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For family, friends, & alumni of Cistercian Preparatory School Spring 2017 by Leading example Fr. Joseph overcame challenges as he led the Class of ‘17. So did many of his seniors. Fr. Joseph Van House, form master of the Class of 2017 INSIDE Teaching takes you back SPRING 2017 • CONTINUUM 1 Renovations are underway A place to practice science The renovated building will accommodate small-group work, Socratic sessions, lectures and spaces where students can get their hands dirty. The flex area will offer two spaces, a clean half strictly for lecture-style teaching and a messy half for experiments (e.g., stream tables that demonstrate the power of water and earthquake benches) and tools (e.g., house power tools, 3D printers, a 3D scanner, and a laser cutter). N MO CIA NA R S E T T E M R S I Y Building on a O C S R solid foundation O U S R A L LL ADY OF DA Capital Campaign For more information or to make a gift, contact Erin Hart. 469-499-5406 | [email protected] 2 CONTINUUM • SPRING 2017 Teaching: a wonderful invitation to humility his caution from the Epistle of “Not many of you should I hope you enjoy our cover story TJames regarding the vocation of become teachers, my relating this journey for Fr. Joseph, teaching has always given me pause. brothers, for you our first ‘young monk’ to shepherd realize that we will be Yet, as I have come to under- judged more strictly, a class as its form master, and the stand, the author’s intent is to fore- for we all fall short in students of his form, the Class of warn that the in- many respects.” 2017. In embracing and persevering James 3:1 CISTERCIAN vitation to teach through the various obstacles that PREPARATORY also calls us to have arisen these past eight years, SCHOOL humility. Content mastery both teacher and student have grown, have Rev. Paul McCormick and an ability to communi- learned to draw strength and encouragement Headmaster cate it does not eliminate the from one another, and now stand together with Head of Middle School reality of standing daily be- an amazing sense of authentic self-knowledge Greg Novinski ’82 fore a classroom of extreme- and profound gratitude. It is a process and a Assistant Headmaster Head of Upper School ly talented adolescent males manner of educating boys that forges lifetime where one’s limitations, bonds of brotherhood. Letter from Jim Taylor the headmaster weaknesses, and short-com- Similarly, in our lead feature, we reveal the Director of Admissions Fr. Paul McCormick ings inevitably are placed wonderful journeys of several other faculty Peter Saliga into stark relief. members (some alums!) who each discerned the Director of College Counseling Even the most hyper-critical young men, vocation to teach and who have lived this call so Erin Hart however, not only forgive but also are profoundly beautifully at Cistercian. Director of Development appreciative, especially as each student himself Of course, the fruit of their efforts and that and Alumni Relations discovers and struggles to accept his own fail- of their fellow Cistercian teachers, coaches, and André Bruce ings. Teaching is this wonderful invitation to staff is realized in the lives of our alumni. Director of Athletics & Physical Education humility and the pursuit of authentic truth not Please enjoy Class Notes, and Fr. Roch’s expla- Tony Johnston ’05 only in the various subjects of the curriculum, nation of St. Bernard’s call that we each “find rest President, Cistercian Alumni Association but also in oneself, and, ultimately, in God. in those whom we love.” Volume 44, number 1 In this issue School Board Rt. Rev. Peter Verhalen ’73 Rev. Thomas Esposito Teaching takes Rev. Roch Kereszty you backr 8es8 Rev. Robert Maguire One of Cistercian’s first-year Rev. Bernard Marton Rev. Paul McCormick teachers explores this noble Kent Clay vocation through the eyes of a Mike Donahoe ’80 Charles Lipscomb ’84 few colleagues. Kathleen A. Muldoon Peter P. Smith ’74 By Patrick Spence ’08 Jere W. Thompson, Jr. ’74 Leading by Departments continuum example 14 News & Notes ............................4-7 David E. Stewart [email protected] Fr. Joseph overcame Sports .............................................19 Erin Hart challenges as he led Class Notes ............................20-22 Alumni Relations the Class of ’17. So did On Prayer by Fr. Roch Kereszty 24 Jim Reisch ..... Photography Editor many of his seniors. continuum is published Cover photography by twice a year (spring & fall) By David E. Stewart Jim Reisch by Cistercian Preparatory School. 3660 Cistercian Road Cistercian Preparatory School was founded with the aim of preparing talented boys for the colleges of their choice by Irving, TX 75039 challenging their minds with excellent academic programs, molding their character through the values of Catholic 469-499-5400 education, and offering them guidance with both understanding and discipline. Cistercian Preparatory School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, national, or ethnic origin in the administration of its admission and www.cistercian.org education policies, financial aid programs, athletic programs, and other activities. SPRING 2017 • CONTINUUM 3 News & notes D-I collegiate athletes SENIOR PROJECT CAMPBELL ’97 Henigsman ’17 builds SPOKE AT COMMENCEMENT a Renaissance instrument As a part of this Matt Henigsman ’17 was fascinated with year’s “Citizenship” the music from the era in his “Perspectives theme, Fr. Paul invited in the Renaissance” senior seminar, taught Donovan Campbell ’97 to deliver this by Fr. Gregory Schweers. year’s commence- When Martina Kroll, head of the sci- ment speech. ence department, shared with the class her Campbell’s experienc- mastery and es as marine officer musicianship in Iraq were featured of several in Continuum (March period in- ’05) and struments, Cistercian seniors who have committed to play D-I sports (l-r): Tommy his 2009 the senior Nealon ’17, soccer for Villanova University, Alvin Jiang ’17, swimming for book, was hooked. the University of North Carolina, Collin Petersen ’17, crew for Saint Joseph’s “Joker “Long University (Philadelphia), and Daniel Hu ’17, water polo for Brown University One” (a New York before his (where he will join his brother Galen Hu ’16). Jiang will be named a high school All-American swimmer later this year (see p. 19). Times classmates best-sell- found a er). His topic,” said new book and his Fr. Gregory, commencement “Matt decid- remarks described ed he would the virtues-based, Matt Henigsman ’17 and his servant-leader model Viola da Gamba make by hand a Viola that is as effective in da Gamba – from a pile of planks!” the business world as The finished instrument has been tuned, on the battlefield. and Matt is learning to play it using authen- tic Renaissance music techniques under the FOUR WIN WORK tutelage of Kroll. OF HEART AWARDS Four Cistercian faculty Fr. Gregory considers the instrument “a members received The little piece of heaven come to Irving!” Catholic Foundation’s “Work of Heart Award” REMEMBERING this year. Fr. Mark Rip- perger, Malcolm Dot- Betty McAuliff UPPER SCHOOL PRODUCTION son, Lisa Richard, and (mother of Steve Nancy Obels-Robinson McAuliff ’71) passed Senior thespians on the set of the Upper School’s Geoffrey Chaucer’s Flying were selected from away February 10. Circus (l-r) sitting: Kyle Melliza ’17, Anna Grace Votteler (Ursuline); standing: written nominations She was one of the Nicholas Williamson ’17, Fielding Brown ’17, Craig David Beuerlein ’17, submitted and judged moms who collab- Brendan Flood ’17, Luke Maymir ’17, and Demetrius Hinojosa-Rowland ’17. on such criteria as “tenure and leadership, orated with school Seniors carry the day in sketch comedy acts of kindness or officials on key charity, Christian ex- early issues, from Cistercian’s new drama teacher, Seth Magill, had high praise ample, mentoring, and uniforms to lunches. for his cast in the Upper School production of Geoffrey Chaucer’s simply going the extra Betty McAuliff She also became Cis- Flying Circus. “The seniors were especially professional,” he said. mile for an individual tercian's first alumni “Several were involved in productions at other schools, yet they gave student, family or the grandmother (Matt McAuliff ’00). great energy. Many acted all four years. Their experience showed.” community.” The year Matt McAuliff ’00, Cistercian’s first The number of Brown University water polo legacy, graduated, much to the delight of players will hail from Cistercian next year: 2000 his father, Steve McAuliff ’71, 2 Daniel Hu ’17 and his brother Galen Hu ’16. 6 CONTINUUM • SPRING 2017 (Standing) Conner McCain ’14, Antanas Madhavapeddy ’13, Cristian Yost ’15, and Drew Roberts ’12; (sitting) Peter Saliga, Cistercian college counsel- or, and Connor Roberts ’12. News & notes YALE HONORS CISTERCIAN POET Duy Doan ’00 wins prestigious prize Since 1919, Yale University “include boxing, tongue twist- has recognized a prominent, up- ers, hedgehogs, Billy Holiday, 2017 Alumnus of the Year Charles Lipscomb ’84 at the Jim & Lynn and-coming poet each year. soccer and, hardly least of all, a Moroney Award Dinner in January with his family (l-r) Charlie ’18, wife Kelly, In so doing, The Yale Series Vietnamese heritage that butts up Connor ’23, and Shel. of Younger Poets has become one against an American upbringing of the nation’s oldest and most in ways at once comic, estrang- JIM & LYNN MORONEY AWARD prestigious literary awards. ing, off-kiltering. At the end of February, Duy “Doan,” Phillips added, Lipscomb ’84 sees “permanence” in crypt Doan ’00 learned by phone “negotiates the distance between The 2017 winner of the Jim the night’s biggest laugh. that he’d won the Yale Series of surviving and thriving, and offers and Lynn Moroney Award, In accepting the award, Younger Poets prize.