Alumnae Update

Dear Ursuline Alumnae,

LA FETE AND HOMECOMING WEEKEND

Thank you to all our alumnae who contributed to the success of the 281st La Fete and Homecoming! The courtyard looked spectacular on Friday night, and I hope that all who were in attendance had a terrific time. We were so proud to honor our 2008 Distinguished Alumna, Martha ‘Betty’ Donaldson Jaraba ‘67 and all classes having an anniversary this year at Homecoming Mass. You may click here to read more about Betty; click here to view La Fete pictures and click here to view Homecoming pictures. (Information regarding additional Homecoming photos taken by photographer Kym Marullo will be provided in my next newsletter.)

REUNION REMINDER

Sioux of ‘78! Just a reminder from your classmate, Rhonda Keller Legnon, that your 30 year reunion is this coming Saturday, Nov. 22 at 3 p.m. at Rhonda’s home in Destrehan. For exact address information, or if you have not already given her your RSVP, please contact her ASAP at rnicholson10@cox.net.

SANTA’S WORKSHOP ‘08

Mark you calendars now for our 2008 Santa’s Workshop event sponsored by the Alumnae Association! It will be held on Sunday, Dec. 7 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Come bring your little ones and join in the holiday fun! Please click here to view the invitation.

CHRISTMAS CHEER

Come listen to the angelic voices of our Ursuline High School Choir. They are having their Christmas Concert on Sunday, Dec. 14 at 7 p.m. in the Shrine. The performance is open to the public and there is no charge to attend. Some pieces will feature a string ensemble. The concert will be recorded and purchase forms will be available that evening. A reception will follow in St. Ursula Hall.

The Elementary School Choir is also having their Christmas Concert next month. Held in the newly renovated auditorium on Thursday, Dec. 18 at 6 p.m., the performance will feature the choir, the bell choir, recorders, orff instruments, accompaniment by an orchestra and a Christmas play.

CELEBRATION IN THE OAKS

Come show your support for our performers at City Park’s Celebration in the Oaks on Wednesday, Dec. 10 from 7 – 8 p.m. Featured that night will be the dance team, Elementary School choir, bell choir and recorders.

I hope you all have a happy and safe Thanksgiving next week!! Please see below for a Thanksgiving message from Academy President, Gretchen Z. Kane.

“As Thanksgiving approaches, we are keenly aware of the many things to be done: groceries to be purchased, guests to be invited, travel arrangements to be confirmed, determining when to put the bird in the oven; before we sit down to share a Thanksgiving supper. But as Christians we must ask, what might be the deeper meaning of this holiday?

To give thanks is to take up the adversities in our lives and present them to God come what may. Thanksgiving involves an act of the will. It’s not a question of pretending that everything is bright and beautiful when you know it is not. To give thanks is to stand up in the face of adversity and declare that life is worth living. To give thanks is to assert that the whole of creation is one great act of God’s love. May we give thanks this Thanksgiving, not because all things are good or easy, but simply because we know that this troubled world with all its evil and all its good is cradled in the arms of a loving God.

On behalf of Ursuline Academy, please accept my warmest wishes for the happiest of Thanksgiving holidays.”

Thank You,

Cara D’Antoni ‘90
Alumnae Director