IND ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER

Summer 2020 Vol.1 No. 2

PRESIDENT’S NOTE 2020. What a challenging year for all of us, especially as an IND Community. The COVID-19 ​ ​ pandemic, the towering steeple of St. James Church damaged by a lightning strike and subsequent fire, and then the news that IND was closing its doors forever. It has been a perfect storm of difficult events that has taken down our school as we know it. However, as IND alumnae, we are a passionate and committed group of women who absolutely refuse to let the Spirit of IND die, so our work continues.

While our specific plans are still in development, we are actively pursuing these initiatives: Maintaining the traditional role of an alumnae association by fostering our sisterhood through • communications such as this newsletter, events (both social and service-based) and serving as a resource for reunion classes. In addition, we intend to see our youngest sisters of the Classes of ‘21, ‘22 and ‘23 through their high school years in the IND spirit. Keeping IND’s legacy alive through the establishment of a new Heritage Room to display IND memorabilia and a • new all-online Hildie’s Boutique featuring favorite IND merchandise as well as new apparel and commemorative ​ ​ ​ ​ items. We are working with the School Sisters of Notre Dame to transfer the school’s trademarks to the Alumnae Association for our continued use. Continuing the spirit of the school’s mission of education and service to the Baltimore community, including • incorporating as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. At minimum, we are working with Latrobe Homes to continue Hildie’s Thanksgiving meal program, and our Mission Committee is laying plans for additional initiatives to support our East Baltimore neighborhood in various ways. By the time this newsletter reaches your mailbox, you may have already received a survey to help guide our planning.

Our new website, INDAlumnae.org, will be up and running by the end of July. Events, reunions and other information ​ ​ will be posted on the webpage as plans are confirmed.

To answer some common questions: Yes, there will be final tours of IND for alumnae sometime over the next few months. Yes, there will be sales of items left in the school, but only after making donations to other Catholic schools in need. Details will be published online and by email. If you received this newsletter by mail and have an email account, we ask that you please notify us at [email protected] to receive all our communications. ​ ​ ​ ​

Finally, I want to welcome our newest alumnae, the Class of 2020. We are so very proud of your accomplishments and know that you will become an integral and active part of our association as we move forward. Congratulations on your graduation and WELCOME! …

One Mind, One Heart. Mother Theresa, Pray for Us! ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Sue Petti ‘74 ​ ​ ​ ​ President, IND Alumnae Association ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ DISTINGUISHED ALUMNA AWARD IND’s Distinguished Alumna Award will be presented during Homecoming Weekend. Nominations for this award may be submitted by anyone who knows the nominee: fellow alumna, family or friend. The Nominating Committee will review all nominations and select the Distinguished Alumna. All nomination forms are due by August 31, 2020. Requests for nomination forms can be submitted online at [email protected], in writing to the IND Alumnae Association P.O. ​ ​ ​ Box 473; Riderwood, MD 21139 or by calling Palma Wilson at 410-571-5631.

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REUNION NEWS ST. JAMES FIRE ​ If your class year ends in “0” or “5”, this is your reunion On the morning of Saturday, March 28, 2020 lightning year. Class agents or their designees should schedule a struck the St. James steeple setting it ablaze. The start-up meeting by contacting Maureen Ciesielski ’72 at four-alarm fire broke out at the Urban Bible Fellowship [email protected] Church (formerly St. James the Less Catholic Church) at Class of 1970: 50th Reunion Plans • ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 9:30 a.m. and burned for several hours. The IND Tentative, in the planning stages and virus community held its breath as ash and cinders fell on and restrictions dependent: near the school. The Baltimore City Fire Department Friday, September 18, 2020: afternoon lunch/wine ​ worked successfully to keep IND saturated with water to tasting prevent the fire from spreading to the school as well as Saturday morning, September 19, 2020: golf (for to the neighboring Latrobe Homes. However, emotions those interested) ran high as alums recalled First Friday masses, Stations of Late Saturday afternoon/early evening at Chris the Cross, Ring Day ceremonies, May Processions and, at Carolan Ellis' home 1:45 p.m. on November 22, 1963, the student body Sunday, September 20, 2020: mass at Cathedral with running to St. James to pray for President John F. brunch or Carroll County Wine Festival Kennedy. In the end, while St. James was declared A getaway in Cambridge, MD is on hold for April condemned, IND suffered water damage on the side of 2021. Again, all plans are tentative. the building that abuts St. James, broken windows and a ​ th Class of 1975: 45 ​ R​ eunion Plans • ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ collapsed ceiling in one room. Our thanks to the Saturday, May 1, 2021 at the Bluestone Restaurant Baltimore City Fire Fighters who kept our building from 1-4. For more information contact Janice Hand fire-free, Christine Szala, Head of School, who remained Stangroom ’75 at [email protected], or on site throughout monitoring the situation on behalf of ​ ​ 443-243-1249. IND, David Hopp who filmed a “Walk Through” of IND after the fire to reassure us, as well as the students, staff, alums and “Friends of IND” who stormed heaven with prayers for the safety of our school and, of course, our “Heavenly Friends” who kept careful watch over our beautiful and beloved building.

Steve Charles, husband of Nancy Longo ’80 (03/20/20) IN MEMORIAM Dorothy Ayd ’41 (04/20/20) Beatrice Ives Childs ’69 (04/20/20) Patricia Bittner Barnaba ’51 (04/22/20) Levenia M. Connelly ’53 (05/07/20) Frances Grifford Barnard ’50 (03/08/20) Joan Anne Love Derbyshire ’48 (04/23/20) Patricia Bateman ’50, sister of Agnes Lindquist '51 Ann Klein Enghauser ’48 (03/29/20) and Anne Bateman '53 (04/19/20) Albert Freund, father of Sandy Freund ’80 Claire Blake ’56 (03/14/20) and Dawn Freund Raab ‘86 (03/14/20) Jeffrey Brooks, father of Jana Brooks ’98 (05/07/20) Mary Murray Garvey ’47 (12/10/19) Joan Orth Bryant ’70, sister of Jaqueline Steffy '69 Chianti “Tiki” Jackson Harpool ’82 (04/08/20) (12/23/19) Christina Harris ’66 (11/07/19) Margaret Pilachowski Burton ’49, aunt of Sr. Leroy “Roy” Hofman, husband of Elizabeth McEnroe Stephanie Pilachowski ’70 (03/10/20) Hofman ’47 (12/16/19) Catherine Simmons Buski ’42 (02/22/20) Catherine Bahlman Jerrell ’54 (02/28/20) Velma Case, mother of Sr. Angela Case ’67 Mary Ann Frederick Jones ’80, sister of Barbara (03/01/20) Frederick Taylor ’78 and the late Jeanne Frederick

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Regina Smith Kerr ’58 (03/22/20) Aleksandra Ring, mother of Irene Werth Mann ’69 Joan Kemnitz ’51 (03/24/20) (02/08/20) ​ Wilbert (Butch) King, Jr., husband of Teresa Monica Colbert Rothe ’53 (02/20/20) deKowzan King ’69 (12/04/19) Leonides Santos, husband of Anna Maria Tamburello John R. Kogler, Sr., husband of Elizabeth Horten Santos ’69 (11/28/19) Kogler ’46 (01/06/20) Claire Karl Sigwart ’69 (12/23/19) Rosemary Kucera ’40 (11/13/19) Jill Williams Skarda ’52, mother of Claire Skarda Patricia Ann LeCompte, mother of Jennifer DiBlasio Negas ’75 & Jane Skarda Pyrak ’78; sister of Joan ’99 (11/11/19) Williams Spicer ’50; niece of Evelyn Good Peterka ’32; cousin of Pam Wallace McComas Ecker ’69 and Lou Euclide Howard Le Leux, husband of Elizabeth Ann Wallace Cook ’74 (03/18/20) Donnelly Le Leux ’47 (11/11/19) Karen Hock Springston ’73, sister of Kathy Hock ’75, Denise Bossert MacDonald ’81 (01/20/20) Bonnie Hock Wohlfort ’76 and Diane Hock ’78 Eleanor Martel McHugh ’46 (02/08/20) (05/16/20) Michael Menzel, brother of Kathleen Menzel Sawyer Jacklyn Steinhice ’55 (01/20/20) ’74 (04/14/20) Kathleen Sweeney ’68, sister of Peggy Lyon ’70 Kathleen Mignini ’64 (12/23/19) (03/24/20) Margaret Swindell Miller ’47 (02/01/20) Sr. Doris Turek ’65 (02/04/20)

Marlene Mary Parks, mother of Charlene McConnell Eugene B. Wicklin, husband of Mary Ellen Poole ’77 and Cheryl Perry ’78; grandmother of Caitlin Wicklin ’49; father of Patricia Wicklin McCubbin ’73 Fleiner ’06 (11/07/19) and Teresa Wicklin Koogle ’78; and grandfather of Jim Perkins, twin brother of Pat Klein Perkins '69 Christine Koogle ‘16 (12/30/19) Henry Wiedefeld, son of Beatrice Kennedy Wiedefeld Phyllis Burlage Peterson ’69 (01/28/20) ’45 (12/01/19) Richard Pozecki, father of Rhona Pozecki ’75 Helen Thomas Zeller ’35 (01/20/20)

(04/08/20) Institute of Notre Dame 1847 - 2020, Mother to us all Sr. Emmanuella Rainer ’44 (05/16/20) (06/30/20)

PANDEMIC PHONATHON During the pandemic shutdown, a number of alumnae volunteers made over 1,100 phone calls to senior alumnae from the Class of 1930 through the Class of 1960 just to check in with them. Many thanks to Mary Helfrich ’80 for organizing the event and calling many of the oldest alumnae. Class Agents were wonderfully helpful in getting volunteers to help make phone calls. Thanks to everyone who pitched in: Theresa Abad ‘74, Ashley Antonsen ‘13 , Denise Aversa ‘69, Debbie Batchelor ‘69, Brenda Beaudet ‘74, Mary Beth Belz ‘83, Erin Bindel ‘81, Karen Cappadocia ‘74, Betty Carver ‘63, Maureen Ciesielski ’72, Katina James Dawson ‘02, Marianne Dearchs ‘74, Robin Kropkowski Dice ‘80, Gina Fischer ’80, Julie Rice Flaherty ‘72, Jackie deKowsan Forrester ‘74, Ellen Garrity ‘83, Bernadette Hawkins ‘80, Kathy Lucas ‘72,Susan Reddy Mara ’80, Mary Minderlein ‘72, Jane Nitsch ‘70, Nancy Owings ‘54, Patricia Rachek ‘65, Francine Schaffer ‘73, Kathleen Schonowski ‘75, Mary Shinnick ‘70, Kathleen Strauch ‘74, Maureen Thomas ‘74, and Dee Walsh ’65.

THE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION MOVES FORWARD The IND Alumnae Association will remain in place and active providing a variety of social activities as well as opportunities for service. The following committees seek volunteers to assist with carrying out initiatives: The Alumnae Relations Committee, chaired by Maureen Ciesielski ’72 ([email protected]), maintains contact ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ with a leader from each class (Class Agents) and facilitates communications with alumnae in various regions of the US through Regional Representatives. This committee also assists reunion classes and conducts special outreach to

IND Alumnae Association P.O. Box 473 Riderwood, MD 21139 INDAlumnae.org [email protected] older alumnae through retirement communities. In addition, this group collects and maintains data on alumnae ​ ​ ​ businesses, professions, interests, skills and talents for networking and promotional purposes.

The Mission Committee, chaired by Mary Helfrich ’80 ([email protected]), is responsible for the transition of the ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ IND Alumnae Association from fundraising for the school to undertaking our new charitable initiatives. As we move forward, we intend to continue IND’s strong tradition of service, including the work of Hildie’s Helpers (e.g., serving the ​ ​ ​ ​ Latrobe homes at Thanksgiving) and expanding our mission to tutor/mentor young women in the Baltimore area. Another potential goal is to raise funds to offer scholarships for Catholic school education.

The Time and Talent Committee, chaired by JoAnn Stelmack ’72 ([email protected]), recruits alumnae ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ volunteers for any and all facets of the Association and our initiatives.

The Continuing Traditions Committee chaired by Keona Bascho-George ’98 ([email protected]), is devoted to ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ helping the Classes of 2021, 2022 and 2023 (current students), who were not able to graduate from IND. There are six subcommittees that make up the Continuing Traditions Committee: 1) Communications – sends acknowledgement letters for all donations received for the current students ​ ​ 2) Rings/Pins – helps current students with the IND Ring and Pin traditions ​ ​ 3) Graduation Support – helps current students with IND graduation traditions, e.g., red roses, teaching the Alma ​ ​ ​ ​ Mater etc. 4) Financial Support – coordinates fundraising efforts and will communicate with current students and their parents to ​ ​ ​ ​ identify needs and disburse funds 5) Tutoring – works with current students to assist in the academic transition to new schools and curricula ​ ​ 6) Mentoring/Adopt a Student – supports the girls in other phases of their transitions ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ The Marketing/Communication Committee, chaired by Janet Pilarski ’81 ([email protected]), is responsible for all ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ communication functions of the Alumnae Association: social media, newsletter, a new website, database, and all promotional communications. Going forward, this committee will manage the IND brand, trademarks, messaging and the new IND bookstore.

The Events Committee, chaired by Melanie Morris ’78 ([email protected]), is responsible for all Alumnae ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ events -- both fundraising and social events as well as community service days. The Chair will seek leadership for each event from the Time and Talent Committee.

The Nominating Committee, chaired by Palma Wilson ’73 ([email protected]), will oversee the nomination and election ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ process of the Alumnae Association officers each year. They also are responsible for soliciting and reviewing nominations for the Distinguished Alumna Award, for reviewing the nominations, and ultimately selecting the recipient ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ of The Distinguished Alumna Award. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ NEW SCHOOLS FOR OUR YOUNGEST SISTERS With the closing of IND, students in the Classes of 2021-23 dispersed to high schools in the Baltimore Area and beyond. To date, our rising Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors will attend the following schools: Arundel Christian: 1, Bryn Mawr: 7, Catholic High: 28, Concordia: 15, Cristo Rey: 3, Elizabeth Seton: 1, Glenelg: 1, John Carrol: 9, Maryvale: 20, Mount de Sales: 21, Mercy: 41, Notre Dame Prep: 10, St. Vincent Pallotti: 3, City College: 8, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute: 1, Western High: 2, Roland Park Country: 1, Severn: 1, Archbishop Spalding: 1, St. Timothy’s:2. Additionally, one student will be homeschooled, fourteen are awaiting confirmation for public schools, one is relocating and two are seeking acceptance elsewhere.

ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION SENIOR RECOGNITION AWARD Congratulations to the three recipients of the Alumnae Association's Senior Recognition Award for 2020: Symone ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Stephens, Molly Kihn and Macall Willard. Senior teachers were asked to nominate seniors based on four criteria: 1) Must be a student at IND for at least three years; 2) Must be in good academic and disciplinary standing; 3) Must exude school spirit; 4) Must demonstrate leadership and service to the school. Given the extraordinary circumstances surrounding this school year, the Alumnae Association Executive Board declined to choose a single award recipient. Instead, we were happy to present the same award to all three deserving nominees. IND Alumnae Association P.O. Box 473 Riderwood, MD 21139 INDAlumnae.org [email protected]

REGIONAL REPS As the Alumnae Association moves forward, it now is even more critical that we keep abreast of everything that is happening within our individual classes and the alumnae in general. To that end, please contact your regional representative when planning any regional events so that the word can get out to as many classmates as possible. Our regional representatives are as follows: Raleigh/NC Area Sarah Horwath ’07 410-916-9989 [email protected] ​ ​ ​ Williamsburg/VA Area Kim Kropkowski Tahey ’77 757-291-5921 [email protected] ​ ​ ​ Glen Burnie Area Robin Kropkowski Dice ‘80 443-848-1489 [email protected] ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ CA: San Fran/Oakland/Bay Area Liz Robinson ‘05 850-450-6898 [email protected] ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ CA/Los Angeles Area Krystala Skordalos ‘08 443-791-5995 [email protected] ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Ocean City/Delmarva Area Charlotte Badolato ‘53 410-641-5968 ​ ​ ​ ​ Florida Retirement Communities Angie Magnaterra Ellis ‘94 [email protected] / [email protected] ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ NYC/Long Island/NJ/Conn Emily Wright ‘98 347-429-2105 [email protected] ​ ​ ​ DC Area Melanie Fiore ‘82 703-350-6728 [email protected] ​ ​ ​ DC/Northern VA/Montgomery Co Ellen Garrity ‘83 240-676-2442 [email protected] ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Lindsey Duble Dice ‘04 [email protected] Kristen Balbuena ‘98 [email protected]

LOOK FOR THESE EVENTS The Spirit of IND will go on! As COVID-19 restrictions ease, updated information about the following events will be provided: Picnic in a Park, BINGO, Happy Hours, IND Open House and Bookstore Sale, Brunch, Paint Night, Alum IND/Mercy Game, Crab Feast, Hildie Fest/Hildie’s “Hon” Run, Homecoming, Hildie’s Thanksgiving, and an Orioles Game.

IND ALUMNAE COVID-19 HEROES The following alumnae heroes were brought to our attention during the pandemic shutdown. We are certain that there are many more alums who have been essential workers during this difficult time. A big THANK YOU from the IND Alumnae Association to all of our heroes! Renee Demski ’81: the Vice-President of Quality for The ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins Health System Ashley Kuhn ’10: a registered medical assistant at Saint ​ ​ ​ and the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and

Maureen Lynch ​ ​ LeVine ’72: providing home care for her ​ ​ ​ Nemours i Hospital in Wilmington, DE w​ ho is dealing with Stage 4 ​ metastatic breast cancer. Prayers from the IND Lauren McCarty (Kimmell) ’09: an ER nurse at Harford community are welcomed. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Memorial and Upper Chesapeake Emergency Joanne Richardson Vendetti ’78: a full time Oncology ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ /Chemotherapy Nurse at Mercy Hospital’s Oncology Jennifer Wilson Organ ’97: an RT at Hopkins NICU. Unit ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

Sharon Gallagher Owens ’76: an ACNP Nurse Kathy Richardson Kerrigan ’76: a full time Radiology ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Practitioner and Nurse Manager at Johns Hopkins Technologist working at Towson Orthopaedic Hospital Associates Megan Blumberg Pitt ’04: an amazing nurse going to Lena Vendetti Petrik ’09: a cancer survivor working as ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ NYC to help hospitals with COVID patients a NICU nurse at Mercy Hospital

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Ashley Kelley Collins ’99: she and her husband, John, Center in D.C. in the Interventional Cardiology Service ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ are morticians in Pasadena, Maryland dealing with Department COVID-19 deaths Cathy Van Daniker ’80 and Eileen Kuester ’12: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Jenny McDonough Cummins '83: works in the NICU at mother/daughter nurses -- Cathy at Mercy Medical ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Mercy Medical Center Center while her daughter, Eileen, is a labor and Sarah Mazan Yuhas ’01: an RN, BSN at Mercy Medical delivery nurse at GBMC ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Center Kathryn Schlaffer, MD ’06: a second-year infectious ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Megan Blumberg Pitt ’03: an ICU nurse who left disease fellow at the University of Maryland Medical ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Maryland and traveled to New York City to treat the sick Center in Baltimore, MD there Anne Usiondek Benjamin ’72: a Speech Pathologist ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Jennifer DiBlasio ’99: an RN, BSN working in the Rehab Unit at Easton Hospital ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Catrece Ann R. Tipon ’12: an RN, BSN PACU RN at Dr. Alicia Morgan Cooper ’88: a pediatrician and ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ University of Maryland Shock Trauma dedicated advocate for the well-being of all children making house calls to children who were afraid to go Makayla Stone ’17: a Nurse Extern in the Emergency ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ out to the doctor’s office Department at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Dr. Ann Parker ’00: an instructor of medicine, Charleston, WV while enrolled in the University of ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ researcher, and attending physician at Johns Hopkins Charleston’s BSN nursing program graduating in 2020 Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Jennifer Southworth Tucker ’91: a nurse with the ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Erinn Ford (Daughter of Jane Jenkins Holcomb ’71): an Howard County Public Schools working from home ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ER nurse on the frontlines of Coronavirus at The Johns calling her diabetic patients, working with the health Hopkins Hospital department, filling out 504’s and IEP’s Ashely Carter ’02: a nurse on the front lines in New York Nancy Longo ’80: owner of Pierpoint Restaurant, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ City at New York Presbyterian Hospital partnering with Heart of the Park Harbor Park Garage as Erin Palmer ’09: a Labor and Delivery Nurse at well as the generosity of others, has given away over ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 20,050 meals to restaurant workers, homeless, Fells Gettysburg Hospital Point Post Office, and UMD and Hopkins hospitals Alexandra Bruno ‘09: an OR nurse at Mercy Hospital ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Beth Kaspar Hehir '82: an IND Alum banker helping Jordan Lengel ’09: a Police Officer for the city of ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ small- and medium-sized businesses stay afloat during Buffalo, NY these tough times Destiny Alsup ’09: a Radiographer in the Emergency ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Kathy Tavik Lang ’81: a seamstress sewing masks for Room at Good Samaritan Hospital ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ her community Abigail Gatch ’09: a nurse in the Medical ICU at the ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Ashley Berkheimer Gemon ’07: an RN, BSN University of Maryland Medical Center and a member ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Ashley Paige ’07: a Nurse Practitioner Emily of the Biocontainment team working with all COVID+ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ patients Mastella Monroe ’07: an RN, BSN ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Lindsay Maria ’09: an ER nurse at Franklin Square JoAnn Spinnato Stelmack ’72: used her sewing skills to ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Hospital make face masks to combat COVID-19 donating them to Marisa Meagher ’09: a nurse at The Johns Hopkins different groups, SSNDs at the Motherhouse and ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ elsewhere, Morningside of Satyr Hill Assisted Living Hospital in Baltimore Facility, etc. Jasmyn L. Moore ’09: an ER nurse in New York City ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Jennifer Evans Goodwin ’05: Director of Quality and Carly Braun ’09: an ICU nurse at Duke University ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Safety Improvement at MedStar Health reviewing CDC Hospital guidelines to create and develop new guidelines and Sharon McAvinue ’09: a CVICU nurse in Greensboro, NC ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ resource documents for their frontline associates during and opening a COVID-only ICU at a nearby hospital this pandemic Sarah Elizabeth ’09: a Family Therapist providing Donna Berrent Westervelt ’74: a Nurse Advanced ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ tele-therapy for families in Trenton, NJ Practice Practitioner at MedStar Washington Hospital

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Kimberlee Tognocci ’09: a radiographer at the Greater Jessica Peddicord Merrill ’06: a surgical ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Baltimore Medical Center technologist working directly with COVID-19 Kristina Mercado Straub ’96: an 18-year RN BSN patients at Good Samaritan Hospital ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ veteran at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

CELEBRATE THE CENTENARIANS ​ ​ ​ ​ Join us in celebrating our centenarian alumnae! In the past year, two IND graduates celebrated their 100th birthdays: ​ Anna Reymann Hergenroeder '37 on October 6, 2019 and Sr. Mary Xavier Linz '38 on January 11, 2020. Congratulations!

Sister Mary Xavier Linz ‘38

THANK YOU Our most sincere thanks to Michael North, his wife, Tina Ventura North ’80, and PCA Printing for covering the cost of printing and distribution of this edition of the IND Alumnae Association Newsletter.

IN CLOSING As with each day at IND, we close this issue with the following prayer: My dear girls, I commend you to the Holy Spirit through the powerful intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary and I entrust you forever into her blessed hands. One Mind, One Heart, Mother Theresa Pray for Us.

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