Class News
45 is COMING UP...IS THERE ANYONE IN THE FLINT AREA
WITH AN IDEA???
MESSAGE FROM TOM DAUNT -- OCTOBER 2009
www.ihmsisters.org
Hi classmates,
The above link is to the Motherhouse of the IHM sisters who so bravely
and selflessly educated you. My wife, Kathi, and I were recently there to visit
a nun friend of ours who recently moved there after spending 50+ years serving
various communities, the last 30 years in Pt. Huron. It was our first visit. A beautiful
place. There are about 200 ladies living there now, mostly seniors in
various stages of infirmity. The order itself is down from a peak of 1,600 in
the 1960's to about 450 today, very few younger than 60.
Imagine our surprise when we discovered that the person in the apartment
next to our friend is our classmate, Jean Ann Campana. I had last seen Jean Ann
at the '95 reunion. As you may or may not know Jean Ann was hit while riding her
bike in Huntsville, AL in 1988 and has permanent injuries from that event. She
is still quite spunky and scoots around the halls on her Amigo. She has been
unable to work at a permanent position since the accident but stays busy there.
I was also amazed to see her parents there
for this visitation day. They are 88 years old, still driving and still live in
the same house on Avenue A
street about 2 blocks from where I grew up and about one block from St. Mikes.
The purpose of my note is to ask if you can find it in your heart to
support the IHM Motherhouse. Through this link you can make donations, look up
information about past teachers, participate in their annual raffle sale and
even send an email to Jean Ann. One of the observations I made was
how profoundly sad it seems that these women gave their lives to educating young
Catholic boys and girls and now in the twilight years they
are alone with their peers surviving on very small monthly Social Security
checks, which are turned over to the Motherhouse.
Finally, I would say that no matter how you feel about the Catholic
Church and whatever your
current religious beliefs are these are women that did their best to give you a
good education. Thanks for your consideration.
God Bless and hope to see you soon,
Tom Daunt
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