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CARMELITES REMEMBER the MISSION Mount Carmel N Honor of Veterans Day, Commit to the Mission Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Pray for us. Volume 18, Issue 1 May 2011 Published by the Mount Carmel Alumni Foundation CARMELITES REMEMBER THE MISSION Mount Carmel n honor of Veterans Day, commit to The Mission. Alma Mater Carmelite Alumni veterans On peaceful shores from Mt. Carmel High In 1934 the Carmelites began their ‘neath western skies our I hymn of praise we sing, School and Crespi Carmelite Los Angeles mission building High School gathered to watch Mount Carmel High School on To thee our Alma Mater dear, now let our voices the Crespi vs. Loyola football 70th and Hoover. Their mission ring! game and to reminisce and re- was to provide a Catholic college All hail to thee Mount Carmel High, Crusaders Sons are we! We love your ways, your spirit bold! We pledge ourselves to thee! Inside this issue: Carmelites recall the mission . 1,2 The Lady of the Place . 3 Golf Tournament Monday, May 16th 2011. 4,5 Field of Dreams . 6 Who designed the Crusader Picture L-R…Aviators share mission stories… Website. 7 A Haire Affair & Ryan Michael O’Brien MC’41 flew 35 bombing missions over other annoucements . 8 Germany in WWII receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross. Dec. Board Meeting . 9 Lt. Col Kim “Mo” Mahoney USMC CHS’88, pilots F-18’s and is a veteran of three Iraq deployments. Lt. Col. Joe Faherty MC’63 USAF (RET) flew C-130’s in Viet Nam. Continued on Page 2 The purpose of the Mount Carmel Alumni Foundation is to provide financial assistance to the Carmelite Community and to the Catholic elementary schools in South-Central Los Angeles that have provided our alumni with an excellent education. MCAF publishes the Crusader newsletter and assists in regular event planning for the information and fellowship of Mount Carmel Alumni. The Crusader Page 2 Continued from Cover preparatory education, while teaching and sharing Carmelite traditions and values to young men in South-Los Angeles. In 1960, as the city grew, the Carmelites expanded that mission, building a second high school in suburban Encino. Today, Crespi Carmelite High School, having recently celebrating their golden jubilee, is considered one of the finest all-boy college preparatory high schools in Southern California. CRESPI vs. LOYOLA, November 2010 Times change, and inner-city L-R Rich Monteilh’76, Ron Berryman’57, Ralph Walker’76, Catholic schools continue to Chuck Stone’67, Harold Bowman’64, Kermit Alexander’59, struggle. Ron Williams’67, Chuck Mathues’65, Ryan Michael O’Brien’41, Tyrone Young’65, Tom Pinard’57, Joe Faherty’63, Dan Antonuchi’64, Mt. Carmel had to close the Greg Williams’65, George Guzman’63, John Martin’65, doors in 1976. The once- (kneeling) Steve Bradasich’63, Photos by Jim Ober’64 famous school is gone, but www.tracksidephoto.com not the lessons learned. The Carmelite Mission and traditions continue in there are more than 30 students from South- Encino as well as South-Central Los Angeles Central Catholic secondary and Catholic high through alumni and generous supporters of the schools that have matriculated to Marist College Mount Carmel Alumni Foundation, an education in Poughkeepsie, New York as well as Marymount based 501c3 Non-Profit. The MCAF’s mission, College in Palos Verdes, California. in addition to contributing to the Alexander- McKeever tuition assistance fund at Crespi, is The MCAF is trying to help fund more deanery to help the remaining Catholic schools in the 16 schools for participation in the Los Angeles diocese Deanery 16. The MCAF helps fund diocese Junior High Academic Decathlons. The special needs and projects at these schools. cost is $4900.00 per school per year. Through collaborations and strategic alliances, the MCAF provides mentoring and counseling to Six deanery schools are waiting for help. students and parents K to college. They provide tuition assistance, book scholarships as well E-mail MCAF President, Richard Monteilh, as modest bridge-scholarships helping college MC’76 at [email protected] bound students. Thanks to superior preparation, Visit us on the web at: www.mtcarmelcrusaders.org MCAF (714) 918-4515 The Crusader Page 2 Volume 18, Issue 1 Page 3 THE LADY OF THE PLACE a perfect model of the interior life of prayer and contemplation to which Carmelites aspire, a model of virtue, as well as the person who was closest in life to Jesus Christ. The Stella Maris Monastery on Mount Carmel, named after a traditional title of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is considered the spiritual headquarters of the order. Fr. 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