Attend Your Reunion

SSA Chicago 2020 Reunion Goes Virtual!

Update your details, learn more, and register      

If you're a graduate of St. Scholastica Academy, Chicago, the reunion for classes ending in '5 or '0 will take place September 19th via Zoom. In these uncertain times of COVID-19, with an abundance of caution, we will not meet as planned in person but will celebrate virtually!

Read the full announcement letter from our Prioress Sister Judith Murphy, OSB '60 here.

For these classes celebrating, please update your contact details here, and register for the 2020 Reunion here!

Click and view the 2020 Reunion Save the Date below:

Attend Your Reunion

SSA Chicago graduates meet every five years for their reunions. In 2020 we will celebrate the classes ending in '0 and '5 over the weekend of September 19-20. 

Stay in touch! Alumnae-Update Your Contact Details.

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SSA Canon City celebrates an all-school reunion on August 21-23 2020 at the Abbey Events Complex. More information here.

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St. Scholastica Academy, Chicago, Class Reps. for Reunion 2020:

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Join the planning committee and become a Class Rep or on the committee for the 2020 SSA Chicago Reunion. Please email us today alumnae@osbchicago.org or call us at 773-764-2413 ext. 232

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St. Scholastica Academy, Chicago, Class Reps. for Reunion 2019:

1950: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x232 email

1955: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x232 email

1960: Patricia Blade Prendergast, email

1965: Joanne Bookstein, email

1970: Allison Vail, email or Dianne Murphy, email

(several others on the committee)

1975: Sue Jacobson, email or Sue Shaw email 

1980: Juliet Ward, email

1985: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x232 email

1990: Elizabeth Wyman, email

1995: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x232 email

2000: Adriana Nannini, email

2005: Jenn M. Jacobs, email or Megan Nolan, email

2010: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x232 email

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St. Scholastica Academy, Chicago, Class Reps. for Reunion 2019:

1949: Ginny Malter, email

1954: Carol Urbanus, , email

1959: Barb Rourke email Mary Margaret Willis Anderson email

           Marguerite Delacoma Shonk email  Jane Fallon LoSasso email

1964: Maribeth Babler, email or Mary O'Connell, email

1969: Joanne Ryan, email or Peggy Trapp Cunnif, email  or

           Sue Conway Matsunaga email , or Nancy Russell Jones, email

1974: Diane Ketterhagen Blaszczyk, email or Barb Clesen Pepoon email 

1979: Kathy Sweetman Brady, email

1984: Susana Cordova Gegner, email

1989: Meghan Alroth, email or Jo Ellen Thiel or Katie Casey email

1994: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x232 email or 

          Tyler Young email or Shannon Egan Fisher email

1999: Christine Walker Tosh, email

2004: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x232 email

2009: Lauren Fifarek, email Tempris Daniels email

St. Scholastica Academy, Chicago, Class Reps. for Reunion 2018:

1948: Sheila Schultz, email or Jeanne Shannon, email 

1953: Mimi Newton, email

1958: Sheila Mickus, email or Joanne Kelly, email, or Dorothy Rosch, email

1963: Kathleen Janessa, email

1968: Mimi Wherfel, email or Nora Kamberos, email or Katherine Kampf, email 

1973: Maureen Kaucher, email

1978: Judi Remington, email

1983: Sylvia Zaldivar, email or Jenny Needham Semaca, email or Ruth McMahon, email 

1988: Kristine Homan, email

1993: Ramona Joseph, email

1998: Susan Clark, email

2003: Ana Espinosa-Simonson and Kathy Tomlinson, email

2008: Margaret Mainey, email or Bridget Rundquist, email or

           Mary Grace Staub, email

2013: Alex Najda, email or Aisha Rana, email

St. Scholastica, Canon City, held its 2017 all-school reunion for the weekend of August 18-20 at the Abbey Events Complex. The Class of 1967 will be hosting another reunion gathering on June 23-25, 2017 in Canon City. If you are a member of this class, contact Linda Menhennett Gillogley here.

St. Scholastica, Chicago, graduates meet every five years for their reunions.  In 2017 we celebrated the classes ending in '2 and '7 over the weekend of September 23-24.  Meanwhile, we would love to stay connected with you. If you don't receive the bi-annual magazine and monthly e-mails, please send us your updated contact information here so we can be sure to send you an invitation.  We look forward to seeing you at the reunion!

To see the photo album from this year's reunion, click here.

St. Scholastica Academy, Chicago, Class Reps. for Reunion 2017:

1947: Lorraine Compernolle Gleason, email or 847.816.7431

1952: Marie Roti, email

1957: Penny Kerndt, email

1962: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x233

1967: Rita Killean, email

1972: Nancy Bryers, email

1977: Maureen Tobin Healy, email

1982: Colette Howard, email

1987: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x233

1992: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x233

1997: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x233

2002: Hallie Kowal, email

2007: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x233

2012: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x233

St. Scholastica Academy, Chicago, Class Reps. for Reunion 2016:

1946: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x233

1951: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x233

1956: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x233

1961: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x233

1966: Barbara Bernacchi, email

1971: Andrea DiMeo DeMay, email

1976: Carrie Dunn Frey, email

1981: Maria Farlekas Kotsinis, email

1986: Jill Bellucci Barber, email

1991: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x233

1996: Teresa Szczerski Czaja, email

2001: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x233

2006: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 774.764.2413 x233

2011: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x233

St. Scholastica Academy, Chicago, Class Reps. from Reunion 2015:

1945: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x233

1950: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x233

1955: Eileen Samuelson, 847.825.5279

1960: Patricia Blade Prendergast, email

1965: Joanne Reitberger Bookstein, email

1970: Dianne Murphy, email

1975: Sue Oakleaf Jacobson, email

1980: Joanne Spata, email

1985: Joanne Spata, email

1990: Magali Gomez, email

1995: Kristie Piotrowicz Szmajda, email

2000: Vanessa Garvey, email

2005: Jennifer MacKenzie, email

2010: Kerry O'Neil, email

St. Scholastica Academy, Chicago, Class Reps. from Reunion 2014:

1954: Mary Marren, email

1959: Barbara Stift Rourke, email

1964: Mary O'Connell, email, or visit the SSA 50th Reunion website here

1969: Peggy Cunniff, email

1974: Jan Kupiec, email

1979: Kathleen Flaherty, email

1984: Susie Cordova Gegner, email

1989: JoEllen Thiel, email

1994: Jennifer Carpio Reyes, email

1999: Lisa Arreola Verdon, email

2004: Ann Cook, email

Looking to reserve a room for the weekend of the St. Scholastica, Chicago, reunion? Here are some local hotels:

Lang House Bed and Breakfast, Rogers Park Neighborhood, Chicago. This restored historic home stands next door to a Frank Lloyd Wright home.

langhousechicago.com, 773.764.9851

The Guest House Hotel, Andersonville Neighborhood, Chicago

These modern accommodations provide suites for those who want to stay with their friends.

theguesthousehotel.com, 773.564.9568

Hilton Orrington Hotel, Evanston

This hotel is located north of the monastery in the heart of downtown Evanston.

hotelorrington.com, 847.866.8700

Holiday Inn Chicago North Shore, Skokie

This hotel is located west of the monastery near Village Crossing.

ihg.com, 847.679.8900

Contact Toni Mengarelli '73 SSA Chicago Alumna, Director of Catering, 847-763-3011