MARCH for the HEART, our Alumni Annual Fund Challenge, runs from March 17-31. Our goal is to increase overall alumni participation, so YOUR gift ― no matter the amount ― is gratefully received and benefits every Academy student every day.
We have postponed this event and plan to reschedule later in the spring. Stay tuned for details!
Academy Alumni Happy Hour
Friday, March 13 | 5:30 p.m.
The Game Room, 2nd floor of the Chicago Athletic Association (12 S. Michigan Ave.)
We have postponed this event and plan to reschedule. Stay tuned for details!
Journey to Sugar Creek, Kansas
A Lenten Pilgrimage to Philippine’s Home with the Potawatomi
Thursday, March 26-Friday, March 27, 2020 (2 full days).
In 1841, Philippine Duchesne traveled to Sugar Creek, Kansas and spent a year with the Potawatomi Indians, realizing a lifelong dream of working with Native Americans. She was respected and well-loved, and they called her “the woman who prays always.”
Join Sister Margaret Munch as she leads a pilgrimage to Sugar Creek to visit St. Mary’s and Mound City, where Philippine lived with the Potawatomi. Highlights of the trip include the Indian pay station, Sacred Heart Church and St. Mary’s Mission/St. Philippine Duchesne Memorial Park.
More than 30 alums as well as parents of alums and friends participated in our Alumni Day of Service in honor of Philippine’s Feast on Saturday, Nov. 16.
For the past several years, alums have commemorated Philippine’s Feast (Nov. 18) with a Day of Service. Not only is this a community builder among alums, it is a direct expression of Goal 3 of Sacred Heart education: a social awareness which impels to action. Alums serve at area organizations as well as complete projects on the Academy’s campus.
When Brianne Bannon ’10 thinks of her years at the Academy, these words come to mind: Home. Friendship. Warmth.
Supportive, inspiring and intellectual are the words Amanda Hasenbeck ’16 uses to describe her experience at the Academy.
We are excited to connect with Academy alums in the Kansas City area on Friday, Nov. 8 from 5 – 7 p.m. for a French-themed Happy Hour at Le Fou Frog (400 E. 5th Street, KCMO).
Spirit seeking light and beauty, heart that longest for they rest, Soul that asketh understanding, only thus can ye be blest. Thro’ the vastness of creation tho’ your restless thought may roam. God is all that you can long for, God is all his creatures’ home. — Janet Erskine Stuart, RSCJ
Two graduates from the Class of 2016 have been named National Merit Semifinalists: Natalie Murray and Bridget Hagene! Natalie and Bridget represent less than 1 percent of U.S. high school seniors, which includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state.
