t h e s a i n t l o u i s a b b e y JOURNAL 2008-09 Achievements and Saint Louis was founded through the close cooperation betweenAwards Benedictine of in England and Saint Louis laymen who, in the early 1950s, had a vision of building and maintaining a Catholic college preparatory school of the highest order and supporting a Benedictine monastery to run that school. In 1955 that vision became a reality. Today the Abbey consists of a one hundred fifty acre campus in West Saint Louis County with a monastic community that operates a day school for talented and motivated young men in grades seven through twelve, and a parish of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis.

The heart of the Abbey is centered in the monks, the Benedictine Rule and the vow of stability taken by the monks to remain at the Abbey for life. Radiating from the monks is a warmth that nourishes an ever-wideningPRIZE familyRECIPIENTS of students and faculty, alumni, parents, parents of alumni, parishioners and other friends who, in their diversity, are Fo r m Pr i z e – bound together through participation in the life of the Abbey. Matthew R. Menendez

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Volume XLVIII 2008/09

Table of Contents

Fr o m t h e Mo n a s t e r y From the Calefactory:...... 3 Golden Jubilee of Father Paul Kidner's Ordination:...... 6 Solemn Profession of Brother Francis Hein:...... 7 Vocations:...... 8 Patrick Barry Says Good-Bye to Saint Louis Abbey:...... 9 Luke Rigby Award:...... 10 Obituaries:...... 14 Necrology:...... 16

Fr o m t h e Sc h o o l Headmaster's Message:...... 19 Junior School Report:...... 21 Achievements and Awards:...... 22 Varsity Athletes Post Season Honors:...... 30 The Year in Sports:...... 31 Graduation Day:...... 32 Class of 2009 – College Choices:...... 35 College Counseling:...... 38 Technology:...... 40 Admission News:...... 41 Class of 2015:...... 41 Faculty Development:...... 42 Student Faculty Awards...... 43 Parent Organizations:...... 44

Fr o m t h e Al u m n i Year In Review:...... 47

Fr o m t h e Pa r i s h Pastor’s Message:...... 49 Parish Committees:...... 49

Saint Louis Abbey Calendar...... 56 Saint Louis Abbey Organizations...... inside back cover 1 Monastery

Stainless steel sculpture of Saint Benedict, created by St. Louis Artist Wiktor Szostalo, was a gift from Ampleforth Abbey to commemorate our elevation from a Priory to an Abbey statis in 1990.

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come to him and will make our From the Calefactory abode with him.” (John 14:23) Abbot Thomas Frerking, OSB In the love of God, then, there is not only the keeping of the Since the appearance of last year’s Saint Louis Abbey Journal, in commandments, but the coming August 2008, we have all suffered a period of very significant, even of God – Father, Son and Holy severe, economic constraint, and many, faced with unemployment Spirit – into our soul, the abid- or the dwindling of investments which had been critical for their ing of the three Persons there retirement years, have suffered true material hardship, and all the forever, the beginning already in stress, uncertainty and anxiety that goes with it. We have all been this life of knowing and experi- forced to reflect on this situation and what it means for us. I suspect encing them and their presence, that the form the reflection has taken for you has been the same as the knowing and experiencing the form it has taken for us, namely, a reflection which is focused which in the next life will burst on the question: What is essential for our life and wellbeing, and forth into the Vision of God face for the life and wellbeing of those for whom we are responsible? to face, which is eternal life, eter- Would you permit me to share with you a little of my reflection on nal and infinite bliss. So there this topic? I have no doubt that it is naïve in numbers of areas, and is also for the Christian in this off the mark in others. But perhaps your reading it, and consider- world this direct knowing and loving of God, already the beginning ing what you think of it, will lead to your own reflection becoming of eternal life, of perfect fulfillment. For each of us, the indispens- clearer and stronger. able basis and also perfection of this is the Eucharist, “the source First of all, it seems to me that as Catholics we can only begin and summit of the Christian life,” and in particular the Sunday with the one certain truth we know about the meaning of our life Eucharist, the indispensable and unfathomable mystery of sacrifice and about what we should ultimately aim for, and that is the truth and communion. But for each of us as well, there must be our daily that we are all – each and every one of us – called by the Lord to personal prayer, in those forms of prayer, of the unlimited number holiness. This great truth was emphasized again and again by the of forms there are, to which the Lord calls us. In all our callings to Second Vatican Council. All Christian vocations are directed toward prayer there is this common calling, to strive to make our prayer this one great goal; they are simply assemblages of different means ever more unceasing, so that we are always aware of the Lord who is for moving toward it. And what is holiness? Our Lord told us what with us, in all the actions and sufferings and events of our daily life. it is: “You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart and What, now, is the love of neighbor? What it is can be easily said, with your whole soul and with your whole mind and with your but, like the love of God, the love of neighbor requires the abun- whole strength. And you shall love your neighbor as yourself. On dant grace of God, and lifelong effort, in order to be brought forth these two commandments depend the whole law and the prophets.” from us at least in some measure. Love, the great Christian moral (Matt. 22:37-40; cf. Mark 12:30-31) This is what we are all to be and spiritual tradition teaches, is wishing good to the other, and a aiming for, whatever our vocation, whatever our material situation wishing which intends to be practical, and actually acts for the good in this life. of the other to the extent that doing so is possible. Love is perfected Now what is the love of God? The Lord said, “If you love me, by the feelings of love, but these feelings are not essential to it; what you will keep my commandments.” (John 14:15) The Christian is essential is acting for the sake of the good of the neighbor, serv- faith carries with it, then, the call to observe all the commandments, ing the neighbor. And then, the love which Jesus taught, charity, is the whole moral law. Christianity is, to be blunt, a hard and de- wanting the good of the neighbor on account of God: that is, be- manding religion; indeed, it demands of us infinitely more than we cause the neighbor is in the image of God, because the neighbor is can achieve by our own human powers. But we believe in the gift of called to be a son or daughter of God, because – and this is the way grace, the grace of God which does give us the capacity to keep the Saint Benedict puts it again and again – because Christ dwells in the commandments, which does free us from sin, which does make it neighbor, and whatsoever we do to the neighbor we do to Christ. possible for us, if we will, to avoid all mortal sins, and progressively Since this love of neighbor is on account of God, it is one and the to be freed of our venial sins as well. “If you love me, you will keep same love as the love of God: the one love of charity is directed to my commandments.” But the Lord said something else as well, “If two objects, God and the neighbor, for the one who truly loves you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the God must love his image, and the one who truly loves the neighbor, Father, and he shall give you another Paraclete, that he may abide truly sees that the neighbor’s deepest identity is being an image of with you for ever.” (John 14:15-16) And again, “If anyone loves me, God and loves the neighbor in that deepest identity, must love God. he will keep my word. And my Father will love him, and we will 3 Now the neighbors closest to us are our own family. So this love of love of neighbor requires more in the way of material goods, because neighbor must begin in the family – in the natural family for those of such goods are either real or perceived necessities for such larger us who are called to the lay vocation and to Christian marriage, and communities. In this connection, we have had to think a great deal Monasteryin the spiritual family for those of us called to the monastic life. about our School during the past year, and what are the right policies The Lord said that the whole law and the prophets depend on for it in a time of major economic constraint. It has seemed to us these two commandments. So love of God and love of neighbor, that one very fundamental policy required by the love of neighbor in and all that they carry with them to be authentic, such as justice and such a time is the policy: “Put people first, not material and financial self-control and courage and truthfulness and all the other virtues – resources.” We have tried, then, to ensure over the past year that no so love of God and love of neighbor really is the whole of what we family must withdraw a son from the School because of the current are made for and called to, where happiness actually is. And we in economic difficulties, that no family is barred from sending a son fact all know that for this love little in the way of material posses- who is qualified to the School because of those difficulties, that such sions is required, that in fact, love can flourish either in prosperity or moderation of tuition increase for the coming year as we can manage adversity, and just as well in adversity as in prosperity, and in this life is established for all families in the School. For those alumni and par- perhaps even better in adversity. And this is true, is it not, of the love ents who have lost employment, many efforts have been made by the of neighbor as expressed in our family? For do we not know that in School’s alumni and parent networks to help them find new employ- families in adversity, if the grace of God is received by open hearts, ment. We have tried, again, to see that no faculty or staff positions love and unity can grow stronger, can flourish more in a simpler life currently occupied are discontinued in order to reduce expenditures, than in a more complex one, and that they bring with them greater and to see to it that at least there is no decrease in salaries, wages and and stronger and deeper joy and peace than any happiness that may benefits for next year. And we have been determined to ensure as well come from material goods. that the outstanding Catholic, Benedictine and college-preparatory educational standards of the School – the true good we can give to But our neighbors include not only our families, but the larger our boys – remain unimpaired. communities of which we are part in our work and social life, the still larger political community, and indeed the global community and all All this has required sacrifice and generosity on the part of all. our brothers and sisters in the human race. And here it can seem that Parents and families have had to sacrifice in order generously to

Saint Louis Abbey monks participate in the Installation of Archbishop Carlson, June 10, 2009. 4 From the Monastery

support what we cannot do without in the way of tuition and the Saint Paul says that we ought to be content with food and raiment; various forms of giving that are needed to supplement it. The faculty and the wise man says, Give me neither poverty nor riches. and staff have had to sacrifice in order generously to accept a salary Yet a great number of us, I may say, nearly all, are not content with and wage freeze for the coming year. All of us have had to sacrifice enough, we are not satisfied with sufficiency; we wish for something more in order generously to accept the deferral of a number of mainte- than simplicity, and plainness, and gravity, and modesty, in our mode nance and facilities projects, including notably the construction of living; we like show and splendor, and admiration from the many, of the new Grandstand at the synthetic field. We in the monastery and obsequiousness on the part of those who have to do with us, and the have tried to do our part, too: the number in studies for next year ability to do as we will; we like to attract the eye, to be received with will be reduced; the number working in the School, and the loading consideration and respect, to be heard with deference, to be obeyed with of some of them, will be increased; the salary and wage freeze will promptitude; we love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats; we apply to monks as well as to lay faculty and staff; expenditures in like to be well dressed, and to have titles of honor. the monastery have been decreased through various forms of belt- tightening. All these measures taken in order to “put people first” Now that these worldly advantages, as they are called, are not pro- have resulted in the necessity of withdrawals at exceptional levels ductive of any great enjoyment even now to the persons possessing them, from the endowment, an endowment already decreased in size by it does not require many words to prove. Let me ask anyone who had the global decline in the value of investments. Such a rainy-day use succeeded in any object of his desire, has he experienced in his success of the endowment of an educational institution is a major purpose that full, that lasting satisfaction which he anticipated? Did not some of such an endowment. And yet in the coming years, withdrawals feeling of disappointment, of weariness, of satiety, of disquietude, after will have to return to normal levels, and so sacrifice and generosity a short time, steal over his mind? I think it did; and if so, what reason will still be required of all in the School family. has he to suppose that that greater share of reputation, opulence, and influence which he has not, and which he desires, would, if granted Despite all this, which at first seems to be diminishment, we him, suffice to make him happy? No; the fact is certain, however slow have seen all the constituencies of the Abbey and School rising to and unwilling we may be to believe it, none of these things bring the the occasion, we have seen quite clearly the sacrifice and generos- pleasure which we beforehand suppose they will bring. And why is this? ity of the whole Abbey Family, we have had the opportunity to It is, in a word, because the soul was made for religious employments reflect on what is truly essential for the School’s mission of Catholic, and pleasures; and hence, that no temporal blessings, however exalted Benedictine, college-preparatory education of the highest excellence, or refined, can satisfy it. As well might we attempt to sustain the body we have seen large numbers of new families joining us so that in on chaff, as feed and nourish the immortal soul with the pleasures and fact the School will have next year the largest enrollment it has ever occupations of the world. had. We are left with much to ponder as to what the true place is of material and financial resources in the dedicated Christian life. For us, indeed, who are all the adopted children of God our Savior, what addition is wanting to complete our happiness? What can increase I should like to conclude by sharing with you a passage from a their peace who believe and trust in the Son of God? Shall we add a sermon by John Henry Cardinal Newman, the great nineteenth- drop to the ocean, or grains to the sand of the sea? Shall we ask for an century English Catholic churchman and theologian, soon to be earthly inheritance, who have the fullness of an heavenly one; power, beatified. At first, I was hesitant to do so, for his words can seem when in prayer we can use the power of Christ; or wisdom, guided as we somewhat severe, and moreover, my sharing them can seem to be may be by the true Wisdom and Light of men? It is of small conse- callous with regard to those who in the present economic situation quence to those who are beloved of God, and walk in the Spirit of truth, are not suffering merely constraint, but severe material hardship and whether we pay or receive honor, which is but transitory and profitless. need. It is clear that we must all do all that we can to provide for the To the true Christian the world is a scene of probation. Every soul is a material needs of people in the latter category, and that doing this is candidate for immortality. And the more we realize this view of things, a necessary condition of being able to help them with their spiritual the more we shall be led habitually to pray, that upon every Christian needs. But despite these concerns, I have decided to share the pas- may descend, in rich abundance, not merely worldly good, but that sage with you, for I believe it articulates, with Cardinal Newman’s heavenly grace which alone can turn this world to good account for us, great graces of insight and eloquence, what alone in the end is the and make it the path of peace and of life everlasting. true answer to the question upon which we have been reflecting, the question what is essential for the life and wellbeing, or rather, the Dear friends of the Abbey Family, please be assured of our life and blessedness, of ourselves and of all our brothers and sisters. ongoing prayers for all of you and your families, and please Here is the passage (John Henry Newman, Parochial and Plain Ser- remember all of us monks in your prayers. mons, VII, 59-62,72-73, as quoted in Friends of Henry Ashworth, A Word in Season, V [Villanova: Augustinian Press, 1995], 147-149):

5 for his vocation. “People were a stronger influence on my vocation Golden Jubilee of Father Paul than books,” wrote Father Paul, “especially the monks at Ampleforth who had taught me for six years and whom I liked and respected. MonasteryKidner's Ordination The variety of characteristics and talents struck me; they were not all This year marked a very special celebration in the Abbey com- of the same mold.” munity: the Golden Jubilee of Father Paul’s ordination. Born in Father Paul has been a crucial figure in the history of the Ab- Oswestry, England, Father Paul entered the novitiate at Ampleforth bey and School. He was Headmaster from 1974 to 1983, and has Abbey in York, England, in 1952 and was later ordained on July 20, served as Assistant Headmaster, chaired the Math and Theology 1958. Departments, was the Director of Athletics, and College Guidance His calling was not one found in a burst of light: rather, God’s Counselor. In the Monastery, he distinguished himself as the call was realized gradually. It seems however, that the foundation from 1989 until 2005, and currently serves as the Cellarer, the was laid long before Father Paul was born. His mother’s family was monastic officer charged with the entire temporal administration of replete with vocations, and includes one martyr, the Blessed Thomas the monastery and its works, as well as the Director of Studies. In Pickering, killed at the behest of Charles II in 1679. He also men- addition, he still finds time to teach mathematics and is an Associate tions influence of the cousin of his grandfather, a priest and “color- College Counselor. ful character” whom he often saw when visiting his grandparents. During the homily delivered at his Jubilee Mass, he remarked, Perhaps most powerful was the persistent prayer of his mother, who “Without the need which you have expressed in many different only after his decision to be ordained revealed she had daily prayed ways, I could not have served God and his church as a priest.” That journey of service began almost immediately upon his ordination. “I’m going to uproot you,” were Abbot Byrne’s infamous words to the then 27 year old Father Paul. Sent to teach at the newly founded Priory in St. Louis, Father Paul was transplanted to a new country and task. “Yet the one whom we now honor, coming so soon after the beginning, brought the great graces of implementation, con- solidation, fidelity, in all the areas of our life and work, so that the charism might perdure, so that the generations which followed – now you and we – might be able to receive that charism deep into our hearts and ourselves learn fidelity to it,” remarked Father Abbot in his tribute at Father Paul’s Ordination Celebration Mass. Quoting the , Father Abbot described in glowing terms how Father Paul has exemplified the monastic and priestly vocations. “‘Prudent, moderate, kind, not dilatory or prodigal, seeing all created things as like the sacred vessels of the altar, obedient, humble, like a father to all.’ Dear friends, who more fully possesses these qualities than the one whom we honor today?” “The blessings far outweigh the challenges,” remarks Father Paul, “though one thing has been the time constraint.” Fortunately, Father Paul has had 50 years of practice in time management, and in turn, he has blessed the Abbey and School with his wisdom and guidance. “Don’t come with any preconceived ideas about what the monastic life is about; you are not coming to reform the monastery,” said Fa- ther Paul with a chuckle, recalling the advice given to him as a new , “you’re coming to learn from the monks how to serve God. The main thing is openness to responding to whatever direction the Lord pushes you in.” We offer our prayers and thanksgiving to God for sending us a priest and monk who has exemplified this wisdom.

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gives us the grace to stop, to turn, to turn ever so slightly – but that Solemn Profession of is enough, that is all that is required, and then his love for us floods our hearts. This great turning-point came in your life, Brother

Brother Francis Hein Francis,” remarked Father Abbot at Brother Francis’ Mass of Solemn Profession. Father Abbot concluded the homily at Brother Francis’ Solemn Profession with the following remarks, “Well, Brother Francis, these are great words, words of fire …What joy, then, to be called to go to the Lord by this most sure and most direct path of his Gospel and the Rule of his saint. Come, then, Brother Francis, and with faith and hope and love, with joy, make your vows.” Brother Francis was born in St. Louis on January 27, 1966. He graduated from Chaminade College Preparatory School and received a B.A. from the University of Missouri, Columbia and a M.A. from Webster University. He also took courses at Sophia Uni- versity, Tokyo, and . Prior to his entering the Abbey, he spent a number of years as a human service professional, first, as a consultant and civil servant in Japan for ten years and later in the hospitality industry in St. Louis for eight years. Brother Francis joined the monastic community in August 2004. He is currently serving as Economus of the Abbey and teaches theology and fine arts in the School. As he continues his studies for the priesthood, he will be following in the footsteps of three of his uncles who became priests.

Brother Francis chants the Suscipe as he makes his Solemn Vows, August 23, 2008. At right: the "mystical burial" during his Solemn Profession.

With joy and thanksgiving the Abbot and Community of Saint Louis Abbey announce the solemn profession of Brother Francis Hein. On August 23, 2008, Brother Francis asked God and his holy Church to be allowed to bind himself, by the bond of life-long profession, to God and to his service through the monastic way of life lived out in this monastery. The readings chosen for his profession Mass expressed perfectly what the monastic way of life is. It begins, like every Christian vocation, with God’s love for us. “God is love,” says Saint John, and he says, “This is the love I mean, not our love for God, but God’s love for us . . . we love, because he first loved us.” “This immense mystery of God’s love for us – for you, for me – this immense mystery confronts each one of us. We spend so many years of our life fleeing from it, turned away from it, seeking goodness, happi- ness, consolation, in the apparent goods of this world. But then he

7 for handling the mystery, so in moral, which stems from dogma, as Vocations ‘behavior’ stems from ‘being’, we are left stammering. It is not only Father Ralph Wright, OSB, Director marriage which, in the words of St Paul, is a ‘great mystery’. We Monastery are too. Authority reminds us of this and its implications. But the Some time ago I wrote: “We are, as human beings saved by words do not necessarily convince, and we experience constantly the Christ, indwelt by the Holy Spirit.” This means that our loving and incompleteness of the reasons given. We endure the inevitable state our knowing comprise a blending of divine and human operations, of constant controversy. we are collaborating, working with God. No human science tells us this. We believe it because we believe that it has been revealed by It is in the divine dimension of our thinking that vocations God to us in Christ Jesus. It is by faith that we hold to this divine to our Abbey occur. It is the Holy Spirit in our minds and hearts dimension of our beings, of our lives. This is a great mystery. that evokes the possibility of a spousal consecration to God in the monastic life. Prayer, the Eucharist, Confession, Lectio Divina are Psychology, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, biology and therefore all part of this process. We hope that our novice, Brother the other human sciences have told us many extremely wonderful Dunstan Holms, from Fairfield, Connecticut, will be taking his things, but this is not one of them. The human being as indwelt simple vows at the end of August. As yet, we have no one beginning by God has a dimension of mystery that no human science can the novitiate this September. The Lord has been very good to us, describe and even revelation, the teaching Church guided by the and we thank Him daily for the new monks that He has sent to join Holy Spirit, can only speak haltingly about it. This divine dimen- our community over the last ten years. Please pray that more will be sion of our being constantly eludes our frail words and just as in open to His call. We thank you for your ongoing prayers for this the dogma our formulae are constantly seen to be inadequate vehicles growth of our community in numbers and holiness.

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heart for all they have done for me in so many ways. I am deeply Abbot Patrick Barry grateful to them and to all the brethren for the patience and support which enabled me to regain some strength. Beyond all that care I Says Good-Bye to Saint have received, from those I have mentioned and from many others, I Louis Abbey want especially to acknowledge and thank God and this community. Abbot Patrick shared the following remarks in gratitude to Abbot In February of this year, I went for the usual doctor visit and Thomas and the community of the Abbey of Saint Mary and Saint tests. They found that the heart murmur that I have had since age Louis. Abbot Patrick returned to Ampleforth on May 20, 2009. 12, may very well cause me to need a heart procedure in the next few years. The doctors told me that although there was no crisis urgency, It has been decided that the time has come for me to return to the heart murmur was worse and given my age it would be best to Ampleforth, the monastery of my vow of Benedictine Stability. I operate early. will express as best as I can, my undying gratitude for all you have given me so generously over the last 12 years – in the care for me in So I had an entire week of dismal meditation on that theme. On sickness and health, your charity and support, and above all in you Friday evening, the doctor telephoned and the cardiologist report sharing with me your full Benedictine prayer life. was much better than expected. To tell the truth, I am still trying to calm the sense of thanksgiving that message inspired. My earliest association with this community was in a visit 49 years ago. On that occasion I celebrated Holy Week and Easter with The rest is quickly told. I went round of all the doctors, and you in the little old chapel at the west end of the old Monastery they all said that I could fly. I referred it all to Abbot Cuthbert, and which had just been built. The only other new building on the site he was good enough to give me his approval and blessing. That in was the new science building. It looked lonely in the empty spaces outline is why I am on my way home. It has been a difficult time of to the east – with its white hooded roof it seemed like a group of trying to balance the existing ties to St. Louis with my yearning for contemplative nuns brooding in prayer over the empty site of what Ampleforth, to which I am drawn by my vows and memories. would be – but was not yet – the Priory School. As I look back and reflect on it all, I am filled with gratitude and After that visit, I took part in the ceremony of granting of inde- thanksgiving and with deep appreciation of all that I have received pendence in 1973. That was followed by a whole series of visits. I from this community – but above all from the loving grace of the had started going to Santiago and discovered that it cost no more to heart of Christ. go via St. Louis than to fly direct. And so, I saw the buildings growing and the whole foundation prospering under Prior, then later, Abbot Luke. I was always grateful for his very warm welcome. I greatly enjoyed my visits. I was here again for Abbot Thomas’ blessing. When I retired from Office on reaching the age of 80, Abbot Thomas welcomed me to come and stay. That was 12 years ago. During those years, I was happily able to move, as needed, between Ampleforth, St. Louis and Chile. Then just as my work in Santiago was nearing completion, I was struck down by illness, first with a hemorrhaging ulcer, then with temporary loss of memory which was diagnosed as a rare and elusive affliction called Transient Global Amnesia. The affliction turned out to be not as serious as had been feared. Things became more serious when I came down with cancer of the bladder in 2005. I remember with great gratitude Father Laurence’s care and the generosity of some of the who daily took me down for treatment. It was all fruitless and in the end they decided on the big operation with scant hope of my survival. But God thought otherwise. Eventually, I was brought back to the Abbey – a very feeble shadow of myself. I owe it to Brother Sixtus initially and to Brother Andrew after that. I thank them now with all my Abbot Luke and Abbot Thomas (seated at left and center) join the Oblates 9 as they bid farewell to Abbot Patrick (seated at right). Luke Rigby Award On Saturday, October 18, 2008, the Saint Louis Priory School MonasteryFathers’ Club sponsored the 22nd Black Tie Scholarship Dinner at the Kemp Auto Museum in Chesterfield, Missouri. Chair Frederick For- shaw, Sr., welcomed guests who came to honor James J. Murphy, Jr. ’61. Abbot Thomas Frerking was introduced, and he presented his address. Abbot Thomas May I add my welcome, on behalf of the Priory School and especially myself and the monastic community of Saint Louis Abbey, to all of you who are with us this evening, and whose pres- ence, we know, signals your most generous support of the School and the Abbey. And on behalf of all of us present here tonight, may I thank our hosts, the Saint Louis Priory School Fathers’ Club, their President, Robert Jones, and the Chair of this Black Tie Scholarship Dinner, Rick Forshaw, and may I commend them for the outstand- ing achievement in support of our School which has just been announced. concerned only to purchase the services it wants, without a care for Dear friends, in the current series of Black Tie Scholarship the institutions which provide them, he has had great care for, and Dinners, we have begun to honor those greatest friends of the exercised great care over, a very large number of religious, educa- Abbey and its works who are members of the earliest generations tional and charitable institutions, institutions of the kind on which of alumni of Saint Louis Priory School. It is very appropriate, then, our common good depends. to recall how the Founders of our School described the sort of man they wished the School they were establishing to prepare its boys “Fit for the life enriched by faith”: the quality not spoken of to become. He should be a man, they said, truly educated in the much by him in words, but so manifest in all his actions and in the Catholic liberal arts tradition, and therefore, they said, “a complete fundamental direction of his life. man, intellectually and morally fit for the life of individual responsi- “A good citizen, a complete man, a good man”: a virtuous man bility – the life enriched by faith – the life broader than the limits of indeed of the city, the civitas, the polis, that unit and denominator self-interest or occupation – the life of the good man and the good of human civilization, whose survival depends on how many of its citizen.” How excellently, dear friends, the man whom we honor citizens are persons of virtue and responsibility. tonight fits this description. “A complete man”: a man indeed of many parts, whose human- “Intellectually and morally fit”: formed by the Catholic liberal ity is completed by the faith and desire which transcend the limits of arts education which the School gave him, he aimed for the highest the purely human world. intellectual standards, and attended one of the most distinguished “A good man”: yes, a good man, a man whose care, together universities in the United States, yet at the same time, in the spirit of with his wife, is for his family, then for all whom he meets, espe- the liberal arts, combined the study of his technical discipline with cially the poor, the little ones, a man whose care above all is for God; broader cultural and historical studies, and, most fundamentally, a man whose attention is always first on persons, and only then on never separated the cultivation of intellectual skills from the cultiva- processes, procedures and things; a man who shrinks from notice tion of that moral integrity and that faith which were his precious and praise, whose leadership and service are behind the scenes; who inheritance from his worthy family, and the central objects of atten- has learned so well the lesson of Saint Benedict, that in humility is tion of his School. the way to life. “Fit for the life of individual responsibility”: he became a man Dear friends, what more outstanding service of the Abbey is not only fit for individual responsibility, but fit for leadership, there than to live with excellence the life for which the Abbey’s leadership in the company over whose great growth he presided, School seeks to prepare its sons, and to be there always for the leadership in his community, leadership indeed nationally in the Abbey as it seeks to form new generations for that life and always field of his expertise. in all things to give glory to God? It is my joy and my privilege to “Fit for the life broader than the limits of self-interest or occupa- present this year’s Luke Rigby Award for outstanding service to Saint tion”: in contrast to the mentality so sadly common in our day, Louis Abbey to James J. Murphy, Jr. 10 From the Monastery

James J. Murphy, Jr. Priory in October 1955, each of us – along with all of St. Louis – has been drawing upon an unlimited credit account that we’ll never be Thank you very much for an honor I’m quite certain I do not able to repay in full. deserve. After 51 years of knowing and loving the Benedictine com- munity at the Saint Louis Abbey, I have learned it is fruitless to argue The good monks could regale us with expert conjugations of the on some topics. It is very much like a Sanskrit saying: “When we root of the word for credit – which is the Latin word, cr_dere, mean- understand, things are as they are. When we don’t understand, things ing to believe or to think. And in these interesting financial times, we are as they are.” So here I am. can readily appreciate the creative and propulsive power of beliefs among the Priory’s original benefactors and the monks who helped It is a real pleasure to be among so many who mean so much form this great institution from a dream. We are all very blessed to to me – particularly the monks but also the faculty and staff at the have been swept along in our formation by their great faith. Priory, fellow parents and alumni; plus members of the Murphy Company team and several business associates; my fellow classmates My original contact with Priory came when Sister Elaine, my in the Priory Class of 1961; the honorees who preceded me; and my wonderful 8th grade teacher at Our Lady of the Pillar, encouraged cherished family – most importantly, my wife, Mimi. me and several of my classmates to take the entrance examination for the second class at Priory. She thought it would be a good practice My profound thanks goes to former Abbot Luke Rigby, former exam before similar exams at St. Louis’ other private Catholic high Headmasters Father Timothy Horner and Father Paul Kidner, whose schools. Since my father graduated from a Jesuit high school here forté as a math teacher is one of many claims on our hearts during and my uncle was a Jesuit priest, I think my parents assumed I his 50 years as a priest. Each of these dedicated men influenced my would attend a Jesuit institution. All of my Pillar classmates received development immeasurably, and I am forever grateful. acceptances to Priory within one week, except for me, and two of I want to add my thanks to Rick Forshaw for his leadership in them eventually enrolled. making this Fathers’ Club Event a success. Many years ago, I had his So I had assumed the worst. A week later, Priory contacted us role as chair of this event, and so I appreciate the effort it takes to – not only with an acceptance, but also with the financial aid my create such a resounding success. parents required, given my spot as the oldest of six children. Priory We are together tonight at a benefit, and it strikes me that we had three tuition assistance scholarships available that year. The third are all here for various degrees of the same reason. It is we, singularly and last recipient’s family had notified Priory they were relocating to and collectively, who are the beneficiaries of a Benedictine commu- Texas and their son would not attend Priory. I would be his replace- nity that has given us so much. From the time Fred Switzer and his ment, and I felt very blessed to have this option. I am thrilled Sister band of founders convinced Abbot Herbert Byrne of Ampleforth, Elaine is here this evening. England, to send forth the three founding monks who established

Father Paul, Father Timothy and Sister Elaine share in recognizing honoree, Jim Murphy, Jr.

11 I was confident the quality of the education at Priory would at sums up our experience of the men of the Saint Louis Abbey more least match my other options. What swayed me to Priory is that my than this? small class size ensured I could compete year-round in varsity sports, Abbot Luke clearly was the first person who came to mind when Monasterydespite my average skills. I correctly anticipated the agony of defeat I was among many asked several years ago by the St. Louis Business more often than the thrill of victory – many times, painfully so. Journal who I most admired and respected. Father Timothy obvious- I also experienced a new sport from a brilliant left-handed ly would have been next – but perhaps with a different interpretation cricketer named Father Timothy, whose expert eraser throws were of admiration! certainly attention-grabbing in the classroom. In the early 1970s, I will never forget Abbot Luke’s deceptively My parents quickly developed a great appreciation for and close firm guidance in insisting on Priory’s independence from Ampleforth friendship with the monks, eventually becoming Confraters – hon- – rather than closing the doors due to a lack of vocations within the orary members of the Abbey community who tried to practice the international Benedictine system. The move was akin to the Ameri- challenging Benedictine principles in their lives. My mother, Emily can Colonies’ break from England. Around the same time, he also Murphy McCaffrey, now 88, was one of Father Timothy’s favorites, opened an Archdiocesan parish staff fed with monks shared from despite belonging to the Mothers’ Club. She was unable to join us the Priory. As if to underscore this declaration of independence, he this evening, but sends her greetings and best wishes to everyone even became an American citizen. His mild-mannered determination from Sea Island, Georgia. eventually led to the Priory’s conversion to a full-fledged Abbey. My father also would have truly loved being here tonight. He While the monks who have fed us a rich feast of goodness and was well aware of the endowment of blessings showered by the good blessings do not need, desire or expect it, I think it is important to monks upon our family, including my two brothers who attended recognize and express our gratitude for all they have accomplished Priory. When my father passed away in 1982, three of the monks … and all they have given – and continue to give – to us. were at the hospital within half an hour to be with us – all in an I want to note one other special person from my Priory associa- elegantly understated way. And when someone in the Priory family tion – a woman appointed by Abbot Luke to be the school’s develop- experiences adversity, you’ve never seen anything quite like the depth ment director long before women were considered seriously for such of quiet caring they share. critical roles. In Julie Constantino, Abbot Luke found someone for When our son, Joey, applied to join the Class of 1997, he replied whom the word, “No,” rolled like water off a duck’s back. One year, to our questions about his interview with, “Oh, they loved me!” she conned us into offering a week at Murphy Company’s condo There is something naturally humorous about a 6th grader whose in Colorado as a Priory auction item. A week before the auction, self-assessment of how an interview went goes to the subject of love. applying my dry sense of humor to distract her from the stress of a But his response still resonates with me. “They loved me!” What week in the realm of heaven’s opposite, I called Julie and told her I

Members of the Class of 1961 join Jim Murphy to celebrate his award.

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Bob Jones, Fathers' Club President and wife Terri Goslin-Jones; Father Michael, Headmaster; Rick Forshaw, Black Tie Dinner Chair and wife Michele

had some bad news. “The condo burned down. You can’t use it in In my view, their lessons have been simple and somewhat the auction,” I reported. “Oh, that is so sad,” she initially responded. counter-cultural: Then she quickly added, “But you did have insurance? You will get Rather than direct promotion of their accomplishments, they’ve insurance proceeds now!” Julie, thank you for joining us this evening! used the power of attraction based on actions that speak far more While I have dwelled heavily on the earlier years of Priory, we eloquently than words. They have attracted vocations in record are just as blessed in new ways during recent years. One of the numbers – including several of the best and brightest alumni, greatest challenges any organization faces is leadership succession. who are now on their way to becoming monks at the Saint Louis Many fail because they do not properly plan, and neglect developing Abbey. Most of you know that Father Gregory, the current Prior future leaders. The transition from Abbot Luke to Abbot Thomas and former Headmaster, is also an alumnus. went smoothly. Overcoming with apparent ease a significant physical disability, Abbot Thomas almost always wears a smile and Rather than tending to self-centered interests, they daily express leads the Abbey forward with a hopeful, upbeat attitude. We are the power of caring. They share this by extending to others an most fortunate that there are other monks within today’s monastic invitation to service, by which every student of Priory comes to community of 30 who show the potential to assume leadership after know the paradox which says, “In giving, we receive.” Abbot Thomas for several generations. The future is very bright. Rather than settle for having a winner and a loser, they show the One of the initial visions for Priory was to educate talented higher wisdom of win-win, mutually beneficial relationships – Catholic boys to the best of their abilities. That enabled Priory the same kind to which God invites each of us. They teach all of students to compete for entry into the very best American us to go out and do what’s right … with humility. universities, regardless of the institution’s religious affiliation. Ultimately, the goal was to prepare Priory graduates, regardless of As we visit among these expensive status symbols on wheels, per- their religion, to assume major leadership roles in all areas of society. haps there is a Benedictine lesson … that we consider how we “drive” They started on the wings of a prayer, and from the first class of 30 ourselves in the world, and how we let the light and excellence of students, graduates went to Georgetown, Yale, Harvard, MIT, God’s craftsmanship within us shine with a splendor that’s symbol- Brown and elsewhere. ized in these well-waxed models we see tonight. And while the wisdom of the day was that Catholic boys should And so I close where I began – with immense gratitude …for all matriculate to Catholic colleges, the – highly educated the monks of Saint Louis Abbey and Priory have meant to me, for as they were at Cambridge and Oxford – had no qualms about us your role in forming the best parts of me, for touching three genera- continuing our education in secular institutions. In that way, they tions of my family with love, and for all you mean to this commu- believed we could extend the spiritual rootedness they had fostered nity of Priory and of St. Louis. in us to new places. God bless you, and God bless all of us who are the recipients of your loving care and commitment. Thank you.

13 it was from that same God she had started at the beginning of her Obituaries life on this earth. “In my end is my beginning. In my beginning Confrater Isabelle C. Garrigan died on is my end.” I’m sure my mother remembered the loving God who MonasteryJuly 31, 2008. called her peacefully to herself as the same loving God from whom she knew “Nothing could separate her, neither death, nor life, nor The following is an excerpt from the homily given by Father Gerard powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature.” for his mother at her funeral Mass. At a Soldan High School reunion a few years ago, one of my Isabelle Garrigan grew mother’s classmates said: “Isabelle, you never walked. You always up in the colorful ran.” Yes, my mother had a lot of energy, so I’m sure she was always community that in- running and not walking when she was young. And she kept much habited the area near of that energy late into her life. the historical Hodia- mont Street Car Line. My mother was a Confrater of our Benedictine Abbey, which is why she is being given this monastic funeral. She loved our monks It was a community dearly, and I am sure she is very touched to have this monastic funer- of neighbors that gave al which we accord to the close friends of our monastery, our Con- her much love and fraters. In the Prologue of his Rule for monks, Saint Benedict writes who she loved dearly. about running: “But as we progress in this way of life and faith, we More importantly it shall run on the path of God’s commandments, our hearts overflow- included the loving ing with the inexpressible delight of love.” I’m sure my mother is still members of her own running with inexpressible delight of love in heaven. family to whom she returned that love. My Mother’s favorite song was written in 1917 by Shelton Brooks. It is thought to be perhaps the first commercially produced With her incompa- jazz recording in history. Ella Fitzgerald and many others have rable powers of observation she remembered, the particularities of performed it. My mother never tired of playing it on the piano with the individuals in her community as no one I have met ever did. As great animation, with a glint in her eye as she recited the words. an elderly woman, she even remembered back to when she was a baby in her crib. “I’ll be down to get you in a taxicab honey, Better be ready about half past eight, At the end of my mother’s life, she told me not to leave her that she did not want to be alone. Shortly thereafter she was at peace, O Honey don’t be late showing not the slightest hint of struggle, peacefully making the I want to be there when the band starts playing… transition from this life to the next. Gonna dance off both of my shoes At the end of her life on earth, God her loving father in heaven When they play those jelly roll blues had taken away her suffering and replaced it with his perfect and Tomorrow night at the dark town strutter’s ball.” eternal peace, just as her earthly father had taken away her suffering in the crib and had replaced it with peace by his kindness to her. Please God, Mom, you are now “Dancing off both of your shoes,” with your loving God, the Lord of the Dance, whom you re- As the old saying goes: “See with what peace a Christian dies.” membered from your beginning, whom you remembered had “Gone This Christian woman, this devout Catholic Christian woman before you to prepare a place for you,” and a place for us, a place that certainly died with that profound Christian peace. And I believe the is your final neighborhood and ours, your final community and ours reason for that was because she remembered, she remembered as no which we Catholics call the “Communion of Saints,” where you are one else I ever met. This woman who remembered almost everything not alone, but, please God, united with your parents, your husband, about almost all of the people she ever knew in the beloved commu- your son, your brother, your sisters and with all your many friends nity of her neighborhood, the community of her family, her friends, and relatives whom you never ceased to remember. her classmates, her neighbors. I have no doubt that at that moment when she left this world for the next, I’m sure she remembered even Mom, may you play on, with infinite joy and forever on your further back than when she was a baby in that crib. I think she piano which you loved so dearly. May you play on for all eternity remembered all the way back to her very beginning in this life. surrounded by your loved ones you remembered, for your God who is love, from whom “not even death could separate you”, whom you I believe that at the end of my mother’s life on this earth, when remembered from our beginning to your end which is your begin- she came face to face with her God in heaven, she remembered that ning. Play on. Play on. Play on. 14 From the Monastery

Confrater Suzanne L. Naunheim died on Confrater J. Joseph Horan, a dear friend of the December 5, 2008. Abbey, died on March 29, 2009. Joe Horan was a long standing friend and benefactor of the Abbey community. From the earliest days, he helped establish the community. As a parent of students in the school, he learned first- hand about the monk's educational mission, and as a parishioner, he experienced the growth of the monastery's pastoral ministry. But above all, he is remembered as one who both prayed with and for the community. From his childhood in Parkview and St. Roch's school to his teen years when he met the love of his life, Susan Buder, Joe's joy of life was legendary. His love of Sue was an amazing partnership of 66 years, embodying not only the love of husband and wife, but of best friends. Perhaps the most important thing that parents can do for their children is loving and supporting one another in a visible way, which Joe and Sue achieved. He was a role model for his children, and later his grandchildren, and no doubt, also for his great grand- children. Although Joe was quite a disciplinarian, As one of the Abbey's Confraters, Sue Naunheim dearly treasured he was honest compas- her many years of Sunday morning Mass and coffee with the monas- sionate and trustworthy. tic community. Linked by prayer and friendship with the Abbey, she With seven children over was often guided and counseled by various members of the Commu- 15 years, he still had the nity in almost subliminal fashion, whether after Mass or during her great gift of making each visits. of his children feel spe- cial. Perhaps it stemmed Sue's warmth and graciousness seem to embody the qualities that from knowing he gave define the spirit of the Abbey Family. Laudable for all she did for you his full attention. the Abbey and Priory School, her personal, human qualities made While Sue and Joe did her standout. In particular, her good-hearted openness, concern for not gush about their rela- others, and contagious cheerfulness were a special gift and chance to tionship, they were very learn from her example. real and solid couple, Most notably, one could learn from her marriage of 59 years, whose legacy lives on. especially in her relationship to her family, which was the center of At his 80th birthday her life. Sue, and her husband Bo, were an inseparable couple, and party, he told those of this committed and binding love was reflected in her family. Sue did his children, 20 grandchildren, and 15 great grandchildren who were not interfere with her children's lives, but let them experience the there, “Work hard, fear God and love one another. Jesus said, 'I am world in their own fashion. Asking them only one question a day, she the Way, I am Truth, I am life.' We are to imitate him.” expected a real answer, but did not insert herself into their lives. In this, she gave the gift of freedom. Love of friends followed as a close second to love of family. Old and new friends, and even those he to whom he was not yet ac- While the Abbey community rejoices for Sue, as the Catholic quainted, kept him energized. Joe simply enjoyed people. Possessing faith teaches that the joys of heaven and even of purgatory are beyond genuine warmth, he touched everyone and treated them as a friend, imagination, there is a great sense of grief for the loss of such a mem- as he saw them all as “someone.” With a twinkle in his eye and a ber. Thus it is with beloved individuals – when they die, as Sue has, it smile that could light a room, he loved telling stories, which was his leaves all with very mixed feelings. As the community prays for her, forte. Using his wit to make people laugh and feel comfortable, he there is hope that in the end, the Lord's greeting to her, and hopefully was truly a gracious gentlemen and will be sorely missed. Please pray heard by those praying for her, was no less than “Come, my love, my for him and his family. lovely one come.” Please pray for her, and her family. 15 Necrology Warren W. Langford, friend of the Abbey Leo J. LeBlanc, MD, father of Peter ’66, grandfather of Peter, Jr. ’96 Prayers are asked for the following deceased Monasteryfriends of the Abbey Family. Herbert J. Lischwe, parishioner James L. Beckmann, father of Peter ’87 Alois J. Lorenz, parishioner Zeliha Bilsel, MD, friend of the Abbey Michael J. MacDonald ’71 Dorothy Brady, mother of Tim ’73, grandmother of John ’03 and James B. Malloy, grandfather of John ’07 and Brian ’09 Kevin ’08 Timothy R. McCarthy, father of Tim ’75 Richard Briggs, grandfather of Brayton ’12 Clare A. McGinty, parishioner Norbert V. Bussmann, friend of the Abbey Rosalie McNearney, mother of Bob ’72, John ’75 and Gerry ’79 J. Patrick Byrne, Jr. ’81 Bernice E. Miller, mother of Jerry Miller, faculty member; Mary Lee Coco, sister of Joe Genoni, faculty member grandmother of Joe ’86, Tim ’87 and Jeff ’01 Joan Redow Coonrod, mother of Ann Raley, faculty member, William J. Monahan, Jr., father of Joe ’06 and Paul ’09 grandmother of Paul Jacobs ’03 Suzanne L. Naunheim, mother of Bob ’69, Keith ’70 and David ’73, Joseph J. Desloge, Jr., father of Jay ’88 grandmother of Ted ’01 and Geoff ’05, Confrater J. Michael de Ungria, MD ’87 James F. Neuner, parishioner Frank L. Erickson, father of Rob ’97 (deceased) Willa J. Neuwirth, friend of the Abbey Frank J. and Joanne K. Flynn, friends of the Abbey John A. Nuetzel, father of John ’64 Philip R. Gale, MD, father of Tom ’73 Bishop Edward J. O’Donnell, friend of the Abbey Isabelle C. Garrigan, mother of Father Gerard, Confrater Irene Orlando, mother of Justin ’99 Sharon M. Garrigan, sister-in-law of Father Gerard Henrietta Osterholt, mother of Bill ’77 Thomas N. Geiss, former head of Junior School James L. Ottolini, MD, parishioner Rosemary S. Gillespie, mother of Joe ’74, Mark ’76 and Matt ’78 Francis X. Paletta, MD, father of Chris ’70 and Rick ’74, (deceased) grandfather of Damian ’95 and Chris ’05 Sister Anne Madeleine Godefroy, VHM, friend of the Abbey George T. Pettus, friend of the Abbey Florence Ann Haas, grandmother of Alex ’09 Gary G. Pfortmiller, MD, father of John ’07 Joyce M. Heck, friend of the Abbey Charles L. Phillipp ’65 Mary Anne Bryan Hoffmann, friend of the Abbey John J. Phillips, MD, father of Ed ’83 and John ’85 J. Joseph Horan, father of Joe ’63 and Oscar ’66, Society Board Loretta Pignotti, grandmother of Nick ’09 Member, Confrater Barbara Puricelli, grandmother of John ’13 Mary Gene Hyde, mother of Jim ’74 Kay Quinn, friend of the Abbey (former parishioner) Jamie O. Inawat, MD, father of R.J. ’01 and Ryan ’06 Mildred Rancilio, friend of the Abbey Pamela B. Kerr, mother of Grant ’05 Frances J. Reinhardt, parishioner George K. Kesler, former Director of Finance Robert J. Sassenrath, father of Bob ’79 Margaret B. Kinsella, MD, mother of Matt ’77 and Charles ’79 John H. Schulz, father-in-law of Linda Schulz, faculty member; Brendan T. Langford ’12 grandfather of Tim ’06, Matt ’08 and Paul ’12 16 From the Monastery

Helene S. Schweitzer, mother of Peter ’64 Daniel F. Sheehan, Jr., father of Dan ’76 Rose E. Stutz, parishioner Kenneth H. Token, grandfather of Ryan ’13 Grace H. Tracy, parishioner Eugene F. Tucker, MD, father of David ’73, grandfather of Eugene ’90 and Patrick ’05 Shirley R. Vickroy, mother-in-law of Stacia Frantzel, staff member Vallee L. Willman, MD, father of Phil ’71, Stephen ’75, Mark ’77 and Tim ’79 (deceased); grandfather of Alec ’11 Tyrus D. Winter, MD, father of Ed ’76 Leah Wurtsbaugh, grandmother of Jack Wegmann ’11

Charles H. Wyers, father of Stephan ’81 and Mark ’84

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A Priory First: Four students achieve perfect ACT scores From left: Senior Christopher D. Keeline, Junior Douglas J. Hall, Father Michael, Senior Joseph A. Wagner and Junior Matthew R. Menendez

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faculty and staff have committed Headmaster’s Message themselves to working just as hard Father Michael Brunner, OSB and to being just as dedicated to our students as they always have The 2008-09 school year was a memorable year, for many been. The good news is that we did reasons. It began differently with no book night. Books are now pur- not have to separate any faculty or chased online and delivered to your front door. Both the pricing and staff members from employment. convenience were a big hit among the parents. As tribute to the fidelity of our Book night was always the first gathering of the Priory School faculty and their commitment to family after the summer and was an opportunity to reconnect, share teaching, Priory celebrated golden summer stories and experiences, and marvel how the 9th graders had and silver jubilees in 2009. grown since May. So that we would not lose the great aspects of book Father Paul Kidner became the first night, we created the Back-to-School Roundup, which occurred on Priory faculty member to reach the August 18 and was very well attended. This event began with Mass milestone of 50 consecutive years in the Kevin Kline Theatre, after which there were introductions of of teaching at Priory. We praised the new teachers and a few announcements. Then everyone headed and roasted him at an April dinner celebration. Although he has the outside for a barbecue and music sponsored by the Fathers’ and record, he’s not stopping; he’s still teaching and hiking and college Mothers’ Clubs and Student Council. It was a great way to start the counseling with no plans to slow down or stop. school year. In addition, Jake Wenger, Rick Suarez and Dr. Edward Ritchie Our school community was again enriched this year with two will be celebrating 25 years of Priory teaching at a special dinner for bright, talented and simpatico students from the Manquehue school them on October 3, 2009. of San Benito in Santiago, Chile. We also had two week visits from eight students from Taiwan and two students from the All-Irish On May 24, we graduated a marvelous class, in fact the 50th – school of Coláiste Ailigh in Letterkenny, Ireland. The presence of the Golden Graduating class of 62 talented, highly qualified seniors. these students added so much to our school community and to our In their midst were two students with perfect ACT scores, Christo- students’ educational experience. I extend a special thank you to the pher Keeline and Joseph Wagner, and many with scholarships. They families who opened their homes and hosted these students. are all scholars going to top-tier colleges and universities. We will miss them very much. They gave a lot to Priory; they added a lot to I returned from Camp Ondessonk a few hours ahead of the Priory. 7th graders on their retreat. A parent shared with me that the stock market had plummeted 700 points. Fears of recession gave way to The graduation of a Senior Class always means the meteoric additional fears and some evidence of depression. It certainly was rise of a Junior Class to leadership of the student body. These rising depressing psychologically, and everyone – some more and some seniors easily allow us to forecast another spectacular, memorable less – has been affected by this downturn in our economy. Lost jobs, school year for 2009-10. They already have in their midst two stu- lost homes, lost dreams are the human costs of sudden loss of wealth. dents with perfect ACT scores, Douglas Hall and Matthew Menen- Along with other institutions whose endowment funds are invested, dez, and many potential National Merit Scholars. we too lost money, money we relied on to produce income for sup- The next memorable and wonderful school year at Priory will be- port of our School’s operations. gin August 31. There will undoubtedly be many surprises. But here’s We tightened our belts and reduced the operating expenses that what we do know: we could for this year. The Grandstand, which would crown our Priory’s enrollment will be at a record 425. We have been fortu- present construction projects, had to be deferred until better times. nate that many families from Gateway Academy High School, which As we budgeted for the coming year, all the indications pointed to a closed at the end of this school year, were attracted to Priory. We have reduced enrollment with fewer families being able to afford private enrolled 18 new students from the 7th through the 12th grade, so school tuition. We were also concerned about losing current students there will be many new faces in the classrooms. We warmly welcome so we made the commitment to do everything possible to keep our these new members of the Priory family. I thank everyone for making students at Priory. As a result, we budgeted increased financial as- Priory a place that was attractive to them. sistance for the 2009-10 school year. I’d like to thank those faculty members who will be leaving us. We know that our faculty and staff are pivotal to being able to William Walker is returning to the Missouri Military Academy in provide education of the highest excellence. This made the decision Mexico, Mo., and Benjamin Abraham is returning to Harpeth Hall to freeze faculty and staff salaries for next year a difficult one. Our in Nashville,Tennessee. We wish them well and hope they return to 19 their former schools enriched by their time with us, as we were en- teaching Latin. Beth Collier will be joining us in College Counsel- riched by their time here. Following the untimely death of her sister ing, most recently at Rockwood Summit High School and priorly this past fall, Jackie Mathis has been doing double duty of teaching at Miami University in Ohio. Thomas Carroll will join our Classical Schooland helping her parents run a family business in Oregon. Sadly, she Languages department coming to us from Pope John Paul II High must leave us to spend more time in this pursuit. We will miss her School in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Dr. Vaughn Griesbauer, from dearly as she has given so much of herself to the Junior School these Gateway Academy, will be joining our History department. And past eight years. Brother Francis Hein is temporarily leaving for four lastly, Kyle Oberle ’01 will be teaching science in the Junior School. years of theological study at Dominican College in Washington, 2008-09 was a banner year. I have no doubt that in 2009-10 the D.C. banner will fly even higher. I thank you for making that possible, I’d like to extend a warm welcome to those new faculty mem- for helping us realize our dream everyday – That in all things God bers who will be joining us. Brother Dunstan Holms will begin may be glorified.

Juniors receive their class ring at Mass on April 17, 2009.

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Day, and a host of other activities that round out the days and weeks Junior School Report here. A keen friendship between the two classes was quickly born, Diana Hartnett, Director of the Junior School and the younger boys assimilated themselves seamlessly into the The end of the school year arrived quickly, as nearly 150 Junior fabric of the School. School students prepared for exams amidst the exhortation to clean The success of our four Community Service projects, a “Play it out the building in haste so that the construction crews could finalize Safe Hallowe’en Fun Fair” candy drive for St. Matthew’s parish, a the new wing of the Junior School and prepare the current space food drive for Catholic Family Services, a clothing drive for Catholic for occupation in the fall. And even though the construction has Family Services, and a book drive for City Academy, underscored the been happening all around us for most of this year, we have not let reality of the challenges in our community and the importance of this potential distraction interrupt a fine school year, complete with being Christ to all of our brothers and sisters in need. The over- great academic achievements, community service opportunities, and whelming response by the Junior School boys to help at the Xanadu several chances to just have fun together. Auction, the proceeds of which benefit our scholarship program, was We welcomed 82 new Form I students last fall, and within typical: our boys love their School and want to be an important part days, they were navigating the halls like professionals. Their older of it. and wiser big brothers, the 67 Form II students, introduced their And then, before we even knew it, it was ended. On Saturday, younger confrères to the many components of the Priory Junior May 23, the Class of 2013 gathered in the Abbey Church to say School: homework, ping pong and foosball, turning in assignments good bye to the Junior School. Father Michael’s homily showcased in the office, Hallowe’en and birthday parties, memorizing Latin for everyone the immense respect that this fine group of young men declensions, baseball and soccer games, the Geography Bee, the has earned from everyone fortunate enough to know them. Junior School hockey championship, reading thousands of pages for My grateful thanks, once again, to the great generosity of all of English, amazing juggling, checking the test board, frisbee, summer the Junior School boys and their families. God bless you all. reading discussion groups, Advisory football, PowerSchool, Field

21 Paul L. Smelcer Th e Pr i o r y Aw a r d – Se n i o r Th e s e s Aw a r d s Achievements Joseph L. St. Amour representing the total Priory – Traditional Theses Andrew P. Thome, Jr. student M. Theodore Altepeter Schooland Awards Kevin T. Wacker Joseph A. Wagner Kenneth C. Capps Tyler J. Willibrand James E. Havel FORM VI Sc h o l a r At h l e t e – recognizing Andrew P. Thome, Jr. Sc h o l a r s w i t h Ho n o r scholarship and athletic ability Joseph A. Wagner Class of 2009 Ryan D. Burr M. Theodore Altepeter Daniel T. Igoe – Creative Writing Theses National Merit William J. Neukum Be s t At h l e t e – Samuel L. Doerr Recognition student body choice Riley J. O’Connor Fi n a l i s t s Sc h o l a r s Andrew C. Sexton Samuel L. Doerr M. Theodore Altepeter – Fine Arts Theses J. Marlow Gazzoli Spencer J. Fitzgerald Co a c h e s Cu p – W. Charles Bernard Andrew D. Kabbes S. Colin Gambaro athletic coaches' choice Ryan K. Lenz Joseph M. Koors Jonathan M. Miramonti Charles J. Friedman Daniel R. Pasque Stephen T. Macke Andrew C. Sexton Daniel R. Pasque Mark R. Telthorst St u d e n t Co u n c i l Aw a r d s – St u d i o Ar t – Nicholas M. Pignotti recognizing service to the School Alejandro A. Finan Nicholas D. Sabino SPECIAL PRIZES M. Theodore Altepeter Valedictorian Charles J. Friedman Th e s p i s – Se m i -Fi n a l i s t s Daniel R. Pasque Andrew D. Kabbes Mark J. Havel Christopher D. Keeline John C. Tabash Daniel T. Igoe Al u m n i Pr i z e – recognizing Joseph A. Wagner Le t t e r s o f Commendation creativity and service to the school Na t i o n a l Fr e n c h Co n t e s t Christopher J. Brenner Charles J. Friedman PRIZE RECIPIENTS ranked in top 10 percent of the Kenneth C. Capps Th e o l o g y Se m i n a r – St. Louis Chapter of the American Nicholas J. Miles Ba k e w e l l Me m o r i a l Aw a r d – Robert G. Jones Association of Teachers of French Jonathan M. Miramonti recognizing contributions made to Daniel R. Pasque J. Marlow Gazzoli Joseph A. Wagner the School through ability, charac- Joseph A. Wagner Stephen T. Macke ter, leadership and service Advanced Place- Joseph A. Wagner Ch r i s t i a n B. Pe p e r Gr e e k – Ar c h b i s h o p Jo h n L. Ma y ment Scholar J. Marlow Gazzoli Se r v i c e Aw a r d – acknowledges

Awards Ge o r g e He r e f o r d Aw a r d – service to the community Na t i o n a l Sc h o l a r s recognizing achievement in the Li t e r a r y – Paul C. Monahan J. Marlow Gazzoli area of the arts Mark J. Havel Christopher D. Keeline W. Charles Bernard Fa t h e r Fi n b a r r Do w l i n g , Stephen T. Macke Fr e n c h – OSB, Sp i r i t Aw a r d – exempli- Nicholas M. Pignotti Jo h n B. Ki s t n e r , Jr. Stephen T. Macke fies the Priory School Spirit Joseph A. Wagner Me m o r i a l Aw a r d – recognizing Daniel C. Noyes an exemplary high standard of Sp a n i s h – Sc h o l a r s w i t h Di s t i n c t i o n character and integrity Joseph A. Wagner HONOR ROLL Christopher J. Brenner Daniel R. Pasque Ryan J. Allen Kenneth C. Capps Hi s t o r y – M. Theodore Altepeter Samuel L. Doerr Ge o r g e Mo r r i s o n Me m o r i a l James E. Havel W. Charles Bernard Charles J. Friedman Aw a r d –recognizing achievement Christopher J. Brenner* M. Richard Hennessy in the area of journalism Ma t h e m a t i c s – Kenneth C. Capps* Andrew D. Kabbes James E. Havel Stephen T. Macke Samuel L. Doerr* Joseph M. Koors Jerome V. Dwyer, Jr. Nicholas J. Miles Tu t o r i a Aw a r d – Co m p u t e r Sc i e n c e – Spencer J. Fitzgerald Brett J. Moritz recognizing leadership and service Stephen T. Macke Charles J. Friedman Daniel R. Pasque in the Tutoria Program S. Colin Gambaro Dalton M. Pollvogt M. Richard Hennessey Sc i e n c e – J. Marlow Gazzoli* Nicholas D. Sabino Brian J. Malloy Daniel R. Pasque Alexander G. Haas

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James E. Havel Nicholas D. Sabino* Christian F. Herbosa the top 100 students in the state of Robert M. Heitz * denotes co-captains Andrew D. Kabbes Missouri Class of 2009. M. Richard Hennessey* Christopher D. Keeline Joseph A. Wagner Christian F. Herbosa OTHER AWARDS Joseph M. Koors Daniel T. Igoe* Da u g h t e r s o f t h e Stephen T. Macke Un i t e d St a t e s Presidential Robert G. Jones Am e r i c a n Re v o l u t i o n – Nicholas J. Miles Sc h o l a r s – recognizes and honors Andrew D. Kabbes* certificate of award for outstand- Brett J. Moritz some of our Nation’s most distin- Christopher D. Keeline* ing work in American History Daniel C. Noyes guished high school seniors. Joseph M. Koors* John C. Tabash Daniel R. Pasque Christopher D. Keeline

Stephen T. Macke* Nicholas M. Pignotti Joseph A. Wagner Jonathan M. Miramonti* Am e r i c a n Le g i o n Ci t i z e n s h i p Dalton M. Pollvogt Paul C. Monahan a n d Am e r i c a n i s m Aw a r d – Nicholas D. Sabino Sa i n t Lo u i s Pr i o r y Sc h o o l Brett J. Moritz* sponsored by the American Legion, Paul L. Smelcer Se r v i c e Aw a r d – William J. Neukum* this award is based on courage, Joseph L. St. Amour Robert G. Jones Daniel C. Noyes* honor, leadership, patriotism, Andrew P. Thome, Jr. Daniel C. Noyes Charles S. O’Donnell scholarship and service, which Kevin T. Wacker Daniel R. Pasque* when cultivated, result in better Joseph A. Wagner Pr e s i d e n t s St u d e n t Se r v i c e Nicholas M. Pignotti* citizenship. Michael T. Yemm Ch a l l e n g e Aw a r d – recognizing Dalton M. Pollvogt* Daniel T. Igoe seniors who contribute at least 100 Nicholas T. Ross Au s t i n Re n n i c k Po e t r y Aw a r d hours of service to the community Ge o r g e Wa s h i n g t o n Ca r v e r – Nicholas D. Sabino initiated to honor Father Austin within a twelve month period. sponsored by the Missouri Depart- William A. Sarni who taught English for 50 years. Ryan J. Allen ment of Elementary and Secondary Andrew C. Sexton* It acknowledges excellence in the Kenneth C. Capps Education, is presented to the top Paul L. Smelcer* creative writing area of poetry. Spencer J. Fitzgerald 10 percent of the Class of 2009. Joseph L. St. Amour Riley J. O’Connor M. Richard Hennessey Kenneth C. Capps Daniel T. Igoe John C. Tabash* J. Marlow Gazzoli Mark R. Telthorst We d n e s d a y Cl u b Po e t r y Robert G. Jones Stephen T. Macke Co n t e s t Nicholas J. Miles Andrew P. Thome, Jr.* Daniel R. Pasque Kevin T. Wacker* Honorable Mention Paul C. Monahan Nicholas M. Pignotti Christopher J. Brenner William J. Neukum Joseph A. Wagner* Joseph A. Wagner Joseph M. Wallace* J. Marlow Gazzoli Daniel C. Noyes Andrew D. Kabbes Andrew P. Thome, Jr. Tyler J. Willibrand* Th e J. Mi c h a e l Me a n s a n d Joseph A. Wagner Michael T. Yemm* Da v i d M. Ne u k u m Me d i e v a l Mi s s o u r i To p 100 Sc h o l a r s – *Form VI Honor Roll all Ar t s Aw a r d – recognizes sponsored by the Missouri three terms achievement in Priory’s Medieval Association of Secondary School Arts program. SCIENCE AND Principals, this award recognizes MATHEMATICS AWARDS William J. Neukum Am e r i c a n mathematics Br i g h t Fl i g h t Mi s s o u r i c o m p e t i t i o n – Hi g h e r Ed u c a t i o n Ac a d e m i c Highest Score Sc h o l a r s h i p – a merit-based Daniel R. Pasque scholarship in the amount of $2000 per annum to Missouri's TEAM+S –Te s t s o f qualifying graduating high school En g i n e e r i n g Ap t i t u d e , seniors who enroll in a Missouri Ma t h e m a t i c s a n d Sc i e n c e accredited college or university. First in State, Division II M. Theodore Altepeter Advanced to Nationals Christopher J. Brenner Kenneth C. Capps Kenneth C. Capps J. Marlow Gazzoli Samuel L. Doerr Christopher D. Keeline Spencer J. Fitzgerald Joseph M. Koors Charles J. Friedman Stephen T. Macke* J. Marlow Gazzoli Senior Special Prizes: (from left) Daniel T. Igoe, John C. Tabash, Joseph A. Wagner, Daniel R. Pasque J. Marlow Gazzoli, Kenneth C. Capps and Daniel R. Pasque. M. Richard Hennessey Nicholas M. Pignotti (not pictured) Bennett T. Krack, Stephen T. Macke and Nicholas M. Pignotti 23 sustained and sincere commitment to Fr e d e r i c k Do u g l a s s a n d Su s a n PRIZE RECIPIENTS FORM V community service. B. An t h o n y Aw a r d –presented Fo r m Pr i z e – James A. Kopfensteiner by the University of Rochester to Matthew R. Menendez SchoolClass of 2010 a junior who has demonstrated a Jeffrey R. Swaney, Jr. We s t Po i n t U.S. Mi l i t a r y commitment to understanding and BOOK AWARDS Ac a d e m y Bo o k Aw a r d – addressing difficult social issues, dedi- Im p r o v e m e n t – Co r n e l l Bo o k Aw a r d – academic excellence, athletic or cation to community action, and has Colin M. Barry excellence in academics and personal extracurricular prowess and leader- strong grades in rigorous humanities Patrick M. Moley initiative in pursuing, embracing, ship abilities, and best embodying and social studies courses. or cultivating diversity in the school the Academy’s motto “Duty, Honor, Craig A. Boyce II Th e o l o g y – environment or in the larger com- Country”. Benedict J. Constantino munity. Matthew F. Rhodes Xe r o x Aw a r d f o r In o v a t a i o n L. Clayton Dahm Craig A. Boyce II a n d In f o r m a t i o n Te c h n o l - Joseph A. Hayes Wi l l i a m s Co l l e g e Bo o k o g y – presented by the University Da r t m o u t h Bo o k Aw a r d – Aw a r d – for talent, achievement of Rochester to a junior who has best Li t e r a r y – intellectual leadership and positive and a passion for learning. demonstrated a strong interest in Benedict J. Constantino contributions to the athletic and Alexandre M. Todorov innovation and/or information extracurricular life of the school. technology, has sought exposure to new Cl a s s i c a l La n g u a g e s – Douglas J. Hall Ya l e Bo o k Aw a r d – technologies, and has led others to new Matthew R. Menendez for outstanding personal character approaches to old problems. Jeffrey R. Swaney, Jr. Ha r v a r d Bo o k Aw a r d – and intellectual promise. Chad E. Huber awarded by the Harvard Alumni Jeffrey R. Swaney, Jr. Vo c a l Mu s i c – Association for excellence in scholar- Br u n n e r Tr u s t Aw a r d – L. Clayton Dahm ship with achievement in other fields. SPECIAL PRIZES established by Father Michael in Matthew R. Menendez Am e r i c a n Le g i o n Mi s s o u r i memory of his father, Maurice T. Al l Di s t r i c t Ch o i r – Bo y s ' St a t e – sponsored by the Mis- Brunner, to honor a member of the L. Clayton Dahm Ho l y Cr o s s Bo o k Aw a r d – souri American Legion to give young junior class for sterling character, high Douglas J. Hall exceptional academic achievement, Missourians a better understanding of standards, lofty goals and hard work. Michael C. Haueisen sincere concern for others and a our state government by employing a Filip A. Swat respectable attitude in all endeavors. “learning by doing” method of teach- Al l Di s t r i c t So l o / En s e m b l e – William C. Fox, Jr. ing the basic principles of democracy. “I Da r e Yo u ” Le a d e r s h i p L. Clayton Dahm Bennett T. Krack Aw a r d – recognizes personal No t r e Da m e Bo o k Aw a r d – integrity, balanced living, and the HONOR ROLL academic excellence and service to Ba u s c h a n d Lo m b Sc i e n c e potential for leadership Eric M. Anderson* both the and the Me d a l – for outstanding achieve- Benedict J. Constantino Robert A. Becker* community. ment and superior intellectual prom- Matthew F. Rhodes W. Ryan Bedell* Andrew M. Lall ise in the field of science Craig A. Boyce II* Matthew R. Menendez Ko m a n -Wi l l m a n Aw a r d – Richard C. Byrd* Pr i n c e t o n Bo o k Aw a r d – established by the Class of 1979 in Benedict J. Constantino* maintaining a consistent honors Re n s s e l a e r Me d a l – memory of J. B. Koman and Timothy Daniel L. Croghan* average while demonstrating an for outstanding achievement in J. Willman. A junior is selected for his Andrew L. Cusumano unusual level of volunteer service and mathematics and science. all-round contribution to the life of L. Clayton Dahm* commitment to the community. Jeffrey R. Swaney, Jr. his class and school. Timothy M. Davies* Robert A. Becker Matthew R. Menendez Nicholas S. Fosko* Ge o r g e Ea s t m a n Yo u n g Matthew F. Rhodes William C. Fox, Jr.* Sa i n t Lo u i s Un i ve r s i t y Bo o k Le a d e r s Aw a r d – presented by the w a r d James F. Fuller A – excellence in academics, University of Rochester to a junior Sa i n t Lo u i s Co u n t y Ou t - Andrew M. Halenkamp service, leadership and spirituality, who has demonstrated strong leader- s t a n d i n g St u d e n t Le a d e r Douglas J. Hall* and best personifies the Jesuit motto, ship experience, high academic grades, – sponsored by the St. Louis County Anthony R. Hayes* “men and women for others.” and involvement in extracurricular Youth programs and presented to a Joseph A. Hayes* L. Clayton Dahm activities. student who has made a significant Nicholas J. Hedlesky* William C. Fox, Jr. contribution to the School. Bryan C. Hercules* Sa i n t Mi c h a e l ’s Co l l e g e Bo o k William C. Fox, Jr. Aw a r d – recognize juniors com- Matthew B. Jones* mitted to academic endeavors and to Maximilian J. Jones* 24 From the SCHOOL

James A. Kopfensteiner* Alexandre M. Todorov Cum Laude OTHER AWARDS Bennett T. Krack* – ranked 2nd nationally Maximilian J. Jones We d n e s d a y Cl u y b Po e t r y Andrew M. Lall* ranked top 20 percent of the St. Louis Co n t e s t – Sean J. Lamb Chapter of the American Association SCIENCE AND Third Place Brendan G. McDermott* of Teachers of French MATHEMATICS AWARDS Benedict J. Constantino Peter L. McLaughlin* Benedict J. Constantino Am e r i c a n mathematics Matthew R. Menendez* Maximilian J. Jones c o m p e t i t i o n – Pr e s i d e n t s St u d e n t Se r v i c e Patrick M. Moley* Highest Score Ch a l l e n g e Aw a r d – Daniel W. Ohmes* NATIONAL LATIN Jeffrey R. Swaney, Jr. recognizing juniors who Charles G. Peterson* EXAM - Level 4 contribute at least 100 hours of Michael M. Puettmann* service to the community within Poetry Daniel H. Reitz* SCIENCE AND a 12-month period Gold Summa Cum Laude Matthew F. Rhodes* MATHEMATICS AWARDS Conor P. Ahlering Stephen A. Theisen TEAM+S – Te s t s o f Zachary M. Ross* Eric M. Anderson En g i n e e r i n g Ap t i t u d e , Luke M. Schmerold* Robert A. Becker Silver Maxima Cum Laude Ma t h e m a t i c s a n d Sc i e n c e Luke O. Simpson* Luke O. Simpson Craig A. Boyce II Jeffrey R. Swaney, Jr.* Daniel L. Croghan Filip A. Swat First in State, Division II JV Filip A. Swat* Jon W. Van Breusegen L. Clayton Dahm Samuel D. Tankersley Fifth in the Nation, Division II JV Saagar N. Desai Stephen A. Theisen* Eric M. Anderson William C. Fox, Jr. Magna Cum Laude Robert A. Becker Alexandre M. Todorov* Alexandre M. Todorov Douglas J. Hall Quinn M. Underriner* James A. Kopfensteiner Nicholas J. Hedlesky Matthew R. Menendez* Jon W. Van Breusegen* Latin V Matthew R. Menendez Daniel H. Reitz * Honor Roll end of year Gold Summa Cum Laude Patrick R. Mulvihill Jeffrey R. Swaney, Jr.* William C. Fox, Jr. Charles G. Peterson * denotes co-captains MODERN AND Matthew R. Menendez Michael M. Puettmann CLASSICAL LANGUAGES Jeffrey R. Swaney, Jr. Matthew F. Rhodes Fourth in State, Division II JV Na t i o n a l Fr e n c h Co n t e s t – Zachary M. Ross ranked top 10 percent of the Silver Maxima Cum Laude Advanced to Nationals Luke O. Simpson St. Louis Chapter of the American Andrew M. Lall Andrew M. Lall* Stephen A. Theisen Association of Teachers of French Matthew F. Rhodes Zachary M. Ross Alexandre M. Todorov Eric M. Anderson Luke J. Schmerold* Jon W. Van Breusegen Magna Cum Laude * denotes co-captains Bennett T. Krack Bryan C. Hercules James A. Kopfensteiner

Book Awards (from left) Alexandre M. Todorov, Andrew M. Lall, William C. Fox, Jr., Matthew F. Rhodes, James A. Kopfensteiner, Douglas J. Hall, Jeffrey R. Swaney, Jr., Matthew R. Menendez, Craig A. Boyce II, Robert A. Becker and L. Clayton Dahm 25 FFORMORM I VV Jacob A. Martin* Silver Maxima Cum Laude Jonathan P. Gower Richard J. Mazuski* Mason T. Meiners Richard J. Mazuski Class of 2011 Mason T. Meiners* School Spencer S. Meyer* Magna Cum Laude Fourth in State, Division II JV Francis P. Cassidy PRIZE RECIPIENTS Brett W. Moen* Advanced to Nationals James D. Molloy* Anthony C. Cribbin John H. Cole Fo r m Pr i z e – Nicholas S. D’Orazio Richard J. Mazuski Clayton W. Petti Joshua H. Hartke Salvatore J. Revetta* Brendan M. Kelly William T. Hellmuth James D. Molloy Im p r o v e m e n t – Thomas C. Rich Anthony W. King Mason T. Meiners Charles A. Rosebrough* Adam H. Still Stephen C. Kleinheider Samuel J. Sagartz* Cum Laude Th e o l o g y – L. Gustavo Sanchez-Conde* SPECIAL PRIZES Michael D. Collins Richard J. Mazuski Andrew R. Schwartz* Ph o t o g r a p h y – Charles A. Rosebrough Sean M. Sigillito* Nathan J. Forshaw Clayton W. Petti David L. Taiclet, Jr.* Vincent Jones Brendan P. Mulqueeny Li t e r a r y – Yale W. Thomas St a i n e d Gl a s s – Zachary W. Weiss Liam H. Ware Poetry Andrew J. Erker Alexander P. Willman John T. Wegmann* Gold Summa Cum Laude Zachary W. Weiss* Al l St a t e Or c h e s t r a – Jacob A. Martin HONOR ROLL Alexander P. Willman* Richard J. Mazuski Richard J. Mazuski Douglas R. Brooking* * Honor Roll end of year Niall D. Caparon* Charles A. Rosebrough Al l St a t e Di s t r i c t So l o / Samuel J. Sagartz Francis P. Cassidy* MODERN AND En s e m b l e – Zachary W. Weiss John S. Ciapciak CLASSICAL LANGUAGES Richard J. Mazuski John H. Cole* Na t i o n a l Fr e n c h Co n t e s t – Silver Maxima Cum Laude Michael D. Collins Mi s s o u r i Sc h o l a r s Ac a d e m y – ranked in top 10 percent of the Niall D. Caparon Henry B. Cordova* the Academy is sponsored by the St. Louis Chapter of the American John H. Cole Anthony C. Cribbin* Missouri Department of Elemen- Association of Teachers of French Henry B. Cordova Nicholas S. D’Orazio* Jacob A. Marti tary and Secondary Education and Kyle E. Hill Matthew D. Dowling* –ranked 6th nationally provides experiences and enrich- Thomas C. Rich II Nathan J. Forshaw ment opportunities to advance Jonathan P. Gower* Richard J. Mazuski –ranked 3rd nationally students throughout Missouri Joshua H. Hartke* SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS AWARDS schools. Kevin H. Hess* Sean M. Sigillito Richard J. Mazuski Kyle E. Hill* –ranked 6th nationally TEAM+S –Te s t s o f En g i n e e r i n g Ap t i t u d e , Peter J. Jochens* Hu g h O'Br i a n Yo u t h Fo u n d a - Na t i o n a l La t i n Ex a m – Le v e l 3 Ma t h e m a t i c s a n d Sc i e n c e Matthew J. Keating* t i o n – founded in 1958 by actor Prose First in State, Division II JV Brendan M. Kelly* Hugh O’Brian to motivate, train, Gold Summa Cum Laude Fifth in Nation, Division II JV Anthony W. King and reward future leaders. A three- Andrew R. Schwartz Stephen C. Kleinheider* day seminar is held with today’s leaders in business, government, education, athletics, communica- tions, science, and the arts. Kyle E. Hill

We d n e s d a y Cl u b Po e t r y Co n t e s t Second Place McCarthy J. Grewe Fourth Place John S. Ciapciak Fifth Place Richard J. Mazuski Student Leadership Awards: (from left) Filip A. Swat, Benedict J. Constantino, Joseph A. Wagner, Daniel C. Noyes, William C. Fox, Jr., Matthew F. Rhodes and Matthew R. Menendez 26 From the SCHOOL

FORMFORM III V Nicholas J. Russon* Andrew S. Kopfensteiner Edward W. Tooley John Schmerold, Jr.* Reid J. LaVenture Nathan J. Watson Class of 2012 John F. Schwartz* Matthew D. Lenz Luke D. Slabaugh* Kyle B. Martin Magna Cum Laude PRIZE RECIPIENTS Nicholas A. Stillman* Robert E. McAuliffe III Zachary F. Behnen John C. Szatkowski* Jacob C. Mohrmann Luc A. Bettaieb Fo r m Pr i z e – Joseph M. Pasque John G. Taiclet* Charles J. Moore Kyle R. Finnegan Jacob C. Mohrmann Brendan J. Thomas* John P. O’Brien Bradley J. Lenke Edward W. Tooley Joseph D. O’Sullivan Michael A. Lombardo Nathan J. Watson Joseph M. Pasque Kevin J. Ludwig Im p r o v e m e n t – Brian P. Bucol Andrew J. Wright* Brendan H. Phillips Nicholas J. Russon John Schmerold, Jr. Thomas T. Yoon Peter L. Reitz Nicholas S. Sarai * Honor Roll end of year Andrew J. Rhodes Andrew J. Wright John F. Schwartz Th e o l o g y – James M. Capps MODERN AND Luke D. Slabaugh Cum Laude CLASSICAL LANGUAGES Nicholas A. Stillman Alexander P. Atkinson Jacob C. Mohrmann Na t i o n a l Fr e n c h Co n t e s t – John C. Szatkowski Matthew G. Fuglsang ranked in top 10 percent of the Van B. Thomas Peter J. Hilboldt Li t e r a r y – St. Louis Chapter of the American * denotes perfect score Scott F. Leer Benjamin L. Corley Association of Teachers of French HONOR ROLL Robert E. McAuliffe III Silver Maxima Cum Laude SCIENCE AND –ranked 5th nationally Patrick Conners, Jr. MATHEMATICS AWARDS Brian P. Bucol* Benjamin L. Corley Am e r i c a n mathematics James M. Capps* ranked in top 20 percent of the Rakesh B. Dara c o m p e t i t i o n – Benjamin L. Corley* St. Louis Chapter of the American Joseph J. DiMarco Highest Score Rakesh B. Dara* Association of Teachers of French Peter J. Forshaw Joseph D. O’Sullivan Joseph J. DiMarco Jonathan-Laurence P. Dierdorf David R. Fournie Marc A. Dunbar Luke D. Slabaugh Carter D. Gage Seve A. Esparrago* SPECIAL PRIZES Na t i o n a l La t i n Ex a m – Le v e l 2 Spencer T. King Kyle R. Finnegan Dr a m a – Gold Summa Cum Laude Brennan M. Kluesner Matthew G. Fuglsang* Luke D. Slabaugh James M. Capps * Colin A. Kopsky Carter D. Gage* Jonathan-Laurence P. Dierdorf Krishna A. Kumar Andrew J. Hernandez* Ke s t r e l Cu p – awarded to the Seve A. Esparrago Zachary C. LaVallee Peter J. Hilboldt* most promising tennis player in Austin T. Federer J. Clayton Swanger Trevor J. Jin* the freshman class Andrew J. Hernandez Brendan J. Thomas Spencer T. King* Trevor J. Jin Spencer T. King Andrew S. Kopfensteiner* Colin A. Kopsky* Nicholas P. Krueger* Krishna A. Kumar* Reid J. LaVenture* Bradley J. Lenke* Matthew D. Lenz* Kyle B. Martin* Robert E. McAuliffe III* James T. Merenda Jacob C. Mohrmann* Charles J. Moore* John P. O’Brien Luke F. O’Dowd* Joseph D. O’Sullivan* Joseph M. Pasque* Brendan H. Phillips* Peter L. Reitz* Athletics Awards: (from left) J. Jeffrey Hopson, Jr., Daniel M. Nogalski, Spencer T. King, Andrew J. Rhodes* M. Theodore Altepeter, Andrew C. Sexton and Charles J. Friedman 27 FFORMORM II V Connor P. Flavin Justin A. Davis-Morgan Silver Maxima Cum Laude Andew J. Fogarty* –ranked 5th nationally Michael K. Garvin Class of 2013 Wyatt D. Gill* Alexander C. Noddings Alexander Haueisen School Steven J. Hanley* Daanish Jamaluddin Na t i o n a l La t i n Ex a m – Le v e l 1 Thomas R. Hartke* Grant M. Koby PRIZE RECIPIENTS Gold Summa Cum Laude Alexander Haueisen* Nicholas R. Kohler Fo r m Pr i z e – Quentin O. Amice* J. Jeffrey Hopson, Jr.* Victor A. Masetti Brian B. Steiner Patrick S. Bachmann Daniel H. Jacob* David M. Nogalski Connor C. Behnen* Daanish Jamaluddin* Patrick T. Schafer Im p r o v e m e n t – Evan J. Boulware Michael J. King* David A. Sescleifer Victor A. Masetti Thomas S. Burton Grant M. Koby* Graham C. Trout John W. Rourke IV Peter J. Cogan Nicholas R. Kohler* Mitchell F. Van Bree Patrick T. Schafer Justin A. Davis-Morgan* Joseph P. Kreienkamp* Logan M. Wende Brian T. Vaporean John L. del Rosario, Jr.* Patrick C. Lindmark* John D. Vitale Ryan P. Donlin* Victor A. Masetti Magna Cum Laude Timothy P. Dubis Samuel M. Bruns Th e o l o g y – William H. Moore* Kevin M. Eggert Justin A. Davis-Morgan Jack M. Mueller* Joseph P. Ciapciak, Jr. Andrew J. Fogarty Michael J. King Alexander C. Noddings* John P. Fonseca Wyatt D. Gill* Brian B. Steiner Nehal A. Patel* Wyatt A. Gale Steven J. Hanley* John D. Puricelli* Blake H. Hustedt Li t e r a r y – Thomas R. Hartke David A. Sescleifer* Ryan G. Sigmund Michael J. King J. Jeffrey Hopson, Jr. Brian B. Steiner* Khaliq R. Snow Daniel H. Jacob* Samuel L. Taylor* Ryan T. Token Humanitarian Aw a r d – Andrew Jones Ryan T. Token Jacob S. Walburn Bradley C. Finnegan Michael J. King* Alexander J. Towler* Thomas J. Weissert John P. Fonseca Joseph P. Kreienkamp Graham C. Trout* Joseph P. Kreienkamp Patrick C. Lindmark* Cum Laude William J. Uelk* Thomas J. Weissert William H. Moore* Adam G. Meadows Mitchell F. Van Bree* Jack M. Mueller HONOR ROLL Brian T. Vaporean* SPECIAL PRIZES Alexander C. Noddings* Quentin O. Amice* Jacob S. Walburn* St u d i o Ar t – Nehal A. Patel* Connor C. Behnen* Charles I. Welsh* Brian B. Steiner John D. Puricelli Evan J. Boulware* * Honor Roll end of year Thomas S. Burton* Thomas Raybuck Ca l l i g r a p h y – Peter J. Cogan* MODERN AND Brian B. Steiner* Alexander C. Noddings CLASSICAL LANGUAGES Samuel L. Taylor * Justin A. Davis-Morgan* Ph o t o g r a p h y – Na t i o n a l Fr e n c h Co n t e s t – Alexander J. Towler* John L. del Rosario, Jr.* Mitchell F. Van Bree Ryan P. Donlin* ranked in top 10 percent of the William J. Uelk* Timothy P. Dubis* St. Louis Chapter of the American Brian T. Vaporean Vo c a l Mu s i c – Kevin M. Eggert* Association of Teachers of French Charles I. Welsh Jack M. Mueller * denotes perfect score Be s t At h l e t e – J. Jeffrey Hopson, Jr.

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Fa t h e r Gr e g o r y Mo h r m a n , OSB, Se r v i c e Aw a r d – acknowledges dedicated and creative service to the Junior School and the greater Priory school community. Samuel M. Bruns Form Prize Winners: (from left) Joseph M. Pasque, Andrew T. Cammon, Jacob C. Mohrmann, J. Jarrett Lowell, Richard J. Mazuski, Brian B. Steiner, Jeffrey R. Swaney, Jr. and Matthew R. Menendez. (not pictured) Daniel S. Martin and Charles M. Rapp 28 From the SCHOOL

FFORMORM IV HONOR ROLL Michael A. Herman* Kevin M. Schilling* Patrick K. Agnew II* Jack A. Herr* Eric S. Stange* Class of 2014 John P. Austin* Aidan M. Johnston Daniel Stein* Timothy M. Avery* Duncan M. Kinzie* Ahdarsh R. Vallabhaneni PRIZE RECIPIENTS Jeffrey A. Bebee* Matthew R. Kovac* Colburn J. Wagner* Kenneth A. Krueger* Daniel J. Watson* Fo r m Pr i z e – Andrew T. Cammon* Andrew T. Cammon Christopher R. Chivetta* John P. Lauer* M. Parker Weigle* J. Jarret Lowell Stephen R. Clark, Jr.* Tony Y. Lee* Spencer T. Wright* Daniel S. Martin Michael E. Clark* Charles E. Lohmann* Alex Y. Wu* Charles M. Rapp Hugh J. Cole* J. Jarret Lowell* John P. Yannakakis Dominic S. Coppola* Matthew T. Ludwig* Everett W. Zornes Ryan W. Corley* Daniel S. Martin* * Honor Roll end of year Th e o l o g y – D. Griffin Meert* Andrew T. Cammon Paul D. Davies* Dean J. Mellas* Christopher R. Chivetta Daniel M. De Simon* SPECIAL PRIZES Zachary T. Denton* Thomas J. Menteer* St u d i o Ar t – J. Jarrett Lowell Taylor G. Dubray* Thomas J. Niemann* Thomas J. Niemann John W. Fox William J. O’Brien* Li t e r a r y – D. Fitz Freeman* Andrew W. O’Sullivan* Dr a m a – Michael E. Clark Brendan M. Gaffney* Grant F. Oehler J. Jarret Lowell David C. Gantt II* Antonio L. Petralia* Humanitarian Aw a r d – Louis C. Garvin* Charles M. Rapp* Vo c a l Mu s i c – Daniel Stein Tristan J. Hellmuth John J. Rhodes John P. Lauer Carlo M. Herbosa* Francisco G. Sanchez-Conde*

Humanitarian Awards: (from left) Joseph P. Kreinkamp, Bradley C. Finnegan, Daniel Stein, Thomas J. Weissert and John P. Fonseca 29 GOLF: Varsity Athletes Robert G. Jones: Second Team All-League; All-District; State Qualifier SchoolPost Season Honors Mason T. Meiners: First Team All-League; All-District; State Qualifier Stephen A. Theisen: First Team All-League; ABC medalist; All-District; BASEBALL: State Qualifier Ryan J. Allen: Second Team All-League SOCCER: Charles J. Friedman: Honorable Joseph H. Altepeter: First Team All-League Mention All-League M. Theodore Altepeter: First Team All-League; First Team Class 2 Robert M. Heitz: Honorable All-State; Class 2 Co-Defender of the Year Mention All-League Trevor W. Davis: Honorable Mention All-League M. Richard Hennessey: First Team Peter W. Kelly: First Team All-League; ABC League Co-Player of the Year; All-League First Team Class 2 All-State; Second Team All-Metro Luke O. Simpson: Honorable Joseph M. Koors: Honorable Mention All-League Mention All-League Jonathan M. Miramonti: First Team All-League; Second Team Class 2 All-State BASKETBALL: James A. Kopfensteiner: Honorable Mention All-League TENNIS: Andrew C. Sexton: Second Team Kenneth C. Capps: Second Team All-League All-League Jesse J. Fortune: First Team All-League Matthew J. Keating: Second Team All-League; State Qualifier, Doubles CROSS-COUNTRY: Spencer T. King: Honorable Mention All-League Niall D. Caparon: All-District; State Qualifier Nicholas M. Pignotti: Second Team All-League Kenneth C. Capps: Second Team Andrew P. Thome, Jr.: First Team All-League; State Qualifier, Doubles All-League; All-District; State Qualifier Chad E. Huber: All-District; State TRACK: Qualifier Michael M. Puettmann: All-District, High Jump Jon W. Van Breusegen: Second Team All-League WRESTLING: Henry B. Cordova: Second Team All-League FOOTBALL: Zachary C. LaVallee: First Team All-League Ryan J. Allen: First Team All-League, Tight End; Third Team 3-A All-State Ryan K. Lenz: Second Team All-League football coaches, Tight End; Honorable Mention All-Metro, Tight End Andrew C. Link: Second Team All-League Raymond H. Bayer III: Honorable Mention All-League, Defensive Lineman Nicholas A. Stillman: Second Team All-League Charles J. Friedman: First Team All-League, Linebacker Jeffrey R. Swaney, Jr.: Second Team All-League; State Qualifier Matthew B. Jones: First Team All-League, Quarterback; Second Team 3-A All-State football coaches, Utility Player; First Team All-State sports writers, Punter; Second Team All-Metro, Punter Brian J. Malloy: First Team All-League, Wide Receiver Patrick M. Moley: Honorable Mention All-League, Offensive Lineman John F. Notter, Jr.: Honorable Mention All-League, Offensive Lineman Matthew F. Rhodes: Second Team All-League, Offensive Lineman Nicholas T. Ross: First Team All-League, Defensive Lineman Zachary M. Ross: Second Team All-League, Offensive Lineman Andrew C. Sexton: First Team All-League, Wide Receiver; Co-Winner Robert Hughes Award as ABC player of the year; Second Team 3-A All-State football coaches; Wide-Receiver; First Team All-State sports writers, Wide Receiver; First Team All-Metro, Wide Receiver John C. Tabash: First Team All-League, Offensive Lineman; First Team 3-A All-State football coaches, Offensive Lineman; Second Team All-State sports writers, Offensive Lineman; Second Team All-Metro, Offensive Tackle 30 From the SCHOOL

District. The Varsity team had three runners qualify for State: Ken The Year in Sports Capps, Niall Caperon and Chad Huber. Joseph Genoni, Athletic Director The 2008-09 VARSITY BASKETBALL team, led by All- The 2008-09 athletic seasons were unique due to the excite- League performer, Drew Sexton and James Kopfensteiner finished ment of the expansion and improvement projects underway for with a 9-15 overall record. the athletic department. The fall began with the installation of a The 2008-09 WRESTLING team had a squad of 27 wrestlers, new synthetic turf field. In October, the football and soccer teams all but one were underclassmen which holds promise for next played games on this field. Homecoming saw the blessing of the year. There were strong performances by Zach LaVallee, Nicholas new field, and of course, a victory. Stillman, Drew Link, Ryan Lenz, Henry Cordova and Jeff Swaney. As the year progressed, anticipation increased daily despite the Each of these wrestlers medaled in either the ABC meet and/or the construction obstacles of needing to close the front entrance of the Priory Invitational. In addition, Jeff Swaney qualified for State. Activities’ Center and to rent a baseball field for the beginning of The 2008-09 VARSITY HOCKEY team had another success- the season. By May, the baseball team was able to practice and play ful season. It finished Second in the Mid-States Suburban Central on the newly renovated baseball field, which has been named league with a 6-1-2 record. In John Notter’s first year as head McCabe Field in honor of Marty McCabe. coach, the hockey team made it to the finals of the Wickenheiser We are all excited about the summer 2009 projects that include Cup. Christian Herbosa, Dalton Pollvogt, Kevin Yuan, Paul Tych- the completion of new and upgraded fields, a new fitness center, sen and Charlie Bernard are seniors who were instrumental in the and many additional improvements to the Activities’ Center and success of the team. the athletic complex. The VARSITY BASEBALL team which struggled with one of In addition to the construction, the year was filled with many the wettest seasons in a long time, finished with an 7-11 record, significant accomplishments and great memories by our student 5-6 in an extremely, tough ABC League. The varsity baseball team athletes. Here are some of the highlights of the year: looks forward to 2010 and playing its games on the newly reno- vated McCabe field. The 2008 VARSITY FOOTBALL team finished the season with an 8-4 overall record and a 3-2 ABC League record. The team The VARSITY TENNIS team had a successful year with a won the District and competed in post-season competition for the record of 9-2 and came in second in the ABC League with a 4-1 first time since 1992. After winning its first game in post-season record. Its success continued at District where it finished first as a against Imagine College Prep, 47-7, the team met Cardinal Ritter. team. In addition to the team success, the doubles team of Drew In a tense game that came down to the final seconds, Priory lost to Thome and Matt Keating qualified for State. Cardinal Ritter 22-17. The VARSITY GOLF team finished tied for first for the ABC Many individual honors and records were accomplished this League title, tied for First in the ABC League Tournament, and year. Drew Sexton caught 79 passes for 1,408 yards with a one tied for Second in District. In addition to the team’s success, Steve game record of 201 yards receiving. Matt Jones set school records Theisen was a medalist in the ABC tournament, All-District and at Quarterback with 271 attempts, 177 completions, 2,630 yards a State qualifier. In addition, Bob Jones and Mason Meiners were gained passing, and 29 touchdown passes. Colin Bruns set a record All-District and State qualifiers. with a 98 touchdown yard run from scrimmage. In addition, post-season honors went to Drew Sexton: co-winner of the Robert Hughes Award as Most Valuable Player in the ABC League and First Team All-Metro and All-State wide receiver. John Tabash, Offensive Lineman, was First Team All-State and Second Team All- Metro. Matt Jones earned First Team All-State and Second Team All-Metro as a Punter. Ryan Allen was chosen Third Team All-State and All-Metro honorable mention as a Tight End. The 2008 VARSITY SOCCER team came in first place in the ABC League with an 8-2 record and finished 20-5 overall. In ad- dition, the soccer team won the District and lost in the first round after District play to St. Dominic, 2-0. Earning post-season honors were Pete Kelly, chosen ABC co-player of the year; First Team All- State and Second Team All-Metro. Ted Altepeter earned First Team All-State and Class 2 co-defender of the year honors. The 2008 CROSS COUNTRY team had another solid season Father Michael blesses the new Mondo synthetic turf field at with 95 medalists, 12 team top three finishes, and third place in Homecoming, October 25, 2008. 31 However, I don’t refer to the stereotypical excellence that is so Graduation Day: May 24, 2009 frequently preached about in situations such as this. Admittedly, Valedictorian Daniel Pasque spoke to this is a class of extreme academic prowess. For example, some of Schoolthe audience us in this very room will one day be working for Stephen Macke, right over there, so make sure to get on his good side when you get the chance today. And athletically, I don’t believe any case needs to be made about the skills of this class. From the football and soccer teams to the hockey team to even the ultimate-frisbee team, we have succeeded. And without a doubt we are class filled with hilarious and unforgettable characters. Marlow Gazzoli, you have forever changed how lunch will be announced at this school. Charlie Fried- man, your high-frequency voice will haunt me the rest of my life. Nick Ross, I don’t need to explain. Joey Wagner, you’re perfect, and you have life-changing stories. Honestly, I could go through each and every one of you. Yet it is not for these reasons, as stunning as they are, that I am most proud to be able to say that I’m a part of the class of ’09. No, it is because everyone here today is here to honor a class that loved each other well. A class that over six years grew closer and closer together. A class that showed me that the idea of a class as a fraternal family is more than just a cheesy and impossible ideology. To the bro’s, I’ve gotten to talk to you and gotten to know some of you better over the years, and if anything could be said about you all, you look out for each other. You care for each other where it really counts, and you fight for each other when the need demands. To the Fab Five, the events at our Senior Retreat have especially opened my eyes to the depth of relationship that you all have. To my closest friends, I’ve been overwhelmed with admiration these past years as I watched some of us get knocked down really hard by life, only to be picked back up by others. I’ve seen some of us just need someone to be there with them and for them, and someone always was. Good afternoon, it’s really a humbling privilege to be talking And to all of us as a whole, I’ve watched us all stand on top of with you on this exciting and monumental day. I first ask for your a mud pit together, united against the cold and the underclassmen. patience and understanding as I try to capture my thoughts con- I’ve watched us all stand up proudly at the repertoire theatre and cerning the remarkable last six years we’ve spent together as a class pop the collars of our matching pink polos. I’ve sat in the senior in just five to six minutes. First however, it would be an injustice lounge and seen people who normally don’t “hang out” together for me to not stop and thank Father Michael, Abbot Thomas, Mr. talk away study hall after study hall: laughing, chatting, and sharing Gleich, all of the teachers, staff and monastic community, and our stories, joys and frustrations. And I was there as we sat in a room parents, for this chance to speak, for working so hard for us, caring around one candle, lowered our defenses, and poured out our hearts for us, and simply for loving us well and making these last six years to each other. We are a class that has done high school together, and the incredible experience that they were. therefore, we have done it right. We are a class that has loved each And now it is only appropriate to extend a similar expression other well. of gratitude and humbled respect to you, my classmates. I am a And so, this brings me to my challenge for today, a challenge for more than blessed man to be able to walk across this church today myself, for you my classmates, and for everyone else here. We are all and receive a diploma alongside you all. I want everyone here today too familiar with the overused cliché of “changing the world.” But to know that this group seated in front of me is one of the most having spent six years with you, witnessing your compassion for one remarkable groups of students, classmates, friends, and brothers that another, “changing the world” is no longer a cliché but a convic- you will ever meet.

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tion and a challenge for the future. So the choice is ours when we drop what they’re doing to help a frustrated coworker and be the leave, to either spend ourselves in love or to not. To first love our friends who aren’t satisfied with “I’m doing ok.” Let us be the sons God with everything we have, because if everything we have learned who never forget to tell their moms “I love you” and be the hus- about our faith is real, if it’s the truth, if it is more than just the bands who bring flowers home for no special occasion. Let us be the teachings of older men, routine commitments and Sunday gather- strangers who wave and say “good morning” and be the dads who ings, then there is no other way to respond. If God truly humbled never miss a soccer game. Let us be men so defined by our compas- himself from his untouchable holiness to be killed on a Roman sion that our epitaphs simply state, “He loved his savior and the torture machine and suffer the wrath our actions merited, and if people in his life.” Because then we can say, regardless of anything, he really did that to bring us back to himself because he wants us that we have done it right. that much, then we don’t want to miss what life would be like if we Class of 2009, you have changed my life. I am so proud to be a opened our lives to him, to love him in everything. part of each of your lives, and I honestly love every one of you. May And finally, friends, let us love others, every second of every day God bless you all and everyone else in here today. Thank you. in the little things as well as the big. Let us be the employees who

33 to define our class. It is similar to a painting, in that every detail is essential to appreciate the entire image. All the parts add their own color and style to the painting, and the absence of even one small School aspect becomes immediately noticeable. Only by stepping back and looking at the painting as a whole can you appreciate how all the parts complement each other in creating the masterpiece. There is no better example of this idea than the picture of the Priory’s founding fathers in the high school. For those who have not seen it, it is a picture of Father Columba, Father Timothy, and Abbot Luke standing in front of the abbey churches at Priory and Ampleforth. It is made up entirely of the faces of students who have attended Priory. Each student, in his own way, becomes a part of Priory. The great mix of personalities in our class is why so many of my greatest memories involve spending time with classmates. Making the STUCO movies. Watching classmates perform in the Battle of the Bands. Running cross country and playing basketball. Watching the football team during one of the best seasons in Priory’s history, and seeing John Tabash handle an unfortunate opponent. Going to soccer games, and watching Dan and Trevor chest bump on the field. Cheering on the hockey team at the Wickenheiser Championship game. And, of course, playing ultimate frisbee. Our classes would The Bakewell Memorial Award Recipient not have been the same without Charlie’s singing or Marlow’s teacher Joseph Wagner spoke to the audience impressions. The experiences that we’ll always remember happened here; Priory, forever, has become a part of us. Abbot Thomas, Father Michael and Mr. Gleich, thank you for And what more could we have hoped for. Priory is what it is en- the opportunity to speak today. tirely because of the people. We are so fortunate to have the constant At the beginning of senior year, I was collecting quotes for my presence of the monks on campus. Their lives are an inspiration, and yearbook page, and I wanted to find a quote that I thought described their impact is immeasurable. We have been blessed with fantastic our class. I found what I was looking for in the first two verses of teachers and coaches, as well, who have guided and supported us Psalm 133. It states: throughout our education. Earlier this year, a plaque in the high “How good, how delightful it is for all to live together like brothers.” school was unveiled with the inscription: Once I read this quote, I knew it was perfect – what a great way “Everyone to whom much is given, of him much will be required.” to describe our class of 62 guys who have grown to be such close Here at Priory, we have been given so much by these people: a friends over the past six years. But becoming a unified class is not premier faith-filled education that has prepared us not just for col- something that just happens on its own. It takes time, effort, and an lege, but for life. So to all the monks, teachers, and coaches, thank appreciation for your fellow classmates. you. You, and our families, are the reason why we turned our rings It is remarkable to reflect upon the journey that we have taken a few moments ago. You all prepared us to live in the world as the to get where we are today. On the first day of 7th grade, many young men we have grown to be. of us knew only a few of the 72 boys in our class. We came from So finally, as we sit at our graduation, remember what got you to over 30 different schools, but we quickly learned to grow together this point: the guidance of our teachers and mentors, the love from in The Priory Way. Every year we had those class experiences that our families, and the friendship of our classmates. These relationships we enjoyed and that brought us closer together: from our visits to are among the most important in our lives. Take this guidance, love, Camp Ondessonk in 7th and 8th grades, to our Senior Retreat a few and friendship and extend it to all the new people you meet, so that months ago, and everything in between. through your own actions, you may always see and remember what it But what we have mastered over the years is incorporating all our means to be part of our Priory Class of 2009. individual traits into an entire class portrait. Scholars, athletes, musi- Thank You. Laus Tibi Domine. cians, comedians, and so many different personalities blend together 34 From the SCHOOL

Saint Louis Priory School Class of 2009

Ryan Joseph Allen James Edward Havel George Ryan McCormick Paul Lawrence Smelcer* University of Pennsylvania Boston College Marquette University University of Tulsa Michael Theodore Altepeter* Mark Jerome Havel Nicholas Joseph Miles Siddharth Krishnan Sridhar Washington University in St. Louis Wake Forest University Loyola University of Chicago Trinity University William Charles Bernard Robert Martin Heitz Jonathan Michael Miramonti* Joseph Leonard St. Amour University of Denver University of Dayton Lehigh University University of Michigan Christopher James Brenner* Michael Richard Hennessey* Paul Charles Monahan John Christopher Tabash Washington University in St. Louis University of Notre Dame Saint Louis University University of Chicago Ryan Daniel Burr Christian Francisco Herbosa Brett Joseph Moritz* Mark Robert Telthorst University of Missouri, Columbia Tufts University University of Miami Saint John’s University Kenneth Christopher Capps* Daniel Thomas Igoe William Joseph Neukum* Andrew Paul Thome, Jr.* Stanford University College of the Holy Cross University of Miami University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Medicine Trevor William Davis Robert Gerald Jones Daniel Clemens Noyes Saint Louis University American University Marquette University Paul Lawrence Tychsen U. S. Marine Corps Reserves and Samuel Louis Doerr* Andrew David Kabbes* Riley James O’Connor the University of Missouri, Southern Methodist University Vanderbilt University University of Missouri, Columbia Columbia (Spring 2010) Jerome Valentine Dwyer, Jr. Christopher Daniel Keeline Charles Schreiber O’Donnell Kevin Thomas Wacker University of Missouri, Columbia Carnegie Mellon University University of Denver Washington University in St. Louis Alexander Gerard Erker Peter William Kelly Daniel Ryan Pasque* Joseph Andrew Wagner* Fordham University Southern Illinois University, Washington University in St. Louis Vanderbilt University Edwardsville Alejandro Anthony Finan Nicholas Matthew Pignotti* Joseph Michael Wallace Drury University Thaddeus Matthew King Duke University Texas Christian University University of Toronto Spencer Jewell Fitzgerald Dalton Mitchell Pollvogt* Evan Matthew Weiss Marquette University Zachary Ellis Knippel University of Notre Dame University of Missouri, Columbia Texas Christian University Charles Jacob Friedman Nicholas Timothy Ross Tyler James Willibrand Boston College Joseph Mark Koors University of Chicago Georgia Institute of Technology Case Western Reserve University Stephen Colin Gambaro Nicholas David Sabino* Michael ThomasY emm University of Missouri, Columbia Ryan Kienstra Lenz Vanderbilt University University of Missouri, Columbia The Catholic University of America Joseph Marlow Gazzoli* William Anderson Sarni Kevin Ignatius Yuan Princeton University Stephen Thomas Macke* Colgate University Marquette University University of Tulsa Alexander Gerard Haas Andrew Christian Sexton* University of Georgia Brian James Malloy Boston College Miami University of Ohio *cum laude graduate

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Two generations of Priory alumni: (from left) Jon Igoe ’70, Dan; Jim O’Donnell ’71, Charlie; Dan Wagner ’81, Joe; Dan Sexton ’65, Drew; Tom Capps ’78, Ken; Joe Gazzoli ’70, Marlow; Mitch Pollvogt ’76, Dalton; Mike Altepeter ’72, Ted; Iggy Yuan ’74, Kevin. (not pictured) Steve Willibrand ’76, Tyler; Dennis Yemm ’73 (deceased), Mike.

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37 Samuel L. Doerr, named a National Merit Scholar at Southern College Counseling Methodist University SchoolBarbara Sams, Director S. Colin Gambaro, invited to join the Honors College at the Class of 2009 Shines in the College University of Missouri, Columbia Admission Process J. Marlow Gazzoli, named an Echols Scholar at the University Brilliant scholars, dynamic leaders, faithful servants, and genu- of Virginia and a Benjamin Franklin Scholar at the University of ine friends, the Class of 2009 definitely left their mark. The Office Pennsylvania of College Counseling was privileged to be a part of their lives as Robert G. Jones, invited to join the Washington Mentorship they made the transition from Saint Louis Priory to college and Program at American University beyond. Andre D. Kabbes, named a National Merit Scholar at The Class of 2009 nationally represents the largest class of high Vanderbilt University and invited to join the Honors College at school graduates in the history of the United States. This added Boston College competition coupled with the mid-year economic collapse made this Christopher D. Keeline, named a U.S. Presidential Scholar year more unpredictable than most. Yet, the class was once again candidate, invited to join the Honors Program at the University of very successful in terms of the college choice outcomes. The 62 Illinois; and invited to join the Honors Program at the University members of the Class of 2009 filed a record 396 college applications of Tulsa to 116 different institutions. Of this number, 186, or 47 percent of the applications, were to the most competitive colleges (as defined Joseph M. Koors, named a National Merit Scholar at Case by “Barron’s Profiles of American Colleges,” 2009 edition). Highly Western Reserve University Competitive colleges received 89 applications, or 22 percent. Very Stephen T. Macke, named a Presidential Scholar and a Na- Competitive colleges received 108 applications, or 27 percent, with tional Merit Scholar at the University of Tulsa, named a Presidential the remaining 13 applications, or 3 percent, in the Competitive and Scholar and Rensselaer Medal Scholar at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Special category. Institute, and named a Mesmer Scholar at Washington University in In terms of acceptances, the class had an overall acceptance rate St. Louis of 64 percent. Tier 1 applications were received very favorably at a Paul C. Monahan, invited to join the Strobel Honors Account- rate of 41 percent (compared to the average national acceptance rate ing Program at DePaul University of 20 percent for the Tier 1 schools to which our students applied). Brett J. Moritz, invited to join the business honors program at Tier 2 applications were accepted at the rate of 84 percent; Tier 3 at Boston University, invited to join the Law School Honors Program the rate of 87 percent; and the remaining applications were accepted at the University of Miami, and invited to join the Honors College at the rate of 85 percent. at the University of South Carolina Students from the Class of 2009 will be attending 39 different William J. Neukum, named a President’s Scholar at Southern institutions, including one international school, The University of Methodist University Toronto. Twenty-seven percent will be attending Catholic colleges, 50 percent other private schools and 23 percent will attend public Daniel R. Pasque, named a National Merit Scholar at Washing- schools. ton University in St. Louis The Class of 2009 was recognized for its scholastic, athletic and John C. Tabash, named a President’s Scholar at Bentley Uni- extracurricular excellence. The class has been awarded more than versity, invited to join the Cox School of Business BBA Honors $1.3 million per year (or more than $5.2 million over four years) Program at Southern Methodist University, and invited to join the in scholarships. Several members were selected for unique, presti- Honors College at the University of Missouri, Columbia gious academic opportunities at a variety of schools. These students Joseph A. Wagner, named a U.S. Presidential Scholar candidate, include: (Please note this data was self-reported by the students as of named a Missouri Top 100 Scholar, named an Echols Scholar at May 10. The list may be incomplete.) the University of Virginia, named a Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholar at M. Theodore Altepeter, named a John T. Olin Scholar at Vanderbilt University, named a Notre Dame Scholar at the Uni- Washington University in St. Louis versity of Notre Dame, and invited to join the Honors College at Boston College Kenneth C. Capps, named a Notre Dame Scholar at the University of Notre Dame Joseph M. Wallace, invited to join the Honors College at Texas Christian University

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In addition to these academic achievements, several of the has presented at local, regional and national conferences on the best students will be playing sports for a variety of schools including counseling practices. Collier is active in the Missouri Association for Ryan J. Allen who will play football at the University of College Admission Counseling, the National Association for College Pennsylvania, M. Theodore Altepeter who will play soccer for Admission Counseling, and the College Board. Peter W. Kelly Washington University in St. Louis, who will play Collier has always made education a priority. After earning her soccer for Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, and Bachelor of Arts in English from Stephens College, she went on to Nicholas T. Ross John C. Tabash and who will both play earn a Master of Arts in English from Miami University in Ohio. football at the University of Chicago. She has professional experience both in the classroom and as a Congratulations and best wishes to all of the students. college admission representative. Collier taught English while at You will be missed. Miami University and also at St. Louis County Community Office of College Counseling Prepares College, Meramec Campus. She was an admission representative for Transition for both Miami University and Stephens College. Collier is married to Christopher Collier and has two daughters, Madeleine, age 6, As we wrap the 2008-09 school year, the Office of College and Charlotte, age 3. Counseling is preparing to make another significant transition. Wil- liam Walker has decided to return to the Missouri Military Acad- When asked about her new position, Collier stated, “I am very emy in Mexico. We are pleased, though, to welcome Beth Collier to excited to begin my tenure as the Associate Director of College Saint Louis Priory School. Collier will join the office in August of Counseling at Saint Louis Priory School. Priory has impressed me 2009 when she will begin working three days a week. with its rich history of educating young men to be leaders of tomor- row; I am thrilled to become part of the Priory family. I know that Collier comes to the Priory most recently from Rockwood my many years of experience in the Rockwood School District will Summit High School where she was a College Admission Specialist provide an excellent foundation for serving the students and families for the past nine years. While at Rockwood Summit, she earned a at this unique institution.” reputation as an intelligent, insightful, and compassionate profes- sional. She has extensive counseling experience specializing in career Please join us in welcoming Beth Collier to the Saint Louis counseling, the scholarship and financial aid process, and the stan- Priory community. dardized testing process for college admission and placement. She

Seniors show school spirit on National Candidate Reply Day.

39 Technology SchoolAndrea Nunziante, Director At Priory, technology is a key element in the educational devel- opment of our students. Students are growing up in a world where technology is critical for their futures. It is our belief that technology should remain up-to-date and evolve to reflect the ever-changing technological needs of our modern world. In the past two years, we have made several technological im- provements on our campus. Perhaps the most visible to students and parents is our online grading system and the unified wifi network. First launched full throttle in the 2007-08 academic year, Priory successfully implemented and integrated PowerSchool into the framework of the School. PowerSchool provides for considerable interaction between faculty and parents. Its online grading program provides ready access to a student’s daily performance, teacher com- ments, and daily assignments. Faculty can more effectively manage their classes by having direct access to student information at school as well as away from school. Parents, students and teachers have 24/7 access to the information contained in PowerSchool via the parent/teacher portal. The parent portal also allows for access to posted assignments, the course syllabus, attendance information and behavioral reports. During our 2008-09 winter trimester, the School implemented an online signup for parent/teacher conferences, both in the high school and the Junior School. This process allowed families to register online in the convenience of their own home. No longer was their jostling for a space on the sign-up sheet or arriving to the conferences only to find that your son had signed you up for six conferences in 30 minutes. Teachers also have abilities within this program which allow them to create schedules according to their Andrea Nunziante and Derek Ward showcase the backbone of coaching, monastic or educational conflicts. Priory's technology infrastruction. In the spring of 2008, Priory introduced two new web sites. Created exclusively for the Priory alumni community, the alumni Finally, a new appliance was recently installed to provide better web site is constructed to resemble a community web site similar to security and traffic monitoring. On campus data is now more secure known social web sites like Facebook or MySpace. The second web thanks to daily backups and monitoring of all campus servers. site was designed exclusively for the Priory School. These two new Our technology team, composed of myself, Nick White (cur- web sites provide real time data and information about upcoming rently deployed in Afghanistan) and Derek Ward, works continually school and sporting events, maps to these events, calendar items, or to maintain our system and train our faculty on its effective use. recent significant accomplishments within the school. Our work is ongoing, since technology is continually evolving. This This past year, several upgrades were completed within the summer will see us updating the high school computer lab (301), actual infrastructure of the Priory network. These upgrades included the library computer lab, all of the Junior School classroom, and the replacing servers and core switches within our unified wifi network. gymnasium. In addition, we are working on a new long-term tech- The new switches provide a full 1GB between classrooms and build- nology plan which takes into account all of the improvements on ings. This change facilitates faster access to Internet resources for our campus. Stay tuned for more exiting IT news in the near future! both teachers and students. The improved wifi network also allows for better management of our wifi system.

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Admission Deacon Thomas Mulvihill ’80, Director The tremendous efforts of the monks, lay faculty, staff, parents and students in the Admission process this year have resulted in an impressive group of young men who will join the ranks of our student body. Special thanks are owed to Assistant Director Brother Cassian Koenemann ’97 and Administrative Assistant Linda Meyers for their tireless efforts to serve our admission candidates and spread the word about the School. In the Regular Admission Program for 6th graders, this fall will see a full compliment of boys, while our Early Decision Program for 5th graders has provided a solid base for the Class of 2016 which we will build upon in the coming year. You may find these Admission Program highlights interesting: Many of our applicants have strong ties to the School, with 24 percent of the candidates and 35 percent of the enrolled students being siblings of current or past students or sons of alumni. Mulvihill and Brother Cassian celebrate with the 2008 Brain Game champions, Parkway West Middle School Gifted Education Program We attracted admission candidates from a total of 44 different zip codes and 64 different schools, the highest number in nearly a Board of Advisor Member Sarah Igoe, who, with her husband, decade. Jonathon ’70, spearheaded the effort, credited the Priory family with With Saint Louis being among the top five most competitive this terrific admission “win.” “Without a doubt,” said Igoe, “the independent school markets in the country, we need to be more Brain Games owes its success to the hard work and enthusiasm of aggressive and creative in identifying prospective students and at- the many volunteers that made it a reality: students, faculty, staff, tracting them to our campus than even just a few years ago. To this parents, alumni…and the monks! We’d love to see an even bigger end, we are pleased with the success of our inaugural Brain Games, volunteer corps turn out for this year’s effort.” a fun, one-day academic competition held on campus last October The 2009 Brain Games is scheduled for Saturday, October 3, for co-ed teams of 6th grade students from eight “feeder schools.” 2009. For more information on how you can participate, please call Designed to test the students’ knowledge in a variety of subjects, the the Admission Office at 314.434.3690, ext. 101. event attracted over 100 guests, including nearly 20 young men who applied for admission.

Saint Louis Priory School Class of 2015

John C. Agnew Bryan A. Dunbar * Alexander J. Hill * Connor P. McCarthy + Ian B. Steiner * Blake J. Anselm Robert F. Erbs III + William E. Huss Jeffrey M. Michalski J. Henry Steuby + Shravan C. Atluri Cole Esparrago* George T. Jochens * Nicholas M. Millsap Daniel G. Steurer Alejandro P. Ayala Parker S. Ferguson Jack H. Johnson Stephen H. Millsap Sohaan V. Swaminathan Logan A. Bealke + Joseph M. Fitz Conor J. Kelleher Matthew P. O'Brien Andrew M. Swyers Taylor N. Boyce * E. Harrison Flotron + Daniel N. Kelly – Robert F. Onder III Brandon A. Tajkarimi Sean M. Buss Ian R. Gage* Conor W. Killen George A. Paletta III Matthew A. Tinkham Sean M. Carey * Dylan H. Gill * Matthew J. Kinnison Michael M. Peters – Nathan J. Vonder Haar John G. Cook Jack E. Gorczyca John J. Klaesner William S. Pollnow Nathan M. Walk Urban A. Cornett J. John Grewe * Benjamin M. Kraus Stephen S. Poth – Matthew B. Wennemann Thomas R. Donlin * Edward J. Griesedieck IV Zachary A. Kuchan Dominic Revetta * Daniel S. West Robert E. Donnelly III Mitchell J. Guard Patrick K. Lane – Michael J. Ricci William P. Whaley Elliott H. Dow Joseph W. Hanley * Alexander Lennartz Patrick J. Rolwes Blake A. Wilson Grant C. Dow William C. Hassell William A. Macke – Thomas M. Rosebrough * Nicholas E. Zaegel Parker C. Dow Jose M. Hernandez Gagan Mandava Aris C. Sevastianos Cory A. Dubray * Arthur J. Hidalgo V Markos P. McAuliffe +* Joseph H. Spellmeyer

+ son of Priory alumnus * brother of Priory student – brother of Priory alumnus 41 language trip is being organized with the assistance of alumnus Faculty Development Jonathan Rabeneau ’95. SchoolJoseph Gleich, Associate Headmaster and Director of Studies Jerome Miller attended the American Classical League confer- Priory is very committed to faculty development. A major focus ence; Mark Marting attended both the American Choral Direc- has been supporting the academic work of several faculty members tors Conference and All-State Choir/Orchestra; Linda Schulz and leading to advanced degrees. Both Kevin O’Connell and Father Au- Reverend Dr. Eugene Logusch attended AP Conferences; Barbara gustine Wetta are very close to completing their respective Masters Sams and William Walker attended a college weekend at Notre degrees. By December 2009 each will have earned his degree. Ber- Dame, and Joseph Gleich and Sams visited ten different colleges this nard Kilcullen has reached the dissertation stage of his Ph.D. having summer on two separate trips; Matthew Barrett ’95 benefited from received approval for his topic and outline. This spring Kilcullen participating in the November ISACS conference; and O’Connell traveled to Delbarton School in New Jersey and the Manquehue followed up his earlier research on the possibility of adding Manda- school of San Benito in Santiago, Chile for research purposes. This rin to our curriculum by attending a second conference in Chicago summer he is spending much of his time working on the chapters this spring. Add to this, the extensive number of local and regional of his dissertation. Timothy Bussen is nearing completion of his conferences which our teachers and coaches attended this past year, second Masters in English, and Russell Ham ’94 is almost half way and you can see that our faculty members are very professionally to his Masters. To top it all off, Steven Rolwes plans to begin work active. on his Masters in Theology. Priory will participate in its next Independent Schools Associa- For those faculty members who already have advanced degrees, tion of the Central States (ISACS) evaluation cycle in the 2010 their interests have been cultivated in many other ways. Sherri calendar year. To prepare for the evaluation, six faculty members Meyers served as a reader for the AP French exam in June, and Jake were targeted to serve on several evaluation teams. Father Michael Wenger traveled to Costa Rica this summer to evaluate locations for Brunner, Diana Hartnett, Karol Smith, Gleich, Wenger, and Miller the 2010 student trip which he is planning with Cristina Caza- each committed four days to visit various schools, observe classes, bonne. This combination cultural, environmental, service and native interview faculty and administrators, and write lengthy reports as part of the accreditation pro- cess. Insight gained from these visits allows us to see programs similar to ours from a unique perspective. Not only does this allow us to expand our hori- zons and improve our network of academic peers, but it also improves our own self-evalu- ation process. It is very likely that other faculty members will serve on accreditation teams during the 2009-10 school year. It is not possible to delin- eate everything that our faculty does to grow as teachers, advi- sors, mentors and coaches. They are fully committed to striving for excellence in every position in which we place them. In short, they strive to be outstanding role models for the young men they have been called to educate.

42 From the SCHOOL

(From Left) John Notter, Sr., Joseph Gleich, Kevin O'Connell, Father Michael and Andrea Nunziante

CLASSROOM INSTRUCTOR – MENTOR – presented to a faculty Student Faculty presented to the faculty member who in- member to whom students have been able spires students with a mastery of the subject to turn when the going was rough, and Awards matter and the ability to convey it to them. whose opinion they admire and respect. The Student Faculty Awards were Joseph Gleich Father Michael Brunner, OSB established by the Class of 1996 to honor the very special people who COACH – recognizes outstanding SHIELD DEDICATION – presented by exemplify the outstanding instruction in the area of athletics — the Senior Class to the faculty member who characteristics of a Priory teacher. instruction to all various levels of talent, has the greatest impact on them as a class. They are presented by the Senior helping students reach their potential and Andrea Nunziante Student Council members. above all, making it fun. Kevin O’Connell John Notter, Sr.

43 Parent Organizations These outstanding organizations at the Saint Louis Priory School are Schoolvital to the operation of the institution. Without them, we would not have the financial assistance generated from their events, and more im- portantly, the friendships which develop throughout our entire volunteer network. We are proud to say that each year, a new group of friends step forward to support all of the works of the monks in the monastery, the school and the parish. Xanadu Chair Sara Grzeskowiak, and Co-Chair Joyce Finneran present Mothers’ Club and Xanadu Auction a check to Abbot Thomas and Father Michael at the Mothers' Club President Stacy Sabino orchestrated an extraordinary year for the Spring Luncheon on April 21. Mothers’ Club with a very talented group of mothers. Her task of What a fabulous year it was, and we owe tremendous praise to overseeing the numerous events run by the Mothers’ Club weekly Grzeskowiak and Finneran who spent the entire year with Xanadu and even daily is huge. It begins with setting the calendar of events, at the top of their daily priority list. As important as the money and she promptly raised was the way in which they ran this event and all of the activi- put it together ties of the Mothers’ Club; a sincere love of Priory School and a deep and assigned gratitude for the education of their sons was the message portrayed. committee work Thank you, mothers, for a superb year! to approximately Fathers’ Club and Black Tie Dinner one hundred volunteers. She President Robert Jones and Vice President Paul Reitz were at and her Vice the helm. They began the year with a general meeting and barbecue President Judy in the Switzer House. An emphasis was placed on involvement and Wagner were fathers stepped forward to help create a very exciting year. present at all The Fathers’ Club hosts numerous events for fathers and sons in- events from the cluding fall and spring Junior School Rec. Nights, a Father/Son ban- beginning to the quet in January, and a float trip in June. In addition, they provide end of the school volunteer service to chaperone and assist on school outings such as year. the senior and junior Again this retreats, school dances year, the Mothers’ and mixers, and admis- Club pulled off a sion programs. Alfred fabulous Xanadu Lall is the Treasurer of Judy Wagner and Stacy Sabino led by Chair Sara the Fathers’ Club, and Grzeskowiak and her Co-Chair Joyce Finneran. Their theme of A he assists in all of the Night on the Town provided an exciting and pleasurable atmosphere events. for the 40th anniversary of the Xanadu Auction which was dedi- Fredrick Forshaw, cated to all of the former Xanadu Chairs. Sr. agreed to Chair the Together Grzeskowiak and Finneran were on a mission to secure Black Tie Scholarship fabulous new packages for the Main Auction and that they did. The Dinner held on Baseball Field Naming Rights became the new item to sell at the October 18, 2008, highest value in the history of Xanadu – $32,000. They replaced the at The Kemp Auto Home & Garden section with Wine, Dine & Dash, and it proved to Museum. It was a be a huge success. They raised a net profit of $305,000 as all guests wonderful event this raised their paddles high as the “curtain went up”. Together with the year with net proceeds Bob Jones, President of the Fathers' Club and wife, Terri Goslin-Jones at the 2008 Fathers’ Club Black Tie Scholarship Dinner, a check in the amount of $75,000 raised for Black Tie Dinner of $380,000 was presented to Abbot Thomas and Father Michael at scholarships; an article the Mothers’ Club Spring Luncheon. about the dinner is on page 10 in this Journal.

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Alumni Mothers’ Club Susan McCusker took on the role of the Alumni Mothers’ Club President. The Alumni Mothers’ Club hosted a fall luncheon at Priory in the Commons and a couples Mardi Gras Brunch at Bellerive Country Club in February. Alumni moms also joined cur- rent moms at the Christmas Boutique and Spring Luncheon. President Susan McCusker, (far right) visiting with other alumni moms at the Alumni Mothers’ Club fall luncheon One of the responsibilities of the alumni mothers is the organi- zation of the Emporium section at Xanadu. Under the leadership of Hospitality Committee Cathy Naunheim, they secured nearly 500 items from furniture to collectibles to jewelry and accessories. Stephanie Stitt hosted a gift Chair Mary Foushee and her hospitality committee members gathering party at Veritas – Gateway to Food and Wine to aid in the create the wonderful parties and receptions for the monastic com- effort. Prior to the event, the auction chairs had selected item for the munity. Every time Mary receives a call from the Abbey announcing auction which guests then purchased and donated to the auction. a new profession or the monks’ need to entertain guests, Mary very The Emporium section has become a real treasure. It helps to keep graciously responds and quickly organizes the receptions gather- alumni mothers connected to the School and the Abbey and raises ing help chiefly from alumni mothers and providing refreshments, significant funds at the same time. food and always flowers for a beautiful event. Of special note, is the organization of the very popular Monks’ Christmas Open House We also thank alumni mothers for their tremendous support of which is attended by members of the Abbey family. Mary and her the monastic community. They provide Thanksgiving Dinner for right-hand workers, Lyn Leslie, Joan Casey and Sue Remspecher, the monastic community and can be seen frequently dropping off orchestrated an elegant event again this year. Thank you, Mary, for their favorite dishes for the monks to enjoy. all you do to help the monastic community with the work they have been called to do.

Former Xanadu Chairs Celebrate 40 years of Xanadu 45 Alumni

John Edwards '90 and his son Joey visit with Father Abbot at the Alumni Grant's Farm Picnic. 46 From the alumni

One highly visible outgrowth of the Board has been networking Year in Review and career oriented programs that benefit professionals and students. Michael Turco ’04, Alumni Outreach Coordinator Spearheaded by Corge Umlauf '89 and Kaufmann, the new monthly Career Networking Happy Hour has been an easy and stress free The Priory Alumni Association had a wonderful year, as 2009 way to meet alumni in different sectors, with the goal of matching marks a year of growth for the Alumni Board, web site and alumni individual interests to business needs. Umlauf also worked on im- events. While much of this growth comes without fanfare, it is an proving the school's Career Day by making it an Alumni Association important step towards creating the best experience for members of sponsored event, and bringing several area professionals to speak the alumni community. In the coming year, the Alumni Outreach with students. From the number that lingered after the session, program hopes to reconnect and deepen ties with alumni on a per- students genuinely appreciated the change. sonal level, reflected in leadership, communications and events. It is a good time to be an alumnus as the community looks to its future. In the Development and Public Relations Office, the Alumni Association now has an Alumni Outreach Coordinator, Michael The Alumni Association is grateful to Ignatius Yuan ’74, who Turco '04. With help from John Edwards '90, the Alumni Out- has served as the President of the Alumni Board of Directors for the reach program has made efforts to expand subscriptions to the past two years. His leadership and desire to move the Priory Alumni E-newsletter, which has been a monthly way to keep track of Priory Association forward has been instrumental in the launch of the new highlights and events. In addition, the Alumni Directory will now web site, as well as overseeing changes to the Alumni Board struc- only be online. Not only does this allow Alumni to instantly update ture and events. While his term as president has expired, Yuan will their records, it places several powerful tools at their disposal, such remain a member of the Board for another year. as access to Priory news and events, message board, and calendars on Taking his place is Philip Willman ’71, who has served as Vice the new Alumni web site launched last summer. President under Yuan. Willman fosters an attitude of improvement From a communications standpoint, the most important change and change, while retaining the best portions of the Alumni experi- is the release of Priory Magazine, which replaces both the Post Priory ence. Already he has been involved in enhancing a newly formed Post and Headmaster's Newsletter. Instead, it incorporates both school committee system, started under Yuan. The committee system allows and alumni news, and features in-depth articles, interviews, and for a “divide and conquer” approach, which has been an invalu- interesting facts about the Priory community. Now both students able tool for leadership, communications, volunteer opportunities and alumni can enjoy “looking across the pond,” fostering a greater and event planning. Willman will hold the presidency until 2011, sense of solidarity and connectedness. Look for it near the end of allowing him time to take the next step in building-up the Alumni each school trimester. experience. As mentioned above, this next year will be about reconnecting The Board also bids farewell to several other men whose leader- and strengthening bonds. The Alumni Association anticipates a ship on the Board made this year of transition possible. For their comprehensive effort to collect current email addresses and migrat- dedicated service, the Alumni Association thanks Peter Gunther ing alumni online. In addition, there will also be an effort to incor- ’90, Theodore Jacoby III ’87 and Timothy Kaufmann ’98 for the porate online giving and registration, bringing a new method for countless hours put forward on behalf of the Alumni community. alumni to both give back and participate in the Priory community, Their hard work has borne good fruit. Following in their footsteps, even when separated by distance or time. the Alumni Board welcomes William Busch ’78, Thomas Cummings ’89, Joseph Jordan III ’88, Emmett McAuliffe, Jr. ’76 and Dr. Eric But ultimately, it is the personal connection that makes Priory Suba ’76 to its ranks, where no doubt they will serve with distinc- special. Efforts such as Priory's first ever out-of-town Alumni Event tion starting this August. in Chicago highlight the importance of renewing friendships with alumni who have moved out of the St. Louis area, while not only Both current and new Board members are no doubt pleased that welcoming, but including current students as alumni are crucial the existing structure of the Alumni Board meetings has changed. steps towards the goal of building the best community. In that, the Instead of meeting monthly, the Board will convene for quarterly Alumni Association has a joyful, if challenging task ahead of it, as it dinner meetings, allowing the new committees (each Board member works to develop each member's potential as a son of God. serves on two) time to meet and discuss their tasks in the interim. In addition, conferencing equipment will be available, allowing absent For more information on how to get involved, please contact members a voice when they cannot be present. This means that no Michael Turco at 314.434.0031 or email [email protected]. matter the distance, Alumni are not only welcome, but encouraged to take part in leadership of their community. As mentioned before, it is an exciting time for Priory Alumni.

47 Parish

Brother Cuthbert Elliott '02 adds incense to the thurbile at the start of Mass.

48 From the Parish

I cannot adequately thank Pastor's Message Joan Arbuszewski for all of the Father Gerard Garrigan, OSB hard work, the painstaking organization and the infectious One of my favorite quotations comes from the French writer enthusiasm she fostered among Francois Mauriac who wrote: “The secret of grace is that it never all who worked on or who at- comes too late.” God knows what he is doing. He loves us very tended the happy event. It was much, and he will take care of us in his own way and by his own so heartwarming observing our timetable which is always best for us, even though we spend much Parish Council members and of our lives questioning his way of doing things in our lives. On other generous-hearted parish- June 8, we had our annual St. Anselm Guild Picnic at Longview ioner volunteers working as a Park. At the 7:30 a.m. Mass that same day, we had prayed for good community in loving relation- weather for the picnic. About five minutes later, during the offer- ship with one another according tory, the lights went off briefly in church. We could hear the rain to the example of the Most Holy Trinity. Quite a wonderful variety coming down. Earlier the sound of thunder boomed. It surely ap- of groups and ages attended the fun day. peared that our prayer for good weather had certainly gone unan- swered. However, very shortly afterward the skies cleared, and we The presence of the monks in attendance was much appreciated. had beautiful, clear weather for our picnic. We even had a silent auction of various sports items this year which was a nice new touch. If you missed the Parish Picnic this year, Yes, God knows what he is doing, and he does love us very please plan to come next year. The camaraderie is infectious. much. We sometimes give up on him when he appears not to an- swer our prayers or when he answers our prayers in his way, which I thank all of our parishioners for all you do to help me and we often fail to realize is the best way for us. our Parish Staff in our efforts to grow closer to God and to serve him and others more faithfully. May God bless you and all of your We continue to pray to God, to adore him, to thank him, to families for praying with us and for us and for all of your many acts bring our many needs to him doing our best to grow in accepting of kindness. They will not go unrewarded by our loving Father. his will in our lives and to deepen our appreciation of the infinite love he has for each one of us. Of course, we do this primarily in the PARISH COMMITTEES Eucharist, the central form of prayer of our Church which should Here now follow summaries of many of the good works that be at the center of all of our lives as Catholics. How blessed we are have occurred at St. Anselm during the past year. to receive the very body and blood of Christ really present in Holy Communion. Christ’s infinite power in his body and blood in the Worship Commission, Liturgical Ministers and Eucharist empowers us to love him and serve him and others as Altar Society we never could by our own effort. I am so very happy and proud The Worship Commission has been under the leadership of Jim that so many parishioners at St. Anselm receive the Lord daily in Gieszelmann this year. Joe Manno and Teresa Huxford Manno have Holy Communion. I thank our Stewardship Committee that works served as captains of the Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Commu- so hard in so many ways to encourage increased Mass attendance nion; Al Toczylowski served as captain of our Servers; and George among our parishioners at large so that more parishioners might Watson was the captain of our Ushers and Greeters. more regularly receive the gift of the greatest gift ever given, the gift Many of our parishioners are responding to God’s call of service. of our Lord himself really present in Holy Communion. Over 70 men and women assist in the distribution of Holy Com- The Most Holy Trinity, the God we believe in, the God we munion as Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion at Mass adore, the God in whose name we were baptized, and the God and to the sick and shut-ins in hospitals, in their own homes, or in whom we are called to serve by our baptism in the Father, the Son nursing homes. We have special ministers taking Holy Commu- and Holy Spirit, is a model of what we should be as a Church, as nion to Saint Luke’s and St. John’s Hospitals, in addition to Delmar our local parish church of St. Anselm, as the church community Gardens–West, the Jewish Center for the Aged, and Town and that is our own family. Country Home. The Trinity we believe in is a community, a community of Proclaiming the Word of God at Eucharistic celebrations, both Persons that lives in loving relationship with one another. That is at the weekend and at the daily Masses, is done by over 50 different exactly what we are called to become. I think an excellent example people we call Lectors. These men, women and young people give of this community working in loving relationship with one another freely of their time and talent to contribute to our worship experi- was clearly in evidence at our Parish Picnic that took place on Sun- ence in this rewarding ministry. day, May 31. 49 hearing stories and treating ourselves to a glass of wine before a tasty buffet dinner. In March, our host was Mary Walk. The theme was the history of flight from Kitty Hawk to the moon, as the Guild Parish found themselves at the James S. McDonnell Aircraft Museum. Hosted by Ray and Dorothy Hellweg, the April outing took us to the St. Louis Walk of Fame and to lunch at Blueberry Hill in Uni- versity City. Ed and Lil Roberts planned a cruise on the Mississippi River for May. Lunch at Cunetto’s House of Pasta with a stop at Ted Drews capped off a perfect day. The season finale in June was once again the annual picnic. Bud and Marge Goldkamp’s games were the highlight with fine food, good friendships and plenty of fun for all. Music Some sacred music compositions reflect certain well-established Catholic traditions that are little known today. During this past year, this was certainly the case with respect to a concert given by a group Andy Toczylowski, Al Toczylowski and Brother Maximilian of young singers from the Conservatory of Kansas City. Their pro- Toczylowski at the Parish Picnic gram was built around the Lamentations of 16th century composer Thomas Tallis. A group of 22 young people offers their service as Altar Servers The service itself adapted to the music of the period. Officially at all weekend liturgies and at other liturgies, such as funerals and set after the Council of Trent, the first polyphonic setting came in weddings. Many thanks are due Toczylowski who contributes many the 15th century from the Burgundian school. In 1506, a setting in long hours assisting at our liturgies and helping our servers as our the Petrucci collection featured composers from Josquin generations, parish Master of Ceremonies. leading to French, Dutch, Italian, and Spanish settings in the 16th Thirty-three generous women make up the Altar Society. Di- century. vided into five groups and those who do special assignments, they Lamentations, verses of mourning from the prophet Jeremiah, help keep the church sanctuary clean and the altar linens laundered. was the most important text of a rather somber Catholic Holy Week This group is always in need of more help. service called Tenebrae, which was celebrated in the late afternoon St. Anselm Guild or evening during Holy Week. The service recreates the emotional For the last several years Bob and Rosemary Mosher have lead aspects of the Passion story, and invites the worshipper to experi- the St. Anselm Guild. The promotion of Christian values and spiri- ence the “darkness” from which the service derives its namesake. tual growth while encouraging camaraderie and social binding is the So important was it to worshippers that it was even adopted by the mission of this group of parishioners 55 years of age or older. The emerging Anglican Church. Today, it remains a special part of our group has 138 members. community’s celebration. The season kicked off in September with a journey up the Mis- While less well known than other services, Lamentations is argu- souri River to the wine country of Hermann. Wine tasting and a ably the best example of responding to suffering without abandon- delicious German lunch made for a great start of the year. In Octo- ing one’s faith. For the people of today, Lamentations is an act of ber, Ray and Do Mohrman led the group to Our Lady of the Snows turning our despair over to God, instead of trying to cope with it Shrine for a tour and chicken dinner at the visitor’s center. Next the through denial, distrust, or rejection. In this act, those who suffer Guild visited St. Peter’s Cathedral in Belleville, Illinois with a stop give themselves over entirely to God in their misfortune. at Eckert’s Country Store. Henry and Joyce Heck were the hosts in Compositionally, Lamentations, as chanted at Tenebrae, is remi- November for a visit to St. Patrick Center which was celebrating 25 niscent of chanting a psalm. A special reciting tone, a tonus lamenta- years of service to the homeless. Their director, Dan Buck, informed tionum, was derived from the tone of Psalm VI. So moving was this us of the wonderful work being done there. The annual Christmas text that it was used in a great number of polyphonic compositions, party in December, hosted by Eileen Wohlert and associates, fea- such as the Baroque French setting of Lecons de Tenebres by Fran- tured a mouth-watering buffet and entertainment by Rich Lauen- cois Couperin, Michel Lambert and Marc-Antoine Charpentier. stein’s Strolling Musicians. The Guild stayed home in February and As a community, we should congratulate the Kansas City singers was entertained with a delightful presentation by storyteller Marcia for their artistic success, as their impeccable vocal craftsmanship and Ollinger. Thanks to Pat Golden and Donna Sondag, we all enjoyed

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interpretation, evocative of very dramatic and very personal dialogue and are responsible with God, powerfully rendered the message in exquisite music. It was for leading small clear that this service moved many. Perhaps, in our pragmatic world groups, giving wit- with its “be positive” imperative, we forget the unpopular truth that ness and by reflect- pain and suffering will always remain part of the human condition. ing the light of But, as the music suggests, in those moments of great trial, we, like Christ by just being Jeremiah, should turn fully to God and trust in his help. themselves. It allows Youth Ministry junior high students to see how big a role Growth and foundation building best describe the year Youth@ their faith will have St.Anselm had in 2008-09. We added several new events to our cal- in the future. It is a endar to further help the teens of St. Anselm become better Disciples special retreat that of Christ. we plan to continue The highlight of our fall semester was our “Spirit Led” Retreat. for years to come. We took a group of nine to Apple Hill for a weekend of prayer, Again, we fin- reflection and fellowship. The retreat was based on the story in the ished our program- Gospel of Matthew where Jesus denies the temptation of the Devil. ming year with We took a journey in prayer and worship, examining our own temp- Christ Power in tations so that we may be led by the Spirit in our lives. In addition to June. This year’s our faith building, we had much time for games and outdoor time. theme is based on Battle of the Rock Band Party in Jan 2009 It was a great experience for all, and we will have another retreat this Pope Benedict VI’s coming fall. encyclical Spe Salvi that teaches our youth the difference between The spring featured the rebirth of our Luke 18 retreat in March worldly optimism and the great hope we have in Christ. Youth@ in cooperation with Our Lady of the Pillar youth ministry. Luke 18 St.Anslem took 25 teens on this retreat, a number that continues to is a retreat for junior high students, but high school students lead it grow each year.

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Sunday. April 26

Top Row(left to right): Peg O'Brien, Father Gerard, Dotty Sanning, Cindy Vatterott; Row 3: Jack Fox, Jimmy Chalfant, Will Forsen, Mary Yannakakis; Row 2: Sean Benes, Luke Fiala, Jack Kloeppel, Collin Krewson, Aidan Ouimet, Joseph Pollnow, Jimmy McNulty; Row 1: Jessica Sotolar, Catie Ackerman, Jimmy Brauer, Jonathan Greeson, Patrick Walmsley, Grace Fiala, Tatiana Escandon

52 From the Parish

Parish School of Religion St. Vincent De Paul Society Catechesis is an important term in Catholic tradition. Its pur- The St. Anselm Parish Conference of the St. Vincent de Paul pose is to help a person’s faith become living, conscious and active, Society (SVDP) is a group of men and women called to minister through the light of instruction. In this process, faith grows and to those in need without regard to race, religion, age or nationality. matures. Such faith is a gift from God. This growth is intimately With humility and through the grace of the Holy Spirit, we believe related to one’s response to this gift. that we are all God’s children and that each person has inherent There are four traditional components of catechesis: community, dignity. Those whom we serve are not beggars. Most would prefer worship or prayer, service, and message. The question becomes, not to be in a position to ask for help. They are our brothers, our what is the process by which we teach these four components of sisters, our clients. catechesis? In our process at St. Anselm we are rooted in Scripture, To those in need, we are the visible helping hands for the St. liturgy, witness and doctrine. The essential strategies used are reflec- Anselm Parish Staff and for hundreds of our parishioners who faith- tion, dialogue, prayer and action. fully support the SVDP ministry. Without their prayers, donations The sacramental preparation for and celebration of Confirma- of food, clothing, beds and sacrificial financial gifts made in these tion took place in the fall. Forty-five teens received the Sacrament difficult financial times, the SVDP ministry would be unable to of Confirmation on January 13, 2009. These young people went serve the community. Last year we were again able to help over 500 through a strong program of classes, prayer sessions, a retreat, ser- families throughout St. Louis City and County. vice, interviews, and spirit and service days. This is a program rooted Our clients are referred to us by a variety of trusted sources and in family involvement. social workers throughout the metropolitan area. Many are referred Eighteen children prepared for the Sacrament of Reconcilia- to us by the SVDP Central Office. Some referrals come to us di- tion which they celebrated on November 4, 2008. This same group rectly from the Parish Staff or from the Abbey. Others are recom- received First Eucharist on Sunday, April 26, 2009. mended by Holy Trinity Parish, St. Pius V Parish Immigration and Refugee Ministry, St. Cecilia Parish, the Wellston Center, Cardinal Our special areas of service included collecting food and non- Glennon Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital. Typically, we perishable items for St. Patrick Center and for the St. Vincent de will visit with ten or more families each week. Paul Society. Twice we made packages for the homeless at St. Patrick Center. More than 60 blankets were made and delivered to St. The economic problems our clients face today are more daunt- John’s Hospital for the children’s unit. We collected items for a Ron- ing than ever before. Because of today’s economic climate, many ald McDonald House and had a very successful Hosea Tree delivery have lost their jobs or are working fewer hours with less pay. Some system and one for Birthright in the spring. whom we visit are facing the loss of their home due to fire or other natural disaster. For most, past due mortgage and rent payments We hosted our 31st Vacation Bible School program the week of have become overwhelming and utility bills are astronomical. The July 26. dilemma becomes more challenging whey you add rising food and Athletic Association health care costs to the family budget. Many are facing the prospect of relocating to a shelter or reliance on food pantries to feed their The youth of our parish enjoyed another year of sportsmanship families. When we visit our clients’ homes, we listen, offer caring while participating in the activities sponsored by the Athletic support, pray with them and provide food and financial assistance Association. As members of the Catholic Youth Council (CYC) that often make a critical difference in their circumstances. League, our teams had fun while learning not only athletic skills, but also the important skills of fair play, gracious winning and The St. Anselm Conference of the St. Vincent de Paul Society is gracious “better luck next time.” made up of over 50 very active members and more than 200 honor- ary members. Some are young, others more seasoned, and most are Our children not only participate on the teams, but many of parishioners. All are volunteers. Sunday. April 26 them also help out by serving as coordinators and referees. Our Athletic Association would not be possible without the support of Grand Endeavor many, many parents who help out as coaches, team parents, snack The Grand Endeavor Committee, a joint effort between the providers, parking enforcers, and who also attend to all of the other parishioners of St. Anselm and Most Holy Trinity Parishes, contin- details necessary to make our Association run smoothly. ues its mission of providing opportunities for both parishes to come New leadership is needed in order for the Athletic Association together, pray together and work together on common projects. to continue to sponsor athletic activities for the children of The individuals involved with Grand Endeavor bring about social St. Anselm Parish. change by assisting Holy Trinity School in fulfilling its mission of changing lives one person at a time. 53 This past year, St. Anselm parishioners, through Grand En- us in assisting Haiti, or we will have to replace the current approach deavor, raised over $80,000 for tuition assistance. Parishioners also of funding capital projects with a new one that better matches the Parishcame to the aid of Holy Trinity School by voicing their support for pattern of donations. the School to the Archdiocese. This was instrumental in the Annual Pro-Life Committee (Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Appeal’s decision to continue to provide funding to Holy Cenacle for Life) Trinity in the upcoming year. This committee is especially dedicated to Our Lady of Guadal- In faith formation, Holy Trinity students learn in a culture of upe through our daily Rosary Crusade Prayer because of her role in Catholic Christian faith and develop the ability to see God in all terminating human sacrifice. And our times stand in a new millen- creation. In community service, the students in the upper grades nium just beyond the church teaching about the Third Secret of of Holy Trinity School prepare lunches for the residents at Karen Fatima: “He (the Pope) had been very close to death, and he himself House one day every other week. Holy Trinity was one of two explained his survival in the following words: ‘it was a mother’s St. Louis area schools selected to participate in a science program hand that guided the bullet’s path and in his throes the Pope halted |developed by Monsanto, the Saint Louis Zoo and Washington at the threshold of death’” (13 May1994). That here “a mother’s University. In athletics, Holy Trinity reintroduced the Trinity Tigers hand” had deflected the fateful bullet only shows once more that basketball and track programs and hopes to expand these programs there is no immutable destiny, that faith and prayer are forces which in the coming year. Personal development continues to be fostered can influence history and that in the end prayer is more powerful in Holy Trinity School through the Music in the Arts, the Multi- than bullets and faith more powerful than armies. Perhaps we need a Age Learning and the Peacemaker programs. lot more humility and trust that God’s Mercy is in the process of his Grand Endeavor is working to expand the opportunities that al- victory. We invite and welcome anyone and everyone to come join low parishioners from each parish to connect with one another and us in our daily Rosary Crusade Prayer. to bring together diverse parishes and communities in prayer and Adult Education and Formation service to and with one another. If you would like to join our Grand Endeavor to make a difference in people’s lives, opportunities exist One of this year’s highlights for adult education centered on a for individuals who would like to tutor, coach, mentor, evangelize, dramatization of the life of St. Paul. Pope Benedict XVI declared the work on marketing plans, rehab the premises, or simply provide Church would observe a year of celebration from June 28, 2008 to financial support. June 29, 2009 in honor of St. Paul the Apostle. Every so often, the Church sets aside an entire year to encourage all of us to focus on Haiti Committee some particular and important aspect of our faith. This year we were The latter part of 2008 was a wretched period in Haiti. Four to honor one of the great saints and the great missionary of the early major storms, of which three were hurricanes, passed over the island Church. and had the cumulative effect of washing away 60 percent of its The year of St. Paul was marked by many commemorative, harvest and substantial numbers of its livestock. Together with the cultural, social, liturgical and educational events throughout the other damage the torrential rain and wind caused, Haiti lost the world. The Holy Father highlighted the fact that the Pauline Year equivalent of 15 percent of its Gross Domestic Product. would be characterized by its “ecumenical dimension” because “the Events outside Haiti have aggravated the impact of these natural Apostle of the Gentiles was dedicated to bringing the Good News to torments. Since the largest source of this nation’s legal foreign all peoples.” earnings is the remittances of the Haiti diaspora in the EU and the In accord with the global commemoration of the Pauline Year, USA, the recession in the major world economies has dramatically St. Anselm Parish hosted a drama of the life of St. Paul, entitled The reduced the ability of these people to send money home. When the Journey of St. Paul presented by The Theatre of the Word, Inc. This huge jump in the cost of foodstuffs on the global market impacted insightful drama took place on Saturday, January 24 at the Kevin food prices in Haiti, riots toppled the government in April 2008. Kline Theatre in the high school of Saint Louis Priory School. More costly, imported food also means that aid dollars do not Theatre of the Word, Inc. is dedicated to evangelization through stretch as far in meeting the nation’s other pressing needs. drama. On that evening, we journeyed with Paul from his early The Haiti Committee has sought, unsuccessfully so far, a hatred and persecution of the Church through his miraculous con- partner to share the cost of expanding the St. Francis Xavier School version and through his years of fighting for the faith as he battled in Baudin. We continue to accrue funds toward this project, but shipwrecks, imprisonments, stoning and death, all for the sake of currently only have about a third of its $250,000 estimate. While the salvation of souls. This encounter made many of those in the parish has been generous in its gifts to our effort, we are at a attendance feel as though they had met St. Paul himself. point where we either find another parish interested in joining with 54 From the Parish

55 Saint Louis Abbey Calendar 2009-10

August November Wed 17 MCL Day of Recollection Tue 11 ALU Board Meeting Wed 4 SCH Walk About Wednesday Mon 22 SCH Form I, II & V Exams Wed 12 SCH ISEE Test Fri 6 MCL Parent Network Speaker Fri 26 SCH Grading Day – No Classes Thu 13 MCL Board Meeting/Mass/Luncheon Fri 6 OSB School Mass Sat 27 SCH Battle of the Bands Fri 14 OSB Vocations Vigil Sat 7 SCH SAT I and II Sun 28 MCL Senior Mother/Son Prom Sun 16-22 OSB Monastic Retreat Sun 8 SCH Admission Open House Sun 23 MCL Xanadu Kick-Off Party Mon 9 SCH Blood Drive – High School Commons March Sun 23 OSB Conventual Chapter Tue 10 MCL Xanadu Meeting Mon 1 SCH Spring Term begins Mon 24-28 SCH Faculty Days Tue 10 SCH AMC Math Contest – Junior School Tue 2 SCH Winter Sports Assembly Thu 27 SCH Back-to-School Roundup Tue 10 ALU Board Meeting Fri 5 OSB School Mass Sun 30 SCH Orientation for Class of 2015 Wed 11 SCH Walk About Wednesday Fri 5 FCL Junior School Recreation Night Sun 7 OSB Vespers @Church of St. Michael & Sun 30 OSB New Parents’ Reception Fri 13 SCH Class Picture Re-Takes St. George Mon 31 OSB School Mass – Classes Begin Fri 13 OSB Vocations Vigil Mon 8-9 SCH Form V Retreat at LaSalle Mon 16 SCH Review Day – No Classes Wed 10 MCL Parent Network Speaker September Tue 17 PAR Council Meeting Fri 12 OSB School Mass Tue 1 FCL Fathers’ Club BBQ and General Meeting Tue 17-19 SCH Fall Term Examinations Wed 2 SCH Walk About Wednesday Fri 12 OSB Vocations Vigil Wed 18 SCH Walk About Wednesday Fri 12-21 SCH Spring Break Begins Thu 3 SCH Form VI Parent/Student College Night Fri 20 SCH Grading Day – No Classes Fri 4 SCH Summer Reading Discussion Sat 13 SCH SAT I Mon 23 SCH Winter Term begins Tue 16 PAR Parish Council Fri 4 MCL Form I Mothers’ Coffee Wed 25 SCH Walk About Wednesday Sat 5-6 SCH Senior Portraits Mon 22 SCH Classes Resume Wed 25 OSB Ecumenical Prayer Service Fri 26 OSB School Mass Mon 7 SCH Labor Day – No Classes Thu 26-27 SCH Thanksgiving Holiday Tue 8 MCL Xanadu Meeting Sun 28-30 SCH Form II Camp Ondessonk Mon 30 SCH School Resumes Tue 30 SCH Form V Mock Admission Meeting (tentative) Tue 8 SCH Form V-VI-JUM College Fair Mon 30 SCH Form IV Day of Recollection Wed 9 SCH Freshman Meet the Teacher Evening Wed 31 SCH Easter Break-after JS Classes Wed 9 SCH Walk About Wednesday December April Thu 10 SCH Form V Parent/Student College Night Tue 1 SCH Fall Sports Assembly Thu 1-5 SCH Easter Break Fri 11 OSB School Mass Wed 2 SCH Walk About Wednesday Tue 6 SCH School Resumes Fri 11 OSB Vocations Vigil Wed 2 MCL Xanadu Meeting Thu 8 MCL Volunteer Appreciation Mass & Brunch Fri 11 ALU Soccer Game Wed 2 MCL Mothers’ Club Board Meeting Fri 9 OSB School Mass Fri 11-13 ALU Reunion Weekend Wed 2 MCL Christmas Boutique Fri 9 OSB Vocations Vigil Sat 12 SCH ACT with writing option Fri 4 OSB School Mass Sat 10 SCH ACT with writing option Sat 12 ALU Grant’s Farm Party Sat 5 SCH SAT I and II Fri 16 OSB School Mass Sat 12 OSB Archdiocesan Mass for Religious Sat 5 SCH ISEE Test Fri 16 SCH Junior Ring Ceremony and Reception Sat 12-13 SCH Senior Portraits Sun 6 PAR Saint Vincent de Paul Breakfast Sat 17 FCL Fathers’ Club PROGRESSive Party Tue 15 SCH Form I Parents’ Program Tue 8 SCH Holy Day – No School Mon 19 OSB School Mass Tue 15 PAR Council Meeting Wed 9 SCH Walk About Wednesday Mon 19 SCH Field Day Wed 16 MCL Parent Network Meeting Wed 9 SCH Form II Parents’ Orientation Tue 20 MCL Spring Luncheon Wed 16 SCH Walk About Wednesday Fri 11 OSB School Mass Tue 20 PAR Council Meeting Thu 17 MCL Mass and Luncheon Fri 11 OSB Vocations Vigil Thu 22 SCH Chorale Concert/Art Exhibit Fri 18 OSB School Mass Sat 12 SCH ACT with writing option Fri 23 SCH Awards Day Fri 18 FCL Junior School Recreation Night Sat 12 SCH Priory/Visitation Dance Sat 24 SCH Junior/Senior Prom Fri 18 SCH Class Pictures Sat 12 SOC Annual Dinner and Luke Rigby Award Sun 25 PAR First Eucharist Sun 20 PAR Holy Trinity Brunch Tue 15 SCH Form IV College Evening Sun 25 SCH Orientation – Class of 2016 Mon 21 SCH Form III Day of Recollection Tue 15 PAR Council Meeting Thu 29-30 SCH Spring Play Wed 23 SCH Walk About Wednesday Wed 16 SCH Walk About Wednesday Fri 25 OSB School Mass Fri 18 OSB School Mass May Sat 26 ALU Homecoming vs. John Burroughs Sun 20 OSB Monks’ Mass/Open House Sat 1 SCH SAT I and II Sun 27-29 SCH Form I – Camp Ondessonk Tue 22 SCH Christmas Break Begins Sat 1 SCH Spring Play Wed 30 SCH Walk About Wednesday Wed 23 ALU Alumni Christmas Party Mon 3-14 SCH Advanced Placement Exams Wed 30 SCH Longitudinal Form III Study Tue 4 SCH Orientation – Class of 2017 Wed 30 SCH Senior Essay Writing Workshop January 2010 Fri 7 OSB School Mass Mon 4 SCH Classes Resume Fri 7 SCH Junior School Mixer October Mon 4 SCH Rebel Rendezvous Mon 10 SOC Board Meeting Fri 2 OSB School Mass Mon 4 SCH Form VI Parents’ Graduation Meeting Fri 14 OSB School Mass Sat 3 SCH Priory CC Invitational Tue 5 MCL Xanadu Meeting Fri 14 OSB Vocations Vigil Sat 3 PAR Candlelight Dinner Fri 8 OSB School Mass Sun 16 ALU Grant’s Farm Picnic Sat 3 SCH Admission Event – Brain Games Fri 8 OSB Vocations Vigil Sun 16 OSB Evensong Sun 4 OSB St. Louis Chamber Chorus Fri 8 SCH Admission Coffee Tue 18 PAR Council Meeting Sun 4 SCH Faculty Silver Jubilee Celebration Mon 11 SCH Conversation with the Headmaster Mon 24 SCH Review Day – No Classes Mon 5 SCH Faculty Professional Day – No Classes Wed 13 SCH Forms III and VI Parent/Teacher Conference Tue 25-27 SCH Final Exams Tue 6 MCL Xanadu Meeting Thu 14 SCH Form V Parent/Student College Night Wed 26 MCL Senior Mother/Son Mass/Lunch Wed 7 SCH PLAN Exam Day - Sophomores Thu 14 SCH High School Students to Repertory Theatre Thu 27 MCL Form II Picnic Wed 7 SCH Walk About Wednesday Fri 15 OSB School Mass Thu 27 SCH End of Year Faculty Meeting Wed 7 SCH Form I Parent/Teacher Conference Mon 18 SCH M.L.King Holiday - No Classes Sat 29 SCH Form II Mass/Reception Thu 8 SCH Form II Parent/Teacher Conference Mon 18 FCL Father/Son Banquet Sun 30 SCH Senior Graduation Fri 9 SCH Admission Coffee Tue 19 PAR Council Meeting Sun 30 MCL Senior Lock In – The Pointe Fri 9 OSB School Mass Wed 20 SCH Form II and V Parent/Teacher Conference Fri 9 SCH Junior School Mixer Thu 21 SCH Form I and IV Parent/Teacher Conference June Fri 9 OSB Vocations Vigil Fri 22 OSB School Mass Sat 5 SCH SAT I and II Sat 10 SCH SAT I and II Sat 23 SCH SAT I and II Sun 6 FCL Float Trip Sat 10 MCL Trivia Night Sat 23 MCL Junior School Mother/Son Mass/Lunch Sun 6 PAR Picnic Tue 13 SCH Form III and IV Parent/Teacher Conference Wed 27 SCH Form III Parent/Student Meeting Tue 8 ALU Board Meeting Wed 14 SCH Walk About Wednesday Fri 29 SCH School Mass Fri 11 OSB Vocations Vigil Wed 14 SCH Form V and VI Parent/Teacher Conference Sat 12 SCH ACT with writing option Wed 14 SCH PSAT Exam Day –Forms IV and V February Mon 14 SCH Summer School Begins Fri 16 OSB School Mass Wed 3 SCH Blood Drive Tue 15 PAR Council Meeting Sat 17 OSB Bach Society Concert Fri 5 OSB School Mass Sun 18-27 OSB Cunaco (Chile) Fri 5 MCL Xanadu Auction Preview Party July Mon 19 MCL Parent Network Brown Bag Lunch Sat 6 SCH ACT with writing option Fri 9 OSB Vocations Vigil Tue 20 SCH ISSL Secondary School Night Sat 6 MCL Xanadu Auction Fr 23 SCH End of Summer School Tue 20 PAR Council Meeting Mon 8 SCH Faculty Development – No Classes Sat 31 OSB Fiscal Year Ends Wed 21 SCH Mock Admission Interview Tue 9 SCH ASHME (High School Math Exam) Workshops-Seniors Tue 9 ALU Mass/Dinner/Board Meeting with Monks Wed 21 SCH Walk About Wednesday Thu 11-14 SCH Winter Musical KEY: ALU Alumni Fri 23 OSB School Mass Fri 12 OSB School Mass FCL Fathers’ Club Fri 23 ALU Career Day Fri 12 SCH Junior School Mixer MCL Mothers’ Club Sat 24 SCH High School Dance Fri 12 OSB Vocations Vigil OSB Monastery Sat 24 SCH ACT with writing option Mon 15 SCH Presidents’ Day – No Classes PAR Saint Anselm Parish Wed 28 SCH Walk About Wednesday Mon 15-17 SCH Senior Retreat LaSalle SCH Saint Louis Priory School Fri 30 OSB School Mass Tue 16 PAR Council Meeting SOC Saint Louis Abbey Society Wed 17 OSB School Mass – Ash Wednesday Dates are subject to change 56

Saint Louis Abbey Organizations 2009-10

THE BENEDICTINE Barry H. Beracha Fred N. Sauer ’63 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY Andrew D. Busch ’81 J. Joseph Schlafly III ’69 Pr e s i d e n t William K. ’78 and Thomas F. Schlafly ’66 Ab b o t Christina M. Busch Patrick T. Stokes Philip L. Willman ’71 Abbot Thomas Frerking Donald W. Bussmann, M.D. Frederick M. Switzer III Pr i o r John R. Capps ’68 James D. Switzer ’64, Chair FATHERS’ CLUB Father Gregory Mohrman ’76 Julian L. Carr Terrence R. Tobin ’71 Pr e s i d e n t Su b Pr i o r Julie S. Constantino William J. Travis ’64 Paul H. Reitz George C. Convy ’61 Larry D. Umlauf Father Paul Kidner Tr e a s u r e r Michael C. Convy ’66 John R. Wagner, M.D. In So l e m n Vo ws Alfred V. Lall John E. Cramer III ’60 John G. Wilmsen Father Luke Rigby Harriet Switzer Cronin, Ph.D. Andrew R. Zinsmeyer Fa t h e r s ’ Cl u b Ev e n t Ch a i r Father Timothy Horner Louis F. Desloge, Jr., Chair Christopher P. McKee Father Ralph Wright Emeritus SAINT LOUIS PRIORY Father Benedict Allin Robert C. Dunn, Jr., M.D. ’60 SCHOOL MOTHERS’ CLUB Father Finbarr Dowling Walter J. and Nancy E. Galvin He a d m a s t e r Pr e s i d e n t Father Laurence Kriegshauser Charles F., M.D. ’76 and Father Michael Brunner Mary V. Rhodes Brother Symeon Gillette Margaret B. Garvin Father Gerard Garrigan Frank J. Guyol, Jr. Bo a r d o f Tr u s t e e s Vi c e Pr e s i d e n t Brother Mark Kammerer Stephen J. Hall ’67 The Abbot, Prior and monks in Michelle M. Moen Father Dominic Lenk solemn vows form the Board of F. Lee and Florence W. Hawes Co r r e sp o n d i n g Se c r e t a r y Father Bede Price Frederick L. Hawes, Jr. ’79 Trustees which governs Saint Louis Priory School. The Trustees are Jana T. Swanger Father Augustine Wetta David H. and Jerri Hoffmann chaired by the Abbot. Re c o r d i n g Se c r e t a r y Father Michael Brunner Beatrice H. Human Polly S. King Father Ambrose Bennett Jonathan W. ’70 and Ad v i s o r s Brother Aidan McDermott Sarah D. Igoe The Advisors, appointed for Tr e a s u r e r Brother Linus Dolce Robert G. Jones and three-year terms, assist the Trustees Beth A. Kopfensteiner in the governance of Saint Louis Brother Maximilian Terri L. Goslin-Jones Priory School by providing advice Toczylowski ’00 Gene E. Kalhorn XANADU XLI Brother Alban Salinas ’99 and counsel. They are ex officio Stephen M. Keller, M.D. and members of the Saint Louis Abbey AUCTION Brother Francis Hein Anna M. Polizzi-Keller Society Board of Directors for the Ch a i r In Te m p o r a r y Vo ws Robert V. Kerwin duration of their terms as Mary L. Reitz Brother Sixtus Roslevich Theodore A. Kienstra, Jr. ’60 Advisors. Co-Ch a i r Brother Andrew Senay Jeffrey T. and Mary E. Kochelek James L. Nouss, Jr. ’72, Chair Dawn S. Thomas Brother Cassian Koenemann ’97 Mark A. Luning ’73 Robert J. Ciapciak ’74 Brother Cuthbert Elliott ’02 D. Brad Marrs, M.D. Sarah D. Igoe Brother John McCusker ’01 James K. McAtee ’64 Judge Michael T. Jamison HOSPITALITY William J. McKenna Theodore A. Kienstra ’60 COMMITTEE No v i c e Allan L. Link III, DMD ’73 Brother Dunstan Holms Robert M. Merenda ’65 Ch a i r Sam J. Merenda, M.D. Theodore J. MacDonald, Jr. Mary Foushee Ch o i r Ob l a t e Elizabeth J. Mudd Bart J. Margiotta ’65 Brother Philip O’Donnell J. Gerard Mudd ’75 James E. O’Donnell ’71 SAINT ANSELM Richard W. Mullen ’63 James D. Switzer ’64 PARISH SAINT LOUIS ABBEY James J. Murphy, Jr. ’61 Father Peter Weigand, OSB SOCIETY BOARD OF Alfred R. Naunheim Pa s t o r Ex Off i c i o Ad v i s o r s DIRECTORS James L. Nouss Father Gerard Garrigan Martin S. Fitzgerald Members of the Abbey Society James L. Nouss, Jr. ’72 ss o c i a t e a s t o r Joseph V. Gleich A P provide counsel, assistance and Christian B. Peper Julie C. Lohr Father Benedict Allin financial support to the monastic Raymond C. Plas community. Dawn M. Szatkowski Charles F. Pollnow, Jr. ’80 Philip L. Willman ’71 PARISH COUNCIL James D. Barnes ’61 Robert G. Potter Linn H. Bealke ’62 Daniel E. Richardson ’60 Pr e s i d e n t Peter F. Benoist ’66 Jerry E. Ritter Donald J. Mueth