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Summer 2019 1501 South 48Th Street Organization Omaha, NE 68106 US Postage PAID Omaha, NE Permit NO 879 Volume 46, Number 16, Non Profit A publication of the Mercy High School Alumnae and Advancement Office Summer 2019 1501 South 48th Street Organization Omaha, NE 68106 US Postage PAID Omaha, NE Permit NO 879 In this issue: Mercy News: Sr. Dee’s Jubilee Monday, September 9, 2019 Gather your foursome for a day of fun that benefits our FIESTA 2019 Negotiated Tuition Program. Or register yourself and we’ll find a foursome for you. Registration includes: All-School Reunion The Players Club at Deer Creek Graduation • 11:00 a.m. Check-in and Cookout Lunch Event presented by • 12:00 p.m. Shotgun Start, Texas Scramble Alumnae Features: J. Skinner Baking Co. • Buffet Dinner and Prizes to follow Making a Difference in Chicago Communities Register today at mercyhigh.org/events Mercy Saved Her Annual Report The Mercian Volume 46, Number 16 Summer 2019 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT MERCY NEWS Pride and Gratitude Table of Contents: Mercy Couple Receives Mercy News 03 | Cor Misericordiae Award When I reflect on the last six months of our 2018-2019 04 | Sr. Dee’s Jubilee academic year, two words come to mind: pride and gratitude. 06 | FIESTA 2019 Cor Misericordiae Award 08 | All-School Reunion Mercy began the year 2019 with our annual Scholarship & 09 | Wieberg Named Alumna Placement Exam, and I am grateful that over 100 girls made Award Recipient A love of Mercy High School’s mission and a dedication to giving Mercy their school of choice. 10 | Graduation others an opportunity are the inspiration behind Nicole Hahn 14 | Athletic Accolades In February, we celebrated one of our largest FIESTAs ever 16 | Passion for Service Jesse ’80 and John Jesse’s long-term commitment to the school. at our new venue in Downtown Omaha (see story pages 6 17 | May Crowning and 7). Our theme was Destined to Shine, and we did just 18 | Kaleidoscope Takes Flight women there. My and endowing two student that by raising more than $400,000 to provide opportunities for young girls to 22 | Monarch Parents husband and I scholarships. Those scholarships attend Mercy through the Negotiated Tuition Program. I want to express my Club Supports School are committed to honor two former teachers: Sr. thanks to Lynn and Brad Muse, FIESTA Chairs, the hundreds of volunteers and 24 | Announcements staff that worked on this event, and all of the families, alumnae, friends, and making sure other Rosemary Floersch, RSM, SM ’52 donors who supported our efforts. We also celebrated Nicole Hahn Jesse ’80 and Advancement News young girls have the and Sr. Catherine Marie Franey, her husband, John. They received the Cor Misericordiae Award for their lifelong 23 | Negotiated Tuition Program opportunity for a RSM, Mount St. Mary ’29. commitment to Mercy (see story page 3). Tears came to my eyes as I listened to 23 | Spring Donor Mercy education,” Student Council President Mayela Hernandez ‘19 share her Mercy journey with Appreciation Event Nicole said. John, who is the Associate Vice the attendees. My gratitude continued as attendees filled the monarch by raising President for Finance at Creighton their paddles to honor my jubilee. Thanks to a matching grant of $50,000 from Alumnae Features Powerful women University, has also served as an the Heider Foundation, we raised more than $130,000 during this segment. 20 | Making a Difference in were an integral Endowment Trustee for Mercy for Chicago Communities part of Nicole’s the past ten years. Nicole joined March brought our Mission Week, a week-long effort to support educational 26 | Mercy Saved Her efforts in third-world countries. I was so proud of our girls. (see story page 20) 27 | Alumnae Items formative years the Board of Trustees of the school both at school and in 2015 and currently serves as This spring also brought a new leadership and empowerment program to Annual Report in her personal its Chair. our Mercy corridors called Kaleidoscope (see story on pages 18 and 19). By 29 | Annual Report life. Her family building on our OnToCollege with John Baylor program, our counselors and the founded La Casa “My wife and daughters, as Back Cover: Advancement Office were able to provide our girls with networking connections Golf Fest 2019 The couple has lent their Pizzaria where she serves as graduates, are examples of what and opportunities to build their strengths, with practical knowledge to support considerable talents to Mercy General Manager and Co-Owner. Mercy brings to the table: an personal development. as leadership volunteers, Donors Her mother and aunt operated excellent, faith-based education of Distinction, parents, and the business for many years until that gives students the opportunity In April, we took the time to express gratitude through a donor appreciation event business advisors. In honor of their they retired. Nicole has worked at to reach their full potential and (see story page 28). dedication, Mercy High School the business all her life and met make a difference in the world,” We finished our year with graduation. Sixty-six students walked the stage at the bestowed its highest award, her husband, John, there when said John. the Cor Misericordiae Award, at she was a junior and he was a Joslyn Art Museum. Their achievements are well-documented in this President: Sr. Delores Hannon, RSM publication (see stories on pages 10-13). Seventy-five percent of the class earned Principal: Kristi Walters Wessling ’88 FIESTA. The award reflects the sophomore at Creighton Prep. They “The Jesses are a remarkable more than $6 million in scholarships and were accepted to 59 higher education Vice President for Advancement: Nate Driml heart of Mercy: core values of faith, dated throughout college, wed in example of members of the Mercy institutions. I am also extremely grateful for the dedication, commitment, and Communications and Marketing Director knowledge, and service that shape 1986, and both earned MBAs at family who give of themselves. effort of our faculty and staff to help our seniors be successful, and for the The Mercian Editor: Deborah Daley Alumnae & Annual Gifts Officer: Roz Parr ’09 each Mercy student. the University of Nebraska Omaha. They truly deserve this award,” said support and love of their families. Layout & Design: Cindi Coulter They have three children. Sr. Delores Hannon, RSM, President, Their story began with Nicole who Mercy High School. As I celebrate an important milestone in my life this year, I celebrate the The Mercian is published two times a year. Please report any address changes or corrections to attended Mercy and was active in Nicole was asked to serve on accomplishments of our students and am confident we will continue on our . Naomi Chambers, Database Coordinator, Student Council, theatre, music, Mercy’s Alumnae Council shortly path of excellence. [email protected]. ........................................................................................................................................................................................ speech and debate. In fact, she after she graduated from college. Stay in touch with us and keep us updated on Mercy credits the school with helping to She also sent her daughters, Photography: With blessings to you and yours, information on our website at mercyhigh.org Also follow us on social media: define who she is. Madeleine ’12 and Genevieve ’14, Above middle right: Nicole Hahn Jesse ’80 and John Sr. Delores Hannon, RSM to Mercy. The couple were active @MercyHighSchoolOmaha Jesse, pictured here with Sr. Delores, received the President @MercyHighSchool “When I entered Mercy, I was not parents while their daughters Cor Misericordiae Award at FIESTA. @MercyHighOmaha very confident. The school helped were in school, chairing FIESTA’s P. S. As Catherine McAuley said, “What a joy it is to be a Sister of Mercy.” @MercyHighSchool-Omaha me find myself. I truly believe live auction for four years, chairing students become confident the 2010 fundraising campaign, 2 3 The Mercian Volume 46, Number 16 Summer 2019 While at the university, Sr. Dee was (where she earned the nickname inspired by the Sisters of Mercy who “Flying Nun”) to whale watching to ministered there including Sr. Agnes horseback riding to participating in Hennessy, the President, and one pie throwing and dunk tanks. of her teachers, Sr. Gladys Daly, who also lived on her dorm floor. Since she arrived at Mercy High School, she has become the Sr. Dee knew she wanted to live a “face of Mercy” and has a long life of service and even considered list of accomplishments. Some the Peace Corps. highlights include: • Keeping the mission of Mercy “Mercy changed the course of at the forefront of the school’s my life. It was there I met the educational commitment. Sisters of Mercy, and I entered the community my sophomore • Providing prudent, fiscal year. The concept of service was management. She has sustained very appealing. Sometimes in the school’s Negotiated Tuition vocation reflections I will tell people Program, which distributes annually that I was too afraid to join the $1.8 million in tuition assistance Peace Corps, so I joined the Sisters to deserving students, and has of Mercy. I have stayed with the made significant infrastructure Sisters of Mercy Sr. Dee said, “this commitment is a journey. You MERCY NEWS community because of the Sisters I improvements including a new met, and it is the best place for me HVAC system and renovated have to continue to reflect on it to be,” she said. science laboratories. Sr. Dee and review it. One of the greatest accomplished all of this while not accomplishments is each year at After graduating, Sr. Dee was incurring additional debt. graduation. It is a yearly reminder A Dancing Queen with a Zeal of why I do what I do: support tapped by senior leadership from • Enhancing the awareness of and students in being their best selves.” the Sisters to serve as a principal support for the school.
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