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Statement on Community Support

GIFTS2011 - 2012

Many the Gifts: Statement on Community Support is an annual publication that expresses our sincere gratitude to our generous benefactors. This issue includes those who donated to Carondelet High School from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012. With this issue, we also recognize some members of our faculty and staff, who have modeled philanthropy and service by giving their time to the dear neighbor, above and beyond their ministry at CHS.

Table of Contents

History & Heritage 4

From the President 5

Board of Directors 6

School Profile 8

College Acceptances—Classes of 2009-2012 8

Financial Report 10

Tuition Assistance—By the Numbers 10

Tuition Assistance Makes the Difference 11

Current Parent Donors 12

Alumnae Parent Donors 14

Accepting the Call to Hands-on Ministry 16

Alumnae Donors 18

Friends, Foundations & Corporate Donors 20

Exploring a New Phase of Life 22

Drive Fore Education: Golf Tournament Donors 24

Visions of Christmas Donors 25

Human Resources Director Donates Her Expertise 28

Scout Volunteer Enjoys Adventure 29

Gifts In Memory Of & Gifts In Honor Of... 30

Scholarship Gifts 31

Learning from the Poor in Mexico 32

All Donors by Giving Category 34

Administrators, Faculty & Staff Donors 41

From the Director of Development 42

Ways to Give to CHS 42

Community Calendar, 2012-13 44

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GIFTSStatement on

Community Support

2011 - 2012

This report reflects cash gifts received between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012, unless otherwise stated. Every effort is made to assure accuracy. If we have failed, by error or omission, we sincerely apologize. Please inform Director of Development Patricia Larsen (925-686-5353 or plarsen@carondeleths.org) so that any error can be corrected.

“The results of philanthropy are always beyond calculation.”

—Miriam Beard

The SChool’S ViSion STaTemenT

History & Heritage

In 1965, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet responded to the needs of the Church by founding Carondelet High School, the only Catholic secondary school for young women in Contra Costa County. With a freshman class of 115 students, the School’s original faculty and staff comprised three Sisters and three laywomen.

Carondelet’s spacious campus, brick buildings, and gracious columns and balconies suggest the Spanish origin of the name Carondelet, which refers to a

In March 2000, the high schools sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph met to share a common vision based on the Congregation’s charism, history, and mission. The following Vision Statement was formulated at that time:

Carondelet High School, founded and sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, will serve those seeking to become “all of which woman is capable” through a curriculum that integrates intellectual, moral, physical, psychological, social and spiritual development.

Carondelet High School will model collaboration among students, faculty, parents, alumnae, Board, and the greater community.

Integrating a counter-cultural stance based on gospel values, the School will nurture an environment of risk-taking that enables each person to assume roles of leadership and service to the dear neighbor.

Graduates of Carondelet High School will know their responsibility to reflect the CSJ charism of unity and reconciliation in their personal and professional lives.

settlement outside of St. Louis, where the Sisters established their first American mission.

In 1836, Mother St. John Fontbonne, the refoundress of the Sisters of St. Joseph following the French Revolution, sent the first Sisters to America. Known as a woman of heart, faith, and courage, Mother St. John has become an inspiration and model for Carondelet students who strive to become “all of which woman is capable in service to the dear neighbor.” In 1650, the first

CarondeleT high SChool’S miSSion STaTemenTCarondelet High School, founded and sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, provides quality Catholic education in a caring environment. Carondelet educates, challenges, and enables young women to integrate gospel values, to intelligently apply these values to their lives, and to reflect these values through leadership and service to the greater community.

our hiSTory beginS wiTh The SiSTerS of ST. JoSeph of CarondeleT

Sisters of St. Joseph taught lacemaking to the women of Le Puy, empowering them to support themselves.

As sponsor of Carondelet High School, the Congregation of St. Joseph continues to challenge CHS students to be women of heart, faith and courage. Today, the faculty and staff of 100 professionals minister to a student body of 800 young women as Carondelet continues to build a tradition of Christian community, innovative programs, and academic excellence.

The original faculty and staff of Carondelet High School included three laywomen and three Sisters. Pictured here from left to right, they were Mrs. Kay Dietrich, Mrs. Fran Johnson, Sister Kathleen Frances Kelly, CSJ, Founding Principal Sister Edward Mary Zerwekh, CSJ, Sister Margaret Alacoque Callahan, CSJ, and Mrs. Rosemary Stelmach.

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From the President

Dear Friends of Carondelet,

Thank you for the warm welcome as I began my tenure in the presidency at Carondelet High School this past summer. I have appreciated your greetings and well-wishes, and am truly enjoying getting to know the many members of the extended family of Carondelet High School! While I have roots here going back over two decades, it is a joy to be immersed in the important work of this extraordinary institution on a daily basis. From the clear-eyed, visionary leadership to the hallways teeming with energetic students, Carondelet is a vibrant school that continues to reflect a mission focused on education, personal growth, leadership, and service to the dear neighbor within a framework characterized by excellence and high ideals.

The following pages are a testament to this mission as they bear stories of faculty and staff who “walk the talk” by engaging in a myriad of unique service projects in the local and global communities. Last year, the inaugural magazine featured stories of student service projects. This year, we are pleased to further describe our Carondelet community as one in which faculty and staff model the very outcome we strive to teach our students: that a life well-lived incorporates giving of ourselves to others.

In contemplating the many names of our Carondelet donors in these pages, I have been reminded of one of my favorite parables, the Parable of the Long Spoons:

A man has had a near-death experience, and is contemplating the afterlife. An angel meets him and with a welcoming smile says, “You’re not ready yet friend; you still have another chance. But you will return soon, so let me show you what goes on here on the other side.”

Together they enter a great hall where a long candle-lit banquet table is laden with bowls of steaming, fragrant soups, succulent roasts, perfectly cooked vegetables, aromatic loaves of bread, the finest of wines, fruits of every kind, and a dazzling array of cakes and pies. Diners fill every chair, but shockingly, amid luxurious bounty, the scene is one of pain and anguish. Skeletal forms are twisted and moaning in starvation, with barely the strength to strike at each other with their spoons.

Looking closer, our friend sees that all their spoons have long handles—longer than the diners’ arms, too long for the diners to feed themselves. No matter how they twist their arms, they cannot reach their mouths with the food. “So this is Hell,” gasps our friend. The angel says, “Yes, Hell is where there is suffering and misery even in the presence of abundance.” Then the angel says, “But, come, let me show you something else.”

The two enter another great hall. And in that hall there is another long, candle-lit banquet table, covered with a similarly incredible spread of delicious foods, drinks and sweets. Here the sounds of laughter, chatter, and song fill the hall while healthy and happy diners are enjoying the company and the bounty before them. They, too, have long spoons, but they are feeding each other. By reaching out to each other, there is plenty for all. “And this,” the angel tells our friend, “is Heaven.”

As we enter another holiday season and reflect back on the many gifts we have, I thank you for emulating the image of Heaven in this parable by joining with so many to share your bounty in the sustenance of our beloved Carondelet High School.

With gratitude for all you do,

Jennifer MartinPresidentCarondelet High School

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Board of Directors

Members of the CHS Board of Directors pictured on opposite page:Back row, left to right: Norm Alberts and Bob Fahlman.Third row: Principal Nancy Kelley Libby ‘76 with Board members Pat Brighton ‘69 and Elizabeth Paz-Rumore.Second row: Sister Patricia Rosholt, CSJ, John D’Amico, and Sharon Capece.Front row: President Jennifer Martin and Sister Ann Patricia O’Connor, CSJ.Not pictured: Myra Belfiore, Ann Magovern, and Brian Mulligan.

Dear Carondelet Community,

When individuals first become aware of and part of the Carondelet High School Community, they learn that the School was founded and continues to be sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet (CSJ). A key part of the School’s mission is to help the students integrate gospel values, to intelligently apply these values to their lives, and to reflect these values through leadership and service to the greater community.

While the Board of Directors has oversight of the School, our president has responsibility to ensure the success of the School’s mission. With the transition of presidents well on the road to success, the mission of Carondelet High School will continue to be a cornerstone of our new leadership.

This edition of Many the Gifts highlights some of the ways the Carondelet faculty and staff demonstrate knowledge of their responsibility to reflect the School’s CSJ mission. The examples of their personal service activities show that they truly foster a concern for the larger community. The faculty and staff have been called to challenge themselves to be good citizens and help the dear neighbor, whether it’s helping to maintain trails on Mt. Diablo, lending human-resources expertise to non-profit agencies, or building houses in Mexico. From the financial information presented here, it’s also apparent that many donors live as Christian witnesses in service to others. They show that our donors made possible our scholarship allocation of about $1.2 million, though we are still short of our expressed need of approximately $1.6 million.

Evidence remains apparent that Carondelet High School reflects the mission of the School as founded and sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph. This brings to mind the gospel statement in which Jesus says to Peter, “You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My Church.” The many gifts by many people demonstrate the solid foundation of our donors’ faith, and I believe that Carondelet High School remains a house built on “solid rock”—and it will continue to live the mission first established by the Sisters of St. Joseph.

Sincerely,

Robert FahlmanFather of Morgan ‘07Chair, Board of Directors

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School Profile

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STaTiSTiCS: ClaSS of 2012

ap94 students completed 240 exams. 82% of the scores earned were 3, 4 or 5.

AP Scholar 12AP Scholar w/Honor 10AP Scholar w/Distinction 6

naTional meriTCommended Students 6Hispanic Recognition Scholar 1National Achievement 2

SaT reaSoning (88% of class tested) CHS Mean National Mean (Females)Critical Reading 561 493Math 556 499Writing 583 494

aCT aSSeSSmenT (73% of class tested)Composite Score 24.7 21.0

College aTTendanCeFour-year College 88% Two-year College 12%Total College Matriculation 100%

SerVing The CommuniTy

One of the learning expectations for CHS students is “service to the dear neighbor.” From the class of 2012, eighty seniors received the President’s Lifetime Service Award for completing at least 100 hours of community service in their junior and senior years, even though community service is not a graduation requirement. Carondelet was honored in 2010 as National Recipient of the Silver Medallion for Outstanding School of Service, by the National Jefferson Award Selection Committee.

Academy of Art University*Alvernia UniversityAmerican University*American University of ParisArizona State University*University of ArkansasArkansas State UniversityArt Institute of California

San FranciscoArt Institute of SeattleAuburn UniversityAzusa Pacific University*Bates CollegeBaylor University*Bellarmine UniversityBeloit CollegeBenedictine College*Bentley University*Boise State UniversityBoston CollegeBoston UniversityBridgewater CollegeUniversity of British ColumbiaBrown UniversityBryant UniversityBucknell UniversityBuffalo State College of SUNY

College Acceptances—Classes of 2009-2012

Cabrillo College*University of California,-Berkeley*-Davis*-Irvine*-Los Angeles*-Merced*-Riverside-San Diego*-Santa Barbara*-Santa Cruz*California College of the ArtsCalifornia Maritime AcademyCalifornia Polytechnic State

University, San Luis Obispo*

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

California State University,-Chico*-Dominguez Hills*-East Bay*-Fresno*-Fullerton-Long Beach-Los Angeles-Monterey Bay

-Sacramento*-San MarcosCarleton College*Carnegie Mellon UniversityCarroll College (Montana)*Case Western Reserve

UniversityCatholic University of AmericaChabot College*Champlain CollegeChapman University*Chestnut Hill CollegeClaremont McKenna CollegeClark UniversityClarkson UniversityClemson UniversityColby CollegeColgate UniversityUniversity of Colorado Boulder* Colorado SpringsColorado Mesa UniversityColorado State University Fort Collins PuebloColumbia CollegeColumbia University*

Concordia University IrvineConcordia University PortlandCornell UniversityCreighton UniversityCuesta College*University of DallasDartmouth CollegeUniversity of Delaware*University of Denver*DePaul UniversityDiablo Valley College*Dickinson CollegeDominican University of California*Drew UniversityDrexel UniversityDuke UniversityEastern Washington

UniversityElon UniversityEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical

UniversityEmerson CollegeEmory UniversityFashion Institute of

TechnologyFlorida Atlantic University*

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Florida State UniversityFordham UniversityFranklin and Marshall

CollegeFresno Pacific UniversityFurman UniversityGeneva CollegeGeorge Mason

University*George Washington

UniversityGeorgetown UniversityGeorgia Institute of

TechnologyGonzaga University*Hampshire College*University of HartfordHarvard CollegeUniversity of Hawaii Hilo Manoa*Hawaii Pacific

UniversityHofstra UniversityCollege of the Holy

CrossHoly Names UniversityHoward University*Humboldt State

UniversityUniversity of Idaho*Idaho State UniversityUniversity of Illinois

Urbana-ChampaignIndiana State UniversityIndiana University

BloomingtonUniversity of IowaIowa State UniversityIthaca CollegeJohn Cabot University,

RomeJohns Hopkins

UniversityUniversity of KansasKent State University*Kentucky Wesleyan

CollegeLafayette CollegeLake Forest CollegeUniversity of La VerneLehigh UniversityLewis & Clark CollegeLinfield CollegeLos Medanos College*

*At least one member of the class of 2012 matriculated at this institution.

Louisiana State University

Loyola Marymount University*

Loyola University, Chicago

Loyola University, Maryland

Loyola University, New Orleans

Macalester CollegeUniversity of MaineMarist CollegeMarquette UniversityUniversity of MarylandMaryland Institute

College of ArtMarymount CollegeMarymount Manhattan

CollegeUniversity of

Massachusetts, Amherst

Mercyhurst CollegeUniversity of MiamiUniversity of Michigan*Michigan State

UniversityMills CollegeUniversity of MinnesotaUniversity of MississippiMontana State

UniversityUniversity of MontanaMount Holyoke CollegeCollege of Mount Saint

VincentMount St. Mary’s

CollegeUniversity of Nebraska

at LincolnUniversity of Nevada Las Vegas Reno*University of New

MexicoNew Mexico State

UniversityNew York UniversityUniversity of North Carolina at

Wilmington*University of North

Dakota

North Dakota State University*

Northeastern UniversityNorthern Arizona

UniversityNorthwestern UniversityNotre Dame de Namur

UniversityUniversity of Notre

Dame*Oberlin CollegeOccidental CollegeOhio Dominican

UniversityUniversity of OklahomaOklahoma City

University*Oklahoma State

University*Oregon State UniversityUniversity of Oregon*Pace University, New

York CityPacific UniversityUniversity of the Pacific*Parsons School of

DesignUniversity of

PennsylvaniaPennsylvania State

UniversityPepperdine University*Point Loma Nazarene

University*University of Portland*Portland State

University*Pratt InstitutePrinceton UniversityUniversity of Puget

SoundPurdue University*University of RedlandsReed CollegeRegis University*Rensselaer Polytechnic

InstituteRice UniversityUniversity of RochesterRochester Institute of

TechnologyRowan UniversityRutgers UniversitySaint Joseph’s UniversitySaint Louis University

Saint Martin’s UniversitySaint Mary’s CollegeSaint Mary’s College of

California*University of San Diego*San Diego State

University*University of San

Francisco*San Francisco State

University*San Jose State

University*Santa Barbara City

College*Santa Clara University*Sarah Lawrence CollegeSavannah College of Art

and DesignScripps College*Seattle Pacific UniversitySeattle University*Seton Hall UniversitySierra Nevada CollegeSonoma State

University*University of South

CarolinaUniversity of Southern

California*University of Southern

IndianaUniversity of Southern

MaineSouthern Methodist

UniversitySouthern Oregon

UniversitySt. Edward’s UniversitySt. John Fisher CollegeSt. John’s University,

Queens*St. Mary’s University of

San AntonioStanford University*Stonehill CollegeStony Brook

SouthamptonSwarthmore CollegeSyracuse UniversityUniversity of Tennessee,

KnoxvilleTexas A & M UniversityTexas Christian

UniversityThe College of Wooster

The Ohio State University*

The University of Alabama*

The University of Arizona*

The University of Tampa*

The University of Texas, Austin

Trinity CollegeTrinity UniversityTufts UniversityTulane UniversityUnited States Naval

AcademyUrsinus CollegeUniversity of UtahUniversity of VermontVillanova University*Virginia Commonwealth

UniversityVirginia Polytechnic

Institute and State University

Virginia Wesleyan College

University of VirginiaWake Forest UniversityWashington and Lee

UniversityWashington State

UniversityWashington University

in St. LouisUniversity of

Washington*Waynesburg UniversityWellesley CollegeWesleyan UniversityWestern Washington

UniversityWestmont CollegeWheaton College, MAWhittier CollegeWhitworth UniversityWillamette UniversityUniversity of Wisconsin,

MadisonXavier University

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Tuition Assistance—By the Numbers

Financial Report

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TuiTion aSSiSTanCe reQueSTed & alloCaTed

number of STudenTSreQueSTing & reCeiVing aSSiSTanCe

2012 2013 Assistance Requested $1,648,000 $1,628,000Assistance Allocated $1,239,000 $1,147,000

2012 2013 Students Requesting Assistance 256 244Students Receiving Assistance 219 210

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Tuition Assistance Makes the Difference

by an anonymouS alumna

Having graduated from Carondelet 30-some years ago, I always assumed

that my daughter would one day attend my alma mater. But, then, it started to seem impossible.

When the dot-com bubble burst in 2001, my husband—who was in his fifties—was laid off from a good job. He went from an annual salary of $200,000 per year to zero. Potential employers thought he was too old, and he had a hard time finding another job. He was unemployed for a long time and we lived on our savings. We learned how to live on less—foregoing vacations, selling our nice cars, trying to teach our children to be thrifty. Still, it wasn’t long before our savings accounts were depleted, and we borrowed money to survive. In time, my husband found another line of work and started over, underemployed, and then I was diagnosed with cancer. When I recovered, I started to build my own career, but we were out of money and deeply in debt. When the current economic crisis began, my daughter was ready to attend Carondelet...and we could not afford the tuition.

Our daughter had always attended Catholic school. She loved the safe environment and warm community of her grammar school and, like me, she always assumed that she would attend CHS. She

had looked forward to it for years. But I didn’t know how we could ever afford her tuition at my alma mater.

By the time we applied for admission, I had determined that I would do all I could to let my daughter experience Carondelet High School. If we had to go deeper in debt, we would. After all, it was only a matter of four years—four very important years. If there was any way that we could get her through high school at CHS, we would.

We didn’t know what to expect when we applied for tuition assistance, but thanks to this program, my daughter has embarked on a great Carondelet experience. She has made new friends in every class, has become excited about various subjects and topics, has enjoyed athletic opportunities, and she has been on a personal and spiritual journey that she never would have experienced in public school. Every minute she has spent as a member of the Carondelet Community has been a blessing, and every such blessing would have been impossible were it not for tuition assistance.

Our daughter is only one of about 200 students receiving tuition assistance, which helps young women to attend Carondelet. We get a work grant—a tuition “reduction” in return for which our daughter gives back to the School. She tidies up a teacher’s classroom every day after school, while other work grant students help by working

in the cafeteria, faculty room, other offices, and at Visions of Christmas.

The work grant is a blessing. Like 200 other families, we accept financial help so that our daughter can receive a great education and, more, because we want her to be a member of this Community. Generously aided in giving this experience to our daughter, we are grateful beyond words. Without the help of those who support the School, my dreams of having our daughter attend Carondelet would have been impossible. I know the other families who receive this help are as grateful as I am.

More than 30 years ago, I had a special experience at CHS. I made friends who are still by my side, and we made memories that will stay with us all our lives. And, all my life, I will feel indebted to the generous people who made it possible for my daughter to follow in my footsteps at Carondelet.

As soon as we get back on our feet, my husband and I will support the School and the future young women who will attend Carondelet. For now, I share my deepest gratitude to the benefactors of Carondelet, including all of the parents, alumnae, and other donors who support the School’s fundraisers. It makes a world of difference to the families who benefit from this generosity, and it will always matter.

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Current Parent Donors

ClaSS of 2012

Lori & David AbeleJoanne Melloni Baird ’79 & Ralph Baird10

Natalina & Dario BernardiMichelle Roderick Brasiel ’82 & Robert

BrasielKathleen & James BryskiMelissa and Alan Cavallo5

Alicia & Rolando ChavezPenny & John Cortez5

Sandy & Tim CreminPatricia & Kevin CroninKaren Matcke Crosby ‘81Maureen & Dennis CzarneckiBarbara Durant Davies ‘82Michelle & Robert Engelhart5

Marea & James FabriqueTrisha Frazer Fernandes ‘83 & Larry

Fernandes5

Roanne Ross & James Fiedler5

Janice & George FrancisGail & John FoxChristine & Lloyd HohensteinTerri & Frank InzerilloKathy & Mark LefanowiczChristine Sabatte Logan ‘73 & Richard

Logan10

Lori Sun-Look & Gregory LookMary & Joe LorenzCarla & Claus LudwigRosanne & Chris MaloneyJennifer MarinoMary & Robert MorleyLynn & Chris Nicks5

Elizabeth & John Piombo5

Jodie & Jack Russi10

Patricia Rovai Sandvig ‘80 & Kris Sandvig5

Lisa & Michael SteinbrecherMichele & Art VillegasCathy & Paul WitkayCirila & Marcelo Ysip

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Class of 2013

Danuta & Donald BowlerJoan & Archie CarricoJohn CaulfieldAnnabelle & Matt ChingJane & Dennis CostanzaBridgette FanJoannette & Donald FongSusan & Gregory GenoveseJudy & Steve GizziKaren Maloney Goodshaw ’85 & Brad

GoodshawKristine & Kelly GriffithKathleen & Thomas GrimPaula & Grant GuerraAmy McKinnon Hartman ‘85 & Thomas

HartmanChrista & David JupinaTheresa & Bernard LantsbergerTracey & John Loftus5

Barbara Hockel Lopez ‘81 & Matthew Lopez5

Debra & Kevin MaguireSylvia & Andres MartinezKathy & James MeagherLorraine & Don MillerShari & Timothy MorganDorothea Milani Niethold ‘80 & Charles

NietholdNneka & Maximus OkoyeKathleen & Steven PastorDorothy & James Peters5

Julie Hinken Sasaki ’82 & Kent Sasaki5

Lisa Jones Scott ‘85 & Michael Scott5

Jean TristantFrances & Bill Vaculin5

Katie Clark Vecchio ’76 & Tony Vecchio5

Tracy & Steven WileyKelly Onyett Williams ‘85Victoria Ginocchio Woodbridge ’80 &

Jonathan WoodbridgeTeresa Zocchi ‘865

Class of 2014

Victoria Lazio Acquistapace ‘79 & Tom Acquistapace10

Belynda Santa Ana-Bell & Jonathan BellKathleen & James BryskiMaureen & David BurnashDebbra & Anthony CaseyKathleen Dudziak Cavallero ‘80 & Mark

CavalleroLinda Garaventa Colvis ‘79 & Clark

Colvis10

Leigh & Thomas De La TorreKatherine & Ruben GarciaKristan Ghisletta ’83 & Michael HuguetOlga & Jose GomezPatricia & Mark HaggenNancy Shillis & Edward HamiltonTammy & James JohnsonClaudia & Michael MercierStephanie Seeno-Miles ’80 & Clyde Miles10

Lisa & Tom Morgan10

Jacqueline & John-Ashley PaulEunice & Ronaldo PerezMaria & Vincent RomeoKathleen Russell5

Tyler Russell5

Christina Saluna-Cayou ‘89 & Dean CayouCynthia & David Seals5

Doreen Vanderklugt Shapiro ‘86 & Daniel Shapiro

Lisa & Scott SherwoodKarrie & Randy SmithMaureen & Gregory Starnes5

Lori & Dominic Stull5

Lynne & Greg TorrettaDeanna Van Hattem-Rogers & Mike

RogersTracy & Steven WileyJoan Bruno Wohlleb ‘74 & James Wohlleb5

Class of 2015

Cely & Edilberto Africa5

Karen & Al AmadorLisa & Steven BakosTricia & Mike BarryPatty & Fred Beck5

Norma BussTessa & Jason Clute5

Lisa & Wade CoopermanDavid CopelandKelly & James CunniffeSigne Curtis ‘8210

Karen & Jim DanielMichele & Tony Eichers5

Michelle & Robert Engelhart5

Micki & Robert FakhimiSusan & Kevin Fleming5

Joe Garaventa10

Paula & Grant GuerraDiane & Jack Harrington5

Maria Luz & Edgar HawkyardJeanie & Richard HessChristine & Lloyd HohensteinCeleste & Michael JohnsonSuzanne Seeno Knoll ‘83 & Robert Knoll5

Bronwyn Tullus Kresse ‘89 & Michael Kresse

Kashmir & Harmesh KumarClaudia Pinilla & Barry LatnerSondra & Marc MacaulayDebra & Kevin MaguireDawn & Terry Maroney5

Linda Marsac-HaddadJennifer & Kevin McNiffKrista & Daniel MichiliniShari & Timothy MorganRobyn & Bob RiveraLisa & Chris SavioMerrilee Gutierrez Silveira ’88 & Joseph

SilveiraAnne & Timothy SouthwickLynn & Robert Velazquez5

Nel & Ed VirtusioMary & James WilliamsCatherine & David WindsheimerCirila & Marcelo YsipIda & Tony Zumbo5

Alumnae Parent Donors

AnonymousSandra & James Aberer, Jr.10

Marie Garaventa Adler ‘69 & Nick Adler10

Karen & Norm Alberts10

TJ & Tony Amundsen5

Carol & Ken AndersonCarolyn & Russell Anderson10

Ginny & Timothy Angerer5

Marybeth & Gregory Anicich10

Monica Simmons & Tom Azumbrado5

Arlene & Gerald Bachecki5

Frances & Eugene BagnascoBetty & Paul Baldacci10

Kelly & Chris Balog5

Stephen BalogMyra Belfiore10

Norma & Jerry Benicasa10

Kim & Ron Bercaw10

Louisa Garaventa Binswanger ’73 & Walter Binswanger10

Rita & Dick Bohling10

Barbara & Carl BowlerLinda & John Boyan10

Jane & Robin Bradford10

Sharon & Mike Bradley10

Ellen BrasielLinda & Jim Breazeale10

Barbara Breen10

Jacqueline Burns10

Judy & Ruben CalleNancy & Kevin Cannon5

Sharon CapeceBrenda & Matthew Carroll10

Stella ChanMary & Bill Chapman10

Jill Chin5

Barbara & Dino Ciarlo5

Natalie & William ClinchMarcie & John Comyns10

Robin Reuling Corbett ‘82 & James Corbett5

Catherine Havlik Coste ‘84 & Randall Coste5

Catherine Cotruvo Cracknell ‘71 & Steve Cracknell10

Maryann CroninDoris & Fred da Silva10

Christy & Ronald Dallimonti10

John Daubenspeck5

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Nancy Case Davis ‘785

Meredith & Gary DeckerDanielle & Stephen De MartiBarbara & Edward Denton5

Reggia & Michael Desmond10

Becky & John DeVincenzi10

Rosalie & Michael Devlin10

Darcy & Jim Diamantine5

Judith Dobbert5

Naomi DobrichLinda & Patrick Dodson5

Bill Dowling10

Shirley & Richard DoyleTrish & Dennis Drew5

Sandra & Bill Drexel5

Edie & Steve Driscoll10

Dennis DunneDenise Thomas Duyn ‘75 &

Robert DuynPenny & Mike EdwardsRose & Rey Encarnacion10

Roger Engelhardt10

Ann Mayer Ennis ‘765

Merilee & Bob Fahlman5

Vicky & John FarnhamYvonne & James Farrington10

Joyce & Carl Feil5

Lillian & Bernard FichtenkortOlivia & Dennis FitzPatrick10

Linda & Jerry FitzPatrickAntoinette & Grant Fuchs5

Mark Galetto5

Elena & Arthur GaoiranMary Garaventa10

Kim & Laz GarciaJulie & Keith Germain10

Diana & Tony GhislettaGaile Ginocchio5

Karen & Guyse Golightly10

Girlynda Asuncion Gonzales ’86 & Edward Gonzales

Patricia Gorman10

Patti & Ed Grubb10

Sandy & Mike Gunning10

Joanne & Bernard Gutierrez10

Cecilia HallClaudia Hallissy

Jan & Steve Hamill10

Nancy & Daniel Harrington5

Ana & Lazaro Hernandez5

Laura & Bill HobanJane HotchkissPatsy & Nick Jabuka10

Donna Akridge & Lawrence Jeter5

Nancy JohnsonBarbara JonesJanet Evans Klein ‘76 & Jay

Klein10

Elizabeth & Ron KoontzPatti & Ken Kosich10

Donna & Tom Kozel5

Suzy & Michael Kuba10

Mary Ellen & Leonard Kulawiec5

Barbara & BobO Lacher10

Liz & Tom LadouceurAdrienne & Philippe

Lamoureux10

Mona Lange5

Cindy & David Lawrence5

Nancy Kelley Libby ‘76 & Mike Libby10

Eileen & John Lofy5

Divina Bautista Lopez ’85 & Roy Lopez5

Cecilia & Xavier LopezKaren & Bill Lowe5

Carol & Michael Lucas10

Teresa & David Machado5

Deborah & Walter Macy5

Lynn & Mike Mahoney10

Fely & Greg ManubayKathleen MarkeMariwyn McComb5

Debbie & Dave McEuen10

Donald McKeanShirley & Don McKinnonBarbara McLaughlinPatricia & Joseph McMahon5

Terri MeehanNanette & Ben MercurioElizabeth & C. David

Messman5

Joanne & Mario Missaggia10

Bob MontgomeryRobert Morrison10

Kathy & John Mullane10

Donna Meneghetti Mullarkey ‘77 & Robert Mullarkey

Peggy & Brian Mulligan5

Arlou & John MunroSally Murray10

Lorraine & Robert NashTrudy & Gary Negherbon10

Susan Balog Newsom ‘78 & Charles Newsom10

Cathy & Mark Newsom10

Constance & Paul Nigro5

Beth & Terry Norton10

Honey & Jack O’Leary10

Margaret & Fernando Olivas10

William O’Malley5

Ellen O’MearaColleen & John OwenLois Owens10

Colleen & Jeff Padilla10

Claire PardiLisa & Timothy Pauling5

Bonnie & Louis Paulson10

Candace Pease10

Julie Perry10

Barbara Piepho10

Jack Pochini10

Cindy & Randy Pond10

Dot & Kevin Price10

Patricia ProsekBernice & Ricky Rael10

Mary Ann & William Raymundo5

Dianne & Art Reardon10

Beverly & Edward ReganJoAnn & Walter

Reichenbacher10

Susan & John Roach5

Aldo RoccaChris & Tony Romano10

Anne & Eugene RosinskiCarolyn Roth10

Oriana & Marcello Rovai10

Liz Paz-Rumore & Gregory Rumore5

Betsy Peters Ruszel ‘82 & Peter Ruszel

John Sabatte10 O

Gail & Keith SamsonCaroline & Evan SanchezKaren Tancredy Sandri ‘80 &

Daniel SandriJennifer & Ronald SchaeferNorine & Tom Seeno10

Mary Ann & Paul Shattuck10

Lawrence Simon5

Charles Simpson5

Mary Jane & Garry St. Jean10

Ellen & Ron Stevens5

Betty & James StokesRoxanne & Mark Strehlow10

Neville & Bob Susich10

Josefa & Rolando Tagay10

Paula & Richard Tancredy10

Madeleva Tate10

Anne Marie & Thomas TaylorMaria & Oscar Tellez5

Carole & Mike Temps10

Phyllis & Larry TheisenLinda & John Thomas10

Carol & Sid Thompson10

JoAnn & Chip Till10

Kathleen & James Toomey10

The Varni Family10

Beverly & Rich Viglienzoni10

Patricia & Victorio Vizcay10

Kathleen & Fred Von LehrMary & Phillip Weeks5

Peggy & Thomas Whalen5

Kathy & Gary WheelerJoyce & Nelson WongJeanette & Troy WristonJoan ZehnderMarie & George Ziser10

Fran & Carlo Zocchi10

Accepting the Call to Hands-on Ministry

Though Sister Joann Heinritz had served in a variety of liturgical and spiritual ministries, she long

felt that there was a missing piece. Often, people would come to her for spiritual direction and say, “I just can’t pray.” Sr. Joann recognized that, if we can’t quiet our minds and be somewhat aware of our bodies, we won’t be able to pray.

Sr. Joann, who is the Director of CSJ Spirituality & Mission at Carondelet High School, had a Master’s degree in Theology when she came to Berkeley in 1995 to earn her Masters in Spirituality. Immersed in religion at the Graduate Theological Union, a consortium of nine different theological schools, she realized that the missing piece was the body. This awareness moved her to learn massage techniques, so that she could help people find physical calm so they could relax and pray with a quiet heart and mind.

But, once she became a certified massage therapist, Sr. Joann was called in a different direction. She felt a deep desire to share the gift of massage with homeless women. “For some reason,” she says, “I felt called to the Tenderloin area of San Francisco.” When she explored the Tenderloin, she inquired at St. Anthony’s, which had just opened the Marian Residence for Women.

“Somehow, I knew,” said Sr. Joann, who gave massages most weeks for 10 years to homeless women at Marian Residence. While sharing her spiritual gift through her hands, she learned a great deal about homelessness, especially about the plight of homeless women. “It opened my eyes to things, like where do women get mail?” She saw how St. Anthony’s gave women vouchers to receive dental care if they had a problem, or to get a haircut if that’s what they needed. She learned that homeless women often ride the bus all night because that’s the only place where they can be safe and warm. “It was a whole level that I had never been exposed to in my life,” she said. “I really got an education, like what would I do, as a woman, in that part of town?”

In one of her first weeks in the Tenderloin, Sr. Joann met a woman named Elizabeth, who looked to be the age of Sr. Joann’s mother. Elizabeth sat in the chair and leaned her head onto a towel-covered pillow on a table, so that Sr. Joann could massage her back. As Sr. Joann began working on

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her, she could feel Elizabeth’s trembling and knew that she was crying. She began to sob. Sr. Joann worried whether she was doing something wrong, so she kept a gentle, sturdy hand on her back and said, “Elizabeth, is there anything you would like me to be aware of?”

Elizabeth didn’t move. “Nobody ever touched me like this before,” she cried.

When the massage was over, Elizabeth took both of Sr. Joann’s hands and looked into her eyes. “Joann,” she said, unaware that she was a Sister, “it feels like you massaged a prayer into my soul.”

It was a powerful moment for Sr. Joann, who since learned that many of the women she massages have never in their lives been touched so tenderly. “I think it’s the spiritual dimension that they get,” she says.

Two years ago, with the downturn in the economy, St. Anthony’s had to close Marian Residence, so Sr. Joann went to A Friendly Place in Oakland. Founded, operated, and sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph, A Friendly Place is a drop-in center and shelter for homeless women. One or two mornings nearly every week, Sr. Joann provides 20-minute chair massages to eight or nine women at A Friendly Place.

Though A Friendly Place might be busy with the commotion of many guests, Sr. Joann uses a quiet room where she plays soft music. When a woman comes in, Sister sits and talks with her for a moment before leaving her to a quiet moment alone while she goes to wash her hands. When she returns, Sr. Joann asks the woman, “Is there anything you want me to be aware of today?”

Resting her hands on the woman’s back, Sister makes her sacred intention, praying that a spirit of peace visit the massage. Sometimes, she says, the women start crying right away. Even if they don’t, it only takes a few moments of massage before the women collapse. “They just melt,” says Sr. Joann.

Since she does chair massage, Sr. Joann works on the women’s backs through their shirts, and then they push up their sleeves so that she can use lotion to massage their arms and hands. Depending on the women’s needs, Sister will also do scalp massage—whatever she can do in 20 minutes.

One time, Sr. Joann was massaging a woman who had mosquito bites on her arms. Sr. Joann offered to use lotion with

lavender, which is a natural bug repellant. When she mentioned this idea to a woman on the staff, she was excited about the idea of using lavender on women who live on the streets. Another woman, whose life had fallen apart, told Sr. Joann that the massage motivated her to take better care of herself. One woman told Sr. Joann that she had a teenaged son, and she faced the possibility of losing him because she was involved in a difficult situation and possibly would go to jail. During the course of the massage, the woman worried about talking to her son and finding words to explain what she’d done. “These are the kinds of broken places that they come from,” says Sr. Joann, adding that many of the women have been so abused that her tenderness brings on tears—many tears—for being treated so kindly.

“I say I’m going to touch them,” says Sr. Joann. “But they touch me.”

At both Marian Residence and A Friendly Place, the women have told Sr. Joann, “I never thought I would be able to be the recipient of a massage,” and, “Oh, your husband is so lucky!” Ever grateful that God gave her the gift of being able to comfort others, she is also thankful that she can share her prayerful comfort with women. “I know it is very sacred time for them, and I think they feel honored and appreciative.”

In her work at Carondelet High School, Sr. Joann often leads students in quiet meditation, and she once prepared a meditation tape for the entire student body. Helping people to relax so that they can quiet their minds and be prayerful, Sr. Joann recognized that this was something that people needed, and that it was one of the gifts that she can give to others.

“I never realized how powerful that was,” she says. “When I do retreats and bring that ‘body’ piece in, I see that it’s a missing piece for a lot of people, and it helps them get to a prayerful place.”

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ClaSS of 1969Marie Garaventa Adler10

Patricia BrightonNancy Taft Witt10

ClaSS of 1970Eileen Farley5

Katherine Von Magnus-Bjork10

ClaSS of 1971Catherine Cotruvo Cracknell10

Lynne McHughColleen McShaneCynthia ThomasValerie Vallerga5

ClaSS of 1972Kathleen Farley10

Suzanne Sabatte Hutchinson10

Elaine Bomben Vecchi10

ClaSS of 1973JoAnn Trujillo Beren10

Louisa Garaventa Binswanger10

Christine Sabatte Logan10

Linda Riniker5

Laurie Trenbath Rutledge10

Susan Solger10

Terri Dowling Wetter

ClaSS of 1974Brigid Breen5

Carla Gibbons Cullerton5

Anna Heffernan5 Lisa Maggiora Wilde10

Joan Bruno Wohlleb5

ClaSS of 1975Mary Buscaglia10

Denise Thomas Duyn Julie Serke Fead10

Mary Goebel Frevele5

Alexa Garbarino5 Elizabeth McGervey Pursley5

Beverly Spurs10

ClaSS of 1976Ann Mayer Ennis5 Janet Evans Klein10

Nancy Kelley Libby10

Katie Clark Vecchio5 Bonnie Caldwell Wentworth

Alumnae Donors

ClaSS of 1977Kim Rowbatham ArnoldBarbara Britto-Tang5

Carol Bussey5

Melissa CardinetRoseann Carini LambJoanne Gibbons Castello10

Annette Braun GroomsAileen Kern HarbeckAnn HenstrandJacquelynne Jennings10

Kass Hildebrand Klemz Donna Meneghetti Mullarkey Dawnelise NielsenLilla Roll OrrPatricia Greenwood RabbittJana Sears WintersEmmelie Sabatte Woo10

Bernadette Schild5

ClaSS of 1978Nancy Case Davis5

Kathleen Fitzsimmons Goodman

Susan Balog Newsom10 Elisabeth Renner10

ClaSS of 1979Victoria Lazio Acquistapace10 Joanne Melloni Baird10

Linda Garaventa Colvis10

Mary Beth Kulawiec Dittrich10

Heidi Shelton10

Sandra Lee Sung5 Charlene Teutschel

ClaSS of 1980Kathleen Dudziak CavalleroSteVee Hopkins Coric5 Lori DonDiego10

Mary Devlin KerfsDorothea Milani Niethold Karen Tancredy SandriPatricia Rovai Sandvig5 Stephanie Seeno-Miles10

Sarah Henry Walsh5

Victoria Ginocchio Woodbridge

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5 This donor has made gifts to Carondelet High School for at least five consecutive years.10 This donor has made gifts to Carondelet High School for at least 10 consecutive years.

ClaSS of 1981Karen Matcke CrosbyTherese Fichtenkort

Hathaway10

Barbara Hockel Lopez5

Andrea Hemby Stockton

ClaSS of 1982Carolyn Bartlett5

Michelle Roderick BrasielLaurie Clark10

Renee Reuling Corbett5 Signe Curtis10 Barbara Durant DaviesElizabeth GinocchioIngeborg Sorensen Houston10

Betsy Peters Ruszel Julie Hinken Sasaki5

Lorie Hammon Stoker

ClaSS of 1983Trisha Frazer Fernandes5

Kristan GhislettaGretchen Sorensen GuilletteSusan Dulany Jackson10

Suzanne Seeno Knoll5 Patricia Mertens-Salmon5

Anne Rosinski

ClaSS of 1984Catherine Havlik Coste5

Gina Revelli Hare

ClaSS of 1985Michele Dunleavy10

Suzanne Hendershot Fisi10

Karen Maloney GoodshawAmy McKinnon HartmanDivina Bautista Lopez5

Pamela Romano10

Lisa Jones Scott5 Kelly Onyett Williams

ClaSS of 1986AnonymousKristine Hutchko BarrellaFrancine Scribner ColeLinda O’Brien CrivelloLisa Grubb Elliott5

Girlynda Asuncion GonzalesErin Johnson GreenwaldElizabeth Rix HodgsonAnna Pacchetti Lovelace10

Beverly RagerAnn Rolwing5

Doreen Vanderklugt ShapiroKathleen Reidy SlaneKathleen Jeffry SummersStephanie Zimmerman5

Teresa Zocchi5

ClaSS of 1987Courtney Kermeen Corda10

Julie Reid DuncanKitty Kroha Stephens10 Tarie Regan Wolf

ClaSS of 1988Merrilee Gutierrez SilveiraKim LaRossa Vernon

ClaSS of 1989Eden Gonzalez Hass10

Bronwyn Tullus KresseKaren Quick-Suryan5

Christina Saluna-Cayou

ClaSS of 1990Sarah Long Bergler5 Monica DeLucia Green10

Rocio Fyorovich HillJulie Campos IhlingLisa Koven-Lee Lisa Barela Oliver10

Paula Dalmada OvertonLaurie Dickson Williams

ClaSS of 1991Caroline Tancredy Fraley10

Suzanne McLaughlin-Grimmer

Amy SlavinEmily Tate Statler

ClaSS of 1992Heidi Hernandez GattyMichelle Sparacino Foxworthy5

ClaSS of 1993Shawn O’Rourke Sabarese

ClaSS of 1994Melissa Moore BonafonteAmy ProsekKristina Asato Sells10

Jennifer Duldulao VillenaLisa Temps Wood5

ClaSS of 1995Elaina Tancredy Birnbaum10

Juliet Schroeder Pesce10

ClaSS of 1996Lindsay Richardson MauceliDebra Buckles SantosAntonette Simarro Sorrick5

Nancy Finley Washmera5

ClaSS of 1997Leslie Weeks KeenerElizabeth O’Dea MadridKaren MarchianoKelley Coleman Stough

ClaSS of 1998Michelle Mankewich5

Karina Punu5 Kerrie Weis10

ClaSS of 1999Luisa DeMartini StockMaria EnriqueJennifer Louis

ClaSS of 2000Jennifer Alandy Farber

ClaSS of 2001Taylor Prosek

ClaSS of 2002Tina Cusumano DunnKathryn Anicich ElzeKatherine Miglio OnofrioLindy Dallimonti Sullivan

ClaSS of 2003Danielle O’Connor

ClaSS of 2004Jennifer Drew Hefner

ClaSS of 2005Ashley AngererLaura AnicichEmily St. Jean

ClaSS of 2006Courtney Drew

ClaSS of 2007 Elizabeth CamposDaniela GalliKimberly Simpson

ClaSS of 2008Erin Mulligan

ClaSS of 2009Rachel AzumbradoChelsea Russell

ClaSS of 2011Gabi Azumbrado

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Estate of AJ AlexanderDebra & Peter AndersonLea & James Baldacci10

Brenda & Louis BaldacciRebecca & Joseph BarbieriDiane & Robert ButtlerPam & Rob CallahanLettie & Frank CampElinor & Richard CostelloTerra CruzMartha DachsDiane & John D’AmicoMadonna & Thomas D’AngeloJo & Raul de la FuenteJuliana & Geoffrey DischJoan EdwardsBruna & Felix EluGregory FortayonLouise & Pierre Fortayon10

Gloria Friedrich-ReedPatricia & Silvio Garaventa10

Kathryn & Ivo GardellaMargaret & Mark GaribaldiDiana & Luigi GiomiHelene & Ronald GlaserJeanette & Ricardo GonzalesMargaret & David GreerThomas GriffinKaren & Gerald Gunning5

Mara, Trisha, Madelynn & Samantha Gunning

Trisha & Mark Gunning5

Jamie & Stephen Gunning10

Mary & John HanlonNancy HoweJanis & Chris HoytKathy & Victor HymesKathleen & Wayne JarrettCarole & Howard JenkinsLydia Jeung & Gary JonesFrances KloeffelJim Kwiat

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5 This donor has made gifts to Carondelet High School for at least five consecutive years.10 This donor has made gifts to Carondelet High School for at least 10 consecutive years.O This donor is deceased.

Judith & Kenneth LinharesEvelyn & Joseph LonginottiDeon LoveSerena & James LuceyJosephine MeshriyBarbara & Michael NealeSr. Ann Patricia O’Connor, CSJLinda & Eugene O’RourkeSr. Ann Bernard O’Shea, CSJAndrew Oswald5

Sharon & John OuimetMary & Medoro PagniFerrell & Andrew Pappas5

Ben PasternakEmmy PasternakJeremy PasternakLeo PochiniGrace & Sergio PuccinelliMary & Thomas PultMary Kay & James Reinert5

Gina RennerStella & Joseph RiccioElisa & Jeffrey RummelNathan SchultzDanni & Laurence ShermanCarla & Jack SilvaSisters of St. Joseph in

California10

Katie & Jon SmithTerry SnyderSons of Italy Diablo Valley

LodgeDiane & Anthony StefaniRonnaug StromMargaret & Douglas SwitzerNorma & Joseph TroiaLouise & Arthur TurrinAmanda VicaryPaul Walker5

Cheryl & James WiegmannKathy & Brent WilsonKaren & Marc Worswick

GRaNDpaRENts

Sandra & James Aberer, Jr.10

Carolyn & Russell Anderson10

Stephen BalogEllen BrasielMargaret & Walter Clemens10

Marlene ColvisMary Garaventa10

Diana & Tony GhislettaGaile GinocchioJoanne LuncefordShirley & Don McKinnonShirley & Ron Nunn10

Barbara Piepho10

Beverly & Edward ReganOriana & Marcello Rovai10

John Sabatte 10 O

Norine & Tom Seeno10

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Paul & Betty Baldacci Family Foundation

Bessemer TrustDiamantine Family FoundationSilvio & Mary Garaventa

Family FoundationK. H. Hofmann FoundationAnn Jackson Family

FoundationLefanowicz Family FoundationNational Automobile Dealers’

Charitable FoundationTerry L. Shields Memorial

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AlphaGraphicsA Sweet AffairAll Bay Vehicle DonationsBuenavista Group HomesCowden Neale, LLPCubus SolutionsElectronic Scrip, Inc.Felice InsuranceFire Protection ManagementGenova Delicatessen Gizzi & Reep, LLPMaroney & Associates, Inc.Sue Mills, Inc.OroweatPacific Coast ChemicalsRogers House MovingSave Mart SupermarketsSequoia Landscape SpecialtiesTarget StoresToyota of Berkeley

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Exploring a New Phase of Life...And a New Mountain

by miChael SChooler, ChS faCulTy

As a lifelong hiker, I’ve always had a reverence for backcountry trails.

There is something about leaving the noise of life for a little while and settling into the rhythmic crunch of feet on earth that makes me feel renewed. The further I go, the deeper I sink into my surroundings, and what begins as an enormous silence becomes filled in with the chitter of birds, the swish of streams, the rustle of leaves. On a trail I am able to return to what might have been forgotten, a space of clarity.

I grew up close to Joshua Tree National Park, so the idea of land being preserved is something I know well. Living near the park offered a glimpse of the outside world, as rock climbers and nature enthusiasts would make pilgrimages from distant locations to see my desert. When I got older and moved away, I began seeking out my own trails. I’ve hiked in the Venezuelan Andes, through-hiked the John Muir trail, and recently began checking off my life list of California’s fourteen-thousand-foot peaks. Even though I’ve always espoused a “leave no trace” philosophy in the backcountry, I always felt like I was getting more from the experience than I was leaving behind. It wasn’t until my wife and I moved to Concord that I found a way to give back.

When we bought our house four years ago, one of the first things I noticed was the ridgeline of Mount Diablo visible from the edge of our driveway. I had spent a fair amount of time hiking the Oakland hills, but had never explored much of Contra Costa County. I decided to hike up to the summit one morning, expecting it to be dry, dusty, and stark, but was surprised by the nuances of the mountain. Mitchell Canyon was verdant, gathering the early fog from the delta, old growth oak forests provided shade and sanctuary for birds, and up near the top craggy rocks stretched out of the earth like gnarled fingers. From the summit I could

make out Sacramento in the distance, and on that first hike I surmised that this was a mountain of possibility. What I didn’t expect to learn was that this hulking presence was one marked by fragility.

I found out about the trail crew by perusing the Mount Diablo website, and I figured this would be a good way to get more involved with my new community. My first day on the trail crew was a hot August morning and one of the veteran trail crew members told me that since I looked young and strong, maybe I could work on a section that required cutting into the hillside and sloping the trail to provide proper drainage. Unable to resist the flattery, I hoisted my pick mattock and chopped into that hillside until I was covered with dust and felt some new blisters rising up in my palms. It was tiring and mostly thankless; the veteran crew members, most of whom were my senior, simply nodded or said a few words about my work when they had to pass through. There were no pats on the back or hardy accolades to keep me going, just the chopping and digging of the earth. At the end of my day, I had dug out a stretch of about forty feet of new trail. It was now widened and would drain properly. It might not have seemed like much, but it was somehow exactly what I had been looking for. When I was back home that afternoon, I kept thinking about my stretch of trail, how I had done a small something to preserve the mountain.

The trail crew meets once a month and I started coming as often as I could over the course of the next few years. It is a truly communal effort as workers space out on the trail to be worked on that month to cut back brush, expand, reroute, or slope the trail to ensure it will last for some time. Individually we could have only done so much, but as a group we could cover a significant stretch of trail. It was with great satisfaction that we returned back to the trailhead at the end of a day, tools over our shoulders, marching along a revitalized trail.

Some of the days I worked on the mountain there were enough volunteers to cover a span of a couple of miles of trail, while other days it was a small willing group and we did as much as we could. I once invited the science teacher from St. Elizabeth and a group of our students. One of them had never even really been hiking before, but we were able to share the satisfaction of a day of hard work.

With severe budget cuts to state parks in the past few years, the handful of park rangers and staff that maintain Mount Diablo has become increasingly overstretched. They are absolutely dependent on volunteers who are willing to give a Saturday every month or so to provide service. Considering how many people in this area enjoy this mountain, if only as an aesthetic backdrop to their lives, it is imperative that volunteers keep coming forward to do little bits of work.

My wife and I celebrated the birth of our second son about a year ago, and it has become increasingly difficult for me to get away for a large enough stretch of time to work on the trail crew. I also have ambitions to run multiple marathons this year, so at the very least I get out on the trails for long training runs. But I am glad to have worked on the trail crew and I still have my hard hat hanging up in my garage for when life gets less chaotic. In early August, on the first day I came to pick up my keys at Carondelet, I wandered around the school some, looking forward to beginning another part of life. When I entered my classroom, I was immediately drawn to the sliding glass door in the back that led out to a balcony with a perfect unobstructed view of the two peaks of Mount Diablo. At that moment, I knew I was in the right place.

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Michael Schooler, on the balcony outside his classroom, with Mt. Diablo in the background.

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Drive Fore Education: Golf Tournament Donors 2012

A Sweet Affair Bakery & Café - DanvilleMarie Garaventa Adler ‘69Arctic ExpressArgonaut HotelBasque Cultural CenterBeach Blanket BabylonRobert BertorelloLouisa Garaventa Binswanger ‘73Victoria & Alan BjerkeBlackberry Farm Golf CourseBlackhawk Country ClubBoundary Oaks Country ClubAllan BrezakChipotle Mexican Grill - ConcordCigar LoftLinda Garaventa Colvis ‘79Concannon VineyardsContra Costa Country ClubDallimonti’s Italian RestaurantJohn DaubenspeckThomas De La TorreDe La Torre’s TrattoriaDiablo Country ClubDiablo Creek Golf Course - East Bay Golf

CenterFire Protection Management, Inc.Franklin Canyon Golf ClubJoseph GaraventaMary GaraventaSilvio GaraventaGaraventa EnterprisesKatherine & Ruben GarciaGizzi & Reep, LLPKristine & Kelly GriffithJan & Steve HamillCyndie & Russ HarrisonK. H. Hofmann FoundationSuzanne Sabatte Hutchinson ‘72Yvette & Kent IpsenJack’s Restaurant & BarKepler’s Golf RepairJim KwiatLafayette Park Hotel

Lake Chabot Golf CoursePat & Dave LarsenLas Positas Golf Course - LivermoreCindy & David LawrenceChristine Sabatte Logan ’73 & Richard LoganMagna ChromeMaker’s Mark WhiskyDawn & Terry MaroneyMaroney & Associates, Inc.Matson Navigation CompanyNor Cal Golf AcademyPacific Coast Chemicals Co.Katherine & Sam PattiDante PaulazzoMarybeth & Michael PorfidoRocco’s Ristorante & PizzeriaRound Hill Country ClubRuby Hill Golf CourseLiz Paz-Rumore & Gregory RumoreJodie & John RussiJohn SabatteO & FamilyEmmelie Sabatte Woo ‘77Nanette Sabatte Schneider ‘74 O

Norine & Tom SeenoSequoia Landscape Specialties, Inc.Sequoia Woods Country ClubPamela SetoMonica Simmons & Thomas AzumbradoTimothy SouthwickSports BasementRonald StevensDominic StullThe Cheesecake Factory - Walnut CreekCarol & John ThompsonJeanette Sabatte Tiernan ‘81Sarah TorresToyota of BerkeleyJean TristantFrances & Bill VaculinTracy & Steven WileyKathleen & Brent Wilson

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Lori & David AbeleMarie Garaventa Adler ‘69Mary AhernDonna Akridge & Larry JeterKaren & Norm AlbertsAlphagraphicsJoyce & Michael AnanosLaura Anicich ‘05Arthur J. Gallagher FoundationMonica Simmons & Thomas AzumbradoLisa & Steven BakosBetty & Paul BaldacciBank of AmericaLaurel BarthBear Valley Cross CountryBeau VignePatty & Fred BeckSheena & Robert BeckBelynda Santa Ana-Bell & Jonathan BellBentelino’s International DeliKim & Ron BercawNatalina & Dario BernardiBette’s Oceanview DinerLouisa Garaventa Binswanger ‘73Blackhawk MuseumBlue Agave ClubSusan BoileauBoomers (Camelot Park)Danuta & Donald BowlerJane & Robin BradfordMichelle Roderick Brasiel ‘82 & Robert

BrasielDeborah BrunoBuenavista Group Homes, Inc.Patti & Juan BuitragoMaureen & David BurnashButtercup Grill & BarMary & Camillus ByrneCacique USACalifornia Shakespeare TheaterMegan & Brian CampagnaMariana CampbellLaura CanciamillaRosemary Regan Carpenello ‘80 & Gerald

CarpenelloCasa Orozco Mexican RestaurantKathleen Dudziak Cavallero ‘80 & Mark

CavalleroChallenge Dairy Products, Inc.Charlie Smith VineyardCharms By the Bay

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Alicia & Rolando ChavezChevron Humankind Matching Gifts

ProgramChildren’s Discovery Museum of San JoseAnnabelle & Matt ChingTessa & Jason CluteLinda Garaventa Colvis ‘79Paul CookRosemary Cook ‘13Mary & Thomas CookLisa & Wade CoopermanPenny & John CortezCostco - ConcordCountry WafflesCrowne Plaza ConcordKelly & James CunniffeMaureen & Dennis CzarneckiDallimonti’s Italian RestaurantDevin DalySr. Timothy Anne Daly, CSJKaren & Jim DanielBarbara Durant Davies ‘82Marya DavisTerra & Alberto De AlmeidaDe La Salle High SchoolLeigh & Thomas De La TorreKimber & Mark DeDomenicoReggia & Michael DesmondBecky & John DeVincenziSonia & D’Leon DolojanDr. Phil ShowEast Bay Nature CompanyEd’s Mudville GrillMichele & Tony EichersEl Charro Mexican RestaurantEl MoroccoElectronic ArtsKathryn Anicich Elze ‘02Encore Gymnastics/RocktopiaRoger EngelhardtMichelle & Rob EngelhartEpicurean GroupEileen & Kevin ErwinMarea & James FabriqueRoanne Ross & James FiedlerFire Protection Management, Inc.Deborah Donnelly & Kevin FisherSusan & Kevin FlemingFleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine BarForbes Mill SteakhouseBarbara Forde ‘72

Gail & John FoxMarcy FoxJanice & George FrancisMary Goebel Frevele ‘75Pete FriedmanAnntoinette & Ronald FuentesMary GaraventaGeneral Re CorporationGhirardelli ChocolateGiuseppe’s Pasta & GrillJudy & Steve GizziKaren & Guyse GolightlyOlga & Jose GomezPaula GrahamO

Great Lakes CheeseGleam GreenKristine & Kelly GriffithKathleen & Thomas GrimJanine & Joe GrupaloTeresa & Darren GutierresJan & Steve HamillGina Revelli Hare ‘84Diane & Jack HarringtonKathy HarrisCyndie & Russ HarrisonLisa & Doug HarrisonGwenn & Thomas HaysHearst CastleSr. Joann Heinritz, CSJHeller JewelersHenry’s World Famous Hi-Life - San JoseLisa Hofmann MorganK. H. Hofmann FoundationJanis & Chris HoytSuzanne Sabatte Hutchinson ‘72Kathy HymesIci: Ice Cream Made HereInfineon RacewaysIn-N-Out BurgerTerri & Frank InzerilloJerol Salon & SpaTammy & James JohnsonJolie Salon & Spa BoutiqueKatrina Rozelle PastriesKelley KirkpatrickSuzanne Seeno Knoll ‘83 & Robert KnollSusan Pace-Koch & William KochKashmir & Harmesh KumarJim Kwiat

Lafayette Park HotelMary & John LarsenPat & Dave LarsenClaudia & Barry LatnerCynthia & David LawrenceLe Cheval RestaurantSharon & Don LeoneNancy Kelley Libby ‘76 & Mike LibbyLindsay Wildlife MuseumTracey & John LoftusChristine Sabatte Logan ‘73 & Richard

LoganLongfellow Wine CellarsLori Sun-Look & Gregory LookMaryann & John MaesStephanie MajoyStephanie MaloneRosanne & Chris MaloneyMancini’s Sleep WorldDawn & Terry MaroneyMaroney & Associates, Inc.Marriott-Walnut CreekAnnette & Jeffrey MarroneSylvia & Andres MartinezJeanine & Jim McDermottDebbie & Dave McEuenJean & Mark McGranahanPaula & David MenconiJoanne MissaggiaSharon & Mark MiyakadoModesto Convention and Visitors BureauLinda & Todd MolyneuxRegina & James MorganMary & Robert MorleyRebecca & James MorrisroeMorton & Basset SpicesNational Endowment for the ArtsLysa Lewallen Nicholson & Gary

NicholsonLynn & Chris NicksAllison & Michael NorrisShirley & Ronald NunnOakhurst Country ClubHolly & Pat O’DeaNancy & Gary OkeyHoney & Jack O’LearyKatherine Miglio Onofrio ‘02Sharon & John OuimetPacific Coast Brewing Co.Paramount’s Great AmericaBonnie & Louis PaulsonO This donor is deceased.

Eunice & Ronaldo PerezJulie PerryPiatti RistoranteAbena & Kwadwo PokuCarol PolinPremier DesignsMartha & Douglas PruttonMitzi & Michael ReaganRed & White FleetRed Hen CantinaRenaissance Rialto Inc.Kathryn & Christopher RennerRichards - Alamo PlazaSusan & John RoachRobert Jenson SalonLynn & Thomas RoboneRogers House MovingRoss Stores, Inc.Nancy RothMichelle & Jim RowleyRuby Hill Golf CourseKathleen RussellTyler RussellJodie & John RussiRuth’s Chris Steak HouseJohn SabatteO & FamilyKathy & Ronald SacaSafeway - ClaytonChristina Saluna-Cayou ‘89 & Dean CayouSalvatore RistoranteSan Francisco Museum of Modern ArtVitaliana & Michael Sanchez

Julie Hinken Sasaki ‘82 & Kent SasakiScandia Family CenterJennifer & Ronald SchaeferNanette Sabatte Schneider ‘74 O

Cynthia & David SealsNorine & Tom SeenoStephanie Seeno-Miles ‘80 & Clyde MilesSequoia Landscape Specialties, Inc.Sequoia Woods Country ClubPamela SetoTammy & Shawn ShadMary Ann & Paul ShattuckMerrilee Gutierrez Silveira ‘88 & Joseph

SilveiraTami Reckler-Smith & Jeffery SmithKarrie & Randy SmithJanet & Art SongeyBeverly Spurs ‘75Starbucks at CountrywoodMaureen & Gregory StarnesLisa & Michael SteinbrecherSugar Bowl Ski ResortLindy Dallimonti Sullivan ‘02Sunrise Bistro & CaféSuper Station Car WashNeville & Bob SusichSylvia’s Country KitchenBetty & Phillip TafoyaTahoe Donner AssociationThe Cheesecake Factory - Walnut CreekThe DoctorsThe Golden Skate

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The Jungle, Fun & AdventureThe Lawrence Hall of ScienceThe Next Step Dance StudioThe Oakland ZooJeanette Sabatte Tiernan ‘81Tiffany & Co.Tillamook Cheese IncRegan TorrettaTiffani & Kelly TrevethanFrances & Bill VaculinLisa VendlViano VineyardsVillage Inn CaféMichele & Art VillegasBob WallaceMichele McCabe Walls ‘81 & Charles

WallsWalnut Creek Soccer ClubLisa & Leonard WatersMary WeeksBernadette & Neal WhiteWhole FoodsSherry & Jeffrey WilliamsCathy & Paul WitkayEmmelie Sabatte Woo ‘77Victoria Ginocchio Woodbridge ‘80 &

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assembles a team to work with the agency. Projects usually take about six months to complete and, for the duration, volunteers contribute their services for a few hours each week. Marya has found that she does most of her project work electronically, with occasional conference calls and meetings.

Her first Taproot project involved working with a social service agency that operates thrift stores and a food bank, serves daily hot meals, and provides resources to homeless and impoverished people in the community. In this project, Marya and her team created a training program and defined a performance-management system to assist the agency’s supervisors and employees.

In Marya’s second Taproot assignment, she worked with a food bank that provides more than 3.5 million pounds of food to 6,000 families annually. Experiencing staffing changes, the organization utilized the Taproot team to help manage their transition, developing personnel planning strategies for the short-term, mid-range, and long-term.

Marya recently began a new Taproot assignment with an agency that provides housing and resources (such as job training, education, health care, and counseling) to homeless families. Though this agency focuses on at-risk populations, their mission is similar to that of BRIDGE Housing, and Marya hopes that her experience at BRIDGE will assist her on the new project.

Marya finds that the work she does for Taproot’s agencies allows her to engage in challenges that are beyond the scope of her job at Carondelet. With a Master’s degree in Organizational Development/Human Resources from the University of San Francisco, Marya enjoys applying the organizational development component of her education as she addresses systems for the nonprofit organizations. “It allows me to present comprehensive solutions to nonprofits that can really benefit from them,” she says.

Marya finds it gratifying to work with agencies that serve those in need. “These agencies have scant resources to devote to human resources,” Marya says. “I’m glad I can help.”

their time and expertise to help agencies reach specific goals on defined projects. One such volunteer is Carondelet’s Human Resources Director, Marya Davis.

Before she came to work at CHS six years ago, Marya worked in San Francisco at the non-profit agency, BRIDGE Housing, which provides affordable housing in California. With a longstanding interest in serving the poorest of her community, Marya has volunteered with the Taproot Foundation for the past few years.

Non-profit agencies apply to Taproot for service grants to complete projects in a variety of areas, from marketing and creative services to strategic planning and human resources. When it makes a grant, Taproot provides project-management guidelines and

The predominant root of a plant, a “taproot” is like a carrot, growing down into the earth while small

roots sprout to the sides to gather nutrients for the plant above. Named for this natural support system, the Taproot Foundation works like a “taproot for the nonprofit sector, drawing nutrients from the community and delivering them to nonprofits to enable them to thrive.”

While most foundations make cash grants to worthy causes, the Taproot Foundation makes grants of people—professionals—who volunteer to help nonprofit organizations so they can serve their communities most effectively. Supporting Taproot’s Service Grant Program, business professionals work in small teams, lending

Human Resources Director Donates Her Expertise

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Scout Volunteer Enjoys Adventure and Sense of Accomplishment

Mary Beth Kulawiec Dittrich and her husband Tom are dedicated volunteers and enthusiastic

leaders of Boy Scout Troop #36 in Danville. But Mary Beth didn’t bring an extensive resume of outdoor adventures when she started helping out nearly a decade ago. In fact, she hadn’t camped since childhood.

Graduating from Carondelet in 1979, Mary Beth went to college and then returned to CHS to teach Religious Studies for 15 years. In 2000, she and Tom adopted Max and Marshall, and Mary Beth was a full-time mom for a while. She returned to college to study math and came back to Carondelet as a math teacher, a job she still loves.

Mary Beth and Tom discovered the Boy Scouts through their sons. When Max started scouting, Tom volunteered to help. “They were having a lot of fun, doing interesting things,” Mary Beth says. She saw the opportunity for the family to spend quality time together so, when Marshall was old enough to join, Mary Beth also volunteered. “I was learning the skills at the same time he was,” she says.

Mary Beth went through Scout training and then supervised the boys on outings, including campouts. The experiences taught her that she can handle anything “for one night,” she says. One campout was drenched in nonstop rain and, on another, the temperature got down to 17 degrees. “Every time I survive a night like that,” says Mary Beth, “I feel a real sense of accomplishment and realize that I can do the other things I want to do in life.”

Mary Beth and Tom also took their boys to the Boy Scouts’ summer camp in the Sierra foothills, where Scouts learn new skills, from tying knots to shooting and woodcarving to basket weaving. Some merit badges are required, while others offer the opportunity to investigate a variety of topics.

Challenged to earn badges, Scouts often explore new places and activities, which encouraged the Dittrich family to embark on many adventures that they otherwise might not have experienced.

With Mary Beth’s help, Tom is now Scoutmaster of the Danville troop, which includes about 85 boys from age 10 to 17. She is also the troop Chaplain, working with one of the Scouts to manage the troop’s service projects for their charter organization and the local community, and they participate in the nationwide food drive, Scouting for Food. As Chaplain, Mary Beth also reminds the boys of their religious responsibilities as expressed in the Scout oath and Scout law. “A Scout is reverent,” says Mary Beth, “in the way he treats other people and the way he treats the community, and in worshipping where he wants to worship.”

Mary Beth has enjoyed watching the Scouts grow up, including boys who joined with her sons. “They were really little guys at Boy Scout camp, crying because they were homesick,” she says. “Now, it brings tears to my eyes to see them as leaders, or serving in the Marines. Boy Scouts teaches them to be men—and we need more men in this world.” She believes the program imparts important values, rewarding boys for hard work and achievement. As they face various challenges, the boys gain a strong sense of independence and competence, realizing that they can survive and thrive in difficult circumstances. Alongside them, Mary Beth has also learned these lessons. Whether it was a week-long camping trip or a 20-mile hike, she says, “I didn’t think I could do it, but I did!”

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David BakerRichard BegellLou BombenDorothy CallLucy Nido CervonePeter DalmadaChris DavisFred L. DonnellyDenise Durant ‘77Janice DurantMarie Caputo EmanuelEue EricksonYvette Farrington ‘88Brian FinertyF. G. ”Jerry” FitzPatrick, Sr.Oliver Martin GenslerAudrey Weiskopf GillePamela GunnPatricia Gunning ‘88Joseph HarePeter HassBetsy Henry ‘77Al HigginsElba JonesMargaret Magovern

Memorial gift donors are listed in the appropriate lists in the previous pages. Gifts were made from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012 in memory of the following persons, who are remembered at a monthly liturgy in honor of St. Joseph, patron of a happy death:

Gifts In Honor Of...

Sister Eleanor Eagan, CSJLouise & Pierre FortayonSister Kathleen Lang, CSJRobert Power & Family

Honorary gift donors are listed in the appropriate donor lists in the previous pages. Gifts were made between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012 in honor of the following persons:

Marjorie MajoyDaniel MazzonciniJean MeyerhoferJanice Becker Montgomery ‘70Ruby MullaneGenevieve MurphyLydia NegherbonAnne PadenAlan PasternakEsther PochiniJeff ProlaRose Marie QuontramatteoCharlotte ReposaPamela RiordanHermine RodrigqunezGary RosemeConstancia RozalLarry SheerinAnna Mae SmithToni StephanMary Rose Tancredy ‘91Marie UribePaul VavurisFosca & John Zandonella

Please note: When members of our community pass away or lose an immediate family member, we list announcements of these deaths in “In Memoriam,” a special section of our community newsmagazine, Carondeletter. The next issue of Carondeletter is due out early in 2013. We make every effort to include all pertinent notices in “In Memoriam” and hope you will tell us when you learn of the deaths of members of the Carondelet Community.

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Scholarship Gifts

SiSTer KaThleen lang, CSJ SCholarShipSandra & James AbererKaren & Norman AlbertsCarolyn & Russell AndersonMarybeth & Gregory AnicichPaul & Betty Baldacci Family

FoundationPatricia & W. Michael BarryCarolyn Bartlett ‘82Myra BelfioreLinda & James BreazealeBarbara BreenPatricia Brighton ‘69Mary Buscaglia ‘75Sharon CapeceMary & William ChapmanMargaret & Walter ClemensElizabeth Clemente HouseJohn ComynsCatherine Havlik Coste ’84 &

Randall CostePatricia & Kevin CroninChristy & Ronald DallimontiDiane & John D’AmicoRebecca & John DeVincenziMary Beth Kulawiec Dittrich

‘79William DowlingDenise Thomas Duyn ’75 &

Robert DuynSr. Eleanor Eagan, CSJRoger EngelhardtMerilee & Robert FahlmanKathleen Farley ‘72Victoria & John FarnhamMary Goebel Frevele ‘75Patricia & Silvio Garaventa, Jr.Heidi Hernandez Gatty ‘92Erin Johnson Greenwald ‘86Patricia & Edgar GrubbJanice & Stephen HamillEden Gonzalez Hass ‘89Janet Evans Klein ‘76Mary Ellen & Leonard

KulawiecBarbara LacherElizabeth & Thomas

LadouceurPatricia & David LarsenCynthia & David LawrenceNancy Kelley Libby ’76 & C.

Michael LibbyChristine Sabatte Logan ’73 &

Richard LoganTeresa & David Machado

Kathleen MarkeTerri MeehanNanette & Ben MercurioNancy & Paul MeyerhoferPeggy & Brian MulliganCathleen & Mark NewsomElizabeth & Terence NortonDanielle O’Connor ‘03Sr. Ann Patricia O’Connor,

CSJCecilia & John O’LearyMargaret & Fernando OlivasSr. Ann Bernard O’Shea, CSJColleen & John OwenMary & Medoro PagniCynthia & Randall PondPatricia ProsekKarina Punu ‘98Dianne & Arthur ReardonAldo RoccaPamela Romano ‘85Carolyn RothNancy RothElizabeth Paz-Rumore &

Gregory RumoreKathleen RussellJodelle & John RussiJohn Sabatte FamilyCaroline & Evan SanchezDebra Buckles Santos ‘96Heidi Shelton ‘79Monica SimmonsSisters of St. Joseph in

CaliforniaMary Jane & Garry St. JeanSandra Lee Sung ‘79Margaret & Douglas SwitzerPaula & Richard TancredyCarole & R. Michael TempsKatie Clark Vecchio ‘76Michele & Arturo VillegasKathleen & Frederic Von

Lehr, Jr.Mary & Phillip WeeksTerri Dowling Wetter ‘73Laurie Dickson Williams ‘90Elisabeth Temps Wood ‘94Marie & George ZiserFrances & Carlo Zocchi

luCy nido CerVone memorial awardElaina Tancredy Birnbaum ‘95Caroline Tancredy Fraley ‘91Paula & Richard Tancredy

faCulTy/STaff SCholarShipAnonymousMary AhernElizabeth Clemente HouseMary Beth Kulawiec

Dittrich ‘79Kathryn HarrisBarbara LacherPatricia LarsenShirley McKinnonJoanne MissaggiaCathleen NewsomCecilia & Jack O’LearyLinda & Eugene O’RourkeSharon & John OuimetMeta PasternakJulie PerryNancy RothBeverly Spurs ‘75Joan TracyNorma & Joseph TroiaElaine Bomben Vecchi ‘72Louis Vecchi

JeanneTTe “gigi” poChini memorial awardCarol & Ken AndersonDebra & Peter AndersonCarolyn & Russell AndersonRebecca Roth & Joseph

BarbieriDiane & Robert ButtlerMarlene ColvisElinor & Richard CostelloMaryann CroninJo & Raul de la FuenteJoan EdwardsGloria Friedrich-ReedPatricia & Silvio Garaventa, Jr.Kathryn & Ivo GardellaDiana & Anthony GhislettaJeanette & Ricardo GonzalesCarole & Howard JenkinsBarbara JonesFrances KloeffelBarbara LacherPatricia LarsenEvelyn & Joseph LonginottiJosephine MeshriyKathleen & John MullaneBarbara & Michael NealCecilia & Jack O’LearyLeo PochiniStella & Joseph Riccio

Christine & Anthony RomanoAnne Rosinski ‘83Anne & Eugene RosinskiElisa & Jeffrey RumellCarla & Jack SilvaKatie & Jon SmithSons of Italy – Diablo Valley

LodgeRonnaug StromLinda & John ThomasLouise & Arthur TurrinJeanette & Troy Wriston

mary roSe TanCredy memorial SCholarShipElaina Tancredy Birnbaum ‘95Terra CruzCaroline Tancredy Fraley ‘91Thomas GriffinLisa Koven-Lee ‘90Barbara MclaughlinSuzanne McLaughlin-

Grimmer ‘91Karen Sandri ‘80Paula & Richard TancredyAmanda Vicary Paul Walker

paTriCia “TriCia” gunning memorial awardPam & Rob CallahanLettie & Frank CampMadona & Thomas D’AngeloJuliana & Geoffrey DischBruna & Felix EluGregory FortayonLouise & Pierre FortayonDiana & Luigi GiomiHelene & Ronald GlaserKaren & Gerald GunningTrisha & Mark GunningSandra & Michael GunningJamie & Stephen GunningNancy HoweJudith & Kenneth LinharesMary & John LofyGrace & Sergio PuccinelliMary PultMary Kay & James ReinertDanni & Laurence ShermanDiane & Anthony StefaniPhyllis & Larry TheisenCheryl & James WiegmannKaren & Mark Worswick

Learning from the Poor in Mexico

by miChelle KoSKi ‘98aSSiSTanT librarian

In the fall of my freshman year at Carondelet, one of my best friends asked if I wanted to spend my spring break in

Tijuana, Mexico. She had heard about this trip through our church, St. Agnes, and wanted to check it out. I figured Sure, why not? We went to the first meeting—knowing nobody—and learned how we could spend our spring break camping on the soccer field of an orphanage and helping to build homes for needy families in the hills outside Tijuana. I thought it was so cool that I could combine some of my favorite activities, like camping (I was a Girl Scout) and building things.

When Easter Break arrived, we loaded into cars and drove south. The trip took two days, and we stayed overnight on the gym floor at Chapman College. We crossed the border on Easter Sunday morning and it started to rain, raining all the way to the orphanage. We set up our tents in the rain, dug the outhouse in the rain, and tried to find enough dry wood to start our campfire. The rain continued on and off for the rest of the week, and we never did complete any of the three houses that we started, but it didn’t matter because I was hooked.

Since that first trip in 1995, I have spent 15 Easter vacations in the area around La Morita, working with teenagers and their adult mentors in the task of building houses for people of Tijuana who have none. During my four years of high school, I took part in helping to build the homes—mixing concrete for floors, framing houses, lifting roofs, and wrapping homes in chicken wire and stucco. One year, while we were working on a home for a family, a neighbor came up and asked me who we were and what were we doing. In my broken Spanish, I told him that we were a church group from California, here for a week to build three homes. Guessing that we were Baptist or otherwise Protestant, he wanted to know which church we were with. When I replied that we were from a Catholic church, he was surprised. “Catholics don’t do that.” In the area where we work, this is true. Many

Protestant churches have groups there, but only one Catholic church, San Eugenio, had volunteers in the area. It never occurred to me that Catholics don’t do what we were doing. We were living out Christ’s message, which I heard at Carondelet every day.

I couldn’t go on the trip while I was in college, since spring break didn’t match Easter Break, but my sister and father continued the tradition. In the spring of my senior year, my sister had started college and she couldn’t go, but I was able to go again, so I returned to spending my Easter Break in Mexico. That was 10 years ago. In that time, I have worked in the kitchen and returned to actively building the homes by working as an adult mentor on the construction sites.

Through all the years I have gone to Tijuana, the role that I most love is the one that I have taken on since returning to Carondelet in 2007, when I inadvertently became a recruiter for the St. Agnes Mexico WorkCamp. The next spring, the largest number of teens from Carondelet and De La Salle took part in the trip since its inception. That year, we also met a 15-year-old American girl, Anna, living with her boyfriend’s family on the same block where we were working. What stood out about Anna was not only that she was American, but that she was seven months pregnant with no resources for herself or her baby. When the teens on the trip learned about Anna—who was younger than most of them—they immediately wanted to help her. They pooled together the money they’d saved for souvenirs so we could buy a playpen/crib, baby clothes, diapers, a stroller, and other necessities for Anna. On the day we held her baby shower—in the middle of the road at the end the block where she lived, Anna cried, amazed that strangers who had only known her for three days could be so moved to help her.

During these trips, we spend four days (Monday through Thursday) working on the homes, and on Friday we party. On the chapel grounds, where we now camp, we hold a Children’s Party, “La Fiesta de los Ninos.” Children and their families come back year after year to this neighborhood

party to make bracelets, play games, and most importantly to have their pictures taken. This tradition started in 2002 with Polaroid cameras, though now we use digital cameras and printers. The photographs are, in many ways, the best way to sum up our impact on the local families—and their impact on us.

Families line up for the opportunity to take a family photo. One year, a woman asked if her neighbor could come and have a photo taken with her daughter. Of course, we said yes, though we wondered why the neighbor hadn’t already come to the party. The woman explained that her neighbor’s daughter was only eight months old and she didn’t know if she could come since her child was too young to play the games. The neighbor brought her baby and we took the photo, and when we handed it to her, she cried, explaining that it was the first photo of her daughter and, finally, she could send it to her parents, who had never seen their granddaughter. This is only one of many reasons why I have continued to return, year after year.

We always refer to the structures that we build as homes, not houses, because of the time and attention we give to each of the homes and the close connection that we have with the families who will live in them. These are people who anticipate our return, every year. One such person is Miguel, whose home we built in 2007. Now, when we come, he takes the week off of work driving his bus so that he can drive our workers from the campsite to the homes that we are building. Through the 15 years that I have taken part in these trips, we have seen many changes—dirt roads are paved, street lights are on, and crime has risen—but one thing that has not changed is the faith that these people live each day. Each year, we learn from a new story and see the world in a new way, through the eyes of someone who has been blessed to be among God’s poorest.

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Walter BinswangerChevron Humankind Matching Gifts

ProgramMargaret & Walter ClemensLinda Garaventa Colvis ’79 & Clark ColvisPatricia & Kevin CroninBarbara & Edward DentonMary Beth Kulawiec Dittrich ’79Denise Thomas Duyn ’75 & Robert DuynElectronic Scrip, Inc.Yvonne & James FarringtonGail & John FoxGaraventa EnterprisesMary GaraventaPatricia & Edgar GrubbJanice & Stephen HamillK. H. Hofmann FoundationSuzanne Sabatte Hutchinson ‘72IBM Matching Grants ProgramJanet Evans Klein ‘76Suzanne Seeno Knoll ’83 & Robert KnollChristine Sabatte Logan ’73 & Richard

LoganPatricia Mertens-Salmon ‘83Lisa & Tom MorganKathleen & John MullanePacific Gas & Electric Corp.Jacqueline & John-Ashley PaulKathleen RussellTyler RussellJohn SabatteO FamilyEmmelie Sabatte Woo ‘77Nanette Sabatte Schneider ’74 O &

William SchneiderNorine & Thomas SeenoStephanie Seeno-Miles ’80 & Clyde MilesSisters of St. Joseph in CaliforniaJeanette Sabatte Tiernan ‘81Wells Fargo Bank

CarondeleT CourT($1,000-$4,999)AnonymousKaren & Norm AlbertsAll Bay Vehicle DonationsMarybeth & Gregory AnicichBrenda & Louis BaldacciBank of AmericaPatricia & Mike BarryJoAnn Trujillo Beren ‘73Rita & Richard BohlingBarbara BreenPatricia Brighton ‘69Jacqueline BurnsNorma BussLaura CanciamillaJoan & Archie CarricoJoanne Gibbons Castello ‘77Marcie & John ComynsSteVee Hopkins Coric ‘80Penny & John CortezKelly & James CunniffeDiane & John D’AmicoLeigh & Thomas De La TorreDarcy & James DiamantineNaomi DobrichLinda & Patrick DodsonSandra & William DrexelMichelle & Robert EngelhartMarea & James FabriqueMerilee & Robert FahlmanJulie Serke Fead ‘75Felice Insurance AgencyTrisha Frazer Fernandes ’83 & Larry

FernandesSuzanne Hendershot Fisi ‘85Olivia & Dennis FitzPatrickSusan & Kevin FlemingAntoinette & Grant FuchsJoseph GaraventaMargaret & Mark GaribaldiGenentechSusan & Gregory GenovesePaula & Grant GuerraJoanne & Bernard GutierrezPatricia & Mark HaggenDiane & John HarringtonLisa & Douglas HarrisonAna & Lazaro HernandezJulie Campos Ihling ‘90

Ann Jackson Family FoundationSusan Dulany Jackson ‘83Tammy & James JohnsonLydia Jeung & Gary JonesBronwyn Tullus Kresse ’89 & Michael

KresseMary Ellen & Leonard KulawiecPatricia & David LarsenClaudia Pinilla & Barry LatnerCynthia & David LawrenceKatherine & Mark LefanowiczNancy Kelley Libby ’76 & Michael LibbySondra & Mark MacaulayTeresa & David MachadoLinda & Michael MahoneyKaren Marchiano ‘97Patricia & Joseph McMahonKathleen & James MeagherKriste & Daniel MicheliniSteven MillsMary & Robert MorleyRebecca & James MorrisroeNational Automobile Dealers’ Charitable

FoundationTrudy & Gary NegherbonShirley & Ronald NunnMargaret & Fernando OlivasWilliam O’MalleyFerrell & Andrew PappasLisa & Timothy PaulingElizabeth Paz-Rumore & Gregory RumoreCandace PeaseDorothy & James PetersCynthia & Randall PondMary Ann & William RaymundoDianne & Arthur ReardonAldo RoccaRogers House MovingJodie & John RussiSequoia Landscape SpecialtiesMary Ann & Paul ShattuckHeidi Shelton ‘79Merrilee Gutierrez Silveira ’88 & Joseph

SilveiraSusan Solger ‘73MJ & Garry St. JeanLisa & Michael SteinbrecherKatherine Kroha Stephens ‘87Sue Mills, Inc.Paula & Richard TancredyMaria & Oscar Tellez

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JoAnn & Charles TillLynne & Greg TorrettaUnion Bank of CaliforniaFrances & William VaculinThe Varni FamilyPaul WalkerMichele McCabe Walls ‘81 & Charles

WallsLisa & Leonard WatersCathy & Paul WitkayJoan Bruno Wohlleb ‘74 & James WohllebElizabeth Temps Wood ‘94Frances & Carlo Zocchi

red and whiTe SoCieTy($101-$999)AnonymousLori & David AbeleAetna FoundationMary AhernCarolyn & Russell AndersonGinny &Timothy AngererMartha & Rayce AnselmoJoanne Melloni Baird ’79 & Ralph BairdLisa & Steven BakosLea & James BaldacciBank of the West Matching Gift ProgramCarolyn Bartlett ‘82Patricia & Fred BeckMyra BelfioreNatalina & Dario BernardiElaina Tancredy Birnbaum ‘95Michelle Roderick Brasiel ’82 & Robert

BrasielLinda & James BreazealeBrigid Breen ‘74Barbara Britto-Tang ‘77Buenavista Group HomesMary Buscaglia ‘75Carol Bussey ‘77Nancy & Kevin CannonDebbra & Anthony CaseyKathleen Dudziak Cavallero ’80 & Mark

CavalleroAlicia & Rolando ChavezElizabeth Clemente HouseClorox CompanyLisa & Wade CoopermanDavid CopelandRenee Reuling Corbett ’82 & James

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Courtney Kermeen Corda ‘87Jane & Dennis CostanzaCatherine Havlik Coste ’84 & Randall

CosteCowden Neale, LLPSandra & Timothy CreminMaureen & Dennis CzarneckiChristy & Ronald DallimontiKaren & Jim DanielBarbara Durant Davies ‘82Nancy Case Davis ‘78Danielle & Stephen De MartiMeredith & Gary DeckerReggia & Michael DesmondRebecca & John DeVincenziJudith DobbertLori DonDiego ‘80William DowlingShirley & Richard DoyleTrish & Dennis DrewJulie Reid Duncan ‘87Michele Dunleavy ‘85Michele & Tony EichersRoger EngelhardtMaria Enrique ‘99Bridgette FanLillian & Bernard FichtenkortRoane Ross & James FiedlerFire Protection ManagementVanessa Fisher ‘98Joanette & Donald FongBarbara Forde ‘72Louise & Pierre FortayonCaroline Tancredy Fraley ‘91Janice & George FrancisFranklin Templeton GroupMary Goebel Frevele ‘75Gloria Friedrich-ReedArthur J. Gallagher FoundationPatricia & Silvio Garaventa, Jr.Kimberly & Lazaro GarciaGeneral Re CorporationJulie & Keith GermainGizzi & Reep, LLPJudy & Steve GizziJulie Gonzalez ‘99Monica DeLucia Green ‘90Erin Johnson Greenwald ‘86Kristine & Kelly GriffithKathleen & Thomas GrimGretchen Sorensen Guillette ‘83

Karen & Gerald GunningSandra & Michael GunningJamie & Stephen GunningCecilia HallClaudia HallissyNancy Shillis & Edward HamiltonAileen Kern Harbeck ‘77Nancy & Daniel HarringtonEden Gonzalez Hass ‘89Jeanie & Richard HessLaura & William HobanChristine & Lloyd HohensteinKathy HymesPatsy & Nicholas JabukaKathleen & Wayne JarrettJacquelynne Jennings ‘77Celeste & Michael JohnsonNancy JohnsonChrista & David JupinaKaiser Permanente Community Giving

Matching Gift ProgramKass Hildebrand Klemz ‘77Patty & Ken KosichDonna & Thomas KozelSuzanne & Michael KubaBarbara & Bob O LacherTheresa & Bernard LantsbergerPhyllis LeeLori Sun-Look & Gregory LookDivina Bautista Lopez ’85 & Rhoel LopezMary & Joe LorenzDeon LoveCarol & Michael LucasSerena & James LuceyCarla & Claus LudwigDeborah & Walter MacyDebra & Kevin MaguireRosanne & Chris MaloneyJennifer MarinoMaroney & AssociatesDawn & Terence MaroneyDebbie & David McEuenLynne McHugh ‘71Donald McKeanElizabeth & C. David MessmanLorraine & Don MillerJoanne & Mario MissaggiaRobert MontgomeryJ.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

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Shari & Timothy MorganRobert MorrisonSally MurrayLynn & Chris NicksConstance & Paul NigroElizabeth & Terence NortonHoney & Jack O’LearyLisa Barela Oliver ‘90Bernadette O’MearaAndrew OswaldSharon & John OuimetLois OwensPacific Coast ChemicalsJeremy PasternakMeta PasternakKathleen & Steven PastorBonnie & Louis PaulsonEunice & Ronaldo PerezJulie PerryBarbara PiephoElizabeth & John PiomboDorothy & Kevin PriceKaren Quick-Suryan ‘89Bernice & Ricky RaelMary Kay & James ReinertElizabeth Renner ‘78Pamela Romano ‘85Maria & Vincent RomeoNancy RothOriana & Marcello RovaiElisa & Jeffrey RummelLaurie Trenbath Rutledge ‘73Christina Saluna-Cayou ’89 & Dean

CayouGail & Keith SamsonPatricia Rovai Sandvig ’80 & Chris

SandvigDebra Buckles Santos ‘96Julie Hinken Sasaki ’82 & Kent SasakiLisa & Chris SavioJennifer & Ronald SchaeferBernadette Schild ‘77Nathan SchultzKristina Asato Sells ‘94Terry L. Shields Memorial FundKathleen Reidy Slane ‘86Karrie & Randy SmithAntonette Simarro Sorrick ‘96Anne & Timothy SouthwickSprint FoundationBeverly Spurs ‘75

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Maureen & Gregory StarnesEmily Tate Statler ‘91Ellen & Ron StevensRoxanne & Mark StrehlowLori & Dominic StullSandra Lee Sung ‘79Target StoresMadeleva TateCarole & Mike TempsCarol & Sid ThompsonToyota of BerkeleyTravelers FoundationJean TristantNancy ValaskeValerie Vallerga ‘71Deanna Van Hattem-Rogers & Michael

RogersElaine Bomben Vecchi ‘72Lynn & Robert VelzaquezMichele & Art VillegasMitch WardMary & Phillip WeeksKerrie Weis ‘98Bonnie Caldwell Wentworth ‘76Terri Dowling Wetter ‘73Peggy & Thomas WhalenLisa Maggiora Wilde ‘74Tracy & Steven WileyMary & James WilliamsLaurie Dickson Williams ‘90Kathy & Brent WilsonCatherine & David WindsheimerCirila & Marcelo YsipStephanie Zimmerman ‘86Marie & George ZiserIda & Tony Zumbo

Cougar Club(up to $100)AnonymousVictoria Lazio Acquistapace ’79 & Thomas

AcquistapaceCely & Edilberto AfricaDonna Akridge & Lawrence JeterKaren & Al AmadorThomasina & Anton AmundsenJoyce & Michael AnanosCarol & Ken AndersonDebra & Peter AndersonAshley Angerer ‘05Laura Anicich ‘05

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Terra CruzCarla Gibbons Cullerton ‘74Signe Curtis ‘82Doris & Fred da SilvaMartha DachsMadonna & Thomas D’AngeloJohn DaubenspeckJo & Raul de la FuenteLuisa DeMartini Stock ‘99Rosalie & Michael DevlinTheresa & Greg Di LoretoJuliana & Geoffrey DischEdith & Stephen DriscollChristina Cusumano Dunn ‘02Dennis DunneJoan EdwardsPenny & Mike EdwardsLisa Grubb Elliott ‘86Bruna & Felix EluKathryn Anicich Elze ‘02Rose & Rey EncarnacionAnn Mayer Ennis ‘76Miki & Robert FakhimiJennifer Alandy Farber ‘00Eileen Farley ‘70Kathleen Farley ‘72Victoria & John FarnhamJoyce & Carl FeilGregory FortayonMarcella FoxMark GalettoDaniela Galli ‘07Elena & Arthur GaoiranAlexa Garbarino ‘75Katherine & Ruben GarciaKathryn & Ivo GardellaHeidi Hernandez Gatty ‘92Diana & Anthony GhislettaKristan Ghisletta ’83 & Michael HuguetElizabeth Ginocchio ‘82Gaile GinocchioDiana & Luigi GiomiHelene & Ronald GlaserKaren & Guyse GolightlyOlga & Jose GomezGirlynda Asuncion Gonzales ’86 &

Edward GonzalesJeanette & Ricardo GonzalesKathleen Fitzsimmons Goodman ‘78Karen Maloney Goodshaw ’85 & James

Goodshaw

Kim Rowbatham Arnold ‘77Gabrielle Azumbrado ‘11Rachel Azumbrado ‘09Monica Simmons & Thomas AzumbradoArlene & Gerald BacheckiFrances & Eugene BagnascoKelly & Christopher BalogStephen BalogRebecca, Joe, Gianna & Adriene BarbieriKathy & Sam BaritellKristine Hutchko Barrella ‘86Belynda Santa Ana-Bell & Jonathan BellNorma & Jerry BenicasaKimberley & Ronald BercawSarah Long Bergler ‘90Melissa Moore Bonafonte ‘94Barbara & Carl BowlerDanuta & Donald BowlerLinda & John BoyanJane & Robin BradfordSharon & Michael BradleyEllen BrasielKathleen & James BryskiMaureen & David BurnashDiane & Robert ButtlerPam & Rob CallahanJudy & Ruben CalleLettie & Frank CampElizabeth Campos ‘07Sharon CapeceMelissa Cardinet ‘77Roseann Carini Lamb ‘77Brenda & Matthew CarrollRobert CaulfieldMelissa & Alan CavalloStella ChanMary & William ChapmanJill ChinAnnabelle & Matt ChingBarbara & Dino CiarloLaurie Clark ‘82Natalie & William ClinchTessa & Jason CluteFrancine Scribner Cole ‘86Marlene ColvisElinor & Richard CostelloCatherine Cotruvo Cracknell ’71 & Steve

CracknellLinda O’Brien Crivello ‘86Maryann CroninKaren Matcke Crosby ‘81

Patricia GormanMargaret & David GreerThomas GriffinAnnette Braun Grooms ‘77Mara, Trisha, Madelynn & Samantha

GunningTrisha & Mark GunningMary & John HanlonKathryn HarrisAmy McKinnon Hartman ’85 & Thomas

HartmanTherese Fichtenkort Hathaway ‘81Maria Luz & Edgar HawkyardAnna Heffernan ‘74Ann Henstrand ‘77Rocio Fyorovich Hill ‘90Elizabeth Rix Hodgson ‘86Jane HotchkissIngeborg Sorenson Houston ‘82Nancy HoweJanis & Chris HoytIntel FoundationTerri & Frank InzerilloCarole & Howard JenkinsBarbara JonesLeslie Weeks Keener ‘97Mary Devlin Kerfs ‘80Frances KloeffelElizabeth & Ron KoontzLisa Koven-Lee ‘90Kashmir & Harmesh KumarElizabeth & Thomas LadouceurAdrienne & Phillipe LamoureuxMona LangeJudith & Kenneth LinharesTracey & John LoftusEileen & John LofyEvelyn & Joseph LonginottiBarbara Hockel Lopez ’81 & Matthew

LopezCecilia & Xavier LopezJennifer Louis ‘99Karen & William LoweJoanne LuncefordElizabeth O’Dea Madrid ‘97Stephanie MajoyMichelle Mankewich ‘98Fely & Greg ManubayKathleen MarkeLinda Marsac-HaddadSylvia & Andres Martinez

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Lindsay Richardson Mauceli ‘96Mariwyn McCombJeanine McDermottShirley & Donald McKinnonBarbara McLaughlinSuzanne McLaughlin-Grimmer ‘91Jennifer & Kevin McNiffColleen McShane ‘71Terri MeehanPaula MenconiClaudia & Michael MercierNanette & Ben MercurioJosephine MeshriyGeorge MillerDonna Meneghetti Mullarkey ’77 &

Robert MullarkeyErin Mulligan ‘08Arlou & John MunroLorraine & Robert NashBarbara & Michael NealeCathy & Mark NewsomSusan Balog Newsom ’78 & Charles

NewsomDawnelise Nielsen ‘77Dorothea Milani Niethold ’80 & Charles

NietholdDanielle O’Connor ‘03Sr. Ann Patricia O’Connor, CSJNancy & Gary OkeyNneka & Maximus OkoyeLinda & Eugene O’RourkeLilla Roll Orr ‘77Sr. Ann Bernard O’Shea, CSJPaula Dalmada Overton ‘90Colleen & John OwenAnna Pacchetti Lovelace ‘86Colleen & Jeffrey PadillaMary & Medoro PagniClaire PardiBen PasternakEmmy PasternakPapsico FoundationJuliet Schroeder Pesce ‘95Leo PochiniAmy Prosek ‘94

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Patricia ProsekTaylor ProsekGrace & Sergio PuccinelliMary & Thomas PultKarina Punu ‘98Elizabeth McGervey Pursley ‘75Patricia Greenwood Rabbitt ‘77Beverly Rager ‘86Beverly & Edward ReganJohanna & Walter ReichenbacherGina RennerStella & Joseph RiccioLinda Riniker ‘73Robyn & Bob RiveraSusan & John RoachAnn Rolwing ‘86Christine & Anthony RomanoAnne Rosinski ‘83Anne & Eugene RosinskiCarolyn RothChelsea Russell ‘09Betsy Peters Ruszel ’82 & Peter RuszelShawn O’Rourke Sabarese ‘93Caroline & Evan SanchezKaren Tancredy Sandri ’80 & Daniel

SandriElaine SaulnierSave Mart SupermarketsLisa Jones Scott ’85 & Michael ScottPamela SetoDoreen Vanderklugt Shapiro ’86 & Daniel

ShapiroDanni & Laurence ShermanLisa & Scott SherwoodCarla & Jack SilvaLawrence SimonCharles SimpsonKimberly Simpson ‘07Amy Slavin ‘91Katie & Jon SmithTerry SnyderSons of Italy – Diablo Valley LodgeMichelle Sparacino Foxworthy ‘92Emily St. Jean ‘05Diane & Anthony Stefani

Andrea Hemby Stockton ‘81Lorie Hammon Stoker ‘82Betty & James StokesKelley Coleman Stough ‘97Ronnaug StromLindy Dallimonti Sullivan ‘02Kathleen Jeffry Summers ‘86Neville & Robert SusichAnnette & Douglas SwitzerJosefa & Rolando TagayAnne Marie & Thomas TaylorCharlene Teutschel ‘79Phyllis & Larry TheisenCynthia Thomas ‘71Linda & Jack ThomasKathleen & James ToomeyJoan TracyNorma & Joseph TroiaLouise & Arthur TurrinLouis VecchiKatie Clark Vecchio ’76 & Tony VecchioKimberly LaRossa Vernon ‘88Amanda VicaryBeverly & Richard ViglienzoniJennifer Duldulao Villena ‘94Nelia & Edgardo VirtusioLucille VitalePatricia & Victorio VizcayKathleen & Frederic Von LehrKatherine Von Magnus-Bjork ‘70Sarah Henry Walsh ‘80Nancy Finley Washmera ‘96Kathy & Gary WheelerCheryl & James WiegmannKelly Onyett Williams ‘85Jana Sears Winters ‘77Nancy Taft Witt ‘69Tarie Regan Wolf ‘87Joyce & Nelson WongVictoria Ginocchio Woodbridge ’80 &

Jonathan WoodbridgeKaren & Mark WorswickJeanette & Troy WristonJoan ZehnderTeresa Zocchi ‘86

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AnonymousMary Ahern10

Donna Akridge5

Joyce Ananos10

Marybeth Anicich10

Tricia BarryNorma Benicasa10

Robert BertorelloJane BradfordLinda Breazeale10

Barbara Breen10

Elizabeth Clemente House10

Devin DalyMary Beth Kulawiec Dittrich ‘7910

Sr. Eleanor Eagan, CSJ10

Dennis FitzPatrickMary Goebel Frevele ‘755

Marcella Fox10

Gleam GreenKathy Harris10

Sr. Joann Heinritz, CSJ10

Barbara and BobO Lacher10

Sr. Kathleen Lang, CSJ10

Patricia Larsen10

Cynthia Lawrence5

Nancy Kelley Libby ‘7610

Stephanie Majoy10

Jeanine McDermottShirley McKinnon

Terri MeehanPaula Menconi10

George MillerJoanne Missaggia10

Cathy Newsom10

Terence Norton10

Danielle O’Connor ‘03Nancy & Gary Okey10

Honey and Jack O’Leary10

Bernadette O’MearaMeta Pasternak10

Julie Perry10

Nancy Roth10

Kathleen Russell5

Debra Buckles Santos ‘96Elaine Saulnier10

Pamela SetoMerrilee Gutierrez Silvera ’88 & Joseph

SilveiraMonica Simmons5

Lindy Dallimonti Sullivan ‘02Sandra Lee Sung ‘795

Neville Susich10

Anne Marie TaylorJoan TracyElaine Bomben Vecchi ‘7210

Katie Clark Vecchio ‘765

Mitch Ward10

Mary Weeks5

5 This donor has made gifts to Carondelet High School for at least five consecutive years.10 This donor has made gifts to Carondelet High School for at least 10 consecutive years.OThis donor is deceased.

SpeCial eVenTSSince their inception, events like

Visions of Christmas and the annual Golf Tournament have raised more than $5 million for campus facility enhancements and tuition assistance. These events have also brought the community together and extended the School’s profile beyond Winton Drive. We welcome your participation as a sponsor, donor, volunteer, or guest at any of our events.

annual fundEach year, we ask our extended

Community to make a donation to support a current project. You can support the Annual Fund in a variety of ways, and we welcome gifts of all sizes. You can mail a check payable to Carondelet High School, make an immediate online credit card gift

Ways to Give to CHS

through the School website, and you can designate Carondelet High School as the recipient of your United Way or other workplace campaign gift. (Our Bay Area United Way payee number is 761411.) To make a gift of appreciated stocks, please contact Director of Development Pat Larsen for instructions.

maJor gifTSFor donors who are in the position to

make gifts of $5,000 or more, recognition and naming opportunities are available. Please contact Pat Larsen to discuss such opportunities.

maTChing gifTSIf your employer is one of hundreds of

companies that match their employees’ gifts to educational institutions, your gift to Carondelet could be doubled or even

tripled. Some companies also match their retirees’ gifts. To take advantage of your company’s matching gift program, contact your human resources or community affairs department staff, who can advise you on the appropriate procedure. You will need to know that Carondelet High School’s federal tax-exempt number is 94-1605790 and our accrediting agency is the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

employee VolunTeer granTSIncreasingly, companies support employee

volunteerism by providing cash grants to the non-profit organizations where employees invest their time. Carondelet benefits twice—first, from your donation of time and then from your employer’s cash grant. Bank of America, Chevron, and Verizon are among the local employers who make these

From the Director of Development

Dear Friends,

The Carondelet High School community witnessed a major transition after the 2011-12 school year, with the departure of Sr. Kathleen Lang, CSJ, and the appointment of Jennifer Martin as the new president. Many of you chose to recognize Sister’s 34 years of ministry at CHS with a contribution to the scholarship fund that was created in her honor. I am very pleased to announce that this fund has now reached the $150,000 level, which will provide a significant annual award to a student whose family needs financial assistance. Additional contributions to the Sr. Kathleen Lang, CSJ, Scholarship Endowment are welcome at any time.

The previous pages of this report document the generosity of our entire community of parents, alumnae and their parents, faculty and staff, and friends of Carondelet High School. Whether your contribution came in the form of a gift to the Annual Fund, Alumnae Scholarship, an event sponsorship, an auction item, an honor or memorial gift, or a vehicle donation, please know that every gift is important and appreciated. Your generosity not only supports the educational enterprise known as Carondelet High School, but also enables our students, faculty, and staff to develop their God-given gifts and to work for the good of the larger community beyond Winton Drive.

A simple “thank you” could never adequately acknowledge the individuals and organizations whose names appear in this publication; however, expressed as Meister Eckhart’s prayer, I hope that you will accept our thanks as a prayer for you and your loved ones.

Gratefully,Patricia L. Larsen

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If the only prayer you ever say in your life is “thank you,” that would suffice.

—Meister Eckhart

employee-volunteer grants. Like matching gifts, employee-volunteer grants are usually administered by the company’s human resources or community affairs department.Generally, the employee must document their volunteer hours (typically a minimum of 25 to 50) with the non-profit, and then must make a formal request for the grant.

granTSA number of local foundations have made

generous grants to Carondelet for projects ranging from the School’s first computer lab, to Phases I through IV of the Master Plan, to tuition assistance programs. The Director of Development regularly prepares grant proposals, but if you know of or are associated with a foundation that could fund a project at Carondelet, please contact Pat Larsen.

honor & memorial gifTSGifts made in honor of or in memory of

loved ones are assigned to the Carondelet Academic Foundation, a separate fund.Gifts in this fund are disbursed annually as tuition assistance. You may make these gifts online or by mail.

endowmenT gifTSAn endowment is a designated fund

that continues in perpetuity. Each year, the School spends a specified portion of the fund’s earnings, while the principal remains invested and continues to generate income. Carondelet’s current endowment policy allows for endowments to be created for specified purposes once the principal reaches the $50,000 level. A number of Carondelet’s benefactors have provided endowment support for ongoing programs, especially tuition assistance.

planned giVingMany gift and estate planning strategies

yield significant current, future, or estate tax savings that benefit donors who make generous gifts to Carondelet High School. A bequest to CHS in your will could allow you to make a gift significantly larger than anything you could make during your lifetime. Your financial or estate planning professional can help you create a plan and

select vehicles that will allow both you and the School to benefit from your generosity. To learn more about techniques for realizing significant tax savings while providing for your family and your favorite charity, please see the “Giving to CHS” section of the School website or contact Pat Larsen.

fundraiSing parTnerSCarondelet High School has partnered

with several organizations that help non-profit organizations to raise funds:

Escrip. When you use registered loyalty, debit, and credit cards to make purchases from participating merchants, Escrip rebates a portion of the sale to Carondelet. Your card information is kept secure and confidential. To participate, simply register at www.escrip.com, and select Carondelet High School (group Identification Number 5825088) as the recipient of your Escrip support.

OneCause. Formerly called SchoolPop, OneCause is an online shopping portal to hundreds of merchants and service providers who rebate a percentage of purchases to Carondelet. Register at www.onecause.com and select Carondelet High School as the organization you want to support. Whenever you begin online shopping through the OneCause website, Carondelet will receive a percentage of your purchases.

Vehicle Donations. A local company, All Bay Vehicle Donations, handles tax-deductible donations of cars, boats, and other vehicles for CHS. To donate a vehicle to the School, go to http://vehiclerecycling.net and select the Carondelet High School Foundation as the recipient of your donation.

Search the Web. A web search site that benefits charities, GoodSearch usesYahoo’s search engine and donates about one cent per search to your designated charity. Enroll at www.goodsearch.com, selecting Carondelet High School as the organization to benefit from your searches. Whenever you search the internet, remember to begin at goodsearch.com and you will earn money for the School.

oTher fundraiSing programSAs part of their community outreach

programs, a number of corporations make donations to schools as a reward for their individual customers’ business. The following are a couple of examples of the many corporations that support schools through such programs. (Although we welcome the income, informing you about the existence of these programs is not an endorsement of these particular businesses.)

Target Stores. The “Take Charge of Education” program donates a percentage of in-store and online purchases made with participating customers’ Target Visa and Target RED cards.

SaveMart/Lucky/FoodMaxx/S-Mart Foods SHARES Program. The SHARES (Supporting Humanities, Arts, Recreation, Education and Sports in our community) program rebates 3% of qualifying purchases to Carondelet. To participate, simply request a card from Pat Larsen. Every time you shop, swipe the card and CHS will automatically receive the cash. Unlike other grocery loyalty cards, the SHARES card is issued in Carondelet’s name, so your personal information is neither needed nor stored, and anyone who shops can use the card to earn rebates for the School. The card has no cash value, so there are no worries if it is lost, and a replacement is readily available from Pat Larsen

For information about any of these programs or to discuss your individual situation, please contact: Patricia Larsen

Director of Development Carondelet High School 925/686-5353, extension 150plarsen@carondeleths.org

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Community Calendar, 2012 - 2013

January 201310 Alumnae Gathering12 PlacementTesting & Tuition

Assistance Information Meeting for Prospective Incoming 9th Grade Students

14 Winter Art Show Begins28 Catholic Schools Week Begins

february1 Records Deadline for Prospective Incoming 9th Grade Students10 Mother/Daughter Retreat10 Souper Alums12 Alumnae Valentine Tea Party

marCh6 Tour for Prospective Students and Parents2 Crab Feed14 Alumnae Gathering15 Decision Letters Mailed to Prospective Incoming 9th Grade Students18 Sisterhood Week Begins

april8 Tour for Prospective Students and Parents29 “Drive Fore Education” Golf Tournament

may8 Tour for Prospective Students and Parents9 Alumnae Gathering13 Senior Class Luau: Welcome to the Alumnae Association!19 Graduation

Summer/fallReunions for the Classes of 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003, and 2008!

All dates are subject to change; please verify dates on our website, carondelet.net.