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Bishop Dunne Catholic School will host the eighth annual Bishop Dunne
100 Dinner on October 29, 2008, at 6:30 p.m. at the Hilton Anatole Hotel. The
purpose of this dinner is to provide tuition assistance for students
in financial need who would otherwise be unable to attend Bishop Dunne.
Bishop Dunne is blessed with an harmonious multicultural diversity of
students with 36% African – American; 34% Hispanic; 25% Caucasian; 4%
biracial and 2% Asian. With a current enrollment of 685 students
for the 2008 – 2009 school year, 315 students will receive some
form of aid amounting to over $900,000. In actuality, every student
receives financial aid, as the tuition does not cover the cost of education. The
difference is subsidized by grants and donations.
Honorary
Chairpersons
The school is pleased to announce that the Honorary Chairpersons
for this event are Bill and Kasey Hollon. The Hollons have been married
for 33 years, and, claim as their greatest achievements their three children
and three grandchildren. Kasey graduated from SMU with a Bachelor
and Master of Fine Arts degrees, and Bill graduated from the University
of Texas with a journalism degree and furthered his education at Texas
A & M with a Master of Science degree. Kasey and Bill are both
former educators. Kasey retired from the Richardson ISD as the English
Department Chair after serving ten years in the classroom. Bill
retired in 1980 from the Dallas County Community College District as
District Director of Program Development. Currently, the Hollons
operate their family owned business, Pasco, which designs and supplies
commercial kitchen equipment to school districts, universities, healthcare
organizations, retirement systems and restaurants. Kasey and Bill
Hollon see Bishop Dunne as a “beacon” in the southern sector
of the Dallas community and a place that meets the needs of young men
and women, both Catholic and non-Catholic, who strive for excellence
in education. Bishop Dunne, they believe, also serves as a strong
foundation that supports the highest moral and ethical values which are
grounded in the teachings of Christ. Kasey and Bill go on to say
that “despite the economic challenges the Bishop Dunne Family continues
to grow, nurtured under the direction of Principal, Kate Dailey and her
staff”. The Hollons state that, “They have joyfully
become part of the Dunne family.”
Keynote Speaker
Giving
the keynote address that evening is Sister Gloria Cain, S.S.N.D., the
newly appointed Superintendent of the Catholic School System for the
Diocese of Dallas. As a School Sister of Notre Dame, she has
taught at all levels of Catholic education from elementary grades through
to the college level. Sister Gloria earned a Bachelor of Arts from
Notre Dame College, St. Louis, Missouri, in political science and history. She
received a Master of Education from Our Lady of the Lake University,
San Antonio, Texas, with concentrations in school administration and
supervision. Sister Gloria taught in Catholic schools in Texas,
New Mexico, and Louisiana. She was the principal of a Catholic
elementary school for eleven years before becoming the first superintendent
of schools for the Diocese of Lake Charles, a position she held for thirteen
years before becoming the first superintendent of schools for the Diocese
of Victoria in Texas. Sister Gloria served two terms on the Texas
Catholic Conference Accreditation Commission and is currently active
in a number of professional education organizations. Sister also
serves in several capacities for her religious congregation, the School
Sisters of Notre Dame.
Voyager
Award Recipient
At the Dinner, the Voyager Award will be presented
to the Alliance for Catholic Education Program from the University of
Notre Dame. Accepting
this award is its founder, Father Timothy Scully, C.S.C. Ordained
a Holy Cross priest in 1981, he served his first years of priesthood
in Santiago, Chile. He earned Master's and Doctoral degrees in political
science from the University of California, Berkeley, after graduating summa
cum laude from Notre Dame in 1976, and receiving his Master of Divinity
degree in 1979. Father Scully, C.S.C. is a professor of political
science at the University of Notre Dame, a Fellow of the Helen Kellogg
Institute for International Studies, and is currently serving as Director
of Notre Dame's Institute for Educational Initiatives, where he oversees
the work of the Alliance for Catholic Education, the Center for Research
on Educational Opportunity, and other education-related programs. In
1993, Father Scully founded the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE),
Notre Dame's signature program which provides hundreds of Catholic school
teachers to scores of underserved communities across the United States,
as well as in Ireland and Chile. In 2006 he chaired the year-long,
national task force to study the future of Catholic education in the
United States. Father Scully presented the final report, entitled: Making
God Known, Loved, and Served, The Future of Catholic Primary and Secondary
Schools in the United States, to the U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops
in January of 2007, and is now in the midst of launching 12 new initiatives
outlined in the report aimed at sustaining and strengthening Catholic
schools nationally. Father Scully has received numerous awards
for his work in education.
The Master of Ceremonies will be Craig Miller, a graduate of Bishop
Dunne and morning host of Dunham and Miller Show on SportsRadio, 1310
The Ticket. The Bishop Dunne 100 Dinner Chairpersons are Oliver
McGonigle, Lou Munin, and Ken Reiser.
If you are interested in sponsoring a student or need details about ticket
information or sponsorship
ads for the Bishop Dunne 100 Dinner Program,
please contact Lydia Torrez, Director of Development for Bishop Dunne Catholic
School at ltorrez@bdhs.org or 214.339.6561
ext. 297.
For more information contact:
Lydia Torrez
Bishop Dunne Catholic School
3900 Rugged Drive
Dallas, TX 75224
Phone: 214-339-6561 ext. 297
Fax: 214-339-1438
E-Mail: ltorrez@bdhs.org

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the friends of Bishop
Dunne who have helped us survive and grow over the last few years. We
could not have made it through the many challenges that were encountered
without your significant assistance. The school and its students are
extremely grateful for your involvement and support.
And now another year presents new challenges and opportunities. Our
student-body continues to grow in response to the needs of the community
and the achievements and recruiting efforts of the school. And with this
growth in enrollment, Bishop Dunne faces the need for additional resources
to fund its several tuition assistance programs. The upcoming Bishop
Dunne 100 Dinner is planned to be a major source in supplying these fundraising
needs.
Please join Bishop Dunne in this most worthy and urgent cause. Your
participation in our Bishop Dunne 100 Dinner will help the school to
continue pursuing its mission of educating and developing an increasing
number of the youth of Dallas. We need your support and we thank you
for your consideration and generosity.
Sincerely,
Kate Dailey, Principal
Click on the link below if you would like to view a 10 minute video
about the Bishop Dunne experience (video is from 2005-06).
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