I guess I am not finished sharing my enjoyment of the trip to the beach.  This is spring vacation after all so I shall digress!

I really enjoyed my trip around the “loop” taking our visiting Sisters through Cannon Beach, eating at Mo’s, showing them my favorite place to crab (in a motor boat), on around to Tillamook with a stop at the Cheese Factory and ice cream of course, then back to Beaverton.  Lots of great visiting, story telling, thanking God for His goodness to us, genuine fun and enjoying our friends.

I hope your spring break is filled with genuine goodness.  Don’t forget to check out “Mighty Macs”

Walking to the "shore" at Cannon Beach

This is a special message to the Girls of CYO/Camp Howard and your Mom’s.  I would like to tell you about a film I watched tonight.  It is called the Mighty Macs.  It is about a college women’s basketball team, the struggle of a Catholic Women’s College and the first National Women’s College Championships.

Most of the Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon watched it tonight after our 125th Jubilee celebration and we found it to be very inspirational.  I think you would enjoy it as well so I would like to recommend that if you have a chance to watch it over spring vacation you might do that then drop me a line about how you liked it!

Boys, I think you might like it too! 🙂

Some 500 people gathered to stand up for Religious Freedom in Healthcare today at the Mark Hatfield courthouse in Portland, OR.  The group listened to several speakers as they made known their message to passers by from Noon until 1:00 pm.  Several people passing by honked and waved support to the group.  If you were unable to Stand Up today, Please LIKE this article and help spread it across Oregon.  God Bless you.

MaryAnn Stewart and Sister Krista Stand Up for Religious Freedom in Healthcare today.

Jackie, Tom, Elizabeth and Debbie Fessler Stand up for Religious Freedom today.

Religious Freedom Gathering today at the Mark Hatfield Courthouse in Portland, OR - approx. 500 people gathered

St. Mary’s Academy is doing something special in May….they are celebrating the 40th anniversary of Title IX (Title Nine).  I have often referred to myself as “a Title Nine Girl” because I entered high school the year that Title Nine went into effect.  What did this mean?  Practically speaking for girls like me who had one sport offered at my high school, the school had to provide sports for us if asked.  I did not realize that at the time but asked for a basketball team for girls.  The Principal, Mr. Len Bergstrom, coached us two or three nights a week then we would go out and get shellacked by our opponents!  We had a blast!  We made our uniforms.  My Aunt made our black shorts and we silkscreened white tee shirts for our uniform tops.  We looked really bad but we had the time of our lives!  By the time I finished high school we had equity with the boys in sports.  In the fall of 1975 the school purchased new uniforms for the girls (I had just graduated).  Girls practices at that time did have to fit in after the boys practices but that in time changed as well.

If you are a Title IX Girl, I hope you will join me in attending this event at St. Mary’s Academy. I think it will be a lot of fun! I would like to hear some comments on your experience of Title IX.

Click on the flier below:

Flier PDF

Look for 7th Grade Girls and Boys Championship Videos after Thursday.  We have some technical difficulty that we are working out.  Stay Tuned!  Thank you!