spring2002 magazine a publication of the office of communications Different Paths. mountdepartments One Calling. mountresponse 2 22 Mount Marriages Wrap-Up. collegenews 3 Mount Pride, McKenna Lecture, and featurestories Sisters of St. Francis Award. seminarynews 10 Msgr. Roeltgen, Cardinal Hickey, Mounties 20 Hispanic Ministry. Study Abroad mountfaculty 13 Meet Tim Wolfe. alumniprofile 15 Center for Luis Grillo. Intercultural mountsports 17 Development Kenyan Tradition, NEC Honors. advancementnews 30 26 “Igniting the Spark” Celebration. classnotes 32 Welcoming News from Around the Globe. the Stranger 29 mountresponse collegenews Dear Mount Magazine Margaret Carey Murphy Burke: ■ I would appreciate it if you “Mount Marriages” ing a few Mount grads). In First Lady of the Mount The “White House.” would convey to the staff of May of 1997 I graduated the Mount Magazine my con- We received so many from Georgetown Law the reader of The and Cecilia, arrived at the gratulations on the most responses to our “Mount School and in August of Story of the Mount. Beginning on August recent issue. Marriages” request, that we 1999 our daughter, to Mountain or any 16, 1809, a series of 11 letters, It is a fine tribute to the couldn’t possibly print them all. Madeline, was born. other history of Mount St. written from the Mount, are in Mount’s office of communica- The following are two addi- Maddie made her first trip Mary’s College and Seminary, the Carey collection. These con- tions. tional articles that did not print to the Mount in 2001 for including my own history of its tinue until June 11, 1810. I read with sorrow the news in our Winter ‘02 issue: Dan's 10-year reunion. first 50 years, the name of Between 1810 and 1814, she that illness has forced the Margaret Burke is a surprise, appears to be conducting a forthcoming retirement of ■ I thought I would add our Kathleen (Flavin), C’92 and and the title of “First Lady of the school in town for local chil- George Houston. He has Mount marriage to the many Dan Smith, C’91 My husband, Mount” perhaps a bit shocking. dren. The last letter, dated done a fine job and will be you must be receiving. Dan James Ryan Thomas ('96), and I I offer it, tongue in cheek, as a September 4, 1815, was from missed. and I met during March/April ■ My father, Joseph Robert ('96) are both Mount grads and correction to a woeful omission Baltimore—where she lived and Ellen and I have moved into of my freshman year (1989) Scheerer, graduated from the were married at Immaculate from the traditional recounting taught until her death in 1852. 1810, she left the Mount and be too far from town over a retirement residence in and dated all through our col- Mount in the 60s. My mother, Conception Chapel on October of our venerable college’s history. According to her letters, conducted her own school in rugged roads to have much hope Redwood City, CA. While we lege years. Dan graduated in Mary Angela (Zappacosta) 24, 1998. Our marriage was cel- In May of 2001, Professor Margaret was employed by town. Her letters to her brother of success, and besides, “…in will be traveling less in the 1991 and I graduated in 1992. Scheerer, graduated from St. ebrated by my father's and uncle's Kerby Miller, an historian of Fr. Dubois as a sort of superin- during this period indicate that my opinion there is no compar- future, I hope that I may be Dan received his MBA from Joe's in 1969. They were mar- close friend, Mgr. Dennis Tinder Irish and Irish-American history tendent of the institution. Fr. she was having serious financial ison in the respectability of the able to visit Emmitsburg at the Mount in 1993. In August ried at St. Mary's in Hagerstown - a Mount grad. at the University of Missouri, Dubois agreed to provide educa- difficulties, and that may be the two situations in prospect before some future date. of 1994 we were married at the in November 1970. Hope this is what you are forwarded to our archives a tion for her three sons and to reason why she moved after me that of the charge of the I was very moved by the Chapel. It was a special request They were introduced by looking for. It is great to have number of letters from the estate have two of her three daughters 1814 to Baltimore. school or as superintendent of ranking given the Mount in of Dan's that we be married at Joe's brother, Michael Scheerer, such traditional connections at of Matthew Carey, a political educated by Mrs. Seton. What Margaret’s position at the Seminary. That last is com- the recent U.S. News & World the Mount. It was a beautiful a Frostburg grad with a a time when it is hard to main- exile and publisher in Margaret’s first letters are full the Mount was is not entirely paratively speaking, high life Report feature on the impres- day - the high was in the mid Master's degree from the tain a community. We have Philadelphia in the late 1700s of praise for Fr. Dubois and his clear. In a letter to her brother, compared to the other.” sive record at which it gradu- 70s (after days of rain and highs Mount (and who worked at the been out of school for five years and early 1800s. The letters educational abilities with her dated May 22, 1810, she says “I Margaret Burke, for a short ates athletes. in the 90s!). Our families and Mount and St. Joe's in the late and have attended several wed- concerned Carey’s sister sons. The three boys were living am here at present very comfort- two years at the very beginning guests loved the special after- 60s and 70s) and his wife (girl- dings of our classmates at the Margaret, who was born in in the college, of course. ably and respectably established of this institution, was clearly an Larry McDonnell, C’37 noon at the Mount. Even the friend at the time), Kathy Mount chapel. Dublin around 1770 and appar- Charles, who turned out to be and have the entire management important part of the establish- ride back down to the McLean, (Moran) Scheerer, also a 1969 ently emmigrated to not much of a student and of all but the school. My word ment. How it is that she was Va. area for the reception has its Joe's grad who was a hometown Mary Frances (Scheerer) Philadelphia with her first hus- ended up running away from passes as law, Mr. D. is entirely entirely omitted from any histo- own legendary stories (involv- friend of my mother's. Thomas ▲ band, Murphy, around 1794. the college, is on the books until biassed (sic) by my judgment & ry is a matter of debate. But here After his death in 1798, she 1813. John and James, both of all the inmates of the establish- she was, indeed, and clearly the married an Irish sea captain whom were apparently good ment behave to me in the most first lady “administrator” of named Burke, who in turn died students, remained until August respectful manner…. For this Mount St. Mary’s. ▲ diplomaframes about 1807. Professor Miller of 1817. Of their later careers year Mr. D. allows me 70 dollars was seeking information on her we know nothing. Her oldest with a solemn promise of dou- ■ Choose between two natural hardwood Italian mouldings: (the natural three sons, Charles Murphy, daughter, Maria Murphy, had bling it next year if at the wind- Sources: Mount St. Mary’s College hardwood finish may vary slightly in shade and grain.) John Burke and James Burke, joined Mother Seton earlier as ing up of the year he finds his and Seminary Archives: Copies of who were students here begin- one of her first sisters in income here will allow it….” letters from the collection of The Classic Frame (pictured)- rich burnished-cherry finish ning in July of 1809. The dis- Baltimore, and died in Apparently at one point, Fr. Matthew Carey, courtesy of (Price: for Bachelor Diploma- $120; for Master diploma- $115) covery of Margaret Burke was a Emmitsburg on October 15, Dubois even considered having Professor Kerby Miller. MSM fascinating surprise to me, and 1812. Her two younger daugh- Mrs. Burke conduct a school for Archives: Account Ledgers and The Traditional Frame- burled walnut finish with gold border once again provided a facet of ters, Teresa and Cecilia Burke, local children at the college. Class Records, 1809-1817. MSM (Price: for Bachelor Diploma- $90; for Master diploma- $85) our history until now unknown. were educated by the Sisters in Writing to her brother on Archives: Students Cards, 1809- Sometime in early 1809, Mother Seton’s school, but, September 12, 1809, she notes 1817. To order, contact the Mount Bookstore at 1-800-468-1808, Margaret and five of her chil- again, of their later lives, I have Fr. Dubois had spoken to her [email protected] or visit www.framingsuccess.com. dren, the three boys mentioned no information. about opening such a school, By Fr. Daniel C. Nusbaum, above and two daughters, Teresa It appears that after June of but she concluded that it would College Historian 2 Mount Magazine mountresponse collegenews Mount Magazine 3 collegenews collegenews Mount Receives a $50,000 Grant mountxtra 2002 Pride of the Mount Recipients From the Lilly Endowment ■ Grant Committee he Mount community ered to be “individuals who Dennis Doyle, C’63, Thomas Members include: has anticipated 2002 for have demonstrated an extraor- O’Hara, C’64, Peter O’Malley, t more than five years.