Behind the Scenes at the Convent

March 26, 2012March 26, 2012Sr. Krista von Borstel Leave a comment

I took the day off to help share a bit of Oregon with some Sisters from Ohio and Wisconsin. If you read my blog yesterday then you know the Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon (SSMO) (my community) celebrated 125 years as a religious community. Two groups of Sisters came from back East to help us celebrate: the Precious Blood Sisters (CppS) from Dayton, Ohio and the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity (OSF) from Manitowok, Wisconsin.

Sister Noreen Jutte CppS; Sister Charlene Herinckx SSMO; Sister Caritas Strodthoff OSF; Sister Louise Hembrecht OSF; Sister Catherine Hertel SSMO, Sister Joyce Lehman CppS; Sister Joyce Barsotti SSMO, Sister Krista von Borstel SSMO; and Sister Nancy Recker (not pictured)

Message to CYO Girls (Boys Please Don’t Read This)

March 25, 2012Sr. Krista von Borstel Leave a comment

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! 🙂

Did you Stand Up Today?

March 23, 2012May 22, 2026Sr. Krista von Borstel Leave a comment

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

Calling all Title IX Girls Out there…..

March 22, 2012March 22, 2012Sr. Krista von Borstel 2 Comments

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

Camp Howard More Snow…Check this out!

March 22, 2012Sr. Krista von Borstel Leave a comment

Can you believe this? Second day of Spring 2012 at Camp Howard? Picture this…Outdoor School staff is in training at the camp and it starts snowing hard. Power went out yesterday afternoon and it gets cold up there as you can imagine with no power. Staff moved over to Camp Namanu until PGE got the power back on. Karen (Camp Howard Facility Manager) drove out and picked up the cooks to bring them to camp to fix breakfast for the staff this morning. She spent yesterday afternoon and this morning plowing the snow off the roads and helping staff get cars unstuck.

March 22, 2012 at Camp Howard

Are you ready for some WARM weather or is it just me?

March 21, 2012Sr. Krista von Borstel 2 Comments

Camp Howard has had two dumps of snow these past two weeks receiving 8″ in each event. Spring vacation is just around the corner and I was hoping for a little golf weather. I guess I should be grateful we got through the basketball tournament with no snow! What are you doing for Spring break? Share with us!

Welcome to Camp Howard in the summertime!

Champions of Faith Dinner Set For Oct. 2, 2012 Speaker to be…..

March 21, 2012Sr. Krista von Borstel Leave a comment

Karen Gaffney

Karen Gaffney has been selected to speak at the second annual CYO Champions of Faith Dinner to be held at the Oregon Convention Center October 2, 2012. Gaffney got her start in CYO Swimming through the St. Pius X CYO program. Tables may be secured through the CYO office at 503-231-9484 ask for MaryAnn Stewart.

7th Grade Girls and Boys BXB Championship Videos – Information

March 19, 2012Sr. Krista von Borstel Leave a comment

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!