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APRIL 2015 YouR MonthLY RePoRt on the St. AuguStIne hIgh SchooL exPeRIence VoL 34 no. 24St. AuguStine HigH ScHool • 3266 nutmeg Street • SAn Diego, cA 92104-5199 • 619.282.2184 • www.SAHS.org
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Otto Taylor (’17) in full flight during the CIF Open Division San Diego Section Champion-ships won by Saints over Torrey Pines High.
Brenner Jarrad and fellow team-mates on Saints 2015 Varsity Soccer Champions will be on hand to hoist another winning CIF banner in Saints Gym.
While the rest of the nation thaws from a chilly winter, Saints Surf team (made up of Saints/OLP students) was busy winning the Division 5 high school surfing Scholastic Surf Series championship.
ANOTHER BANNER YEARUpdating SaintS amazing Streak
of ChampionShipS The school has been blessed with two more CIF championships in 2015 as Varsity Soccer
and Basketball added new banners to the hallowed walls of Dougherty Gym. Also, Saints Surfers bested Scholastic Surf Series League competition to take home another Saints Cham-pionship. Not to be outdone, Saintsmen Theo Anastos is a member of this year’s U.S. Polo Association’s Western Regions championship team. All in all, it has been a remarkable 2015 so far in Saints Athletic history.
Special Saints Scene coverage begins on the following pages:
BASKETBALLCoverage begins on Page 6
SOCCERCoverage begins on Page 10
POLOCoverage begins on Page 13
SURFCoverage begins on Page 14
Saints Polo champion Theo Anastos (’15) in regional championship action. Note how flexible the striking mallet is as Theo’s fol-low through wraps around his horse’s neck.
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Principal James Horne
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APRIL 2015 YouR MonthLY RePoRt on the St. AuguStIne hIgh SchooL exPeRIence VoL 34 no. 24St. AuguStine HigH ScHool • 3266 nutmeg Street • SAn Diego, cA 92104-5199 • 619.282.2184 • www.SAHS.org
HUGE VICTORY—St. Augustine High’s Varsity Basketball team reached a zenith in school history by winning the school’s first ever San Diego Section CIF Open Division championship. See Special Championship coverage beginning on Page 6. Photo: Thom Vollenweider
LINKING WITH THE WORLD
This year, the theme for WorldLink's 18th Annual Youth Town Meeting (YTM)
was “Healing the Wounds of Violence." It welcomed over 750 youth leaders from San
POPE APPOINTS NEW BISHOP FOR
SAN DIEGO DIOCESE
Robert W. McElroy, an auxiliary bishop in San Francisco and a leader in the Catholic
Church’s social justice wing, was named head
AUGIE DOGGY—Latest donation to the Big One silent auction is an oh-so-cute puppy.
Please help us make this event the best yet with your participation! We will once again
be celebrating our beloved boys and school under the big tent and in the transformed gym, Saturday, April 25th at 5:00pm. Invites should have arrived in your mail-box by now, so please send in your RSVP and seating request, or go online to register here http://sahs.maestroweb.com/ You can also purchase your draw down ticket here for a chance to win $10,000 dollars or a year of free tuition!
BIG ONE IS BIG TIME FUN FOR A
GREAT CAUSE
NEIGHBOR RELATIONS AND
TRAFFICdear parentS and friendS,
St. Augustine High School respects and
values its home, the historic North Park district in San Diego. We strive to treat our friends and neighbors, the citizens of North Park, with respect in everything we do. Over the years we have worked to improve park-
ing and traffic concerns both for the members of the campus community and for the benefit of our neighbors.
Mr. Gary Oberg, Saints faculty advisor, at-tended World Link Conference with a cadre of Saintsmen, including Ian Harnkess (right).
AUGUSTINIAN HERITAGE
SAINTLY POPES SPEAK ON ANOTHER SAINT: AUGUSTINE
Pope Benedict XVI – 2005-2013By Fr. Bob Gavotto, O.S.A. (’55), Saints Chaplain
Pope Benedict XVI was devoted to Saint Augustine.
Pope Emeritus: 2005 to 2013.
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DEVELOPING THE CHRISTIAN HEART
While Kairos has been a truly memorable event for many Saintsmen since 2002,
the Class of 2015 will never forget their Kai-ros experience.
We turn now to Pope Benedict XVI who, like Pope Paul VI, had a great devotion to St. Augustine. The following is an excerpt from Pope Benedict’s talk on Augustine and
Monica, given on August 25, 2010. “In each of our lives there are persons who are very dear to us, to whom we feel par-ticularly close. Some are already in the embrace of God; others continue to share the jour-ney of life with us: they are our parents, relatives, teachers, people for whom we have done some good, or who have done good to us; persons upon whom we know we can depend. It is important, though, to also have “companions for the journey” in the course of our Christian life. I am thinking of a Spiritual Director, a confessor, people with whom it is pos-sible to share one’s faith experience. But I am thinking also of the Virgin Mary and the saints. Everyone should have some saint as a friend, someone to feel near to through prayer and intercession, but also to imi-tate. I would like to invite you, therefore, to get to know the saints more intimately, begin-ning with the one whose name you bear, reading his or her life story and writings. Be assured that they will become good guides in loving the Lord more, and valid sup-port for your human and Christian growth.
EASTER BREAK
LEAVE APRIL 2RETURn APRIL 13
KAIROS ATTEnDEES–Here are a few of the seniors, who recently attended the school’s Kairos program. [Left to right:] Carlos Ibaibar-riaga, Edmund Rull, Matthew Smith, Kris Willis, Cole Larson, Kraus Drachenberg, Augustin-ian Volunteer Brendan Dillon and Christian Onwuka.
TEAM KAIROS
Good education is about hearts as well as minds. We want our boys to be confident, poised and articulate. We want them to grow and mature as good people, good friends and good Catholic men. Recently, several of our Seniors traveled to Palomar Christian Conference Center for Kairos, a unique retreat experience. While on retreat the students demonstrated their incred-ible depth of friendship with one another.
Faculty and Staff who accompanied the boys also came away with the knowledge that our Saintsmen are deeply spiritual and appreci-ate time away from school, work, sports and other activities to devote to their relationship with Christ. When we speak of preparing these boys for the future, we are not just talking about college and good career prospects. An im-portant element in this four year experience is the development of a young man’s Christian heart.
“As you know, I too am bound in a spe-cial way to several saints: among them, in addition to Saint Joseph and San Benedict whose names I bear, and others as well, there is Saint Augustine, whom I have had the great gift to come to know, in a man-ner of speaking, close-up, through study and prayer, and who has become a good “companion for the journey” in my life and ministry. I would like to underscore once again an important aspect of his human and Christian experience, timely even in our day in which it seems that relativism is paradoxi-cally the “truth” which must guide one’s thoughts, choices and behavior. “Saint Augustine is a man who never lived superficially; the thirst, the restless and continual searching for the Truth, is one of the basic characteristics of his life; not, how-ever, that “pseudo-truth” which is incapable of giving lasting peace to one’s heart, but
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FLASHBACK: 1956EARLY DAYS WHEN SAINTS ATHLETES STRUGGLED FOR A LEAGUE
Reposted courtesy of http://www.partletonsports.com/ and Rick Smith.For news of San Diego prep scene then and now log on to Partleton Sports.
St. Augustine’s long battle to find a home in one of San Diego County’s prep leagues was com-
ing to an end. They would have a league in the 1957-58 school year but not before clearing a few more hurdles. Southern Section bosses in September ap-proved the Saints for membership in the Metropoli-tan League beginning in the next school year. City Prep League honchos, who annually blocked St. Augustine’s bid for membership, made a U Turn and extended an invitation. Principals of the 21 San Diego County schools attended a meeting in November at the Civic Center, where the Saints’ invitation was the only decision resolved during a four-hour session on releaguing.
MY GIRL FRIEND’S CLOSETOLP/Saints students pitch in to help homeless teens
Saints ASB recently volunteered to unload truckloads of clothes for an organization helping to clothe homeless teenage girls. The service project was lead by OLP Junior Carmen Ortega (sister of Saintsmen Luis (’12) and Pablo (’14) Ortega).
Carmen presented the service opportunity at a recent Saints ASB meeting; almost every officer volunteered. My Girlfriend’s Closet helps hudreds of underprivileged and homeless teenage girls get a wardrobe of school clothes and even dresses for homecoming.
Saintsman Paul Ammons helps sort the wardrobe tubs for loading on to trucks.
Saintsmen David Valley (front) and Eric Lujan assist the students from OLP by moving wardrobe tubs out of a storage garage.
In 1956, when this vintage newspaper im-age was taken, Mr. Tom Carter was head coach of Saints Varsity Football Team. Saints Varsity football players are center Dick Hammes (left) and quar-terback Tom Valverde.
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SAINTS PLAYERS ADD THE TEMPEST TO LONG LIST OF SUCCESSES
The Saints Players had a successful run of William Shakespeare's The Tempest last month at OLP’s campus theatre.
This was the first time Saints has produced a Shakespeare play in nine years,” said Saints Drama Director Joseph Bernens (’80). “It was a marvelous experience for the actors. They learned so much about Elizabethan theatre and about themselves through their participation. Mr. Robert Weber was our dramaturg who helped us interpret the text and apply it to our perfor-mance.”
The Tempest is Shakespeare’s only musical, but it comes with no score. The cast stepped up to the task of composing their own music for their part, and Eric Lujan ’15) and Nick Vedder
(’17) arranged it so it could be played by musicians, George Thomas (’15), Lucas Celeste (’15), and Nick Vedder during the performances. The set was designed by the Art Club and built by the Art Club and Crew. This is truly a collaborative effort between all the parts of the Visual and Performing Arts Dept. Saintsman Brian Riel (’15)performed as Prospero, the play’s protagonist while Eamon Gar-land (’15) was cast as Stephano, the butler. Thomas Parashos (’17) was jester Trinculo and Eric Lujan played loyal servant Caliban. The play was directed by Mr. Bernens.
On THE ROADThe Saints music program, under the direction of Maestro Brandon Jagow, has made an effort to perform at multiple parochial elementary schools this year. Among the schools visited on the concert circuit was St. Martin of Tours Academy in La Mesa (pictured). The Saints Band entertained the student body in an afternoon concert and in turn the students from St. Martins sent over a card thanking the Saints for the visit.
Scenes from Saints Player’s The Tempest: Thomas Parashos (left) as Trinculo and Eamon Garland as Stephano.
The Play’s protagonist Prospero was portrayed by Saintsman Brian Riel (left) and Eric Lujan was Caliban.
The cast also featured the following Saintsmen:Andrew Moura (’18) as ArielWilliam Stonehouse (17) as FerdinandChristopher Bernens (’17) as King AlonsoJake Maybo (’17) as AntonioCarlos Escabosa (’17) as SebastianLane Palhegyi (’17) as Gonzalo
Jonathan Brown (’17) as BoatswainJoining us from OLP, River Valley Charter, and Home School:Sarah Chan as MirandaAaron Williams as AdrianAlaise Williams as IrisKarla Valdez as CeresEvelyn Grimm as Juno
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PLAN AHEAD SUMMER CAMPS
Saints summer camps for 2015 include:
Because Saints Summer Camps are open to all, this youngster attended Baseball Camp as a 7th grader from his home in Northern Calif. He is now a member of the Concord De La Salle varsity baseball team.
Baseball-- The Saints Baseball Camp, July 6 thru July 10 will feature instruction by high
school coaches and ex-players. It is designed for a wide range of skill levels. From the beginner to advanced players, Saints Baseball camp offers you a chance to build a quality base of skills to help you through your base-ball career. Cost: $250. The camp is for youngsters 7-14. A bag lunch is recommended but affordable snack bar facilities will be available. Players should bring glove, caps, shoes, and either baseball pants or sweats. Note: You can participate in Saints Speed and Strength and Saints Baseball Camp at the same time.
Basketball— This camp held at Saints Gym, June 22-26, is an excellent opportunity for young players to learn the game from quality coaches while having a lot of fun. Led by Head Coach Mike Haupt and the rest of the St. Augustine High School basketball staff, as well as area athletes and coaches. Your student will enjoy a week of solid instruction in the fundamentals of basketball. Cost $225.
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The Senior Class Saintsmencordially invite you to attend
The
Annual Mother & Senior
Tribute Luncheon
held in honor of the Mothers’ support, encouragement and love
at theMarina Village Conference Center
(Seaside Room)
Sunday, April 19, 2015
12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Ticket info: $25 per person ($50 for mother and son)
If replying in the affirmative, please remit the bottom portion of this page, as well the
payment for attendance before April 15, 2015 by personal delivery or via first class
mail to:The Senior Class
c/o John LameratoSt. Augustine High School
3266 Nutmeg St.San Diego, CA 92104
or Online at www.sahs.org
Direct questions or concerns to John Lamerato, Senior Class Moderator, by emailing [email protected]
Yes, my son and I will attend the Annual Mother and Senior Tribute Luncheon.
My son’s name is ___________________ My name is ______________________ (Checks should be made payable to St. Augustine High School)
Please submit payment and reservation form before April 15, 2015or register online at www.sahs.org after April 1, 2015
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ANOTHER BANNER Y
EAR
Championship
Season at Saints
VARSITY BASKETBALL CROWNED CIF OPEN DIVISION CHAMPS
Photography by Thom Vollenweider
YOUTH IS SERVED–Led by Coach Mike Haupt, Saints Basketball outlasted the highly touted Torrey Pines 46-42 to capture the San Diego Section Open Division title at USD. The open
division tourney is made up of the top teams in the county as voted by the CIF. Logic therefore insists that Saints ended its 2014-15 season as the best varsity basketball team in the county. But that honor went to Foothill Christian High, who had a better overall season record. Saints did not play Foothill Christian this season. Nonethless, for a second straight year the Saints have moved into the CIF State tournament to face the top seeded team in California. Last year against Mater Dei, Santa Ana and this year against Bishop Montgomery out of Torrance. Bishop Montgomery is the No. 1 ranked boys varsity basketball team in the state and they showed it as they bested Saints 75-61 in the first game of the Southern California regional open division quarterfinal game held in Torrance, CA. The loss was tough to take but the young Saints team’s (only one senior on the team) des-tiny is in the future. Bishop Montgomery coach Doug Mitchell told the media after the game “They’re going to be a great team. They’re going to be tough to deal with next year.” Next year will be one of the rare occasions when Coach Mike Haupt will welcome all of his starters to begin the 2015-16 season. This season is over and Saints will proudly hang its first open division basketball champion-ship banner in the school’s gym. That alone is a tremendous milestone, a feat no other Saints varsity basketball team has ever accomplished. And, yes. Wait until next year!
VIEW FROM THE TOP—Saints recent defeat of Torrey Pines High 46-42 added another CIF Basketball banner to the Gym.
MOnROE DOCTRInE—Junior Eric Mon-roe’s mantra is to score and keep the enemy at bay. Here he brings the ball up the court early in the title game.
POSTMAn DELIVERS—Martin Tombe roars by Torrey Pines defenders. Daniel Caya sets a timely pick.
BIG CHEERS—CIF Open Division Champions and the Saints “Pit” cheering section ham it up for the media after the game.
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MARTIN’S BIG MOMENTPhotography by Ernie Torgeson
THE MOMEnTOUS SHOT—UT San Diego sports reporter John Maffei described the last moments of the St. Augustine vs. Torrey Pines Open Division Basketball playoffs last month at USD’s Jenny Craig Pavillion: “With the shot clock and game clock running down and in desperate need of a hero in crunchtime, St. Augustine found one in Junior Martin Tombe (#25). “With a defender in his face, Tombe turned on the wing and hit nothing but the bottom of the net with a 29-footer. He was fouled on the play and made the free throw with 20 seconds left to play, propelling the Saints to a 46-42,” wrote Mr. Maffei. Saints Scene photographer and Saints Dad Ernie Torgeson took some remarkable shots of the joyous pandemonium that en-sued. Martin Tombe (’16) slammed the door on Torrey Pines with four point as a result of one play! Saints win! Saint win! Hang the Banner! CIF San Diego Section Open Division Champions 2015
THREE-FOR-SOn—This time Jack Peterson, a three-point specialist, goes in for a scoring layup.
SUPER SOPH—Otto Taylor, one of the team’s leading scorers adds two more points.
DYnASTY On DEFEnSE—This year’s champion team will return next year, except for gradu-ating senior Daniel Caya (#4).
THE PIT—The Faithful Celebrate yet another CIF championship
MARTIn TOMBE’S BIG SHOT
PLEASE GO In!
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SWISH!
MEDIA KUDOS
PAnDEMOnIUM, YA THInK!
Teammates Eric Monroe and Jack Peter-son help Martin Tombe off the floor after he was fouled while unbelieving Torrey Pines player reacts in shock.
CLUTCH FOUR POInT PLAY
ELDER STATESMAn—Senior Daniel Caya scores on a jumper from the top of the key.
TOP FROSH—Taeshon Cherry was domi-nant in the paint on offense and defense.
WOn & FUn—Saints Chaplain Bob Gavotto, O.S.A., (’55) and Senior Matt Callahan, team manager share the excitement of a champion-ship as the game’s final seconds wind down.
BOARD SWEEPER—Junior Daniel Lara eyes rebound while blocking out Torrey Pines player.
POST GAME—Principal James Horne celebrates with player Martin Tombe after the game. That’s Saints Athletic Director Mike Stephenson (left) and CIF Commissioner Jerry Schniepp
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THRILL OF VICTORY—St. Augustine High School President Edwin Hearn takes in the post game fun with Saintsman Daniel Caya.
GUESS WHO WOn?—Varsity head coach Mike Haupt (left) enjoys the CIF title with Saints Athletic Director Mike Stephenson.
PRINCIPAL’S COLUMNContinued from page 1B
Before and after school traffic continues to be a pressing concerns for our neighbors. Recently, neighbors have made us aware of some of their most common frustrations regarding traffic associated with the start and end of the school day. As a result we are sharing some valuable tips with you regarding traffic near campus. Saints asks all parents and students to con-sider these guidelines in an effort to continue our pattern of responsiveness to neighbor-hood issues and general traffic safety.
• Do not block driveways of our neigh-bors.• Consider arranging a drop-off / pick-up location a few blocks from campus with your son to avoid the congestion on Palm and Nutmeg in the 15 minutes before and after school.• Organize carpools with neighboring stu-dents or members of your same team/ac-tivity in an effort to help us reduce traffic.• Do not make U-turns on Palm, nutmeg, 32nd or 33rd streets. It violates posted signage and creates dangerous situations on already narrow streets.• Do not cross the center medians to pass traffic on narrow neighborhood streets.• Please obey posted speed limits and stop signs.• Always greet neighbors courteously and respond to their concerns politely.
If you are a neighbor and have com-ments about traffic and/or parking or want to report an issue with a car displaying a Saints placard, please contact us.
In the spirit of Catholic Education and neigh-borly cooperation,
James HornePrincipal
It is sure to be a wonderful and fun eve-ning with appetizers and cocktails during the silent auction, a delicious sit down dinner catered by the award winning 220 Catering, live music, live auction run by our entertain-ing auctioneer. Join the fun under the big tent which will feel like a night on the cape in Nantucket! I think everyone who was at the event last year would tell you, it was a night you won’t want to miss!
We still need donations!! Please consider giving to this event by donating an item for the silent or live auction. All donations can be dropped off in front office with donor form. Donor forms are available here: https://secure.maestroweb.com/793/Donor%20Form2013-14GenericREV1.pdf
BIG ONE IS BIG TIME FUN FOR A GREAT CAUSEContinued from page 1B
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SOCCER’S CIF TROPHY BELONGS TO SAINTS
DOMINATING PERFORMANCE–Led by Coach Brendan Johnston, Saints upset the higher ranked Scripps Ranch 4-1 for the Boys Division I San Diego Section soccer
championship held at Mesa College. The victory came after the Falcons took an early lead. Saints goal scorers were Luis Peraza, Luke Hazel, Josh Castrillon and Bennett Poiset. Saints Soccer was seeded #7 in Div. I rankings entering the playoffs. The team’s four-game playoff streak included a 3-2 win over #10 seed Southwest; a 4-1 victory over #2 seed Otay Ranch; a 3-2 win over #3 seed Canyon Crest in the semi-finals and Saints clinched the CIF trophy with a 4-1 romp over #4 seed Scripps Ranch. Under Coach Johnston’s guidance, the recent Saints win marked the sixth CIF championship for Saints Soccer program: 1996, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2012, 2015. Equally notable is the team has made its fourth trip to the CIF Finals in the past five years. “It was an especially gratifying win given some of the struggles we had earlier in the season,” said Coach Johnston, a Saints alum (1994). “We started off well winning our first four games but struggled over the next seven games without a win.” Getting through such a tough stretch made the team stronger team in the long run. “Nothing came easy this year. They had to work for every bit of their success,” said Coach Johnston, “And, it steeled them as we played our best soccer in the play-offs. I am proud of our boys for stepping up and playing so well when it mattered the most. They expected to win every game.”
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Championship
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Bennett Poiset controls a header in championship action vs. Scripps Ranch
Co-Captain Luis Peraza scored in three of four playoff games.
St. Augustine High School 2014-15 CIF Champions in Soccer
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Co-Captain Luke Hazel scored five goals in all four play of matches.
Arturo Jacobo (#9) and Josh Castrillon (#3) interrupt a Scripps advance Jake Haupt sends a header away from goal
Saintsman Brenner Jarrad sets up goal shot
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Joe Daluz intercepts a Scripps Ranch pass.Saints Goalie Connor Lance punches away a Scripps shot on goal
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ADD POLO TO SAINTS RUN OF 2015
SUCCESSES
WELL DONE—Saintsman Theo Anastos is a competitive polo player and a member of the United States Polo As-
sociation's Interscholastic League. This year, his team (Poway) has performed exceptionally well and last weekend won the Western Regional Division in Santa Barbara, besting teams representing the entire West Coast and Hawaii. Polo is an ancient game first played in Persia and India before it was modernized by the British in the middle of the 19th century. The object of the game is to move the polo ball down-field, hitting the ball through the goal posts for a score. Polo teams then change direction after each goal in order to com-pensate for field and wind conditions. A team is made up of four polo players. A polo match is usually played outdoors. A polo field is 300 yards long and 160 yards wide, the largest field in orga-nized sport. A polo match lasts about one and one-half hours and is divided into timed periods called chukkers. Each chukker is seven minutes long.
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Saintsman Theo Anastos atop his polo pony executes a difficult neck shot. It is easy to see how much the bamboo mallet handle bends during the shot.
Trophy presentation after Theo Anastos Poway Team were named 2015 United States Polo Association Interscholastic Western Region Champions. Theo is #3.
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SURF CHAMPIONS 2014-15
SAINTS/OLP SURFERS RULE THE WAVESPhotography by William Hill
DIVISION 5 CROWN--It was the final event of the season for Division 5 High School Surf Teams and a Division Title on the line for St. Augustine/Our Lady of Peace and Classical
Academy. Both teams arrived at Ocean Beach in Mid-March to find some two to three foot waves with great shape and very contestable conditions. It was Saints who emerged the victor with a 49 to 44 win over Classical Academy. In more than 20 years of team surfing at the high school level, Saints has captured four championships. Coached by Alum Jim Shaw (’71) and moderated by Deacon Richard Hardick, St. Augustine High School surfs in the Scholastic Surf Series division (www.surfsss.org) of the Western Surfing Association. The Western Surfing Association (WSA) was established in 1961 and is the oldest amateur surfing association in the world. The San Diego Section has 30 high schools participating in four divisions divided by size and location. The league is co-ed so the Saintsmen are joined by surfers from the Academy of Our Lady of Peace.
Kyle Cato
Saint/OLP Championship Surfing team, coaches and support volunteers
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Carter Faucher
Abby Holland
Maris Amsberry
Thomas Varella
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Carter Faucher
nico Lamas
Cannon Birch
of the Diocese of San Diego. He will be installed April 15. McElroy, 61, has written extensively about the Church’s social justice mission, promoting Catholic engagement with soci-ety that places economic and human rights issues on par with abortion and same-sex marriage. “We are called to see the issues of abortion and poverty, marriage and immigrant rights, euthanasia and war, religious liberty and restorative justice, not as competing alternatives often set within a partisan framework, but as a complemen-tary continuum of life and dignity,” he wrote in America magazine in October 2013. McElroy’s appointment to San Diego is the latest sign that Pope Francis intends to make his mark on the Church in America. Last fall, Francis handpicked another moderate, Blase Cupich, to serve as arch-bishop of Chicago. McElroy was present at Cupich’s installation Mass. McElroy, a San Francisco native, gradu-ated from Harvard University with a degree in history, and holds a doctorate from Stanford University as well as a doctorate in moral theology from Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University. Though he’s worked in the San Fran-cisco chancery for many years, McElroy was pastor of a San Mateo, California, parish for 14 years. Speaking last month in San Fran-cisco, McElroy praised what he called the pope’s emphasis on mercy, and said that the church must gravitate toward pastoral responses to believers. “To be judgmental is a cardinal sin for religion,” he said, according to the National Catholic Reporter. “It is easy for the church to get lost in the rules, but pastoral theology trumps rules.” He went on to say he favors allowing divorced and remarried Catholics to receive communion, a position that allies McElroy with bishops attempting to overturn the ban at this fall’s synod on the family in Rome. He’s also made economic inequality one of his signature issues, praising the pope’s emphasis on poverty. He told Crux last summer that Catholic laypeople have a special responsibility to fight inequality. “I think Pope Francis’ statements on the challenge of global poverty and questions of inequality provide a unique opportunity for the Catholic community to deepen its institutionalized lay resources,” he said. McElroy succeeds Bishop Cirilo Flores, who passed away in September after less than a year on the job. The diocese, with a little less than 1 million Catholics in San Diego and Imperial Counties, is among the largest in the United States—By Michael O’Loughlin, National Reporter, Crux magazine.
POPE APPOINTS NEW BISHOPContinued from page 1B
-Steven Franca served as co-editor of the 2015 WorldLink Reader, an educa-tional tool providing background knowl-edge on WorldLink's 18th Annual Youth Town Meeting.
As a result of their involvement last year,
Debbie Martinez, Program Officer at World-Link, invited Steven Franca to be a reporter for this year's YTM, Ian Harkness to speak at the opening plenary session and Julio Serrano to speak at the closing plenary session. At the YTM, Saints students were spread out in various groups and attended different sessions such as:- Ted Miles' workshop "Called to Witness, Called to Act;" -Wendy Sternberg's session on “Healing through the Arts,” Zuzana Vasiliauskaite's talk about her work on Violence, Abuse and Trauma and -Arno Michaelis' presentation where he shared his story about his transition from a life of hate and racism to a life celebrating diversity. Students came back enthused and inspired. If you are interested in knowing more, watching our students' speeches or some of the presenters' talks, check WorldLink's YouTube page, Facebook page and World-Link's Web page: http://www.sandiego.edu/peacestudies/institutes/ipj/programs/world-link
St. Augustine High School presents an educational and informative evening talking with parents about hosting parties for high school students in their homes.
April 15, 2015 6:30pm
Saints Gym
Speaking Will Be Representatives From: Insurance Company
San Diego Police Department Legal Counsel
Homeowners Responsibilities When Hosting Parties
WWW.SAHS.ORG
ST. AUGUSTINE HIGH SCHOOL
3266 NUTMEG ST. SAN DIEGO CA 92104 619-282-2184
“Deputies Bust Big Teen Party In Poway”
“Underage Drinking Found At Gathering Of Over 150 People”
“Parents Must Be Parents When Teens Want To Party”
“Keep Our Teens Safe: Know The Law About Social Hosting”
Recent Headlines In Local Newspapers
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Diego and Baja Mexico to the University of San Diego campus. Like last year, Mrs. Marie-Line Allen and Mr. Gary Osberg selected 30 students from St. Augustine High to participate in this year's WorldLink's YTM. Inspired by last year's YTM presentations, three students from Saints Augustine High School became WorldLink interns. -Ian Harkness served as editor-in-chief of the 2014 WorldLink Newspaper, a bilingual publica-tion detailing WorldLink's 17th Annual Youth Town Meeting.
-Julio Serrano served as a summer 2014 research intern. He contributed a chapter on violence preven-tion to the 2015 WorldLink Reader, an educational tool providing background knowledge on WorldLink's 18th Annual Youth Town Meeting, "Healing the Wounds of Violence." Moderator Julio
Serrano
Saints Attendee Steven Franka
LINKING WITH THE WORLDContinued from page 1B
Kairos, as a culminating retreat for up-perclassmen, is a great way to prepare young men to participate in the world. It gives them a chance to reflect and to develop a spiritual vision that provides an alternative to our soci-ety’s ethos of selfishness. These retreats are central to Catholic education and couldn’t happen without the tireless dedication of many. Thank you to all parents, students, alumni and faculty who support the Kairos program at Saints. And a special thank you to our Augustinian Vol-unteer Brendan Dillon who took the lead in planning this retreat experience.
DEVELOPING THE CHRISTIAN HEARTContinued from page 2
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Saints students for several years now have been participating in mock trial programs in cooperation with the court system in San Diego
County with Saints Dad Judge Joseph Brannigan as mentor. This year’s Mock Trial Team were assigned to the courtroom of the Honor-able Timothy B. Taylor.
Saintsmen participating were (Left to right:) Matthew Danaher, Jacques Paye, Hayden Ball, Sean Panish, Patrick Miller, Alex Karani-wan, Justin Magbutay, Jason Misleh, Christopher Guadarrama, Bren-dan Leahy, Jake Schmid, David Pepper and Rudy Torres.
IN THE COURTROOM
City Prep League coaches disagreed with their releaguing bosses and voted against the Saints, pointing out that La Jolla and Kearny, whose games did not count this year, would be joining the circuit with Crawford, making for nine members, an unwieldy number. The Southern Section releaguing commit-tee, virtually rubber stamped the vote by the San Diego principals, voting unanimously to place St. Augustine in the City Prep League and removing the Saints from Metro League consideration. The Saints still would need the approval of the Southern Section’s executive council, but commissioner J. Kenneth Fagans said the releaguing group’s vote was “tantamount to approval.” Fagans noted that Crawford would not be playing a varsity schedule in football in 1957 and that “releaguing is on a year-to-year basis. If further changes are needed later on, we’ll make them.” The Saints officially were placed in the City League by the Southern Section executive committee at its final meeting in December.
FLASHBACK: 1956Continued from page 3
SAINTS PLAYERS ADD THE TEMPEST TO LONG LIST OF SUCCESSESContinued from page 4
The school wishes to thank the hard working legion of faculty members and Saints Community volunteers for their continued support of the Saints Players. The crew, led by Stage Manager, David Valley (’15) and Asst. Stage Manager, Matt Johnson (’17), and Technical Director, Hayden Ball (’17) supported the production with their fine work and led a strong crew of Saintsmen. Mr. Bernens added, “This was a sin-gularly gratifying production, as I watched the students grow in their understanding of Shakespeare and then perform it to the level that was truly exceptional. They got it; students can do remarkable things if you set the bar high! We commemorate the 400th anniver-sary of Shakespeare’s death next year. This was a great production to help usher in this year of celebrating the legacy of the Bard! We thank all who came out to support us in the audience. We had some full houses, and I
everyone was smiling as they left the theatre.
“We look forward to two more opportu-nities to see these students shine. Next
month, we will watch the students mount the first ever student produced show. They are calling it Saintsmen Live, and it will be per-formed April 17 in the afternoon, after school. Also, the Improv Team will be performing after school on March 27 for an intersquad competition as we get ready for the big all-school tournament at National Comedy Theatre on April 25 at their theatre on India Street. We are hoping for a morning show. We will keep you posted. “We look forward to next year. Please join us for the fun! We will need more actors and crew as we move forward. So consider coming out,” said Mr. Bernens. Students wishing to participate in drama contact Mr. Bernens or any of the actors or crew if you are interested or want more infor-mation.
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AUGUSTINIAN HERITAGEContinued from page 2
PLAN AHEAD SUMMER CAMPS Continued from page 4
that Truth which gives meaning to existence and is “the place” in which the heart finds serenity and joy. We know that his journey was not easy: he thought he would find the Truth in prestige, in his career, in possessions, in the voices which promised him immediate happiness; he made mistakes, he encoun-tered sadness, he confronted failure, but he never stopped, he was never satisfied with what gave him only a hint of light; he learned to look deep within himself and he remembered, as he writes in the Con-fessions, that that Light, that God whom he sought with his strength, was closer to him than he was to himself, that he was always near to him, that he had never abandoned him, that he was waiting to be able to enter definitively into his life (cf. III, 6, 11; X, 27, 38). As I said commenting on the recent film about his life, Saint Augus-tine understood, in his restless searching, that it was not he who had found the Truth, but Truth itself, which is God, which had pursued and followed him (cf. L’Osservatore Romano, Thursday, 4 September 2009, p. 8). Romano Guardini, commenting on a passage in the third chapter of the Confessions says: Saint Augustine understood that God is the “glory which brings us to our knees, the drink which satisfies our thirst, the treasure which makes us happy, […he had] the peaceful certainty of one who finally understood, but also the blessed condition of love which knows: This is everything and It is enough for me” (Pensatori religiosi, Brescia 2001, p. 177). “In Book Nine of the Confessions, our saint recounts a conversa-tion with his mother, Saint Monica, whose memory we celebrate on
Friday, the day after tomorrow. It is a very beautiful scene. He and his mother are at Ostia, in a hotel, and from their window they see the sky and the sea, and they transcend sky and sea, and for a moment they touch the heart of God in the silence of his creatures. Here there is a basic certainty in the journey toward the Truth: creatures must be silent if the silence in which God can speak is to enter in. This is true also in our day: at times there seems to be a certain fear of silence, of recollection, of considering one’s actions, of the profound meaning of one’s life. Often it is preferable to live only the passing mo-ment, deceiving oneself that it will bring lasting happiness; it is prefer-able to live with superficiality without thinking, because it seems easier. There is a fear of searching for the Truth or perhaps a fear that Truth will find us, will grab hold of us and change our life, as happened for Saint Augustine. “I would like to say to all of you, even to those who are experienc-ing a moment of difficulty in their faith journey, to those who share only slightly the life of the Church or who live “as though God did not exist”, to not be afraid of the Truth, to never interrupt the journey toward it, to never cease searching for the profound truth about oneself and things with the interior eye of the heart. God will not fail to give Light to see his Warmth, to feel in one’s heart that he loves us and that he desires to be loved. “May the intercession of the Virgin Mary, Saint Augustine and Saint Monica accompany us on this journey.”
Drumline— This CO-ED camp is open June 15-19 to all students 4th thru 12th grades, who are interested in learning percussion, as well as improving music reading skills. No previous experience in reading music or playing an instrument is required. Students will learn basic techniques in percussion performance on snare drum, multi-tenors, bass drum and cymbals. Students will also learn music reading skills, basic music theory, and will compose their own drumline cadence. Students will perform a concert on last Friday of camp at 11 am on the Saints Campus. Cost: $225.
Jazz Camp— This CO-ED camp, June 22-26, is open to students 4th thru 12th grades on all instruments (even those not traditionally found in a jazz ensemble). Students must have at least one year experience read-ing music for their instrument. Students will learn large ensemble (big band) skills such as blend, balance, intonation, and sight-reading in a variety of jazz styles (rock, swing, latin, etc.). Students will also form small jazz combos and create their own arrangement of a jazz standard while learning music theory and improvisation. Students will perform a concert on last Friday of camp at 11 am on the Saints Campus. Cost: $225.
Saints Speed and Strength— Saints Speed and Strength (S.S.S.) is a five week intensive camp to develop explosive speed and strength. It is open to all athletes, all football players are expected to participate. Location: St. Augustine Fields, Gym and Weight Room.Date: June 22-July 24Cost: $375Session I: 6:30-8:30 am (Varsity Sports Only)Session II: 9 am-11amSession III: 1 pm to 3 pmSession IV: 3 pm to 5 pm (Varsity Football Only)
Saints Youth Football Camp— Saints Youth Football Camp, July 20-23 is based on fundamentals and emphasizes individual instruction. Campers will be instructed in the basic principles of football along with offensive and defensive schemes. Players will be drilled in position specific techniques (QB, WR, RB, OL, DL, and LB) which will prepare them for heads up tackling and improve their game performance. Safety is important; campers will be matched by age, weight, size and athletic ability. We welcome all ath-letes and all skill levels. What to bring: T-shirt, athletic shorts, cleats, sunscreen, and mouth guard Ages 5-14 are welcome. Cost: $225. If you have any question please contact Head Coach Richard San-chez at [email protected] or call 619-764-5596.
Soccer Camp—Running July 27 thru July 31, the St. Augustine Soc-cer Camp will feature instruction by high school coaches, players, and alumni. It is designed for a wide range of age and skill levels. Open to boys and girls ages 6-15 from beginner to advanced. The camp offers a unique insight into the game, while teaching skills and techniques designed to make all participants better soccer players.
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