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in this issue from the president

Dear Friends,

As this issue of Spirit brings you up to date on Cor Jesu’s exciting plans for the future, I want to express
with “one heart” my gratitude to and for the many members of the CJ community, who are making our
long-range goals a reality. These ambitious goals are materializing only because Cor Jesu IS a community
imbued with one heart, one spirit and one vision!

This unified community surrounds and supports Cor Jesu and ensures it is a second home for our students,
a place where important relationships are fostered – with God, friends and the larger community. It ensures
that CJ remains a place where students grow in intellectual acuity, in self-awareness, in integrity and in
confidence that leads them to lifelong learning and leadership roles in their respective communities and
beyond – engaging and transforming the world, rather than just observing it.

Cor Jesu graduates invariably talk about teachers of deep faith and character who impacted their lives,
challenging them to discover and explore their gifts and modeling a faithful response of appreciation,
humility and service to others. And that mentoring extends well beyond the classroom. Ranging from CJ’s
5 4 12 Penny Queen week of innovative student-led activities that directly support worthy charities to monthly
Service Saturdays that provide the framework for students, faculty and parents to stand side-by-side in
service to the neediest and most underserved, every aspect of a Cor Jesu education is meant to fulfill our
departments & features motto, “Sharing the Love of the Heart of Christ.”
Spirit
Spring 2015-2016 As we prepare to break ground on the gym and commons building on April 22, I am reminded of the words
Around Campus
President of Mother Clelia, foundress of the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus – The Love of Christ Impels Us! This
Sr. Barbara Thomas, ASCJ Students Earn Perfect Scores ~ 2-3 directive gave the Apostles in St. Louis the courage to found Cor Jesu Academy 60 years ago. These same
Principal Read about junior Gwen Mattingly, who earned a perfect ACT, and a plethora of other CJ students,
Sr. Kathleen Mary Coonan, ASCJ who have been honored for their academic, fine arts, sports and service contributions. words, the motto for my community, give us, Mother Clelia’s daughters, the same courage to grow and
Dean of Curriculum & Professional Endowment Growth Projected to Reach $8.5 Million by 2021 ~ 5 expand, never ceasing to proclaim the love of the Heart of Jesus here at Cor Jesu.
Development
Jeanne Suda Currently, Cor Jesu’s Endowment Fund, which provides financial assistance to qualifying students, With one heart, we thank you, for helping us begin the next phase of quality Catholic education for young
Director of Advancement is valued at $5.4 million. By 2025, the goal of the Endowment Committee is to grow the Endowment women – one that will encompass Cor Jesu’s rich 60-year history, while launching an even stronger presence
Katie Magee Thiemann ’81 Fund to $12 million in order to provide even more financial aid to more Cor Jesu families.
Director of Alumnae Relations in faith, education and the community at large.
Patty Ferrara ’85 Advancement
Director of Annual Fund Campaign Goal Reached! ~ 6-9 Yours in Christ,
Cynthia Wilhelm We did it! With having setting our sights on reaching the campaign goal by March 2016 and
Director of Communications accomplishing our goal, CJ can now break ground for the gym and commons building this May!
Debbie Hoffmann Dugan ’84
Read all about how the CJ community made our long-range plans a reality.
Spirit Magazine is designed in-house by: Sr. Barbara Thomas, ASCJ
Treasures of the Heart Auction Brings in Highest Gross Ever ~ 12-13
Cor Jesu Academy • Advancement Office
Once again, the CJ community helped to make the 2016 Treasures of the Heart Auction one of the President
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Saint Louis, Missouri 63123 most successful ever, and Cor Jesu is most grateful!
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We’re putting more “SPIRIT” into Spirit! From the Explore Select the CorJesu Tap the view icon Alumnae Association
To see your Spirit magazine come to life, menu, touch the Public Auras option © 2016, Cor Jesu Academy. All rights reserved.
The magazine stock contains 10% recycled fiber.
download the free Aurasma App for magnifying glass and and then select (center icon Woman of Heart: Karen Winkelmann Irwin ’79 ~ 14
Android or iPhone. search for CorJesu. FOLLOWING. You on bottom row) and
www.corjesu.org
should see the circle point your device on Past Alumnae Events ~ 15-18
change from an open any page where you
circle to a full circle. see the Aurasma logo Upcoming Alumnae Events and Calendar ~ 19
Cover photo: Students, faculty and staff outlined 2016 Class Reunion Dates and Chairs ~ 19
the perimeter of the new gym and commons
building to give perspective of where the
and watch Class Notes ~ 20
addition will be built in relation to the existing
the page come to life! In Memoriam ~ 21
gym and cafeteria. Construction will begin in
May 2016. Photo by Studio Altius. Be sure to use
the AURASMA APP to bring the cover photo CORRECTION: In the Fall 2015-16 issue of Spirit, the title for Catherine Wittgen, M.D. ’81 was incorrectly listed in the EXP 3
to life! See page 4 for downloading and usage article. It should have read: Catherine Wittgen, M.D., Saint Louis University Medical School Tenured Professor of Surgery
instructions. and Anesthesiology, Program Director General Surgery Residency Program, Director Surgical Critical Care Fellowship.
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