Blue Banner - V27 - Summer 2020

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WHERE ARE THEY NOW “I graduated from St. Mike’s in 1961 after five terrific years with exceptional teachers – Fr. Penny, CSB, Fr. Bauer ’44, CSB, Fr. Fitzpatrick, CSB, OSM, Fr. O’Brien, CSB, Fr. Kelly, CSB, and a great group of priest ‘wannabees’, including Mike Quealey ’51 and Joe Dietrich ’52. After graduation from St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto, I went on to work with the Ministry of Northern Affairs and then National Parks Services in Ottawa. I then moved to the Department of Mines and Natural Resources in Manitoba. In 1969 I headed off to the West Indies for two years with Cuso, a Canadian international development organization that connects communities around the world with skilled Canadians to help fight poverty and inequality. While in Manitoba, I married a wonderful young Mennonite woman, Gisela, in a wedding conducted by Fr. Edmond Torecki, SJ in First Mennonite Church, Winnipeg. Bishop Flahiff was in Winnipeg at the time and he gave permission for this to happen – thanks go to John XXIII and Vatican II! I spent a couple of years at the University of British Columbia taking a Master’s degree after my return to Canada, then 30 years with Parks Canada, until retiring in 2001. With three happily married children and six grandchildren, life doesn’t get much better - and I owe a great deal to my education at St. Mike’s. Those five years remain a highlight.”

Nolan ’08 and Elisa MacMillan welcomed their first daughter, Camilla Ann MacMillan, on November 21, 2019.

Matt ’05 and Brittany Montemurro welcomed their first son, Beau Potter Montemurro, on January 2, 2020.

Joe O’Brien ’61, Halifax, NS

David ’03 and Amanda Santi welcomed Eleonora on March 17, 2020. Big sister, Cecilia, is very excited.

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