Val Goodrich Smith ’73, and Sister Cheryl Marie Wagner ’71. Jeannie thought it was recorded in the 1970-1971 school year under Sister Mary Patrick’s direction. The recording included Love Story, A Time for Us, Good Morning Starshine, Let it Be, and We’ve Only Just Begun. She thinks producing the record was Sister Mary Patrick’s initiative as a way to celebrate the Good Counsel Choir. Val also has the record. She sang The Love Story solo and also provided the accompaniment along with Judy Liebl Stafslein ’72. Val played

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organ and Judy played the piano or harp, depending on the selection. Sister Cheryl also remembered the songs. She thought it was recorded during one of the pop concerts.

So, I did some searching in Echoes and found an article in the February, 1971 issue about a March Concert of Pop Music. The record was probably made during a rehearsal or during the performance itself. The article listed the songs mentioned above as well as Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head, He’s My Brother, Do You Know The Way To San Jose. Several dance routines, including Rock in the Blues, added a new twist to the program.

We hope for those of you who were in the Good Counsel Choir this little piece of GCA history brings back some fun memories.

Sister Mary Kay copied the record to a CD which will be available for $10.00 at Homecoming.

On May 6, 2018 many of our Alumnae will celebrate the Jubilee of the profession of their vows.

Celebrating60 yeARS

from the class of 1956 will beSister Corrine Dahlheimer

Sister Suzanne Eichler

Sister Kathleen Fernholz

Sister Suzanne Menshek

Sister Marcene Schlosser

Sister Ann Schoch

Sister Rosemary Schuneman

Sister Marie Smith

Sister Kathleen Spencer

Celebrating50 yeARS

from the class of 1966 will beSister Cecilia Marie Warner

Sister Mary Willette

Celebrating70 yeARS

from the class of 1945 will beSister M. Emmanuel Fallenstien

Sister M. Vianney Saumweber

Sister Mary Magdala Winter

Sister Justin Wirth


In the last issue of ReEchoes, you were given, perhaps for the first time in recent memory, a detailed financial report of the Good Counsel Alumnae Association. It showed that the activity during the past fiscal year would have left us seriously in debt, if not for the reserves that were in place. Most of that reserve money had come from one-time donations. So, in the last ReEchoes we stressed that more money needed to be raised from the alumnae as the amount of remaining reserve money would not be able to sustain our operations beyond a couple of years.

Since the financial report from the Fall ReEchoes was put into your hands, the Alumnae Board Members and the Alumnae Coordinator are happy to acknowledge that we have seen great results. The response from the alumnae has been not only prompt, but also very generous! In the past few months, we have received the following:

80 Alumnae paid their dues - totaling .............................................$1,620.00

35 Alumnae paid dues for another alum - totaling .............................$760.00

31 Alumnae paid extra toward the Coordinator’s Fund - totaling .... $1,485.00

36 Alumnae paid extra toward the Operating Fund - totaling.......... $1,235.00

4 Alumnae paid an amount for ‘other’ - totaling ..............................$120.00

Your generous response helps to bridge the gapbetween our receipts and expenditures, as seen below.

Fiscal yearJuly 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017

(Final Accounting) Opening Balance ........................................................ $22,710.55

Total Receipts .................................. $7,459.00

Total Expenses ............................... $12,553.66

ending Balance .....................................................$17,615.90

Fiscal yearJuly 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018

(Figures are through December 31, 2017) Opening Balance .........................................................$17,615.90

Total Receipts .................................. $5,220.00

Total Expenses ................................. $4,591.43

ending Balance .....................................................$18,244.47

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We want to thank all alumnae who paid their dues and also those who generously paid extra. This tells us that you want the GCA Alumnae Association and ReEchoes to continue as it has for so many years. With your continued support, we will eventually balance our spreadsheets without having to rely on reserves that may or may not be available.

This edition of ReEchoes includes information about Homecoming. Each of you are invited to come back to the Hill this April and reconnect with high school friends. Many alumnae include payment for their annual dues when they register for Homecoming and for that we are grateful. For those not able to attend Homecoming this year, we ask that you also consider paying your dues at this time by using the form on page nineteen.

GCA Alumnae Association Financial Report

The Good Counsel Auxiliary was founded in 1986. Their mission is to serve and benefit the retired Sisters in Notre Dame Hall Health Care Center.

Some of our Auxiliary members come on Friday mornings and gather with the sisters over coffee and conversation, and other members assist with craft activities and bring special treats for holidays. There are those members, too, who offer financial support that allows the Auxiliary to purchase needed items.

Gratitude to you for the ways in which you support our sisters who are in health care! You are remembered in prayer.

Gratefully,Sister Marion Welter, Good Counsel Auxiliary Moderator

Sister Margareta Bertrand celebrated her 100th birthday in August. Three alumnae from the class of ’67 came to her party. (Standing) Jeanette Miske Schneider, Val Jamieson Carraher, and (kneeling) Carol Stuber Sebald.

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Thank you all for your attention to our financial situation and doing what you can to help us address areas where we can be more efficient. We would also like your email address if we do not have it yet. Being able to email ReEchoes cuts down on the printing cost and postage.

In the Fall 2018 issue of ReEchoes you will receive a full financial report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, similar to what you received last Fall.

BOARD MEMBERS:

Mary Dauffenbach Zellmer, ’69, Treasurer

Mona James Will, ’73, President

Nora Keenan, ’62, Vice President

Dolores Wanzek Portz, ’60, Alumnae Coordinator


Did You Know?. . . that every month a Mass is offered in the

Good Counsel Chapel for the intentions of the living and deceased alumnae and their families?

. . . that on November 2nd of each year, GCA Alumnae that have died during the year are included in an SSND family Memorial Service in the Good Counsel Chapel?

. . . YOU can help by notifying the Alumnae office when you hear of an Alumna who has passed away?

We Remember ...Three sisters who touched the lives of so many students went to their eternal reward recently. Sister Honora Elsen, 99, GCA class of 1935, taught at Good Counsel from 1940-1954. How can we ever forget the many chicken dinners she directed? Sister Yvonne Nohava, also the class of 1935 who was close to 101, served at the Academy from 1969-1978. Over the years many of her students received local and national recognition for their science, chemistry or physics projects. Sister Margareta Bertrand, 100, taught social studies classes and was Directress of Aspirants at the Academy from 1959-1965. She also served as the Provincial Leader for the Mankato Province from 1965-1971.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go: I will counsel

you with my loving eye on you.- Psalm 32:8

CLASS ALUMNAE DATE OF DEATH

1935 Sister Dorthy Merth 10/28/2017

1935 Sister Honora Elsen 12/29/2017

1935 Sister M Yvonne Novaha 1/6/2018

1939 Mercedes Muellerleile Foster 12/10/2015

1941 Edna Mae Johnson Milnor 8/1/2017

1944 LaVerne Wild Reichel 9/10/2017

1944 Harriet Kelly Biedscheid 12/23/2017

1948 Betty Lannon Sodomka 9/1/2017

1948 Therese Keefe Kubicek 12/22/2017

1949 Sister Mary Joan Malherek MM 3/13/2016

1949 Elaine Reider Jones 11/3/2017

1949 Nadine Mayer Schulte 1/22/2018

1950 Carol Anderson Gappa 11/10/2017

1952 Fay Fallenstein 11/17/2017

1953 Marianne Heimanns Rolack fall, 2017

1955 Donelda Marie Tyson 9/2/2017

1956 Joanne Kozitza Theissen 5/10/2017

1956 Mary Kay Dorn Pritchard 1/2/2018

1957 Rosemary Oehler Sargent 9/11/2017

1957 Maureen Maiers Rubischko 7/18/2017

1959 Charlotte Hiniker 8/22/2017

1959 Elizabeth Mayer Saunders 9/28/2010

1959 Jeanette Wald Fusile 9/9/2017

1961 Karen Reichel Melby 12/8/2012

1964 Margaret Tierney Nusser 8/31/2017

1966 Catherine Byrne 11/28/2017

1967 Michelle Fortier Meyers 8/4/2017

1978 Diane Loeffler 8/31/2017

FACULTY

1959-1965 Sister Margareta Bertrand 1/29/2018

Deceased Alumnae(as of 2/4/2018)

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

- John 10:27-28


Join your classmates at HOMeCOMInG!Sunday, April 29, 2018!Homecoming schedule of events:

9:30 AM: Registration (Our Lady of Good Counsel Campus) 11:00 AM: Mass (Our Lady of Good Counsel Chapel) 12:15 PM: Luncheon 1:30 PM: Visiting former teachers, tours and spending time with classmates

We are looking forward to seeing all of you in April! If you have questions, please contact the Alumnae Office at 507-389-4279 or [email protected].

Please mark your calendar today and plan to enjoy a day with your classmates and teachers. email your friends and make plans together.

The classes of 1938, 1943, 1948, 1953, 1958, 1963, 1968, 1973, 1978, and 1983 will celebrate their anniversary reunions at Homecoming 2018.

Classmates gather atHomecoming 2017

ClASS OF 1947Sitting: Sister Mary Arthur Kunze, Angela Dahm, Sister Rochelle Trembley.Standing: Sister Jacinta Simones, Sister Emma Buresh, Jeanette Graves Marka.

Birthdatesof Sisters age 90 - 100

Apr. 19 .......................... Joan KettlerApr. 20 .....................Lorraine MossoMay 7 .................... M. Laura SchmittMay 9 ........................ Thelma VetschJune 6 ................... M. Rene’ LorentzJune 7 .......................... Mary HeckerJune 20 ........................M. Karen LayJune 20 ...................Mary Alice WaldJune 21 .................... M. Luella ZollarJune 25 ..........................Justin WirthJuly 1 ............... M. Mercita ReinboldJuly 3 .......................... Therese EvenJuly 21 ........... Mary Magdala WinterAug. 3 .............................. Irene FeltzAug. 4 ......................Gladys SchmitzAug. 13 .......M. Vianney SaumweberAug. 15 ................. Mary Alene KuhnAug. 16 ...................Mary Emmanuel FallensteinAug. 22 .............Mary Eugene BraunSep. 20 ...............M. Janice Koziolek

Wishing you the beston your special day!

ClASS OF 1952Standing: Mary Jirik Raney, Sister Anita Kolles, Sister Paulissa Jirik, Stasia Steinbeck Weinke, Marianna Frank Roiger.Sitting: Alice Kramer Thull, Catherine Schneider Cich, Evie Fitterer Thelemann, Germaine Hartung Kuglin.


Homecoming 2017

ClASS OF 1957Standing: Mary Lynch Heaton, Judy Keltgen Mans, Connie Prom Johnston, Eunice Wallin Meixner, Mary Ann Wald Hanson, Jean Johnson Haefner, Margaret Weckman Keating, Rosita Meehan, Jeanette Fasnacht Lange, JoAnn Neubert Borchert, Sister Rita Wollschlager.Sitting: Rosemary Oehler Sargent, Frances Ritter Sargent, Mary Louise Budde, Marilyn Schuck Freeman, Mary Eckes Fox, Jeanette Deuser Winiarski.

ClASS OF 1967Front Row: Jeannette Miske Schneider, Marcia Ayers, Laurel Zimmerman, Betsy Meyer Lasch, Donna Dehaven Bahn.Middle Row: Barb Mahowald, Barb Stahler, Cindy Becker Johannsen, Kathleen Byrnes, Vickie Busch, Jane Wagner Wandersee Schaus.Back Row: Susan Bohm Pfeiffer, Theresa Gardner Lebens, Valerie Jamieson Carraher, Carol Stuber Sebald, Pat Jude Tachney, Susan Stanley, Bev Sellner Sanders, Linda Margotto Kaiser, Joanne Pauley Sundem, Jeanne Jabbra Lenertz, Tanya Reyerson Shorter.

ClASS OF 1977Front Row: Lisa Frederick Cummiskey, Cathy Dauphinais-Oba, Maureen Quinlan, Jackie Barrie Spano, Patti Page-Hawn, Veronica Ofelia Sheldon, Carolyn Schumacher Clarke.Back Row: Pam Jeno Tait, Ann Brandenburger Grabow, Madeline Hunt Veroeven, Molly Madden, Meg Kimberely, Jane Kaempfer Probelski.


Homecoming 2018 Class Representatives and Class PlansCome to the Hill for Homecoming 2018 to celebrate your class reunions, and leave the planning to the Alumnae Association! A room is reserved for each anniversary class to visit and get reacquainted. Tables are reserved by class for the luncheon, and a beautiful Mass is celebrated in the Good Counsel Chapel. If you have any questions, please contact the Alumnae Office at [email protected] or 507-389-4279.

1943 Margaret Shaw Ayers 700 Agency Trl, Unit 106 Mankato, MN 56001

Carol Schmit Orcutt 1124 Woodland Ave Mankato, MN 56001 507-345-6978

1948 Mary Therese Willette Studer 50 Teton Ln, Apt 207 Mankato, MN 56001 507-387-2172

1963 Jean Fox-Thompson We will have a gathering/luncheon May 2nd in the Twin 612-751-4988 Cities area. Please contact Jean if you’d like to join in the fun!

1968 Louise Blissnebach Stemp We’ll meet on Saturday, April 28th, at 6:00 pm at 407 Prospect St. SE Mankato Golf Club. Dinner choices are: 1. Hamburger Chatfield, MN 55423 and fries, 2. Club sandwich and fries, 3. Chicken 507-867-4056 Caesar salad, 4. Caesar salad without chicken. Each [email protected] meal is $15.00 Beverages extra. RSVP to Louise by April 15. Let’s renew, reconnect and enjoy!

1973 Mona James Will Why not make it a 2 Day event? Cell: 507-381-0214 Day 1 - Saturday, April 28th at 6:30 pm at Olives Restau- [email protected] rant, located in the Hilton Garden Inn, 20 Civic Center Plaza, Mankato. Day 2 - Sunday, April 29 - Homecoming on the Hill! Please RSVP to Mona (if possible) if you plan to go to Olives.

1952 Alice Kramer Thull We will meet at Emma Krumbee’s in Belle Plaine on PO Box 126 Tuesday, April 17, 2018 between 11:30-noon. We Lucan, MN 56255 will NOT meet at Applebee’s in New Ulm. We try to 507-747-2270 meet twice a year in the months of April and October. [email protected] We will meet on the third Tuesday of those months.

The anniversary classes of 1953, 1958, 1978, and 1983 still need a representative.

How about you? Let us know and we can provide addresses, phone numbers, and emails. Wouldn’t it be great if you had an exceptional turnout for your celebration?


1938 & 1943

ClASS OF 1938 - 80 yeAR AnnIVeRSARyFourth Row-Bernadette Keran Mansk, Romona Weber Ploog, Patricia Powers Bernhard, Sister M. Harriet (Rita) Horwath, Sister Mary Isabel (Helen) Kathrein, Kathleen Krause Erikson, Yvonne Meuers, Sister M. Nora (Margaret) Eggert and Mary Hazen Helstrom.Third Row-Dolores Ettel Hughesdon, Regina Mountain Huettl, Alice Bertrand Turner, Florence Deglman, Harriet Siebenbrunner Schmidt, Barbara Hottinger Hokanson, Patricia Simonett Wagner, Florence Ulmen Long and Charlotte Pietsch St. Martin.Second Row-Mary Koch Kerr, Mary Louise Doherty Janowski, Patricia Traxler Holtz, Margie Hinkel Curtis, Walburga Buchheit, Virginia Burns Gehrke, Mary Weingartz DeMars, Helen Hochbien Anderson, Margaret Juaire Wilson and Anne Lorenzi.First Row-Sister M. Marlene (Magdalen) Breimhorst, Dolores Bormann, Helen Weyer Hartwich, Agnes Wenker Jefferson, Catherine Smolka, Elaine St. Peter Moore, Helen Gores Fitzpatrick, Rita Wingert, Della Huberty Kohl.

ClASS OF 1943 - 75 yeAR AnnIVeRSARyThird Row-Barbara Clements Wewerka, Dolores Wild Klages, Mary Lou Korts Cannon, Marlois Dellwoe Bartholomew, Marion Fritz, Sister Rita Studer, Sister Francis Marie (Teresa) Illa, Sister M. Karen (Teresa) Lay, Mary Charlotte Lethert Hildebrand and Mary Brielmaier Tschirley.Second Row-Marie Ramy Barrock, Bonnie Caven Fitzsimmons, Mary Ann Leinen King, Phyllis Sandt Peterson, Dolores Wagner Gaffaney, Sister Mary Alene (Frances) Kuhn, Mary Ann Koll Hall, Sister Margaret Mary Gorman, Maragaret Strunk Dolfay, Collette Weyer McCurdy, Bonnie Wagner Crespo and Carol Schmitt Orcutt.First Row-Sister Magdalen (Mary) Zweber, Margaret Shaw Ayers, Corrine Graves Biedscheid, Sister Mary Matthew (Dula) Michel, Dolores Dick Beaudry, Maryethyl Gansmoe Anderson, Mryna Klaff Molberg, Rena Nissen Hinton, Margaret Yackel Fogelberg, Betty Fischer McGinnis and Barbara Krost Brown.


1948 & 1953

ClASS OF 1948 - 70 yeAR AnnIVeRSARyFifth Row-Patricia Richtsmeier Schmitt, Helen Walser Love, Jean Marie Guettler Chevalier, Edna Husnik Minehan, Mary Clare Schmidt Morelli, Jacqueline Carlstrom Honetschlager, Evelyn Tacheny Jansen, Dorothy Lyons Mulready, Flavia Seikora Franta, Eleanor Mosley Harris, Lorraine Jacoby Klein and Sister Arlene Hodapp.Fourth Row-Bonnie Heynen Erickson, Sister M. Timothy (Lillian) Prokes, Marilyn Doran Lindsey, Mary Weydert Weibold, Mary Michaael Amdreoni, Mary Lou Braunreiter Steinhaus, Donna Jacoby Klein, Patricia Gaffey Koenig, Rosemary Busch, Shirley Tacheny Ray, Mary Louise McKenna and Therese Keefe Kubicek.Third Row-Genevieve Molski, Carol Marka Schwarz, Margery Franta Rutt, Marian Dedrickson Quarve, Arleen Sheehan Barnes, Geraldine Wenner Nourie, Mary Ann Embacher Pongratz, Rosemary Hub Petersen, Geraldine Spence Wolfe, Anne Posz Doran, Jean Scheidel Plat and Delores Hackenmueller Walton.Second Row-Theresa Siebenaler Lucking, Mary Hendricks Pribyl, Alma Fjeld Osmundson, Mary Therese Studer Willette, Madonna Hefner Wolff, Sister Mary Owen (Ruth) Stevermer, Emily Johnson Hills, Gloria Anderson, Elizabeth Lannon Sodomka, Joanne VanThuyne Batters, Donna Kurth Bernardy and Peggy Weber Fairley.First Row-Donna LeDuc Brennan, Ina Mae Murray Anderson, Marjorie Hirscher O’Laughlin, Imelda Helget Edmunds, Amelia Kohler, Patricia Molitor Hopp, Joan Ascheman Thisius, Jacqueline Huberty Soebbing, Shirley Thier Bly, Marie Heiderscheidt Morgan, Doris Molitor Wachtler and Sister Monica Even.

ClASS OF 1953 - 65 yeAR AnnIVeRSARyFifth Row-Carol Heinze, Marianne Heimanns Rolack, Marlene Lemons Foss, Margaret Butler Delfosse, Patricia Lieb, Mary Felix, Coletta Meurer Hinkle, Marion Strobel Helget, Mary Ann Touhey and Mary Rose Schmitz McCallum.Fourth Row-Nancy Roemer Crowell, Delphine Daniels Pepper, Mary Ann Stone Stifter, Mary Sonnek Stevermer, Carol O’Rourke Murphy, Aleda Rathman Mathiowetz, Eileen Welsh, Joan Welsh Myers, Janet Anderson Acquard, Sharon Lynburn Carlson and Luanne Glynn Drummer.Third Row-Sister Thadeen (Bernice) Jirik, Marlene Schimek Aloisio, Colleen Hallett Whyle, Sister M. Janelle (Shirley) Rein, Geraldine Fox Pany, Meris Deuser, Anna May Schmitz McCallum, Suzanne Frank Renwick, Helen Wolf Buchtel, Dolores Swanson, Patricia Skorlinski Goodrich, Esther Ricke Gall and Sister Marie Russell.Second Row-Mary Ellen Eustice Manning, Joan Becker Schultz, Eileen Rother Beissell, Leola Zweber Laber, Theresa Nohava Zitzow, Mary Buscher Fales, Joan Ulmen King, Mary Ann Mauris Anderson, Kathleen Hebbelman Schroer, Dolores Iffert Russell, Catherine Caron Deboer, Mary Forster and Beverly Herbst.First Row-Leola Fuerstenberg Sweeney, Nancy Johnson Leqve, Sister M. Carmelle (Kathleen) Malerich, Joan Zimny Haefner, Rosemary Bach, Linnea Person Kneip, Carol Austin O’Brien, Dorothy Miller Olinger, Marcia Doto Bennett, Katherine Thomas Olson, Coletta Steinbach Eustice and Kathryn Mork McIntosh.


1958 & 1963

ClASS OF 1958 - 60 yeAR AnnIVeRSARyFifth Row-Patricia Gast Buchanan, Mary Wherley Slaughter, Carol DeVlaeminck Haley, Carol Geis Gestach, Marlen Frauenholtz Gronholz, Lorraine Jirges Bezdicek, Rita Gerlach Lee, Catherine Matousek, Renne’ Neubert Reutzel, Sister Susan VonBank, Carol Lucke Regan, Thelma Carlson Mathwig, Irene Bornhorst, Elizabeth Peterson Callahan, Judith Fasnacht Bruels and Patricia Welder Augustine.Fourth Row-Barbara Wenkel Thraen, Carol McMahon Hewitt, Helen Brielmaier Faulkner, Catherine Hallett Stadick, Jane Jansen, Margaret Picha, Barbara Dahlseid Parisien, Sandra Zins Williamson, Doris Willette Schroer, Barbara Reasner Erkel, Betty Volz Griffin, Margaret Siebenaler Vevang-Dickie, Bernice Tacheny Wilmes, Mary Ann Jirges Barnhardt, Alice Prom Adams and Kathryn Pfau Monnet.Third Row-Katherine Kunz Zilka, Janice Pofahl Rose, Sister Mary Ann Kettner, Catherine Mosley Brieter, Velma Schmidt Pieper, Marie Mehr Miller, Mary Ann Goth Putzier, Margaret McCloskey Haag, Joan Osborne, Betty Tacheny, Lorraine Fink, Patricia Cook Pinske, Ramona Lins Thearin, Kathleen Studer Perez and Mary McCarthy Schaub.Second Row-Mary McDonald Gelhorn, Jacqueline Zweber Schweich, Jean Lemons Waller, Inez Whitmore Breiter, Agnes Manderfeld, Marlene Arend Rowe, Caroline Ernst VonWeis, Monica Marschall Passeri, Ann Kurkowski Hahn, Patricia Waldoch Sheehan, Joyce Prom Engdahl, Angeline Braun Uhlmeyer, Janet Krautkremmer, Sister Ivo (Lewina) Schoch, Carolyn Breiter Welsch and Janice Richtsmeier Bauer.First Row-Mary Reinardy, Janice DeMars Ellis, Rosemary Schneider Stowell, Bernadine Callahan Johnson, Ramona Aquilar Rodriguez, Marcella Krueger Griffith, Charlotte Bleess Sczepanski, Kathleen Hogan Carter, Joan Hesse Glisczinski, Jane Stevermer Paul, Louise Petrasek, Carol Haefner Boruff, Janice Lingen, Mary LeFor Mans and Rose Marie Goerger Werner.

ClASS OF 1963 - 55 yeAR AnnIVeRSARyFifth Row-Janice Goth Desloover, Karen Kirby Kolen, Theresa Ross Guillemette, Sandra Zellmer Griffith, Kathy Haefner Leonhardt, Marilyn Huber, Valerie Clarke Monrose, Jane Zachman Harrison, Gretchen Krautkremer Anderson, Mary Lou Stark Bryant, Lois Bleess Hund, Cathy Colby, Judy Sames Veglainte, Gail Brakke Nolan and Jacqueline Jost.Fourth Row-Patricia Culhane Kovarik, Sister Mary Anne Schaenzer, Helen Hentges Hennes, Carole Brewer Thelen, Joanne Fridrich Lauf, Mary Kay Gagnier Johnson, Sister Marilyn Orchard, Sharyn Sadowski Skweres, Mary Barnett Sontag, Patricia Mulvehill Scarcello, Mary Kopp Bleess, Marlene Tarpy Swanson, Marie Roiger Koldburg, Joan O’Malley Thompson, Kathy Rose Campbell and Patricia Finnegan.Third Row-Kathy Galvin, Monica Wagner Heideman, Jeanette Herman Wilder, Kathy Back Soller, Carol Binczik Taylor, Marguerite Pouliot, Diane Moonen Schaum, Patricia Weber, Helen Cuddy, Barbara Simones, Margaret Wallin Keim, Jean Fox Thompson, Donna Walerius, Victoria Bohnert Goodwater, Sister Mary Scheurer and Helen Welter.Second Row-Karen Hoehn Fischer, Geraldine Melchoir Lemcke, Mary Kujawa Strobel, Mary Brau Noack, Rita Schoch Anheluk, Monica Johnson Kipke, Jean Krautkremer French, Barbara Burns DuFane, Deanna Schulte Van De North, Mary Eileen Wiaderko Kenney, Mary Lou Lueken Hills, Sheryl Haase Merriss, Rosemary Frederick Hoffman and Mary Hoehn Kopp.First Row-Karon Hauch Roers-Herber, Helen Cornelius Terhaar, Barbara Zimmeth Brielmaier, Mary Jo Quay Zahn, Mary Loftus Uzemack, Audrey Sieberg Cain, Joyce Fox Lorentz, Carol Pieper Ormston, Patricia Solyntjes Wellnitz, Ann McTigue Zapp, Sister Katherine Scheurer, Kathy Thatcher Pomerenke, Lorraine Fritz Kaiser, Mary Kay Danielson Asche and Judy Scheckel.


1968 & 1973

ClASS OF 1968 - 50 yeAR AnnIVeRSARySixth Row-Joyce Kolbet, Donna Walrath Amundson, Angela Edghill Anderson, Kathleen Ireland Kauffmann, Jean McTigue Antonello, Kathleen Curran Gilman, Theresa Zimny, Connie Noy Hackett, Charlene Jirik Roberts, Grace Fasnacht Griffith, Karen Dukart McDermott, Patricia Cashman Mathison, Kathleen Willaert and Pamela Peterson Willaert.Fifth Row-Janet Olinger Dillon, Juliann Telshaw Gruber, Elaine Connor Broich, Teresa Miller, Cheryl Toronto Kalnyn, Margaret Coughlan Johnson, Margaret Adelman Orthmeyer, Margaret Powers, Patricia Malueg Boggs, Janelle Walters Peterson, Sheila Heintz Heieck, Ann Umhoefer Schuman, Cheryl Jaeger Sutter, Ann Kruse Shimoto.Fourth Row-Mary Quillan Pretasky, Mary Kaye Walter, Susan Coughlin Kruse, Colleen Kittridge Landkamer, Margaret Riley Johns, Sharon Jewison Fowler, Berverly Potz, Anita Rusin, Teresa Schnabel Sines, Catherine Neitge, Mary Quinn Kraemer, Charlene DeGonda Arnold, Arlene Pomije and Mary Ann Kuhn.Third Row-Mary Jean Jaspers Balik, Rita Closser McEvoy, Joleen Wolff, Myrna Hoehn Ostermann, Kathleen Korlath Ghanem, Carol Marie Hemish, Janet Gunderson Tatro, Connie McMahon Bloom, Carol Hoehn Mead, Helen Jaeb, Cory Green, Rita Chirpich Woeste, Susan Fasnacht and Kathleen Boegeman Novotny.Second Row-Margaret Gosch Schmidt-Graff, Mary DeGrood Bull, Martha Penkert, Kathryn Koenig Cloutier, Rosemary Lynard Boggan, Carol Zachman Anderson, Peggy Herrig, Mary Rita Marsh Schorer, Carol Fuerstenberg Volk, Mary Oddy Doering, Laurel Rank, Kathleen Conley Neils, Ruth T’Kach and Patricia Ball Stuhlfaut.First Row-Anna Farill, Sandra Marka Eggert, Maureen (Kathleen) Allen Smith, Catherine Caron, Dorothy Hoffer Pastorius, Jane Ries Stang, Bernice Skapski Klose, Peggy Finnegan Ondrey, Carol Anderson, Louise Blissenbach Stemp, Catherine Goth Saladin, Candace Smith Olander and Cheryl Reed Sanders.

ClASS OF 1973 - 45 yeAR AnnIVeRSARySixth Row-Ann Schorer Bibbs, Kathy Ure Kinnear, Sue Madigan Sack, Becky Olinger Magelky, Vicki Schmitz Collins, Jessie Larson Vogel, Mary Schultz Hildebrand, Leila Hagen, Nancy Brown Pickar and Mary Cluff.Fifth Row-Rosi Reyerson Stotts, Maggie Brown Hooke, Judy Blackman Byers, Sharon Barten Johnson, Linda Barnes Friederichs, Margaret Weir Hageman, Laurie Hoehn Thro, Rita Devney Volbrecht and Linda Peterson.Fourth Row-Jeannie Elsen Bagshaw, Gail Ulman Sexe, Theresa Tieben Schlosser, Diane Schmidt Leiferman, Debbie Shama Lantz, Gretchen Thro O’Donnell, Eileen Coughlan Kriechbaum, Mary Decker McGraw, Ann Marso Anderson, DeAnne Geronime Dubbs, Graciela Gonzalez, Deb Dellenbach, Katie O’Grady Muedeking and Annie Meyer Prchal.Third Row-Cathy Vogel Hendershort, Ann Schlosser Menard, Bridget McGraw Belknap, Guadalupe Gallegas DeEscobedo, Sue Wolfe Maas, Donna Lyons Rondorf, Val Goodrich Smith, Rhonda Friesen Meyer, Laurie Anderson Knock, Shari Rstom Lang, Cathy Ulman Pickar, Molly Green Tandberg, Judy Long Zins, Terry Clements, Cathy Corcoran Duffy and Mary Zitzmann Randall.Second Row-Cathy Scheidel Brumm, Laurie Darwent Sheppard, Katie Allen Hiniker, Jeanine Frederick, Myra Goettl Jongbloedt, Ruth Alcocer, Linda Dechene, Katie Radatz, Mercedes Bermudez Fuller, Liliana Salum, Margie Reintjes Leitelt, Bea Swan Wooten, Theresa Burns Borak, Mona James Will, Bridged Marzen Kern and Nancy O’Brien-Smemo.First Row-Tanya Grundewald Dyer, Suzanne Curran Duenow, Maureen Zimmeth Husting, Karen Willaert Saiki, Marcia DeGonda Gill, Chris Neppel Olney, Sandy Cogan Zellmer, Jackie Greiner Nelson, Ann Pearson Holden, Diane Waldron and Laurie Smith Kindt.


1978 & 1983

ClASS OF 1978 - 40 yeAR AnnIVeRSARyFourth Row-Teresa Koester Tschida, Teresa Groh Johnson, Karen Thro, Rita Wollmering, Polly Steck, Kathy Miller, Cathy Hodapp Weber and Jo Ann Kelly Hageman.Third Row-Pam West, Margaret Nix, Michelle Tiller Kaar, Julie Devney, Mary Jeanine Ward, Ann Besser, Lucinda Hoercherl, Patty Weir Mehlhaff and Jill Karsky Roseover.Second Row-Charlotte Nefzger, Ann Vetter Miler, Jody Schueneman, Mary Ihrke Nakaki, Degmar Stefanek, Diane Loeffler, Mary Batzel, Nancy Kindler, Ann Howard Christian, Pat Halpin Pollock and Cheryl Drummer.First Row-Clare Coughlan Rivers, Chris Dillman, Julie Longenecker, Jill Abdo, Margaret Marso Rengsdorf, Connie Marka Murry, Debbie Harris, Kim Rader Frederick, Barb Saindon Ketcham and Kathy Hinkel.not Pictured-Peggy Hunziker

ClASS OF 1983 - 35 yeAR AnnIVeRSARynames are listed in alphabetical order-Lisa Albrecht, Lisa Bauer Wolf, Julie Beckman, Carol Breiter Stecker, Carol Brockman Schuhwerck, Jill Bryant, Teresa Gerteisen, Amy Hager Crocker, Theresa Hall, Eleana Hilding, Cassandra Hiniker, Joanne Kerber, Jennifer Komarek Fuerst, Maxine Laurence, Mary Marshall, Renee Matejcek Tanquist, Morgan McCarty, Amy Mullin, Geraldine Murilla, Ruth Nasers, Shannon Regan Weithers, Donitta Turbes Trebesch, Laure Wagner, Marcella Weber, Dawn Wingert, Bethel Wohlrabe and Peggy Zachman.


1942evelyn Mans Pierce Johnson – new Brighton, MnLife is good. Had a bout with Bell’s Palsey over Christmas, 2016, but have recovered nicely and can still do everything I did before, but it takes longer. I am doing my gardening at CUB this year, so have more spare time. .

1948Joan Ascheman Thisius – Concord, CAI am 87 years old and a widow. My husband, Orville, from Wells, MN died in 2001. Life goes on. I have 19 grandchildren and now have 30 great-grandchildren. My family is all very good to me. Currently, five of my grand and great grandchildren serve in the military. Their dad would be very proud of them and so am I. I live alone, drive a bit, and live close to my St Bonaventure’s Church. God is good.

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1949Helen neubel dittrich – Bloomington, MnCome on 49er’s, write! Retired of course, in church choir and enjoying my six grandchildren and two great granddaughters! My best to all former GCAers.

1950leone McGoff Schnetz – new Berlin, WI My visit to GCA in 2017 was a gift from my brother, Mike. We traveled a total of 1200 miles so I could visit a few places in Minnesota: Good Counsel #1, Blue Earth #2, and Minneapolis #3. Our 50th Anniversary was well attended with many memories. I urge all who can, go to the Reunion events. It is no longer possible to drive 400 miles as I frequently did/ Ho-Hum! Till I come again…

1955Bernadine Bleess Paul – Maquekota, IAI continue to keep busy taking people to appointments, laundering church linens, and making healing quilts for the sick and also quilts for the poor.

lorraine Myhill Wenner – Cartell, MnMy husband, Paul, and I have five children and we are retired and hope to travel. I have a special memory of the boarders, day students and aspirants talking about their families.

1958Marlene Arend Rowe – yuma, AZWe lived in Aitkin, MN for four summers, spending our winters in Yuma, AZ where we have been wintering since 1999. Two years ago my husband was diagnosed with dementia so it was necessary to live in one place only. We chose Yuma because two of our daughters are here along with five grandchildren. The Park we live in is conducive to activities and events we can partake in along with Yuma community

support groups for Caregivers. It has brought about many changes and challenges for me, yet I am getting much support from Hospice Compassus which provides services for my husband.

I am so grateful how the Lord provides caring and compassionate resources while my husband is still able to live at home until his condition worsens. I began a support group in our Park and the response was well-received. We meet twice a month, beginning in November. During the winter season I cantor at the 7:30AM Mass and really enjoy singing. It was a delight to read in the last issue of ReEchoes about Sr. Mary


Donald who was my 4th grade teacher at St. Agnes School in St. Paul, MN. How wonderful that she has turned 90 and is still very active. Her famous words to us as 4th graders were “Is that clear?” as she held a pencil in her hand and hit the desk with it. I wonder if she remembers that? She was a joy and one of my favorite teachers. Don’t know if she remembers us, but I have a twin sister, Maxine, who lives in Shoreview, MN. Please greet her for us.

1958Kathleen Studer – Seattle, WA My husband of 39 years and I are very happy in Seattle. We are still working with the Latino community doing counseling and helping the immigrants with their documents. We enjoy hiking in the mountains and going to all kinds of fiestas with our daughter and her partner.

1959Pat Citrowski Buysse – york Springs, PAI was sad to see that Judy Muellerleile LaFrance died. She was my friend. May she rest in peace. I had open heart surgery last October to replace a faulty aortic valve. Everything went well and we were thankful to God for answered prayers. My book about my life at Good Counsel titled On Fridays We Dance is on sale at Amazon. We attend the Reformed Church where we love hearing the Gospel explained in all it fullness, week by week.

1961Veronica Schoch Weber – dickinson, ndI retired from RN duties 10 years ago. I was married 26 years. God took the hand of my husband, Tony, to His side November 2, 2017 and I ask Him to hold my hand along this new journey of my life.

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1962Gretchen Butzer Jewison – St Johns, MITo celebrate our 50 years of marriage, we had a celebration at our son Ken’s house with three children and their spouses.

1963Kathryn (Kathy, now Kay) Thatcher Pomerenke – Rapid City, SdI retired in 2007 and live in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

1964Gwen Halpern Wampach – St Cloud, MnI have been a Realtor/Broker for 35 years. I will be married 49 years in October. We have two children and three beautiful granddaughters in Rosemount, MN. I loved GCA...I loved the beauty on the hill. Life was simpler then…I carry those memories with me daily.


1965 lucille Galles Thurston – Colorado Springs, COSix years cancer free. Retired and enjoy traveling with my husband. Three grandchildren. I enjoyed my art classes with Sr. Adelia and my choir experience with Sr. Hermana.

1967 Bev Sellner Sanders – Rochester, Mn Hi, I just received a newsletter that indicates that Theresa Jordan Hoffman, Class of 1967, has been elected Prioress of the sisters of Mother of God Monastery in Watertown, South Dakota. She joined the sisters in 2008 and is now Sister Terri Hoffman.

1968Ruth T’Kach – new york, nyI have been happily married for more than 30 years. My husband, Magdy, and I have two sons, two daughters-in-law, and three grand-daughters. I have a Master’s degree in library science and a Juris Doctor, law degree, but my greatest joy comes from traveling the world. I have many fond memories from my years spent on the hill. It is the friendships I made that are special and are still part of my life today.

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1942 evelyn Mans Pierce Johnson – new Brighton, Mn The last Homecoming I attended, there were only seven of us and I was the only one who had not been in the convent.

Past Homecoming Memories

1970Susan Thavis Roberts – laPorte, MnMy husband, Gary, and I recently moved to northern Minnesota. We built a home on Kabekona Lake near Walker, MN and moved there in May, 2017. We are enjoying lake life and all the wild life in the area. I miss my Mankato GCA friends, though!

1975Gretchen Crosbie Reeks – Shreveport, lAI am looking forward to retirement in two years. I have resumed horse-back riding and even showing my horse in jumping classes.

1949Marjorie Hodapp Shaw – Columbus, GA I always enjoy seeing all of my classmates every time I come to Mankato.

1958 Kathleen Studer – Seattle, WA A lot of our class came for our 50th anniversary but within a year or two, three had passed away.

1962Gretchen Butzer Jewison - St Johns, MIThe 50 year Homecoming was very fun and it is surprising who shows up!


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