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2015 Lacrosse Chargers Place Second in the State! Tina Burniski Klocke ’78 Named New Chair Charism
of Cor Jesu’s President’s Advisory Council
OF THE APOSTLES OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS
ASCJ Schools to Collect Canned
Congratulations to the 2015 Lacrosse For a CJ alumna who has embraced significant “firsts” in the Food in Acts of Solidarity Every
Chargers, who placed second in the professional sector – namely, being recruited by the founder/
state in the 2015 MSLA Class 2 finals CEO of Build-A-Bear Workshop to assist in the start-up First Friday of the Month
this past May! company in 1997 – taking the helm of CJ’s Advisory Council Together, we CAN make a difference!
as the first alumna is something that Tina Burniski Klocke
Congratulations to Coach Andrew ’78 is ready to do. Having retired from her Build-A-Bear post
Shipp, Assistant Coach Sarah in 2015 after 18 years – where she also participated on the In an act of solidarity, the ASCJ schools across
the country are uniting their efforts in helping
Graesser ’05 and players: Marianna leadership team during the company’s high-growth phase to feed the hungry. At each First Friday Liturgy,
Anderson ’17, Margaret Atkinson and spearheaded its initial public offering in 2004 – Tina, a students, faculty and staff, along with the
CPA and now a lead mentor for Prosper Startup Accelerator,
’17, Olivia Collier ’17, Caroline brings a wealth of expertise and experience to her alma mater. other ASCJ schools, will be asked to bring in a
Damico ’16, Emily Harvatin ’15, canned food item each month for a designated
Julia Jandro ’16, Rachel Kegler ’16, “I feel so blessed to have graduated from a school that helped me discover my charity. The schools are encouraged to keep a
talents to use for the good of society,” Tina acknowledged. “There is a real sense of
“can count,” which will be tallied at the end of
Caroline Krobath ’16, Anne Marie humility that comes with being able to meld our gifts in a way that gives purpose to the school year to show the students how their
Mathews ’17, Kathryn Mirbaha ’16, our work and infuses our faith so that we can go out and transform the world. Cor seemingly small acts of kindness can make a
Christina Neiters ’15, Dawson Quinn Jesu prepared me well!” significant impact on the community at large
’16, Sara Rakowiecki ’16, Addie For the past seven years, Tina has been on the Finance Committee of CJ’s Advisory and as a greater community – one united in the
Records ’17, Maureen Reilly ’16, Council. As the new chairwoman, Tina follows Thom Digman, who is the principal charism of Mother Clelia Merloni.
Mary Rolwes ’16, Abigal Schmitt ’17, of The Digman Network and served his second term as the council’s chair for the With the charism of the Apostles’ foundress
Erica Schulte ’16, Hannah Sullivan past four years. Thom will continue to serve on the Advisory Council as a board impelling the CJ community, we ask for
’17 and Allison Wuller ’17. member. continued prayers for the beatification of
Mother Clelia Merloni, which was being studied
Way to go, Chargers! Also joining the Advisory Council for three-year terms are Fr. Chris Collins, S.J., by the Congregation of the Causes of Saints at
assistant to the president for mission and identity at Saint Louis University; Diane
Mantovani Fogerty ’81, owner of Savvy Surrounding; Niall Gannon, managing press time.
director at the Gannon Group at Morgan Stanley and Tracey Gunn Lowell ’99, vice Prayer for the beatification of Clelia Merloni
2015 National Merit Semifinalists Girl Scout Gold Award president at US Bank Community Development. O Sacred Heart of Jesus, You who filled Your
Cor Jesu is grateful to the following Principal Advisory Council members, whose servant Clelia with a profound love for the
Éile Woeltje ’16 is making kids terms expired this past May: Tim Berry, vice president at Michelson Realty; Jim riches of the graces of Your Heart, deign, we
around St. Louis “beary” happy Lang, president of Artco Fabricating USA; and Ed Wanner, partner with Diversified beseech You, to make use of her virtues to draw
these days! This past summer, Ingredients. Their expertise and leadership have been invaluable in helping Cor many persons to the knowledge and love of
Éile earned the Girl Scout Gold Jesu move forward with advancing its mission and goals. Your Sacred Person, and, if it be Your holy will,
Award – the highest achieve- to call her to the honors of beatification so that
ment in Girl Scouting. And we may have recourse more and more to her
through the award’s commu- 2015-16 Watlow Scholars Named intercession and may learn from her example to
nity project requirement, she devote ourselves humbly and generously to Your
has placed 3,199 bears into the Congratulations to Ellie Lunte ’16 and Renee Ellegood ’16, who have been named divine service. Amen.
hands of foster, adopted, un- this year’s Watlow Scholars, an award that provides each student with a $7,500
derprivileged and neglected children. scholarship toward their 2015-16 high school tuition and a paid internship at Fr. Chris Collins, S.J. collects cans of food donated by
Bizzy Bears, as the project is better Watlow the summer after graduation from Cor Jesu. The Watlow Scholars program, the student body during Offertory at the September
known, is based on Éile’s personal phi- a facet of CJ’s Corporate Partners Initiative, was established at Cor Jesu in 2013 Liturgy.
losophy, “Every child deserves a soft, to promote awareness and interest among young women about the field of
cuddly toy to hold onto in times of engineering.
need.” Over the past two years and 213 “The continuing shortage of women professional engineers creates a tremendous
hours, Éile has helped brighten the days career opportunity for our students,” said President Sr. Barbara Thomas, ASCJ.
Congratulations to Cor Jesu’s five National Merit Semifinalists in the National Merit of thousands of children across the St. “Ellie and Renee have both demonstrated a strong interest in engineering and
Scholarship Program (left to right): Margaret Derdeyn, Anna Goldkamp, Elizabeth Louis area. She works directly with Junior a willingness to give back to Cor Jesu’s
Onder, Mary Kate Morris and Claire Munsell. These students represent the highest- Achievement–Saint Louis, which donates engineering program in the future. This award
Build-A-Bears to her, and Éile in turn, ar-
scoring high school seniors in the state, who took the PSAT junior year. ranges the delivery of these bears to 10 gives them the support and encouragement
they need to continue working toward a STEM-
Kudos also to Cor Jesu’s National Merit Commended Students, seniors Claire Colvin, different St. Louis charities. When the related career. We are very proud of them.
Christina Nieters and Maureen Reilly. Commended Students are among 34,000 students charities receive the stuffed bear dona- “We are extremely thankful and grateful to
across the nation, who are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. They tions, they can then use their monetary Watlow for their continued financial support
funds for more pressing necessities. Éile
place among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2016 plans to continue running Bizzy Bears of this important program,” Sr. Barbara added.
competition by taking the PSAT in October 2014. until she graduates in May 2016, at which “Three of our previous Watlow Scholars have
point she will train someone to help run gone on to major in engineering in college. This
the organization in her absence. program is showing meaningful results.”
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