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Dacia Van Antwerp is no stranger to the story of Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat, foundress of the Society of the Sacred Heart. After all she spent 16 years being educated by the Religious of the Sacred Heart (RSCJ) and is an alumna of both the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Bloomfield, Michigan and Manhattanville College. After graduation Van Antwerp decided to become an RSCJ and joined the Society of the Sacred Heart. She taught for 17 years in various Sacred Heart schools until a life altering event occurred and she chose another life path. She discusses her journey in the book she wrote entitled You Go Girl: Life and Adventures of a Former Nun.
Upon making a retreat in Joigny, France, the birthplace of Madeleine Sophie Barat, Van Antwerp was so inspired that she decided to write a book for children about the Saint whom she admired so much. The story of Amazing Sophie is a delightful children's book that tells the story of Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat, complete with illustrations by Carla Maria Melendez Relli, ASH, 2020. All of the net proceeds of the book will go to the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Bloomfield, Michigan.
The above video was recorded on October 20, 2012 (Feast of Mater Admirabilis) during the AASH Central Regional Meeting hosted in Detroit, Michigan. To oder a copy of Amazing Sophie click here - Info/Order Book
Mary Kay Farley passed away July 29,
2014 at Hiland Cottage of Hospice of Little Traverse Bay. She had lived a long
and happy life and went to the promised land with a smile on her face.
Mary Kay was born in Detroit, Mi. in
1935 the daughter of Emmet and Frances (Carney) Tracy. She graduated from the
Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grosse Pointe, Mi. She then attended
Manhattanville College and Loyola (Chicago) School of Social Work graduating in
1959. She married James D. Farley in Grosse Pointe, Mi. on Feb. 27, 1960.
As an athlete, winning was important to
Mary Kay, but good sportsmanship was more important. She was an honor girl at
Moss Lake summer camp and learned to be a cheerful winner and a graceful loser.
These traits carried throughout her lifetime. She enjoyed golf and won 24 club
championships at 6 separate clubs. She probably lost 50 or more as she entered
every contest that offered a trophy or plate as a prize. "Showing Up"
was her mantra and she often won because few others chose to compete. She was a
long-time member of the United States Senior Women's Golf Association and
played in their competitions until she could no longer play golf.
Mary Kay was especially devoted to
orthopedics as her youngest son was born with Scoliosis. She observed his
treatments at a hospital for special surgery in New York and became a hospital
trustee in 1980. She was also an officer and director of Orthopedic Research
and Education Foundation (OREF), an arm of the American Academy of Orthopedics.
She was named an honorary orthopedic surgeon when she retired from the OREF
board in 2001.
Mary Kay is survived by her husband, 4
children, 2 of their spouses, 6 grandchildren, her brother Emmet Tracy Jr, and
her sister Denice Summers, also surviving are 7 sisters-in-law, 3
brothers-in-law and 35 nieces and nephews. She was preceeded in death by her
brother Thomas Tracy.
Her special qualities were her
organizational ability, her generosity of spirit and her cheerful disposition.
She was never depressed even when battling pancreatic cancer. She was a true
daughter of Detroit and loved every moment of her early years spent there. She
also cherished the many summers she spent in northern Michigan.
Having known true joy on earth, she
expected to encounter it again in Heaven. If you sink an especially long putt
or score an unbid grand slam in bridge, think of her.
In lieu of flowers the family requests
that donations be made to the Regents of the University of Michigan (for the
medical school's pancreatic cancer research), University of Michigan Office of
University Development, 3003 S. State St., Suite 8000, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1288
or to the Society of the Sacred Heart (Retirement Fund), Society of Sacred
Heart Mission Advancement Office, 4120 Forest Park Ave, St. Louis, MO 63108.
The Mass of the Resurrection will take
place on Saturday Aug. 2, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Holy Childhood of Jesus Catholic
Church in Harbor Springs, Mi. Fr. Joseph Graff will be the celebrant. Friends
may arrive at the church beginning at 10:00 AM on Saturday. Interment will take
place in Holy Childhood Cemetery in Harbor Springs.
The family entrusted Schiller Funeral
Home for the arrangements. Online shared memories and condolences may be made
at stonefuneralhomeinc.com.
Published in
GreenwichTime on July 30, 2014
"What will matter
is not your competence but your character.
What will matter is not how many
people you knew, but how many will feel a lasting loss when you're gone.
What
will matter is not your memories but the memories of those who loved you.
What
will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for what."
The above is taken from part of the poem "What Will Matter" by
Michael Josephson.
For alums who have not been back to the Manhattanville campus in awhile you will see some familiar scenes in the video below posted by Manhattanville College President, Jon Strauss and his wife Jean. Enjoy!
MER with Srs. Ronnie Dewey, RSCJand Anne Davidson, RSCJ taken at Oakwood Community (May, 2011)
Rosemary Dewey was the youngest child of William
Manzur Dewey and his second wife Elizabeth Victoria Ervin. At the time of
her birth on August 18, 1929, her parents resided where her father worked, as
President of the Edgewater Beach Hotel. Ten weeks later
America would face the world's biggest stock crash and little Rosemary known as "Ronnie" would
grow up during the height of the great depression in Winnetka, Illinois.
Ronnie Dewey, RSCJ passed
away peacefully on November 13, 2013 at the Society
of the Sacred Heart retirement community Oakwood
in Atherton, California. Ronnie is predeceased by her parents and
siblings: William, John, Elizabeth, James and Robert. For more info: rscj website
Ronnie Dewey was a 1947 alumna of the Academy of the Sacred
Heart in Lake Forest, Illinois (now known as Woodlands Academy) and a 1952 alumna of Manhattanville
College in NewYork.
During the summer of 2004, as Barat College and Woodlands Academy were
celebrating their 100 year anniversary of education in Lake Forest, IL, I had
the opportunity of video taping various alums that had been educated in the 100 year old building on the campus called Old
Main.
"In August 1904, one month before the first academic year in Lake Forest began, the Sacred Heart Station of the Chicago, North Shore, and Milwaukee Railroad was built near the southern boundary of the campus.(1)
Ronnie Dewey, RSCJ agreed to sit with me in a one of the refurbished parlors on the first floor of Old Main and reminisced about her years attending the Academy of the Sacred Heart, Lake Forest, Illinois as a "Day Hop". Excerpts from Ronnie's
interview can be viewed below.
At Manhattanville College,
Ronnie was involved in various sports. She made Varsity
Basketball and Tennis her Freshman year and also served on the Hockey team.
Ronnie was also a member of the class council her junior year and served as chairman of
the Welfare Committee her senior year.
"Welfare is a unique organization. Around the clock it covers every phase of life on campus, from elections through meetings to dining room courtesy. It represents our wish to maintain a spirit of gracious living amid the confusing complexities of college existence. This standard is not easy to maintain, but Welfare is ever-present rousing the forgetful with pleas for a tidier gym and a quieter chapel corridor. A neat black notice board announcing clubs and committee meetings keeps the threads of a busy day untangled. The sensible distribution of extra-curricular activities is safeguarded by an ingenious point system.Working with Student Government and the Faculty it completes our education by developing social responsibility and leadership. Directed by Mother O'Byrne's prudent foresight and Connie's (*) appealing friendliness. Welfare has instilled in us the ideal of Christian politeness, which is Charity." (1)
Note: (*) The reference to "Connie" is Connie Minahan Weber, MC'50, Welfare Chairman (1949-50) and the above excerpt is taken from the Manhattanville yearbook.
Yearbook Photo Courtesy of the Manhattanville College Archives. Caption below:
"Ronnie's two-toned Chevvy is never seen empty of its merry throng, but the owner's popularity is because of Ronnie herself. Her chores as the College Emily Post range from checking on Academic dress to maintaining order in the Assembly Hall. Our Ronnie takes these and all crises in her stride, meeting them with that quiet graciousness that inspires confidence in everyone around her."
The above video is an edited portion of an interview conducted at Barat College, Lake Forest, IL with Sister Rosemary Dewey, RSCJ in the Old Main building. The building at one time was home to Sacred Heart students who attended grade school thru College. Known all her life as "Ronnie", Sr. Dewey returns to the school in 2004, its Centenarian year and reminisced about her days attending the Academy as a "Day Hop".
