ALUMNI - St. Robert Catholic School · High School’s production of “The Spitfire Grill” in October 2018. Eleanor Desing ’16 and Zulenny Rodriguez ’17 were on the costume

A combined team representing the Classes of ’13 and ’14 won the 7th Annual St. Robert Athletic Asso-ciation Alumni Basketball Tournament on Decem-ber 22. They are pictured in green in the photo, with the runner-up team in maroon. Thanks to all the players and fans for a great day in the gym and a special thanks to Joe Jarosz ’08 for organizing the tournament! Back Row: Sam Draver ‘06, Emmett Ognar’13, Jerome Linn’10, Tommy Popalisky ‘06, Jackie Collopy ‘13, Patrick Linn ‘06, Enzo DeMichele ‘14, Aidan Frazier ‘14, Max Pignotti ‘09, Kevin Linn ‘13, Joe Voit ‘14, Mitchel Pignotti ‘06, Teddy Popalisky ‘06. Front Row: Sain Loya ‘12, Adam Mitchell ‘12, Taylor Schwartz ‘13, Andres Torres ‘14, Pete Collopy ‘14.

The Class of ’98 celebrated its 20th Reunion on December 26 at Riverwest Pizza (owned by Andrea Haas ‘90). Back row: Augie Haas, Bridget McKeown Ginnis, Andrew Velde, Brendan Farrar-Foley, Anne Cauley, Lauren Demet Mathews, Matt Haas, Kelly O’Keef Tyriver, Anne Marie Kloiber Young. Front row: Sarah Hoffman Olson, Emily Chin, Stacy Gillin, Emily Hoeveler Keeling.

Patrice & Thomas Linn ‘75 were invested into the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (covering the states of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin) by Archbishop Listecki in October. Members nominated for the Order must live a life commensurate with the teachings and practices of the Catholic Church. The Order provides financial support for the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the charitable works of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land. Today the Order numbers over 30,000 members around the world.

Amelia Coffaro ’99 is dedicated to teaching Adaptive Yoga and Mindfulness as ways to manage, prevent and heal from disease or illness. After experiencing a rare and aggressive form of breast cancer at age 27, she was

inspired to create an offering rooted in self compas-sion that met the unique needs of people with cancer and chronic illness. Amelia has travelled nationally and internationally for her training. She is a Program Coordinator for YCat Yoga Therapy, a member of the Yoga Service Council, a CreativeMornings Milwaukee team organizer, and a board member of CORE/El Centro where she focuses her energy on developing community partnerships that provide under-served people with equal access to integrative health services. In 2013, TIME named her personal photo series, “walk through cancer” as one of the top photojournalism projects on the web. Her work has also been published by NPR, Elle and Stand Up To Cancer among several others. She currently teaches mind body practices in the oncology unit at Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital as well as

two integrative healing centers in Milwaukee.  In 2019, she will begin serving as an advisor on a Harvard study exploring mind body interventions among young adult cancer survivors. Websites:  ameliacoffaro.com and ameliacoffarophotography.com

ALUMNINEWS

January 2019

TECH NOTEAll school emails now have the extension @strobert.school. Parish staff can still be reached @strobert.org.

On Halloween, Erin Brauer, Kelsey Strode and Aislinn McKeown, Class of ’07, who are now roommates, re-created their 1st grade photo in St. Robert School uniforms.

Brigid Jurgens ’15 had a featured role in Dominican High School’s production of “The Spitfire Grill” in October 2018. Eleanor Desing ’16 and Zulenny Rodriguez ’17 were on the costume crew.

All thirteen McBride “children” gathered together for the first time in 12 years at a family wedding in the fall of 2018. The McBrides may be the largest family to attend St. Robert School. Front row: Madelyn ’80, Margaret ’70, Maureen ’80, Ellen ’69, Susan ’66. Middle: Dan ’84, Mark ’71, Peter ’68, Paul ’79, Frank ’76, Joe ’77. Back row: Matthew ’73, Vince ’76.

Mary Spicuzza ’87, a reporter, was pictured in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (10/07/18). (Photo Credit: Mary Spicuzza/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

St. Robert School alumni who won Knights in Shining Armor Awards at Dominican High School for the month of October: Stella Mireles ‘17 for Religious Studies, Angelina Maly ‘17 for Performing Arts, and Ben Frediani ‘17 for Physical Education.

Eric Geitzen ’80 owns Coastline Services, a local staffing firm that was hired by the Village of Shore-wood to staff lifeguards at Atwater Beach for summer 2018.

Leah Josephson ‘05 and Lawrence Richardson were married on August 18, 2018 in Shorewood. Leah and Lawrence met at the University of Richmond, have been together eight years and were excited to tie the knot surrounded by family and friends. They live in Ann Arbor, MI while Leah pursues her MBA at the University of Michigan. They will return to Chicago in May 2019 where Leah will be a Senior Consultant at Deloitte Consulting, and Lawrence will continue to work at his startup as CEO and Co-Founder.

In MemoriamAugust J. Zamka ’47 – 12/10/18Lisbeth Hirschboeck Petty ’62 – 5/20/15Susan Shumaker Walker ’71 – 6/23/18Patrick Langhoff ’73 – 11/22/18Andrew J. Tallon ’83 – 11/16/18

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DATES to REMEMBERJanuary 27 . . . . . . School Pancake Breakfast - 9:00 am - 1:00pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . School Open House - 9:30 am - 12:30pmMarch 9 . . . . . . . . Emerald Auction at ICC

CongratulationsEdward Linn ’07 and Emily Schaefer were married on December 29, 2018, at St. Robert Church. Other Linn alumni participating in the wedding were: Rev. Andrew Linn ’00 - celebrant; Anne Linn ’13 and Jerome Linn ’10 - musicians; Emily Linn McElwee ’03, Maria Linn Johnston ’06, Teresa Linn ’12, George Linn ’14, Michael Linn ’08 - wedding party; Thomas Linn ’75 – father of the groom, Stephen Linn ‘11, Kevin Linn ‘13, Joe Jarosz ‘08 - ushers.

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