A Warm Welcome to the 2013-2015 AASH Board of Directors

Outgoing and Incoming AASH Board of Directors ~ Omaha, NE

A warm welcome to the incoming 2013-2015 AASH Board of Directors who begin their term for the new biennium June 1st and a big thank you to the outgoing 2011-2013 AASH Board! 

Top Photo (L-R):  2011-2013 AASH Board Members; Maria Cristina Garcia; Mary Lococo Forsyth; Barbara Cliff Price. Seated Front Row: Sara Burchell Kestner, Alice Burns, Maureen Ryan, Nancy Agnew, Karen Patterson. Not pictured: Wendy Buckland

2013-2015 AASH Board (L-R): Jodie Thorne; Roselie Bellanca Posselius; Mary Forsyth; Seated: Joey Yao; Rhonda Meegan; Alice Burns; Maureen Ryan; Gary Tom. Not pictured: Kathleen Feeney

2013-2015

AASH Board of Directors

President: Alice J. Burns, Prince Street 1966, Manhattanville 1970

  

Vice President: Mary Lococo Forsyth , El Cajon 1963, Lone Mt., San Francisco 1967

Corresponding Secretary: Joey Yao, Hardey Prep 1986

Recording Secretary: Kathleen Feeney, Convent of the Sacred Heart Greenwich 1988

Treasurer: Gary S. Tom, Stuart Hall for Boys 1976

Central Regional Director: Roselie Bellanca Posselius, Grosse Pointe Academy 1973, Bloomfield Hills 1977

Eastern Regional Director: Rhonda Raffi Meegan, Newton Country Day 1971, Newton College 1975

Southern Regional Director: Jodie Hannaman Thorne , Duchesne Academy Houston1985

Western Regional Director: Caitie O’Shea, Lone Mt., San Francisco 1967

Past President: Maureen Elizabeth Ryan, Barat College 1981

Mark your calendars:

AMASC XV World Congress, November 6-9, 2014 in Scottsdale, AZ - click here for details.

40th Biennial AASH Conference April 9-12, 2015 to be hosted in Boston, MA 

Deep in the Heart - AASH Southern Regional Meeting

Alums from the Southern Region met in Houston, Texas and appropriately the conference theme was Deep in the Heart.  A special Fiesta Celebration was planned at Regis School on Friday evening and we all received a warm welcome by Dr. Nancy Taylor, Head of School.   On Saturday morning as we gathered at Duchesne Academy we were greeted by the following ten RSCJ: Srs. Jan Dunn, Lynn Lieux, Adele Caire, Anne Caire, Sharon Karam, Melanie Guste, Bonnie Kearney, Diane Roche, Sheila Hammond, and Georgeann Parizek

Beth Speck, AASH Past President and Director of Admissions at Duchesne Academy greeted all with much enthusiasm and then proudly introduced Patricia Swenson, the New Head of School, who gave us an overview of her background and a beautiful reflection about Philippine.

Keynote speaker, Melanie Guste, RSCJ gave a thought provoking talk followed by a slide presentation entitled "Philippine Duchesne: A Spirituality of Mission in Today's World"and afterwards four RSCJ (Bonnie Kearney, Diane Roche, Georgeann Parizek and Sheila Hammond) participated in a panel entitled "Living the Mission of Philippine Duchesne".  They shared with the group their background, how they came to know they had a vocation as well as their current ministries.

After lunch we heard from alums representing both Duchesne Houston and Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart. Jane Jachimczyk Hayman, who moderated the discussion and response to the mission of Philippine Duchesne asked thought provoking questions which presented an array of viewpoints.

A beautiful Mass of Everlasting Life was held in the Sacred Heart Chapel followed by a most delicious buffet dinner hosted in the White House by the Duchesne Academy Alumnae Association.