Alumnae Newsletter February 2021
Mercy Reflections
A Prayer to Ease Anxiety
O God, during these days of our Lenten season, uncertainty, anxiety and fear threaten to overtake our lives. In the spirit of Catherine McAuley’s own plea, we pray “Take from my heart all painful anxiety.”
May our Lenten discipline now include “fasting” from over-anxious thoughts and paralyzing fears. May our faith deepen so that we may more confidently entrust our loved ones and ourselves to your care.
Continue to calm our minds and strengthen our hearts that we may respond with love rather than react with fear; that we may deepen our compassionate connection with those who are most suffering and those who are most vulnerable.
May your holy presence shelter us all and transform us so that we may be instruments of your peace and healing for those entrusted to our immediate care.
Amen
— Sister Deborah Troillett —
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School News
Treblemakers have success
The Treblemakers had a great Valentine's weekend! They took first place in the Division 1 Category at the NW Missouri State Festival. Then they also placed second runner-up at the DeKalb Show Choir Festival.
Swoboda Sets Records
Congratulations to Grace Swoboda for taking 1st place in the 100 Butterfly and 100 Breaststroke at the River Cities Conference swim meet this past weekend. Grace set a new team record for the 100m breaststroke.
Spring musical cast named
Mercy High School has announced the cast list for its spring musical,“The World Goes ‘Round.“ The play is a revue featuring songs from across the career of John Kander and Fred Ebb, who wrote and composed for such musicals as “Chicago—the High School Edition” which we were producing last spring until it was cancelled due to COVID-19. Dates for the production are April 16-18.
Mercy receives diversity award
Mercy High School has earned the College Board AP® Computer Science Female Diversity Award for achieving high female representation in AP Computer Science Principles. Schools honored with the AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award have expanded girls’ access in AP Computer Science courses.
Recruitment Activities
Shadowing now available
We are excited to announce that we are allowing 7th & 8th graders to shadow at Mercy again. Shadows will be scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis with priority given to 8th grade students who were not able to shadow previously at Mercy. Make sure to tell your family and friends about this opportunity. Schedule your visit today.
Alumnae Notes
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Please Remember
When we publish our alumnae newsletter, we post names of Mercy graduates who have passed away. This list is compiled from official notifications and will only include Women of Mercy. If you have a loved one who passed away, please contact Naomi Chambers, Database Coordinator, at chambersn@mercyhigh.org or call her at 402.553.9424.
Obituaries from November 19, 2020 to February 17,2021
Elizabeth R. Bauer SM ’36
Josephine Gibilisco Gaeta SJ ’39
Mary Stice McAndrews SJ ’41
Janice McFarland Cleary SM ’42
Catherine Frost Groth SJ ’43
Kathleen Mullaly Abel SJ ’46
Gloria Buglewicz Hill SJ ’46
Shirley Seewald Coniglio SJ ’52
Mary Hanlon Tigges SM ’52
Vinette Southwick Tenopir SJ ’53
Elizabeth (Betty) Antczak Roehrenbeck ’56
Rosalie Von Tersch Allison ’57
Kathryn (Kay) Miller Baye ’57
Andrea McGuire Curran ’58
Virginia Wolfe Heng ’58
Virginia Schab Urzendowski ’60
Constance (Connie) Monico Earnest ’62
Karen Vogt Fakata ’63
Sylvia Meyer Fiala ’63
Sharon O'Hare Schrock ’65
Victoria Torrez Manis ’69
Mary Mauro Mitchell ’69
Sharon A. Holewinski ’70
Elizabeth (Liz) Marasco ’77
Nancy Jaeckel McDonald ’83
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