LEFT:
Sister Liguori Rossner tried her best to emulate another
nun (now a saint) from Calcutta, India.
By appealing to
corporations, unions, churches and individuals, the amazing
Sister Liguori Rossner was instrumental in starting the
famous Jubilee Soup Kitchen on November 12, 1979. She opened
her bank account with an initial deposit of just $9.36.
They made ten gallons of vegetable soup that first day and
had their first 15 ‘customers’. By 1980 the kitchen extended
its five days-per-week operation to seven days per week and
it's been open 365 days a year since then.
She has fed hundreds
upon hundreds of thousands of the city’s homeless during
her tenure as well as expanding their operation to include
services for younger people. Among these additional
services were: computer training, job skills and interview
skills training as well as a Latino outreach program. In
1999, the Kitchen celebrated its 20th
anniversary by renovating two abandoned houses and giving
them to single mothers and their children. Sister
Rossner’s charitable acts seem boundless
Thomas L. & Mimi Gruber The
Grubers were prolific parents and managed to bring 14
children into this world; but even more amazing than that
feat is the fact that along with al of them being
successful, three of their offspring have chosen
religious life.
ABOVE: Mimi
Gruber with seven of her 14 children in a 2016 photo.
Consider
some of these amazing 'Gruber facts' for a moment!
• There was at least one Gruber at Baldwin High School each year for the last 23 years.
• The most Grubers at Baldwin High School at one time was four.
• There were 14 Grubers born in an 18-year time span, from 1979 to 1997.
• The Gruber children have between 13 ˝ months and 2 years between their births.
• All 14 Gruber children attended St. Sylvester School and Baldwin High School.
• 10 of the Gruber children were in the Baldwin Highlander Marching Band.
• Three Gruber sons have entered the religious life. Their son, Frederick, is an ordained Diocesan priest; another, Peter, is a member of the Pittsburgh Oratory in Oakland; a third son, Jacob, is currently attending St Paul Seminary.
• Seven Gruber are married while the
remaining Gruber adult offspring have careers that cover
the spectrum: financial analyst, teacher, nurse,
electrical engineer, priest, focus missionary and
diocesan seminarian.
Check out this article for more about
the Grubers:
http://triblive.com/news/neighborhoods/southhills/10079115-74/gruber-class-baldwin
Fr. Joseph Scheib J.C.L.,
M. Div, M.A. (B.L.S. '68)
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LEFT AND RIGHT: Father Joe Scheib (B.L.S. '68) has done the Latin School proud since 1968! |  |
A
good, faithful and holy priest
of the Diocese of Pittsburgh,
since his ordination 41 years
ago, he has served with
sensitivity and exceptional
good humor as a parochial
vicar at St. Anselm in
Swissvale, St. Susanna in Penn
Hills and St. Peter on the
North Side and as the beloved
chaplain for the Sisters of
Mercy at their Motherhouse. He
has also enriched the
sacramental life of the
faithful while in residence at
St. Basil’s in Carrick,
Guardian Angels and St. Philip
in the West End and Crafton.
Beyond his pastoral ministries
he is also a a respected Canon
Lawyer, serving in the
Diocesan Tribunal as a judge
for more than a quarter
century, he first served as an
advocate and auditor. A
respected member of the Canon
Law Society of America, Father
Scheib currently serves on the
organization’s Research and
Development committee. In his
career he was worked on
several thousand marriage
nullity cases and has served
as a teacher for the diocesan
advocates. We
were most fortunate to have
him join the BLS Executive
Board in 2017 and look forward
to being the beneficiaries of
his wisdom and counsel in the
future.
Our Executive Board takes great pride in recognizing the lifetime's achievements of Sister Liguori Rossner, Thomas L. & Mimi Gruber and Fr. Joseph Scheib and it is our hope that you will be present on August 18th to help them share in their big day!