2019 Alumnae Memorial Mass

The Alumnae Memorial Mass paid tribute to the departed alumnae and faculty of Mount Saint Joseph Academy and Junior College on Nov. 3, 2019. 

Alumnae whose deaths were reported to the Partnerships office between Nov. 1, 2018 and Nov. 1, 2019 were remembered individually during Mass. It’s always a touching moment to bring former students back to the Mount.

Here are some photos from the day:

Rhonda Warren Mischel, A73, chats with Tommy Cecil before Mass. Cecil’s sister, Sister Mary Irene Cecil, was an alumna of the Academy being remembered at the Mass.
Marian Lanham, A73, and Brenda Dant McIntire, A73, share a laugh as Lanham handed out liturgy guides.
Carolyn Drury McCarty, A71, carries the processional cross, as Maggie Jenkins Beville, A65, carries in the lectionary.
Father Ray Goetz sings the opening hymn “God of Love.”
Sister Mary Henning, A64, plays the organ during the opening hymn.
Jennifer Speaks McGee, A70, led the singing during Mass.
Maggie Jenkins Beville, A65, reads from the Book of Wisdom. Her sister, Ann Jenkins Caspar, was one of the alumnae being remembered at Mass.
David Cecil reads from the Second Letter to the Thessalonians. He was substituting for his sister, Betty Cecil Medley-Wallace, A81. His aunt was the late Sister Mary Irene Cecil.
Marian Bennett, honorary alumna, reads the intercessions.
Singing “Love Goes On” during the preparation of the gifts are, from right, Sister Elaine Burke, A49, Sister Ruth Gehres, A51, Sister Vivian Bowles, A57, and Millie Boss.
Virginia Ford Green, A57, right, and her sister Mary Ford Vuncannon, A55, present the gifts to Father Ray Goetz.
The Motherhouse Chapel was mostly full, with 24 alumnae and their families joining the sisters for Mass.
Stephanie Warren, A73, left, Alumnae Association president, and Paula Chandler Gray, A73, treasurer, read the names of alumnae or faculty whose death was reported between Nov. 1, 2018 and Nov. 1, 2019.
Carolyn Drury McCarty, A71, and Phyllis Thomas Troutman, A63, share a laugh after Mass.
Liz Ruckriegel Berger, A55, left, chats after Mass with Stephanie Warren, A73, right, as Liz’s sister Millie Boss looks on.

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