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![Josephinum Academy Celebrates the Class of 2021]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1623289065/josephinum/xb1wupll1p29k4ggavzp/IMG_7484.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1623289065/josephinum/xb1wupll1p29k4ggavzp/IMG_7484.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1623289065/josephinum/xb1wupll1p29k4ggavzp/IMG_7484.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1623289065/josephinum/xb1wupll1p29k4ggavzp/IMG_7484.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1623289065/josephinum/xb1wupll1p29k4ggavzp/IMG_7484.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1623289065/josephinum/xb1wupll1p29k4ggavzp/IMG_7484.jpg","width":2200}])
On Saturday, June 5 the thirty-seven young women of the Josephinum Academy of the Sacred Heart Class of 2021 graduated in an in-person, outdoor ceremony on the Josephinum field.
![Spring Virtual Celebration Honoring Helen Bruns Ryan Raises Over $225,000]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1619791740/josephinum/x3e77bpdlj9ofyk3no07/unnamed.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1619791740/josephinum/x3e77bpdlj9ofyk3no07/unnamed.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1619791740/josephinum/x3e77bpdlj9ofyk3no07/unnamed.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1619791740/josephinum/x3e77bpdlj9ofyk3no07/unnamed.png","width":1120}])
Josephinum Academy of the Sacred Heart was honored to celebrate our dear friend Helen Bruns Ryan at this year's Spring Virtual Celebration "Planting Seeds of Opportunity" on Thursday, April 29. Helen has been a steadfast supporter of Josephinum in so many ways for the past 40 years and her impact on the Jo, our students and the entire community is immeasurable.
![Alumna Sandra Cisneros To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1615476961/josephinum/ruu0t4pkgicetb1hijvq/Cisneros_Program2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1615476961/josephinum/ruu0t4pkgicetb1hijvq/Cisneros_Program2.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1615476961/josephinum/ruu0t4pkgicetb1hijvq/Cisneros_Program2.jpg","width":550}])
Josephinum is proud to share the exciting news that alumna Sandra Cisneros '72, the poet, short story writer, novelist, essayist, performer, and artist whose work beautifully and profoundly explores working class lives and landscapes, will receive the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame's Fuller Award for lifetime achievement.
![Semester 1 Honor Roll Announced]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1612538692/josephinum/nq6bl3js61qyg6xtwf6q/clipart372180.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1612538692/josephinum/nq6bl3js61qyg6xtwf6q/clipart372180.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1612538692/josephinum/nq6bl3js61qyg6xtwf6q/clipart372180.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1612538692/josephinum/nq6bl3js61qyg6xtwf6q/clipart372180.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1612538692/josephinum/nq6bl3js61qyg6xtwf6q/clipart372180.png","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1612538692/josephinum/nq6bl3js61qyg6xtwf6q/clipart372180.png","width":1989}])
![Josephinum President, Rich McMenamin, Featured in Crain's "People on the Move"]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1611073823/josephinum/xnacovpf9udc6pazy6kt/RichHeadshot1A.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1611073823/josephinum/xnacovpf9udc6pazy6kt/RichHeadshot1A.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1611073823/josephinum/xnacovpf9udc6pazy6kt/RichHeadshot1A.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1611073823/josephinum/xnacovpf9udc6pazy6kt/RichHeadshot1A.jpg","width":1163}])
