A NEWSLETTER FOR ALUMNI, PARENTS & FRIENDS OF CATHOLIC MEMORIAL

SUMMER 2005

C A T H O L I C M E M O R I A L

M A G A Z I N E

Creating Christian Community by Celebrating the Achievements of our School & Alumni

CM In El Salvador

C A T H O L I C M E M O R I A L

On June 15, alumni, parents and friends gathered at theWoodland Golf Club in Newton to celebrate the success of CM’Inaugural Capital Campaign. At this historic dinner celebration,Br. James MacDonald, CFC ’75 announced a gift from theYawkey Foundation of $100,000. This long in coming giftpushed the dollars-raised in the campaign above the $2.2 millionmark on its $2 million goal. The Yawkey gift will be used to reno-vate the Christian Brothers’ monastery into instructional space.The monastery, located in the east wing of the high schoolbuilding, has been the home of the Christian Brothers communitysince the school building opened on Baker Street in September of1959. The decision to relocate the Brothers had been underconsideration for several years and was based on the followingfactors, including: enrollment is up, activities have been added tothe program but adequate space is not available to handle theseadditions, the school is in need of classroom and new laboratoryspace, and space is needed for arts, music, general meeting rooms,other activities and offices.

“The expansion of CM’s facilities marks a major milestone inthe history of the school,” said Br. James J. MacDonald, C.F.C’75. He added, “The Yawkey Foundation’s gift will provide thenecessary seed money to begin our much anticipated renovationproject that will yield approximately 13,500 sq. ft. of space to ourcampus facility. We are currently reviewing plans to determine

Mr. Chisholm (left) and Br. MacDonald are presented with a $100,000gift from James P. Healey, Executive Vice President of The YawkeyFoundation and Anne E. Cloherty, Programs Manager at the TheYawkey Foundation.

Middle photo: Gathered at the Capital Campaign Dinner are (standing l-r) Jim Blue ’82,Chairman of the Board of Directors, Alicia Ianiere, member of the board and Fr. Chris Hickey,member of the board, and (seated l-r) Kristine Blue and Pat and Nell Jones.

At left: Brother MacDonald presents Pat and Nell Jones with a Waterford Crystal at theCapital Campaign Dinner. Pat successfully chaired the Capital Campaign and just completedhis term of service on the Board of Directors.

Yawkey Foundation II Grants $100,000 to Catholic Memorial for renovation of Christian Brothers’ Monastery into Classrooms

how best to plan our instructional needs. Our intention is to build new sciencelaboratories, a new information-technology-media center, an art studio, androom for activities along with offices and meeting space.” Catholic Memorialis currently engaged in long-range strategic planning process that encompassesevery aspect of the school’s curriculum, facilities, programs, finances, and more.A long-range master plan will reconfigure campus space to better meet the needsof the students, parents and faculty.

Falling in Love with El Salvador

Ministry in Action

CM & Habitat for Humanity

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CM MAGAZINECM Magazine is a publication of Catholic Memorial, a college preparatory school for young men,grades 7-12, located at 235 Baker St.,West Roxbury, MA 02132(617) 469-8000. It is published three times a year bythe Christian Brothers Institute ofMassachusetts under the direction of Br. James J. MacDonald, C.F.C. ‘75,President.

CORRESPONDENCE POLICYLetters and correspondence areencouraged and may be sent to theabove address, or by fax or email. Fax: 617-325-0888. Email: mazzaj@cath-mem.org.

EDITORJohn Mazza ‘98

CONTRIBUTORSDavid Erwin ‘96Andrew Flynn ‘04Matthew FitzsimonsKate HeatonPat Walsh

PHOTO CREDITSTerry BleilerNed CostantinoEllen EberlyKate HeatonJoe McGonegalLaura Rossi (P’05, ’09)Shivonne St. GeorgeSusan Symonds

PRINT & DESIGNInkstone PrintingKaren Ancas Design

ON THE COVER: A Salvadoran boy carrieswood home from school in Pelaquin.

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From the Principal’s Desk

The defining mark of a Christian Brothereducation is its faith-based education. God is at theheart of Catholic Memorial, as expounded in the Essential Elements of a Christian BrothersEducation – the theme of our CM Magazine publications this past academic year. CM’s CampusMinistry department coordinates several programsfor our students, but the overall responsibility forthe spiritual growth of our students lies with eachof us in the community.

Catholic Memorial’s vision of ministry isguided by Blessed Edmund Rice’s spirituality. It’s avision that is manifested in our Catholic traditionand modeled after the life of Edmund Rice.Students are encouraged by faculty and staff tooffer their unique and personal gifts in joyful,passionate and loving service to others. CM’s twocampus ministers, in coordination with the entirefaculty and staff, serve as companions with ourstudents. We are committed to creating programswhereby students can demonstrate compassion fortheir neighbor, and encounter God through theEucharist, prayer, Mission collection, service work,the BERSI program, and in relationships withfellow students where friendship with God exists.

CM’s Campus Ministry department is alwaysseeking ways to foster and deepen the faith of ourstudents. Monthly liturgy, community service andretreat programs are probably our most effectivemeans of accomplishing this goal. Catholic Memo-rial invites our young men to step outside theirhectic and demanding young lives so they mighthear the words of Jesus and discover their purposein life.

Two programs worthy of special note are theSenior Service Project and BERSI. This past spring,each member of the Class of 2005 completed 40hours of community service. The purpose of theprogram is to help our young men reflect upon theirspiritual life through action that provides service tothe poor and marginalized, through action thatpromotes peace and social justice, and throughoutreach to people of diverse backgrounds. Thehands-on program is designed to educate leadersfor active participation in the Church and world oftomorrow.

BERSI International is another unique learningexperience that offers students the opportunity toengross themselves in a radically different culture,and develop the tools to work towards socialjustice. BERSI trips to New York City, Montreal, El Salvador and Peru take place during school vacations. Students are introduced to differentplaces and cultures, learning about social, political,economic and cultural differences as well as issuesof social justice.

I invite you to read the articles that addresseach of these specific programs. Our ultimate goalis to transform lives. When we seek to provide helpand create hope, it is for the purpose of improvingthe lives of our students and those of God’s peoplein greatest need.

Sincerely,

Richard F. ChisholmPrincipal

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Falling in Lovewith El Salvadorby Joe McGonegal

D riving down the dusty road to Augilares, whereRutilio Grande, the first of El Salvador’s Civil War martyrs,was assassinated by a death squad in 1977, the last word thatcomes to mind is “immersion.” Where is all the water? Aren’twe in a tropical zone? But immersion is what this is, even inthe dustiest, driest month of El Salvador’s calendar.

Fourteen CM students, including freshmen Erik Guil-foyle and Richard Wingert, sophomores James Tobin, JonRamaci, Peter McGovern, John Miele, Tim Mangan, andBryan Aldridge, juniors Chris O’Loughlin, James Hoeg,Justin Sollis, Corey Sloane, Marco Perry, and Matt McHugh,joined me and Spanish teacher Kyle Woolley in this immer-sion, CM’s second international foray via its newly christenedBrother Edmund Rice Institute, a program that has alreadytaken over a hundred Knights to El Salvador, New York,Montreal, and down Boston’s less-traveled roads. In oneweek over April vacation this year, we learned—by completecultural immersion—to live as Salvadorans do: simply andwith an acute awareness of the basic necessities of life.

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“[Travelling to El Salvador] is an experience

of extraordinary richness, if the visitors

muster the courage to take it in. They feel

a little confused...like the disorientation

of falling in love. In fact, that is what is

happening, a kind of falling in love. The

earth trembles. My horizon is opening up.

I’m on unfamiliar ground, entering a richer,

more real world.” ~Dean Brackley

A Salvadoran boy and girl walking home from school together.

We developed an acute awareness of how the longing forwater, for instance, affects Salvadorans’ lives. On one 100-degree afternoon while there, we walked to the bottom of adusty valley in Zaragoza. Walking by corrugated huts precar-iously perched on the valley’s side, we saw a trickle of wastewater leading down a path into a meager stream where chil-dren played or worked, hauling laundry baskets with theirmothers up steep steps. The water had a film of soap over it,and you couldn’t see through it. Sharing in the drought thatafternoon, we felt dehydrated and the river’s grimness onlyadded to our thirst. Walking back to the school at the top ofthe hill, children swarmed around us, the thirstier onesasking for pennies for water that the corner shops sell in

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small bags for a nickel. And driving through the countrysideto Grande’s church, we passed woman after woman carryingbucketloads of water atop their heads from community wellsthat they’d walked miles to get. Finally, on our last night inSan Salvador, the skies burst open and drenched the city, andthe courtyard in our guesthouse was soon flooded in inchesof water. Of course, once we had water, the power went out.

El Salvador is a dark place at night. This must have aidedthe element of surprise for guerrillas fighting in the 1980scivil war that saw over 75,000 civilian casualties. Out atPelaquin by the Honduran border, we talked to former rebelsat the guerrilla museum, who spoke of trying to keep a radiostation viable to encourage insurrection against the anti-communist regime during power outages and bombings byU.S. warplanes. While the students noticed how many kidstheir age were in each town, Mr. Woolley and I noticed howfew young men in their twenties and thirties there were.Julieta Borja, our guide, noted that anyone old enough to runaway with their family as boys in the late 1970s did so orwere in danger of being recruited into the army or killed. Itcertainly put some perspective on the search for the perfecthackey sack or lacrosse stick that occupied most of my timeat the beginning of the 80s.

Hearing “Pan de Vida” at a church service in El Salvadorsums up the greatest need of all, and how crucial it is to aSalvadoran’s life each day. “Bread of Life” is not only anintensely spiritual concept for Salvadorans, but an intenselyphysical struggle as well. We didn’t just see panhandlers. Wemet students who, despite all their efforts to get organized and

educated at schools, were extremely malnourished and stuntedin their growth. We saw groups gather outside the smallcommunity centers where we ate, hoping for leftovers. Wewitnessed Maryknoll missionaries cooking soy products as fastas they could to get them to the people in their communities.

In small ways, I reminded our boys, we could share inSalvadorans’ struggles. Some of us fasted through long after-noons or went through long nights with empty stomachs,waiting for the next “pupusa” (native tortilla treats) we couldget our hands on. Coming back to Boston, I encouraged themto consider fasting and reflecting on the notion of “Pan deVida” and how much we could be nourished with the body ofChrist through such fasting on a holy day or Sunday.

Talking to the students at the end of the trip added to mygrowing sense of what being a CM Knight is all about. Thisbeing my fourth year at CM, and having graduated from aCatholic high school in Vermont, it has taken a while to sinkin. Peter McGovern, a sophomore from Needham, said thehighlight of the trip for him was “visiting a kindergarten — itwas amazing. I remember all the children running around anddancing with them. At the end of the day they gave us each afish ornament. I still have mine hanging on my wall at home.”For James Tobin, also of Needham, immersion meant meetingpeople like Julieta, whose laugh he still remembers and who,despite all that the U.S. had indirectly done to her family,“had very few bad feelings towards it and none towards us.”

A lot of the Knights came upon the discovery, very natu-rally, that they felt they got a lot more out of the trip than they

The El Mozote Massacre Site

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gave. I don’t know if this is true. Unlike our immersion atbaptism, this experience was voluntary, and took the kindof courage many young men haven’t yet mustered bycollege. Their endurance and patience was tested to anextent equal to that of the ordeals of medieval Knights bytravel snafus and changes of plan. Some of them whocome from economically disadvantaged families had toraise much of the $1,400 cost of the trip themselves, andmuch of that cost goes to funding programs via ourpartner program, International Partners in Mission.

And while there, and to this day this has had the moststriking impact on me, these young Knights opened theirwallets and gave whatever they could, sacrificing snacks,water, and batteries so that children at the schools wevisited and women at the community centers we travelledto could make a better living for themselves. At Mujer y

Comunidad in Zaragoza on the last night, the group offourteen scraped together their last dollar bills, almost ahundred, and bought out the crafts the women had madeall winter. Witnessing such scenes reminded me of just onething: Edmund Rice. This trip was made so thoroughlyEdmundian by the desire among these Knights to makeSalvadorans look and feel better about themselves, andthat is truly the work of a Knight of Edmund Rice’s order,and truly God’s work.

Indeed, these fourteen might have gotten a lot out of the trip, but their gifts have been and continue to bemeasureless.

Mr. McGonegal is a member of the English Department. He is the coordinator of the Rice Institute and moderator of the Knight Insightstudent newspaper and The Talisman yearbook.

A Salvadoran boy carries wood home from school in Pelaquin.

In small ways, I reminded our boys, we could share

in Salvadorans’ struggles. Some of us fasted

through long afternoons or went through long nights

with empty stomachs, waiting for the next

“pupusa” (native tortilla treat)...

Catholic Memorial’s Campus Ministry Program hasentered a new and exciting era. We have built on the founda-tion laid by both past and present CM educators and haveforged ahead expanding our program, including manycommunity service initiatives. Through Campus Ministry allmembers of the CM family have the awesome opportunity andresponsibility to transform both our school and wider commu-nities – to fully realize, each day, the life and mission of bothJesus and Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice. Theology classes atCatholic Memorial afford us the opportunity to learn aboutCatholic Christian faith; about the historical Jesus’ ministryand core teachings; about an ethic of living; and about catholicsocial justice. Working in conjunction with the TheologyDepartment, Campus Ministry challenges students to takewhat they learn in the classroom and put it into action. Itprovides them with opportunities to appropriate lessons

Ministry in Actionby Shivonne St. George

Our retreats are not just building

community, but helping to nurture

self-reflective young men. And our

numerous service programs are raising

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challenging their pre-conceived notions,

and moving them to a deeper under-

standing of lived Christian witness.

ReflectionEL SALVADOR

by Erik Guilfoyle ‘08

My memories of our BERSI spring trip to El Salvadorwill last a lifetime. I had previously done research on ElSalvador and read about the terrible condition of the country,yet nothing could have prepared me for the widespreadpoverty and uneven distribution of land I witnessed there. Themain purpose of the trip was to immerse ourselves in thehistory and culture of the Salvadoran people and to learnabout the four-year civil war that ended in 1992 in which theUS played a critical role.

One of the main reasons I went on this trip was to expe-rience how a majority of the world live their everyday lives.Living in the United States, we tend to take for granted certainluxuries that many people in our world will never experience.We met people who will never take a vacation and who willnever live with adequate healthcare. I also wanted to travel toEl Salvador because I know this was a rare opportunity forsomeone my age to gain an understanding of and appreciationfor the third world.

No amount of reading could have prepared me for whatI experienced during my trip. Driving down the road youwould see fast food restaurants twice the size of most found inthe United States, but next to these poor people would beliving in flimsy shacks. Amidst all the poverty, we alwaysfound smiling faces staring back at us and wishing us “goodmorning” no matter how bleak their personal situation. Thepeople in El Salvador never give up no matter how high theodds are stacked against them. They simply take what God hasgiven them and try to make the best of it.

One of the most poignant moments of the trip came whenwe visited the slums outside of San Salvador. On the waydown, I noticed sewerage on the side of the road and thefurther we went, the more it increased until it turned into asmall stream. We eventually reached a point where thesewerage actually formed a small milky white river and wereinstructed to breathe as little as possible. We all noticed anouthouse positioned on the edge of a cliff with a pipe leadingout of it and into the river. At the edge of the river was a littlegirl with a bucket in her hand collecting water for her family.It was chilling. These experiences made me realize just howfortunate we are at CM and how we can help to changepeople’s lives by donating to the missions or even helping tocombat poverty in our own towns. This trip was one of thebest experiences of my life and one that I hope more peoplewill be able to experience on the school’s next pilgrimage to El Salvador.

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learned to the realities of life. It gives students forums inwhich to make real the gospel message, to expand theirformal theological education, and to raise their socialconsciousness.

During my time as Director of Campus Ministry Ihave been asked multiple times, by a variety of people:“What is Campus Ministry?” My response to this ques-tion is: “What isn’t Campus Ministry?” Even my ownparents, with whom I have had a number of conversationsregarding the nature of my work, still are not quite clearon my job description. Most people think CampusMinistry only involves Masses and, maybe communityservice. Yes, Campus Ministry involves these two things,but it is and must be so much more. For example, isn’tCampus Ministry the way we speak to one another in thehallways? Isn’t Campus Ministry whether or not wethrow out our trash at lunch or leave it for someone elseto pick up? Isn’t Campus Ministry reaching out to theperson who is marginalized by the mainstream? Isn’tCampus Ministry speaking out against injustices?

Campus Ministry at Catholic Memorial is and mustbe a way of life. At CM, Campus Ministry is not extra-curricular, it is intra-curricular. It is a way of life in ourclassrooms, in our hallways, and on our playing fields.

Living our faith is not something that we try do only onSundays, it is something that our faith demands that wemake every effort to do each and every day. At CM wework to instill in one another a faith that both informsand transforms our very “being” in this world; a faith thatmoves us to action when we see and experience injustices.

My high school campus minister constantly remindedme that one’s faith development is a process. To help thisprocess unfold in our students, CM’s Campus Ministryprogram focuses on three major areas: worship, service,and faith formation. Our monthly liturgies have quicklybecome highly anticipated celebratory gatherings, as ourchoir has grown by 40 members in less than two years.Our retreats are not just building community, but helpingto nurture self-reflective young men. And our numerousservice programs are raising our students’ social aware-ness, challenging their pre-conceived notions, and movingthem to a deeper understanding of lived Christian witness.

Community service, in particular, has blossomed overthe past two years. More than 90 students took part inboth the Walk for Breast Cancer and the Walk for Hungerand raised over $16,000 in donations. Students tutor chil-dren at the Casserly House in Roslindale each Tuesdaythroughout the school year proving to be invaluable role

The CM group reflects at a massacre site.

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models and mentors for the youngsters who frequent thecenter. Many students spent Wednesday evenings with Ms.Kate Heaton, Assistant Campus Minister, preparing andserving meals to the homeless at the Paulist Center soupkitchen in downtown Boston and had the privilege of speakingwith Matthew, a homeless man who visited CM this pastspring and spent the day telling his story to each of our seniorTheology classes. On numerous Thursday afternoonsthroughout the school year, many underclassmen traveled tothe Golda Meir Residence in Newton to spend valuable timewith elderly women in need of companionship.

This past school year also saw the rebirth of the CatholicMemorial Senior Service Project. Thanks to the hard work ofMs. Kate Heaton, Senior Service Project Coordinator, and theSenior Theology teachers, the re-emergence of this program,only in its infancy stage, has already proven to be transforma-tive for both our school community and many of the agencieswith whom our students worked. A number of our seniorsvolunteered at some of Boston’s finest non-profit organizationssuch as Habitat for Humanity, Rosie’s Place, St. FrancisHouse, and the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless.Others chose to give back to institutions and people who wereformative in their own development as young men, such asinner-city grammar schools. Whatever their site placement,most our seniors thoroughly enjoyed their service experienceand received glowing evaluations from their supervisors.

I would be remiss if I did not also mention the time andefforts put forth by many of our students, faculty, and staffbuilding homes for Habitat for Humanity. The past two Aprilvacations, over 20 members of the CM family have traveled toHartford, Connecticut to take part in the annual Habitat forHumanity Retreat. Students and faculty have worked along-side future Habitat homeowners to help build the hopes anddreams of many hard working American families. The labor isintensive, but the students’ evening reflections are proof thatwhat’s going on inside of their heads and hearts goes farbeyond wondering what angle to cut the wood at, or whenlunch break will ever be a reality. Rising Senior, A.J.MacQuarrie said it all this year when we were hammeringnails into a roof: “Ms. St.George, I can’t wait to come backnext year!” That was all I had to hear to know that taking thetime to be there was well worth it.

Although service is only one component of CampusMinistry, we here at CM believe that it is one of the best waysto teach our students how to live their faith. Every day duringthe school year the words of blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice,“Live Jesus, in our hearts, forever,” echoes in our classroomsin and in our hallways. Notice Blessed Edmund did not say“Reside, Jesus” or “Remain, Jesus,” he said “Live, Jesus...”Each and every one of us has both a call and a responsibilityto be men and women who work for unconditional love,peace, and justice wherever hatred and discrimination reign.We are called to let Jesus LIVE in our hearts forever.

Ms. St. George is the Director of Campus Ministry at CM.She is also the coordinator of the liturgical choir.

The CM group visits a Maryknoll site in Mejicanos.

At CM we work to instill in

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informs and transforms our

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a faith that moves us to action

when we see and experience

injustices.

A guest lecturer from InternationalPartners in Mission addresses theCM group in the shade.

Campus MinistryHosts HungerBanquet

Behind the direction of Ms. Kate Heaton of CampusMinistry and student organizers Joe Canteruccio ‘06 andMike Slavinsky ‘06, CM hosted a “Hunger Banquet” thisspring. The Hunger Banquet is an Oxfam America conceptthat asks willing participants to contribute a small fee to enterinto a different world, in most cases a “developing world.”While coming together as a community, CM students,teachers and friends experienced mealtime as it is lived by thefirst, second and third-world populations. Each participantwas given an identity upon entering the banquet and thenwas asked to join one of three groups: those eating as we doin the wealthier parts of the world, those eating a mediocremeal like many in developing countries and lastly those eatingas most people do in the hunger-ravaged regions of the third-

world. The numbers were divided in proportion to theworld’s population. Students learned not only how fortunatewe all are, but also of the overwhelming magnitude of worldhunger when only 5% of them ate a meal considered to besatisfying and tasty.

Matt Lepardo ’06 and Joe Cauteruccio ’06 at the Hunger Banquet.

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ReflectionHABITAT FOR HUMANITY

by A.J. MacQuarrie ‘06

A typical spring break for a high school student usually consists of a lotof sleep, food, fun and laziness. The last two April vacations have beenvery different for me. Last year, I went to El Salvador with seven otherCM students. And that was certainly a reality check for us all. Welearned about the Salvadoran culture, their way of life, turbulenthistory, and level of poverty. This April, I did something a little closerto home. I traveled with our Campus Ministry team to participate inHabitat for Humanity. We spent 3 days in Hartford and workedapproximately 8 hours a day…building. Some built decks, someworked on benches, and others built sheds. So we were workingoutside in the heat.

Sometimes, we have atendency to stereotype poorpeople. Some say they are lazyor have made unwise decisionsin life, but it is unfair to catego-rize a group of human beingsbased on their level of income,especially when they need ourhelp and support. It must be sotough to be in their shoes,struggling every day. Littlethings we take for granted, likehaving a roof over our heads orfood on the table, mean somuch more to the poor.

Edmund Rice founded the Christian Brothers in order to educatethe poor young boys of Waterford, Ireland. He took his good fortuneand shared with those in need. He not only stood in solidarity with thepoor, he took action to make their lives better. As Christians, we mustfind ways to help our fellow man as Edmund did. Whether throughdonations, volunteer work, or gaining a better understanding ofpoverty, we must do something. Just as we saw on our Habitat trip,every bit of support makes a difference.

SUMMER 2005

Paul Dargin ‘79 Golf TournamentFRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2Pembroke Country Club

Pembroke, MA

Jack Cassidy ‘65Scoreboard DedicationFRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

Football Game vs. Chelmsford

Joe Gibbons, Jr. ‘62CM Golf Tournament

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19Wollaston Golf Club

Milton, MA

Businessmen’s BreakfastTUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

Featured Speaker: Lou Gorman, Red Sox Executive Consultant

Gadsby HannahBoston, MA

Catholic Memorial Open HouseOCTOBER 23

Alumni PhonathonsOCTOBER 17-27

Mass for Deceased Alumni & Friends

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 69:00am

Catholic Memorial School

Parent PhonathonsWEEK OF OCTOBER 31

CM vs. BC High Thanksgiving Game

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23Boston College High School

Class of ’95 & ’00 ReunionFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25

Coogan’s PubBoston, MA

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Little things we take

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CM & HABITATFOR HUMANITY

During April vacation, Campus Ministry led a school trip to Hartford where our young men linked up with Habitat for Humanity to help buildhomes for needy families. Here is the CM Habitat team in action. (1) The CM Habitat for Humanity team in Hartford (2) Joe Cauteruccio ‘06and A.J. MacQuarrie ‘06 (3) Dan Adjemian ‘07 and Sergio Garcia ‘07(4 and 5) CM students at work on the Habitat site (6) Joe Cauteruccio ‘06

and Chris Allen ‘05 (7) Kate Heaton of Campus Ministry and Dan Dion of the Theology Department (8) A.J. MacQuarrie ‘06.

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Christopher J. SullivanVALEDICTORIAN

Harvard UniversityBrother Joseph G. McKenna, C.F.C. General Excellence Award

Social Studies Medal

Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice Founder’s Medal

John R. FrisoliSALUTATORIAN

New York UniversityBrother Cornelius P. Ryan, C.F.C. General Excellence Award

Computer Science Medal

GRADUATION AWARDS

Cory G. Boyle Gerard T. Boyle ‘74Michael John Davoren Marty J. Davoren ‘72

Steven Gregory Dolan, Jr. Steven G. Dolan, Sr. ‘73Thomas Edward Flynn John T. Flynn ‘69

Paul Christopher Hynes Christopher J. Hynes ‘78Patrick J. Maloney Stephen C. Maloney ‘72

Peter Francis Meagher, Jr. Peter F. Meagher, Sr. ‘70Andrew Patrick Murphy Steven J. Murphy ‘73Patrick Joseph Murphy Joseph P. Murphy ’68 (deceased)

Patrick Paul Nugent Paul R. Nugent ‘73Brendan David Ryan David W. Ryan ‘71

Christopher John Sullivan John L. Sullivan ‘79

COMMENCEMENT

Holy Name Church in West Roxbury hosted CatholicMemorial’s Forty-Fifth Commencement Exerciseson Thursday evening, May 26. Salutatorian JackFrisoli ‘05, a national merit scholar from Dedham,began the evening by welcoming family, friends andfaculty alike to the ceremony. He then expressed hisgratitude to CM parents and teachers for planting inhim and his classmates “seeds of success.”

Valedictorian Chris Sullivan ’05 of West Roxbury, whowill attend Harvard, then reflected on the institutionthat “instilled us with the knowledge of how to live,laugh and persevere.” Later in his speech, Sullivanpaid tribute to the families in attendance who “sacrificed to send us to a school that cared as well as taught.” Later in the ceremony, Principal Mr. Chisholm announced that altogether Sullivan,Frisoli and the Class of 2005 had amassed over $4.4 million dollars in scholarships and grantstoward their college education.

FATHER & SONS LEGACY

Class of 2005

The following members of the class of 2005 joinedtheir dads as alumni of CM:

Members of the Class of 2005 gather after the Baccalaureate Mass.

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Cory G. BoyleBoston College

Brother Samuel A. Ryan, C.F.C.Mathematics Medal

Kenneth R. CaldwellLyme Academy of Fine Arts

Fine Arts Medal

Douglas A. EberlyUnited States Coast GuardAcademyBrother Arthur A. Loftus, C.F.C. Leadership Award

Matthew X. CallahanUMass-Amherst

World Language Medal

Brian L. Mahoney-Wilson

Vocal Music Medal

Dana R. MarioProvidence CollegeScience Medal

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Peter M. MullinFordham UniversityEnglish Medal

The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley UniversityAssumption CollegeBarry University, FLBenjamin Franklin Institute of TechnologyBentley CollegeBoston CollegeBoston UniversityBrown UniversityThe Catholic University of AmericaCollege of the Holy CrossColorado School of MinesDartmouth CollegeDuquesne UniversityFairfield UniversityFairleigh Dickinson UniversityFordham UniversityFranklin Pierce College, NHGeorgetown University, DCHarvard UniversityHofstra University

Iona CollegeIthaca CollegeJohnson & Wales UniversityLoyola College in MarylandLoyola University ChicagoLoyola University New OrleansLyme Academy of Fine Arts, CTMarquette UniversityMassachusetts College of ArtMichigan State UniversityNew York UniversityNortheastern UniversityNorwich UniversityOhio Wesleyan UniversityProvidence CollegeQuinnipiac UniversityRoger Williams UniversitySacred Heart UniversitySt. Anselm CollegeSt. Bonaventure University

St. John’s UniversitySt. Joseph’s College, MESt. Michael’s CollegeSalve Regina UniversitySeton Hall UniversityStonehill CollegeSuffolk UniversitySyracuse UniversityTulane UniversityUnited States Coast Guard AcademyUnited States Naval AcademyUniversity of California at BerkeleyUniversity of FloridaUniversity of MassachusettsUniversity of MiamiUniversity of VermontVillanova UniversityWake Forest UniversityWheaton CollegeWorcester Polytechnic Institute

COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES

Daniel J. GriffithWake Forest UniversityTheology Medal

Some of the college acceptances for 2005

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2004-2005: A Banner Year

we are the champions!

Competing with Catholic Memorial’s trademark poise and class,our students gave the community much to be proud of this year.Between our teams and individual performers, CM captured fiveconference championships, four state championships and threesectional championships.

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VOLLEYBALL

1) Record: 15-4, 7-1 ConferenceWestern Alliance ChampionsSectional Finalists

All-Scholastic Sean Lauro ’05and the Knights repeated asconference champions thisspring. Over the last twoseasons, the volleyball team has compiled a total record of33-7 with a sectional title andtwo conference crowns.

INDOOR TRACK

2) Matt Dewey ’07 – State Champion (mile)

9) Fadil Cantave ’07 – State Champion (high jump)

WRESTLING

3) Gregory Dominique ’05 –Sectional Champion (189 lbs.)

6) Craig Carpenter ’07 –Sectional Champion (112 lbs.)

HOCKEY

4) Record: 16-5-4, 7-0-1 ConferenceDivision IA Super 8 ChampionsCatholic Conference Champions

Make it 16 out of 20 statechampionships and three in arow for the CM dynasty. Thisyear’s icemen trailed in everytournament game they played,but showed the heart of a cham-pion by coming back each time.

FORENSICS

5) Joe McLean ’07 – State Champion (Declamation)

BASKETBALL

7) Record: 19-6, 6-2 ConferenceSouth Sectional ChampionsCatholic Conference Champions

The sensational trio of HerbTanner ’05, Mark Sullivan ’05and Conference MVP ChrisDonald ’06 led the Knights on athrilling tournament ride thatculminated with a sectional titleover O’Bryant.

OUTDOOR TRACK

8) Paul Corcoran ’07 – CatholicConference Champion (mile)

FOOTBALL

10) Record: 8-2, 3-1 ConferenceCatholic Conference Co-Champions

CM clinched its first footballtitle since 1987 with a Thanks-giving victory over BC High.Next year, quarterback JamieCosgrove ’06 and running backRashad Jordan ’06 will look tomake it two in a row.

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CRITERIA:FORMER STUDENT-ATHLETES:• Must be a graduate of Catholic Memorial.• A five-year waiting period since graduation from CM.• Athletic achievements consisting of, but not limited to, National

Champion, All American, All Scholastic, All Regional, All Conference,Olympic competitor.

• Must have exhibited the highest caliber of athletic accomplishments anddemonstrated leadership and sportsmanship while a student athlete.

COACHES:• A one year waiting period since the last coached game for CM.• Candidates for selection include recognition as a leader both on and off

the field, length of service, and quality of coaching.OTHERS:• Other non-student athletes/coaches may be considered based on their

overall contributions to the athletic program of CM.POSTHUMOUS:• Deceased athletes and coaches will be given equal consideration.• Waiting period may be waived.

The next induction will be held in 2006. Please submit yournominations for candidates to our Athletic Hall of Fame.

Purcell began his career in thenewspaper business by working as anoffice boy for the Daily News in NewYork City. He continued to break intothe industry by moving from maildelivery to the sales department wherehe worked for eight years. He eventu-ally left the Daily News to take a jobwith the provocative New York paper,the Village Voice. Two weeks into thejob with the Voice, Purcell received acall from Rupert Murdoch. At the time,Murdoch owned both the New YorkPost and the Boston Herald. Murdochwanted Purcell on his team and heoffered Purcell the chance to oversee theeditorial department at the New YorkPost. Purcell stayed with the Voice for a

year and a half, but then decided toaccept Murdoch’s offer at the NY Post.

Murdoch liked what he saw inPurcell and was ready to entrust himwith operational duties for both theHerald and the Post. However,Murdoch encountered a problem withthe Federal Communication Commis-sion (FCC) for violation of a “crossownership rule,” which stated that noperson or company could own both abroadcast station and daily newspaperin the same town. Rupert Murdoch’ssolution was to sell the Boston Heraldto a trusted friend and he helped Purcellfinance the purchase of the Herald inFebruary of 1994.

Under Purcell, theHerald daily readershiphas grown to over twomillion. In February2001, the Boston Heraldacquired all of the smalllocal newspapers in Mass-achusetts – ninety in all –to form the CommunityNewspaper Company.The Herald has alsoexpanded to the web,where they own and

operate herald.com, as well asjobfind.com. The Herald had anexciting year with their coverage of theRed Sox winning the World Series andthe Patriots winning their third SuperBowl in four years. The Herald alsoproduced 750,000 issues of a specialcommemorative series of the Red Sox’shistoric win over the Yankees. All theeditions were sold, except for 1,000copies which are being stored ascollector’s items. Purcell and his edito-rial team went to the oval office andinterviewed George Bush on his re-elec-tion bid. When asked whether he hadany regrets about coverage and what histoughest decision might have been,Purcell stated that his biggest regret wasrunning the photo of Victoria Snel-grove, the fan killed in the Bostoncrowd after the Sox beat the Yankees.His toughest choice he made related tohis decision to personally call CardinalLaw, Archbishop of Boston, prior to theHerald’s editorial column calling forLaw’s immediate resignation.

Purcell left us with a lesson helearned from Murdoch that we can takewith us in our own businesses: “if youdon’t grow or expand, you will notsurvive.”

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Patrick Purcell, publisher of The Boston Herald,was the featured speaker at the Businessmen’sBreakfast, held at Gadsby Hannah, Tuesday,May 3rd.The Boston Herald, which dates backto 1846, is one of the oldest papers in theUnited States.

BUSINESSMEN’S BREAKFAST

features Patrick Purcell

Above (Left to right) J.P. Plunkett, Pat Purcell and Joe Plunkett ‘62. Below, (Left to right) Charlie Tevnan ‘80, Bill Martin ‘68. Pat Purcell, Pierce Hanley ‘82 and John Tobin ‘87.

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The Knight for a Day program invites graduates to returnto the school while in session to experience a current student’sdaily academic life. The Alumni Affairs Office organized theevent for CM’s first graduating class – the Class of 1961. Thespecial day was created in response to ’61 graduates whoexpressed a desire to learn more about current-day CatholicMemorial, its students, academics, co-curricular activities, andneeds. The first Knight for a Day event brought together six ofthese graduates: Dave Dwyer, Peter Femino, Ron Kfoury, JohnMorelli, Tom Phinney and Ed Stenson.

The six classmates attended the Ascension Thursday Massheld in the Ron Perry Gymnasium. During CM’s foundingyears, the School was recognized for its superior choir andEdmundian singers. While today’s choir is smaller then the onedirected by Berj Zamkochian, the attendees were duly impressedby the Mass celebration and choir. Following Mass, members ofthe class of ‘61 were matched with a student who escorted thealumnus through a portion of his normal class schedule. MattFitzsimons, Dave Erwin ’96 and John Mazza ’98 then provideda guided tour of the grounds, including Donahue Hall - theplace where these men began their high school years. The dayconcluded with a lunch in the Christian Brothers’ dining room.

A LEGACY GIFTDuring lunch, David Dwyer ’61 announced his intention to

make a gift to CM from his estate to establish a Class of 1961Financial Aid Fund. David announced that he would make his giftthrough the vehicle of a life insurance policy. He asks otheralumni to consider including Catholic Memorial in their estateplans as an easy and painless way to help the long-term future ofthe school. By establishing a fund to help provide tuition relief forfamilies in need, David and donors to the Class of 1961 fund arehelping CM fulfill a vital part of its mission.

“My parents were working class citizens who placed a highdegree of value on our Catholic faith and in Catholic schooleducation,” said Dwyer, “The affordability of a CM educationseems, to me, to be a real stretch for working class families wholive in the area.” David’s gift will establish the foundation of aClass of 1961 Financial Aid Fund, the annual earnings will beused to fund a young man’s education.

PLANNED GIVINGLast year, CM established the Legacy Society to recognize

and honor alumni, parents and friends who make a planned giftto the School. In addition to the various tax benefits availableunder current law, members of the Legacy Society enjoy thesatisfaction of knowing that, through their planning andthoughtfulness, Catholic Memorial will be preserved for many

generations to come. Membership will also serve as a source ofinspiration and encouragement for others who might considermaking similar gifts.

Planned Giving, often referred to as gift planning, provides away for donors to make gifts to Catholic Memorial and simulta-neously enjoy favorable tax consequences. Some planned gifts arerelatively straightforward, such as a bequest in a will. Otherplanned gifts may require more planning, providing current taxbenefits as well as life income for the donor, the beneficiary orboth. Two simple methods would be:

Bequests - Bequests of all sizes are important sources ofsupport for CM. They provide funds for financial aid and/orscholarships, or can be designated for physical facilities. Becausebequests are revocable and can be reduced or eliminated ifcircumstances require, the lifestyle and future financial security ofthe donor are unaffected by a will provision. Therefore, thebequest is often the largest gift an individual can make to an insti-tution like CM and it is by far the most commonly used type ofdeferred gift arrangement. There are a variety of ways to make abequest. You and your attorney can decide which method bestsuits your individual circumstances.

Life Insurance - If you choose to give a new policy, you canmake a one-time payment to fund the policy or you can makeannual premium payments. When the policy is not pre-paid,annual premiums are tax deductible contributions to CatholicMemorial. In order for the gift to be completed, the School mustbe both the owner and the beneficiary of the policy. Upon thedonor’s death, the death benefit value of the policy comes toCM for the purposes agreed upon by the donor and the School.

For more information about bequests and other planned giftsto CM, please contact Matthew Fitzsimons in the DevelopmentOffice at (617) 469-8017.

KNIGHT FOR A DAYProgram leads to a Legacy Gift

From the Class of 1961 (left to right): Ron Kfoury, Tom Phinney, Dave Dwyer, John Morelli, Peter Femino and Ed Stenson.

FACULTY AND STAFF MILESTONES

The following faculty and staff members were recog-nized by Br. MacDonald at this spring’s farewellceremony and clambake. They received Pro Operisawards for their years of service to Catholic Memorial.

40 YEARS Ed McElaney ‘62

35 YEARS Paul Capodilupo ‘67

30 YEARS Celia Susi

20 YEARS Mary T. Concannon

Dr. Michael Dempsey ‘75

5 YEARS Kenneth Burke

Harold Carey ‘95

William Hahn

Ann Murphy

Leo Peltier ‘91

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BAKER STREET BITS

FACULTY-STAFFGIVING PROGRAMSUPPORTS STUDENTS OF NEED

The 2004-05 academic year marksthe third consecutive year themembers of the faculty and staffhave given to their Faculty-StaffFinancial Aid fund. The Faculty-StaffGiving program was led by David St.Martin ‘91 and Tom Meagher. Thisyear’s effort was launched after theadministrators had made personalcommitments to the Fund. Themajority of faculty and staff whomake gifts, direct their support to theFaculty-Staff Financial Aid Fund.The proceeds from the fund are used

to help cover tuition costs forstudents of need.

Eight members of the facultyconvened in June to review names ofpresent students requesting financialaid. The committee elected todistribute financial aid awards tofour worthy candidates. The familiesare notified during the summer ofthe faculty’s generosity.

The Board of Trustees congratulatesthe faculty and staff for supportingCM and directing their support tostudents of need. The enthusiasticresponse to the program in bothparticipation and monetary supportis a testament to the commitment theCM community makes to themission of Blessed Edmund Rice.

Photos (left to right): Celia Susi, Br. MacDonald and Ann Murphy, the McElaney family.

CM LAUNCHES ONLINECOMMUNITY

As announced in the spring issue of CM

Magazine, the Alumni Online Community

has been launched. Alumni can now keep in

touch with classmates and remain up-to-date

on alumni news, events, current happenings

at CM.

In June, each alumnus was sent information

about log-in procedures, the alumnus’ ID

number and instructions on logging in. If you

have not received the mailer, please contact

Dave Erwin ‘96, erwind@cath-mem.org or at

617-469-8052.

THE ONLINE COMMUNITY CONTAINS:

YOUR PERSONAL PROFILE PAGE Update

your profile, post photos, submit class notes.

NEWS Alumni, faculty and school news, and

other interesting tidbits.

EVENTS Make payments for reunions,

regional alumni events, athletic games,

special student performances and more.

View RSVP list, make suggestions for future

events.

DOWNLOADS Read CM Magazine online,

and more.

GIVING Make your Annual Fund gift,

schedule payments, use a credit card,

receive instant confirmation of your gift.

MESSAGE BOARDS, CHAT, INSTANT NOTES

AND EMAIL Communicate instantly with

other members of the online community.

PHOTO ALBUMS View photos from recent

events and those posted by friends and

fellow alumni, and post your own photos.

Alumni will receive login instructions along

with a login password. First time visitors will

be prompted to change their password as

they login.

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Ron J. Nasif, MD ‘70 has served in the NavyReserves since 1980. He was recently askedto take a brief tour of active duty - 90 days -as there was a need for an orthopedic

surgeon in the Gulf and Mediterranean. Ronis also a flight surgeon which makes himeligible to fly in copters and planes (onpatient transport and even rescue missions,should the need arise). Ron has been calledinto active duty several times before, thelongest tour being an eighteen-month stintin Operations Desert Shield and DesertStorm in 1990 and ‘91. Below are corre-spondences we received in April 2005.

Dr. Ron Nasif ‘70Correspondencesfrom Iraq4-12-05Hi guys: I’m on active duty for a few weekswith the U S Navy, and I am writing to you fromthe Medical Clinic of the U.S. Naval Base inBahrain.

This is a pretty little island-nation which isbuilding a new hotel on every corner. Beautiful,warm weather, wide sandy beaches, and trop-ical plants and trees all about. What a shamethat we servicemen haven’t the time to enjoy it.

This Naval base calls itself the “Tip of the Spear”because Bahrain is shaped sort of like a spear-head and we are at the northern tip – pointingdirectly north across the Persian Gulf towardIraq. We are also the closest naval base toKuwait and Iraq. – Ron

4-17-05I’m treating both casualties of war andorthopedic conditions among the troops andflight-related problems (dizziness, visualdisturbances, etc.) among the pilots. I wouldsay that 95% of the problems here are thingsthat I would also see in the military back home- boxer’s fractures of the hands, knee problems,back strains.

I’ve only done minor surgeries such as tendonrepairs. The more complex problems are sent tohospitals around the world - Kuwait, SaudiArabia, Greece, Italy, Germany, and the U.S.Sometimes we’ll debride an open fracture,maybe apply an external fixator, apply dress-

ings, start antibiotics, then transport the indi-vidual to a large hospital for definitivetreatment. I’m a Navy doc; we have a friendlyrivalry with the Army hospital on the ground inIraq with whom we talk several times dailyabout care for patients and how if the marineor ranger wants better treatment, he needs tobe managed by Navy personnel (of course, theArmy medical support staff disagrees).Weather has been hot and dry, above 80 mostdays. I can’t imagine how unbearable it must behere in July.

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I had my first experience in Iraq this morning.I was asked to participate on a flight which wasgoing to pick up wounded and other militarypersonnel and our medical commanding officerwanted an orthopedic surgeon on board totriage when we landed. A little nervously, Iaccepted the assignment and donned my flightsuit. It was with great relief that I learned thatwe were flying by transport plane, rather thanhelicopter. We left right after breakfast at 0800and flew from Bahrain to Iraq in less than anhour. I remained seated throughout the flight;one of the corpsman had assigned me to a spotright next to the “medical department,” whichwas nothing more that a duffel bag filled withthe usual supply of Ace bandages, band-aids,dressings, antibiotic creams, and a fewsyringes of valium (for seizures), morphine (forpain) and epinephrine (heart attacks). It was ashort flight made bumpy by howling winds highover the ocean. I watched with anticipationthrough a small porthole as we passed theshoreline of the small nation of Kuwait on ourleft, with the beautiful skyline of its capital,Kuwait City, glistening in the late morning sun.It looked like Oz.

We approached and then flew over the mouth ofthe Tigris River. We were now above Iraqi terri-tory, but this was southern Iraq, firmlycontrolled by the Western allies. I was confi-dent and secure in the knowledge that therehad been no acts of sabotage in the southernhalf of Iraq for the past year, and I actuallyfound myself intrigued by the fertile farms ofthe Tigris-Euphrates valley below. From thatvantage point, it looked more like Californiawine country. My mind drifted as I imaginedthe same scene 5,000 years ago, these samefields plowed and reaped by thousands of Baby-lonian peasants, cautiously watchingnorthward for fear of an invasion by their less

civilized, more warlike neighbors, the Assyr-ians.

Soon, we were away from the riverside farmsand back over drier land. We touched downsmoothly on a landing strip outside thesouthern Iraqi city of Basra, a dusty, busy placethat I could only see from a distance. Most ofour patients were waiting in beds and on wheel-chairs beside the runway. The Americans andBritish were either brought back with us ortransported to hospitals in Italy or Germany onanother plane. The exchange took the rest ofthe morning and nearly the entire afternoon.Finally, the job was finished, and I unhesitat-ingly climbed back aboard our plane, and tookmy assigned seat in the cabin. I felt like I justserved 8 hours of jug. It was interesting to notethat we had delivered all kinds of supplies -soap, razor blades from India, bicycles fromJapan, medical supplies from Malaysia(surplus, I was told, from the tsunami), andreturned with human cargo.

As our plane left the runway, I found myselfwishing that I could see the expressions on thefaces of the Iraqi children whom, I was sure,would soon be the grateful recipients of thosebicycles. On the plane flight back to Bahrain, Iwatched the sun set in the west over the wideexpanse of deserts of Saudi Arabia.

I was told this evening that our mission was acomplete success, and was asked by mycommanding officer, “would I participatetomorrow” on a similar flight “to the east . . .over the gulf?” I told him that I’d let him knowin the morning. – Ron

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SPORTS LOG

‘02 GRADS FIND COLLEGE SUCCESS

When Tim Cannon ’02, Joe Hough ’02, Coley Lyons ’02, Robbie Ryan’02 andBilly Sittig ’02 last wore CM uniforms together they were leading the Knights toa sectional championship in basketball and a conference championship in base-ball. Now the five young alumni have found success among the college ranks.This past spring, Sittig, a right-hander for Stonehill College was selected as theNortheast-10 Conference Pitcher of the Year. Lyons, a teammate of Sittig’s atStonehill, also garnered accolades as a NE-10 third-team all-star. Also on thecollege baseball scene, Hough and Ryan got national exposure this spring as theirteams advanced to the Division I Baseball Regionals. Hough’s Marist Collegeteam competed against LSU in Baton Rouge, while Ryan’s University of Mainesquad traveled to Oxford, Mississippi to face Ole Miss. Meanwhile on the grid-iron, classmate Tim Cannon has been voted captain of the Union College footballteam and will lead the Dutchmen into action this fall.

Coley Lyons ’02 with little brother Joey Lyons

Billy Sittig ’02

BASEBALL

The baseball team qualified for thestate tournament for the 6th consecu-tive year. To open the tournament, CMdefeated Falmouth, 4-2 at TodescaField, but then fell on the road toFramingham bringing their finalrecord to 13-9. The season was high-

lighted by an 8-1 run to open thespring. During CM’s hot streak, theKnights defeated perennial powerBrockton, as well as Conference foesMalden Catholic, St. John’s Prep andBC High. The strength of this year’sunit was pitching as captain BrianHurld ’05, Andy DeRoma ’05, JamieCosgrove ’06 and Brendan Chapin ’07combined to shut down many oppo-

nents. The offense was keyed byHurld, who hit a memorable home runto defeat BC High in a 13-inningmarathon, and centerfielder MarcPerdios ’07, who sparked the Knightsfrom the top of the order. Hurld,Chapin, Perdios and DeRoma werenamed to the Catholic Conference All-Star Team.

LACROSSE

The lacrosse team earned a secondconsecutive appearance in the DivisionII State Tournament this year, despitethe loss of ten seniors from the 2004season. Led by captain ShaneMcDougall ’07 and an impressivedefensive unit, the laxmen proved to bea tough opponent. Midfielders JeffPowers ‘05, Phil Preskenis ‘06, PatWhite ‘07, and goalie Jack Frisoli ’05were named Second Team All-Confer-ence, and defenseman Alex Paulhus ’05was named First Team All Conference,the most in the history of the programat CM. With 24 underclassmenreturning and sub-varsity programsaccumulating a combined 32-12 recordoverall, CM looks to be a formidableopponent in the future.

RUGBY

This past spring, the CM Rugby teambegan their second exciting season ofcompetition. Led by captain DanMorse ‘05, the CM squad had a hardfought season and worked throughmany challenges. The Knights were ableto walk away with a respectable 3-5record, recording victories overLincoln-Sudbury, Amoskeag (NH) andArlington Catholic. Next spring, CMwill have two year starters MikeCotrone ‘06, Dave Hernandez ’06 andRodney Giszinski ’06 returning to leadthe young team, which includedstarting freshmen Rich Wingert ‘08,Tom Montalbano ’08 and Mark Elliot‘08. With twelve of the starting fifteenplayers returning for the Knight’s 3rdseason, we can expect much successfrom CM Rugby in the future.

TENNIS

Despite facing a tough Catholic Confer-ence schedule, the tennis team foughtits way to a .500 season. The team’scaptains, seniors John Gallagher ‘05,Paul Roman ‘05 and ChristopherSullivan ’05 led the Knights to a 6-6record in which the team won all of itsnon-league matches. Robert Smith ’07also added to the team’s leadershipwhile Liam Concannon ’08 made greatcontributions and hinted at the team’sbright future. The most impressive featwas the squad’s sixth consecutive statetournament qualification. In addition,Sullivan and Peter Donovan ’06 repre-sented the team at the state individualtournament. Next season, the team willbe lead by co-captains Donovan andPhilip Basile ‘06.

TRACK AND FIELD

The 2005 Track team was once againpropelled to success under the leader-ship of longtime coaches, Vin Catanoand Tom Beatty, and Doug Eberly ‘05,Jon Joiner ‘05 and Rich Becker ‘05.Sophomore success continued from theindoor season as Fadil Cantave ’07(High Jump), Paul Corcoran ‘07 (2mile), and Matt Dewey ’07 (1 mile) allqualified for the State divisional meet.During the season Corcoran also wonthe 1 mile Catholic Conference Cham-pionship and was named to theCatholic Conference All Star team.Joining these three was senior Eberlywho led the throwing squad all yearand competed in discus at the Statemeet. Corcoran and Dewey led the wayat the divisional meet placing secondand third and qualifying for the AllState Meet. At the State Meet Corcoran

placed 14th in the two mile with a timeof 9:56 while Dewey placed 7th in themile with a time of 4:26, qualifying forthe New England Championshipswhere he placed 14th. The Track Teamssuccess will carry over to CrossCountry next year where the youngteam looks to compete for the DivisionII crown.

VOLLEYBALLWestern Alliance Champions

Riding the momentum of last season’ssectional championship, this year’svolleyball posted an impressive 15-4overall record. Under the direction ofCoach Kevin Conroy, the Knightsdefended their Western Alliance cham-pionship on the strength of a keyvictory over state power and leaguerival Millis. Led by captain and BostonGlobe all-scholastic Sean Lauro ’05, thespikers entered the state tournamenteager to build on last season’s accom-plishments. The Knights began theirdefense with a home quarterfinalvictory over North Quincy (3-1) beforegoing on the road and showing greatcharacter in a come from behind 3-2semifinal victory at Newton North.Though they fell short in the sectionalchampionship game at Greater NewBedford, the volleyball team has estab-lished itself as one of the elite programsin Massachusetts. The future figures tohold more success with the return ofsetter Kevin Conroy ’06, all-aroundstandouts Jeff Aucoin ’07 and JohnMoriarty ’07, and hitters TomDonahue ’06 and Brice Stockman ’06.

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1964

☛ Daniel Donovan married Patti Foley-Donovan on December 1, 2001. He is theproud grandfather of his son, Daniel, Jr.’stwo children, year-old Eliot McLaughlinDonovan and three-year old Ned Donovan.Brian, his younger son, was married toCorinne Pallotta on July 1, 2005, and hisstepson Ryan Foley is a currently enrolledhonors student at Quinsigamond Commu-nity College.

☛ Dennis Larkin reports that he wasrecently blessed with a fifth grandson. Heretired from the Quincy Fire Departmentlast year after 32 years of service and tells usthe only thing he’s been doing longer isplaying hockey!

☛ Terry McSweeney and his wife Cathyhave moved to the Tampa Bay area fromPort Charlotte. He encourages any class-mates visiting the Tampa area to give him acall.

☛ Paul Woods has a son, Jeffrey Paul, whograduated from kindergarten in June of2005.

1967☛ Stephen Herman was recently promotedto Division Sales Manager of San JoaquinSupply Co., a leading distributor of packingand maintenance supplies in Central Cali-fornia.

☛ Edward Sullivan recently checked in,with kind words, saying he was encouragedto hear that Catholic Memorial has takengreat strides to strengthen the role of theTheology Department. He also told us tothank Coach Hanson and the hockey teamfor winning another championship!

1969☛ Ernest Hardy, Jr. and his wife, Susan, arethe proud parents of Grace, an eighthgrader, currently enrolled at UrsulineAcademy, where she competes as a memberof the varsity volleyball team.

1970

☛ Charles Coakley reports that he has livedin Bridgewater for the past 25 years with hiswife, Mary Jane. He works for Verizon andhas an MBA from Babson College. His sonSean graduated from Georgetown Univer-sity this past year and his son Brad isenrolled at Massachusetts MaritimeAcademy.

☛ Michael Dunne is celebrating his 16thyear as weekend anchor at WTVC-TV inChattanooga, Tennessee.

1976☛ Richard DiNatale was married in 1991and is the proud father of three children. Heworks as a partner in investing with hisbrother.

☛ Timothy Forkin currently resides inWalpole, Massachusetts and holds the posi-tion of President of Sun ManagementCorporation.

1978☛ Scott Gravel just celebrated his 19thwedding anniversary and lives in Middle-boro with his wife, Linda, twin daughters,Samantha and Stephanie (15 years old), andson Scott Jr. (9). He is currently employed asa shop foreman for CommonwealthBuilding Systems LLC, a union sheet metaland roofing company based out of Rock-land.

1979☛ Tom Curtin has been associated with theteamsters for 25 years and is employed inthe Union’s Government Affairs Depart-ment. His primary duties includefundraising for the Union’s PAC.

☛ Dr. Peter DiMarzio is currently living inCarver, MA and works for the Departmentof Mental Health in Taunton. He isconducting research in the area of memoryimpairment as it progresses through thedifferent stages of Alzheimer’s disease. Peterwill be traveling to the National ConferenceCenter in Virginia to participate in a resi-dency and will be heading to Washington,DC in August for the American Psycholog-ical Association Convention.

1980☛ Bertram Kline was married to JoanneChinafat on September 12, 2004, themother of eleven year old Damian, whoBertram tells us is a fine young son. Since1997, he has owned and operated BK Enter-prises, Inc., a commercial painting companythat does work for R.M. Bradley, MeredithGrew, and J.F. White properties. Bertramhad kind words to say about the hockeyteam and Coaches Hanson and Busalacchi,wishing them continued success.

☛ Rich Piatelli is now working in hotelhospitality after many years in the foodindustry. He is working for the Boston ParkPlaza Hotel after five years working for theSheraton in Burlington. Rich meets manyinteresting and exciting people and seesmany prominent figures on a weekly basisincluding Mayor Tom Menino, GovernorMitt Romney and Senator Hillary Clinton.

☛ John Prendergast is employed asManager of Facility Maintenance at theBoston-based Advanced Energy Systems,MATEP, LLC, a facility which generates andsupplies steam, electricity and chill water tothe Longwood Medical Area. In 2002, Johnreceived an MBA from Providence College.He lives in Cumberland Rhode Island withDiane, his wife of eighteen years.

1981☛ Ken Cosgrove has moved back to theBoston area from Pittsburgh and will be anAssistant Professor of Government atSuffolk University in September 2005.

1983☛ Anthony Williams received a kidneytransplant in March of 2004. The donorwas classmate, Timothy Guilfoy ’83.

1985☛ Michael Scully was married to his collegesweetheart, Elizabeth, on June 4, 2005.

1986☛ Paul Casey is the President of MD Solutions, Inc., a Healthcare PracticeManagement Consulting/Technology organ-

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ization that works primarily with PhysicianPractices around revenue cycle improve-ment. In addition, MD Solutions, Inc. worksto develop technologies that automate theadministrative processes of deliveringhealthcare.

☛ John Znaczko has been living in WesternPennsylvania since 1995, where he isemployed as an operating manger for a gasutility company. He lives with his wife ofeight years, Juliet, and has two children,five-year old Kyra and three-year old Tyler.John tells us he would love to here fromsome old friends – his contact informationcan be obtained by contacting the CMdevelopment office.

1987☛ Daniel Rourke currently works as a highschool teacher and varsity baseball coach.He spends the month of July on Cape Codwith his wife, Cari, and their three-year oldson, Maximillian Kolbe.

1988☛ Jeff Fuccillo resides in Marlborough withhis wife, Rebecca, and their two year oldson, Trey. He has been in the FoodBrokerage Industry for the last seven yearsand is currently employed by Crossmark inNorwood.

1989☛ Jeremy Deane currently holds the posi-tion of Lead Application Specialist atChildren’s Hospital in Boston.

☛ Eliecer Gomez is married and awaitingthe birth of his first child, to be born in thespring of 2006. He works as ProjectManager for SAP America, Inc.

☛ John Healy is living in Dedham with hiswife, Julia, and their twins Aidan Lawrence& Charlotte Florence. Julia established alaw firm in Dedham called Calkins andHealy specializing in real estate law. Hehopes someday to send Aidan to CM.

1990☛ Derek Emrick resides in Arizona andserves as the Business Manger for four ClearChannel Radio Stations in Phoenix.

☛ Matthew Smith and his wife, Amy, wereexpecting their first child in July. He iscurrently working for CM alumni KevinO’Sullivan ’89 and Chris O’Sullivan asDirector of Hockey Operations at the newMark Bavis Arena, which opens thisSeptember. Matt also serves as the headfreshman hockey coach and assistant varsitycoach at CM.

1991☛ Victor Senat graduated from Tufts Schoolof Dental Medicine in 2005 and moved toBedford, New Hampshire with his wife ofeight years and his three year old son. Hewill be working as a General Dentist inNashua, NH, and he and his wife plan onopening their own practice in the nearfuture.

☛ Sean Sweeney is working as a Speech-Language Pathologist at an elementaryschool in Needham and in private practicewith high-functioning students with autismand other disorders. Sean also serves as anAdjunct Instructor in the graduate trainingprogram at Boston University. He wasmarried this past July.

☛ Paul Ward is living in New York Citywith his wife of two years. He had spent theprevious four years living in Los Angelesbefore moving back east.

1993☛ Andrew Kenneally moved down to Wash-ington, D.C. after college to work for thelate Congressman Joe Moakley and later forthe Democrat Minority Leader, SenatorHarry Reid, in a legislative and presscapacity. After five years of working in thenation’s capital, Andrew went back toschool and received a masters degree incomparative ethnic conflict from Queen’sUniversity in Belfast, Northern Ireland.While studying in Belfast, he also workedpart time as a political consultant and alsovolunteered as a peace monitor in flashpoints between Protestant and Catholiccommunities. While writing his thesis, Andywas offered a Chief of Staff position withBoston City Councilor Maura A. Hennigan.After a year working with Hennigan, heaccepted a position with City Council Presi-dent Michael F. Flaherty to be his Directorof Policy and Communications and has beenin this position since December of 2004.

1996☛ Kevin Daly is preparing to complete grad-uate school at Emerson College in Bostonwith a degree in Media Arts. He also servesas a part-time youth minister for St. Mary’sParish in Foxboro.

2004☛ Kevin Del Signore recently checked inand had some friendly advice for the currentstudents of Catholic Memorial: “cherishyour years in the halls of Catholic Memorialbecause not only will you learn about mathand science and other subjects, but you willforever remember how you learned aboutyour life and yourself at CM.” Kevin hopesto transfer to a state college and use hisCMTV background to help him complete amajor in communications.

☛ Tyler Lagrotteria is doing well in school.He has joined a fraternity and is playingthree sports: hockey, lacrosse, and rugby.

IN MEMORIAM

Brother Thomas Seamus

O’Connor C.F.C.

1943 - 2005

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AlumniWilliam Burke ‘64, brother ofRobert Burke ‘64. November 14, 2004.

Michael G. Daly ‘65, brotherof Jay A. ‘64 and Kevin E.Daly ‘67. May 14, 2005.

James “Brian” Doherty ‘77, brotherof John J. ‘71 and Kevin F. Doherty‘75. April 18, 2005.

Donald Kevin Fardy ‘67. June 28, 2005.

Thomas M. Gill ‘85. March 9, 2005.

Bernie Logue ‘93. May 8, 2005.

Paul P. MacDougal ‘93. March 19, 2005.

Dean James M. Milligan ‘66.January 7, 2005.

Robert M. Monahan ‘69, brother of John P. Monahan ‘73. April 23, 2005.

Robert Michael Trapilo ‘67, brotherof Wallace ‘64 (deceased) andRichard F. ‘72. March 13, 2005.

ParentsWilliam P. Ahern, father of WilliamP. Ahern ‘68. February 27, 2005.

Eleanor “Jean” Antoniazzi, motherof Brad ‘78 and Mark Antoniazzi‘80. May 28, 2005.

Michael J. Barton, father of MichaelT. Barton ‘83. March 17, 2005.

Charles P. Beaulieu, father of Rev.Richard Beaulieu, former facultymember. March 28, 2005

Louise Campbell, mother of Mark E.Campbell ‘65. February 15, 2005.

Lorraine Casey, mother of James ‘78and Matthew ‘81. June 4, 2005.

Joan L. Carota, mother of Jon T.Carota ‘91. March 19, 2005.

Mary E. Collins, mother of WilliamH. Collins ‘63. April 3, 2005.

Daniel I. Cronin, father of Daniel I.‘62 and Dennis J. Cronin ‘72; grand-father of Daniel D. ‘93, Neil A. ‘96

and Brian A. Cronin ‘00. April 22,2005.

Michael J. Daly, father of Michael J.Daly, Jr. ‘67. March 23, 2005

Rita M. DeFranc, mother of PaulJ.’68 and Gerard F. DeFranc ‘75.April 20, 2005.

Francis A. Doyle, father of FrancisA. Doyle III ‘66. April 2, 2005.

James M. Fahey, father of James M.Fahey ‘68; grandfather of James M.‘98 and Christopher W. Fahey ‘04.March 22, 2005.

Lucia J. Festa, mother of AnthonyFesta ‘81. April 4, 2005.

Donald J. Fogarty, father of GerardD. Fogarty ‘83. March 11, 2005

Ann Gentile, mother of Joseph J. Jr.‘77 and Brian Gentile ‘82. March 14, 2005.

Margaret A. Hall, mother ofLawrence R. Hall’73; grandmotherof Patrick Hall ‘07. June 29, 2005.

Edward H. Hickey, father of Robert‘83 and Fr. Charles Hickey; grandfa-ther of Stephen M. ‘98 and Bryan R.Hickey ‘01. April 9, 2005.

William F. Kelleher, father ofWilliam F. Kelleher ‘68. March 14, 2005.

Edward Kelly, father of Edward J.‘78, John P. ‘79, and Paul G. ‘79,and Joseph F. Kelly ‘88. March 21, 2005.

Thomas M. Kelly, father of PatrickT. ‘88 and John F. ‘90. March 1, 2005.

John Timothy Kenneally, father ofTimothy J. Kenneally ‘84. March 19, 2005.

Olga “Sunny” Krawec, mother ofPeter D. Krawec ‘72. March 12, 2005.

Mary A. Lapierre, mother ofRichard Lapierre ‘64. June 20, 2005.

Marcia Little, mother of James F.Little, Jr. ‘83. April 18, 2005.

Elias G. “Louie” Leon, father ofDouglas M. Leon ‘77. March 16, 2005.

Viola J. Lopes, mother of Peter F. Lopes ‘67. March 20, 2005.

Marguerite Ann Maguire, mother ofThomas P. ‘65 and Peter G. Maguire‘67. March 14, 2005.

John F. Maloney, father of Christopher ‘84 and Steven ‘85. March 22, 2005.

Frances Mulkern, mother of Mark S.‘75 and John J. Mulkern ‘87. July 5, 2005.

Jean Murray, mother of James E.Murray ‘78. April 18, 2005.

Anne M. O’Reilly, mother of JosephG. ‘64, Thomas F. ‘65, and Robert E.O’Reilly ‘67. March 25, 2005

Joseph R. Regan, grandfather ofSteven M. O’Sullivan ‘05. November 15, 2004.

Claire H. Reilly, mother of Paul A. ‘71 and James C. Reilly ‘74. March 10, 2005.

Margaret P. Rotondi, mother ofMichael J. Rotondi ‘64. March 10, 2005.

Carmine Russo, father of Michael J.Russo ‘79. July 2, 2005.

Joseph M. Scopa, Sr., father ofJoseph M. Scopa, Jr. ‘89. March 29, 2005

Frank J. “Francisco” Serino, fatherof Thomas K. ‘66 and Richard A.Serino ‘71. June 6, 2005.

John E. “Jack” Sheehan, father Brian Sheehan, staff member. June 15, 2005.

Joseph E. Sheff, father of Paul ‘62and John Sheff ‘62. May 12, 2005.

Edward J. Stockman, father of BrianT. Stockman ‘68; grandfather ofBrian H. Stockman ‘06. March 8, 2005.

Mary T. Sullivan, mother of MartinC. Sullivan ‘76. April 22, 2005.

Dolores M. Thibodeau, mother ofJohn Kemmett ‘86. May 26, 2005.

Katherine Znaczko, mother of John‘86 and Andrew Znaczko ‘89. May 30, 2005.

Friends & RelativesRichard J. Almeida, grandfather ofDaniel P. ‘04 and Kevin Almeida ‘08.March 27, 2005

Richard L. Blais, brother ofLawrence ‘78. March 5, 2005.

John F. “Jack” Chisholm, grandfa-ther of Patrick J. Sweeney ‘08. April 4, 2005.

Irene “Renie” Comerford, grand-mother of Dylan J. Comerford ‘10.May 1, 2005.

Robert W. Culgin, grandfather ofJoseph A. Culgin ‘96. March 9, 2005.

Michael G. Daly, brother of Jay A.‘64 and Kevin E. Daly ‘67.

Virginia M. DiTullio, grandmotherof Michael Keenan ‘07. March 18, 2005.

Roger Flaherty, grandfather ofEdward A. Horan ‘09. March 21, 2005.

Jason Matthew Friel, son ofLawrence Friel ‘62. June 17, 2005.

Dario Frisardi, father-in-law ofMarta Frisardi, faculty member. May 7, 2005.

Janet McCormack Hampton, sisterof Michael McCormack ‘64. June 6, 2005.

John T. Kelley, grandfather ofChristopher R. Adduci ‘07. February 14, 2005.

Joan Laney, grandmother of TylerMiller ‘07.

Dorothy M. O’Connor-Wheeler,grandmother of Christopher Shea‘04. April 4, 2005.

Mea CulpaIn the Spring 2005 edition of CMMagazine, Chris Cronin ‘80 wasincorrectly identified as deceased.We apologize for any concern orinconvenience caused by this error.

I N M E M O R I A M

C A T H O L I C M E M O R I A L

CLASS OF ‘70

CLASS OF ‘65

CLASS OF ‘80

CLASS OF ‘85

CLASS OF ‘90

CLASS OF ‘75

Pictured above: 1) Class of ‘80: Mike Doherty and Tim Collins 2) Class of ‘80: Steve Loiacano and Peter Sullivan 3) Class of ‘80: Ed Glennon, Kevin Prince, Pat DeMaio4) Class of ‘70: Peter Meagher, Jim O’Connor, Aldo Bertoni 5) Class of ‘85: Ed Duggan, Dave Bohan, Leo Raneri,

Tim Rose, and Mark Smith6) Class of ‘65: Dick Phinney and Bob Powderly

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Members of the Class of 1961, CM’s first graduating class,returned to campus on Ascension Thursday to experience life as a present day student. The alumni Knight for a Dayprogram was designed to give graduates a first-hand look at CM’s academic program from the student’s perspective. Each alumnus was assigned to astudent escort who guided thealumnus through a portion of thestudent’s class schedule. Theprogram included: Mass, classroomattendance, a tour of the campus,lunch and time for conversation. See article inside for completedetails.

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Peter Femino ’61 with Giddens Rateau ’08 (left) and Brian Spillane ‘08.

KNIGHT FOR A DAY