Saint Anne Women's Club Celebrates 70 Years!
BARRINGTON, IL--April 12, 2018
Saint Anne Women's Club Celebrates 70 Years!
On April 10th, the Saint Anne Women's Club hosted a celebration at the Barrington White House for its 70th anniversary. With over 100 in attendance, the ladies celebrated 70 years of hospitality, ministry and service to Saint Anne and the surrounding community.
The evening opened with a prayer by Father Jack Dewes, Pastor Emeritus of the Saint Anne Catholic Community and Chaplain of the Women's Club. The group heard moving and often humorous reflections from 17 past presidents about their respective years of leadership:
Elaine Conrad (1971, 1972)
Lois Bataille (1975, 1976)
Kathy Casey (1988, 1989)
Maura Chamberlin (1992)
Beth Raseman (1993)
Maureen Sieger (1996)
Maria Liedlich (1998)
Peggy Hirsch (1999)
Linda Lopez (2002)
Eva Kolasinski (2006)
Patricia Kolasinski (2007)
Irene LaCesa (2009)
Mary Sneed (2010)
Evelyn Diaz-Jimenez (2011)
Andrea Wirt (2012)
Margaret Lortie (2014)
Anne Rometty (2000, 2015, 2016)
Mary McKenna (2017, 2018)
The evening ended with an announcement that the Women's Club current president, Mary McKenna, has been selected as Saint Anne's Women of the Year in recognition of her hard work, dedication and creativity. She will be honored at a luncheon hosted by the Chicago Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women at Cotillion Banquets in Palatine on May 2, 2018.
About Saint Anne:
Saint Anne Catholic Community is a Roman Catholic parish of the Archdiocese of Chicago located in Barrington, Illinois with over 3500 hundred families in their membership.