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Alums from Thailand make their first visit back to the MountVolume 6, No. 1 alumnae.msj@maplemount.org

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Members of the Janekarnkit family visited Mount Saint Joseph Jan. 29. Joining them for lunch were, at left, Sister Mary Angela Matthews, their former principal, and at right, Sister Catherine Marie Lauterwasser, their former teacher. BELOW: Stopping for a photo in the Motherhouse Chapel were, left to right, Cindy Sosothikol, her mother Busra Janekarnkit Sosothikol, Valliya Janekarnkit Mekpongsatorn, and her daughter Vanessa Mekpongsatorn.

Sister Catherine Marie Lauterwasser and former principal Sister Mary Angela Matthews. Neither Valliya nor Busra had been to the Mount since they graduated. “Since my sister was going to visit, I said, ‘Why don’t we come here together?’” Valliya said. TheyflewintoLouisvilleon Jan. 28, and drove to Maple Mount the morning of Jan. 29. They headed back to Louisville later that day, concerned about the winter storm that arrived later that evening. Busra, who lives in Bangkok, Thailand, told Sister Catherine Marie she thinks of her often when she drives, because Sister Catherine Marie was her driver’s education teacher. “(Busra) told me she knew how to drive in the snow because of

you,” Valliya said to Sister Catherine Marie. The Janekarnkit sisters were taught by Ursulines at Mater Dei School in Bangkok through their sophomore years of high school. Their father was working in Thailand and learned through a bank client about Mount Saint Joseph Academy.Busracamefirstbyherself, with younger sister Valliya coming the next year.

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Snow often brings back memories of days

gone by, but for Valliya Janekarnkit Mekpongsatorn, it reminds her of the days as a student at Mount Saint Joseph Academy. Valliya, of San Marino, Calif., graduated from the Academy in 1980, a year after her sister, Busra Janekarnkit Sosothikol. Both the women came to the Mount from their native Thailand for their last two years of high school. Valliya (pronounced “Vuh-lee-uh”) was on a trip to London recently, and while riding on a bus with snow all around, she was struck by how much the scene reminded her of Maple Mount. She told her husband she wanted to visit the Mount. She searched for Mount Saint Joseph on the Internet and found the community’s Web site. She found her name among the “lost alumnae,” and e-mailed Marian Bennett, director of Ursuline partnerships, on Jan. 13 with her contact information, saying she’d like to visit the Mount soon. On Jan. 29, Valliya and her 18-year-old daughter, Vanessa, were in the campus dining room, along with Busra and her daughter Cindy, 22, having lunch with former teacher

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Saturday, May 15, 20102 p.m............... Registration2-5 p.m. .......... Optional: Class Meetings & Visiting4 p.m............... Mount Saint Joseph Museum Tours5 p.m............... Supper6:30 p.m.......... Evening Prayer7 p.m............... Welcome Back ReceptionSunday, May 16, 20108 a.m............... Registration8:30 a.m.......... Business Meeting10:30 a.m........ Reunion Liturgy11:45 a.m. ....... Class Photos12:30 p.m........ Banquet and Awards

Mount Saint Joseph Academy & Junior College Reunion SchedulePlease join us! Note: All times Central

Joan Clayton Payne A’49, second from left, models a Mount Saint Joseph sweater at the

2009 alumnae reunion. With her are classmates

Betty Rumage Bickett, left, and Rosella Cotton

Whitsett and Gertie Hall Mayhew, right.

Dear Mount Saint Joseph Alumnae, When I came to Mount Saint Joseph on Aug. 25, 1968, I had no way of knowing my life had changed forever. I am not certain why God sparked my interest in attending a boarding school when I was 14 years of age. I like to think it was wisdom on my part. But I realize it wasthefingerofGoddirecting me and I followed my heart from there. When we come back for reunions, time stands still and we are Mount Girls again. We can close our eyes and envision the hallways of Saint Michael’s still in a jumble of spluttering teenage girls. We laugh about old boyfriends, or books that were assigned, but never read. Mount Girls giggle about old pranks and mischief – both the ones we were caught at and the one we sneaked by. I finditquitecomfortingthatthefriendshipswefashionedturned into the most profound, powerful support system a person could ever hope to experience.

I am certain God guided those sisters who taught me. I realize that somewhere between teaching me math, science, and literature, trying to endure my teenage antics and attempting to assure I was headed down the right path in life, they sneaked something in when I wasn’t looking. They instilled FAITH, deep and enduring, in abundance. And it has been there all this time, keeping me safe in God’s love, sometimes in spite of myself. I often joke that God always answers the prayers of the sisters at Mount Saint Joseph because he’s afraid of them. After some serious thought, I’ve decided with a smile in my heart that God is not afraid of those dear Ursulines. He just has a very deep respect for how they spread his word and teach his children. This is my farewell letter to all of you as President of the Alumnae Association, and it seems like these four years have passed in just a few days. I thank everyone involved for making my tenure a pleasant one. To the folks behind the lines, and you know who you are, you have my sincere and heartfelt thanks. Running the Alumnae Association is a team sport. Every player knows her part and it all falls into place. Your AlumnaeOfficerteamisoneofversatility,cohesiveness,dedication, and talent. I encourage you to attend this spring’s Alumnae Weekend on May 15 -16, 2010. As a reminder, if you cannot attend, please don’t forget to mail your annual dues. Minimum dues are $10 annually, but feel free to be as generous as your budget allows. In closing, I would like to borrow the words of a melody:“May God bless you and keep you; may His face shine upon you; may He be kind to you, and give you peace…”Sincerely,Nancy Mills ‘72President, Mount Saint Joseph Alumnae Association

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TRANSCRIPTSare available from Mount Saint Joseph Archives.

Send a writtenrequest(weneedyoursignature)anda$5 check payable to Mount Saint Joseph. Include your maiden name, graduation year, and mailing address. Pleaseallowtwoweeks.Sendrequestto:ARCHIVES,

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PRAYER NETWORKPraywithus!Sendyourprayerrequeststo

alumnae.msj@maplemount.org or call 270-229-2006.Let us know if you wish to join our prayer network.

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Alumnae Association President Nancy Mills A’72, left, visits with Sister Francis Louise Johnson.

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is published twice a year by the Office of Ursuline Partnerships for alumnae of Mount Saint Joseph Academy and Junior CollegeDirector of UrsUline PartnershiPs: Mrs. Marian Bennett, OSUA

Director of sPiritUal forMation for UrsUline PartnershiPs:Sister Marietta Wethington, OSU

Director of Mission effectiveness:Sister Rose Marita O’Bryan, OSU, A’60

Director of Mission aDvanceMent/coMMUnications: Dan Heckel Communications/GraPhic DesiGn: Jennifer Kaminski

aDMinistrative sPecialist/Web site: Tiffany Orth8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356

Phone: 270-229-2006 • Fax: 270-229-4953www.ursulinesmsj.org • alumnae.msj@maplemount.org

The Alumnae Association of Mount Saint Joseph fosters loyalty, friendship, and community among

graduates, former students, and the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph. In the spirit of Saint Angela Merici, the association upholds Catholic ideals, promotes Christian formation, and supports involvement in Christian service.

ALUMNAE MISSION STATEMENT

“Why Should I Pay My Alumnae Association Dues?”Annual and lifetime dues are the Alumnae Association’s only source of income. These are some of the ways your dues support the work: • Annual donations support the Mount’s many ministries. For the past few years, your donations helped the Conference and Retreat Center.

• Your dues help to offset printing and postage for The New Mount newsletter and annual Alumnae Memorial Mass program.Other ways your dues help to make alumnae events enjoyable and meaningful are: • The beautiful Maple Leaf Award trophies presented each year• AlumnaeWeekendgymnasiumrentalandofficesupplies• Annual Alumnae Memorial Mass dinner• Stipends for liturgy celebrants • Mementos for reunion fun

Dues are just $10 a year!

Mount Saint Joseph Book & Gift ShopSpecial Alumnae Weekend Hours:Saturday, May 15 ... 2 – 5 p.m.Sunday, May 16. ..... 2 – 4 p.m.

Visit our Web site: www.ursulinesmsj.org

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Anniversary Classes 201080 YEARSAcademy Class of 1930Philomena Rechtin Lynch

75 YearsAcademy Class of 1935Tina Redman Milam

Junior College Class of 1935Margaret Rose AdkissonMarian Elizabeth Rodman BairdLorena Reisz BoarmanAlice CarrollFie Watson ChandlerNina Athalene KeelenClara Evelyn Roberts KingWynona Vanover

70 YEARSAcademy Class of 1940Louise Edelen BowlingChris Heady BrooksGertrude Calhoun CastlenEmily Ballard ChandlerMary Elizabeth Fenwick Dauderman Clara Wheatley EnglandSr. Marie Julie Fecher, OSU Carolyn Hamilton FelitskyMary Feuquay Lora HawesDalphine Dublin JarboeLurleen Jarboe Anita Sherron KelelMary Ann McGriev LiggettDorothy Jane Willett MasseyBettye Powell MattinglyMary McCarthy Burnette Coomes MillayMargaret H SchoeterSarah Mattingly WalkerRegina WalzMary Elizabeth Brown WildmanDorothy Calhoun Ziegler

Junior College Class of 1940Carolyn Porter AyerRebecca Ruth HinesFreda Byrne HoldenHelen Martin HollenbeckGeorgia Lewis Bickett JanickiMary Therese SasseSr. Frances Miriam Spalding, OSU

65 YEARSAcademy Class of 1945Mary Sadie Riggs BradenBilly CalhounSr. Mary Irene Cecil, OSUMary Naomi Clark EbelharLouise Fowler Gaddie Martha O’Bryan GoldenCatherine Belle GrimesMargie HardestyNorma Jean Clements Knight

Dora A. Thompson McCartyMagnetta Bellew MelhiserMary Edna Russell RineyHugh RineyRose Sherron StricklandHelen TrappMary Elsie Simmons Watkins

Junior College Class of 1945Johnnie BerryMargaret Kelty BlandfordAnn Hancock CollinsMary FulkersonTeresa Lewis MorganMary Lillian Settles

60 YEARSAcademy Class of 1950Sr. Marie Goretti Browning, OSUJuanita Burke Sr. Mary Jude Cecil, OSUAdrian Marsch HowardRosemary McShane KranzClara Crouch LillyMillie McBride ReedMary RineyMartha SchwabLaura Abell SmithBarbara Schadler ThompsonRosemary Dockemeyer ThompsonJoyce Clayton WillisEstelle Boone Wimsatt

Junior College Class of 1950Forrest BartlettSarita Casas BejarnoMaria del Pilar Romero CaralesEasie Wathen CecilAnthony CoomesWanda Marie Thompson DavisJohn DoolinWilliam HarrisAlbert JohnsonLeon MattinglyMary Frances Smiley PadanMary Cleophas Fulkerson StallingsJohn ThompsonDolores Mudd ThomsonLina TrujilloJoseph Yeand

55 YEARSAcademy Class of 1955Mary Jane Mulligan AlexanderJean Spalding AllenLiz Ruckriegel BergerMargaret Thoma BickettMarlene Bartley BlandfordMildred Clark CalhounMary Agnes Howard DrennenAnn Settles GibbsDaisy Dant GibsonShirley Hayden GilillandRose Ann Fogle GriggsMary Edith Clark Hamilton

Mildred Boone HartlageMary Louis Jolly HigdonHelen Martin HoganMartha Jean Mulligan KauffeldSr. Catherine Marie Lauterwasser, OSUNorma Jean Fulkerson MedleyMary Helen Kennedy MooreDorothy Weaver MorrisonJoyce Blandford MullinsFaye Bell Nix Barbara Ebelhar PowersSr. Mary Elizabeth Sauer, CP Betty Reader SchulzJoyce ShortJosephine Collignon StroudMary Ford VuncannonNancy Clark WalzJanette Hayden Warren

50 YEARSAcademy Class of 1960Mary Ellen Thompson Baldes Carol Ann Bickett Bell Anacletus Troutman BrangersMadeline ChurchillPatricia Murphy Clary Jane Marie Hayden CloudSr. Helena Fischer, OSULupitina GarzaJoyce Lee GodfreyShirley Redmond HairePatty O’Bryant HartellSr. Julia Head, OSUAlice Murphy HenryTheresa Amelia Stallings HesteFrancil Riney HigdonDorothy Jean HowardTheresa Coomes JonesJoyce Ann Jordan DeCarboSr. Kathleen Kaelin, OSUMadelyn Denniston KeachKatherine Collignon KingCarol Scroggins KrampePeggy O’Bryant NothelferSr. Rose Marita O’Bryan, OSULinda Riney O’NanElizabeth Henning PayneMary Brenda Wathen Phillips Marianna Willett RobinsonMargaret McCarty RobinsonLinda Argabright RoccoMarilyn Smith VesselsJudith Faye Calhoun WardAngela Goetz Wink

45 YEARSAcademy Class of 1965Paulette ArchuletaCarolyn Sue Pike BarnettElizabeth Ann Mulligan BelcherMargaret Jenkins BevilleCatherine Lynn Davis BowlingMary CostelloLinda Ann Blandford DamingSarah Coomes Dant

Joanne Clark DavidCatherine Lynn DavisDorothy “Chris” DennistonHazel Bethel FraizeFrances Goetz GaddisPatriciaGardnerGriffithMary Ann HigginsMartha Bell JohnsonJudith Kranz-DonleyMary Ann Flood LynchCarolyn Hancock MarrenWilda Calhoun MatthisCarol Thompson MattinglyJuatta Edwards McCainBarbara O’Neill NelsonBarbara Higdon ObermeierSue Timbrook O’BryanJanisse Clouse Patrick Wanda Jenkins PerryAugusta PowersShirley Steerstedter HawkinsCarolyn Wiseman RemboldSr. Judith Nell Riney, OSUAlice Mayo RobertsJerryon Dant RobertsConnie Dunn RouseElizabeth Mona Sipes SchnellenbergerTeresa Montgomery StallingsCharlotte Dant ThompsonViola Florez TigheAnna Catherine Potts UrbanRebecca Bowlds VennRosemary Jones WallaceRose Carrico Wieder

40 YEARSAcademy Class of 1970Rebecca Stanton AderholdTheresa Ann Carter Alley M. A Hoerter Allgeier Carolyn Bridget Graves BeamChristine Schwartz BeetsMary Catherine Hobbs BlakeClaudina Anido CartaMary Bernadette Adkins ContrerasBecky Mulligan DantLupita Vergara EllisPaula Marie Wethington GarmanLoretta Marie White HambySharon Gayle Clouse Hayden Beth L. Calhoun HendersonCarolyn Sue McCarty HowardRita Brockman HuffmanLucy MarinElizabeth Ann Ringer MatherRebecca Sue Henderson McCartyFaye Hoffman McDonoughJennifer Lynn Speaks McGeeJoy Tichenor MitchellJanet Sue Riney MurphyMargaret Marie Mattingly NalleyPhyllis Newton NewtonMartha Ann Hobbs PleasantVicky Moriarity PolsonLaura Porto

Marilyn Inez McKay PowersLucy Quinonez Violet Elaine Jones RichardsMary RittmeyerElaine Marie Hayden RobinsonDenise Ochsner RoedererBetty RogersAna Maria RuizCatherine Ann Hayden SnyderTerry Janeczko StaphCarolyn M. Wood TharpeRachel Towery WhittakerPat WooldridgeKathy Ford Young

35 YEARSAcademy Class of 1975Alice AllenJane Cecil BratcherCynthia BrownKay Drury ClarkMarie CollinsMarva Abram CrutcherCarol Mulligan HallSharon Thomas McCartyJenny MulliganMary Anne Cossey PowersOdetteMariaRubinfield

30 YEARSAcademy Class of 1980Maria del Milagro AvilisKathy McReynolds BoyteJoyce BradyCheryl Ann Lowman ClarkPaula Marie Maloney CoffeyJacqueline DetrichStephanie GradyPatricia Anne LinzmeyerValliya Janekarnkit MekpongsatornAgnes Catherine Powers PavelCarmen Dolores Zelaya

25 YEARSAcademy Class of 1985 (left in 1983 when Academy closed)Kathy AldersonJoanna Thomas BinghamSherrie ClarkHope CoxMichelle ElmoreMaria Hayden InmanIngrid Vargas LorenzaneJacqueline PaulsonAmy Cates RuesewaldTheresa L Flomerfelt TuckerConnie Marie Hayden Vickers

Nearly every afternoon at 3 p.m., the “stoop” was the place to be for popcorn and RC Colas. Pictured in February 1959 are, seated, left to right, Marianna Willett, Joyce Jordan, Helen Fischer (now Sister Helena), Rose Marie O’Bryan (now Sister Rose Marita), and standing, Joyce Lee, and Julia Head (now Sister Julia).

Thanks to Marianna Willett Robinson A’60 for supplying the photos1

BELOW: For selling the most subscriptions to the school newspaper, The Mount, senior Marianna Willett was crowned the Mount Queen. Assisting in her court are Princesses Joyce Lee, Julia Head (now Sister Julia), Linda Kay Argabright, and Kathleen Kaelin (now Sister Kathleen). Sister Mary Anna was The Mount sponsor, and the cost of a year’s subscription was one dollar.

“The Golden Thread of Destiny” was the senior class play in 1960. Set in the Civil War era, its stars included Shirley Redmond (soldier); standing, l to r, Peggy McCarty, Linda Riney, Catherine Collignon, and Francil Riney (seated).

Remember When?

In the summer of 1959, Joyce Lee (center) drove her new Thunderbird to visit Theresa Coomes (far left), Rose Marie O’Bryan (right), and

Marianna Willett (seated).

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SARAh E. WALKER A’40Sure enjoy newsletter – only hope to be able to attend May celebrations. My health hasn’t been all that great.

CONGRATULATIONS to the following alumnae who are celebrating jubilees of religious profession in 2010: 70 years: Sister Frances Miriam Spalding C’4060 years: Sister Elaine Burke A’49, Sister Mary Angela Matthews A’49, Sister Joan Walz A’49, Sister Marie Goretti Browning A’50, Sister Mary Jude Cecil A’5040 years: Sister Pam Mueller A’68, Sister Cheryl Clemons A’69

DOROThY PAYNE KRUMPELMAN A’46 I enjoyed Alumnae Sunday last spring. They say you can never go back – I don’t try – it’s a new experience each time. My story is rather ordinary, at least for the times I have lived through. I was born right before the Great Depression on a farm in Breckinridge County near McQuady. A highlight in my 4-year-old life was an airplane ride! This was in 1932, something unheard ofbackthen.Abarnstormerlandedhisplaneinaneighboringhayfieldandofferedtotake up passengers for a dollar apiece. Depression or no, my parents couldn’t resist the adventure and took me with them. We wore helmets like the Red Baron; that really made an impression on me. When I looked over the edge of the plane I was amazed to see tiny cows, houses, barns, and people. After eight years in the one-room country schools, my parents sent me to the Mount, then proceeded one by one to send my three sisters. Our mother, Mary Sherron Payne, had graduated in 1921, thus making the Mount a family tradition. After I had shed at least a gallon of tears, my four years became a happy time in my life with many memories. I still enjoy the memories of my teachers at the Mount. Sister Lucita, you were special! Following graduation in 1946, I worked for 10 years at the Louisville Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank. I was a math lover so I had found my niche in life. I had a greatopportunitytocontinueeducationinmyfield.Iresignedtomarry,thentohaveourthreechildren (in as many years). This has been the favorite time in my life. We had little money but our little ones were such a joy! Families have a way of growing up and ours did. We found we needed more money once again when the three were in Catholic high schools and going to college all at the same time. Where did I go? Back to a bank, this time to retail banking and for the next 18 years I worked as a teller. I enjoyed the customer contact and tried to give them the very best service I could. During my last years of working at the bank my husband, George, opened a small heating and cooling service business. For a few years I was bookkeeper for him along with working at the bank. I retired from the bank in 1996 and continued bookkeeping for another 10 years. Surprisingly I got along with my boss very well. After we both retired we began to do some of the things that retired people do. There are so many ways to serve others. We found our place representing our parish by working at St. Vincent de Paul serving meals to the needy and homeless. We take Communion to the nearby nursing home and say the rosary with those patients who are able to be up and about. We didn’t have an archives for our parish so I have worked on a project trying to gather as much history as possible and preserve it. Now our parish has been blended with another – Mother of Good Counsel and TransfigurationofourLordhavebecomeSt.Bernadette.(LouisvilleKY)Now the icing in the cake; we have six grandchildren. They are all play and no work! A few months before celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary we went to Ireland. While there we visited the village where my great grandparents lived before coming to America. We met some of the Sheerans/Sherrons and continue to stay in touch via e-mail and “real” letters, books, and gifts. Maybe we will have time to go back before “the shades are drawn.”

GERTRUDE hANCOCK BRUMLEvE A’54: Greetings to all classmates of ’54.

Congratulations to IMOGENE MCBRIDE hAYDEN STULL A’54 who received a Sophia Award from her parish, St. Anthony, Brown’s Valley in Utica, Ky., and the Diocese of Owensboro on Sept. 27, 2009. Sophia awards are given to a senior citizen or couple who have shown themselves to be a role model of faith in their parish and community.

MARY ANNE KEvIL A’58 I am doing well and I pray that they and their loved ones are, too. I would love to hear from all of my classmates via e-mail at makevil1940@aol.com. Also, they are welcome to call me (502) 222-3551, and I would really enjoy joining all of them for lunch somewhere in the Louisville/LaGrange, Ky., area this spring or summer. That would be a BLAST!

DOROThY “ChRIS” DENNISTON A’65 and MADELYN DENNISTON KEACh A’60Madelyn Denniston Keach is a 1960 graduate of Mount Saint Joseph. She entered the MSJ Ursuline Community, but turns out that God had different plans. After Madelyn left the convent, she went on to obtain a bachelor’s degree in education, and a nursing degree as well! Madelyn married the man of her dreams, Richard Keach, and they had two beautiful children, Rick and Karen. Fast forward, and there are nowfivewonderfulgrandchildren!MadelynandRichardareenjoyingretirement,a bit of travel, and friends in a Parkinson’s support group (Richard was diagnosed with Parkinson’s several years ago but is doing very well). Last year Madelyn took Richard to see her old MSJ high school campus, a trip they both greatly enjoyed! Dorothy “Chris” Denniston (Madelyn’s sister) is a 1965 MSJ graduate. Dorothy

also entered the Ursuline community after graduation and became Sister Christina. After almost 13 years, God guided her in a new direction. Dorothy left the community but maintained her nickname of Chris, derived from her religious name.Shespent34yearsinthefieldofspecialeducation,firstasateacher,thenasaneducationaladministrator.Sheand her mom lived together for 23 years until her mom’s death in 2001. Chris then reconnected with many friends at

Alumnae Adventures Send your news to alumnae.msj@maplemount.org Or mail to Alumnae Office, 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356

Dorothy Payne Krumpelman A’46 and her husband George visited the Mount Saint Joseph Museum at the 2009 reunion.

Madelyn, left, and her sister Chris

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the Mount, and has enjoyed traveling with some, including her old high school principal, Sister Miriam Medley. In 2009 she made a lifetime commitment as an Ursuline Associate.

SISTER JULIA hEAD A’60 and SISTER NANCY MURPhY A’59 wereamongfivesisterselectedtothe2010-2016leadership team for the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph during a December 2009 community election. They will start their terms of service in July.

ANN JENKINS CASPAR A’62 (posted on Facebook): I am happy to become a fan of the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph on this Ash Wednesday and my 66th birthday. They are and have been my other family...“Happy” Lent!

PhYLLIS COSTELLO BRESNIK A’66My husband Ed and I were thrilled to witness the successful launching of Space Shuttle mission 129 at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Our nephew, Marine Lt. Col. Randy Bresnik, was amissionspecialistonhisfirstflightasanastronaut.Toaddtoanalreadyeventfulweek,hisdaughterwasbornonthesamedayashisfirstspacewalk.Itwasevenmorefun because my classmates, Cecilia Robinette McEldowney and Susan (Sue Ann) Thomas Allgeier, traveled to Florida to see a Space Shuttle launch and stayed with our classmate Teresa huff Bringardner at her home. We were able to meet for dinner and had a great visit.

KAThY WELZ MCNEARY A’67 (posted on Facebook): Welcome to Facebook! Hoping to connect to some fellow grads through your page. My years at the Mount were life changing and full of great memories. Thank you for your dedication.

SISTER AMELIA STENGER A’67Sister Amelia is one of 30 people across Kentucky named to the state’s Climate Action Planning Council, which will set up opportunities for Kentucky to respond to the challenge of global climate change while increasing energy efficiencyandenergyindependence,andspurringeconomicgrowth.

WINNIE RINEY COhRON A’69Dr. Winnie Cohron, secondary instructional supervisor for Warren County, Ky., Public Schools, was recently selected for the Outstanding Dissertation Award by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. The award recognizes excellence in doctoral dissertation research that contributes to the knowledge base of teacher education or of teaching and learning with implications for teacher education.

MARThADENE hOWE A’69After 33 years of teaching middle school science and social studies, I recently retired, spending time between my home in Florida and my cabin in the north Georgia mountains. Hello to all my former classmates and teachers!

GRACIA E. ALvEY A’77I’vebecomemanagerofBG’sFoodmart,theconveniencestorewhereI’veworkedforfiveyears.Ilovebookkeeping– thank you, Sister Justina.

SISTER DIANNA ORTIZ A’77SisterDiannaisthenewofficedirectorforPaxChristiUSAinWashington,D.C.Shewasmostrecentlythefoundingdirector of the Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition in Washington.

ILEANA MARGARITA PEÓN ROChE A’83I live in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. Pitina Molina, Beatriz Molina and Pilar Berny live here, too. Maria Morales Persa lives in Guatemala. Dinorah Carolina Zamora AguirrelivesinVenezuela.Everybodyisfine;marriedandwithkids.Mye-mailis nenapilates@hotmail.com. Pitina’s e-mail is patina_molina64@hotmail.com. Dinorah’s e-mail is dinorah_5_27@hotmail.com. I am looking for my roommate, Dana DeFrancesco. (Right: Here is a picture of us when we were at the school).

AMY CATES RUESEWALD A’85 and JOAN RUESEWALD NELSON A’85Hello all, I am Amy Cates and just found this site through Facebook. I was looking for old friends and your site turned up. I am now Amy Ruesewald of New Waverly (Houston area), Texas. I have lived in Texas since graduating from Murray State University in 1990. Joan

Nelson (she resides in Spring, Texas) has been my sister-in-law since 1991. I married her eldest brother Fritz. Fritz and I have four children. Pictured is Fritz, my husband of 19 years; Jude, 18; Liz, 16; Zachary, 13, and Emily, 11, at Subiaco Academy in Arkansas where Jude graduated. He will attend St. Mary’s University in San Antonio. I am a kindergarten teacher in a very small district. My husband works for Yellow Roadway Corp. We dearly wish the Mount were still open for our daughters. I would love to hear from those students from 1981-1983, the last two years the Mount was open. Please forward my e-mail to any one of them: aruesewald@cocisd.org.

Phyllis Bresnik A’66, right, visits with Phyllis Troutman A’63 at the 2009 alumnae reunion.

LEFT: After being named assistant congregational leader, Sister Julia Head A’60 is congratulated by Sister Clarita Browning A’47.

RIGHT: Sister Nancy Murphy A’59, left, and Sister Frances Miriam Spalding C’40 meet up at the 2009 alumnae reunion.

The 40th annual Mount Saint Joseph Picnic is Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010

Hope Cox, Pitina Molina, Ileana Peon Roche, and Carolina Briceno Zamora at the Mount

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COMING SOON!!“FOOD FOR THE SOUL,

MEMORIES FOR THE HEART”A collection of delicious recipes and

heartwarming remembrances in a sturdy ring binder, featuring many of the favorites from “Watermelon

and Buttermilk,” plus new recipes and memories from the Mount!

Makes an ideal gift or keepsakeOnly $15 eachA fundraising project

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Available at the Alumnae Weekend Registration Desk, Mount Saint

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A New Mount Saint Joseph Cookbook!

“I was delighted to come,” Busra said. “My sister, not as much.” Valliya said they didn’t speak English very well at the time, and she was homesick while she was here. But her memories are fond of the sisters and her classmates. “My father wants to come visit here, he lives in Bangkok,” Valliya said. Her favorite memory of the Mount was “riding down the hill” on a snow sled. “I’d never seen snow before,” she said. “They stayed over Thanksgiving, that’s when I heard them speaking Thai,” Sister Mary Angela said. “Otherwise, they spoke English.” Other teachers they recall were Sister Jacinta Powers for science, Sister Margaret Ann Zinselmeyer for math, Sister Kathleen Kaelin for English, and the late Sister Theresa Marie Wilkerson, who taught history. Valliya said Sister Jane Irvin (Hancock) was her dorm mother. Upon graduation, they both attended California State University, Northridge, getting degrees in management information systems. Busra works for Thai Airways International. Valliya and her family own a chain of restaurants in California called Noodle World. The women toured the Retreat Center and the Motherhouse while here, stopping for photos along the way. On their way out of town, they stopped in Owensboro for a brief visit with Busra’s classmate, Kim Clemons Haire, A’79. Busra and Valliya said their memories of driving in Owensboro were limited to the van Sister Theresa Marie would drive to town with a group of girls on the weekends. “Sister Theresa Marie would only let us go to Kmart or J.C. Penney, so those are the only places we know,” Valliya said. The visit with Kim Haire was brief but memorable for Kim. “What a surprise it was when out of the blue I get a call from someone who calls me ‘Kimmy’ and tells me that she is Busra and that she’s at the Mount,” Kim said. “It was one of the best surprises of my life!” The two were classmates their junior and senior years at the Academy. “I don’t remember how we became friends but we seemed to hit it off right from the start,” Kim said. “Busra was one of three girls who had come to the Mount from Thailand including her sister, Valliya, and classmate Mischelle Masupap. Getting to know them and learning about their culture, their customs, their food was one of the most enriching aspects of my education at the Mount,” she said. “I remember how sad we both were when it came time for graduation. We eventually lost touch with one another. But I never forgot about her.” During their visit, “we had a great time talking and catching up about our families, our work and our lives since high school,” Kim said. “We exchanged e-mail addresses and hope to keep in touch in the future. “Before they left that day, Busra shared with me that she had wanted to come back to Kentucky and to see me because she had never forgotten what I said to her at our graduation -- that we would probably never see each other again -- and she decided that didn’t have to be. She suggested maybe next time I could come visit her -- in Thailand! Who know what the future holds, but I’ll never say never.” Busra and Valliya both hope to plan another trip to the Mount, possibly in September for the annual picnic.

-- By Dan Heckel, Mount Saint Joseph Staff

Spring 2010 7 The NEW Mount

May these alumnae and faculty members rest in God’s peace:Sister Agnes Irene Bickett, 93, A’34, an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph, died Nov. 25, 2009 in her 74th year of religious life. Sister Agnes Irene was treasured for her sense of humor and her inspiring meditation and prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. She delighted in talking about her many teaching assignments. She taught and ministered in the Diocese of Owensboro, the Archdiocese of Louisville, and in Missouri, Nebraska, and New Mexico. She was the Guest House coordinator at the Motherhouse until 2001. Survivors include a sister, Sister Blanche Rita Bickett of Mount Saint Joseph.

Gifts in memory of Sister Agnes Irene or other sisters may take the form of donations to the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356.Margaret Marie Greenwell A’26ofGriffith,Ind.,diedApril9,2009,age103.Shewasanative of Curdsville and raised her family in Whiting, Ind. She is survived by her children, James (Bernie), Laverne, Faye, Dorothy Jean and Emily. Her sister was Sister Mary Clement Greenwell, an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph, who died in 2009 at age 101.Jean Gropp van Meter, 95, A’31/C’33, died Nov. 29, 2009, at the Carmel Home in Owensboro. Her husband of 38 years, Leslie Van Meter, preceded her in death. Together they were proprietors of Owensboro’s Dugout Drive-in restaurant; she was a charter member of Blessed Mother Catholic Church. Jean is survived by four sons and 14 grandchildren. Dorothy Speaks Bell, 91, died Oct. 18, 2009 at age 91. She attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy her sophomore year in 1933-34. She was a native of West Louisville, Ky., a memberofSt.SebastianChurchinCalhoun,Ky.,andissurvivedbyfivesonsandthreedaughters. Sr. Mary Angela Sasse, OSB, 88, C’40 died May 19, 2009 in Ferdinand, Ind. A Benedictine sister for over 65 years, she was a teacher and librarian. She began her teaching career in Starlight, Ind., and taught in Ferdinand, Evansville, Jasper and St. Henry, Ind. Jean Lonergan C’41, (former Sister Cecilia Jean) died Dec. 31, 2009, at the Carmel Home inOwensboro.ShewasanUrsulineSisterfor27yearsandthefirstprincipalofSt.PiusXSchool. A lifelong educator, she taught in Catholic and public schools in Kentucky, Nebraska, New Mexico and Missouri. Rita Neel McPherson A’42 died Sept. 26, 2009.Elizabeth Ann Stockton Boyd A’48 of Evansville, Ind., died March 27, 2009, in Henderson, Kentucky, at age 79. Patricia Ann Riney A’52 died Nov. 20, 2009, in Owensboro at age 75. She had been deputy clerkfortheDaviessCountyCourtClerk’sofficeandissurvivedbyasonandtwodaughters.Othersurvivorsincludehersister,MaryCatherineRineyPfisterA’51andsister-in-lawSueRiney A’42. Agnes Marie Browning Watts A’53, age 74, died Feb. 19 in Louisville. She was a retired purchasing clerk for Porter Paint Co, and a member of St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church. Her husband, James C. Watts, preceded her in death. Her survivors include seven children, 19 grandchildren and her sisters, Sisters Clarita (A’47) and Marie Goretti (A’50) Browning.

In Loving Memory

• Sister Pauletta McCarty A’39, whose brother, Paul McCarty, died Feb. 22 in Owensboro.• FreDella hancock C’42, whose niece, Susan Byars, died Nov. 29, 2009, at the age of 29, inMorganfield,Ky.• Nancy Mills A’72, whose brother-in-law, James (Jimmy) Payne, died Dec. 16, 2009, in Owensboro.• Mary Beth Bickett Andrews A’71, whose husband, Wes Andrews, died Sept. 8, 2009. Survivors include mother-in-law, Betty Rummage Bickett A’49, and sister-in-law, Vickie Bickett Gibson A’74.• Geraldine Bickett Owdziej A’46, whose husband, John, died Aug. 28, 2009. Survivors include sisters-in-law, Lucille Bickett O’Neill A’42, Sister Luisa Bickett, OSU, A’47, Betty Rumage Bickett A’49, Jeanie Bickett Calhoun A’56, and Carol Ann Bickett Bell A’60.• Elizabeth Ruckriegel Berger A’55, whose brother, Michael L. Ruckriegel, died Jan. 8 in Louisville.• Mary Lou Byrne Payne A’66, whose sister-in-law, Judy Oelze, died Nov. 24, 2009.• Sister Mary Lois Speaks A’62, whose brother, Pat Speaks, died Oct. 20, 2009.• Martha Reidling A’31, and Ursula Schultz A’37, whose sister, Isabel “Issy” Russell Clark, died Jan. 22 at the age of 101.• Sister Mary Angela Matthews ’49, whose cousin, Nora Alice Dodge, died Jan. 17.• Therese Fraize A’58, whose sister-in-law, Carolyn Hurm Snyder, died Jan. 7 in Owensboro.

Alumnae Memorial Mass 2009

Sister Jane Miriam Hancock, C’43, presents the first reading at the Nov. 7,

2009 Alumnae Memorial Mass. Alumnae of Mount Saint Joseph Academy and Junior College gathered in the Motherhouse Chapel to remember deceased

alumnae and faculty.

Sister Mary Eileen Howard, C’47, plays the music for

the Mass.

Liz Ruckriegel Berger, A’55, leads the intercessions.

Carolyn Sue Cecil, A’73, leads the congregation in remembering the deceased.

The next Alumnae Memorial Mass will be Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010.

We Extend Deepest Sympathy To...

50th Anniversary

Class of 1950 – 60th Anniversary

Coming Events at Maple MountApril 4 ........... Easter SundayApril 9-11 ......Soul Seeking with Paul Volk Weekend ......................Retreat led by Fr. Paul PrabellApril 24 ......... Center Annual Dinner (Hawaiian Luau)May 8 ............ May I Walk You Home Workshop ...................... for Caregivers by Betty Medley A’81May 9 ............ Mother’s DayMAY 15-16 .... AluMnAe ReuniOn WeeKend June 27 ......... Former Ursuline Sisters’ ReunionJuly 1-4 ..........North American Ursuline Convocation in .......................Cleveland, OhioJuly 10 .......... Ursuline Associates & Sisters DayJuly 18-24 ..... Weeklong Retreat with Fr. David Knight Aug. 27-29 .... Retreat for Married CouplesSept. 12 ........ PicnictoBenefitRetiredUrsulineSistersNOv. 6 .......... ALUMNAE MEMORIAL MASS

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2010 is an election year for the Mount Saint Joseph Alumnae Association. Officers to be elected:

• Secretary• Treasurer

• President-electElections held on Sunday, May 16

Business Meeting • 8:30 a.m. Conference & Retreat Center, Conference Room A

Alumnae Association Bylaws state: “Nominations shall be accepted from the floor and the nominee shall

be in agreement to serve as an officer of the Association.”

NOW IS THE TIME TO THINK ABOUTWHO WILL LEAD MSJ ALUMNAE!

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Voices and instruments welcome!If you would you like to share your talent contact Carolyn Sue Cecil by April 1 at

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