The Sacred Heart School of Montreal Alumnae Association Newsletter www.sacredheart.qc.ca February 2014

A Message from the President Patricia Laplante '80, President, Alumnae Association/Présidente de L'Association des anciennes

Happy New Year to all! Despite the cold start to the Canadian winter, our school is warming up for a number of exciting activities aimed at involving the Alumnae Community. As such we are looking for volunteers! There are a number of ways you could help with these events. If you have even a few hours a month to help, we could sure use it. It's a great way to give a little back to the school and it's fun! We received great feedback on the return of the Alumnae Newsletter in July 2013 and in this addition you'll read about the many events in 2013 and news of your former classmates. Keep those news items coming in and send pictures, too, for future editions!

Lastly - we are "connected"! If are you receiving this print edition, it is because we do not have a valid email on file for you. If you have an email address, please contact the Alumnae Relations Coordinator, Maureen Brown ’80, at alumnae@sacredheart.qc.ca

A Message from the Head of School Shawn O'Donnell, Head of School I would like to begin by thanking you for supporting the school in all areas over the past several months. As you will see at the end of this newsletter, alumnae were key to a successful Phone Campaign that has raised over $20,000 for Bursaries & Scholarships. The program now has a record $185,000 to distribute in the 2014-2015 school year! Please continue to support our Bursaries by joining us at the

Comedy Night Fundraiser, organized with Loyola High School, on May 7. You will find more information in the newsletter. Finally, I hope to see many of you at our Annual Sacred Heart Open golf tournament, to be held in early June. There is an Alumnae Cup up for grabs, but you do not need to be a world-class golfer to play!

In This Issue

Homecoming 2013 Career/Mentorship

Morning Homecoming 2014 Golf Tournament Comedy Night Get Involved Power Corporation

Speaker Series AMASC News Milestones Upcoming Events Phone Campaign Annual Giving

Coupon

Homecoming 2013 Maureen Brown '80, Alumnae Relations Coordinator Last October, over 200 alumnae attended one or more of the four Homecoming events. Whether it was playing a basketball game with former Saints coaches, reconnecting at the Reunion Dinner with fellow alumnae, current and former faculty, attending mass or flipping through the pages of a yearbook, all enjoyed themselves. Each year Homecoming provides the Alumnae Association the opportunity to raise much-needed funds for various causes. The $2,000 raised during Homecoming 2013 were directed to the bursaries & scholarships sponsored by the Alumnae Association. Thank you to this year's sponsors who helped to make the Homecoming Reunion Dinner such a success: Sofia Muzzo '90 for her flower arrangements, Lillian Wrzesinski ' 73 Léonard for raffle items, the Parents' Guild for the dinner wine, the City House Foundation for revenue from the sale of Spirit Wear, and Sandra Buonamici of Patisserie San Marco. Lastly,a special thank you to Jessica Abbey ' 00, Owner & Head Chef of Abby Catering, who provided a lovely buffet and graciously donated a portion of the meals.

Seated: Mary Behrens, Elise Schissler, Barbara Klodniski, Mrs (Verge) Filipovich Middle row: Margaret Sheridan, Deborah Brunet, Aspasia Kyriacopoulos, Karen Gregory, Helen Henshaw, Janet Wilson, Gerry Cooney Back Row: Suzanne Timmins, Anne-Marie Wielhorski Lyttle, Erica Redler, Charlene Laprise Weiser, Louise Vanasse, Katherine Brown, Charlotte Marcella, Lillian Wrzesinski Léonard

The Jubilarians - Class of 1963 (L to R): Letizia Randaccio, Janina Tryczynska, Jane Howson Wilson, Ann McCoy Hucker, Elizabeth Behrens, Marguerite Bonar Alexander,(standing) Polly de Bokross, Elyse Demers, Sylvia de Heinrich, Barbara Doyle Duncan

Kneeling: Cassandra Giaccari, Alessia Vincelli, Cassandra D’Ambrosio, Tiffany Piergiovanni, Angela Cristiano Standing : Michelle Vokaty, Emélie Flemming-Parker, Cassandra Chase, Alessandra Ruffolo, Elizabeth Tomaras, Chloe-Lynn Russo, Bianca-Désirée Arciero, Samantha Mastromonaco

For more photos of Homecoming 2013 events, visit the Alumnae Photo Gallery on our Web site

From the Class of 1978: Julie Klucinskas, Rosemary Vaupshas, Hélène Hamel

From the Class of 1998 (L to R): Nadia Salvaggio, Tracy Paluzzi, M.Soret (former faculty) Ritou Maloni, Marie Short

Seated (L to R): Krystina Arsenault, Patricia Aldred-Haraszty, Arlene Abrigo, Middle row (L to R): Kathleen Hannan, Leah Giannakis, Lili Del Campo, Back Row (L to R):Danute Bulka, Alison Harding, Julie Mayne, Dominique Jarry-Shore, Carole Carrier,Bonnie Barnett, Gweneth Thirlwell

Seated (L to R): Suzanne Massoud, Donna Noon-Ward Cook, Betty Lee, Andrea Chen Middle row: Magnolia Fojas Standing (L to R): Yiota Arvanitakis, Barbara Yeung, Michele Tinggaard, Michelle Cunningham Lustri, Sangita Gomes, Monique Thirlwell, Jennifer Wells, Marilyn Dunn

Seated (LtoR): Margarita Xistris, Susan Klucinskas, Debbie Baluch, Anna Romano Standing (LtoR) Jana Valasek, Sarah Moffat, Alex Ferrier Ryan, Dominique Valiquette

From L to R: Martha Quinn ’53 Bélanger, Janet Gray-Donald ’51 Macklem , Jean Kennedy ‘52 Mackinnon, Honour O’Reilly ’53 Sauvé, Sandra Kennedy ’54 De Rome, Mary Martha Wright ’53 Guy

Background: Kathleen Brown-Vandecruys’11, Taylor Wright-Connors ‘09 L to R : Selene Di Lallo ’96, Arlene Abrigo ’93, Lara Artinian ’07,Sarah Neeff ’94, Jane Parayno ’01, Ritou Maloni ’98, Allison Abrigo ’94,( kneeling) former coach Greg Griffin, Lori Manon-Og ‘96

Audrey Williams’ 46, Margaret McLaughlin ’42, Cora Hackett ’42 (seated) Mary Stanton ‘49

Maureen Brown ’80, Jean Kennedy’52 Mackinnon, Lauren Vaupshas ‘07

Career Mentorship Morning Antoinette Raco, Guidance Counselor

On the morning of November 18th, our Secondary V students had the unique opportunity of participating in our very own Speed-Mentoring event. Taking place in the Reception Room at Sacred Heart, students mingled and had the chance to chat with professionals spanning over a dozen careers. Unique careers in event planning and cake designing were represented, alongside the ever-popular fields of medicine, journalism, law, business and engineering. Special thanks go out to our alumnae who always participate in such great numbers for these events. All participants showed great passion for their careers, with the hope of sparking some interest in one of the many industries represented. We hope to make this a yearly event, so please feel free to contact the School or Alumnae Office if you would like more information or would like to represent your career in our next session.

For more photos of this event, visit the Photo Gallery on our Web site.

Career/Mentorship

Participants:

Andria Arcari '03

Finance / Business

Pamela Battah '01

Entrepreneur / Cake

designer

Scott Darragh

Criminology / Police

technology

Mirella Di Blasio '81

Event planning

Maya Johnson

Media

Kristin Kenny '83 &

Eva Azoulay

Engineering /

Business

Sarah Meltzer '85

Marketing

Christina Sauro '03

Law

Christine Saykaly

'00

Psychology

Angela Sinagoga

Engineering

Richard Tardif

Journalism

Dr.Georgia Vriniotis

'03

Medicine

Get involved!

Homecoming 2014 Reunion Dinner: Have any new ideas about how to improve this evening? Share them with us! Are you celebrating a special anniversary at the upcoming October Reunion? Gather your former classmates. Call Maureen Brown ’80 at 514-937-2845 ext 108.

Alumnae Association Meeting: Help us plan upcoming activities Join us for our next meeting on February 25. Leave a message for Patricia Laplante '80 at 514-937-2845 ext 108.

Alumnae Spring Tea & Mass: Alumnae of all ages are needed to help coordinate this lovely event open to alums & their families. Telephone Anna Romano'83 at 514-369-8949.

Comedy Night Fundraiser: Support our school's Bursaries & Scholarship Fund by joining Liz Shamie '82 and her sales crew. Leave a message for Liz at 514-937-2845 ext 113.

SHSM Golf Committee: Become involved by joining a dynamic team of volunteers who organize an enjoyable and successful June Golf event. Leave a message for Golf Committee Chair, Erminio Zappitelli, at 514-937-2845 ext 113.

Young Alum Work Program: recent university graduates seeking work experience in marketing/communications or public relations are invited to join the School's Communications & Advancement team. The position is voluntary, on a rotational basis every month. Please contact 514-937-2845 ext. 113

Power Corporation of Canada Speaker Series Isabel Brinck, Communications Coordinator This fall, three women leaders in their fields came to speak to the student body at an event that was also open to the public. Associate Professor at McGill and Board member Antonia Maioni '79 got the ball rolling, and was followed by Olympic gold medalist, freestyle skier Jennifer Heil. Rounding out the series, Angela Onesi '85, partner at the law firm of Fasken Martineau, really impressed upon the girls the value of a Sacred Heart education when it comes to rising above the challenges that society still places in front of women today.

AMASC Registration to Open in February Association Mondiale des Anciennes et Anciens du Sacré-Coeur / World Association

of Alumnae and Alumni of the Sacred Heart

The Arizona Alumnae and Alumni Association of the Sacred Heart are hosting the XV World

Congress November 6 to 9th, 2014. The theme will be "Listening with one Heart". A detailed

agenda is available at their Web site. We, along with the Canadian Association of Sacred

Heart Alumnae (CASHA), are excited about this congress and are eager to send a delegate.

As such, CASHA has offered to subsidize the attendance of a "Young Alum". If you are

interested, please contact 514-937-2845 ext 108 for details.

L'association Mondiale des Anciennes et Anciens du Sacré Cœur de l'Arizona accueille le XVème Congrès Mondiale du 6 au 9 novembre 2014. Le thème sera « Nos Cœurs Unis à l'écoute ». Vous trouverez

les détailles, en français, sur leur site Web. Ceci présente une belle opportunité pour une déléguée canadienne car

CASHA ont offert une subvention pour une de nos jeunes anciennes. Veuillez nous contacter si ceci vous intéresse :

(514) 937-2845 poste 108.

Angela Onesi ‘85 Antonia Maioni ‘79

Jennifer Heil

Congratulations to... -Marie Senecal-Tremblay '77, who was appointed a Citizenship Judge with Citizenship and Immigration Canada in 2013. -Mei-Lin Yee '80, Susan Emblem '84, Joanne Rossy '84, Amanda Murray '05, Janet Belliveau '06 and Claudia Belliveau '13, for their participation in the 5th Annual Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer in July 2013.

-Christina Smith '91, who was elected a City Councillor in the November 2013 Westmount municipal election. She is the representative for District 5. -Reetika Chawla '99 Magdani, on the birth of her son Aditya on December 1, 2013, in Manhattan. -Charlotte Marie Flannery '96 on her marriage to Bill Dounavis in September 2012. Bridesmaids included sisters Elizabeth '90, Vanessa '92 and Alexandria '99, as well as Erika Szego '96, Laura Calvo '96 and Zoe Barraclough '96.

Further congratulations on the birth of their first child, Thomas James Dounavis, born on June 20, 2013.

-Dr. Angela Alberga '00, who completed her PhD in Human Kinetics, specializing in exercise physiology at the University of Ottawa in the fall of 2013. -Evelyn Hatzithomas '03, on her engagement to Steven Markessinis.

-Andria Arcari '03, on her marriage to Adam Cox-Twardowsk. The wedding took place on July 6, 2013.

-Laura French Bourgeois '03 for her ongoing PhD studies in Social Psychology at Université de Montréal. Her studies bring her to travel throughout Canada’s Arctic on a project destined to reduce the significant high school drop-out rates among Inuit youth.

In Memory of... Rita Brousseau '28 Win Hackett, brother of Cora '42 Louise Ferrier '43 Cuthbertson, mother of Sally '75, Deborah '77, Rosemary '78 and Celia '79 and sister to Mary Jane '49 Margaret Seng '48 Haberl, sister of Stephanie '45 (Sault) and Cornelia ’45 (Sault) Mary Ruth Pemberton-Smith '51 Trainor Frances Ascoli '56 and Rosemary Ascoli '57, sisters of Elizabeth (Betty) Ascoli '52 de Grave. Predeceased by sisters Lillian '49 and Solange '54 Margaret Holland (Peggy Davey)'57 (Sault), mother of Sarah Davey '85 and sister of Alison Holland '54 (Sault) Nicole Bombardier Godby '59, (Sault) in May 2012 Peter McCracken, brother of Anne '59 & Joan '69 Karen Danzinger '73 (in 2010) Genevieve Kierans '75 Natalie Bowen '78 George Hyde, father of Christine '82 and grandfather of Hannah Hyde-De Souza '12, Daniel Phelan, father of Mary Jeanne '90 Joseph Sladen, grandfather of Wendy '90 & Jill '92 Lucien Lamouche, caretaker at Sacred Heart for over 25 years, brother of Mme Yvette Berger (former school secretary)

Upcoming Events for Alumnae For all events, contact the Alumnae Relations Office for additional information – 514-937-2845 ext 108 February 25: Alumnae Association Meeting, in St. Antoine’s Boardroom, at the school. March 24 to 28: Science Week at Sacred Heart, including a lecture by Dr. Joe Schwarcz on March 28. April 5: Spring tea and Family Mass, at the Sacred Heart School Chapel May 7: Comedy Night Fundraiser, with Ryan Hamilton and Frank Spadone, at the Loyola High School Eric Mclean S.J. Centre, 2477 West Broadway. May 9: Arts Festival at school. Early June: Sacred Heart Open golf tournament. Location TBC.

Phone Campaign: Alumnae Dial for Dollars The latest Annual Campaign included a phone drive that reached out to alumnae, past and current parents, and former and present faculty. The honorary chair was Janet Gray-Donald '51 Macklem. Her support proved invaluable. The results have been -and continue to be- outstanding. The goal was long ago reached and surpassed. We have received over $20,000 in donations and pledges, with almost half of it coming from alumnae. The majority of that will fund scholarships and bursaries. Thank you! This was accomplished in no small part thanks to the Sacred Heart alumnae who volunteered their time to make calls: Julie-Ann Barna '82, Isabel Brinck '92, Maureen Brown '80, Alessia Di Giorgio '09, Carmen Di Ioia '82, Kelly Guy '09, Patricia Laplante '80, Lisa MacDonald '77, Anna Romano '83, Elizabeth Shamie '82, Maria Valente-Fernandes '99, Lauren Vaupshas '07, Natasha Vitale '10. We hope to see you again next year!

Annual Campaign

Gifts may be directed to one of the following areas: Greatest Needs of the School Scholarship and Bursary Endowment Fund Enrichment Programmes Building Improvements & Enhancements

Checks made payable to the City House Foundation should be mailed to 3635 Atwater, Montreal QC, H3H 1Y4

Credit Card number _________________________________ Exp date __________

Cardholder Name __________________________________ Amount $ __________