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Sally Rynne, '52, (left) supporting the Black Lives Matter cause and her on-going work for peace. Sally (Fitzgerald) Rynne, class of ’52, has many peacemaking heroes and the first one she names is Dorothy Day, a fellow Catholic who is now on track for sainthood. She lists off others ranging from Nelson Mandela to Jane Addams and makes sure to include her husband, Terry Rynne, with whom she began a foundation dedicated to peace and the empowerment of women. Sally and Terry rai

It was ten years ago, October 8, 2006, that Gwen Ifill visited St. Scholastica Academy, Chicago. Every year, the Alumnae Board hosted a "Woman for the World", someone who had followed their calling and would help inspire students and alumnae to follow theirs. Gwen certainly lived her call. She was co-anchor and managing editor of PBS Newshour and moderator and managing editor of Washington Week. She had held numerous positions throughout her life that reflected her passion f

Class of 1991 looks through their yearbook. The Cubs win on Saturday night made the 2016 St. Scholastica Academy, Chicago reunion all the more memorable. This year we celebrated the class years ending in '1 and '6 with 170 alumnae and teachers. The festivities included a cocktail reception, dinner, and class photos on Saturday night (and the Cubs game on the big screen at the end). On Sunday, alumnae, teachers, and families gathered for the Alumnae Memorial Mass, refreshments

Teresa Szczerski Czaja ‘96 played softball at St. Scholastica Academy, Chicago, in the early 1990s. Twenty years later, her friend Melissa Palis VanDermeir ‘95 posted a photo of Teresa’s softball picture from her freshman year. It may have been 2016, but the memories came flooding back. “We talked about missing playing together,” remembers Teresa. “I mentioned we should get a team together, and it snowballed from there!” Teresa and Melissa put together a team of former classm

Eleanore McCarthy was born on the Feast of St. Scholastica, February 10th. Little did she know that her entire life would be touched by the spirit of Scholastica and Benedict--the co-founders of the Benedictine tradition. Even before Eleanore's birth, her mother had taken piano lessons from the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago. When Eleanore was six years old, her family moved into the neighborhood of St. Scholastica Monastery. She attended St. Scholastica Academy, graduating i

"Greetings from the Persian Gulft Command!" wrote Helen Stringer, a '33 graduate of St. Scholastica Academy, Chicago, to Sister Laura during World War II. Helen was serving during the war effort as part of the USO shows, bringing cheer and entertainment to troops across the globe. She had taken the time to write to Sister, saying, "There's a tremendous satisfaction in this sort of work, and I love every minute of it. If you could hear these fellows laugh and see the genuine e