WWW.THELEAVEN.COM | NEWSPAPER OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF KANSAS CITY IN KANSAS | VOL. 33, NO. 10 OCTOBER 7, 2011
ALL ABOARD
Pat McAnany, CEF board chair, and member of St. Joseph Parish in Shawnee, conducts a board meeting during the CEF board’s bus tour of Catholic schools in the Southern Region of the archdiocese.
GREEN THUMBS
LET’S TALK
Sacred Heart School in Emporia students Lauren Duncan, Mirka Kasen Fudge, a second-grader at St. Rose Philippine Duchesne Leyva, Alexis Davies, Noel Aranda, Mariah Mendoza, Alex Muck- School in Garnett, tells CEF board member Pat McAnany all about enthaler, Lance Moore, Nathan DeJesus, Emily Irsik and Brecklyn his school over lunch. Williams tell Archbishop Naumann about the school’s greenhouse.
MEETING GETS MOVING
CEF board members hit the road in order to see schools in action
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By Jessica Langdon Leaven staff
he Catholic Education Foundation works hard to make sure its board meetings don’t turn into bored meetings. But this year, organizers raised the bar. Early the morning of Sept. 22, the CEF board of directors climbed aboard a bus for an unprecedented field trip. “We’ve never been to the four schools in the Southern Region,” said CEF development director Patty Morrisey. “So we packed up the board and took them on a bus trip and had our board meeting on the bus.” First stop: Sacred Heart School in Ottawa. “We do our best to get our board members closer to the mission,” said Michael Morrisey, CEF executive director, so meetings always include a visit to one of the schools that CEF aids. This meeting was no different. “They were able to see the schools, talk to the kids, talk to the teachers, talk to the principals, talk to the pastors,” he said. Basically, they saw a day in the life. At St. Rose Philippine Duchesne School in Garnett, board members were paired with a “lunch buddy,” who showed them how lunchtime works. St. Joseph School in Olpe was the next stop, and, last but not least, was Sacred Heart School in Emporia. The group — including Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann — also visited the “hoop farm,” a covered area where students raise vegetables and then consume the fruits of their labors. The board members concluded their meeting on the drive home, winding up the 10-hour trip at 5:30 p.m. “It was just wonderful that these board members took a whole day off work to spend with us and go to these schools,” said Patty Morrisey.
NO WAY!
Samantha Gast, a kindergartner at Sacred Heart School in Ottawa, seems a little apprehensive about approaching Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann. Kindergarten teacher Lisa McSwain tries to encourage Gast.
HARD AT WORK
Marley Heins (foreground), Gavin Heolting and Max Blaufuss, thirdgraders at Sacred Heart School in Olpe, demonstrate their computer skills on their laptops while the Catholic Education Foundation board looks on.
Photos by Lori Wood Habiger