Volume 26, Issue 1
FALL 2012
IN THIS NEWSLETTER
Photo by John LaFortune
X Bishop Edward Slattery joined the Cascia Community for its back-to-school celebration of
the Mass on August 27, the Feast of St. Monica. L to R: Fr. William Perez, Fr. Roland Follmann,
Bishop Slattery, Fr. John Sotak, Fr. Ted Tack. The Augustinian Priests and Brothers of Cascia Hall
Preparatory School will be honored for their service to Catholic education in the Diocese of Tulsa at
the Ninth Annual Saint Francis of Assisi Tuition Assistance Trust Gala. The family of Bob Sullivan ‘63
will also be honored.
T
he Ninth Annual Saint Francis of
Assisi Tuition Assistance Trust
Gala will be held on Thursday, October
4, 2012, beginning with Mass celebrated
by Bishop Edward J. Slattery at 5:30
p.m., followed by dinner prepared by
Chef Devin Levine. Attire is business.
You can support the trust and win a
$5,000 Catholic school tuition credit
by purchasing a Ticket to Tuition.
Each $25 ticket (5 for $100) gives you
a chance at being the winner; the winner will be drawn at the gala. Marion
Heatherman (mheatherman@casciahall.org, 918-746-2600) is the Cascia
contact for raffle tickets now through
October 1. After October 1, tickets for
the drawing can be purchased at the
gala.
At the gala, the Trust will recognize
the Robert (Bob) Sullivan, Sr. and
Robert Sullivan, Jr. Families with
the presentation of the St. Francis of
Assisi Award for their longstanding
support and patronage of Catholic
education and the Diocese of Tulsa.
The Augustinian Priests and Brothers
of Cascia Hall Preparatory School
will receive the Saint Clare of Assisi
Award for Service to Catholic education in the Diocese.
Letter from Headmaster
2
Cascia Habitat House
2
Message from Fr. Sotak
3
HAA Parent Captains
4
What is a Commando?
5
Important Tax Law Changes
6
Commando Sports
7
A Letter from the Provincial
8
School News
9
New Faculty and Staff
10
Alumni News
12
Upcoming PAC Productions
14
In Memory
15
CPFA17
Christmas Walk
18
National Merit Students
20
In addition, the Trust will recognize
the late Susan Mamary of Marquette
Catholic School as the James A.
Robinson Catholic School Teacher
of the Year. Susan, who taught at
Marquette for 18 of her 24 years in
Catholic school teaching, was killed in
an automobile accident in January.
Sponsorship tables and individual
tickets for the gala can be purchased
by calling Jan Hay in the Catholic
Schools’ Office at 918-582-9177, or by
emailing catholicschools.office@dioceseoftulsa.org.
FALL 2012
1
A LETTER FROM THE
W
elcome!
We are off to a great start in our 87th year as a Catholic
Augustinian, college preparatory school. In addition to classes, the first
few weeks are filled with all kinds of orientation meetings for students,
teachers and parents. As a teacher, I always looked forward to getting
through these necessary evils of orientation meetings and creating a
comfortable routine for my students and myself. Getting to know each
of my students and creating relationships that develop
over time was one of my favorite parts of teaching. In
building these relationships it was important to rely on
the core values we stress so often at Cascia. We have
started the school year with this goal in mind, thanks to
our students.
In preparation for the school year our students came up
with some great ideas which will benefit the school and
community. The Student Council has given our school
a theme of “THE ONE”. The theme goes hand in
hand with our core value of Unitas (unity). To illustrate
this theme the Student Council organized a student gathering for the
entire school that included a long list of games, music, food and even a
huge inflatable. The Student Council has also come up with many new
ideas to create more spirit towards our activities and athletic events. By
the way, my duty at the gathering was supervising the inflatables; I want
to dispel the suspicion I was given the assignment because I am often
associated with hot air.
Some of our students have started the year by coming up with great
service projects such as our own Habitat for Humanity home which
you will read more about in this newsletter. A drive to collect used cell
phones and chargers for a shelter that benefits battered women was instigated by a few of our students. Prayers and concerns for those displaced
by the fires in Creek County were expressed by our student body. These
are just a few examples of student driven actions emulating our core
value Caritas (love).
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Cascia Students Raise
Funds to Build Local
Habitat House
Henry and Vivian Saxon wanted to do
something to make a difference while fulfilling the school requirement for Christian
service (Caritas Project). Instead of just putting in the hours, the Saxons and several of
their friends and classmates decided to make
a lasting impact. Last spring, they arranged
for people to sponsor their service hours with
the goal of raising enough funds to build
a Tulsa Habitat house, and on August 24,
they presented a check to Tulsa Habitat for
$50,000.
“Cascia Hall is proud to be working with
Habitat for Humanity. Special thanks to the
Saxon Family for spearheading this year’s
build,” said Headmaster Roger Carter. “The
Saxons and the Cascia student body have
taken to heart the values stressed at Cascia
Hall in helping others.”
Together with other volunteers, students
will be building this home from September
22 (the wall raising) for the following 12
Saturdays.
See related photo on page 3.
OPEN HOUSE
For All Prospective Families
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Finally, just as the open book on the Augustinian seal symbolizes Veritas
(truth), our students have opened their textbooks of varied subjects to
search for the truth within. Our teachers waste no time beginning the
academic school year with our students already involved in assignments
that will prepare them for their future academic goals.
Welcome and video at 1:30 p.m.
followed by open house and tours from
1:45 - 3:30 p.m.
No reservation required
Our goal for this school year is to accomplish many great things together
and earn our theme “THE ONE”. Thanks to our students we are well
on our way.
For 2013-14 Academic Year
ENTRANCE EXAMS
Grades 6 - 9, 9 a.m.
God’s Peace
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Register online.
Roger Carter
Headmaster
Schedule a shadow day for your
student at casciahall.org.
CASCIA HALL NEWSLETTER
Interiority
O
ne of my favorite quotations from
St. Augustine comes from his
Commentary on the Epistle of John.
Augustine writes: “There is a great
mystery, my friends, in my attempts
to teach you. The
sound of my words
may strike your
ears but the real
teacher is inside
you. You really do
not learn anything
from another
human being. Oh,
I can suggest some
truths through the
sound of my voice,
but if the Divine Teacher is not in you,
the sounds I make are empty. It is the
Divine Master within who teaches you
and if you do not hear his words sounding within, any words blaring from outside are useless clatter” (Commentary on
the Epistle of John, 3.13.2). I used that
quotation to open my prayer at both the
Middle School and Upper School Back
to School nights. I also cited it in a talk
on “Community: Growth in Mind and
Heart” at the international Congress of
Augustinian Schools and Educators this
summer in Lima, Peru (so, too, did an
Augustinian from Spain in his address
to the Congress).
I think the quotation sums up what
Augustinian education is all about. The
word education comes from the Latin
educocerexictus, which means “to draw
out.” Education is not a matter of cramming information into another person.
Instead it means to stimulate the interior
Teacher within each individual.
The Augustinian high schools in
the United States and Canada have
identified three core values on which
Augustinian education is based:
Truth, Unity, and Love. In Spain, my
Augustinian confreres talk about a myriad of Values, one of which is Interiority,
going within oneself. I think that
Interiority ties in with all three of our
Values. Interiority stimulates the search
for Truth and helps us to discover it; it
is the foundation of our experience of
God’s Love for us, and it points us in the
direction of Unity with God in our lives.
Photo by John LaFortune
X Together with a committee of classmates and friends, Vivian Saxon ‘14 and Henry Saxon ‘13
gathered enough sponsors to fund the building of The Cascia House. L to R: Mr. Roger Carter,
Vivian Saxon, Henry Saxon, Ms. Jane Dunbar (Habitat for Humanity), Mr. Shawn Gammill. See
related story on page 2.
Interiority means to go within ourselves,
to take some time for quiet reflection, and
to discover God who is in our hearts. In
his work Confessions, Augustine chronicles his search for Truth. During a major
portion of his youth and early adult life he
searched for truth outside of himself in all
sorts of places, ideas, and experiences. “I
was walking a dark and slippery path,” he
writes, “searching for you outside myself
and failing to find the God of my own
heart” (Confessions 6.1.1). Meanwhile,
God was within his heart, leading him
back to God, unbeknown to Augustine.
“All the while, Lord, as I pondered these
things you stood by me; I sighed and you
heard me; I was tossed to and fro and you
steered me aright. I wandered down the
wide road of the world, but you did not
desert me” (6.5.8). It was inside his heart,
in the depths of his being, that Augustine
finally received answers in his search for
Truth. “You were more intimately present to me than my innermost being, and
higher than the highest peak of my spirit”
(3.6.11).
Augustine’s experience resonates with our
own whether we are adults or teenagers.
The world, as created by God, is a place
of beauty and harmony. The laws of physics open a window into the harmony that
God, according to Genesis, brought out
of chaos. All of us marvel at the beauty of
the natural world. The natural world can,
indeed, show us God, but we need to look
at it with our interior “eye.” A beautiful
sunset or a majestic mountain, the beauty
of a flower or a bird in flight – these
things can point to the Creator who made
them. We also need to take the time to
look. In our fast-paced world there is much
that can distract us from seeing with our
interior “eye.” We are constantly bombarded with human-made images from
the Internet and television, from YouTube
and other places. And we are surrounded
by noise.
“Let us leave a little room for reflection in
our lives, room too for silence,” Augustine
said in a sermon. “Let us look within
ourselves and see whether there is some
See Interiority on page 20
FALL 2012
3
It’s All About the Students
Thank you 2012-13 Headmaster’s
Annual Appeal (HAA) leaders for
kicking off this year’s effort to raise
funds for Cascia’s operating budget
with such enthusiasm!
Tuition only covers 83% of the actual
cost to educate our Cascia students
and the HAA helps bridge this gap in
funding.
This year’s HAA financial goal is
$400,000. We will also strive to
achieve 100% participation by our current parents. Congratulations to our
faculty and staff for reaching 100%
HAA participation for the 9th consecutive year!!
You will receive a letter from
Headmaster Roger Carter next month
with more information about this vital
fundraising effort. Each and every
gift, no matter the size, is so important! Your gift will make a difference
in the life of a Cascia student this year!
Parent Chairs
Cynthia & Eric Outlaw
by Mrs. Carol McMahon
Upper School Class Coordinators
LeeAnn & Tim Loposer
Middle School Class Coordinators
Calli & Mark Mathers
Class of 2013
Liz & Fred Hegenbart
Susan & Rick Keithley
Class of 2014
Mary & Charles Coniglio
Liz & Mark Ferrari
Class of 2015
Nancy & Bruce Morgan
Liz & Jeff Rhodes
Class of 2016
Jill & John Powers
Marcy & Brian Reed
Class of 2017
Donna & Jeff Flaherty
Beth & Art Soderfelt
Class of 2018
Lori & John Cowen
Barbara & John Thetford
Class of 2019
Susan & John Fitter
Tracy & Scott Wagner
W It was an evening
of giving back,
saying “Thank You”
to members of the
Caritas Circle for their
support of Cascia
Hall and its students.
Back Row L to R:
Headmaster Roger
Carter thanks John
Jarboe ‘58, Amanda
Newman, and Suzanne
Jarboe Pereria ‘94,
for their participation
and support of the
annual dinner. Not
pictured: Chef Rick
Kamp, Student Council
President Sarah Stagg,
and event coordinator
Mrs. Carol McMahon.
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CASCIA HALL NEWSLETTER
An Evening of Giving
Back by Mrs. Carol McMahon
M
embers of the Caritas Circle giving group gathered recently in
the Davis Family Lobby of the Scianna
Performing Arts Center for a delicious
Wine Dinner catered by Chef Rick
Kamp.
Chef Kamp, assisted by Susanne
Jarboe Pereira ’94 and Amanda
Newman, complemented the flavors
of the meal with a variety of delectable
wine pairings.
Remarks made by Student Council
President Sarah Stagg and
Headmaster Roger Carter thanking
this special group of donors for their
generosity made the evening even more
memorable.
Caritas Circle members make annual
gifts of $2,500 or more to the school
for the Headmaster’s Annual Appeal,
for capital projects, and/or gifts to
The Cascia Hall Foundation for
endowment. For more information
about joining this group of benefactors, contact the Office of School
Advancement: Mrs. Carol McMahon
(918-746-2639, cmcmahon@casciahall.
org) or Ms. Kerry Hornibrook (918746-2614, khornibrook@casciahall.
org).
Caritas Circle – Giving with compassion for the students of Cascia Hall—
now, and forever!
X From 1943 - 1944, Cascia Hall had a military element in its program. The Junior ROTC was
referred to by Headmaster Fr. Driscoll as the Young Commandos. The name referred to an elite
British fighting force during World War II whose symbol was the bulldog. Cascia Hall assumed the
name for its teams and the bulldog as its mascot. L to R: Battery Staff First Lt. Theodore Tack ‘44,
Capt. Bob LaFortune ‘44, and First Lt. John (Jack) Freese ‘44.
Cascia Hall - Holland Hall
Alumni Annual Appeal Challenge
The school with the most HAA alumni donors by September 30 WINS!
Every gift, no matter the size, counts!
Go Commandos! Don’t delay... Make your gift at casciahall.org,
or call Carol McMahon in the Advancement Office, 918-746-2639.
What is a Commando?
For more than 70 years the Cascia Hall
Commandos have used the Bulldog as
our mascot. It is a symbol of the fierce,
fighting team we are in academic, fine
arts, and athletic competition. Many
Cascia alumni and current students
believe that Cascia is associated
with the bulldog because Fr. Henry
Spielmann, O.S.A.†, used to bring his
bulldogs to football games. However,
he didn’t own bulldogs until the 1970’s
and the tradition of the bulldog mascot
has been around since the 1940’s.
The Commandos were an elite, British
fighting force according to Hodding
Carter’s book, The Commandos of
World War II. The symbol of this
highly trained military outfit was the
Bulldog.
During World War II there was a
Junior ROTC military program at
Cascia Hall. At a dress parade held
on the Cascia campus, Fr. Francis A.
Driscoll, O.S.A.†, the first Headmaster
of Cascia Hall, addressed the troops
and told them they were Cascia’s
See Commando on page 6.
FALL 2012
5
Tax Law Changes and Your Plan – Will You be
Ready in 2013??
Commando from page 5
“Young Commandos.” From that
day forward Cascia Hall teams were
known as the Commandos.
The Commandos of World War II
were expected “to be scouts, something more than ordinary--they had
to be guerrillas who could stalk an
unsuspecting foe (and) live behind the
enemy’s front lines.” Most importantly,
according to Hodding Carter, the
Commandos were prepared to “strike
hard.” The Commandos were trained
to be soldiers “as physically fit as the
finest athletes and to think . . . solely
in terms of attack.” In World War II,
the Commandos earned nine Victoria
Crosses, England’s highest military
award for heroism, 162 military crosses, 32 Distinguished Conduct Medals
and 218 military medals.” Doesn’t this
sound reminiscent of all the District
and State Championships our Cascia
Hall Commandos have brought home
in various sports? Doesn’t the record
of the British Commandos also sound
very much like the number of academic
and fine arts achievements of Cascia
Hall Commandos off the field?
The “bulldogs” of the British army
were the Commandos. Even though
at times the British bulldog was sorely
wounded, it still had strong fangs and,
like the bulldog, once locked in battle,
the Commandos always hung on with
“stubborn courage.”
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Two major issues present potential
impacts that will affect your tax rate
and estate in 2013: automatic tax
increases and automatic spending cuts.
The tax increases refer to the expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts enacted
in 2001 and 2003. These tax increases
change the new lowest income tax rate
from 10% to 15% and the new highest
rate from 35% to 39.6% as of January
1, 2013. The spending cuts refer to the
general cut in government spending if
Congress cannot reach a budget deficit
deal by the end of 2012.
In addition to the expiration of the
Bush tax cuts, capital gains, dividends,
the gift and estate tax, and the generation-skipping tax exemptions will
change significantly in 2013. The top
estate tax rate also increases from 35%
to 55%. The basic exclusion amount –
the amount you can own before your
estate is subject to estate taxes – will be
lowered from the current $5.12 million
in 2012 to $1 million in 2013. This
means that for every dollar you own
more than the $1 million exemption,
up to 55% will be subject to federal
estate taxes upon your death.
Also set to expire in 2013 are the
phase-out of the personal exemption
and itemized deductions, as well as the
return of the marriage penalty. This
means:
If your income exceeds $265,000 for
married filers or $175,000 for single
filers, your personal exemption ($3,800
for 2012) will be eliminated.
For the same households referred to
above, up to 80% of a taxpayer’s charitable deductions, mortgage interest,
state and local income taxes, and real
estate taxes will be eliminated.
In 2013, a single filer will have a larger
standard deduction compared to joint
filers whose deduction will be 33%
lower; and the tax brackets contract for
joint filers at the two lower rates. This
increases taxes paid for married couples compared to the same two people
who live together but are not married.
What does this mean for you?
Now is the time to get your “financial
house” in order. It may be time to have
your current plans reviewed to make
sure they will still meet your needs in
light of these potential changes or to
have a plan created that addresses these
issues. Cascia Hall provides a free,
confidential service to help in this process. There is no cost or obligation to
talk with someone from our office. For
more information or to ask a question,
please contact Carol McMahon (918746-2639, cmcmahon@casciahall.org)
or Kerry Hornibrook (918-746-2614,
khornibrook@casciahall.org).
2012 Pre-Season AllWorld Football
Congratulations to the following Commando athletes who were
nominated for Pre-season All-World
Football:
Running Back - Abrm McQuarters
Defensive Linemen - Parker A’Neal
Offensive Linemen - Brett Asher
Defensive Back - Tate Swab
Kicker - Bryce Carter
Go to casciahall.org for fall sports
schedules and an audio braodcast of
the football games.
Commando Athletes Named All Metro in
Spring 2012 Sports
Cascia athletes were named to AllMetro teams in all five spring 2012
sports.
All Metro Girls’ Tennis
Peyton Jennings – First Team
Honorable Mention – Grace Coen,
Maddie Hawkins, Abbie Jordan,
Sarah Palik, Claire Wood
All Metro Boys’ Tennis
All Metro Boys’ Golf
Gabe Rogers – First Team
Honorable Mention – Daniel
Echevarria, Henry Saxon, Jake
DeSelms, Cale McDowell
All Metro Boys’ Soccer
Pedro Nava, Erik Testa – First Team
Danny Price – Second Team
Robby Huerta – Coach of the Year
Summer Golf
Tournament Huge
Success
M
any thanks to the following
sponsors who helped make the
2012 Cascia Hall Golf Classic, held last
June, such a great community-building
and fundraising event.
Title Sponsors
David and Christy Carter
Patron Sponsors
Nick Wood – First Team
Honorable Mention – Luke Clawson,
Caleb Frizzell, Austin Hoose, Ganesh
Krishnamurthi, Sean Wheeler
Honorable Mention – Haley
Hardwick, Madison Fallis, Gabrielle
Watts
Hern Family Foundation
H.A. & Mary K. Chapman Trust
The Rhoades Foundation
David Sheehan
All Metro Baseball
All Metro Boys’ Track
Presenting Sponsor
Bryce Carter – Second Team
Honorable Mention – Jack
Bloomfield, Baylor Boone, Matt
Crawford, Kelby Hern
All Metro Girls’ Golf
Honorable Mention – Claire Trump,
Sara Vaughan
All Metro Girls’ Soccer
Honorable Mention – Brett Asher
(discus), Steven Ory (1600, 3200)
All Metro Girls’ Track
Honorable Mention – Haley Boone
(long jump)
D&L Oil Tools
Major Sponsors
Ty and Ketrin Boone
Brad and Christy Boone
Justin and Karla Hoose
Pennington Capital Partners/Bliss
Industries
F&M Bank & Trust Company
Hole-in-One Sponsor
Don Thornton Cadillac
Held at the newly renovated Tulsa
Country Club, this year’s Golf Classic
raised nearly $95,000 which helped
pay for new Hammer Strength Elite
Power Racks and Life Fitness equipment for the school weight room.
Frank Rhoades organized the tour-
nament and served as Honorary
Chairman.
W Due to the success of the 2012 Cascia Golf
Classic, nearly $95,000 was raised for the
renovation of the Siegfried Fitness Center.
Many thanks to all the sponsors, participants,
organizers, and supporters.
FALL 2012
7
Provincial
A LETTER FROM THE
For the Love of God
and All His Children
X Fr. Bernie Scianna served as Cascia’s
Headmaster from 1997 - 2010. He is
currently the Prior Provincial of the
Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel
which includes schools and parishes in
the United States and Canada as well as
missions in Peru.
As we enter a new school season at
Cascia Hall, let us remember the
many gifts that God has given us.
We are blessed with a thriving school
with great academics, faculty and staff
that care deeply for our Augustinian
mission, and students that are driven
daily by the Augustinian values of
Truth, Unity, and Love. I am honored to have served as Cascia Hall’s
Headmaster for so many years in
the past, and currently as the Prior
Provincial of our Augustinian
Province in the Midwest. I am also
grateful to Roger Carter and Director
of Augustinian Mission Fr. John
Sotak, O.S.A. for providing me with
the opportunity to address you all in
this newsletter again. I ask that you
continue to support them and Cascia
Hall as you have done so loyally in the
past.
Since the summer, we have had one
new seminarian profess his first
vows to the Order in our Province.
Additionally, we now have the largest class of novices studying to be
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CASCIA HALL NEWSLETTER
Augustinians that we have had in
decades. Our missions in Peru just
recently began administering in a new
parish called “St. Augustine Parish.” All
these many gifts would not be possible
without the prayers and support of our
many benefactors.
Several Cascia alumni, parents and hundreds of other new donors have stepped
forward and extended their support and
partnership with us Augustinians. I
thank you each for your sacrifice and
generosity. I pray that your many gifts
will serve as an example for others to
join our cause. Over the next year, we
need to raise at least $850,000 to provide
support for our Province’s top priorities--caring for our retired and infirm
Augustinians, supporting our seminarians and vocations programs, and providing for our overseas missions in Peru.
First, we are asking for your prayers
for our 85 Augustinians serving our
Province, our 11 seminarians in formation, and those discerning a vocation to
religious life. Second, we are asking our
supporters to stand with our Province
by sacrificing $1,000 annually (about
$3 a day). We are also encouraging
many to make a bequest or a planned
gift, and also attend our Inaugural Gala
on Friday, April 26, 2013 at the Hyatt
Regency in downtown Chicago. Of
course, we greatly appreciate any gift
that you can presently offer.
If you have any questions or comments,
please do not hesitate to contact me or
our Province Advancement Director
Michael Gerrity at (773) 595-4035 or at
mikewger@gmail.com. Thank you for
your prayers and confidence in our work.
May God bless you and your families.
Sincerely in Christ and St. Augustine,
Very Rev. Bernard C. Scianna, O.S.A.,
Ph.D.
Prior Provincial, Province of Our
Mother of Good Counsel
Cascians Mentor at
Aaron’s Camp
by Hunter Fischer
Aaron Stern (27) was killed five years
ago by a drunk driver one night while
walking his dog. Last summer, the
family honored him through “Aaron’s
Camp,” a day camp for middle school
students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
As the camp made its debut, it was
in need of junior mentors, and seven
Cascia students volunteered. There
were two sessions, each from 8 - 4,
Monday - Thursday for two weeks.
The first session was for San Miguel
students. Senior Ana Vela served as
a mentor, and junior William Valdez
helped out the second week. The
second session was for students from
Sts. Peter & Paul School, and six CH
juniors were there to serve: Molly
Coen, Olivia Campbell, Savanna
Duckworth, Sarah Pennington,
Hunter Fischer, and William Valdez.
Since Aaron loved nature and being
outside, Aaron’s Camp is an outdoors
camp. Each morning the campers and
mentors met at 8 am for a bus ride
to Locust Grove. The Stern family
was there when we arrived to provide
healthy snacks, and the lunches were
all hand-made and nutritious.
There was a special speaker or activity
each day. Two teachers from Owasso
led the majority of activities which
included making bug boxes, scavenger
hunts, worm art, dirt painting, tree
identification, and fishing (everyone’s
favorite). Speakers included a soil specialist, pharmacist, pediatric psychologist, ER doctor, and a tree specialist.
We took an exciting trip to Claremore
to visit the Rogers State facility where
See Camp on page 14
FROM THE HALL
Day of Caring - September 7, 2012
On September 7, Upper School faculty/staff and students participated in the Tulsa
Area United Way Day of Caring. Students were bussed to six different locations
where they provided Christian service for four hours.
Snow Credited With
Life-Saving Action
On Sunday, August 19, St. John Medical
Center junior volunteer Carlie Snow and
her friends were leaving a movie. Carlie
noticed a woman
sitting nearby showing signs of medical
distress. The lady was
alone so Carlie stopped
to ask her if she needed
assistance.
The woman told
Carlie that her chest
hurt and she was having difficulty breathing. Carlie took her
pulse and became alarmed when it was
approximately 240. After speaking with
the woman and asking a few questions,
Carlie determined that the ill woman
was possibly having a reaction to a mixture of medications.
Fifty students went to McKinley Elementary where they worked in groups to beautify and clean up the school grounds, mentor students, assist teachers and office staff.
Catholic Charities was the work site for 100 students who worked in the clothing
and donation room and food pantry or did some outdoor gardening and window
washing. Another group of 100 volunteers went to Morton Comprehensive Health
Services. Their projects included inside window cleaning and computer storage
cleanup. Outside they power washed the parking lot and distributed food items to
clients. At the Community Food Bank, 60 CH volunteers helped sort and repackage donated grocery items to expedite distribution. Seventy-five students went to the
Tri-Community Garden Project and Commanche Housing Complex where they
prepared soil, pulled weeds, planted, watered, and cleaned up the playground.
The Caritas Project in the Upper School is overseen by the Office of Campus
Ministry. Students are required to provide 60 hours of service in four years plus write
(every year) a Rose Reflection Paper about their experiences. For more information,
on the Caritas Project and a complete list of partnering agencies, go to the Campus
Ministry page on the Cascia Hall website.
Photo by John LaFortune
Carlie immediately called 911, told the
operator the specifics of the situation,
and waited for the paramedics to arrive.
Once they were at the scene, Carlie
shared her vitals and other relevant
information with them. One of the
paramedics complimented Carlie on her
actions and said her quick assessment
of the situation and call to 911 probably
saved the woman’s life.
Carlie was so excited when she received
a thank you text from the woman on
the following night. The text read, “The
doctor said you saved my life. If
you hadn’t stopped to take care of me
and called 911, I would be dead.”
When Carlie’s mom asked her how
she knew what to do when she saw the
distressed woman, Carlie said, “Mom, I
See Snow on page 10
Photo by John LaFortune
X L to R: Annaly Ferrell, Marie Graham,
Emily Westervelt, Sam Perceful, Michael
Bloomfield, Connolly Rizley, and Paige
Pringle do their part to fight hunger at the
Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma
(a Caritas Partner) where they sorted and
repackaged donated food and other grocery
items to help expedite distribution to the
needy.
W L to R: Megan Hegenbart and Camille
Sokolosky were part of a group that
volunteered at Morton Comprehensive
Health Services where they packaged
produce and helped distribute it to clients.
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Welcome New Faculty and Staff
Snow from page
by Mr. Roger Carter
have had the opportunity to volunteer and learn from the best
doctors and nurses in the world at St. John.”
Outstanding schools draw outstanding applicants. As a
result, we are fortunate to welcome these outstanding new
teachers and staff members to our school.
When her mom told her how proud she was of what she had
done, Carlie said “Mom, I couldn’t believe not one person was
stopping to help the lady. Loving your neighbor is just one of the
many things you and dad taught me for so long. I’ve been able
to see first-hand the huge difference a caring attitude can have
on a patient, plus I have been very fortunate to attend Christian
schools that encourage spiritual growth and remind us every day
of our responsibilities as Christians. I just knew it was the right
thing to do.”
X Elise Baie ‘05 is a Cascia
graduate who has returned
to our school as an Upper
School English teacher.
Elise has been teaching the
past several years in the
Houston area.
X Josh Quaid is our on-site
information technology
director. Josh is not new to
Cascia since he served our
school through an outside
technology group in the
past.
X Gemma Booth is teaching
in our history department.
She is a native of Ireland
and has been teaching in the
Raleigh, North Carolina
area. She came to Tulsa
with her husband who is a
new faculty member with
The University of Tulsa.
X Susan Robinett has
returned to the classroom
after practicing law for several years. Susan taught in
the Broken Arrow Public
School system and is teaching math in our Upper
School. Susan is no stranger to our community, having two daughters already
attending Cascia.
Carlie began volunteering at St. John in the summer of 2010
through the Junior Volunteer Program. From the beginning,
Carlie was excited to be part of this program. On many of her
volunteer days, Carlie would call her mom mid-afternoon to
ask if she could stay a few extra hours. Carlie says she was most
excited the days she was allowed to shadow a doctor, saying it
was a “most amazing experience.”
Carlie’s plans upon graduation from Cascia Hall are to attend
college and medical school, with a specialization in endocrinology. Her father, Charlie, passed away in 2010 from complications of diabetes. Prior to his death, Carlie spent countless hours
with her father when he was hospitalized. She loved talking to
the nurses and doctors, asking endless questions about medications, procedures and more. She spent days studying the disease,
attending diabetic care classes with him, taking and recording
his blood sugar levels and assisting him with the correct insulin
dosages. She is now determined to find a cure for this disease.
W Natalie Feldman is our
new Middle School counselor moving over from Jenks
Public Schools. Natalie has
extensive graduate training
in counseling.
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XDirector of the Cascia Hall Library Media Center Mrs. Joan Hubble
embarked on a pilgrimage in May to Spain. She is pictured here on the
road to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. See related story on
page
Mrs. Hubble’s
Pilgrimage
A pilgrimage is a sacred journey to
enlighten, gain peace and contentment. Joan Hubble, Cascia Hall’s
Library Media Specialist, made such a
pilgrimage this past summer, walking
the Camino de Santiago in northern
Spain. The Camino, which in Spanish
means path, a road, a route, the way, is
the road across northern Spain to the
cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.
The Camino is one of three major
Christian pilgrimages - with Santiago
being the resting place of the apostle,
Saint James. Modern-day pilgrims
retrace the road today, traveling
through a varied landscape, art, and
architecture. It is a treasure trove of
historical sites, rustic Spanish villages,
churches and cathedrals, and religious
art. Hubble’s journey began in the historic town of Lugo on May 27, 2012
with three friends from her church.
“The pilgrimage, for me, was a journey
of the mind, body, spirit, and soul. In
addition to walking 20 to 25 miles a
day, I met so many interesting people
from all over the world. It was exhausting but exhilarating, at the same time”,
said Hubble.
Pilgrims carry a “Pilgrims Passport”
(credentials) that they must stamp
along the rugged terrain to verify that
they have indeed walked the entire
route. Upon completion of the pilgrimage, she had to verify the stamps
on the pilgrims’ passport, and declare
“the purpose” for the sacred journey.
Of course, Joan replied her purpose
was TRUTH, UNITY AND LOVE
and dedicated her journey to the
Cascia community. Hubble also traveled to Lisbon, Portugal to attend mass
at the shrine of our Lady of Fatima.
See related photo on page 10.
MS Mad Scientist
Makes Appearance
Key Club News
by John LaFortune
Middle School Principal, Mrs. Janna
Roberson, recently visited the sixth
grade science classes disguised as Dr.
Ima Nutt, the wacky scientist. The
students watched as she broke every
laboratory safety rule in the book.
Dragging her long hair through “chemicals” and eating snacks, she demonstrated how to “properly” conduct an
experiment. The resulting wreckage
left little doubt in the students’ minds
that she was not a shining example of
laboratory safety. It was discovered by
ultraviolet light that Dr. Nutt had contaminated herself and several students
while preparing for the experiment
(harmless substances were used for the
demonstration).
A big thank you to Mrs. Roberson
for providing some comic relief as our
sixth graders learned firsthand what
NOT to do in the laboratory. The
students are instructed by Mrs. Debby
Powers.
Photo by John LaFortune
X Senior Maddie Hawkins was invited to
preside over the annual Kiwanis Club meeting
facilitated by local high school Key Club
members. She is pictured here with Kiwanis
Club Advisors L to R: Tom Black and Richard
Jaeger. The Kiwanis Club is the sponsor for
high school Key Clubs.
In early August, Maddie Hawkins,
one of our Key Club Co-Presidents,
attended the weekly Tulsa Kiwanis
Club Meeting. This annual meeting
was facilitated by local high school Key
Club members. Maddie was invited to
participate in the meeting as President!
She was honored to be the President
for the meeting and had the privilege of
running the program for the meeting.
Many Kiwanis Club members praised
her speaking and leadership abilities!
Key Club is looking forward to
another successful year and continuing the great progress they made last
year. There was a great turnout by
students to sign up to join Key Club
at the Club Fest at the end of August.
Over 200 students have signed up to
join Key Club this year! New and
returning members are encouraged
to stay active in their Club because it
only works with their participation!
Key Club meets on the first and third
Wednesdays at Break.
X Middle School Principal Mrs. Janna
Roberson, disguised as Dr. Ima Nutt, breaks
safety rules to teach the sixth grade science
students what NOT to do in the laboratory.
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ALUMNI NEWS
Alumni Notes
the company in the Business section of
the August 1, 2012 Tulsa World.
Jerome Henderson ’57 is coaching
Father John Grant ’97 was appointed
associate pastor of Holy Family
Cathedral after his ordination to the
priesthood on June 30.
football at Cascia for the third time.
This is his 49th year as a football
coach.
Vincent LoVoi ’74 is featured in a July
2012 article in TulsaPeople magazine
titled Vincent LoVoi, Entrepreneur
and Investor.
children; Juliet is 16 and Annalea is
12. Will is an optometrist in private
practice.
J. Brian Henderson ’85 and his wife,
Regan Wright Daniel ’94 and Brian
Daniel ’97 moved back to Tulsa to be
Diane, are the proud parents of two
new Cascia students; Andrew ’17 and
Gracie ’19.
near family after spending almost 10
years in San Diego. The couple have
twin girls born in 2010.
Bobby Sullivan ’89 and his wife,
Jennifer, enjoy time with their daughters, Megan (11) and Keely (9) in
Naples, FL. Bobby is a principal with
a Real Estate Management Company.
LCDR Brian Rhoades ’94 and his
family have moved to Charleston,
SC. Brian is the Executive Officer
of the Moored Training Ship Samuel
Rayburn, a US Navy submarine dedicated to providing training for Naval
Officer and Enlisted.
T. Hastings Siegfried ’90 was named
chairman of the State Chamber of
Oklahoma during the organization’s
annual meeting in June. Siegfried is
vice chairman and transparency group
chief operating officer for NORDAM,
a Tulsa aerospace and aviation business.
Abby Woods Black ’90 and her hus-
band, Dr. Will Black live in Eagle,
Idaho and are the parents of two
Class of 1963
SAVE THE DATE
50th Class Reunion
May 24 - 26
If you would like to help plan the
activities, please contact Jane Easley,
Assistant Director of Alumni, 918746-2641, jeasley@casciahall.org
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Sara Phoenix ’95 is the incoming
board president of Tulsa Theater
which will celebrate its 90th anniversary this coming season. She was quoted
in the July 1, 2012 Tulsa World article
which lists the shows to be performed
in the upcoming year.
Jessica Bradshaw Armstrong ’96
and Amy Hallock founded Snake Oil
Shop, one of many Tulsa-based companies creating distinctive products for
consumers around the country. They
are featured in an article in the July
TulsaPeople magazine titled “Made in
Tulsa”.
Chris Zenthoefer ’96 is founder of the
company ICEdot which is an emergency identification and notification
system. The entire Brazilian team
used the system during the London
Olympics. You may read more about
Michael Loeffler ’97, Cascia Hall
Assistant Principal, was received as
a candidate for the deaconate in the
Diocese of Tulsa on September 16,
2012.
Andrew Grimm ’98 married Grace
Grothaus on July 21, 2012 at Boston
Avenue United Methodist Church.
Grace is an artist who shows and sells
her work locally as well as nationally.
Andrew is a Petroleum Landman
for Mid-Con Energy Operating, Inc.
They reside in Tulsa.
Brad Morgan ’98 and his wife,
Elizabeth, welcomed their first child,
Charlotte Ann, in February 2012.
Brad was also promoted to head of
trading for the Commercial Mortgage
Trading Desk for JP Morgan in New
York.
Bailey Cottrill ’01 married former
Cascia Hall student Luke Farrell
on June 16, 2012 at Christ the King
Church in Tulsa. Luke proposed in
front of St. Rita Chapel at Cascia Hall.
Both work in Tulsa where they reside
with their two English bulldogs.
Carrie McFall Higgins ’01 and her
husband, Ryan Higgins, are the proud
parents of Charlotte Ann Higgins
born July 29, 2012. Grand-parents are
Sarah (Cascia Hall Upper School registrar) and Gary Pilgrim.
Kathryn Pritchard Shelley ’01 and
Michael Shelley welcomed their second child, John Pritchard Shelley, on
January 21, 2012. John joins big sister,
Susie, 2, at their home in Oklahoma
City.
Cascia Hall Alumni Association
Annual Homecoming Cookout
Everyone is invited!
Kathryn Hersh ’03 was recently pro-
moted to Vice President at Capital
Health Group, a real estate private
equity firm focused on the assisted living community.
Stephanie Cannon Harris, MS, RD/
LD ’04, was honored by being selected
as outstanding employee of the month
in May by senior management at
Hillcrest South Hospital. Stephanie
works as a clinical dietitian/nutritionist in Intensive Care. Stephanie was
also featured in an article in the Tulsa
World on September 10 about healthy
snacking.
Elizabeth Jordan Hoehn ‘04 and
Hunter Hoehn were married April 28,
2012 at the Philbrook Museum of Art
in Tulsa.
Rob Pritchard ’04 and wife Becca
proudly welcomed their first child,
Robert Winther “Winn” Pritchard
on October 23, 2011. Rob currently
works for OneOK in Tulsa.
Megan Rosser ’05 is a teacher at St.
Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic School
in Dallas. She teaches Art at all
grade levels and also teaches 8th grade
English.
David Barber ’07 who lives in Rogers,
Arkansas is engaged to be married in
September to Beth Tucker.
Jeff Vestring ’05 and Erin Chancellor
were married on September 24, 2011
in Oklahoma City. Jeff is a CPA with
Grant Thornton in Oklahoma City.
Chris Wilson ’07 attended the Fifth
Annual OU School of Community
Medicine Summer Institute 2012
which was held the last week of
August. The assignment of the 150
faculty, staff, and students attending
was to learn the anatomy of the community and how it relates to health
care.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
5:00 pm – 7:15 pm at the Cascia Tennis Gazebo
Immediately followed by the Homecoming football game Cascia Hall vs.
Stilwell. Celebrating the following reunions during Homecoming Weekend:
CLASS OF 1972
CLASS OF 1992
CLASS OF 1982
CLASS OF 2002
CLASS OF 1987
Contact Jane Easley for more information: jeasley@casciahall.org
Tim Bloomfield ’08 recently received
Connor Blankenship ’09 had a sum-
the Sigma Chi Balfour Award for
most outstanding graduating senior.
Tim graduated from Texas Christian
University in May 2012 and is
employed by Park Place in Fort Worth,
Texas.
mer internship at Grant Thornton in
Chicago. Connor will graduate in May
2013 from the University of Kansas
with a double major in Accounting and
Finance.
Stone Dodson ’08 has received the
University of Kansas Outstanding
Finance Senior Scholarship for the
Fall 2012 and Spring 2013 semesters.
The Outstanding Finance Senior
Scholarship program is designed to
provide senior finance majors with
recognition of their academic achievement and to provide financial career
preparation. Stone will graduate in
the Spring of 2013 with a Mechanical
Engineering/Finance double major and
Chinese minor.
Grady Rosser ’09 attends the
University of Miami in Coral Gables
where he is majoring in Musicology.
Grady is the current President of Phi
Delta Theta Fraternity. He also just
completed a summer internship at CCI
Digital in Burbank, California.
Jordan Moyer Graves ’08 and Sam
Graves were married on May 20, 2012
at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in
Tulsa. Jordan is a 7th grade teacher
with Tulsa Union Schools and Sam
is a mechanical engineer at Zeeco in
Broken Arrow.
Sam Henry ’08 graduated cum laude
in May 2012 from the University
of Colorado with a double major in
International Business and Finance.
Sam received the most outstanding undergraduate in International
Business award by the College of
Business.
L to R: Cascia Hall alumni Gabe Rogers ‘12,
Thomas Cargile ‘11, Timmy Curthoys ‘11, and
Michael Varner ‘11 participated in the 2012
Cascia Golf Classic held last June at Tulsa
Country Club. The tournament was a great
community builder and proceeds helped
fund upgrades to the Cascia Hall athletic
facilities.
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Senior Liesl Spoerl verbally committed
to The University of Tulsa to play basketball. “As a junior, Spoerl paced the
Commandos with 15 points and 8.6
rebounds per game and was a menace
on defense,” reported the Tulsa World.
The Freshman Girls’ Volleyball
Team won the Jenks Invitational
Tournament in August. After losing
to Jenks in pool play, the girls came
back to win three close games to take
the trophy. Team members were
Houston Hardman, Annie Murphy,
Bridget Dixon, Morgan Coonce, Meg
Robinett, Gracie Rule, Zoe Roberts,
Maggie Piplits, and Coach Kathleen
Nance.
Cascia Hall was well represented at the
All-State Volleyball games. On the
Small East team, MVP Aryn Dixon
was joined by teammate, Allie Murphy,
with head coach Jenny Duncan leading the squad to victory over the Small
West. Aryn was also named a Jim
Thorpe Award finalist.
The Rite of Admission into
Candidacy will be held at 2:30 pm at
Holy Family Cathedral on Saturday,
September 16 at which time Cascia
faculty members Michael Loeffler and
Kevin Malarkey will be accepted into
the Body of Deacon Candidates preparing for Holy Orders.
Congratulations to senior Elizabeth
Bisett who received her Girl Scout
Award, the highest achievement in
Girl Scouting. Her project was to build
a raised vegetable garden at a local
church to address poverty and hunger
in her community.
Last June, junior William Hart attended a Global Leadership Conference
in Vienna, Prague, and Budapest.
The theme of the conference was The
Leaders of Tomorrow Preparing for the
Global Challenges and Responsibilities of
the Future.
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Former CH Librarian, Mona Hatfield,
will appear as a contestant on Jeopardy
(KTUL Channel 8) at 4:30 pm on
Thanksgiving Day. Be sure to tune in.
Congratulations to senior volleyball
standout, Carly Newell, who was
named “Athlete of the Week” in the
Tulsa World on September 12.
Tune in to the Commando Football
Show on Tuesday, Wednesday, or
Thursday on Cox Cable Channel 20
at 8:30 pm. for game highlights and
special guests.
Camp from page 8
and even went wading. There was also
free time when mentors and campers
could share things they enjoyed like
volleyball and soccer.
NEWS FROM THE
Hamlet
By William Shakespeare
Adapted by Deanna Lundgren
October 4th and 6th, 2012
The oft-performed classic tale of the
melancholy Dane and his mandate for
revenge! Cascia Hall Upper School
brings a new spin to the old story as
well known characters grace the stage;
the ambitious Claudius, sweet Ophelia,
naive Gertrude, hot-blooded Laertes,
pompous Polonius, stalwart Horatio,
gullible Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
and of course, the vengeful ghost of
Hamlet’s father! However, this will
not be your typical rendition…and we
leave you to wonder what will make
this production a performance not to
be missed!
Captain Louie, Jr.
The campers learned about nature, science, the outdoors, and making healthy
life choices. The mentors learned
responsibility, leadership, and even a
thing or two about nature.
November 1st and 3rd, 2012
Founded by his family, The Aaron
K. Stern Foundation (a public charity) provided all the essentials such as
shirts, hats, food, and water bottles.
More than 30 campers and seven mentors were able to participate free of
charge. The Foundation hopes to partner with other organizations to grow
in order to provide additional positive
camp experiences for young people.
In this Middle School production,
Louie moves to a new neighborhood;
he misses his old friends and doesn’t
believe he will be able to make new
ones. Through his adventures with his
toy plane, Red, and his vivid imagination, he learns that friendship is to
be treasured, and new friends can be
found by just walking out your front
door.
By Anthony Stein
and Stephen Schwartz
The Cascia Hall newsletter is published, printed, and mailed four times per school
year: Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer. Please submit information and high resolution photographs to Carol Bradley, cbradley@casciahall.org, (918) 746-2604.
In Memory
Adhir Juno Abraham ‘06 passed
away on August 27, 2012. He
was born on November 21, 1987.
He is survived by his parents, Dr.
Abraham Joseph and Dr. Jyoti
Abraham and his brother, Aaron
Abraham ‘11. Juno loved math
and science and was an excellent
debater. He also played tennis
while at Cascia. Juno was currently a student at Northeastern
State University. Services were
held on August 31, 2012; St. Joseph
Catholic Church, Muskogee,
Oklahoma.
John Brennan Brownlee ‘79
was born April 18, 1961 in Tulsa
to James Whitfield Brownlee and
Margaret Rose “Peggy” (Brennan)
Brownlee. He passed away on July
16, 2012 at the age of 51. John was
preceded in death by his mother,
Peggy in 1991. He is survived by
his father, Jim Brownlee; his sisters,
Mary Brownlee Morrell, Anne
Brownlee Bendel, Patty Brownlee
Heckenkemper, and their families.
A memorial service was held on July
20, 2012 at Christ The King Parish
in Tulsa. Friends may contribute
to The Cascia Hall Foundation,
John Brownlee Memorial Fund, c/o
The Advancement Office, 2520 S.
Yorktown Ave., Tulsa, OK 74114.
Wilma Drywater Chapman,
70, passed away August 15, 2012.
Wilma was born July 29, 1942, in
Tahlequah, OK to Spencer and
Bernice Drywater. She married
Richard Chapman on May 3, 1963.
Wilma is survived by her son, Craig
Chapman, and wife Courtney;
daughter, Allison Chapman Cleary
’89, and husband Tom, and three
grandchildren. She was preceded
in death by her father, Spencer
Drywater: brothers, Ben Drywater
and Richard Drywater; and hus-
band, Richard Chapman.
Susan Marie Gawey was born October
18, 1964 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Wilfred
and Maureen Uhren. She passed away
on August 18, 2012 at the age of 47. She
is survived by her husband of 20 years,
Mark Gawey, sons Samuel and Joseph,
four brothers, sisters-in-law, and many
nieces and nephews. Catherine Uhren,
Cascia Hall Middle School Math
teacher, is a sister-in-law. The Rosary
was said on August 21, 2012 and funeral
services were held on August 22, both at
the Church of St. Mary.
Sean V. Heatherman Sr., Lt. Col.
USAF (RET), 51, passed away on July
30, 2012 in Yorktown, VA. He was
born in Santa Anna, CA, and was one
of 11 children born to Martin and Rita
Heatherman. He was preceded in death
by his mother, Rita; and brother, Martin
Jr. Survivors include his wife of 27
years, Emma Denise Heatherman, one
daughter, two sons, his father, Martin
Heatherman Sr.; and two grandchildren. He is also survived by 6 brothers
and 3 sisters. Jim and Marion (Cascia
receptionist) Heatherman are brother
and sister-in-law of Sean. The family
received friends on August 2, at Our
Lady of Mount Carmel Church followed
by a mass.
Hugh Thomas (Tom) Holland III ‘50
passed away June 30th, in Georgetown,
TX at the age of 79. He is survived by
his wife Shirley (Hedges) Holland, son
Brian Holland and wife Kim, son Gary
Holland, brother Jerry Holland and
wife Janice, and one granddaughter. Mr.
Holland was born October 9, 1932 in
Tulsa, OK, the son of Hugh and Velma
(Morgan) Holland. He married his wife
Shirley in 1956. Lurline Rains Mabrey was born in
Bay, AK on December 7, 1920, daughter of the late Dr. Hugh L. Rains and
Sunshine Greditzer Rains. She passed
away on September 5, 2012 at the age
of 91 years. Lurline was preceded in
death by her parents, her brother,
William G. Rains, and her husband of 49 years, William Carlisle
Mabrey, Jr, in August, 1991. She is
survived by her children, W. Carlisle
Mabrey III and wife Ellen, of Tulsa,
Bruce R. Mabrey and wife Karen, of
Okmulgee, Marilyn Mabrey Sulivant
and husband Dan, of Okmulgee, and
John M. Mabrey and wife Terry, of
Tulsa. Lurline is also survived by 17
grandchildren including McLean
Mabrey ‘13 of Tulsa, 17 great grandchildren, and a niece and nephew.
Services were held on September
10 at the First Baptist Church in
Okmulgee.
Bernard Lee Moore passed away on
August 23, 2012. He was preceded in
death by wife, Nora “Nonie” Moore;
parents, William “Max” and Ann
Moore; and brother and sister-in-law,
Richard M. and Dorothy Moore. He
is survived by 11 children, Bill Moore
(Roseann), Terri Moore and Mike
Sweeney, Tom Moore (Caryl), Mary
Kovar, Shayla Liebentritt (Martin),
Susan Clement (Dr. Richard
Clement), Patty Heaston (George),
Colleen Moore, Lauretta Simon
(Matt), Julie Moore, and John Moore
(Denise); 23 grandchildren; and 5
great grandchildren. Grandchildren
include Jacquie Clement ’05, Denny
Clement ’08, and Bernie Clement
’10. Memorial services were held on
August 27 at West Center Chapel
to Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic
Church.
Julianne Flint Smith Pringle, 82,
passed away June 17, 2012. Julie was
born April 19, 1930 in Oklahoma
City to Kenneth Stanton Flint and
Irene Horton Flint Gibson. She
married Walter Douglas Smith,
Jr. in 1953. In 1976 Julie married
See Memorials on page 16
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In Memory
Memorials from page 15
Ralph Phillips “Phil” Pringle. Julie
Pringle was preceded in death by her
parents and both husbands. She is
survived by her sisters, Patricia Flint
Breckenridge, CO of Tulsa, Melinda
Gibson Bardin of Portland, OR;
brother Mike Gibson ‘61 and wife,
Donna of Houston, TX; daughters
and spouses Sheri Smith Renfrow
and Kent of Tulsa and Susie Smith
Kemp and Brad of Oklahoma City;
grandchildren Rusty and Carter
Renfrow and Michelle, Ford and
Tricia Kemp. She is also survived by
her loving step-children and spouses
Barbara and Phil Pringle, Jr. ’70 of Ft.
Collins, CO, Kate and John Pringle
‘72 of Los Angeles, CA, Polly Pringle
Durst and Duane of Laguna Niguel,
CA, and Margie Pringle Brown of
Tulsa; 6 grandchildren and 1 greatgrandchild. Funeral services were
held on June 22, 2012 at Trinity
Episcopal Church in Tulsa.
Blanchie Myrle McWhirter
Purgason, 83, passed away on
September 4, 2012. She was born
in Gainesville, Texas on February
22, 1929 to Wana and Arthur
McWhirter. Blanchie was preceded
in death by her husband of 47 years,
Carrol Purgason, and by her brother
Arthur McWhirter. She is survived
by her sons Ken Purgason (Edie),
Bob Purgason (Cyndy), daughter
Karen Purgason Tracy, and nine
grandchildren including Meredith
Purgason ’01 (former Cascia Hall
faculty) and Maddy Purgason ’07.
Visitation was on September 7 at
Moore Funeral Home in Tulsa.
The memorial service was held on
September 8 in the Asbury United
Methodist Church Chapel. The
graveside service was on September 9
at Fairview Cemetery in Gainesville,
TX.
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Andrew Raymond Reeves, Jr. ‘41 was
born May 20, 1924 and died on June
29, 2012. He leaves his wife of 66 years,
Bette Evelyn Wilsford Reeves; four
children, Sandra Reeves Roth (Douglas
F. Roth, DDS); Andrew Raymond
Reeves III (Paula MacMorran Reeves,
PhD); Michael Glen Reeves (Frances
Pittman Reeves) and MaryBeth Reeves
Head (Donald Jackson Head Jr.). He is
also survived by 9 grandchildren and 5
great-grandchildren. Andy served in the
United States Air Force as a pilot for
30 years retiring in 1974 at the rank of
Lieutenant Colonel. Memorial services
were held on July 1, 2012, at the Spring
Hill Chapel in Spring Hill, FL. Final
placement and military honors will be
held at Florida National Cemetery at a
later date.
Bill Shanks’ courageous battle with
ALS ended June 16, 2012. Bill was born
on April 8, 1962, in Sapulpa, OK. Bill is
survived by his wife of 24 years, Teresa,
sons Tanner ’08 of Memphis, TN and
Hunter of the home; his parents Myrna
and Bill Shanks, Mounds; mother-inlaw Beverly Farrell (Jack), Tulsa; sisters
Lisa Cox and Dana Marshall (Rich) of
Mounds; sister-in-law Julie McKenzie
(Ken), New York City; brother-in-law
Craig Hembree (Liz) of Bellevue, WA;
and ten nieces and nephews. A memorial
Mass celebrating Bill’s life was held on
June 22, at Church of the Madalene in
Tulsa, OK.
Hendrik Jan (Hank) Tenzythoff
passed away on August 12, 2012. Hank
was born on December 2, 1920 in The
Netherlands to Hendrik Jan Tenzythoff
and Johanna Eshuis. He married Dina
Hooijer, in 1947. In 1956, the family immigrated to the United States.
Hank is survived by his wife Dina, his
daughter Jozie (The Netherlands), his
son Derk and wife Jill (Tulsa). He is also
survived by grandson Alan ‘00 (Colorado
Springs), granddaughter Anna ‘97 and
husband Dr. Tommy Kern (Tulsa),
and great-granddaughter Leslie Kern.
Survivors also include two brothers and a sister, three sisters-in-law
and many other relatives. Hank was
preceded in death by his parents
and his brothers Gerrit and Hans.
Following a private burial, a memorial
service was held on August 17 at First
Presbyterian Church.
Vincent, John H., Sr., Col USAF
(Ret) passed away on September 5,
2012 at the age of 88 in Bellevue, NE.
He was preceded in death by twin
brother, George; and sister, Marggie.
He is survived by his wife of 67 years,
Nina Jean; sons, John H. Vincent,
Jr., and wife Saundra, Jenks, OK, Dr.
Robert Vincent and wife Roxi (Cascia
Hall Middle School Science teacher),
Tulsa, OK; 4 granddaughters including Reagan Vincent Reininger ’01
and husband Casey. The memorial service was held on September
8 at Bellevue Memorial Chapel in
Bellevue, NE.
Don A. Willhoite died on July 31,
2012. He was born in 1924, in
Morris, OK. In 1946, Don married
Barbara J. Banks in Hobart, OK.
Barbara preceded him in death in
1976. Don married Peggy McKnight
Phillips in Enid, OK in 1977. He
is survived by his wife, Peggy; two
daughters, Dana Elizabeth Pershing
of Kaiserslautern, Germany, and Lisa
Willhoite Oliver (Cascia Hall College
Counselor) of Tulsa; one son, Douglas
John Willhoite (Jane) of Kansas City,
MO; two stepdaughters, Vivi Phillips
Grigsby (Jim) and their children,
and Michele Phillips (Dudley Was);
two brothers, Dean Willhoite of
Mustang, OK, and Ray Willhoite of
Cropwell, AL. He had five grandchildren, including Adam Oliver (former
Cascia student) and two great grandchildren.
May their souls and the souls of all
the faithfully departed, through the
mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen
CPFA
CASCIA HALL PARENT FACULTY ASSOCIATION
Dear Cascia Hall Community,
O
n behalf of the Cascia Hall Parent
Faculty Association (CPFA), I would
like to welcome you to another exciting
school year. This year’s CPFA Executive
Board includes Nikki Rhoades, Cindy
Marshall, Jackie Stagg, Karla Hoose,
Paula Inman, Kathy Murphy, Julie
Tarwater and Tiffany Steinke. Thanks
to the wonderful ladies for all of their hard
work and support of Cascia Hall!
Thank you to this year’s class coordinators:
6th Grade - Larissa Delo and Lisa Swords
7th Grade - Paula DeSelms and Shelley Braley
8th Grade - Kathy Pixley and Stacey Wood
9th Grade - Stephanie Goekeler and Melissa Phenecie
10th Grade - Lori Dale and Lori Hauge
11th Grade - Christie Derr and Siobhan Dixon
12th Grade - Kimberly Norman and Don McKinney
I hope everyone will have the opportunity to attend one
of the quarterly brown bags this year. They will be held
during the months of September, November, February
and April. There is always a wealth of information
shared at the meetings and it is a great way to meet new
parents.
A special thanks to Mary Sokolosky and Sadie Fuller
for providing a delicious luncheon as we welcomed back
the faculty and staff to school. Thanks to Marcy Reed
(Middle School) and Gina Kingsley (Upper School) and
their volunteers for coordinating the receptions for the
Back to School Nights.
Looking forward to the annual CPFA Ladies Tennis
Tournament which will be held on October 15th. This
year’s event is being chaired by Jill Powers and Holly
Lehman and as always promises to be a day of FUN!
Grab a partner and sign up for the tournament.
Another fun event to look forward to is the Middle
School Tailgate. Christy Boone and her committee are
busy planning a fun evening in mid October.
Even with the extreme heat this summer, our Christmas
Walk Chairs, Chris Lambert and Lisa Swab, have been
busy planning for another spectacular event. They will kick
off the event on November 29th by hosting “Starry Starry
Night”. It will begin at the Tulsa Tennis Club where you
will catch the trolley for a light extravaganza tour. You will
also tour two lovely midtown homes and enjoy refreshments before returning to the Tennis Club for desserts and
caroling. Space is limited, so sign up early. On Sunday,
December 2nd you will be treated to four gorgeous homes to
tour, you can enjoy lunch at the Cascia Café and shop at the
Boutique. There will be another beautiful Limited Edition,
Christopher Radko Ornament this year for sale as well as
high quality wreaths, poinsettias, and Kringles.
On November 4th , Cascia Hall will be hosting an Open
House for all interested families. If you know anyone interested in learning more about Cascia, please invite them to
stop and take a tour of the school.
Mark your calendars for the Family Communion Breakfast
on Sunday, November 18. Mass will be at 10:30 in St. Rita
Chapel, followed by Brunch in the Dining Hall. Watch for
invitations and more information.
There is always room for more volunteers. If you would like
to be more involved or help on any upcoming events, please
call me. I would also like to invite everyone to our monthly
CPFA meetings. They are held the first Wednesday of every
month at noon in the Brecht Center. Everyone is welcome!!!
Most Sincerely,
Ketrin Boone
CPFA President 2012-13
SAVE THE DATE
Celebrate Cascia
April 27, 2013
Mayo Hotel
Chairs: Cindy Marshall and Robin Cargile
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It’s Beginning to Feel A Lot Like Christmas
This year we will be taking our festive
Cascia Christmas Walk to four fabulous homes:
Kevin and Tammy Hern
2411 E. 34th Street
Tom and Sally Hughes
3222 S. Victor Ave.
John and Julie Nickel
2216 E. 30th Street
Kevin and Julie Dukes
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reparations are well underway to
make the 2012 Christmas Walk
everything the Cascia Community
and Tulsa community look forward to
every year. On Sunday, December 2nd,
Christmas Walk will feature all of the
traditional things that we love: Home
Tours, delicious Cascia Bistro lunch,
and the Cascia Boutique with many
vendors, new and old alike.
If you have a business or know someone that may like to participate in this
year’s boutique please contact Christy
Carter (dckbjcarter@cox.net) for information regarding a booth.
It is time to order greenery, wreaths
and poinsettias for yourself and for all
of those people in your life that you
want to say “Thank You and Merry
Christmas” to for their help throughout the year. Consider ordering these
items for business, as they are also
great corporate gifts. Please pre-order
as we only order what we presale.
The beautiful Limited Edition
Christopher Radko ornament is customized with Truth, Unity, Love and is
a must have for all Cascians, young and
old. These ornaments sold out quickly
last year so do not hesitate to get your
order in early.
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These homes are a perfect combination
of Old World, New World, Modern
and Traditional, all decorated and celebrating Christmas in their own unique
way. In lieu of asking all Cascia parents
to make a basket donation this year, we
are asking that you buy a ticket or two
for the Christmas Walk in support of
the event.
One last thing--Starry Starry Night
is back! Due to such overwhelming
success last year we are continuing
this new tradition. On Thursday,
November 29th we will board
the Tulsa Trolleys to experience a
Christmas Light Extravaganza right
here in Midtown. The trolleys will
shuttle us to the homes of Patrick
and Vicki McDonie and Robert and
Kimberly Norman and then on to the
newly remodeled Tulsa Tennis Club. It
will be an evening of beautiful lights,
great food, plenty of refreshments,
festive friends and Christmas carols
galore! Please don’t hesitate to buy your
tickets for this memorable evening of
Christmas lights and merriment, as it
is limited to 120 people.
Lobs, lunch and lululemon!
PLEASE SAVE THE DATE
Cascia Classic 2012 Ladies Doubles Tennis Tournament.
Monday, October 15 - Rain Date: Tuesday, October 16
This year The Cascia Classic 2012 Ladies Doubles Tennis Tournament has
teamed up with lululemon athletica to provide a fun day of tennis and shopping.
Tournament gifts, breakfast and lunch will be provided to all players. There
will be lululemon athletica prizes awarded to the first and second place winners and consolation winners for 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0 levels. A lululemon athletica
bag will also be given as a door prize! Shop of all the latest lululemon athletica
clothes at the CH tennis courts from 10 am - 2:30 pm. Entry forms will be
available at the school, local tennis clubs and lululemon showroom. If you
would like to volunteer or have any questions, please contact Holly Lehman at
5lehmans@cox.net or Jill Powers at jillpowers@cox.net
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Seventeen Recognized by National Merit
S
ophomore and Junior students at
Cascia Hall take the Preliminary
SAT/National Merit Scholarship
Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).
It is the junior year scoring index that
determines recognition by the National
Merit Scholarship Corporation.
In October 2011, 1.5 million junior
students in more than 22,000 high
schools entered the 2013 National
Merit Scholarship Program by taking
the PSAT/NMSQT with hopes of
being recognized.
Cascia Hall students recognized by
their score index when compared to the
1.5 million tests taken are as follows:
Recognized as a National Achievement
Semifinalist for the top 1,600 Black
Americans is:
Abrm McQuarters
Recognized by the National Merit
Scholarship Corporation as within the
top 3% are:
Philipp Piplits
Cameron Taylor
Caleb Williams
And finally, the following students
have been recognized by the National
Merit Scholarship Corporation as
Semi-Finalists within the top 1%:
Sam Austin
James Butler
Karl Fetsch
Meg Grier
Tara Grigson
Natalie Hills
Cooper Loposer
Walker McKinney
Damon Meadows
Jessica Nichols
Ryan Nigh
Jessica Shenoi
Olivia Walseth
Each Semi-Finalist will now submit additional information in hopes
of qualifying for recognition as a
National Merit Finalist.
The Augustinians, Faculty, Staff and
Administration would like to congratulate these students (17% of the
Class of 2013) who have earned this
outstanding academic achievement.
Watch for a picture in the December
newsletter.
Interiority from page 3
delightful hidden place inside where we
can be free of noise and argument. Let
us hear the Word of God in stillness and
perhaps we will then come to understand
it” (Sermon 52, 22).
When was the last time we turned off
all of our electronic devices and quietly
sat to contemplate nature or the flicker
of a candle in a dark room? To listen to
the inner voice with which God speaks
to us? I have learned that whenever I
am restless, or out of sorts, not myself,
it is because I have been doing too much
and not spending time in quiet. Quiet
serves to anchor my life. In the quiet I
can discover the Word of God. Then, recharged, I can show my love for others in
the work that I do.
Let’s all make a conscious effort this year
to spend some time each day getting in
touch with the Teacher within, listening
for His Truth, “hearing” the voice of His
Love, coming to Him in Unity. Then, in
the words of Louis Armstrong, we can
exclaim, “What a wonderful world!” and
do what we can to make the world an
even better place.
In Christ and Augustine,
Rev. John Sotak, O.S.A.
Director of Augustinian Mission
Website: www.casciahall.org • PHONE (918) 746-2600 • FAX (918) 746-2636 • E-mail: info@casciahall.org
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