APRIL1977 ~
SAINT BENEDICT'S TODAY
COLLEGE OF SAINT BENEDICT I ST. JOSEPH, MINNESOTA 56374
A NEWSLETTER FOR ALUMNAE AND FRIENDS OF THE COLLEGE
Annual Alumnae Award
Alumnae award winners Sister Joyce Williams '48 and Jane Rich�ardson Britt '53 were honored at the April 23 Homecoming banquet.
Known for her work in inner�city education, Sister Joyce teaches and counsels potential high school dropouts in the Chicago Public School System. She was an urban specialist for the Diocese of Cleve�land (Ohio) Catholic Schools and a former staff member of Cleve�land's Project Bridge. As a former director of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice, she worked toward developing a national model for dealing with high school dropouts and headed a home for runaway girls. In 1973 Sister Joyce received a citation from Benedictine College (Atchi�son, Kansas) as a representative of "both the heritage and the hope of Benedictines and of graduates educated in Benedictine colleges."
Winners
In 1971 Jane and her husband founded Birthright in Dayton, Ohio, and have since trained more than 1,000 volunteers. Jane plans to expand the free services of the organization, recently renamed Womanline. She also received the Dayton Daily News Woman of the Year Award for her work in racial justice and peace in housing, school education, employment, and social relations.
The Alumnae Council selected
S. Joyce and Jane from nomina�tions by alumnae. The Council sought to choose alumnae whose lives demonstrated appreciation of the Christian Benedictine tradition, awareness of self as a person, commitment to the use of abilities in the fulfillment of self and the service of humanity, and compe�tence and dedication to their chosen work.
Photos by Don Molloy, unless noted.
APRIL1977 ~ SAINT BENEDICT'S TODAY COLLEGE OF SAINT BENEDICT I ST. JOSEPH, MINNESOTA 56374 A NEWSLETTER FOR ALUMNAE AND FRIENDS OF THE COLLEGE Annual Alumnae Award Alumnae award winners Sister Joyce Williams '48 and Jane Rich�ardson Britt '53 were honored at the April 23 Homecoming banquet. Known for her work in inner�city education, Sister Joyce teaches and counsels potential high school dropouts in the Chicago Public School System. She was an urban specialist for the Diocese of Cleve�land (Ohio) Catholic Schools and a former staff member of Cleve�land's Project Bridge. As a former director of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice, she worked toward developing a national model for dealing with high school dropouts and headed a home for runaway girls. In 1973 Sister Joyce received a citation from Benedictine College (Atchi�son, Kansas) as a representative of "both the heritage and the hope of Benedictines and of graduates educated in Benedictine colleges." Winners In 1971 Jane and her husband founded Birthright in Dayton, Ohio, and have since trained more than 1,000 volunteers. Jane plans to expand the free services of the organization, recently renamed Womanline. She also received the Dayton Daily News Woman of the Year Award for her work in racial justice and peace in housing, school education, employment, and social relations. The Alumnae Council selected S. Joyce and Jane from nomina�tions by alumnae. The Council sought to choose alumnae whose lives demonstrated appreciation of the Christian Benedictine tradition, awareness of self as a person, commitment to the use of abilities in the fulfillment of self and the service of humanity, and compe�tence and dedication to their chosen work. Photos by Don Molloy, unless noted.
