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December 2017 - Issue No. 31
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| Christmas Cheer in the Aula |
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From the class of 2017: Emily Barker, Jane Hutchings, Ben Dornan, Grace Moffatt and Kathleen Mason
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Past and current teachers and alumni enjoyed chatting and sharing a drink
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Angela Fowler '06 and Claire Jenkins '09 enjoyed having a look around the halls of their Alma Mater
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Another successful Alumni Christmas Social was held on Thursday, December 21, in the Aula Maxima. Old friends caught up, new friends were made and prizes were won - fun was had by all. We are proud of our alumni and school community for raising $700 to go directly to The Gathering Place - this will provide 2 days of hot breakfast for 200 people and 2 Saturday brunches for 200 people. Christmas is a difficult time for many of their clients, and we were happy to be able to help in a small way.
Thank you to teachers Kathy Coffin and Eileen Pardy, Principal Annette Mallay and alumni parent Helen Hayward for bartending. Thank you to alumni parents Anne McDonald and Michael Bautista for making a donation to help cover the cost of the evening and for helping out for the night.
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Alumni parent Helen Hayward, teacher Kathy Coffin and Alumni parent Anne MacDonald tended bar.
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From the Class of 2015: Hanna Brennan, Laura O'Keefe and Michael Billard.
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Winter 2017 MAGIS Magazine
Features 10 Amazing Young Alumni
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This month, St. Bon's released the second issue of MAGIS Magazine, featuring 10 Alumni Under 35 to Watch. These young men and women have accomplished great things and have continued to provide service to others beyond their years at St. Bon's. Find the full magazine online here. We hope to continue this feature in future editions of MAGIS.
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2018 Annual Giving Campaign
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If you have not yet, please consider donating through our 2018 Annual Giving Campaign. The number of alumni who have donated to our Annual Giving Campaigns has increase by 112% in the last two years - we hope to continue growing this number. Any amount helps, and you can choose where your gift goes: Facilities and Campus, Bursary Endowment, Alumni Scholarship or Greatest Need. You can make an online donation using the donate now button. To mail in a donation, you can download the brochure and donation form here. Please contact Ms. Krista Cardwell at kcardwell@stbons.ca or (709)726-0024 Ext. 200 if you require more information.
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| Members of the Wind Ensemble play while students dance on stage at our Senior Christmas Concert. |
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| One of our Grade 6 Classes present their play "A Foggy Christmas in Newfoundland" accompanied by Tim Brennan '11. |
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- A huge congratulations to Mrs. Vincenza Etchegary and the St. Bonaventure's College Wind Ensemble for winning the CBC Music Challenge National Award in its category, having competed against schools all across Canada! Check out the video of their rendition of the 2018 Olympic Theme here.
- This month, the St. Bon's Music Department has put off not one, but three successful Christmas concerts! Our Senior Christmas Concert, held Tuesday, December 5, featured our Grades 7-12 Band and Choir students led by Band Director Ms. Vincenza Etchegary and Choral Director Ms. Susan Quinn. On Wednesday, December 6, our Beginning Band and Concert Band performed, again under the direction of Ms. Vincenza Etchegary. Our Grade 6 students wrote two plays for the same evening, and the productions were supported by the Elementary Choir. The final concert was held on Thursday, December 14 and featured our Primary Choir and two plays orchestrated by our Grade 3 classes. Thank you to Choral Director Ms. Brenda Gatherall for running both the Elementary and Primary Christmas Concerts.
Members of our Primary Choir at their Christmas Concert |
The Grade 1 students sang Christmas Carols at
The Sheraton Hotel.
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- Besides performing at our concerts, our Primary and Elementary Music students are spreading the Christmas Spirit with choral performances all over town - including St. Clare's Hospital, The Sheraton Hotel, Sobeys, and more!
- Our Annual St. Bonaventure's College Advent Mass was held at the Basilica on Monday, December 4. Thank you to His Grace Archbishop Currie for celebrating this mass, as well as Fr. Cecil Critch and Fr. Joseph Schuck, SJ for acting as concelebrants.
- Ms. Bruce's Grade 6 class took part in a Virtual Global Christmas Prayer via Connected Classrooms with 7 other Jesuit schools across 7 different countries. You can watch the videos here.
- Congratulations to our Grade 8 Girls Basketball team who took home the bronze in the Portugal Cove-St. Phillips Tournament!
- In conjunction with The Pope Foundation, all of our K-12 students collected and supplied items to donate to The Gathering Place for Christmas Hampers - toiletries, socks and more. We are so proud of our young men and women for others.
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Grade 8 Grils Basketball Team
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| Co-Director of Campus Ministries Mr. Raj Vijaykumar, SJ, Rochelle Pope-Newman of the Pope Foundaiton and Claire Newman '22 brought St. Bon's donations to The Gathering Place earlier this month. |
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Rob Nolan '05 Elected Chair of Happy City St. John's
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 Happy City St. John's, a non-profit organization which informs, encourages and facilitates civic dialogue in St. John's recently held an election and alumni Rob Nolan '05 was named the new chair of the Board of Directors.
Rob has been actively involved in political discussion within St. John's and has served as vice-chair and secretary of Happy City St. John's in the past. Currently working as an Assistant Registrar for Memorial University, Rob has a B.Sc. and MBA from Memorial and a certificate of Public Policy and Governance from the University of Victoria.
We wish to extend our congratulations to Rob on this accomplishment and look forward to seeing his future successes with his community involvement.
If you would like to become involved with Happy City St. John's, or for more information, you can e-mail Rob at chair@happycity.ca.
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Staying Involved: Alumni at St. Bon's
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From left: Ryan Hayward '04, Maria Conkey '04, Tim Brennan '11 and Samantha Etchegary '11.
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The above photo was taken in 2004 at a celebration for the Wind Ensemble after they won the Kiwanis Festival Instrumental Group Rose Bowl. Interestingly, all of the alumni pictured have stayed connected to St. Bon's.
Mr. Ryan Hayward '04 has been the IT Coordinator at St. Bon's since 2008. Before moving to Toronto to teach at St. Michael's Choir School, Ms. Maria Conkey '04 was the Grades 7-12 Choral Director at St. Bon's for several years. Mr. Tim Brennan '11, who earned a Masters of Music from University of Florida, continues to return to St. Bon's each year to act as accompanist for our Primary and Elementary choirs in the Kiwanis Music Festival, as well as for the Primary and Elementary Christmas musicals. Though she was away earning a Masters Degree in Saxophone Performance, Ms. Samantha Etchegary '11 continued to return to the school to share her musical talents - she played at the St. Bon's Music Christmas Coffee House last year and annually plays in the St. Bon's Commencement Band each June.
Thank you to these amazing alumni who continue to support their alma mater, and all others who support us - whether it be through music, athletics, sharing their expertise or various other ways. If you would like to get more involved as an alumni of the school, contact Jessica Whalen '04 at jwhalen@stbons.ca or
(709) 726-0024 Ext. 228.
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- Congratulations to Sharee Burry '15 who was awarded the Dora T. Rowe Memorial Award in Nursing for students who demonstrate a strong history of community service. Sharee is currently a nursing student at the Centre for Nursing Studies of Memorial University.
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We regret to inform you of the passing of :
- Archbishop Alphonsus Penney '52
- Mr. Leroy Norberg '62
- Gordon Lono '66
If you have any alumni announcements such as births, marriages, accomplishments or deaths please send the information to Mrs. Jessica Whalen at jwhalen@stbons.ca.
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St. Bonaventure's College Alumni Goes Social
See updates, event info, school news and flashbacks of St. Bon's History!
Click the links below to reconnect with us today!
If you know of an alumnus that has not received this email, but would like to be included on our mailing list, please contact Jessica Whalen at jwhalen@stbons.ca or (709) 726-0024 ext. 228
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