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Play about Father Moye’s Project to take place Friday

The OLLU community is invited to the performance of “Father Moye’s Project: Providence and Living Legacy” Friday at 2 p.m. in Thiry Auditorium. This original one-act play was written and is directed by Antoinette F. Winstead, MFA, ACDP, OLLU’s Drama Program Head and Mass Communication faculty member. This play was made possible through funding from a NetVue Grant for Reframing the Institutional Saga, allowing for us to “re-examine and reframe” Our Lady of the Lake University’s (OLLU) “history, identity, and heritage in light of its present context.”

This memory play will take you from the beginning of Father John Martin Moye’s call to “serve the underserved,” and the Sisters of Divine Providence who kept his legacy alive, through the founding of OLLU, and the impact their dedication and hard work has had on the lives of so many who have benefitted from his providential vision to educate young girls who would not have otherwise received an education, to the present day and how his “Project” and the Congregation of Divine Providence continue to impact the lives of those who attend and have attended OLLU.

For additional information, please contact the Mission and Ministry Division at missionandministry@ollusa.edu or call 210-528-7171. The play is sponsored by the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education, Mission and Ministry and the Drama Program.

OLLU secures $40,000 grant for ‘Father Moye’s Project’

OLLU has secured a two-year NetVUE grant for $40,000 for the creation of “Father Moye’s Project,”a memory play that will walk audiences through OLLU’s founding to the present.

Designed to be performed annually, “Father Moye’s Project”will engage members of the OLLU  community – faculty, staff, students, and alumni – in thoughtful conversations and a deeper understanding of how the mission and vision of our founders lives on today, even as the university adapts to meet its changing student and community needs.

The project involves payment for students in the 2023-2024 semesters for various project roles, ranging from $500 to $1500, starting in the spring.

Grant funds will also support the video recording of the play and publication of the script, as a means to engage members of the OLLU community in a variety of events and learning opportunities. Feedback gathered from pre- and post-surveys and “pláticas” (informal Q&A sessions) held after each production, will be used to refine the play over time, in order to continue to highlight the bridge between OLLU’s institutional heritage and its response to the “signs of the times.”

The purpose of this grant award is to enable OLLU to re-examine and reframe its history, identity, and heritage in light of its present context. NetVUE Grants for Reframing the Institutional Saga are made possible through generous financial support to the Council of Independent Colleges by Lilly Endowment, Inc.

Gloria Urrbazao, Vice President for Mission and Ministry, will serve as the Project Director. Antoinette Winstead, Professor of Drama and Mass Communication and Director of the Rubén M. and Verónica Salazar-Escobedo School of Mass Communication and Theater, will serve as the Project Coordinator.