The annual Alumnae Weekend, an all-class reunion of Mount Saint Joseph Academy students, was a rousing success on Aug. 22-23, 2026. Two members of the class of 1968 were awarded the prestigious Maple Leaf Award. The weekend began with a “Happy Days” themed event on Aug. 22 at St. Martin Parish Hall just outside Owensboro,…
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Stephanie Warren visits her mother Rose Warren regularly at the Carmel Home, an assisted living facility in Owensboro operated by the Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus. Stephanie has served as president of the Alumnae Association for Mount Saint Joseph Academy and Junior College for numerous years and began noticing how many alums…
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Graduates of Mount Saint Joseph Academy returned to Maple Mount on Aug. 24, 2025, for the second day of Alumnae Weekend, honoring an Ursuline Sister with the Maple Leaf Award and electing a new slate of officers. The festivities began in Owensboro on Saturday night, Aug. 23, at the Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church…
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By Paula Gray A’73 Little did I know that when I offered to help the new Finance director at Mount Saint Joseph, Jennifer Stone, in September 2024, that I would be on a learning journey. There are so many file cabinets, just full of older files, which needed to be searched through. The Finance department…
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Phyllis Troutman attended the Marion County, Ky., Empower Women’s Gala on March 25, 2025, because she thought her friend Judy Bickett was winning an award. It turned out it was Phyllis who was the surprise honoree as the Empower Woman of the Year, presented by the Marion County Chamber of Commerce. “I cried and cried,”…
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Opening Mount Saint Joseph Academy was the reason the Ursuline Sisters came to Maple Mount 150 years ago. On Aug. 25, 2024, more than 100 “Mount Girls” returned to enjoy Alumnae Weekend, the all-class reunion that was a bit more special this year thanks to the Sisters’ anniversary. The alumnae officers chose to utilize the…
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The Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph are celebrating 150 years at Maple Mount in 2024 – and Sister Elaine Burke has been there for half of them. Sister Elaine graduated from Mount Saint Joseph Academy in 1949, and is one of seven members of that class who celebrate 75 years this year. The…
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More than 100 alumnae of Mount Saint Joseph Academy returned to Maple Mount on Aug. 27, 2023, for Alumnae Weekend, honoring two new Maple Leaf Award winners. In one of the widest disparities of classes gathered, two members of the 1983 class – the final one at the Academy – were present along with a…
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As various people chatted with Delores “Winnie” Parker Lewis at Alumnae Weekend on Aug. 27, 2023, one person commented, “That was before my time.” “Nobody is before my time,” Winnie replied with a broad smile. Winnie was the unexpected star attraction during the banquet, thanks to a couple of numbers associated with her – she…
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The honor of who travels the farthest to attend Alumnae Weekend each year became a bit of a rout for Mary Costello and her sister Phyllis Bresnik, who depart California for Maple Mount each year. But in 2022, no one was going to challenge Rhonda Snawder Higgs for the title. The 1982 graduate traveled 15…
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