WeAreCNR!

 

Thank you for your messages! Our hearts are full with your words of kindness, concern, gratitude and hope. So many of you sent a simple thank you. We cannot overstate how much those two words are appreciated. We’ll do our best to share your thoughts.

Here, is the first installment from alumni and friends of CNR:

“Thank you for this upbeat message. I will be praying for all of you during this crisis to keep safe and well.”
God bless and protect you.

- Fr. Joe Flynn, CNR Chaplain
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“Sad news about our alum.
I just said to someone the other day, ‘You can take us out of CNR, but you can't take CNR out of us.’ Let us all remain in contact, stay safe and well and NEVER forget our beloved CNR.”

- Kathy Reilly, MS, RN, CEN GSN ‘87
Graduate of the 1st graduating class of the School of Nursing Graduate Program (1987)
Adjunct faculty X 12 yrs, Full time faculty X 5 yrs.
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“Thanks Eileen ...We are. CNR is very important to all of us. “

- Fran Choquette Broderick SAS ‘57
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“I didn't know Maria Mercader but I received a communication from my high school, Dominican Academy, to pray for her. Yesterday I was notified of her passing and when I read the tribute, I was surprised to learn that she was also a CNR grad. There are 4 DA /CNR girls from the class of '74. Acknowledging unique bonds seems important.”
Vincero!

- Annalinda Pandolfi Ragazzo SAS ‘74
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“I invited a new person in our little church gathering over for tea. Chitchatting, we finally hit on Catholic schooling. She had gone to elementary and high school with nuns. ‘Oh,’ I said, ‘I just went to a Catholic women's college.’ Upon hearing my response, Chris Frasca just stared. She too had gone to CNR Class of '70, a dayhop from Pelham Manor. Italian and small, she reminded me of Mother Mary Russo. And then, we were looking at my yearbook in Chapel Hill, NC.

- Genie Smith Jansen SAS '62
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Sharing a tribute to her classmate Maria Mercader…

Click to the tribute here.

- Amy Grande SAS ‘87
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“Thank you for keeping us in the Loop❤️🙏”

- Ann Savino Farrelly SAS '60
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“Truly unprecedented times. Stay safe!”

-Lisa Whalen SAS ‘78
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“WeAreCNR🧑‍🎓”

- Mary Alice McGowan Byrnes SAS ‘54
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A prayer to share. “Although it is long, it is a comfort to say in a time of fear.”

St. Patrick’s Breastplate link here.

- Eileen Gallagher Harrington SAS ‘62
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“Thank you…I'm proud to have graduated in the same class of ’72 with Eileen!

First, I ask for prayers for my friend Lisa and her family. She and her sister were visiting their parents in Manhattan when they became ill and both died from COVID-19. Lisa and her sister currently await their test results. At this point Lisa's husband and son can only comfort them long distance from California.

Second, I found this prayer for all of us in my church bulletin some weeks ago. I hum it to the tune of the hymn Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing: ‘Take our hand and guide our footsteps, 'til our skies are clear again.’"
Love,

- Cathie Sheehan Kentfield SAS '72
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“Thank you for keeping the CNR community connected. Your emails have been helpful to me as I come to terms with the closing of our beloved college.”

- Michele Accardo Sofo SAS '93
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“Thank you for the update. It certainly is a trying time, and we owe so much to these health professionals.”

- Denise Delden Moore SAS ’73
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