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CLASSMATES YO U R PA P E R & I N K A L U M N I S O C I A L N E T WO R K
1990s Fr. Charlie Bak ’91 is currently teaching on-campus at Holy Apostles College and Seminary. His classes include Church History, Western Civilization I and II, and American History. He draws heavily upon the writings of Dr. Warren H. Carroll and Anne Carroll. Michael ’99 and Alyssa (née Gray) ’02 Hichborn celebrated the arrival of their seventh child, Gemma Anastasia, this past December. The name was chosen both for the saints behind the names, St. Gemma Galgani and St. Anastasia, virgin and 1
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martyr mentioned in the canon of the Mass, and for the literal meaning each name carries: Gemma means “Gemstone” and Anastasia means “Resurrection.” So, taken together, her name literally means “Gemstone of the Resurrection.” The family is all in love with their new addition. 1
He is certainly loved by all! 2 Seth Brotherton ’08 began working for CenturyLink in Ashburn, VA, as a software developer. He lives in Manassas with his wife, Nicole, and two boys, Edward (9) and Elias (6).
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2000s Elisabeth (née Boever) Gideon ’00 and husband, Joshua, are happy to announce the birth of Gerard Ado “Otto” on Dec. 14, 2019. He joins his siblings Ruth, John, Isabel, Stephen, George, Joshua, and Matthew. 3
Jeremiah and Katie (née Erwin) ’10 Ii welcomed their new baby girl, Rosemary, in February. 3 On February 1, several alumni witnessed the first vows of Sr. Maria Josepha of the Ascension of Jesus (Margaret Antunes ’11) in Minne5
apolis, MN. Among the alumni in attendance were her sisters Marie ’05 and Catherine ’12 Antunes, fellow classmates of 2011 Megan Rolla, Bernadette Horiuchi, Catherine Briggs, Elizabeth (née Walsh) Nygaard, and Janie (née Wells) Groetsch, along with Paul English ’08, Agnes King ’08, and Monica Clarke ’10. 4 Peter and Mary (née Harrington) ’11 Norris joyously welcomed their first child and daughter, Mairi Lucia Harrington Norris, on December 6, 2019. 5 After clerking for the Honorable Judge Nielsen in the 13th Judicial Circuit, Angela (née Swagler) Greenwalt ’12 accepted a position with the 12th Judicial Circuit’s State Attorney’s Office as a criminal prosecutor. Daniel and Morgan (née Robey) ’14 Evans welcomed baby no. 3 into the world on February 12, 2020: David Patrick Evans, weighing 9 lbs 4 oz. 6
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