Winter 2012 Issue - Volume 69 No 1

Volume 69 • No. 1 • Winter 2012

2012 Distinguished Alumna Nominees How did your education at Little Flower influence your life? Little Flower provided me with a broad learning experience, which prepared me for any path that I might choose. What would you tell today’s students they should take with them when leaving LF? I would suggest that you take advantage of Sr. Jeannemarie everything Little Flower has to offer. It will Jordon ’61 broaden your horizons and help you to be ready for the future. What was your most significant experience as a student? As a student at Little Flower, I played basketball. I learned to be part of a team and this certainly helped me in the life I chose as a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph. Who was your role model/mentor at LF? I met Sister Mary Aquin, SSJ in my junior year at Little Flower. She exhibited a spirit of great love, care and joy. Sister was happy to truly listen to me and support and affirm me in positive areas. I loved her little "giggle" when I told her stories about my weekend dates and activities. She was kind to all of the students. When I told her that I was going to enter religious life, she was the only one who said, "I'm not surprised". I will always remember her. I also learned much from my basketball coach, Marty. She always encouraged me no matter how bad the game was going. When I became a coach I remember that Marty said “It was the love of the game and not just the winning that mattered.” How involved are you in the Alumnae Association? Being a Sister of St. Joseph limits my involvement in the Alumnae Association. The Association and Little Flower staff and students are always remembered in my prayers. What instilled the most confidence in you to become the person you are today? The teachers and Sisters were excellent at giving you confidence as you progressed through the years. Each time you accomplished a goal, you were praised for your hard work. Though I didn't excel in a particular area, my years at Little Flower provided me with a foundation to do anything I put my mind to do.

How did your education at Little Flower influence your life? My four years at Little Flower enriched me in many ways. Academically, I felt well-prepared for college because I was taught to treasMaureen ure my Catholic Education and welcome any Mahon ’79 opportunities that enabled me to grow as a solid Catholic. The atmosphere at LF had a great influence upon my self determination to be a woman of faith and to spread Christ’s love to others. On another note, my fond memories of LF are forever with me. What would you tell today’s students they should take with them when leaving LF? I would recommend that the students take with them all that they have learned during their time at Little Flower. Stay close to their friends. I graduated from Little Flower in 1979. Just last month I went away with 18 of my closest friends who graduated with me from LF. I feel very blessed to have made life long friends during my high school years. What was your most significant experience as a student? The most significant experience was my involvement in CSC. Some of my fondest memories are visiting nursing homes, helping the students at Our Lady of Confidence, and learning to Irish Step Dance in the halls of Little Flower and then taking the show on the road to the Little Sisters of the Poor. God has blessed me with a wonderful husband and five children. Growing up in our house our children were always told that “service was not an option.” They, too, became very involved in CSC during their high school days. We often talk about our similar experiences with Operation Santa Claus, visiting the Little Sisters of the Poor and helping with the students at Our Lady of Confidence. My children were serving the same organizations that I served when I was in high school. Who was your role model/mentor at LF? Miss Klarich – now Sister Kathleen Klarich, is a wonderful example of a person who lives a humble, simple life. How appropriate that she would now be the principal of Little Flower. A perfect fit! When I first met her I was taken by her kind gentle manner in which she treated students and faculty alike. She encour(Continued on page 2)

FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK . . . Dear Alumnae and Friends! May God bless your New Year with much happiness and good health! You are receiving this a bit later than usual because I was waiting for the recommendations of the Archdiocesan Blue Ribbon Commission. (I just could not gather my thoughts before Christmas). You may recall in previous commuSister Donna Shallo, nications, I mentioned that this I.H.M., LF President group had been formed by Cardinal Rigali to study all of the elementary and secondary schools. Because of declining enrollment throughout the Archdiocese, decisions had to be made regarding underutilized buildings, merging schools, and recommended closings. On January 6, we received word that Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls would REMAIN OPEN. It was a déjà vu’ moment for those of us who were present that day in December of 1992, when our principal at the time, Ms. Marie Gallagher, gave us the good news. On January 6, the girls expressed their joy and relief with a standing ovation as tears streamed down their faces. Of course, we prayed in gratitude for the powerful intercession of our dear patroness, St. Therese, and sang our beautiful “Alma Mater.” What a special LF moment that was!! I realize that because of the ability of Facebook and Twitter, for many of you this is old news already. Sister Joan Ames said she could not keep up with all of the “friend” requests☺ It pleased me to no end to read the messages Alumnae from various decades sent to their classmates inviting them to financially support Little Flower.

It is my dream that a “new generation” of supporters will surface at this time. We need you to help us SUSTAIN this wonderful mission. You can see from the “Cups of Caring” on pages 4-5 the support we have received from July 1 to December 31 from the various decades. We are grateful to those who have responded but we have a ways to go. Like St. Therese, we follow the “little way” and I am not asking for a major gift—$25 from each Alumna who has not yet become financially active will be a tremendous help because there are close to 14,000 Alumnae in that category. We accept on-line donations for your convenience and if you would like to set up a monthly payment plan, just contact Sister Joan Ames at [email protected]. Remember, it is the donations Little Flower has been receiving from 1992 until the present that SAVED US AT THIS TIME. Those donations stabilized our enrollment because each year we are able to offer the parents tuition assistance, lessening their monthly payments. Here is a staggering statistic—in 2001 our enrollment was 791 and today it is 742—a difference of ONLY 49 students in 10 years. I thank all of you who have made this possible through your financial support. Let us remember in prayer the school communities of St. Hubert, West Catholic, Conwell-Egan, and Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast High Schools which will be closing in June. You know how you would feel… Thank you and God bless you! Fondly,

Sister Donna Shallo, IHM President

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aged me, by her example, to get involved and help others. Her gentleness and compassion touched my life. How involved are you in the Alumnae Association? With 5 children between the ages of 17 thru 25 I have not had a lot of time to be involved in the Alumnae Association. I have attended all of my reunions and several reunions at the shore. Because of my wonderful experience at Little Flower I have always encouraged my children to be involved in their schools. What instilled the most confidence in you to become the person you are today? I would have to credit my Catholic Education. Having attended St. Martin of Tours grade school and four years at Little Flower, it is my greatest treasure. The fact that Little Flower is an all girls high school is a huge part of my confidence. It allowed me to grow in my faith without all the distractions. I loved my time there and when my daughters where considering high schools I strongly considered Little Flower, but was afraid of the distance. Page 2 / Winter 2012

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ADVANCEMENT NOTES . . . Dear Alumnae and Friends of Little Flower: WOW! I ordinarily would begin my letter by wishing you many blessings in the New Year. But in light of the tremendous response of our alumnae and friends to the January 6 announcement that Little Flower would be among the High Schools of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Sister Joan M. Ames, IHM to remain open, I must begin with Director of Advancement WOW! Knowing how anxious our LF family would be to hear the recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission, which has studied all elementary and secondary school for the past year, I put a short message on Facebook, Linked-In and Constant Contact stating that Little Flower would remain open. Never underestimate the power of social media – The Official Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls Facebook Group grew from 735 to 1236 members in four days! The recent announcement has generated a lot of enthusiasm. Please don’t let the enthusiasm dwindle. Keep it alive! Daily, we feel the blessings of God, St. Therese, and you, our faithful alumnae and friends, in so many ways. Your continued support and generosity to Little Flower helps award tuition assistance to our present Little Flower students, and thus sustain our mission! We ask your prayers for the four high schools recommended to close in June 2012 – St. Hubert, West Catholic, Conwell-

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Egan and Archbishop Prendergast/Monsignor Bonnor – their students, parents, administration, teachers and staff. Your prayers will help them face the difficult days ahead. A sincere thank you to the girls from the classes of ’51, ’56, ’61, ’71, ’86, ’01 and ’06 who generously gave their time and energy to organize their Class Reunions. Job well done, girls! If you feel inclined to chair or co-chair your reunion, please contact me at [email protected] or call me at 215-455-6900 ext. 118. If you live in or plan to visit Florida, California, or Arizona, Regional Reunions are planned for February and March. As details become available, they will be posted on the Alumnae page of Little Flower’s website: www.littleflowerhighschool.org During the month of March, we engage in our Annual Phon-a-thon, which generates about $60,000. We surely can use your help to make this venture as successful as possible. Many alumnae really look forward to hearing the voice of another alum. Please consider coming to Little Flower for an evening (or two) to make phone calls. It surely is a rewarding experience. For News & Events, Flossie Shop, Reunion Updates, Online Giving, check us out at: www.littleflowerhighschool.org Thank you again, for your continued love and support of Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls. Gratefully,

Sister Joan M. Ames, IHM Director of Advancement

Little Flower

Planned Giving Website

www.littleflowerhighschool.org/plannedgiving The site offers you a wonderful opportunity to learn about Planned Giving. • It’s a valuable resource as you consider your estate plan. • It’s easy to navigate. • It allows you the freedom to absorb the information in a leisurely and totally private and confidential setting. • It covers a vast amount of information. The site explains Ways of Giving: • Many choices, how each one works, with diagrams • Glossary of terms • Estate and income tax benefits It reviews Goals, Benefits and Strategies You can click on all underlined words to get additional detail. Information is available for your attorney or financial advisor. You can print all pages – just look for the printer image on the page. Winter 2012 / Page 3

Little Flower Alumnae The 7 cups represent the 7 decades of LF graduates with their levels of participation in this Little Flower Annual Fund as of December 31, 2011. Please consider adding YOUR gift to your decade's Cup of Caring! It will take every decade's generosity to quench our students' critical need for financial aid and to ensure the continued success of Little Flower. Join your classmates in the Cups of Caring Become a part of the outstanding Little Flower education of today's young women students.

’40s 17.2%

’50s 18.0%

’60s 15.5%

Now, more than ever before... Page 4 / Winter 2012

Cups of Caring

’70s 9.4%

’80s 3.4%

’90s 2.8%

’00s 5.3%

Their future is in your hands. Winter 2012 / Page 5

OFFICE OF PLANNED GIVING PERPETUATING LITTLE FLOWER LEGACY Dear Alumnae and Friends! Blessings! I would like to thank Carole McVeigh Lally, ’55 for agreeing to be our “feature writer” in this Winter edition and for sharing her reasons for joining Little Flower’s Legacy Society. With the recent announcement of Little Flower remaining open, we look to the future and count on the support of everyone in order to continue to realize our mission and goals, particularly through the Legacy Society. I am pleased to welcome our three new members, bringing our total of living Legacy Society members to 77: Doris Byrnes, ’45 Barbara Psonak Aronis, ’61 Midge Torzone, ’61

understand how present circumstances could affect the amount of your annual donation. That is why if you consider leaving Little Flower a Bequest, your gift could be significantly larger when it might otherwise not be possible. Our dreams and aspirations for future generations can come true through the Legacy Society. If you have already included Little Flower in your estate plans, please let us know so that we can thank you at our Annual Legacy Society Event on May 3. (Invitations will be sent in April). If you have any questions, etc. please contact Sister Donna at 215-455-6900, ext. 112. God bless you and have a Happy and Healthy New Year!

There are several ways to support LF, all of which are truly appreciated and necessary for the financial health of the school. Often an Alumna will say, “I wish I could give more.” We

Sister Donna Shallo, IHM President

Little Flower Legacy Society The Little Flower Legacy Society membership includes our cherished alumnae and friends who, as loyal visionaries and generous benefactors, have included Little Flower in their Will or estate plan. Through their Planned Gift, they have committed to securing the mission and the legacy of Little Flower into the future. Mary Ann Keegan ’41 Gloria Flick Lehr ’42 Dolores Riley Esmonde ’43 Kathryn Kervin ’43 Mary Lynd ’43 Dorothy Joret Davidson ’44 Margaret Lynd ’44 * Doris Byrnes ’45 Maureen Quirk Harrigan ’45 Susan Kiefer Hartman ’45 Clare Dwyer Bracelin ’46 Helen Kurz ’46 Mary Harkins Trimboli ’46 Anne Moore ’47 Catherine Lynd ’48 Marilyn Brennan McAneney ’48 Ann Marie Fleming Garraty ’49 E. A. Hoffman ’49 Eleanor Javage Sokusky ’49 Rosemarie Noller Speitel ’49 Claire Miller Cope ’50 Madeline R. Attanasio DiPasquale ’50 Regina G. Kennedy ’50 Joan-Kathleen White Knebels ’50 Noreen Jackson Waldstedter ’50 Margaret Kerper ’51 Catherine Needham ’51 Anita Maxheimer Burns ’52 Rosemarie Butter Squeri ’52 Arlene Lyons Gaynor ’53 Page 6 / Winter 2012

Margaret Thompson Hogan ’53 Bernadette Maguire ’53 Margaret Short McParland ’53 Mary Ellen Dailey Parkins ’53 Adele Droege Bradley ’54 Mary Ellerkamp Rueger ’54 Dora Duerr Scogna ’54 Marie Druding ’55 Carole McVeigh Lally ’55 Beatrice Braun Lock ’55 Theresa Czuczman Pfueller ’55 Mary Gill Hornsby ’56 Ann Kruopas ’56 Wanda Wesolowski ’56 Elizabeth Hughes Rufo ’57 Stella Pokrywka Skibniowsky ’57 Alice Grimes Donnelly ’58 Joanne Conway Klatt ’58 Margaret DeMarkis Marasco ’58 Jeanne Sigwart Palaitis ’58 Arlene Liberatore Petruzzo ’58 Mary Donohoe Hauser ’60 Margaret White Rushford ’60 *Barbara Psonak Aronis ’61 *Midge Torzone ’61 Patricia Hynes ’62 Denise Lambe ’62 Helen Magee ’63 Mary Anne Greene Jackson ’65 Kathleen O'Neill Aukett ’66

Judy Belcak Basara ’66 Patricia Palka Ward ’66 Joan Tricoski Keller ’69 Kathleen Ott ’69 Karen Hnizdo Prince ’73 Christine Girard Tracy ’83 Clare Pfeil ’84 Eileen Dolan McCarron ’86 Amy Steinmetz Carthy ’87 Marcella Rack Kraycik ’89 Anonymous (7) * new members since July 1, 2011 † deceased Elizabeth Sawchynski O'Donnell ’41 † Alberta C. Gallagher ’41 † Natalie Nevins ’43 † Mary Dean Morris ’44 † Mary Hesch Gregory ’46 † Geraldine Gatzmer Thompson ’46 † Theresa Keller ’47 † Mary Haggerty Quinn ’47 † Gerard & Elizabeth Uhl Songster ’48 † Rita McLaughlin ’49 † Dr. Helen Oels ’49 † Catherine Mueller ’50 † Catherine Young ’50 † Ann Marie Kerper ’53 †

Little Flower Legacy Society I currently live in Michigan, a beautiful state surrounded by the Great Lakes. If you look at an Atlas, or even at tonight’s national weather forecast on TV, you’ll see that Michigan is shaped like a mitten. When someone says they’re from Michigan, they raise their right hand and point to the Carole McVeigh Lally, ’55 approximate location of their city or town. At the end of this year, I am retiring from a major law firm where I’ve worked for over twenty-one years. What do I plan to do post-retirement? By mid-January I’ll be in a classroom becoming certified to teach English as a second language. It’s payback time. In 1979 and 1980, I lived in eastern Europe and I couldn’t speak a word of the local language. Before I was able to enroll in a language school, my landlady gave me a crash course so I could get around the city and make myself understood. Soon I hope to be doing the same for someone else. Who knows, maybe one day I’ll be doing that back in Philadelphia. In September I spent a week visiting family and friends in Philadelphia and New Jersey. Whenever I return to my roots, I drive through Bridesburg past the house where I grew up, stop at All Saints Church where I was married, and pass the company where I formerly worked. I reminisce further by driving the bus and trolley routes that I used to take to get to Little Flower. Along the way, it’s always interesting to see what has changed and what hasn’t. When I arrive at Little Flower, it’s so good to see that it is still here bustling with activity. On this particular visit, I didn’t just drive by. I visited with Sister Donna, and we talked for a long time about our beloved school. As I think back on my high school experience, I am extremely grateful to my parents, Grace and Bill McVeigh, who made more sacrifices to send me and my siblings to Catholic school than I can ever imagine. Only years later did I realize that every time my father took a “second job,” it was to “make ends meet.” I’m not sure anyone’s mother ever came

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up with more creative ways to make a pound of meat feed a family of six than mine did. They were committed to giving us a quality education – one that would prepare us for a lifetime – and for me, that meant attending Little Flower. Today, parents throughout the metropolitan Philadelphia area are making similar sacrifices to send their daughters to our alma mater. Every day my mailbox, like yours, is filled with requests to send money to one deserving organization after another…veterans’ groups, public television, homeless shelters, soup kitchens. They are all in need, and all deserve our support. But what is the ONE that made the most indelible impression on your life – that played a major role in you becoming the person that you are today? LITTLE FLOWER. In 2008, as a tribute to my parents and also to the dedicated nuns who were integral in preparing me for my future, I made a commitment to the Legacy Society. It took just a few minutes. No pain involved. Just a conscious decision to include Little Flower in my estate plan in order for it to remain a viable institution and one about which we can continue to be proud for many years to come. I urge all of you to do the same. In fact, I challenge all alumnae, and particularly those in the Class of 1955, to join me in securing the future of our beloved school. Little Flower offers our student body a caring and nurturing environment. In addition, they offer an educational foundation that will propel them into the finest institutions of higher learning and whatever careers they desire. You can help them to follow their dreams and achieve their goals. In a “Sequel” that I’ve saved from Winter 2009, Sister Donna said, “Without money, there is no mission.” Please join me in making a commitment to the Legacy Society – as a tribute to your parents, many of whom made sacrifices so that you could attend Little Flower. Do it in their honor. There are bumper stickers that read: I’m spending my children’s inheritance. Please don’t spend it all. Remember to put something in your will or estate plan that benefits present and future Little Flower students. Whatever you are able to do will provide a gift so precious that its worth will benefit others for a long time.

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ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION NEWS . . . Dear Alumnae: A Happy and Healthy New Year to all of you. Hopefully, this letter will find all of you enjoying 2012. When I accepted the Distinguished Alum Award at graduation, I did so on behalf of all the past, present and future officers of the Alumnae Association. It is an honor and a privilege to represent you as the Distinguished Alum and as a current officer on the board. I have held Dolly Ellis Brophy many board offices and while doing so have met some wonderful ladies ’59 who helped me grow both spiritually and mentally. These ladies have given so much of their time, talent and treasure to further the Little Flower Tradition and they are to be commended. Any attempt to list names would ensure missing someone. The ladies who were the backbone of the board from 1941 until the present know who they are and I want to publicly acknowledge you by saying THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART for your dedication, love of Little Flower and your friendship. You are my role models; you sacrificed and helped make LF the wonderful school it is, today. Our school is the home of graduates who are part of the business world, education field, at home moms, and volunteers for all types of organizations and charities (Little Flower being the main one). A Little Flower education prepared us to be women of the world and our contributions are legendary. As women of the world, we forget to take care of ourselves. Blessed Mother Teresa said “To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.” We need to continue to replenish our bodies both spiritually and physically. This replenishment is a lifelong responsibility to ourselves and our families. My classmate friends from LF have provided over 50 years of friendship and support. We are lucky to be able to do this. I like to remember “A friend is the nicest thing you can have and one of the best things you can be.” We can and should continue to be friends of Little Flower. LF grads are a group to be reckoned with – we are all over the world, wherever you travel you will met one of us. The Class of 2012’s motto is: “Girls will be girls, but Little Flower Girls will always be Ladies”. It is written somewhere that “What you are – is God’s gift to you; what you make of yourself, is your gift to God.” We, LF ladies are great at giving God lots of gifts. As a group we have accomplished much – our school is vibrant; our girls are well educated and, hopefully, will continue to love LF as much as we do. Our patroness St. Theresa is known as the Saint of Little Ways; she believed in doing the little things in life well. When we follow her example and work on the little challenges in life the bigger ones will be a breeze. When you look back thru LF’s history you can see that we have met and exceed these challenges. The parents of today’s young ladies struggle to support our school but do so, because they want a Catholic Education Page 8 / Winter 2012

for their daughters. We the alumnae are able to provide support thru our generous donations to all the LF fund raising activities. You can be sure that the students who benefit from your generosity are grateful. To put today’s struggles in perspective – my education was free. I paid a $15 book fee. Today’s students and parents are paying over $5000 a year to attend our beloved school. These parents and students need all the assistance we can give them both financially and thru our prayers. I would like to conclude with something my granddaughter runs around her house shouting WE ARE … and fills in the name of the school. We who follow the traditions of LF and the efforts of all who love and believe in LF ; WE can truly say WE ARE LITTLE FLOWER. I know I will be a LF lady as long as I live. Ladies please continue to be LF ladies and be as supportive as you can of our school and students. Thank you and may God and our Patroness St. Theresa bless all of you!

Dolly Ellis Brophy ’59 Alumnae Association President

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The newsletter for the alumnae of Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls is a semi-annual publication 1000 West Lycoming Street Philadelphia, PA 19140-2199 215-455-6900 Editor Sister Joan Marie Ames, IHM Alumnae Association Officers President Dolly Ellis Brophy ’59 VicePresident Joan Siburkis Schott ’58 Secretary Ann Marie Brown Hill ’72 Treasurer Ann Simons Mackin ’46 Madeline Attanasio DiPasquale ’50

Little Flower Student Attends FBI National Academy Youth Leadership Program by Ashleigh Gallagher ’14

The FBI National Academy was started in 1935 in Washington, D.C. It is a ten-week session that is held four times a year in Quantico, Virginia. Police commanders and military supervisors from around the globe are selected to attend. Participants must complete academic classes and physical training in order to pass. My Father, John Gallagher, is a captain with the Philadelphia Police Department. He is a graduate of the 231st Session, which was held in the Fall of 2007. For the past 14 years, the FBI National Academy has sponsored the Youth Leadership Program. It is ten-day camp that is designed to mirror the FBI National Academy experience for pre-sophomore and pre-junior students who are the children of FBI National Academy alumni and FBI agents. To be considered, interested candidates must submit a three-page application and a one-page essay. Then, they are subjected to an extensive interview process by a three-person board. There are approximately 60 such boards throughout the world. Each board can only nominate one candidate for the Program.

On April 7, 2011, I was fortunate enough to be chosen by the board that represents the Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the FBI National Academy Associates as their nominee for Session 14. I had to compete against eleven other students in the region. Needless to say, I was honored to get this opportunity. I left for Quantico on June 22, 2011. Saying goodbye to my family was hard for me, because it was the first time that I was away from home without them. My Dad drove me there. At first, I was homesick and found it difficult to be

living in a dormitory with people that I had never even met. Each morning, I awoke at 5:00 a.m. to prepare for physical training that started at 5:30a.m. After I finished my workouts, I changed into my normal uniform to get ready for an 8:00 a.m. class start. We broke for lunch at 12 noon, but had to be back in the classroom by 1:00 p.m. Academics usually concluded by 6:00 p.m. Once we finished dinner, I either had another physical challenge or had to meet my counselor with other students for a group discussion. I also had the chance to interact with international students during evening hours. I am grateful that I met so many people. Any regrets that I had about being there disappeared once I made friends and became familiar with the campus. However, we were all exhausted by the end of each day. We took one day out of our normal schedule and went to Washington, D.C. It felt great to escape the school atmosphere and explore a place that I had never been to before with my new friends. The counselors took us to the Pentagon, Arlington National Cemetery, Ford's Theater, The National Mall and The Law Enforcement Memorial. I was deeply moved by what I saw at these places. This trip was definitely the highlight of the Program. Our final day consisted of a five-mile obstacle course called The Yellow Brick Road, which I successfully completed in 54 minutes. I was so happy that I finished it. After that, we had to take a final test on everything that we learned in class. When my time at the FBI Academy came to a close, I realized how lucky I was to have attended such a program. I made life-long friends and experienced things that few people ever will. There are only 700 people that can say that they are graduates of the FBI National Academy Youth Leadership Program and now a student from Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls is one of them. Furthermore, I was the first and only Little Flower student ever to be selected for it. Today, when I think about it, I feel very proud of what I had accomplished while I was there, yet disappointed at the same time, because I know that I will never return. Nevertheless, while I was there, I did my best to represent not only my family and the Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the FBI National Academy Associates, but also our beloved school.

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MEMORIAMS as of January 10, 2012

1941 Catherine Curran Clarke Sr. Rose Aloysius Cody, IHM Regina Sinnott Eichert Marie Devine Gardner Jacqueline Bliss Harris Helene Kehoe Margaret Corcoran Muni Mary Hess Myers Helen T. Fitzpatrick Rushton Catherine Nugent Sharkey

1942 Dorothy Belzer Billington Josephine Settembrino Ciliberto Alma Mooney Colonna Alice Cormican Farrell Mildred Appel Kelly Regina Vees Mallon Eileen McGinnis Mary Griffin Nally Agnes Dillon Peet

1943 Virginia Cobb Dysart Bernice Quaid Feeney Alice Hafner Flanagan Margaret Feeney Hockeimer Mary Dailey McLaughlin Josephine Messa Quinn

1944 Ida Mulherin Daubert Helen Donaghy Virginia McLaughlin Howley Rosemary Nolan Linahan Catherine Woods Schaefer Helen Przestrzelski Segatti Helen Coyle Williams

1945 Sr. Mary Dwyer, IHM Mary Direso Guenzel Margaret M. Murphy Kratzer Dolores O'Brien Wagner Mary E. Walton

1946 Mary Auchter Amend Elizabeth J. Morris Emery Jean Regan McCauley D. Patricia Connelly McSherry Catherine Kenney Muessig Patricia Hannigan Town

1947 Rita A. Rafferty Ashdale Marie Egan Boyle Claire V. Magsam Costello Marguerite Nee Kane Regina McGinley McAfee Eileen Rooney McHugh Margaret Kopp McLaughlin Sr. Ruth Dolores Needham, IHM Mary Redican Neill Shirley Kennedy Reichardt Dorothy Duffy Reiher

1948 Mary Ann Burns Page 10 / Winter 2012

Mary Campoli Camp Margaret McLaughlin Henry Lorraine Schmel Lauterwasser Marie Dormer Ross Florence McCormick Weiner

1957

1949

1958

Margaret Morgan Burger Joan Harle DiGiovannantonio Margaret Kent Kahoe Catherine McGrath McCartney Mary Faccenda McGarvey Jane Savage McPhillips Sr. Grace Pasquarello, SSJ Eleanor Mikulla Strohm

Patricia Hughes Doyle Elaine Cole Fuessinger Carol Duca Milligan

1950

Marie Crommie McCormac

Kathleen Devlin Bucci Elizabeth Brucker Fisher Joan Calzi Lehane

1961

1951

Patricia Topham Eldridge Shirley A. Firak Jeanette Pleskacz Shea Katherine Kupper Walylko

1959 Susan Goshaw Calabro Joyce Messer Diodad

1960 Patricia McCabe Lahneman Rose Mary Levy Menello Judith Kalicki Trahey

Catherine R. Bergbauer Margaret Meehan Cardamone Mary Kinsley Dell Filomena Carosella DiCriscio Lorraine DiFerdinando Nancy Ann Walsh Gruber Maryann Guise Marie Jacquinto Kehan Rita Simons Liebchen Sr. Vincent Marie McGovern, OSF Eileen McMenamin O'Brien Lorraine McCurdy Stromeyer

1962

1952

Jane P. Goff Sesso

Sr. Miriam Eidenshink, OSF Catherine McGowan Maguire Catherine Hilbert Martin Eileen McNamee Rosemary Heesen Watts Sr. Therese Immaculate DiCondina, OSF

1953 Elaine Schmidt Domenico Dolores Krokowska Johnson Jeanne M. Graham Kennedy Marie C. Wissman Kubiak

1954 Catherine Joos Badman Kathleen Judge Eife Suzanne Wade Sr. Mary Wilkinson, IHM

1955

Eleanor Bean Benedetto

1963 Ann Cameron Guinan Johanna Bulman Noone Madeline Bocchino Tevin Loretta Yochim Thomas

1964 Kathleen M. Mackin Valletto Geraldine Lore Walsh

1965 1967 Barbara Crawford Preston Carol Taylor

1968 Diane R. Froggatt Day Lorraine Fergione Hoffmaster

1969 Julia Moretti Schreiber

1971 Deborah Reynolds Maxwell

1972 Deborah Hoepp McConomy

1973 Eileen Jordan Szydlik

Mary D. Rutkunas Bennington Antoinette Kennedy Cannon Nora Gallagher Hilburn-Teague Dolores Hill Hofferica Mary Lou Flasser Young

1974

1956

Maria DiCicco DiCicco Theresa Curran Innamarato

Patricia B. Cruice Helen J. Miller Curran Helen M. LaSalle Gresh Barbara Blackmore McKissick Annemarie F. Lawlor Roney Rita Savidge Rosemarie Cutri Vona

Carol Reed Humenick

1977 Theresa Fox

1979 1998 Janel M. Cook

2003 Lauren E. Mattinson

Eighth Annual Grandparents’ Day Eight years ago, Little Flower sponsored its First Annual Grandparents’ Day. Happy to say, the response of our grandparents is overwelming. Grandparents, enthusiastically, look forward to this event each year. Over the years Grandparents’ Day has grown into Grandparents’ Days. So, on December 7, Little Flower invited Grandparents of our Senior and Freshman class to join us for a performance of our School Play, “White Christmas” and a Luncheon. Then on December 15, Little Flower treated Grandparents of Juniors and Sophomores to our LF Christmas Concert, followed by a Luncheon. Over 600 grandparents were able to join us. The following Alumnae grandmothers joined their granddaughter(s) for the festivities. Rosaleen Mullarkey Aspinall ’57 Mary Ellen Simon Atwell ’55 Joan Zimmerman Bannan ’58 Mary Mistalski Belmont ’62 Nancy Zamiska Bowers ’59 Honor Farrar Bradley ’48 Patricia Skoniesny Brandt ’57 Mary Connor Campellone ’52 Mary E. Noone Cashman ’53 Alice Orbell Chapla ’53 Mary McGothigan Chesnovsky ’48 Maryann Choquet Eileen Condran ’69 Sarah Mullen Corbett ’58 Ruth Botz Corbett ’48 Mary Bodell Corley ’66 Ellen Bennett Donnelly ’70 Frances Mooney Elder ’78 Elizabeth Eiselen Enoch ’53 Ursula Lent Farrell ’57

Phyllis Haas ’62 Marie Tracey Hassall ’53 Patricia Piotrowski Hueber ’67 Karen Kelly Kapetula ’69 Margaret Mellina Kimchuk ’55 Geraldine Schrufer Krause ’55 Elizabeth Baker Kreschick ’50 Margaret Weiss Mack ’67 Maureen M. MacWilliams ’75 Ann Ferry Magauran ’58 Margaret A. Woodward Maher ’51 Elizabeth A. Womer Markowski ’64 Joanne McCool ’80 Nancy McCormac ’64 Virginia Weber McCurdy ’63 Florence Gilday McDougall ’57 Barbara Hunter McGovern ’55 Elizabeth Nimon McLaverty ’42 Dorothy Gabrick McMonagle ’58 Eileen Lee Morgan ’62

Eileen Beveridge Murphy ’50 Mary Anne Sullivan Musser ’72 Margaret Welsh Noone ’56 Kathleen Noone ’66 Bernadette Noone ’54 Kathleen Shields O'Donnell ’55 Carole Siemienski O'Grady ’57 Isabel Katziner O'Neill ’55 Elizabeth Matthews Pettit ’53 Patricia Krebs Primerano ’60 Elizabeth McGarry Riley ’63 Margaret Maloney Ruland ’53 Karen McGinty Samson ’72 Ann Nelson Semon ’58 Eleanor E. O'Donnell Shire ’43 Phyllis Barczewski Vuillermet ’62 Margaret Nimon Walsh ’41 Robin McAteer Whittington ’89 Rita Kempczynska Zeiger ’56

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2012 Distinguished Alumna Ballot Deadline for Voting: March 31, 2012

My choice for this year’s Distinguished Alumna is: Sister Jeannemarie Jordan, SSJ ’61 Maureen Byrne Mahon ’79

Voter’s Name:

Class of:

Return this ballot to: Distinguished Alumna Award Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls 1000 W. Lycoming Street Philadelphia, PA 19140-2199 (Only original ballots will be accepted. No copies, please.)

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Thank You… My sincere thanks to all of you who attended the Annual Christmas Luncheon on December 10. And, a big thank you to all who donated to the Scholarship Fund. Your continued generosity and support of our efforts to assist today’s students is greatly appreciated by the entire Little Flower Community. A special thank you to Dolly Ellis Brophy ‘59 for stepping in at the last minute to Chair the Luncheon and to all who helped make a success of this event. Next year's Luncheon will be held at Rosewood on December 8 at 12:30. I hope you plan to attend. I would also like to thank those who attended the Annual Mass and Luncheon on November 6 at Saint Katherine of Siena Church. It was a huge success with many new faces in attendance. Next year’s Mass will be held at Saint Albert the Great Church on Welsh Road in Huntingdon Valley. The date is November 4. A big thank you for your prayers, cards, e-mails, phone calls and good wishes for my recovery from the fractured leg I sustained when I fell stepping off the lectern the morning of the Annual Mass. Hopefully by the time you are reading this, I will no longer be in a wheelchair and no longer wearing a brace. It has been a very long 12 weeks. I can truly say that I’ve given my all to Little Flower this year. Watch for the Registration Form for both events in the summer Sequel and the Donor Report. Joan Siburkis Schott ’58

Career Day Thank You We are so grateful to the following Alumnae who spent part of their day with the students sharing information about their careers during the November 8 Career Day: Keynote speaker: Kathleen Killian, ’81 Athletic Trainer – Jackie Filipone, ’01 College Administration/Study Abroad – Maureen Gordon, ’98 Information Technology – Rose Gleason-Bandu, ’81, and Denise Mangold, ’89 Nursing – Susan New Galiczynski, ’84 and Michele Mazur Cimino, ’85

Susan New Galiczynski, ’84 and Jackie Filipone, ’01

Kathleen Killian, ’81, Career Day Keynote Speaker, Theresa McGrath Gillespie, (daughter of Kathleen Murphy McGrath, ’63), and Bill Gillespie (brother of Maureen Gillespie, Chairperson of LF Religion Dept.)

Rose Gleason-Bandu, ’81 Denise Mangold, ’89, Maureen Gordon, ’98, and Michelle Mazur Cimino, ’85 Winter 2012 / Page 13

Love at the End of the Hall by Angelique Darcy-McGuire ’89 The Little Flower spirit has enveloped me since my eighth grade eyes were invited to gaze upon this amazing institution during open house many, many years ago... As I grew into a young woman in those sacred halls, chit chatting at my locker or sauntering to class, I would catch a glimpse of the statue of St. Therese at the end of the corridor and just as easily as breathing, would murmur “St. Therese of the Little Flower, pray for us.” I’m not sure which teacher planted the seed of that lovely daily affirmation in my mind, but I’ve kept it with me throughout my life. I have prayed to our patroness, St. Therese many times since our auspicious Graduation Day but I have called upon her more than ever these past few years. And this is really why… I first understood the meaning of love ~ REAL love~ when I realized as a mother, a wife, a teacher, that love is not just one emotion. No… it embodies itself as three for me: regal, raw and radiant. Sometimes entwined in exactly that trinity of a mystery… I have been on this Earth (in this form) for four decades. What have I learned? REAL love is regal. Having parents who’ve loved me unconditionally from the moment of conception and being adored as an only child (singular not by my parents’ choice – my celestial unborn brothers and sisters can attest to that…) was regal in that they marinated me in fancy and whim yet clothed me in spiritual nurturing and in the moral fabric of generosity. They sacrificed so that I could have a solid Catholic School education from toddler to teenager. Being an “only” I was given a lot, yes. But I was also taught to GIVE a lot- to be a lamp, a lifeboat or a ladder to others. Yes. A gift of parental love wrapped regally, one that gives, to this day exponentially. I first understood the meaning of LOVE as radiant the moment my eyes locked onto my husband’s for the very first time on a starry seashore eve. Radiant. The way his fingers fit into mine with such effortless ease. The way he cupped my cheeks in his hands the day we said, I do.” The magical minute my newborn daughter all fresh and pink and swaddled from Heaven was placed in my trembling arms. Radiant. The way she smiles at me through freckles and newly hatched eightyear-old teeth when we giggle and laugh and play. Radiant. It’s the sunshine reflecting off the ocean, her smile… It’s the kisses of my family and the embraces of caring and nurturing friends who are there for me tirelessly and selflessly. It’s the “lightbulb” of connection when a student whom I’m teaching really “gets” the knowledge I’m aspiring to impart… It’s LOVE in its radiant form. It has to be. It must balance out the times when LOVE must be raw. Page 14 / Winter 2012

Real love is raw – when my husband raised my cell phone to my face to reveal a picture of our beautiful freckled girl to my weeping eyeballs and crying mouth because I was begging him like a dog in the street to take me out of that chemotherapy lab and to just forget it and let breast cancer have its way with me. It’s when he put that photo in my face and said REAL SIMPLY, “THIS is why you’ll stay.” And so I did. Raw. When it brought my ears a newscast while driving to work three years later after we BOTH survived the wickedness of cancer (his lymphoma, mine breast) that there was a critically injured firefighter suffering life-threatening damage while rescuing families from a high rise of roaring flames and unrelenting smoke and I realized instinctively, without human confirmation: that’s my husband. Raw – but very VERY real – when I stood by his bedside in ICU for many, many suns and moons wiping strings of saliva from the sides of his intubated mouth and tears from his smoke filled, fear filled, love filled eyes with about seven thousand tissues (the ones with the lotion infused, of course, because they’re just better. It’s all about the details!) wiping over and over and over and over. Inhaling his pain. Exhaling my love. Over and over and over and over. Raw. When my sweet Lionhearted soul mate was on life support and I called beyond Jesus our Friend and Brother. I called beyond God our Father. I cried out beyond the Holy Spirit and all the angels and saints I ever knew or heard about. I mentally rested my weary head and heart into St. Therese’s lap of roses and begged her to help make me strong. I called upon the spirits of the precious babies we lost while trying to grow our family with MORE love –inviting their tender spirits to surround us while I stood exhausted at his bedside swaying, standing, praying for those baby angels to help their Daddy on whatever dimension they happened to be dwelling in. Yes, I first understood the meaning of love living all of these experiences. It is regal. It is radiant. It is raw. All of its faces are resplendent in courage and generosity. The faces of family and friends. The faces of nurses and therapists and teachers and strangers who sent prayers and meals. And hope. Love is in the countless communications of schoolchildren sending letters and crayoned stick figures of gratitude and admiration for a firefighter whom they’ve never met. Love rejoices when parents and partners step up to life’s not so sunny challenges and then REAL LOVE rolls over in rose petals and cream when people employ the most basic of human gifts – to give of THEMSELVES to each other – immeasurably as St. Francis of Assisi taught – to be a channel of God’s peace... Constantly. Consistently. Unsolicited. Pure. Although it houses itself in many shapes, I first understood the meaning of love as it is ever present, always permeating compassionate breaths and sweet gestures and comforting words. (Continued on page 15)

Love at the End of the Hall…continued

My story is lucky enough to have a happy ending – yes – after all of THAT! I am certain all the goodness I learned throughout my years at Little Flower helped shore my fortitude. Those priceless four years with my friends and my teachers and the community we were guided to help prepared me for the path I had no idea I needed to walk. For the example I needed to set ~ not only for my students, for my family, for my friends ~ but for MYSELF. People ask “How did you do that?” “How did you get through it?” I picture that still and beautiful face at the end of the hallway … embracing roses and emanating love. … giving freely to all who are resolute enough to ask for it. I shall learn from LOVE. Live in it. Be certain to share it. And pass on its message. Because whether regal, radiant or raw – it’s for REAL!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

FOR THE REGIONAL REUNIONS

Once again, Little Flower is participating in Mayor Nutter's V.I.P. (Very Impressive Performers) Program, sponsored by the Mayor's Office of Education. The V.I.P. Challenge for the first quarter was directed toward freshman students who maintained perfect attendance for the first quarter. All participating schools in the city were invited to submit the names of freshman students with perfect Mayor Nutter and Jessica attendance. Four Little Kellenbenz at the VIP Award Ceremony. Flower students were among the 265 students selected randomly to attend the VIP Award Ceremony with Mayor Nutter on November 10 and receive tickets to a sporting event in the city. Congratulations, LF VIP Award Recipients: Donyelle Fredericks, Jessica Kellenbenz, Desiree Santiago and Angela Tinoco.

Invitations will be sent to you. February 18 – Clearwater, FL Location: Alfano’s Restaurant February 19 – Bonita Springs, FL Location: Hunter’s Ridge Country Club March 3 – Phoenix, AZ Location: The Phoenix Hilton East Hotel March 10 – San Francisco, CA TBA March 24 – Southern CA TBA If you are going to be in this area and would like to attend, please download the information from our website, www.littleflowerhighschool.org or call 215-455-6900 ext. 118 for a registration form.

Save the Date SUMMERFEST 2011 – ALL CLASS REUNION Saturday, August 11, 2012 Westy’s Irish Pub, N. Wildwood, NJ

Save the Date Little Flower is planning a A NIGHT for our alums Ages 21-31

Finnigan’s Wake, 3rd & Spring Garden St. Philadelphia, PA

“LF Spring Fling” is Thursday, March 15, 2012 6:00 P.M. – 9:00 P.M. The LF Spring Fling Registration form can be found on the Alumnae page of our website:

www.littleflowerhighschool.org Deadline to register is March 5 Winter 2012 / Page 15

Installation Day Class of

1951

Class of

Front Row: Loretta Nee Farrell, Genevieve D’Orazio Duggan, and Monica Burke Gandloff Back Row: Catherine Needham, Sister Miriam Patrice Pyle, IHM, and Anne Speitel McCann

Class of

1961

1986

Front Row: Awilda Torres-Cintron, Lana Becker Henderson, and Shelly Goodwin Smith Back Row: Lisa Curry, Claribel Alvarez Jusino, and Susan Reeves Waldron

Front Row: Marie Coneghen Shevory, Maureen Contino Schutz, and Cecilia Lumsden Back Row: Judith Brindle and Clare Morton McCarrie

Front Row: Gudrun Kristof Hart, Diane Schaefer Hunt, and Wanda Cendrowski Kaminski Back Row: Elizabeth Knuettel Pesce and Sara Brennan Waldron

Front Row: Elizabeth Laphen and Sister Mariann Guiniven, IHM Back Row: Patricia Golden Siwinski and Patricia Gavaghan Gozdan

Linda Daniels Prosperi, Eileen Herbert Burke, and Patricia McAnany Riffe Page 16 / Winter 2012

Alumnae Return for Installation

Hannah Waldron, ’13 with her grandmother, Monica Burke Gandloff, ‘61 and her mother, Susan Reeves Waldron, ’86

Jenna Ledger, ’03, Molly Ledger, ’12, and their mother, Margaret Berry Ledger, ’75

Tracy Stever Rocks, ’88 and her daughter, Kristin Rocks, ’12

Pat Loughead Mullen, ’79 and her daughter, Alyssa, ‘12 Rachel Bowers, ’12 and her mother, Linda Fisher Bowers, ’81

Save the Date

Save the Date

Annual Mass of Thanksgiving at the Carmelite Monastery

INTERNATIONAL CAFÉ

Tuesday, April 25, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.

CLASS OF ’71, ’76, ‘91 Tuesday, March 6, 2012 Winter 2012 / Page 17

Bethany Beach, Delaware On Friday, November 11, 2011, 47 graduates of Philadelphia Catholic Girls' High Schools, gathered for a luncheon at The Cottage Cafe in Bethany Beach, DE. The 47 represent 10 schools. The luncheon was organized about three years ago by Theresa Adamski Denshuick, a Little Flower graduate, and Mary Adair, a St. Hubert graduate. Meeting at a church dinner and realizing they were both graduates of Philadelphia Catholic Girls’ High Schools, Theresa and Mary endeavored to see how many other Philadelphia Catholic Girls' High School graduates were in this area and attempted to gather twice a year. They and drew a response of 116 contacts. The group has met in November and May since 2008.

Front Row: Sr. Loretta C. Primus ’64, Maryann Sankowski Lula ’61 Middle row: Grace Hickey McCormac ’60, Theresa Adamski Denshuick ’61, Maureen McCloskey Pimble ’53, Kathleen Welsh Catto ’61 Back row: Eileen Baxter Walder ’53, Clara Miller Gannon ’55, Mary Hickey Bohley ’55, Patricia Hall, Margaret (Peg) Smith ’61, Frances Diehl Nickels ’48

1971 Reunion Standing: Maureen Snyder Parente, Donna Milligan and Regina Levy Fiedler Sitting: Kathy King Evans, Phil King (brother of Kathy) and Carol Henry

Some St. Martin of Tours Girls at the Reunion Page 18 / Winter 2012

Kathy King Evans and Eileen Kane

Auditorium Makeover When our Alumnae return to Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls, they always remark on how well kept the building is and that is true. However, there is a part of the building that looks “tired” and that is the auditorium. This summer, we purchased a new green stage curtain containing the school seal and had just the front of the auditorium seats upholstered. Why just the front? These chairs are original to the building and are a remembrance of all of our 34,000 plus cherished Alumnae, their families and friends who sat in them over the course of four years, their first day of school, during Mass, Adoration, Ring Mass, Assemblies, Installations, Baccalaureate, Plays and Concerts, etc. Would you like to have a part in the restoration of the Auditorium chairs and be remembered for your contribution? You are invited to donate $150. to dedicate an Auditorium chair in memory of or in honor of someone special in your LF life (a special teacher, director, cast friend, or someone in your personal life.) If you are interested, please send your donation payable to Little Flower High School, attention Sister Donna, along with the following dedication form.

Auditorium Chair Order Form Please be specific in selecting your row and seat # All rows – Lycoming Street Side, Center, or Café Side, begin with L to Z (no “O” row) and AA to JJ; Seat # 1 to #11. Your dedication will be placed on the arm of the chair Wording of Dedication:_____________________________________________________________ Location of Chair:_____________________________________________________________ Name:__________________________________________________________________________ Address:________________________________________________________________________ City, State, Zip:_____________________________________Email Address__________________ Mail to: Sister Donna Shallo, IHM Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls 1000 W. Lycoming Street Philadelphia, PA 19140

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National Honor Society

The National Honor Society Officers, Brianna Gomez, Rebecca Bannan, Melissa Stango Staublein, ’95, NHS Induction Guest Speaker, Megan Guy, Allison Capella, and Destiny Marquez.

Jessica Kaupp, ’13 and her mother, Sandra, ’89

Patrick Zolk, Kathleen McCue Zolk, ’95, Alexis McCue, ’13, and her grandmother, Mrs. McCue

On either side of Kathleen McGovern, ’13 are her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Francis McGovern

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Mr. Thomas Capella, Allison, ’12, and her mother, Theresa Noone Capella, ’82

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P OSTSCRIPTS The Advancement Office reserves the right to edit submitted information for length and style. Also, due to the large volume of postscripts received, we reserve the right to eliminate duplicate submissions by the same person. The following postscripts were received by December 17, 2011

1941 ~~~ Mary Carr Hendel and Albert are the proud and happy grandparents of Casey Cole who graduated from Furman University in June and entered the Franciscans in August. “Please keep him in your prayers.” In September, Mary Ann Keegan took her yearly vacation (on-going for 21 years) in Pawleys Island, SC. Sister Beatrice Keegan, SSJ, ’49 also went with her and that made it even more special this year.

been Associates of the Sisters of St. Joseph for years in St. Timothy’s Parish. Dorothy Joret Davidson and Ray are so proud of their five grandchildren. Kristine Davidson loves children and is in her third year at Penn State studying for a teaching degree. Michelle Stafford is a freshman at the University of DE majoring in chemical engineering. She was a star athlete at Pilman High School in N.J. Both play field hockey and basketball.

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1945 ~~~ Susan Kiefer Hartman has 9 great-grandchildren and she is expecting 2 more in 2012!

Betty Lahner Lazenka Crouse recently welcomed twin greatgrandchildren, Kaelya and Gretchen Murphy.

Helen Marie Beatty McBride and Joe spent last winter visiting their son, Bill, and his family in Fort Myers, FL. While there, they attended an Anniversary Mass at St. Leo’s in Bonita Springs for couples celebrating special years of marriage. Bill and Chris celebrated their 30 years of marriage while Helen and Joe marked their 60th Wedding Anniversary.

Dorothy Murphy Kuhn among the 25 LF graduates made it to the 70th reunion. were glad to be there—some canes and walkers!”

1942 ~~~ Catherine Campoli McCauley recently celebrated her 88th birthday! “God has been good!” Maria Reher Tyson and Walter celebrated 58 years of marriage on October 17, 2011. 1943 ~~~ Joan Hickey Ames and husband Jack celebrated their 65th Wedding Anniversary on October 26th with a Mass and family celebration. 1944 ~~~ Catherine Judge Brooks and Florence Hynek Kuczynski have Page 22 / Winter 2012

1946 ~~~ Dorothy Latchford Brett’s husband, Eugene, passed on July 26, leaving her with loving memories. Dorothy has 5 sons, 5 daughters-inlaw, 17 grandchildren, and 1 greatgranddaughter. Bernice Jamison Conner and Al celebrated their 63rd Wedding Anniversary on Thanksgiving Day. They have 2 daughters, 4 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren.

Shirley Weser Gerhardt requested prayers for her grandson, Philip, who is brain damaged due to a lack of oxygen. Rose McGinley Johnston Gerle attended Little Flower’s 65th Reunion. “Our anniversary reunion was great. Thank you for all your work.” Anne Leimkuhler Lau is pleased to inform us that her son is now safely home after 20 years with the Navy which included eight tours of duty in the Persian Gulf. “We are happy birds!” Patricia Doody Malone sadly informed us that her husband, Joseph, passed on July 3. They were married 53 years. “Please pray for him.” Rosemary Wood McGuigan thanks God for her lovely family of 5 children, 12 grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren. Frances Dugan Tague sadly informed us that her husband, John, passed on April 27. “Please continue prayers for great-grandson, Patrick Larsen, who has leukemia.” 1947 ~~~ Nancy Broderick Donaghy and her daughter went to Cooperstown’s Baseball Hall of Fame and also took a tour of Yankee Stadium in June. “I loved it.” Anne Marie Hunter Jarrett welcomed her 13th great-grandchild in November.

1948 ~~~ Grace Walker Hill recently welcomed twin baby boys—her 9th and 10th great-grandchildren. Carolina Santone Longmore sadly informed us that her husband, Alfred, passed on May 14. “He was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor in April, 2010. God took him peacefully on May 14, 2011. God rest his soul.” Beatrice McManus McCloskey spent March, 2011 in Florida with the family and enjoyed the Phillies. Gertrude Kennedy Nelson and Bill are married 60 years. They have 19 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Five of their loved ones passed in 2011. Dolores Clifford Tierney thanks God every day for the blessings bestowed on her and her family. 1949 ~~~ Theresa Sailer Barker recently celebrated a milestone birthday celebration planned by her children who also live in California. Family and friends from different states attended. Theresa has five grandchildren—Harmony, who just graduated from Berkeley, Hilary is a Junior at Johns Hopkins, Theresa (17), William (7), and Anna Rose (3 ½).

Connecticut Reunion Standing: Sister Donna Shallo, IHM, President, Jeanne Coyle Caldwell, ’47, Ellen McMenamin Moore, ’56, Andrea Crane Cotton, ’75, and Marilyn Bauerle Fiederlein, ’57. Sitting: Doris Havas Rogan, ’46 and Betty Both Stotz, ’57

Margaret O’Donnell Cianchetta just welcomed her 13th and 14th great-grandchildren—boy and girl twins!

Patricia Keegan McInerney visited school in the spring. “It was wonderful to see how great the school and girls are.”

Mary R. Donohue lost her older brother, on August 10, 2010. He was a ’45 graduate of North Catholic.

Emma Linz Spees and Robert celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary last April. All three sons and families live in Alaska. Emma and Robert moved from Rydal, PA to Alaska 35 years ago.

1950 ~~~ Edna Woertz Giessner is enjoying life with George, their 8 children, and 12 grandchildren—ages 17-3 years. “We are enjoying our grandchildren’s school activities.” Philomena Tuscano Gray sadly informed us that she lost Anthony, her loving husband of 56 years in February, 2011.

Annual Phon-a-thon We Need Your Help! If you can help on any of the following dates, please contact Sister Joan at [email protected] or 215-455-6900 ext. 118

March 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28 and 29 6:00 PM Pizza 6:30 PM Training 7:00 - 9:00 PM Telephoning

Dolores Grzymala Sweeney and John celebrated their 57th Wedding Anniversary in July. They have 12 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. Her sister, Joan Grzymala Barrett, is also an LF graduate— 1954. “God is good.” 1951 ~~~ Elaine Granieri Capozzi has 9 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Catherine Stark Eckenrode and Richard celebrated their 54th Wedding Anniversary on December 28. They have 3 children and 8 great-grandchildren. “All live out of state.” 1952 ~~~ Preceda Martin Arnold welcomed her great-grandson on August 19. Winter 2012 / Page 23

He shares this birthday with his mother and his Uncle Andrew. Eileen Pries Bowersock is looking forward to seeing classmates at their 60th reunion next year. Dolores Williams DeLaurentis has been happily married 56 years. She recently became a great-grandmother to two great-granddaughters. “We are blessed.” Joan Grimes Glackin sends greetings to all of her former classmates, especially the orchestra group. Mary (Ma) Uhlein Jacob received the gift of a trombone and began taking lessons. “Maybe in the future, I can try out for LF’s Jazz Band☺” Dolores Mirsch Keifrider and Russell celebrated their 57th Wedding Anniversary. They have 7 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. Andree Wunderlich Lannutti wrote, “God has blessed me with 2 beautiful great-granddaughters and 8 grandchildren.” Connie Fiorucci Lott and Don celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary on September 16.

They have 2 children and 3 grandchildren. Maryanne Filosa and Dolores Bambach were members of the bridal party. Dolores Sturgis McCloskey was married on May 14, 2011. On May 23, she visited Bermuda and on September 14, she traveled to Ireland. “Enjoying my new life and God truly blessed me for nursing his sick for 50 years. God bless Little Flower for helping me become a good nurse over the years.” Concetta Cinque Mulholland recently became the great-grandmother of Reagan. Kathleen Swagzdis White is looking forward to the birth of two great-grandchildren! 1953 ~~~ Elizabeth Smyth Ensslen lost her loving husband, Don, after 56 years of marriage on January 19, 2011. She welcomed their third greatgrandbaby, Kaelyn Grace, on August 19. Eleanor Woods Holden noted that the first anniversary of death of Joan Taylor Barkman was on December 26. “She was my best

friend ever since freshman year at LF.” Janina Choromanska Lindh is grateful for God’s blessing of good health. They have 3 married children who live in 3 different states. Their oldest granddaughter celebrated her 16th birthday in December. Harriet Sanders Lore wrote, “Little Flower made us strong, vibrant women. Keep up the good work!” Anne Garlick Scannell attended five days of Phillies Spring Training in Clearwater last March. Then on April 5, she went to Los Angelos for a month to visit her son, Terrence and his lovely family. While in LA, Anne had the chance to go backstage on backlot with “Dancing with the Stars” where she had her picture taken with the professional dancers. “Both trips were a great experience!” Peggy Eisele Zemaitaitis wrote on behalf of the Cape May County Chapter—“We still have an active Chapter here and would love to have new members. All classes are welcome—for more information, please call her at 609-465-3838.” 1954 ~~~ Mary Fogarty Jablonski had a family reunion at her daughter’s home in Virginia for an early Thanksgiving. Also in attendance were her sister, Betty Fogarty Costello, ’61 and her daughter and granddaughter.

Delaware Reunion Standing: Sister Donna Shallo, IHM, President, Ann Uscilowski Taylor, ’73, Sister Winifred Tormey, SSJ, ’52, Pat Connor Gibbons, ’56, Susan Frank Worton, ’79, Frances Cannizzo, ’51, Carolyn Stankiewicz, ’68, Regina Blyler Taylor, ’56, and Ellen Loughran Kurzeknabe, ’52. Sitting: Theresa Perry, Rosemarie Perry, ’68, Theresa Amon Davis, ’58, Marie Bradley Perrone, ’54, and Phyllis Branton Lytle, ’58. Page 24 / Winter 2012

Joan Sands Yezzi and Vince have been married for 51 years. They have 4 children and 12 wonderful grandchildren. Joan enjoys her frequent lunches with her classmates from Little Flower, some of whom she has known since first grade at St. William’s School.

1955 ~~~ Mary Ellen Simon Atwell is proud that her granddaughter, Lauren, is a junior at LF. She is an honor student and on the Volleyball and Bowling Teams. Her sister, Shannon, ’10 is in her second year at Marywood. Jean Dahme Bradley sadly informed us that her son, John, died in July. Jean asked to keep her family in your prayers. Marie Rouch Denczi and Edward are married 53 years. They have 3 children, 6 grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren. Marie is retired so they live six months in Sun City, AZ. Angela Chiodo Duffy and John celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary with their 7 children and 16 grandchildren on September 10. Lucille Drachowski Fraser and George spent the month of May on the road. They attended a wedding in Toronto and then visited Quebec City, Niagara Falls, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Rhode Island, Philadelphia, and Richmond. They returned to Florida in June. Jane Brown Meenan wrote that her husband has been deceased since

July, 2006. During these years, her grandchildren have been a gift to her. “On December 27, 2011, God blessed me with a great-granddaughter, Isabella. What a joy!” 1956 ~~~ Letitia Martin Barnes became Membership Chair of Philadelphia for the Catholic Daughters of the Americas. Mary Ann Iaquinto Brady and Joseph went to the Galapagos Islands with their children and grandchildren to celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary! Ann Williamson Bodkin has 10 grandchildren and on May 17 she welcomed her first great-grandson. Pat Connor Gibbons and John celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary with a cruise to Bermuda in April. Their oldest granddaughter graduated from the University of DE in May and their second granddaughter graduated from Padua Academy in June. Teresa Mastripolito Newman attended her LF 55th reunion. “It was wonderful and so good to see everyone. Thanks to all who planned and did such a great job of running it.”

Maureen Sullivan-Robinson and Bob celebrated their 53rd Wedding Anniversary on June 27. She had a great time at Little Flower’s 55th reunion. “It was wonderful seeing friends from school, especially from St. William’s. Alma and Loretta did a marvelous job putting the reunion luncheon together.” 1957 ~~~ Hildegarde Kummerling Baker and Mitch welcomed their fourth great-grandson, Max, on August 31. His 3-year old brother, Ossie and his mom also share the same birthday. Max also has an older brother, William, (5) and cousin, Joey, 18 months. Jane Strecker Cooper has two granddaughters, Jacquelyn and Danielle, who were recently married on July 30 and November 5 respectively. Bernice Juvan Crook underwent an involved illness and surgery this past year. “I want to thank everyone for your prayers and support.” Elizabeth Murray Hirschmann and Jim are retired and spend their winters in Manhattan Beach, CA and the rest of the year in Bucks County. They have 8 children, and 18 grandchildren. Their youngest son will marry in June, 2012.

70th Reunion Members of the Little Flower’s first graduating class, Class of 1941, celebrated their 70th reunion on September 25, 2011 Winter 2012 / Page 25

Anna Mae Piacine Hudson sadly reported that her husband, Joseph, passed away on July 25. They were married 49 years and blessed with two children, Joanne and Daniel. Elaine Betz Ignarski and Mitchell returned from Thailand in October while celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary. Mary K. Kenney is still adjunct instructor of Spanish at Drexel University. Last spring she attended her 50 year reunion at Chestnut Hill College. Louise D’Agastine Maurizio requested prayers for her family. Kathleen G. Raab still enjoys sailing the California Coast. She came back in November to visit with her family in Ocean City, NJ. 1958 ~~~ Sister Mary Cloran, IHM recently celebrated her 50th Jubilee in the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary at Camilla Hall. Her family sends Sister Congratulations and many more years of dedication. Joanne Conway-Klatt is proud of the recent accomplishment of her husband, Bill, and other lay volunteers from the Diocese of Camden. For the last five years, Bill led this effort to open the first Good Counsel Home in South Jersey in Riverside for pregnant mothers in need. They help the women transition to independent living.

Kathleen Maloney Johnston and Jim celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary in September. Catherine Logan Kinslow and James are looking forward to welcoming twin grandchildren in the spring. “The family is so happy for Jaime and Jay. I will be grandmother of four.” Rosemarie Hanna Martindale moved to North Carolina in March to be near her first great-granddaughter, Kaitlyn. She is one year old and is not walking yet—running all over, though. “She is very active and lots of fun to be around.” Sisters Dorothy Mayer, IHM, Evelyn Paull, IHM, Geraldine Whitman, IHM and Patricia Youtz, IHM celebrated their Golden Jubilee this year. Anna Marie DiStefano Murphy became a grandmother for the fourth time. She has 3 grandsons now and a granddaughter, Victoria. “She is the light of my life.” Judith Koscielniak Samuelwicz and Ed are looking forward to their 50th Wedding Anniversary on October 13, 2012. They have 4 children, 11 grandchildren (6 girls and 5 boys). Judith was a school

nurse in Lower Merion and Ed is still a practicing psychologist. Irene Baltus Wilczynski and Walt celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary in October. 1959 ~~~ Nancy Zamiska Bowers and Frank are married 50 years. They are blessed with 9 grandchildren and 1 great-grandson. Virginia Bescript Butch came from FL to celebrate with them. Kathleen DeFoney Volz and Leo celebrated 50 years of marriage in September. Their children, Leo Jr., Kathy, and Beth sent a Limo for them and took them back to St. Hugh’s where they were married 50 years ago and renewed their vows. Then, they all went on to a celebration with their family, friends and eight grandchildren. “A good time was had by all.” Carol Boyer Ward is eagerly awaiting the birth of her tenth grandchild in May, 2012. 1960 ~~~ Agnes Howard Cooper and Joe celebrated 46 years of marriage in October. They have 3 great sons

Kathleen Leva Delzingaro welcomed her 28th grandchild last spring—the 18th girl! Kathleen’s oldest grandson graduated from Upper Dublin High School. Anna Planamente Farrell and Bob enjoyed a wonderful trip to Ireland in October and Italy last year. “These are wonderful retirement years.” Page 26 / Winter 2012

’54 Classmates Enjoy Get-Togethers Standing: Patricia Cleary Fleming, Kathryn Fitzgerald Jones, Joan Sands Yezzi and Joan Clark Town Sitting: Joan Morgan Sklencar, Marilyn Weiler Reilly and Dolores Adair Hergert

and 8 wonderful grandchildren. Both are enjoying retirement, traveling, and Sea Isle City, NJ! Margaret Purvis Enverso lives in West Chester, PA. Her two daughters live nearby and her son lives in Drexel Hill, PA. Margaret has 7 grandchildren—ages 15-9 months. “Had fun at the 50th Reunion with classmate, Marie Fiedler Haughey.” Dorothy Miller Freeman and Bill and looking forward to being “Snowbirds” in FL again this year with their other friends from all over the US and Canada. Theresa McGeehan McArdle and Kevin are very busy taking care of five grandchildren. In June, they enjoyed a wonderful trip to the Northwest and Alaska. Barbara Weser Kennedy and Patrick are looking forward to celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary on May 26, 2012. Joan Baker McCormick is enjoying retirement, biking 30+ miles a week in tandem with Ed. She substitutes at school once or twice a week. “Loving my 4 grandchildren, 2 sons and 2 daughters-inlaw. Life is good.”

1961 ~~~ Dale Larkin Bernstein welcomed her fourth grandchild in December! Francine Feggans loved being at her 50th class reunion. “I was so pleased to see my ‘fellow cellists’ looking terrific!” Patricia Gavaghan Gozdan thanks all of the Class of 1961 who were able to attend the 50th Reunion. “It was a wonderful turnout and we were so happy to be with all of you. The Reunion Committee” Dorothy Kuharski Herley and Joe are married 41 years. They have 3 sons and 3 grandsons. She is retired from the IRS and just returned from Alaska. Dorothy enjoys traveling and residing at the Jersey shore in the summer. “Hi! to former classmates!” Sister Jeannemarie Jordan, SSJ celebrated her 50th Anniversary of graduation and on September 10 she also celebrated her Golden Jubilee with a Mass and picnic at the Motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Joseph. Wanda Cendrowski Kaminski sends congratulations to all of her fellow committee members. “Special thank you to Maryanne Gallagher for summing up our 50

Save the Date CAPE MAY COUNTY CHAPTER ANNUAL MASS OF THANKSGIVING & LUNCHEON Saturday, June 2, 2012 Mass: St. Joseph’s Church, Sea Isle, NJ at 11:00 AM Luncheon: Tuckahoe Inn, Marmora, NJ For information contact Andrea at [email protected]

years. No wonder you got a standing O. It was a beautiful 50th Reunion.” Sandra Beisel Kitchen remarked that the 50th reunion was awesome. “Thanks for all the hard work.” Carol Senko Lowry and James will celebrate their 48th Wedding Anniversary in February, 2012. They have three beautiful grandchildren. Sara Brennan Waldron is happy that her granddaughter, Hannah Waldron, is a junior at LF. “She loves the school and is a First Honor Student. Hannah has the LF spirit and I am so proud of her.” Eileen Boyle Zigarelli is still working full time selling real estate in SE Florida with her son, Ted, as her business partner. “Still loving tropical lifestyle, after 23 years here.” 1962 ~~~ Wanda Wolen Dunphy and Vic now have 10 grandchildren. Lillian Grace Gratz was born October 26, 2011. Their oldest, Doug, is a sophomore at UVA; Jamie Murray and Blake Satterfield will make their Holy Communion this Spring. Regina McLaughlin Gwynn and Francis are married 43 years and they have 4 children, 2 of which are getting married in 2012. They also have four wonderful grandchildren. Stephanie Peklak Lezniak took a trip to San Francisco in October with Barbara Huchler Bacanskas and Mary Jane Huchler Mylnarski, ’67. “We allowed our husbands to accompany us!” Marlene MacWilliams Murray just retired in July. She is married 48 years and has 4 children and 13 grandchildren.

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Mary Jule Brill McClendon and Gene are happily retired and enjoying life in Oklahoma City. Son, Geoffrey, lives in Richmond, VA and works for the army, He has two children ages 7 & 4. Mary played the violin in LF’s orchestra and her daughter, Megan, plays the violin in the San Antonio Symphony. Leatrice Schneck Nick and Fran have 11 grandchildren. They took a trip to Maine last summer with friends. Their son, Chris, was promoted to Colonel—he is assigned to the Pentagon as a member of the USAF. Carol McBride Price and Tom are now official “snowbirds” spending winters in Lake Worth, FL and summers in Mays Landing, NJ. Carol is looking forward to her 50th reunion next year. e-mail [email protected] Sister Diane Richner, IHM, a proud LF graduate informed us that

there are a total of five LF graduates at Incarnation School and they continue to encourage their eighth grade students to attend LF because “a Little Flower education brings out the best in its students.” Thank you! Eileen Gordon Smith wrote: “I don’t know if I will be able to get to a reunion but I will be there in spirit. My friends and faculty will be in my prayers. Are any of our teachers still alive? Our gym teachers were the only lay teachers I ever had until college. Peace, joy and love!” Joan Maieron Wert sadly informed us that her sister, Maria Maieron, passed away on September 4, 2011 at the age of 61. “She will be missed dearly by family and friends.” 1963 ~~~ Natalie Fazzini Garner reports that all is well in Jenkintown as she

works full time at Quest Diagnostics in Horsham. Her beautiful two-year-old granddaughter and her parents are doing well in Reno, NV. Kathleen Campbell Hunt and HelenMary Earaminas Miller are happy to announce the birth of their first grandchild, Caroline Marie born on Memorial Day. Pat Pettit Mack and Tom were delighted to welcome a new grandson, William Thomas DiFabio, who joined siblings, Amber and Logan. Pat and Tom’s other granddaughter, Emily, lives in Florida where her father works for Disney Corp. Eileen O’Brien Staff is still working full time as an Administrative Assistant for HP in McKinney, Texas. Eileen enjoys spending quality time with her son and daughter and her four grandkids who all live close by. “They are so much fun.”

About the artist: Howard Watson is a renowned watercolorist of the Greater Delaware Valley, These colorful, watercolor prints of Little Flower Catholic High known to many School for Girls have been made available for sale to the public. through his years of teaching at the This is a limited edition print, signed and numbered by the artist, Philadelphia College Howard Watson. The prints are 19”h x 24”w. The cost of the of Art, the Abington unframed print is $55. You can make arrangements to pick up the Art Center and the picture or, for an additional $10; we can send it to you by regisOreland Art Center. tered mail (this includes packaging, insurance and postage). To He has conducted workshops in the Philadelphia area, at the NJ shore and the Poconos; in Graz, Austria; Lausanne, Switzerland; at order, fill out the coupon below and, with your check made the University of Hawaii and in Calgary, Canada. Mr. Watson was payable to Little Flower High School, mail to: the Artist in Residence at the White House during President Sister Donna Shallo, Little Flower H.S., Jimmy Carter’s term.

Little Flower High School Prints by Artist Howard Watson

1000 W. Lycoming St., Phila., PA 19140 L.F. Watercolor Print Order Form Name: _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Address: _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Phone: _____________________________________________________________________________ Class Year ________ Number ordered ________________________________________________________ Amount Enclosed $______________ ____ I will make arrangements to pick up my print. ____ Please mail my print ($10 fee for postage and handling) Page 28 / Winter 2012

Madeline Bocchino Tevin passed on August 30, 2011 due to heart/lung disease. She will be sorely missed by her family—husband, John, son, Tim, daughter Nicole, daughters-in-law, Lisa and Carol, granddaughter, Sydney and sister Josephine Bocchino Pisoni, ’67.

Alexandra weighed 6 lbs. and 9 ounces.

Mary Ellen Sailer Paulk recently retired from Peco Excelon after 28 years.

Mary Bodell Corley and Anthony are married 44 years. They have 5 children, 13 grandchildren—2 are attending LF. The oldest is a Marine and served two tours in Afghanistan.

Rosemary Teti Smith is in her senior year at LaSalle University. She will graduate in 2012 with her BSN.

1964 ~~~ Joanne Augustine D’Urso became a proud grandparent for the first time and her name is Alexandra Grace.

Denise Stenbruck Cotter, Patricia Heinze Cantwell, ’56, and Dorothy Labenz Young, ’46 enjoyed four days at the beach home of Dorothy in Ocean City. Denise lives in Buffalo, NY with her professor husband; Denise is a retired teacher.

Catherine Karznski Fad and Rich are enjoying their eight grandchildren. Cathy works part time at the Y and is loving it! Sister Catherine Glackin, IHM teaches in the Prayer Room at Trinity Academy in Shenandoah, PA. More than 15 parishes feed into their school in the beautiful hills of upstate PA. Clara Massanova Monaghan is blessed to be a one-year breast cancer survivor. She has two grandkids—Courtney Bashwinger and Damian Monaghan. Sheila Coulter Whisler has been awarded a B.S.B.A. from Thomas Edison State College, Class of 2003. 1966 ~~~ Linda Hess Bless welcomed their first grandchild on June 9.

1968 ~~~ Judith Stanish White, SMSGT retired after 26 years in the United States Air Force. Judith served one tour in Kuwait during Desert Storm and one tour in Iraq during Enduring Freedom. She was a member of LF’s Glee Club.

Margaret Parisano Derderian and John had resided in Huntingdon Valley for 40 years and they recently moved to Warwick in Bucks County, PA.

1969 ~~~ Mary Blake-Foster is proud to report that her granddaughter, Adriana is an honor student at Holy Trinity.

Susan Ulmer Schipper wrote that her grandson, Colin, will be graduating from St. Peter’s in Merchantville, NJ in June.

Lorraine LaVerghetta Buziak has five grandchildren and she is working at Hahnemann Hospital.

1967 ~~~ Tonie Newman-Tarr is a retired senior scientist from Glaxo SmithKline since 2009. She now works at Garnet Biotherapeutics as a Research Scientist. Tonie graduated Albright College in December, 2011 Summa Cum Laude in Applied Psychology and Organizational Behavior.

CLUB 500 WINNERS October Esther Hogan Dempsey, ’65 Philadelphia, PA

Claire McMahon Gross and Nick welcomed their sixth grandchild, Annabelle Hope. She joins her cousins Colin, Liam, Shane, Madelynne and Ethan. Patricia Cooney Jacobs and the girls from Holy Innocents Class of 1965 celebrated their 60th birthday at a party on April 8, 2011. “The guys and girls from Holy Inn ’65 had a blast reconnecting at the reunion party.”

October 2011 – January 2012 December Elizabeth Sullivan Corcoran, ’46 N Wildwood, NJ

November January Madeline Renye Metzler, ’60 Marie Bennett Keeley, ’68 King of Prussia, PA Philadelphia, PA A big “Congratulations” to the above winners and a sincere “Thank You” to everyone who purchased a Club 500 ticket to help support Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls. The above winners were chosen from October 2011 through January 2012. Winter 2012 / Page 29

Theresa Ferber Moffett is loving every minute she spends with grandson, Joey, who will turn one in early 2012.

the engagements of both her children, John and Mary Pat. Weddings are set for April, ’12 and November, ‘12.

Jacqueline Cecola Mullin and Jim welcomed their seventh grandchild, Roman Joseph, on July 12, 2011.

Ginny Brown Zindell became a first-time grandmother with the birth of Gavin Joseph Zindell in January, 2011.

Margaret Higgins Smith and Ken are expecting their first and second grandchildren on January 15 and February 25. Patricia Miller Zimmer joined the family of Debbie Miller in the JDRF Walk in October. Linda Miller McDaniels, ’70, Donna Miller Carroll, ’73 and all nieces and nephews walked in memory of Debbie. Pat is happy to announce

1970 ~~~ Margaret Birster Conwell and her husband are happily retired. They have three grandsons and hope to travel with them soon. “Spoil them more!” Agnes Busanovich Dunn celebrated her husband, Joe’s 60th birthday with a cruise to the Mediterranean.

Their son, Joey, is completing his studies at Rutgers’ University, Camden. Janet Gould Lorenc looks forward each day to seeing a group of friendly freshmen on her way to work. “As I pass by their bus stop, I toot my horn and give a ‘Yeah, LF’ and then let them know how wonderful LF is and that our spirit NEVER DIES!” Barbara Scheurer McKnight has three grandchildren—Allison is in grade 3 and Christoper is in pre-K at St. Philip Neri Catholic School. Kiley turned three on November 30. Lillian Stocks Quinn and Dan have been married for 32 years. We

Special Mass Intentions Mass is celebrated weekdays during the school year in the Little Flower Chapel at 7:20 a.m. Our Alumnae are remembered in our prayer petitions each day at Mass. Additionally, a Mass is celebrated on the final Tuesday of the month for all of our Alumnae, living and deceased. You are always welcome to request prayers for your needs and for the needs of your loved ones. You are also welcome to request a Mass intention. Mass intentions are usually offered for the deceased. However, mass intentions may also be offered for the sick or for any situation in life that needs God’s attention or healing. Please complete the following form if you are interested in sending in a Mass intention. The stipend for a Mass is $5.00. Thank you for your goodness to our Little Flower community. May God bless you in abundance. Name (include Maiden name):

Year:________

Address:____________________________________________________________________________________________ City, State, Zip: ______________________________________________________________________________________ Phone No.:__________________________________________________________________________________________ Requested Mass Date (Weekday Only): ___________________________________________________________________ Second Choice (Weekday Only): ________________________________________________________________________ Mass Intention: (Name of the person the Mass is being celebrated for and the reason for the requested Mass)

Mass requested during the month of: Please send a Mass card to: Name: Address: City, State, Zip:

Please send your request and stipend payable to Little Flower High School to: Rev. Joseph McCaffrey, Little Flower High School, 1000 W. Lycoming Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140 Page 30 / Winter 2012

reside in East Norriton, PA. Lillian works part time in Pre K at St. Titus School. Dan is a resume consultant for PACareerLink. They have 2 sons, Michael (29), who is a teacher of special education students, and Joseph (28), who works for a web page company in Chesterbrook. “God has been very good to us.” Dr. Teresa Tobin is proud to announce that her daughter, Rose Marie Pillo Bennett, was part of a team winning first place in the American Society of Interior Designers, PA Award in September, 2011. 1971 ~~~ Monica Powell Cullen informed us that her DNA identified her Uncle Joseph Karaso, who along with his crew of nine, was shot down and killed over Berlin in 1944. Interment was at Arlington National Cemetery on October 26, 2011. “Home, at last.” Cyndy McVay Everitt celebrated the marriage of her daughter, Kristin, in October. Nancy Ferretti Quinn has had much joy in her life with the wed-

Three Decades Left to right: Denise Steinbruck Cotter ’66, Patricia Heinze Cantwell ’56 and Dorothy Labenz Young ’46 enjoy the beach in Ocean City.

Hall of Fame Standing: Sister Eileen Marnien, SSJ, ’70, Sister Marjorie Lawless, SSJ, ’66, Sister Donna Shallo, IHM, President, Sister Kathleen Klarich, RSM, Principal, Penny Weber Creedon, ’76, and Rita Ellis Brophy, ’59. Sitting: Joanne Ploppert Leonard, ’55, Maureen Kane Buchter, ’76. (Not pictured is Joyce Blair Germanis, ’63, who resides in Florida).

ding of her daughter, Mary, to Mark on May 28, 2011—a way to celebrate! More good news—the arrival of her first granddaughter due on March 14, 2012! Frances Margarite Young is eagerly awaiting the arrival of her first grandchild due on February 24, 2012. 1972 ~~~ Theresa Salvatico Bomholt is happy to report that her daughter, Spenser, is studying at Oxford University in England and she will return to the University of Georgia in May. Her sister, Erin, is a sophomore at the University of Kansas. Both girls are Sigma Kappa sorority sisters! 1973 ~~~ Joanne McLaughlin sadly informed us that her husband, Paul, passed in February after a long illness. Among his survivors is his niece, Paige Saddington, ’12, the daughter of Adrienne Albanese Saddington, ’73. 1974 ~~~ Cathleen Cogan Boston is resuming her Nursing Studies at Eastern

University. Cathleen’s oldest son, Brendan, graduated with honors from Dickinson College, Bridget is in her last year at Villanova, while Thomas is in his first year at Villanova, and Stephen is in the sixth grade at St. Laurence. 1975 ~~~ Donna Tinsley Murphy and her LF friends, Anne Vaughan McDevitt, Josie Piscielli DiGregorio, Mary Kay Keenan Oakes, Michelle Tinsley McCusker and Pat O’Hara Ricci are still going strong after all these years—maybe a little slower but still together☺ Among their happy memories are the LF Summer Reunions at Westy’s each August where they catch up with their many fellow alumnae. Katherine Sue Mehl Reiley is a Financial Advisor living in Texas with her husband, Peter. In April, they celebrated their 35th Wedding Anniversary with their two sons. Their youngest, Nicholas, married in October, so his bride adds a new daughter to their family. Their oldest son, Capt. Peter J. Reiley (Air Force), is working towards his PhD at Penn State. “Truly blessed!”

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Arlene Appleton Sambuca remarks: “I am blessed with awesome friends and a wonderful family. My dream is for a world of peace and love. I know it is just a dream.” Patricia McNeill Yost is very proud to say her niece, Amber Adair, is in her freshman year at Little Flower and is on the Student Government. 1977 ~~~ Jane Monaghan Fetherman wrote that her son, Patrick, graduated from Lock Haven University with a teaching degree in Health and Physical Education. 1979 ~~~ Marianne Nice-Trionfo and Ed were married on June 19, 2011.

They originally met in ’84 when they walked together in her cousin’s wedding and dated for the past seven years. 1980 ~~~ Eileen Moore Morrison and James just celebrated 30 years of marriage. They have 5 beautiful children and 2 very cute grandchildren. 1981 ~~~ Christine Hunter Acquaviva requested prayers for her oldest daughter, Giacomina, who had massive brain surgery. She is recovering fine. Michele Murphy Farrell and Tim welcomed their first grandchild, Kiley Joan, in February, 2011.

1983 ~~~ Maureen Connolly Paparo and her husband, Sam, welcomed their sixth child, Michael, into the world on September 18. The Paparo family resides in Virginia Beach. 1986 ~~~ Renee Hirsch Hagstotz is happy to announce her upcoming graduation in May from Temple University with a degree in Elementary Special Education. “Believe you can do it and YOU WILL!” Clairbel Alvarez Jusino and Bill celebrated their 22nd Wedding Anniversary. They are proud of Myah, a Little Flower graduate and a student at Philadelphia University. Their son, William Austin, is a sophomore at Roman Catholic and also brings them pride.

Stumped?? What to buy the Alumna with everything?

Therese Woven Coverlet Beautifully designed fine tapestry of St. Therese woven in the United States. Measures 48" x 60"; fringed on all four sides, and machine washable. The cost is $40. You can make arrangements to pick it up at Little Flower or, for an additional $13.95, we can send it to you large box priority flat rate. To order, fill out the form below and include your check made payable to Little Flower Catholic High School, mail to: Sister Donna Shallo, 1000 W. Lycoming Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140 St. Therese Woven Coverlet Order Form Name: ____________________________________________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________________________________________ Phone: ____________________________________________________ Class Year ______________ Number ordered _____________ Amount Enclosed $ _______________

q I will make arrangements to pick up my coverlet. q Please mail my coverlet ($13.95 large box priority flat rate) Page 32 / Winter 2012

Donnamarie Shepherd Kinkead married Bernard Kinkead of Ireland on April 15, 2010. 1987 ~~~ Kathleen King Gavi and her wonderful husband, Len, celebrated their 10th Anniversary on November 10. “I am so blessed with the unconditional love from my husband and our daughter, Kate.” Susan Santiago is a PhD candidate at the University of Rochester. She specializes in gerontological counseling, research, and clinical supervision. Colleen McLaughlin Tran and Ed are enjoying life with their children. Christopher is in ninth grade at Sterling High School and is on their soccer team. Nicholas is in sixth grade at Yellin School and was just named “Student of the Month. He plays the clarinet in the school band and is in the Drama Department. “Life is great!” 1988 ~~~ Cheryl Creary Cantwell completed her Masters of Science in

Nursing Degree (MSN) last spring from Holy Family University.

forward to more experiences studying abroad and academic challenges.

Renee Hirsch Hastotz is happy about her upcoming graduation from Temple in May in Elementary Special Education. “Believe you can do it, and you will!”

1996 ~~~ Jillian Lanzara Citrino gave birth to her daughter, Catherine Rose, on July 15, 2011.

1992 ~~~ Jacqueline Philyaw Giuffrida is the proud mother of two daughters, Emilia and Madeline.

1997 ~~~ Nicole Loglisci Furuta and Ryan welcomed Laine Elizabeth Furuta on August 19, 2011. She weighed 7 lbs. and 10 oz. and was 20 inches long at birth.

1994 ~~~ In 2009, Donna DiGiacomo was awarded a fellowship to study abroad in Constantinople/ Istanbul, Turkey. Along with five other students, she explored this ancient city and longs to return there soon. Donna graduated from Community College of Philadelphia in 2010 with an A.A. in Liberal Arts—Humanities and a Creative Writing Certificate. She was accepted to Arcadia University and is majoring in Italian Studies with a minor in Creative Writing. Donna is also pursuing a Certificate studying the Mediterranean World. She looks

Save the Date Announcing All ‘90s Reunion At Flip Flopz 106 W. Spruce Avenue, North Wildwood, NJ

June 30, 2012 2:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. The All ‘90s Reunion registration form can be found on the Alumnae page at:

www.littleflowerhighschool.org If you want to turn it into Girls’ Weekend, check out: www.champagneislandrentals.com for accommodation prices right at Flip Flopz

1999 ~~~ Katie Lienert Pisoni and Joe welcomed their second son, Charles Gabriel, on March 3, 2011. 2000 ~~~ Kristin Gray McCrohan married John right after the New Year on January 6 in Riviera Maya, Mexico. 2002 ~~~ Angela N. Rotchford became engaged over the summer to Scott Yurgalevicz. They plan to be married in June, 2013. Angela recently graduated Holy Family University with a M.A. in Education. 2004 ~~~ Mary Therese Laub graduated Temple University in May, 2011. She is currently choreographing “Honk” for the Actors’ Group in Northeast Philadelphia. 2005 ~~~ Amanda Walker Fleming was married to David on September 25, 2011 by the beach in Cape May. David is in the US Coast Guard and they are now living in Michigan.

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2012 REUNION BOARD If you are interested in planning a 2012 reunion, contact Sister Joan Ames at 215-455-6900, x 118 Or by email at [email protected] CLASS OF

1942 1947 1952 1957 1962

1967 1972 1982 1986

1987 1992 1997 2002

CHAIRPERSON (S)

Patricia Hynes - 215--765-7931 or [email protected] Eileen Mallon - [email protected] Carol Spaziano King - [email protected]

Claribel Alvarez Jusino - [email protected] Awilda Cintron Torres - [email protected] Lana Becker Henderson - [email protected] Lisa Curry - [email protected] Shelly Goodwin - [email protected]

DATE

LOCATION

October 28, 2012 12:00 - 4:00 pm

Belle Voir Manor at PenRyn

March 30, 2012 8:00 - 12:00 Midnight

FOP Hall 13th & Spring Garden

Donna Allevato Colleen Ramsey Chrissy DiPetro Sokol Tracy Brady DiIenno Sarah McDermott Kristy McDowell Denisse Guzman

Details to follow Details to follow Details to follow

2007

The St. Therese Commemorative Rose Garden YOU can still be a part of the St. Therese Commemorative Rose Garden. Think of the person or persons who have touched your life and whose names you would like to place at the feet of St. Therese. Give yourself and those special people a reason to return and sit on the contemplative bench before St. Therese. Your commemorative brick can be engraved in memory of or in honor of an Alumna, family member or friend.

Commemorative Brick Order Form Cost: $150.00 for a 4 x 8 brick. Up to 3 lines and 15 characters per line for each brick.

Name: Address: City: State:

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E-mail: Mail to: Sister Donna Shallo, IHM Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls 1000 W. Lycoming Street Philadelphia, PA 19140 Page 34 / Winter 2012

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NEW ADDRESS? Please be sure to notify Little Flower Alumnae/Advancement Office if your address has changed. E-mail [email protected] or Call 215-455-6900 x 118

Little Flower Golf Team – Catholic League Champions The Little Flower Golf Team, under the direction of interim Coach Mr. Don Wilson, won the Catholic League Championship. The team practices and plays its home matches at the Juniata Golf Club.

Erica Rudy ’13 and Alexandria Milligan ’13 proudly display the Golf Catholic League Championship Plaque.

2011 Championship Golf Team