McAuley’s Pub Night is a fun, casual night for the Gwynedd community to come together to catch-up, meet new friends, and have some fun—all while helping the School and our current and future Gwynedd Girls “leap” to new heights!
Saturday, February 29, 2020 (Leap Day!)
6PM – 10PM
Maria Lutz McHugh ’46 Gymnasium
Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School
Alumnae, parents, family, faculty/staff and friends invited! Must be 21+ years of age
Featuring: Pot of Gold Raffle: $2,500 cash OR $5,000 tuition discount
Great Food & Drink
Pub Games
Irish Music
Whiskey Tasting
Basket Raffles
Silent Auction
All proceeds will support "She is the Future" initiatives.
Register for the event and/or enter the Pot of Gold Raffle today!
Event:
$50per person includes open bar, food and games $30 young alumnae (21+ through the class of 2010) includes open bar, food, and games
Pot of Gold:
$100 Per Entry (need not attend the event to win) Winnings: $2,500 cash OR $5,000 tuition discount (for current or incoming families only). Winner will be announced at McAuley's Pub Night. Limit of 200 tickets to be sold. Entrants must be 18 or older
Families, businesses, and organizations are welcome to sponsor at the following levels and secure a custom aluminum pub sign:
$2,500 – McAuley Sponsor
Includes: Take-home 2x3 custom pub sign with your business/family/student's name to be displayed at the event, Name/Logo on plastic 14 oz Beverage Cup, Reserved table for 8 at event, 8 Event Admissions, Recognition on website and in honor roll of donors Tax Donation $1,075
$1,000 – Dublin Sponsor
Includes: Take-home 2x3 custom pub sign with your business/family/student's name to be displayed at the event, 4 Event Admissions, Recognition on website and in honor roll of donors Tax Donation $675
$500 – Pub Sponsor
Includes: Take-home 18"x24" custom pub sign with your business/family/student's name to be displayed at the event, 2 Event Admissions, Recognition on website and in honor roll of donors Tax Donation $325
$250 – Shamrock Sponsor
Includes: Take-home 12"x18" custom pub sign with your business/family/student's name to be displayed at the event, 2 Event Admissions, Recognition on website and in honor roll of donors Tax Donation $100
For more information, contact Jeannine Hartz at 215-646-8815 x412 or jhartz@gmahs.org.
Aluminum Pub Sign Style Options (All copy customizable and inclusion of Gwynedd shield is optional):
McAuley's Pub Night is specifically looking for tickets to shows, concerts, sporting events; golf, travel, weekend, and vacation excursions; dining experiences, wine, beer, champagne, and gourmet food baskets; new electronics; jewelry, handbags, and "pamper" items like spa items; and professional services like cooking, photography, interior design, and more.
We also welcome items/baskets sponsored by groups like teams, clubs, or families.
Items/baskets are due by Monday, February 17, and can be dropped off or picked up by Gwynedd. Gwynedd will be happy to create certificates for items upon request.
For more information, contact Jeannine Hartz at 215-646-8815 x412 or jhartz@gmahs.org.
"She is the Future" is Gwynedd's new strategic plan to educate, inspire, and empower the generation of women leaders.
Publicly launched in 2019, “She is the Future”, focuses on five goal areas: academic innovation, leadership development, wellness programs, community connections and financial vitality. Thirty-one work projects have been created to steer the plan's overall progress.
McAuley's Pub is named for Catherine McAuley, founder of the Sisters of Mercy and the inspiration behind "She is the Future". Catherine's can-do attitude turned her experience of poverty and subjugation of women in 19th century Ireland into decades of academic opportunities for girls, empowering them to achieve their full potential and make a difference in the world.
Catherine was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1778. From the time she was a young child, Catherine saw her parents living their Catholic faith through service to the poor. Sadly, her parents both passed away before Catherine turned 21. When Catherine was 25, she was invited to be a live-in companion to a wealthy retired couple. Her faith and loving care for them and the needy people in the neighborhood was a powerful example for them, and they both became Catholic before they died and left their fortune to Catherine.
This inheritance gave Catherine the money she needed to establish a house to serve people in need. She purchased property in Dublin and a large house was built. It was called the “House of Mercy” and opened in 1827 on Baggot Street. It included a church, school, a work area for training the residents for jobs, and dormitories for the poor and any women who wished to join Catherine in her ministry.
Catherine did not wish to form a religious order. Nuns in Ireland in those days spent most of their time cloistered away from the people. Catherine was determined to serve. Catherine knew that to be a real help to the poor and needy, she needed to be among them so that she could see the realities of the struggles they faced on a daily basis.
The Archbishop of Dublin convinced Catherine that becoming a religious order would help her to serve more people. Catherine agreed, and she and two friends began training to become nuns. When they took their vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, they were allowed to include a vow of service to the poor, sick, and uneducated. Catherine’s order, the Religious Sisters of Mercy, was born in 1831. The nuns wore plain clothing and were known in Ireland as the “walking nuns” because they spent so much time in the community helping people.
In the 10 years between the founding and her death in 1841, Catherine established 14 independent foundations in Ireland and England. Today there are more than 6,000 Sisters of Mercy worldwide, and the order is recognized for having started many education and health care facilities around the globe.
