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Loyola Celebrates Sending Forth Mass

The Loyola Academy community celebrated its Sending Forth Mass on Monday, May 14. The Mass is an annual celebration of the school year, a recognition of the outstanding efforts of distinguished students and faculty and a send off for the senior class.
After the celebration of the Eucharist, Assistant Principal for Student Services Mr. Charles Heintz presented a number of awards to students and faculty members.

Real Rambler Award
The Real Rambler Award acknowledges a junior, a senior and an adult who have chosen to live their lives as women and men for others.  These individuals choose to live their life—at Loyola Academy and beyond—as people who exude strong character and discipline. These are people who desire to be religious, intellectually competent, physically fit, loving, open to growth and committed to doing justice.  Living these aspirations each day is what makes a Rambler real. Being a Real Rambler is a challenge, a choice, and a distinction.
 
The students who have cultivated our Rambler culture this year are:
 
Junior: Sophia D’Agostino
 
Senior: Colleen King

The adult Real Rambler makes a tremendous impact on our school community: Campus Ministry Assistant Department Chair Mrs. Kay Gregg. “Her leadership is evident in numerous ways and her faith guides all of her decisions,” Heintz said of Gregg. “She is joyful, competent and compassionate. She’s an outstanding role model.”

The Dorothy Ludwig Excellence in Teaching Award—National Award
Heintz highlighted Madame Catherine Kendrigan who has been recognized for her outstanding teaching and contribution to the profession by The American Association of Teachers of French. The Dorothy Ludwig Excellence in Teaching Award is a national award that recognizes teacher who have demonstrated excellence in the teaching of the French language and French cultures and literatures.

The Michael Rebarchak Memorial Award
The Rebarchak Award is presented annually to a senior student who has modeled service to our school community. This award honors the memory of Michael Rebarchak, an outstanding member of the Class of 1979, and it recognizes the substantive yet unheralded contribution made to Loyola by a senior student who quietly makes things happen through his or her involvement in and around the school. The 2018 Rebarchak Award winner is Bryan Ruz.

“His positivity and his commitment to building community with his peers is unmatched,” Heintz said of Ruz, quoting one of his teachers.

The Fausone Medal
The Dumbach Scholars Honors Program annually presents the Fausone Medal, which recognizes one of our most inspirational students, Molly Fausone, a member of the Class of 2008. Despite a traumatic accident before her sophomore year, Molly excelled in the classroom, on sports teams, and as a key contributor to the Dumbach Scholars. The Fausone Medal winner is awarded to a member of our community who inspires us. Prior Fausone Medalists have inspired us with their perseverance, their activism and their heroism.  This year’s winner represents the ideals of this award by showing determination and resilience. The 2018 Fausone Medal recipient is Alzario Palmer ’18.  

“Four years ago, his friends made fun of him because they thought he was running away from the neighborhood,” said Loyola Academy Principal Dr. Kathryn Baal as she presented the award to Palmer. “Four years later, he’s poised to walk back in. He says, ‘I want to be a positive figure in the Austin neighborhood where I was born and raised.  I see so much wasted potential within my community and I feel as though it is my duty to change the community.  And I will. I want to be a figure that the youth look up to and I know I will be someday soon.’ If that’s not the definition of inspiring than I don’t know what is.”

The Sending Forth Mass was streamed live on RamblerStream, Loyola's free and HD window to Masses, athletic events and more. Watch the Mass here. 
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