St. Teresa’s breaks ground for the future

Despite May 4 dawning a drippy, windy day, a crowd gathered at St. Teresa’s Academy as ground was broken for a new ministry center.
Despite May 4 dawning a drippy, windy day, a crowd gathered at St. Teresa’s Academy as ground was broken for a new ministry center.
Dr. Anne Vangarsse sat in her office at the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, surrounded by framed diplomas, family photos and the paperwork of a teaching physician.
How many of us attended “STA,” have mothers, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, cousins, nieces, daughters or granddaughters among the alumni?
Afraid? They were absolutely terrified, said Marie Dennis, co-president of Pax Christi International.
St. Teresa’s Academy, under the sponsorship of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, opened Aug. 4, 1866, at 11th and Washington streets.
“I am that girl whom you tried to teach exactly 70 years ago.”