Alumnae Update

Dear Ursuline Alumnae,

RALLY REMINDER!!

Just a reminder that the 61st annual Rally celebration, sponsored by this year’s Junior Skips, is this coming Friday, Oct. 17. Please come out and join your fellow alumnae and support the current Macs, Skips, Sioux and Lep students! Rally Mass begins at 2 p.m. in the Shrine, and Rally starts at 5 p.m. in the new gym. Entrance fee is $5. We suggest you arrive early to get a seat. Go Ursulions!

ALUMNAE SPOTLIGHT

Please click here to check out our October Alumnae Spotlight on Allison Stern Clement!

OPEN HOUSE

Sunday, Oct. 26 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. is Ursuline Academy’s Open House. If you have school-age children of your own, please bring them to see our historical campus, state-of-the art newly renovated auditorium, new gymnasium, beautiful courtyard, advanced technology in our classrooms and of course, the National Shrine of Our Lady of Prompt Succor. An invitation via e-mail will soon follow. When you receive it, please forward to your family and friends who may have school-age children. There’s no other school in the city that compares with our rich history and tradition. We were the first and we are the best!
Click here for more information.

LA FETE 281

By now you should have received your invitations to the 281st La Fete Gala on Friday, Nov. 7. This year’s theme is New Orleans & Ursuline – A Recipe for Success! If you have not been to La Fete, you have not seen the courtyard at its most spectacular. Click here to view the invitation and RSVP information. Please send in your response to the Development Office by Nov. 1, 2008 to 2635 State Street, New Orleans, LA 70118.

HOMECOMING

Included in the La Fete mailing was the invitation for Homecoming on Sunday, Nov. 9! Come honor our Alma Mater, the 2008 Distinguished Alumna Martha E. Donaldson Jaraba ‘67 and all of the classes celebrating an anniversary this year. Mass will begin at 9:30 a.m. in the Shrine, followed by a Jazz Brunch in the Courtyard at $25 per person. Click here to view the invitation and RSVP information. Please send in your response by Nov. 1, 2008 to 2635 State Street, New Orleans, LA 70118.

SAF

A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who helped place calls and e-mails last week for our Serviam Annual Fund Phon-A-Thon! We had a great turn out for the kick off with the Family Mass and Sweetheart Club breakfast as well as during the week. Click here to see pictures! The ‘49ers are currently taking the lead with 45 percent class participation, while the Rebelles of 1952 are coming in at a close second at 40 percent! Bring up your class participation by keeping those pledge cards coming in. You may also pledge online at www.ursulineneworleans.org or return your cards to the Development Office at 2635 State Street, New Orleans, LA 70118. If you have any questions, feel free to call the Development Office at 504.861.0592.

OUR SISTERS

In my last e-newsletter, I provided new contact information for Sr. Damian Aycock ‘40 C ‘44 and Sr. Joan Marie Aycock ‘42. Since then, our beloved Sr. Marie McCloskey C ‘36 decided to join her fellow sisters in Alton. I hear that they are all doing really well over there and ‘have added spice to life’ in the community. I was told that Sr. Marie can’t get over how good everyone is to them and how “they do everything for you!” She may be reached at the same address as the others, which is listed below if you’d like to contact her.

Queen of Peace Community
845 Danforth Street
Alton, Illinois 62002
618.465.0791

ART FOR ARTS’ SAKE

Our own Lisa Silvestri ‘78 currently has an exhibit open at The Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Her exhibit is titled ‘Lisa Silvestri: The New Orleans Portrait Project, The John McDonogh Series.’ Her black & white portraits of students at John McDonogh Senior High School grew out of a series which she began in 2005, post-Katrina, ‘with the idea of helping people create a new photographic collection of family photos, which thousands lost in the flood.’ Click here for the link to The Ogden to go see her work.

Thank You,
Cara D’Antoni ‘90
Alumnae Director