Aloysiad 15-12 2006.indd - St Aloysius

from the foundation
Some of the diners at the San Francisco Reunion.
L to R back row: Patrick Herlihy (SAC 1985), Sean Baggott (Future
Parent), Paul Nysen (SAC 1965), Deborah McNeil.
Seated: Brenda Herlihy, Stephanie Dunn, Stephen Dunn (SAC 1985)
and Jay and Willow Bechtel (Past Parents).
of the Aloysian Family came together for a meal, to share
stories and to catch up. A smaller group met for a meal in
New York and plans are afoot for more regular get-togethers
for members of the Aloysian Family based in North America,
including a possible dinner in Toronto, Canada for people
based in Canada and nearby US cities.
Justin Porter (SAC 1990), Murray Happ (SAC 1985) and Ashley
Fontana (SAC 2003) at the Dinner in New York
The largest Reunion held was the UK – European Dinner
on Saturday 18 November in London. Fifty-eight members
of the Aloysian Family enjoyed a magnificent meal and
great camaraderie. Old Boys from the 1940’s right through
to members of the Class of 2005, together with Past and
Current Parents enjoyed a great event. Special thanks to
Warwick Bergin (SAC 1968) for handling the acceptances
for the dinner and sending reminder e-mails, Phil McCreanor
(SAC 1985) for assisting Warwick with the co-ordination of
the event and Paul Schaafsma (SAC 1990) for generously
donating a magnificent selection of premium McGuigan’s
wines which were served at the dinner.
One highlight at the UK – Europe Dinner was the
awarding of Honorary Life Membership of the Old Boys’
Union to Father John Grumitt SJ. The Union conferred this
great honour on Father Grumitt to acknowledge his gracious
friendship and generous support of the College over the past
Murray Happ presents Fr John Grumitt SJ with his Old Boys tie after
announcing his Honorary Life Membership of the Union.
twenty years. Since the late 1980’s Father has been a very
active supporter of the College, firstly through the creation of
the Young British Jesuit Alumni Programme, known to those
of us at the College as the Grumitt Scholarship, where boys
from the College spent twelve months after completing the
HSC working at Jesuit schools, shelters and parishes in the
UK. Since the cessation of the programme in 2003, Father
Grumitt SJ has been a generous supporter of the College
Bursary Programme, enabling many boys the opportunity to
attend the College that otherwise might not have been able
to. Congratulations to Father Grumitt on this recognition
and thank you for your ongoing loyal friendship with
the College.
Trader Faulkner OME (SAC 1945), Elizabeth Drown, Reinhart and
Gabriele von Gutzeit (Current Parents) at the London Dinner.
The UK – European group have agreed to meet twice
a year. In May/June each year a casual get together will
occur and a more formal Dinner will be held in London
each October. To that end, Warwick Bergin (SAC 1968)
has kindly offered to host a casual get together on his
Motor Yacht, MY Seafin, on Saturday 27 May 2007.
The yacht is moored on the Solent near Portsmouth and
can accommodate about thirty guests. Any member of the
Aloysian Family based in the UK or Europe who would like
to attend the event is asked to contact Warwick to book
a place.
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