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Category: Memory

Sr. Mary Claire Strasser, SOLT, ’02

A Life-Changing Moment

My most life-changing moment was in March of my freshman year, sitting in the J.C. with next-door neighbor, Nettie (Beaudrie ’02) Sitz. A few SOLT brothers walk through, and she jumps up because she knows one of them from home. Later that evening, she comes to my room to ask me to go with her to […]

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“Breathing With Both Lungs”

That glorious home away from home known as the Kartause was for me, in the fall of 1997, a haven of peace, a greenhouse of grace. And the opportunity to live and study, travel and pray with our Catholic brethren from the Eastern tradition was no small part of my formation in that most memorable […]

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Gaming Pioneer

Since 1995, the Stephen and Joan (Carducci ’94) Langley family have lived and worked in Japan.

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