w e N ^ Spring 2009 Volume 5, No. 1
Extending the Mission
of Mount Saint Joseph Academy and College into the 21st Century
www.ursulinesmsj.org alumnae@maplemount.org
Come home to the Mount for May 16-17, 2009 Reunion reunion, where they typically work the registration desk. The Alumnae ll children crave stability, but Mary Costello and her sister Association invites Phyllis Bresnik insisted on it with all graduates back for the reunion their parents. May 16-17. The Their father was in the Maple Leaf Awards, military and was stationed in honoring alums St. Louis during Phyllis’ eighth who are making grade year. “We had been to a difference in Mary Costello A’65, left, and her sister Phyllis Bresnik A’66 different schools for sixth, the world, will be check in Sally Murphy Buford A’64 and Sister Karla Marie seventh, and eighth grades, and bestowed Kaelin A’63 at the 2008 Academy and College Reunion.The we were tired of only being in a (nomination California sisters travel to Kentucky for the reunions. place for a year,” Phyllis said. “I form enclosed). was at Seven Holy Founders. The our family. I am not saying that Ursulines were teaching there and Attendees can have class photos taken, attend a business meeting, it was all roses, but the bottom my mom was great friends with celebrate Mass prior to a banquet, line was that the Ursuline the sisters.” Sisters really loved us, and the and visit with old friends. A The eighth grade class took girls really were like sisters to registration form is inside. a field trip to visit Maple Mount each other,” she said. “It gives As the Costello sisters prove, a that year, and older sister Mary, me a very warm feeling to be little distance is not an obstacle to who was a freshman at Bishop welcomed back by the Ursuline attending. DuBourg High School in St. Sisters.” “I like to come back and see Louis, was allowed to go as well. Both women say a Mount all the generations of ‘old girls’ “When I came home, Mary and education differed from that of I begged our parents to let us go and see how they continue to face other high schools. the challenges that life provides,” to school (at the Mount) so we “We were working students, Phyllis said. “I like to visit with could be in one place for high so we had jobs to do as well Sister Ann Victoria (Wasylina) school,” Phyllis said. as taking classes,” Mary said. and listen to her remember Now the Costello sisters “Somehow I was assigned a dorm the old days. I like to see Mrs. live about 30 minutes apart and bathroom to clean my first (Genevieve) Stelmach still in in California, Mary, A’65, in year and never ‘graduated’ from the dining room. I come back to Moorpark and Phyllis, A’66, that job.” They served a meal renew and refresh myself.” in Canoga Park. Despite their one semester and worked in the “I think I have stayed in touch lives on the West Coast, the and come back so often, because library. sisters travel back to Maple Mary believes a poll of Mount the Mount was not just a school Mount each year for the Mount graduates would show a higher to us,” Mary said. “It really was Saint Joseph Academy Alumnae number who have stayed true to their Catholic religion or returned Mount Saint Joseph Academy to it, compared to those who and Junior College attended other high schools. “I Alumnae Reunion think that you will find a high percentage who are involved in May 16-17, 2009 some sort of volunteer work in Anniversary Classes Recognized their parishes. This is due to the • Banquet • Liturgy • Tours caring example and instruction Scene from Maple Leaf Awards by the sisters we came in contact 2008 Reunion with. Registration form inside!
California sisters are counted on to attend annual reunions
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