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1867 1967
Pre-Celebration
Centennial Luncheon
of the
Academy of the Sacred Heart
HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY
Sponsored by the
Alumnae Association
Held at the UNION CLUB - - HOBOKEN, N. J.
Saturday, May 6, 1967
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Honorary Patrons
HIS EXCELLENCY MOST REVEREND THOMAS A. BOLAND, S.T.D.
Archbishop of Newark
MOTHER JOSEPHINE MARIE, S.C.
SISTER CLARE MAJELLA, S.C.\
SISTER MARY RICHARD
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Officers
Mrs. James Lynch ......... President
Mrs. Francis Stapleton ..... VicePresident
Mrs. George Weaver ..... Vice President
Miss Helen V. Ford ............... Corresponding Secretary
Miss Patricia Pescatore ......... Recording Secretary
Miss Mary Kiernan ......... Treasurer
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Ad Multos Annos
Since this year marks the centennial of our Academy and the fifty-third anniversary of the founding of our Alumnae Association, a brief history of both may be of interest to our members and their guests.
Less than ten years after the incorporation of the Sisters of Charity at Convent Station the Academy of the Sacred Heart was opened as the second private academy established by the Community on property outside their original foundation at Convent. Thus, it can be seen that the history of the Academy is almost as long as the history of the Sisters of Charity in the state of New Jersey.
In the history of the Missions of the Community in New Jersey by Sister Mary Agnes Sharkey it is noted as a “singular fact that while there has been little, if any, change in the material aspect of the Academy, the encroachment of other buildings preventing the acquisition of property contiguous to it, and thus making enlargement impossible, yet educational advancement has kept pace with the march of time, and the Academy of the Sacred Heart ranks today as a peer of other secondary institutions in the state of New Jersey.”
Maintaining the best traditions of its earliest principals the Academy offered a complete course of study in the primary and grammar grades for both boys and girls and its high school for girls a full classical course of study as well as the opportunity to pursue scientific and commercial schedules. As of June 1966 the primary and grammar grades were phased out and the Academy today is a high school for girls only.
Throughout the years our Alma Mater has trained and is training women in social and civic life with a sense of responsibility and cooperation with local and Community activities. To this loyalty and interest is due the founding of our Alumnae Association in 1914 and the founding of the Mothers’ Guild in 1937.
On the evening of November 2, 1914 at the suggestion of Sister M. Clarissa Flanagan, a student in the first class to be graduated from the Academy of the Sacred Heart and in 1914 a member of its faculty, a meeting of graduates and former pupils was held at Academy Hall for the purpose of forming an Alumnae Association. A constitution was adopted and signed by all members present, and Mrs. James G. Wallace elected as the first president. Following the business meeting, the members repaired to the Chapel where Bendiction of the Blessed Sacrament was given.
In 1937 a most successful Reunion Tea was held at the Academy as a result of which, through the efforts of two of our Alumnae members, the Mothers’ Guild was established. Since a large number of students, many of them children of former graduates, attend the Academy the members of the Alumnae Association and of the Mothers’ Guild are upholding traditions that the inaugurators of the institution bequeathed to later generations a precious heritage.
In June 1928 the Alumnae began the raising of a fund to found a scholarship in our own Academy and its successful completion was announced on June 4, 1932. This scholarship has been awarded once every four years since that time to the Catholic girl graduate of any local school who wins first place in the prescribed examination.
The many interests of our Association are known to our Alumnae who support them through affairs such as this Reunion Luncheon. We realize “that while much has been accomplished, much remains to be done.”
As the Academy enters upon its second hundred years, may we ask your continued participation and cooperation in furthering her work and her ideals.
Ad Multos Annos.
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Patrons
MAYOR AND COUNCIL CITY OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY
Louis De Pascale
Mayor
COUNCIL
Thomas A. Gallo
Stephen E. Mongiello
Bernard Scrivani
Rudolph N. Ranieri
William Matthews
Steve Cappiello
Louis Francone
Francis Finnerty
John J. Palmieri
HOBOKEN BOARD OF EDUCATION
John D. McAlevy
President
Melvin W. Christie
Vice-President
Rocco Gratale
Fred L. Bado
Otto Hottendorf
Robert F. Reany
Silvio J. Failla
George J. Connors
Frank Weeks
Thomas A. Gallo
Asst. Secretary
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Patrons
Mothers’ Guild of the Academy of the Sacred Heart
Sister Mary Aquinas, O.Carm.
Class of '57
Mrs. L. A. Brennan
Mrs. Salvatore D. Bottini
Mrs. Frank J. Boyce
Marguerite Cannon
Maria Cannon
Mr. & Mrs. Louis J. Casassa
Dorothy Cawley
Patricia M. Connors
Mr. & Mrs. John D’Alessio
Mary A. Delaney
Mrs. Charles J. Dougherty
Dr. & Mrs. William Dougherty
Frances Klem Feely
Mr. & Mrs. James Finizio
Helen V. Ford
In Memory of
Helen Carlotta Fugazzi
Mrs. Daniel F. Gaven
Jule D. Gellner
Mrs. Robert V. Hayes, Sr.
Mrs. J. Burr Herron
Mrs. William R. Hogan
Mrs. Clarence P. Howley
Mrs. B. M. Jackson
Eileen M. Kelly
Mr. & Mrs. Norman L. Kennedy
Mary Kiernan
Mrs. Eileen Kitchen
Estelle P. Kusch
Mary E. Loftus
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Losito
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Lynch
Mr. & Mrs. James J. Lynch
Mr. & Mrs. John Lynch
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Lynch
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Lynch
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lynch
James V. Lynch
Rose A. Lynch
Sharon A. Lynch
Jane V. Malone, In Memory
Margaret E. Malone
Mrs. Frank Marnell
Gertrude Bach Moore
Rita Murray
Virginia Moore Murray
George Nelson, Jr.
Marie E. O’Brien
Mrs. Joan Poggi Perna
Mrs. Stella Peters
Al Radulic
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Razzetti
Mr. & Mrs. T. W. Richmond
Mrs. James J. Ronan
Kathleen T. Ronan
Mrs. George B. Weaver
Artie Williams
Laura Wintrich
Marie Wintrich
Helen Woltmann
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Friends
Elaine Buchanan Adamkiewics
Mrs. Harry F. Boyce
Jacqueline Choffiotte Connelly
Agnes Crosby
Mrs. Michael D’Amico
The Joseph Fichters
Marie G. Ford
Catherine Z. Hintelmann
Mrs. James A. Kilduff
Mrs. F. A. McDonnell
Mrs. Edward J. McNeil
Ann Materek
The Magri Family
Mrs. Edward Ortega
Marilyn Sommers
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Boosters
Sister Angela Marie
Louis J. Casazza, III
Virginia C. Casazza
Frank D. Chiocco
Joseph Colaneri
Joan Berke D’Alessio
Seton Mary D’Alessio
Therese Angela D’Alessio
Mary Gilbarty
Margaret G. Glover
Mrs. Victor J. Irmiere
Marie A. Kern
Mrs. Patricia Ullrich Martelliti
Mrs. Fouise Mitchell Kraus
Helen McCourt
F. A. McDonnell
Kevin McDonnell
Katherine McLaughlin
Virginia McLaughlin
Mrs. Nora McVicker
Mrs. George Paproth
James J. Ronan
Michael J. Ronan
Mary Rose Saulnier
Linda Schlegel
Mrs. Marian Schroeder
Mrs. Warren R. Schubert
Mrs. W. Stiles
Mrs. G. S. Texido
Joseph D. Totaro
Mrs. C. R. Vogt
Adeline C. Zitani
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