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Spring 2011 Saint Mary's VOICES OF JUSTICE Annual Fund aithful annual gifts from 5,200 alumnae help This moment F students foster lifelong friendships, excel academically, and prepare to step out as leaders. made possible It’s not too late to help today’s Saint Mary’s women create lasting memories of their own. Please consider by alumnae and making your Annual Fund gift before May 31, 2011, friends of Saint at saintmarys.edu/give or (800) 762-8871. Mary’s College. Annual Fund 138 Madeleva Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 Phone: (800) 762-8871 Email: [email protected] Online: saintmarys.edu/give Annual Fund volume 86, number 1 spring 2011 TABLE OFCONTENTS features 4 ABCs of Catholic Social Justice 5 Justice and Gerontology 8 Th e President’s Council on Multicultural Aff airs 9 Church in the City 13 Five for Justice Five Alumnae Bring Justice to Global Citizens 14 Christine Bodewes ’87 15 Kelly Hradsky ’05 17 Judge Kathleen A. Kearney ’78 18 Kristle Hodges ’10 19 Mary Griffi n Burns ’62 departments 3 Inside Saint Mary’s 21 Avenue News 24 Belles Athletics 25 For the Record 27 Club News 30 Class News Visit saintmarys.edu/courier 33 Excelsior to view the Courier online. 46 Development News The Saint Mary’s College Courier (USPS Courier Staff Letters The Mission 135-340) is published four times a year Send letters to the editor to: Saint Mary’s College is a Catholic, residential, women’s Kay Kenney by Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, college in the liberal arts tradition. A pioneer in the education Editor Courier Editor IN 46556-5001. Periodicals postage of women, the College is an academic community where [email protected] Saint Mary’s College paid at the Post Offi ce at Notre Dame, women develop their talents and prepare to make a 303 Haggar College Center IN 46556 and at additional mailing Shannon E. Brewer ’03 difference in the world. Founded by the Sisters of the Holy Notre Dame, IN 46556 offi ces. 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The opinions Saint Mary’s College Graphic Designer expressed are those of the authors or Notre Dame, IN 46556-5001 on the cover their subjects and are not necessarily Matt Cashore or email [email protected] shared by the College or the editor. Sarah Miesle ’07 Front Cover: Joan Chen ’11 with one of the Sisters Alumnae Association Staff Shari Rodriguez Zara Osterman of the Holy Cross in the Queen of Peace Convent Vice President for College Relations Joe Raymond Kara O’Leary ’89 Photo by Matt Cashore [email protected] Photographers Director of Alumnae Relations [email protected] Back cover: Spring on Saint Mary’s campus Karen Zagrocki McDonald ’76 Julie McGrail ’12 Acting Assistant Vice President Editorial Intern Jessica Stuifbergen ’99 Photo by Matt Cashore Integrated Marketing Communications Assistant Director [email protected] of Alumnae Relations [email protected] The Alumnae Association Board of Directors Honorary President insidesaintmary’s Carol Ann Mooney ’72 President Rebecca Votto ’93 600 Monterey Blvd., Apt. 6 Hermosa Beach, CA 90254 (310) 597-9210 • [email protected] Vice President Karen McNamara Weaver ’91 513 Southwest Gentry Lane Lees Summit, MO 64081 (816) 761-4374 • [email protected] Saint Mary’s Voices of Justice Secretary Abby Van Vlerah ’04 by Kay Kenney, Courier editor 1560 Lane 110 West Otter Lake Angola, IN 46703 (307) 399-0652 • [email protected] Directors Justice: We respect all persons because of their Christine M. Bodewes ’87 God-given dignity. We act as responsible stewards Zoomstraat 20 1078 XK Amsterdam NL of resources both on and beyond the campus. We (217) 971-0923 • [email protected] advocate social action and practice principles of Sarah Brown ’05 704 Churchill Drive justice and compassion. Charleston, WV 25314 • [email protected] Jill Moore Clouse ’99 Justice is one of the four core values of Saint Mary’s College. Saint Mary’s 3202 North Paulina Street, 2S Chicago, IL 60657 working defi nition, as it appears above, explains our actions towards each (773) 348-2124 • [email protected] other, the environment we nurture, and how justice is founded upon the Mary Sue Dunn Curry ’85 essential quality of compassion. 5434 Flowering Dogwood Lane Charlotte, NC 28270 (704) 814-7967 • [email protected] But justice can’t be realized without a strong voice to speak up for Nora Barry Fisher ’73 fairness and respect. At Saint Mary’s, the students and alumnae give U.S. Post Offi ce and Courthouse 700 Grant Street, Suite 5260 justice a voice, whether through intelligent debate, respectfully speaking Pittsburgh, PA 15219 • judgenorabfi [email protected] out, or by simply speaking to the point. Kathleen Gibboney ’73 13 Evergreen Circle Cincinnati, OH 45215-1368 Ideas of justice are layered throughout the entire Saint Mary’s curriculum (513) 771.1162 • [email protected] and community. For example, the Justice Education Program is an Annette H. Isom ’83 2 South 019 Taylor Road interdisciplinary program that often brings together experts from Saint Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 (630) 790.0397 • [email protected] Mary’s, the University of Notre Dame, and leaders in South Bend to discuss topical issues. Multicultural Services and Student Programs Angeline Johnson ’07 114 South Varsity Drive creates opportunities for a more inclusive environment for students, South Bend, IN 46615 • [email protected] faculty, and staff . Campus Ministry often collaborates with other Saint Linda Kawecki ’79 6948 Lakeshore Drive Mary’s programs to challenge us to look deep beyond the surface. Dallas, TX 75214 (214) 327-9355 • [email protected] In this issue, the Courier features three stories that demonstrate Catholic Monica Stallworth Kolimas, M.D. ’74 13230 Club Road social thought as practiced on campus. Joan Chen ’11 works with the Hagerstown, MD 21742 (301) 791-3825 • [email protected] Sisters at the Queen of Peace fl oor, the home of those diagnosed with Elizabeth Bermingham Lacy ’66 Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia. Yes, stewardship refers to our 505 Welwyn Road care of the earth’s resources, but also implies the environments we create Richmond, VA23229 (804) 741-5301 • [email protected] among ourselves. With that in mind, the Courier introduces Th e President’s Kathryn Wiedl Mettler, M.D. ’63 Council on Multicultural Aff airs, which had its fi rst seeds planted within 715 Registry Lane NE Atlanta, GA 30342 President Carol Ann Mooney’s Strategic Plan. Th e article “Church in the (404) 262-7454 • [email protected] City” describes a 48-hour immersion experience developed by the Justice Priscilla Karle Pilon ’86 5478 Doliver Drive Education Program and Campus Ministry and looks at reaching out to Houston, TX 77056 (713) 622-3438 • [email protected] the poor and disenfranchised. Lisa Maxbauer Price ’99 8792 Horizon Drive Also, in “Five for Justice,” fi ve alumnae speak up to give defi nition to Traverse City, MI 49686 (917) 518-4345 • [email protected] their sense of justice and how their ideas about justice evolved since they graduated from Saint Mary’s College. Th eir work for justice proves that Dawn Parker Santamaria ’81 2 Gravel Hill Road Saint Mary’s commitment to justice is alive and well beyond our campus. Asbury, NJ 08802 (908) 735-6716 • [email protected] Barbara Wolfston Urrutia ’74 423 Bark Drive Redwood City, CA 94065 (605) 593-4958 [email protected] Phyllis Sullivan Van Hersett ’62 10507 Jaguar Drive Littleton, CO 80124 (303) 790-9265 • [email protected] Student Member Jingqiu Guan ’11 703 Le Mans Hall Saint Mary’s College Notre Dame, IN 46556 (574) 520-9650 • [email protected] 3 | Spring 2011 COVER STORY The ABCs OF CATHOLIC THOUGHT Thomas Aquinas scholar, Religion Professor, and Associate Dean Joseph Incandela occasionally gives a popular lecture in which he condenses the seven key principles of Catholic social thought into three overarching principles. Courier asked Professor Incandela to explain his ABCs of Social Justice, which expand to include the entire schemata of justice. In the following stories you will see that this rich, inclusive heritage of justice is lived out every day through Saint Mary’s students, faculty, and staff . Human Dignity Our belief in the sanctity of human life and the inherent dignity of the human person is the foundation of all the principles of our social teaching. Stewardship of God’s Creation We have a responsibility to care for these goods as stewards and trustees, not as mere consumers and users. How we treat the environment is a measure of our stewardship, a sign of our respect for the Creator. Option for the Poor and Vulnerable The option for the poor is an essential part of society’s eff ort to achieve the common good. A healthy community can be achieved only if its members give special attention to those with special needs, to those who are poor and on the margins of society.

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