Night of Dreams Donors Generously Support Mount Ministries

Mount St. Scholastica’s 2024 Night of Dreams brought together supporters for a joyful evening of dining, auctions, and giving. Guests helped secure a $100,000 matching grant, and the event raised $486,000 for the sisters’ ministries. Save the date for the next Night of Dreams on November 9, 2025!

Donors and guests enjoying the oral auction. — The oral auction commences.

Mount sisters welcomed family, friends, oblates, and donors to a festive Night of Dreams on November 10, 2024. The dinner and auction to support the ministries of Mount St. Scholastica was held at the Loews Kansas City Hotel.

Guests visited and bid on a wide variety of silent auction items during a pre-meal reception. After an introduction by emcee Sandra Olivas, Community Development Outreach Officer at First Federal Bank, Sister Mary Elizabeth Schweiger, prioress, welcomed attendees.

Videos at the event featured music by the sisters; an overview of the ministries of Dooley Center, Keeler Women’s Center, and Sophia Center; and a tour of the monastery that described what the sisters are up to on a day-to-day basis.

Guests generously donated to a Fund-a-Need campaign, achieving a $100,000 matching grant. An oral auction conducted by the Nigro brothers featured a hand-crafted clock by Sister Elaine Fischer, a Vietnamese dinner for 12 by Sister Maria Nguyen, and various vacation trips and sports packages. Among Super Silent Auction items was a child’s quilt pieced by Sister Eleanor Suther and quilted by Sister Micaela Randolph.

The evening concluded with grand prize raffle drawings. The following winners received cash prizes: Thomas and Donna K., Nashotah, Wisconsin ($10,000); Kathy K., Atchison, Kansas ($2500); Mary Ann W., Omaha, Nebraska ($1000); Valerie H., Olathe, Kansas ($500); Edward and Kathy B., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ($500); and Kathie S., Carthage, Missouri ($500).

After expenses, the Night of Dreams generated $486,000 for the sisters’ ministries. We are grateful for the generosity of our donors and look forward to gathering again at the 2025 Night of Dreams on November 9, 2025, at the Loews Kansas City Hotel!

Save the date for the Night of Dreams!

November 9th at the Loews Kansas City Hotel

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MOUNT LEGACY SOCIETY

The Mount Legacy Society recognizes donors who have remembered the Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica as beneficiary of a planned gift. It is a privilege and honor for the sisters to be named as a beneficiary in your gift planning. Thank you for considering such a gift.

For information about making a planned gift, you are invited to contact Sister Mary Agnes Patterson, Director of Development, at 913-360-6215 or patterson@mountosb.org.

The following donors are new to the Mount Legacy Society since our last issue of Threshold.