Benedictine Sisters of Chicago
Become who God made you to be.
Congratulations to the 29th Annual Testimonial Luncheon
Spirit of St. Benedict Award recipients,
Sisters and Brothers of Immigrants!
Thank you to all our attendees and sponsors - we are grateful for your generosity.
GOLD SPONSORS
C & C Power, Inc.
Jenny & Nick Semaca
Silver Sponsors
Anthony and Jayne Altimari
British Infant School
Juliana Campagna
Denise Coughlin and Ralph Levy
Amy and Thomas Ewert
Fe Fernandez
Eileen and Gordon Fitch
Joseph B. Green
Hon. Michael J. Hogan
Carole and Don Kash
Ruth G. Lochner
Stephen and Margaret Lombardo
Michael T. and Mary T. Maloney
Joan Marubio
Anne Matz
Kathleen and Robert Murray
Daniel J. Raven and Wencke Braathen
Alicia and Myron Resnick
Linda Zienty
Bronze Sponsors
Ellen Ahern
Paul and Suzanne Betts
Judith Borchers
Ellen DeVoy Burgess
Kathryn and Jeffrey Caudill
Patricia and John J. Coffey III
Peter J. Coffey and Molly Cavanaugh
Brian Clarke and Margaret Feit Clarke
Katherine Gehrke
Megan Grochowiak
Mary Ellen and John Healey
Margaret and Daniel Henrick
Bob Jung
Mary Jung
Carole and John McMahon
Rev. Robert H. Oldershaw
Brigid Pope
Joanne Rooney
Jean Hellman Ryan
Jeannie M. and Dean N. Silas
Michael Solazzo
Jean M. Wenger
Virginia Wilkinson
Mary and Michael Zonsius
Copper Sponsors
Laurena and Rock Aker
Pamela J. Babler
Charlene O'Donnell Baizer
Gerri Barosso
Kathleen Beaulieu and James Peterson
Mary Beth and Michael Boland
Margaret Bower
Gail A. Brandt
Nancy P. Bryers and Jean Slifer
Patricia and David Burt
Kevin Chears
Susan Clark and Nicklin Heap
Maureen Cogan
Marguerite Cusick
Therese Dokman
Christopher Deger
Martha and Robert Drake
Georgianne B. Ellis
Geralyn Flanagan
Rev. Thomas Franzman
Maureen Hanlon
Ronald and Lyn Hoeksema
Dorothy Holland
Sylvia Hourihane
Bruce and Louise Jewett
Linda Kazmarek
Joanne Kelly
Philip and Gaye Kenny
Bob Kloos
Carol Knoerzer
Paula Kowalkowski
Juliana Krupka
Rev. Karl Langsdorf
Marguerita Jung and David Lindberg
Cheryl Longhini
Patricia and Donald Lund
Mary Maloney
Carmen Maso
Ellen Mayer
Kathleen McChesney
Denise and Daniel McLinden
Pilar Meyers
Ann Miller
Joanne Moore
Kris Mulcahy
Timothy J. and Janet F. Murtaugh
Kathlyn Myers
Rita Nemchausky
Mary O'Connell
Jessica Macias Perjes
Robert and Linda Perrie
Kurt and Anna Marie Perse
Sr. Mary Popit, SHCJ
Jerry Rhea
Joseph L. Rhodes
Kathleen and William Riordan
Patricia Ripaldi
Roberts Plumbing, Inc.
Mary Ryder-Marsden
John Schermerhorn
Nicole Schoen
Patricia Scott
Patricia and John Sebahar
Robert and Elaine Skudnig
Joanne Spata
Marietta Nolan Stevens
Tim Johnson Landscaping, Inc.
Milton and Margaret Trujillo
Maureen Walsh
Vincent and Gloria Walsh-Rock
Maria Weber
Don C. Winslow
Kate Zilla
Gina Zuercher-Lull and John Lull
Contributors
Katherine Bell
Jeanine Belz and John Masters
Wilma and Claude Brown
Peter Doris, MD
Ann Marie Fink
Agnes Glavich
Mary Alice Griesinger
Barbara Keeley
Sheila Kelly
Janice Mayr
Kathleen Minogue McDaniel
Linette Matzig
Ann Schultz
Edward and Elizabeth Zonsius, Jr.
Congratulations to the 2024 honorees of the
Spirit of St. Benedict Award
Our Past School Principals
Chicago, Illinois
Judith Borchers 1972-1980
Judith Murphy, OSB 1980-1990
Antonia Bouillette, PhD 1990-1995
Judith Zonsius, OSB 1996-2003
Anne Matz, oblSB 2003-2009
Colleen Brewer, EdD 2011-2012
Lynne Farmer, EdD 2012-2013
Cañon City, Colorado
Karen Bland, OSB 1970-1989
Olen Kalkus 1989-1992
Benita Coffey, OSB 1992-1995
Virginia Wilkinson 1997-2001
Thank you attendees and sponsors
of the 28th Annual Testimonial Dinner & Awards.
We are grateful for your generosity!
Thank you 27th Annual Testimonial Dinner & Awards Sponsors!
We are grateful for our 2023 sponsors!
Thank you 26th Annual Testimonial Dinner & Awards Sponsors!
We are grateful for our 2022 sponsors!
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We are grateful to everyone who participated in and sponsored the 25th Annual Testimonial Dinner and Awards on Wednesday, June 12, 2019.
We were pleased to honor the following with the Spirit of St. Benedict Award for their tireless work welcoming the stranger:
Fr. Corey Brost, CSV
Sister Benita Coffey, OSB
Sister Patricia Crowley, OSB
Br. Michael Gosch, CSV
Rachel Heuma
Sister Mary Melady, OSB
Kathlyn Smith Myers
Enjoy photos from the 2019 evening below or see the full album on our Facebook page.
Photos:
(row 1, left to right) (a) Photo of Sister Judith Murphy, OSB, and Sister Mary Melady, OSB (b) Ellen Samuelson and Sister Judith Zonsius, OSB (c) Honoree, Sister Benita Coffey, OSB with Sister Stella Akello, OSF and Honorees: Sister Patricia Crowley, OSB, Br. Michael Gosch, CSV and Fr. Corey Brost, CSV.
(row 2, left to right) (a) Members of the Schermerhorn family (b) Maloney family table (c) SSA Chicago '69 alumnae with Sister Benita Coffey, OSB.
Past honorees:
2018
Spirit of St. Benedict Award
Finance Committee, Benedictine Sisters of Chicago
Kathy Brennan
Nancy Bryers
Sister Kathy Maloney, OSB
Mickey Resnick
Dan Schermerhorn
Leo Sheridan
Sister Mary Ann O’Ryan, OSB Treasurer
2017
Spirit of Scholastica Award
Sister Benita Coffey, OSB & Sister Joan Hentges, OSB (posthumously)
Spirit of Benedict Award
Brother Michael W. O’Hern, FSC
Spirit of Benedictine Hospitality Award
Judith Borchers
2016
Spirit of Scholastica Award
Sister Patricia Coughlin, OSB
Spirit of Benedict Award
Marilyn Hennessy
Spirit of Benedictine Hospitality Award
Penny Kerndt
2015
Spirit of Scholastica Award
Sister Patricia Cielinski, OSB
Spirit of Benedict Award
Alicia and Mickey Resnick
Spirit of Benedictine Hospitality Award
Terrence Hallagan and Family
2014
Benedictine Awards
Sister Kathleen McNamara, OSB
The Wolfgram-Matz Family
Evilin McHugh