Webster University

Higher ed cake

In 1915 the Sisters of Loretto founded Webster College, It was originally named Loretto College and was one of the first Catholic women's colleges west of the Mississippi River.  It expanded the educational experience and became coeducational in 1962.

The first master's program provided evening classes for full-time teaching professionals a Master of Arts in Teaching. In 1967, the Sisters of Loretto transferred ownership of the school from the Catholic Church to a lay board of directors—the first in the nation to do so. This lay board remains in place today, operating Webster as a private, nonprofit, non-denominational university.

It was renamed Webster University in 1983, and offers online courses as well as in-class learning opportunities.

Cake artist - Megan Rieke

St Anthony's Medical Center

Lost and found cake

One of the best things that the nuns taught me was this prayer;

St. Anthony St. Anthony come on down

something is lost and must be found.

I still use it today. I hear it also works with his statue. Turn the statue towards wall and tell St Anthony he will be turned around when this missing object is found.

At the medical center that bears his name I am sure he has helped some find their health again, although turning around the statue in the front of the center is not necessary.

Cake artist - Megan Rieke

Guest blogger - Rich

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Cambridge Innovation Center@Center for Emerging Technologies - Cortex

CIC@CET - Cortex

Cambridge Innovation Center offers office space and assistance for start-ups. The center aims to house as many as 75 companies, including entrepreneurs, life  science and non-profit groups.

 
Center for Emerging Technologies provides the specialized facilities, knowledgeable support services, entrepreneur training programs, and access to capital needed to establish and develop bioscience, medical and other advanced technology companies.
 
Cortex is mid-America’s premiere hub for bioscience and technology research, development and commercialization, anchoring St. Louis’ growing ecosystem of innovative startups and established companies. It provides state-of-the-art facilities to support the nation’s most promising technological advances. It offers custom lab and office space, proximity to world-class research institutions, a highly-trained tech workforce, access to venture capital.
 
In other words,  this is like that show shark tank but here they are a more into getting the businesses running and with inclusion of women and minority start ups. Advice and investment and a place to start off are provided.
 
Cake artist - Megan Rieke
 
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Green Center

Nature cake

The Green Center emphasize the arts by hosting nature-related art exhibits which are open to the public throughout the year. It provides a natural laboratory and cultural gathering place for its members.

Programs are provided in conjunction with our ongoing efforts to restore native Missouri habitat. The area Prairies ,Wetlands and Ruth Park Woods are thriving ecosystems that provide much needed habitat for indigenous and migrating species and outdoor classrooms where children and adults can explore the Missouri landscape as it existed prior to westward expansion.

Cake artist - Megan Rieke

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Lafayette Park

First Cake

Lafayette Park is not only St. Louis' oldest Park but one of the first Parks west of the Mississippi. The Park was named in honor of the Marques de Lafayette, a French statesman who served as a volunteer under General George Washington. Lafayette Park was devastated by the powerful tornado that struck the St. Louis area on May 27, 1896.   The tornado destroyed nearly all the trees in the park and didn't recover for many decades.

Cake artist - Megan Rieke

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Lafayette Square Plaza
Cake in the Plaza

Across the steet from Lafayette Park is Lafayette Square Plaza. There's a fountain and community events take place here including the Holiday Tree Lighting.

Cake artist - Brenda Morrison

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Sister, Sister

Holy cakes on both sides of the river.

Being that it is March and we are celebrating “Women of Character, Courage  and Commitment” it seems right to celebrate the woman who lived her life displaying  "Poverty and Christian heroism” St. Rose Philippine Duchesne. 

Duchesne was a Roman Catholic nun, who was born to a well to do family in Grenoble, France. Despite her family’s protests,  she entered the order of the Visitation. Because of the French Revolution, she had to  leave her convent.

In 1804, she joined the Society of the Sacred Heart, and met  St. Madeleine Sophie Barat , who  would be her lifelong friend, and  who sent her to the United States in 1818. At 49, she thought this would be her work. With four nuns, she spent  11 weeks at sea en route to New Orleans, and seven weeks more on the Mississippi to St. Louis.

She then met one of the many disappointments of her life. The bishop had no place for them to live and work among Native Americans. Instead, he sent her to what she sadly called "the remotest village in the U.S.," St. Charles, Missouri.  From the convent and school, she founded at St. Charles, Mo.—later moved to Florissant, Mo.—she traveled over a wide area, founding schools for girls, doing charitable work, and finally ministering to Native Americans.

When St. Rose Philippine Duchesne was at Florissant,  she was assigned to the St. Ferdinand parish that was established in 1789. The parish has a rich and deep history with the St. Louis area . Both The Old St. Ferdinand’s Shrine and  The Shrine of St. Philippine Duchesne are beautiful  places to reflect on the pioneer past.

Thank you Rich, guest blogger.

Cake artist
Old Saint Ferdinand Shrine
Megan Rieke

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