Interfaith Memorial Service 2023

Donor Appreciation

The Saint Louis University School of Medicine Class of 2027, as well as graduate and Doisy College of Health Sciences students, wish to acknowledge with heartfelt gratitude the generosity of those individuals who have donated their bodies to promote scientific and medical education. 

Virtual Program

Prelude: 

"Ashitaka and San" by Joe Hisaishi

-Performed by Eddie Quan

"Salut d'Amour" by Edward Elgar

-Performed by Liz Kramer (violin) and Mary Park (piano)

"Nuvole Bianche" by Ludovico Einaudi

-Performed by Ethan Wang

"Danny Boy" by Frederic Weatherly: Arr. by Julie Knowles

-Performed by Davy Song (voice) and Ethan Wang (piano)

Welcome: John R. Martin, III, Ph.D., Director, Gift Body Program

Opening Prayer: Reverend David J. Suwalsky, S.J., Ph.D. 

First Reading: Lamentations 3: 17-26 by Regan Orr and Donald Wunsch

Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 4: 14-18 by Alexxis Gutierrez and Mary Okematti

Third Reading: Matthew 5: 1-12 by Andrew Schlager and Elizabeth D'Sa

Prayer from Christianity by Carter Starnes and Kaitlyn Storm

Prayer from Judaism by JJ Adler and Ethan Bernstein

Prayer from Islam by Yasser Hussaini, Areeb Shah, and Zaid Khaja

Music: Pie Jesu, by Andrew Lloyd Webber

-Performed by Meher Arora (voice) and Abel Chen (piano)

Student Reflections

Reema Gowda

Emilyann Key

Lizzie Reschenberg

Abhinav Rajasekhar

Sonia Patel

Olivia Borgschulte

Offering of Flowers

Members of the Class of 2027

Music: "Over the Rainbow" by Harold Arlen & Yip Harburg

-Performed by Julia Hickman (viola), Liz Kramer (violin), Megan Polniak (violin), and Justin Samanta (bass guitar)

Closing Music: Amazing Grace, by Robert J. Batastini

Closing Prayer: Reverend David J. Suwalsky, S.J., Ph.D. 

Postlude: Hallelujah, by Leonard Cohen

-Performed by Dallis Johnson (voice) and Dzuy Truong (piano)

What a Wonderful World, by George David Weiss & Bob Thiele

-Performed by  Justin Samanta (saxophone) and Dzuy Truong (piano)