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President's Message
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eace of Christ! COVID-19. As I reflect on the past few months, this seems to be where I always land. It is the recurring theme in my examen; it is the dominant story in the news, and it has impacted our community as it has yours. It is omnipresent. I have had the grace of experiencing the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius a number of times. Each time I have felt a profound and personal call to take up the challenge that the Exercises offer. I never knew why I was called each of these times but I certainly did when I finished them each May. The first time was in 1996, and as it turned out, this was the year that our third child was born, and then two months later, I suddenly lost my father. The second time was in 2004 when our family moved to Washington, where I had the honour to serve as principal of a Jesuit school, Gonzaga Prep. The third time is this year, albeit in a different way than in the past. This year, I am walking with one of our seniors as his director as he journeys through the Spiritual Exercises. In each of these instances, I was able to discern what I believe was God’s desire for me and trust in the path He was pointing me towards, the path offered through the Spiritual Exercises. The Exercises have helped me navigate some very challenging and exciting times in my life. They have provided me with a lens to see and experience the world around me, to see God in all things.
of us " All associated with St.
Paul’s High School are people of magis... It is because of this that I look forward to the future with great optimism and promise.
Friday, March 13th, 2020, was the last time we saw our students at the school. It was Winter Sports Day, a day filled with many fun activities; it was also the day that the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. My words to the boys at the end-of-day assembly focused on giving thanks for the fun-filled day they had, best wishes for our teams headed to Provincials and our dinner-theatre actors as they prepared for the play, and the breaking news of what was now a pandemic. Additionally, I covered the procedures that would be implemented the following week to fight the spread of the virus at the school. The risk to Canadians on that day was still described as “low”. None of us knew that would be our last time together for quite some time and that none of those events would take place. The days following March 13th have been challenging for all of us. This virus has been particularly hard on our infirmed Jesuits. To date, we have lost five Jesuits in the René Goupil House infirmary in Pickering, Ontario.1 May they Rest in Peace. Our staff, students and families have shown great courage and commitment to move forward and to overcome. Our teachers have worked incredibly hard to learn how to deliver a high quality, yet very different, Ignatian education remotely. Our students and in particular the Class of 2020, have found ways to remain connected to each other and the school. Our Alumni have modelled their formation and our Ignatian values in so many ways in the community. Throughout these past few weeks, the Lord has provided many, many moments of grace and hope. My heart has truly been filled with gratitude. Grace and hope, for me, are two of the dispositions that I am reminded of daily through the Spiritual Exercises, and have carried St. Paul’s through these unprecedented times. Magis is an Ignatian term, and it means striving for excellence, a determination to do more, an unwillingness to settle for the familiar or status quo. It is magis that prepares all of us so well for this time in our history. All of us associated with St. Paul’s High School are people of magis and people of hope. It is because of this that I look forward to the future with great optimism and promise. I firmly believe that we will come through this and be a better, deeper and stronger community and school. Please continue to look after yourselves, your families, your friends and each other. Be safe, be well and say your prayers!
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Kevin Booth '78 President 1. Our hearts and prayers go out to our Jesuit brothers from René Goupil House, the Jesuit infirmary community in Pickering, Ontario. Five Jesuits have died due to complications related to COVID-19, Mr. George O’Neill, S.J., Fr. Michael Hawkins, S.J., Fr. Peter Larisey, S.J., Fr. Norman Dodge, S.J., Fr. Francis Xavier Johnson, S.J. Two other Jesuits are in critical condition. Please pray for these men, those that care for them and their families. AMDG.
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St. Paul's High School 2200 Grant Avenue Winnipeg, MB R3P 0P8 204.831.2300 stpauls.mb.ca President Kevin Booth '78 kbooth@stpauls.mb.ca Principal Bob Lewin blewin@stpauls.mb.ca Director of Advancement & Alumni Affairs Darla Hooker dhooker@stpauls.mb.ca
St. Paul's board of directors
Chair Calvin Polet '93 Kevin Booth '78 Tanya Brothers Damiano Coniglio Brendon Corbett Pamela Dupuis Jennifer Moncrieff Fr. Frank Obrigewitsch, SJ Robert Polz '80 Brook Stacey, SJ Andrew Stibbard Mark Tachie
the crusader Art Design & Direction, Editor Amanda Camara, Director of Marketing acamara@stpauls.mb.ca Copy Editors Darla Hooker Samantha Eadie Contributors Kevin Booth '78 Paulo Borges Amanda Camara Stacy Dainard '88 Samantha Eadie Rob Gardner Darla Hooker Jacquie Jackson Tyler Kelsch '06 Wadim Matochko '02 Jeff McMillan Sherri Nichols Peter Pura '86 Johnston Smith '67 Randy Van de Mosselaer '86 Llyod Voth
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Around the School Update from the Alumni Association Cover Story: Events That Shaped Us An Evening in Support of the Bursary Escaping Chernobyl for a Better Life Annual Giving Report Diversifying the School Community Fr. Holland's Corner From the Archives: Blue Bomber Legacy
On the Cover
During the 1997 Flood of the Century, many SPHS members volunteered to support and protect their community. As seen in the cover photo, staff and students sandbagged at homes across the Red River Valley. Photo courtesy of St. Paul’s High School Archive.
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Around the School at h l e t i c s
cross country
football
Volleyball
The 2019-2020 Cross Country Season will be one to remember for the Crusaders. Both the Junior Varsity (JV) and Varsity teams won the Athletics Manitoba Milk Run, and were both crowned MHSAA Provincial Cross Country Champions. Grade nine runner Siwon Jengsuksavat led the Junior Cru by winning the individual provincial title. He was closely followed by Ryan Kulbacki (2nd), Alex Sala (5th) Kephren Gould (6th), and Lorence Dela Cruz (8th).
The 2019 Crusader Football season was one of change. For the first time in more than a decade, St. Paul’s fielded two football teams - one Varsity team and one Junior Varsity team. The Varsity team had a number of veterans from the 2018 season who were determined to return to the ANAVETS Bowl for another opportunity to claim the top division of the Winnipeg High School Football League. The season saw several rare weather events occur - a lightning storm shortened Homecoming 2019, and a Thanksgiving snowstorm saw an entire week of Varsity football cancelled, extending the season by one week! Through it, all the members of the 2019 Varsity Crusaders kept their focus on their ultimate goal. In the playoffs, the Varsity Crusaders played some of their best football and were able to capture the ANAVETS Bowl convincingly. Congratulations, to all players and coaches on a great season.
“This year’s volleyball team was one of the most talented teams in Crusader Volleyball history”, says Coach Voth.
The Varsity team was led by an entire team of grade 11’s. The team consisted of Alex MacMillan, Nic and Matteo De Stefano, Avery Stubbings and Maheep Reshia. Next year they will try and be one of only a few teams in Manitoba to ever win four straight championships (2x JV, 2x Varsity). Congratulations to the more than 30 runners that trained hard throughout the fall and represented the school with heart and determination.
price of success is hard work, dedication " The to the job at hand, and the determination that
whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. ~Vince Lombardi, Hall of Fame
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The team played in four finals in their first four tournaments of the year. The Crusaders won one tournament and lost to three different teams along the way. Those four teams made it to the provincial finals, at the end of the year. Because of a tiered West Winnipeg Athletic Conference (W.W.A.C.) league, we also played the Westwood Warriors a record of 10 times over the season. We won five of those contests. The last two matches went five sets, and a 2-point spread determined both. In the end, the Crusaders captured the W.W.A.C. league championship. The Crusaders then travelled to Steinbach to defeat a feisty Brandon Vikings team in the Provincial semi-final game. The next round, the Crusaders lost to the Westwood Warriors by two points in the 5th set, dashing the Crusader dream of another provincial championship. The Crusaders were awarded a record number of provincial graduating all-stars- six in total: James Duerksen, Justin Cross, Eric Loewen, Scott Mann, Josh Stackiw, and Yaroslav Paches. Justin Cross was named the number one player in the province and James Duerksen was selected to receive the prestigious Dr. Dale Iwanoczko Memorial Scholarship. A record three players were recruited to join the All-Manitoba team - Justin Cross, Scott Mann, and James Duerksen. Look for these players to be playing C.I.S. volleyball next year!
activities & Clubs
DRAMAtic Society
Debate
Band
The St. Paul’s High School Dramatic Society was thrilled to present Robin Hood, by Dan Nigro, December 6-8, 2019.
2019 marked St. Paul’s High School’s firstever participation in the World Scholar’s Cup, an academic competition that tests skills in debating, essay writing, and academic knowledge. After qualifying at the Winnipeg regional round, two teams from St. Paul’s went to Sydney, Australia, in an attempt to qualify for the World Tournament of Champions held at Yale in mid-November. There, the teams did excellently, finishing first and third in the essay writing competitions, and third and eleventh in debate. This qualified them for the Yale Tournament of Champions, from which they returned in November having finished 65th and 85th overall in the world, a decent standing given it was their first effort at this event.
Our musicians have been busy. On November 5th, Robbie Gerstner and Jay Na performed at the St. Paul's High School Tribute Dinner, while the Grades 11/12 Concert Band performed at the Remembrance Day Liturgy on November 8th. The Advent Music Concert followed shortly afterwards on Tuesday, November 26th. It was extremely well-attended, with upwards of 400 guests. Parents, grandparents, siblings, and friends were treated to performances from the Introductory Band, Grades 9/10 Concert Band, Grades 11/12 Concert Band, Junior Jazz Band, and Senior Jazz Band, as well as the Junior & Senior Choirs. We thank the St. Paul's Community for its support of the Performing Arts at our school.
Delightfully directed by Mr. Comeault and Ms. Toutant, the play was beautifully produced by Mr. Adair and Ms. Janzen. Several dozen students, tirelessly working on and in the set, transformed Murray Hall into a window to a gorgeous Sherwood Forest and an imposing Nottingham Castle. The noble Robin (Noah Banmann ’20) and his merry band, the delightful Maid Marian (Nicoletta Kaluzny), the horrible Prince John (Greg Karvelas ’20), his sleepy mother (Grace MacPherson), and the ludicrous Sheriff (Navin Vanderwert ’20), brought the familiar tale back to us in a new light, one that made all laugh but also wonder differently about the environment and social justice. The play was enthusiastically received by scores of students and the larger community of St. Paul’s High School. There were multiple enthusiastic ovations. Congratulations on an outstanding performance! plenty of singing, heaps of dancing, and scrumptious period food and drink.
In many ways, the greatest strength of participating in the World Scholar’s Cup is that it brings together students from such different global contexts, inviting them to work together and recognize each other’s common humanity. St. Paul’s congratulates the six student competitors— Noah Banmann ’20, Tommy Feldman ’20, Chris George ’20, Brock Nykoluk ’20, Rohan Sethi ’20, and Navin Vanderwert ’20—and looks forward to many more WSC events in years to come!
Robotics This year the Robotics Club has been working on completing their mini-sumo robots and coding Edison Robots, with the intent to compete in the Manitoba Robot Games on March 21st. Due to COVID-19, the games have been postponed. This past term, students worked diligently to build a Lego Mindstorm EV3 (pictured on the right) and a Lego Rally Car (pictured to the left).
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Alumni Association Update
Join YOUR alumni association Across the generations, the experience of a Jesuit education, of a St. Paul's education, binds you together in your shared formation from boys to young men and builds friendships that last throughout a lifetime. The shared memories: exams passed and failed; games won and lost; in liturgy and retreat; at dances and walks; are stepping stones in service to the mission of the school — to educate students as whole persons to become Men for Others. The St. Paul's High School Alumni Association (SPHSAA) connects alumni by creating programming meant to engage, excite and educate. Whether it be mentorship, giving back to your community or professional development, joining the Alumni Association allows you to leverage your network. Are you interested in bringing a voice to the table? Consider nominating yourself or a friend to join the Alumni Association Board. Contact alumni@stpauls.mb.ca by May 29, 2020 to submit a nomination.
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SPEAKER SERIES
DRAMA RECEPTION
CHRISTIAN SERVICE
Four Generations
Showstoppers
spreading cheer
On October 23, 2019, more than 60 St. Paul's High School alumni attended the Alumni Associations Speaker Series presentation on Four Generations of Puchniaks. The interview left our Alumni with a feeling of awe and inspiration. The Puchniak family spoke to the timelessness of becoming "Men for Others" – and how, despite generational gaps, what ties them together is the values instilled from their education. Thank you to everyone who attended.
On Friday, December 6, 2019, we held our 3rd Annual Alumni Drama Reception. It was an informal get-together before the school’s winter production of Robin Hood. Alumni covering many generations came out to catch up over some wine and cheese before the play. Thanks to Dan Kulas ’10, Gordon Auld ’10, and The Winehouse for sponsoring the evening, as well as to Paul Agasino ’15 for his hard work in putting it all together.
On Thursday, December 12, 2019, a group of over 40 alumni, family, and friends got together to bring some holiday spirit to deserving families across the city by delivering hampers for Winnipeg's Christmas Cheer Board. Afterwards, everyone assembled at Torque Brewing (John Heim ’83 & Matt Wollf ’01) to watch a Jets game, reminisce, and enjoy complimentary pizza, courtesy of Coughlin Insurance. What a great way to end off another successful year. Hope to see you in 2020!
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Events that Shape Us
Epidemic to pandemic, REFLECTION on crisis by samantha eadie, archivist
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he 2019-20 school year will forever be marked in the memory of St. Paul’s High School. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the school, it’s students, faculty, and community have had to adapt to new ways of learning, socializing, and practicing faith. This article will reflect on the experiences of our community during the COVID-19 pandemic and two other significant events in our history, the 1953 Polio Epidemic and the 1997 Flood of the Century.
1953: Polio Epidemic The worst polio epidemic in Manitoba’s history arrived in the summer of 1953. Thousands, primarily children, were infected by the crippling disease. To combat the spread of polio and protect the most vulnerable, the Province delayed the beginning of the 1953-54 school year and cancelled all school athletic activities. Reflection by Frank Mayda ‘54 Mr. Frank Mayda was a student at St. Paul’s College during the 1953 epidemic. When Canadian polio epidemics peaked in 1953, St. Paul’s College emerged unscathed. According to Frank Mayda, a 1954 SPC graduate, the school was only minimally affected by the epidemic. The provincial restrictions placed on the school and sporting activities were the main impact. These restrictions left Mayda unable to participate in intramural football and delayed the start of his graduating year. Many of his schoolmates would have also lamented the cancellation of the City League football season. Mayda’s primary memory of the epidemic was a method of treatment used. He recalls that a serum (likely gamma globulin) was given to reduce the risk of contracting the virus. This method was replaced by the Salk vaccine in 1955.
building dikes. It was a close-run thing: peak flow was actually 6% higher than the Floodway’s designed capacity. To make up for lost educational time, we substituted classes for the usual exam period, a popular decision for many but less so for exemptees! Reflection by David Havixbeck ‘97 Mr. David Havixback, currently a teacher at SPHS, was a Grade 12 student in 1997. Q: What do you remember most about the Flood of the Century?
STUDENT FLOOD VOLUNTEERS A: I was in Grade 12. I’m pretty sure what they said is that Grade 12s could just go, as long as they were sandbagging somewhere… It was up to us to decide where to go… Sometimes we went south. Sometimes we were within the city… I remember…there were times that maybe it was more coordinated by the school. Q: How did the Flood affect your school year? A: We didn’t have much for classes because we were allowed to go sandbag. Now, I’m not sure if that was extended all the way to Grade 9s and 10s or if it was just 11s and 12s that were allowed. Q: What did you take away from living through this event as a student? A: I mean, you go out and you help when needed or do things when you really need to get out of the class and do something.
2020: Covid-19 pandemic Reflection by Bob Lewin
1997: Flood of the century Flooding in the Red River Valley is an annual event as rivers often rise in the spring. 1997 was no different until an April blizzard hit. The already high waters and late snowfall caused the Red River to swell. The water spread across the valley and swallowed the land. This natural disaster is known as the Flood of the Century. Reflection by Johnston Smith ‘67 Mr. Johnston Smith was the principal of SPHS in 1997. School closed for a day in early April 1997 as Winnipeg shoveled out from a Colorado Low. This was trouble as the flood forecast was already grim. By April’s final week, the Floodway had reached capacity. When the call went out for volunteers to sandbag, the school co-ordinated senior student volunteers to assist in low-lying riparian areas in and around the city. Classes continued for the younger students. VP Kevin Booth and teacher Ron Vanderhooft led the teacher supervisors while VP Brian Murphy managed other school affairs and I dealt with co-ordinating the support efforts and community relations. For several weeks our students worked 9-5
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Mr. Bob Lewin is the current principal at SPHS. Q: How has COVID-19 impacted the school year? A: COVID-19 resulted in an indefinite suspension of classes and the need to develop a plan to continue teaching and learning remotely. Closing schools to students has also meant canceling extracurricular activities, cutting sports seasons short, and postponing or canceling other important school events. Grade 12 students and their families have had additional challenges. Q: How has the school responded to the pandemic? A: The school decided to suspend classes before the official announcement from Manitoba Education. This early closure allowed teachers to begin preparing for online delivery and participate in training as we moved to remote teaching and learning. Teachers, counselors, and administrators have found new ways to support one another and the students and parents in our community. We have worked together to find ways to sustain and build up our community during the requirements for social distancing. Q: What do you believe the long-term effects of the pandemic will be? A: I believe our community will be even stronger than it is today. While it may take time to return to regular school routines and a new normal, the Crusader spirit remains alive and well. I believe St. Paul's will have a renewed sense of mission. We will feel more grateful for the opportunities we have each day – to learn, to laugh, to teach, to be in communion with one another – to be Crusaders! Q: As principal, what will you take away from this event?
A: The importance of family and my sense of belonging at St. Paul’s have increased because of my interactions with colleagues, students, parents, friends, and family members throughout the pandemic. I feel blessed to be at St. Paul’s! Reflection by Ian Macdonnell ‘20 Ian MacDonnell is currently a Grade 12 student at SPHS. Q: How has COVID-19 affected the school year for you? A: It cut my senior year short. I lost the opportunity to do so many things such as, senior prank, last day, last practice, last game on Connolly. It has left me with a feeling of emptiness. The last 3 years I have looked forward to my senior year and making it the best one yet!
DR. ROBERT PUCHNIAK '89 TEACH FROM HOME OFFICE
Q: What has your at-home learning experience been? A: It is different. I love being at home with my family. It has given me more time to reflect on my life for the last 3 years. I love seeing my friends on Webex and my teachers. I would not have enjoyed my time as much as I did if it weren’t for them! Even from home they are still encouraging us to be the best people we can! And that’s a huge reason for who I am today! Q: What do you miss most about going to school? A: The atmosphere for sure. St. Paul’s has a feeling as if it is a big family. I looked forward to my everyday interactions with everyone. I was super blessed to be on multiple sports teams and to have so much family in the school right now which has helped me connect with all grade levels. I miss the feeling of being an older brother and someone who the younger guys could look up to. I hope I carry myself in a way that resembles the type of men St. Paul’s helps create. I miss the smiles and constant jokes between teachers and students. Q: How do you think this experience will influence your life moving forward? A: This experience will make me think twice about taking things for granted. Throughout grades 9 to 11 I spent so much time wishing I was a senior “one of those cool Grade 12’s”. I feel as though I didn’t spend enough time appreciating what was happening in front of me. Now that my time has come to move on, I can’t wait to come back and support the boys!
Resiliency Reflecting on the events of the past, the determination and perseverance of the Crusader spirit becomes apparent. As the COVID-19 pandemic becomes part of our history, it too will serve as an example of this spirit and how our community is able to survive these defining events.
hope and expect great things from " WeGod,must because the merits of our Lord belong
IAN MACDONNELL '20 OUTSIDE HIS HOME DURING COVID
to us; and to hope much in God is to honour him much. The more we hope, the more we honour him.
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~Louis Lallemant, S.J. GRADE 12 VIRTUAL MASS
JASON UZONNA '22 EATING BREAKFAST WHILE ATTENDING VIRTUAL CLASSES
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An Evening in Support of the Bursary t h e 2 6 t h a n n u a l T r i b u t e d i n n e r h o n o u r i n g I g n at i a n c h a l l e n g e awa r d r e c i p i e n t s
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n November 5th, over 850 individuals gathered to celebrate Ms. Anne & Mr. Paul ’81 Mahon as they graciously accepted the 2019 Ignatian Challenge Award presented by Board Chair, Mr. Calvin Polet ‘93. True persons for others, this dynamic duo enamoured us with their humility, grace and involvement in their communities – all a reflection of Ignatian ideals. Emceed by Mr. Joe Fiorentino ’81, we reflected throughout the evening on the importance of providing equal opportunity education for all qualified applicants. Wadim Matochko ’02 shared his bursary story, one which carries gratitude for his education and the values instilled, which led him towards his career in medicine today (catch Wadim’s story on page 10). Thank you to all who attended, and thank you to all who donated that evening. From the Tribute Dinner, you collectively raised over $300,000 in support of the Bursary Fund. A special thank-you is due for all our sponsors; without your support, this event could not happen. The St. Paul’s High School community is extremely grateful for the support of our 26th annual Tribute Dinner and would like to thank everyone for making this year’s dinner possible.
are called, to engage the " Wechallenges around us. Our collective challenge requires creativity, collaboration and courage. Anne and Paul exemplify these gifts and share them generously and humbly.
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thank you to our generous sponsors:
The proceeds of the annual Tribute Dinner support the bursary program, an essential aspect of a Jesuit education. Your contribution helps provide the gift of an education that lasts a lifetime. The Ignatian Challenge Award is one of St. Paul’s highest honours, and is presented at the annual Tribute Dinner to men and women who embrace the ideals of St. Ignatius of Loyola, and reflect the characters and qualities inherent in a Jesuit education at St. Paul’s High School: faith, generosity, a commitment to justice and a willingness to serve. Interested in nominating a future award recipient? Please contact Darla Hooker, Director of Advancement & Alumni Relations at dhooker@stpauls.mb.ca.
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Escaping Chernobyl for a Better Life A l u m n i c at c h - u p w i t h wa d i m m at o c h ko ' 0 2
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y first memories were of a happy and carefree life. Little did I know I was being poisoned, as were other children from the Chernobyl nuclear explosion on the border of Ukraine and Belarus. Through my mother’s courage and selflessness, she brought me to Canada to give me hope and a better future. For her to do this, she had to give up her medical profession, a support network of family and friends, and essentially raise me by herself. By the time it came to high school, I knew St. Paul’s had a good reputation, but it cost a lot to attend, and our financial situation would not allow me to go. If you can imagine our situation, it was just my mother and me, she was studying during the day, working during the night and weekends, and trying to raise me to be a good and successful person.
GRAD '02
WRESTLING TEAM
Luckily, I was accepted into St. Paul’s and I would be able to go, all thanks to the bursary program. I knew I couldn’t let this opportunity pass me by, so I had to work hard to make the most of it. Looking back, first and foremost, St. Paul’s taught me what I can do, not what I cannot the teachers and peers at St. Paul’s encouraged and gave me confidence. I knew any subject that involved using and comprehending the English language was my weakness. With the support of talented teachers, St. Paul’s afforded me the chance to explore my strengths and focus on them. I excelled in science, even taking extra classes. My teachers inspired me, and I began to appreciate and enjoy mathematics, chemistry and physics. After leaving St. Paul’s, these subjects became my strengths and have led me on my career path – as a scientist who develops new medicine.
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DOCTORAL RESEARCHER, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
Respect, reflection, acceptance of others, commitment to growth, these are all aspects of being a “Man for Others.” I take this message to every aspect of my life; as a student, mentor, scientist, a husband and now as a father. So, I can say, unequivocally, the bursary program reflects the values of this community. Your support changed my life. By donating to the bursary fund, you are making an investment in us, regardless of our background or circumstance. St. Paul’s provides us with an environment of caring, respect, tolerance, and faith in each other.
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2019 Annual Giving Report Your Support changes lives, thank you for your generosity
fundraising
named bursaries
Each year, St. Paul’s High School and its partner organizations, including the Alumni Association, the SPHS Parent Guild, and Parents for Others, plan, organize, and host many events and initiatives to help raise funds to aid in the fulfillment of the mandate of the school. The net profits raised are invested into numerous areas, such as the Bursary Fund, Magis Fund, grad rings, student programs, and capital improvements, to name a few. Your contribution helps provide the gift of an education that lasts a lifetime.
St. Paul’s High School is committed to being accessible to talented students from all economic circumstances. Thanks to our generous benefactors, we are able to honour that commitment by providing financial assistance to qualified students. Each of the Named Bursaries listed below provides an opportunity for a young man at St. Paul’s. Due to the generosity of our alumni, parents, and friends, 107 students received financial assistance in 2019/2020. Every endowment offers a world of opportunity to current and future students.
Tribute Dinner Crusader Raffle Parent Guild Fashion Show Annual Giving Campaign Phone-a-thon Maroon & White Golf Tournament
$328,000 $64,492 $49,925 $30, 312 $28,498 $22,612
The following amounts were raised through various social outreach initiatives and forwarded directly to the charity, organization, family, or person in need: Mission Fund Christmas Hampers
$12,950 $1,150
gift allocation The following graph represents the gift allocation of all donations received in 2019, according to donors’ wishes.
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• Trevor Acheson ’93 - Richard Cadieux ’95 Memorial * • Paul Albrechtsen * • John Alevizos ’85 • Alumni Class Bursaries 1926-2019 • Class of 1976 #1 * • Class of 1976 #2 * • A.M. Barkwell Memorial • Barrett-Hamilton Family • Martha & Raymond Beaubien Memorial • Bedard Family • Derek Bergen • Marcel Bessette Memorial • Richard Borody ’69 Memorial • Fr. Patrick Boyle, S.J. Memorial • Paul Bozyk ‘36 Memorial • Fr. Lawrence Braceland, S.J. Memorial • Arnold Brigden • Helen Browne • Bridget & Michael Burke Memorial • William & Katherine Driscoll Burke • Pierre & Doris Campeau Family • Fr. James Carlin, S.J. Memorial • Henry & Theresa Caron Memorial • Eddie Cass Memorial • Albert Chivers Memorial • Fr. Barry Connolly, S.J. • John Costello Memorial • Fr. Arthur Cotter, S.J. Memorial • Msgr. M. Cournoyer Memorial • E.J. Coutu ’62 Family • Fr. David Creamer, S.J. • Fr. Paul Crouch, S.J. • John '39 & Betty Crowley • Margaret, Mary & John Crowley • Todd Davidson ‘04 "Believe in the Goal" • Dennehy Family • Mark Dooley ’97 Memorial • Michael Dowling Memorial • Joan Mowat Downs Memorial • Fr. Joseph Driscoll, S.J. • Raymond & Louise Dubois • Memorial Future Leaders • Michael English Memorial • Patrick English ‘39 Memorial • Stella English Memorial • Michael Evans ’75 • Filmon Family • Rev. Alan J. Fogarty, S.J. • Fr. Ubald Furlan • John Gillis Memorial • Mr. & Mrs. W. Gorman • Joseph Gosselin Memorial • Graham Family • Kevin Grant • Fr. John Grimes, S.J. • Chris Gyles Memorial • Haddin Scholarship • Samuel & Helen Hale Memorial • Hawaleshka Family Bursary • Fr. John Holland, S.J. Memorial • Msgr. Hubicz Memorial • D. Jackson Memorial • Jesuit Investment Fund • Jesuits of Winnipeg Inc. • Judy Kaczmarz • Kavanagh Family • Pauline Kerfoot (Bruneau) Memorial
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Kiazyk Family Paul Kirouac ’84 Memorial Ian Klassen ’90 Memorial Gary Kleysen ’56 Memorial * Paul Gerard & Paul Jeffrey Knight Joseph & Helen Kolt Memorial Paul Labossiere Kenneth LaMonica ’70 Memorial Nick Laping ’61 * Helene Long Memorial Mark Long Memorial Loyola Jesuit Community (Montreal) D. I. & Peggy MacDonald * Barb & Alan MacInnes Family Arthur Mauro Rev. Francis McAulay Memorial McFeetors Family Maude Mary McGarrity Memorial Msgr. Owen McInerney Annunziata Militano Giovanni Militano Damian Mills Memorial Gene Moldowan Memorial Paul Moloney ’95 Memorial Fr. St. Clair Monaghan, S.J. Archbishop Murray Memorial Rev. John Murray, S.J. Memorial Dr. William Norrie Tribute G .Dennis O’Brien Rev. Obrigewitsch, S.J. Terance & Gertrude O’Connell * E.J. Okins Scholarship Fr. Oroskovits Memorial Pilley Memorial Robert Pitts ’36 Memorial Jean Polet Memorial Bursary Judy Pound Puchniak Family Bob ‘65 & Marnie Puchniak * Fr. Stanley Puchniak OMI Memorial * Fr. John Pungente ’56, S.J. Dr. Andrew Pura Memorial Thomas Rathwell Senior Memorial Brian Rebeiro ’82 Memorial Helene Riese Memorial Dr. Patrick Riordan Memorial * Schlingerman Family * Stephen Schwarz ’85 Sellors Family Archbishop Sinnott Alex Small Memorial Sons of Italy - Garibaldi Lodge SPHS Alumni Association Golf* SPHS Scholarship & Bursary Trust * Joseph Stangl KSG CM St. Ignatius Loyola Brad Southam ’87 Memorial Dr. Emőke Szathmáry Tennant Family Bursary * Lucille Tonkin Memorial Fr. James Toppings, S.J. Memorial Dr. & Mrs. J. M. Trainor '47 William Treblicoe ’37 Kathleen Van Hoorenbeck Vis Family Daniel Woolfe ‘76 Scholarship
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thank you for your generosity In the following four pages, we gratefully acknowledge the generosity of our donors by recognizing the total gifts received in the 2019 calendar year. Thank you for your continued generosity to the mission and vision of St. Paul’s High School. Your contribution helps provide an education that lasts a lifetime. • GIFTS OVER $450,000 •
Estate of William Cleghorn '71
GIFTS OVER $70,000 Anonymous (1)
GIFTS OVER $20,000 Estate of Lorne and Martha Evans Mr. Donald MacDonald '76 Power Corporation of Canada
GIFTS OVER $15,000 Canada Life CWS Logistics Dr. Adrian Hawaleshka '87
GIFTS OVER $10,000 Anonymous (1) Birchwood Automotive Group Limited BMO Capital Markets CIBC World Markets Deloitte Duha Group Dr. and Mrs. Brian Hardy '76 Mr. Brian and Ms. Ruth Hastings Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Kleysen The Laing Family Foundation The Hon. Christopher Mainella '86 Mr. and Mrs. Raymond McFeetors McKinsey & Co. Paul's Hauling Ltd Piston Ring Service Mr. Bert Polet & Family Pratts Wholesale Limited Mr. and Mrs. Robert Puchniak '65 Mrs. Eleanor Schwarz Mr. Stephen Schwarz '85
GIFTS OVER $5,000 Anonymous (1) Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Campeau '79 Mr. and Mrs. Mark Chipman '78 Mr. Chris Douglas '78 Dr. and Mrs. Frank Hechter IBM Canada IG Wealth Management Mr. Kevin and Mrs. Els Kavanagh Dr. and Dr. Charles Lekic Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Polet '93 RBC Royal Bank Phillips, Hager & North Investment Counsel Wildwood Transport Inc. The Winehouse Inc. Zeid Enterprises Co. Ltd-Foodfare
GIFTS OVER $2,500 Ambassador Mechanical Mr. Douglas Barrett and Mrs. Donna Devins Bockstael Construction Ltd Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Cadieux Coughlin Insurance Brokers Cropo Funeral Chapel The Dufresne Foundation Inc. Evans Family Foundation Endeavour Wealth Management Fillmore Riley LLP Global Drain Technologies Harvard Developments Inc. James Richardson and Sons, Limited Jesuits of Winnipeg
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KPMG LLP MacDon Industries Ltd Misericordia Health Centre MLT Aikins LLP MNP LLP Modular Building Solutions Inc Monarch Industries Ltd Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Moncrieff Pinnacle Staffing Solutions rd photocorp Mr. and Ms. John Pollard Mr. Robert Reidy '90 Royal Canadian Securities Limited Dr. Sandra Sawka St. Ignatius Parish Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation Mr. Daniel Taylor '79 Mr. and Mrs. Brian Thiessen Tower Engineering Group LP Twerdun Wealth Management University of Manitoba - Vice President External Wellington - Altus Private Wealth
GIFTS OVER $1,000 Anonymous (1) Dr. and Mrs. Wayne Acheson '67 Auto Adoption Dr. and Mrs. Paul Barchet '78 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bielik Mr. Richard Bracken Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Brick Mr. and Mrs. Barry Brown Ms. Janice Burke Mr. and Mrs. Guido Caputi The Catholic Foundation of Manitoba Mr. Fernand Chabot '71 Mr. and Mrs. Edward Coutu, Jr. '94 Crown Cap Dave Copp Steel Mr. and Mrs. Bob Davison Mr. and Mrs. Karl Dornetshuber Mr. Ryan Downey Mr. and Mrs. Michael Duncan Mr. Daniel Erickson '76 Envirotech Windows & Doors Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fiorentino '81 Mr. Alan Flannagan '83 Mr. Gene Fraser and Mrs. Sheri Betker-Fraser Mr. John Fraser Mr. Doug McNeil and Ms. Julie Frederickson Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Frizzell '90 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gillis Gillis Quarries Limited Mr. and Mrs. Kirby Gompf Dr. Ravi Gupta and Dr. Melanie Gupta Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hamin Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Hanson '69 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Healey Mr. Bernard Hoeschen '57 Mr. Bernard Hueging and Mrs. Lesley-Ann Thomas Mr. Dwaine '69 and Mrs. Leslie King Mr. and Ms. Craig Kitching Dr. Murray Kopelow '69 Mr. Stefan Kristjanson Mr. and Mrs. BJ Langdon Mr. Geoff Grawberger and Ms. Nahannai Lewis Dr. and Mrs. Peter MacDonald '76 The Hon. and Mrs. Alan MacInnes '60 Dr. Ralph Masi '68 MEL Cartage Ltd Dr. and Mrs. Barry Mills Northland Ready Mix Number TEN Architectural Group Mr. and Ms. Tom Papaioannou Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Patrick Mr. Petar Pejovic and Mrs. Allison Kindle Pejovic PriceWaterhouseCoopers Priority Restoration Randall Homes Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rawluk RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg
Mr. Tomislav Renic '94 Dr. and Mrs. Karl Riese '47 Mr. Tony Rodrigues Mr. Stephen Rosenfield '72 Mr. Robert Scott '21 Shaw Communications Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sherbo '69 Dr. Eric Sigurdson Sigurdson Financial Group Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Len Sitter '61 Mr. and Ms. Calvin Sonntag Sound Concepts Inc. Dr. and Ms. Hans Stasiuk Static Electric Ltd Mr. Jason Stefanson and Mrs. Heather Stefanson, MLA Mr. Scott Stewart and Ms. Daryla Christie Mr. and Mrs. Jonathon Stewart St. Mary's Academy St. Paul's College Dr. and Mrs. Mark Tachie Mr. and Mrs. Denis Tsai '83 Mr. and Mrs. George Vis '82 Dr. Justin Walters Medical Corporation Winnipeg Building and Decorating Ltd. Mr. and Mrs. John Wright Mr. and Mrs. Chris Zaplitny
GIFTS OVER $500 Anonymous (2) 3104800 Manitoba Ltd Dr. and Mrs. Burton Abbott Mr. and Mrs. Jack Abiusi Dr. Lorne Acheson Dr. and Mrs. Adedamola Adedapo Dr. and Mrs. Marolo Alfaro Ardent Retirement Group Ltd. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Asmundson Dr. Darin Banmann and Mrs. Rachel Suarez-Banmann Mr. and Mrs. Lenny Baranyk Ms. Christina Barwinsky Dr. Nicholas Bennett '81 Betco Ltd. Mr. and Mrs. John Bockstael Mr. Christopher Bohonis and Mrs. Vinita Pandey Dr. James Bolton and Dr. Shay-Lee Lynn Bolton Brite Smile Dental Clinic Mr. Todd Brown Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cadieux Mr. Elliot Cameron and Ms. Rachelle Thibodeau Mrs. Angela Caravelis Mr. Murray Carswell and Ms. Gail Halko Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Cerqueti '87 Mr. Graham Chaze '02 City Press Limited Mr. and Mrs. Dino Chouzouris Mr. James Buchok '75 and Ms. Pamela Clarke Mr. and Mrs. Joel Cleodoro Mr. Darren Clouston and Dr. Kathleen Clouston E J Coutu & Co Funeral Directors Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cook Mr. Douglas Crabb '88 Mr. and Mrs. Marco De Luca '91 Ms. Sandra DeBrouwere Mr. and Mrs. Steven Dech Mr. Robbie Denomme and Ms. Shaila Queau-Guzzi Mr. and Mrs. Tom Derrett Mr. Kevin McCulloch '62 and Ms. Diane Dixon Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Dornn Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Downey '81 Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Duha '80 Mr. and Mrs. Brian Dusik Mr. Howard Engel '79 Mr. and Mrs. Brent Fawkes Mr. and Mrs. William Fenton Mr. Allan Foran '80 Dr. Donald Forbes '58 Mr. Chris Ford '66 Mrs. Glenda Fyvie Mr. and Mrs. Jayson Gard '86 Dr. Tom Gerstner and Dr. Janice Blampy Mr. and Mrs. David Golas
Your support changes lives Mr. and Mrs. Ward Gordon Mr. and Mrs. Michael Guertin '76 Mr. and Mrs. Chris Guttor Dr. S. Harms Medical Corporation Mr. and Mrs. David Harrington Dr. and Mrs. Frank Hruska '57 Mr. Christopher Hrynkow '95 Mr. and Mrs. Jason Hurton Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Kelman Mr. and Mrs. Andre Kriening Mr. and Ms. Mark Krueger Mr. Ken Kustra '96 Mr. Jean-Rene Kwilu Mondo & Mrs. Blandine Kapita Kama Mr. and Mrs. Derek Lachaine Mr. and Mrs. Patrick LaMonica '72 Mr. and Mrs. Bob Langdon Mr. Russell Lavitt '87 and Ms. Franeli Yadao Mr. and Mrs. Ian Lawrence Lawson Consulting & Surveying Ltd Mr. and Mrs. Aproniano Leyson Mr. Yugen Liu and Mrs. Chang Lu Mr. and Ms. John Logan Ms. Laura Lomow Mr. James Ludlow '78 Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lussier Mr. Winston Maharaj Mr. Thomas Malone '81 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Manaigre Mr. and Mrs. Anousch Mathew Mr. Glenn McConnell and Ms. Danilla Brunel Mr. Keith McConnell and Ms. Sarah Brown Mr. Donald McFeetors and Mrs. Carol Boychuk Mr. and Ms. Scott Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Carmine Militano P. Eng. '76 Mrs. Val Miller Mr. and Mrs. James Miln '52 Mr. Paul Molgat '66 Mr. and Mrs. Steven Moon '90 Mr. Gregory Morhun '75 Mr. Bill Muloin and Ms. Anne Sikora Mr. and Mrs. Randy Nelson Neptune Properties Inc. Mr. Jeffrey Norman and Ms. Jill Perron Mr. and Mrs. Friedrich Oberbuchner Dr. and Mrs. Olanrewaju Ojo Mr. and Ms. Joseph Okunnu Dr. Stefan Pacin Mrs. Monika Panos Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Paull Mrs. Carla Pelletier Grey Mr. and Ms. Daniel Peng Mr. Derek Penner and Dr. Kelly Penner Mr. and Mrs. David Phillips '62 Pitblado LLP Mr. Brenton Porter and Ms. Barbara Legacy-Porter Mr. and Mrs. Paul Prendergast '88 Mr. Clayton Preston and Ms. Patricia Gehlen-Preston Dr. and Mrs. Robert Puchniak '89 Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rakowski '69 Major Paul Adams and Dr. Trenna Reeve Mr. and Mrs. David Doyle Dr. Navneet Rehsia and Mrs. Sona Rehsia Mr. Andre Ribeiro Lima and Mrs. Isadora Freitas Prates Mr. and Mrs. David Robertson Mr. Peter Robertson-Stovel and Ms. Tanya Brothers Mr. Christophe Rodrigue '91 Mr. Daniel Roscoe '77 Mr. and Mrs. Philip Samyn Mr. David and Mrs. Inger Schnerch Mr. Richard Wong and Ms. Katherine Scrivener Mr. and Mrs. Joel Semchuk Dr. Ehren Sherbo '99 Mr. and Mrs. Barry Sichewski Mr. Derrick Sigmar '78 Mr. and Mrs. John Simpson Mr. Timothy Simpson '90 Dr. Raman Sivasankar and Mrs. Devi Barathan Mr. Wally Skakun '90 and Dr. Karen Skakun Mr. and Mrs. David Stackiw Steelair Ventilation Ltd Mr. and Mrs. Damir Stipanovic St. John Brebeuf School St. Vital Catholic Church Mr. and Mrs. Dirk Stubbings Mr. and Mrs. David Tan Mr. and Ms. Peter Tataryn '88
Mr. and Ms. Dino Tavares Mr. Norman Taylor and Mrs. Tracy Hayduk Mr. Paul Taylor Ms. Meredith Thoendel Dr. and Mrs. George Thomas Tim Hortons Mr. and Ms. Glenn Tinley Tony's Team Transport Mr. Reginald Turnbull '09 Turnbull-Whitaker Insurance Agency Inc Mr. Richard Urschatz '59 Mr. and Mrs. John Waller Ms. Larissa Webster Dr. and Mrs. Eytan Weinberg Dr. and Mrs. Murray White Mr. Eli Wilder and Ms. Kylie Cameron Mr. Mike Witoski and Ms. Lesley Facto
GIFTS UNDER $500 Anonymous (17) Ms. Maria Abad Mr. and Mrs. Edgardo Abanto Mr. Frederick Abbott '80 Mrs. Irene Adamopoulos Mr. and Mrs. Rene Alday Mr. and Mrs. Tom Alevizos Mr. and Mrs. Ralston Alexander Mr. Donald Alexander and Mrs. Sally Taylor-Alexander Ms. Aynalem Ali Mr. Michael Guttormson and Mrs. Peggy Alto Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Alwis '00 Mr. Nathan Anderson '07 Mr. and Mrs. David Andrews Mr. and Mrs. Troy Argo Mrs. Jane Arnott Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Arran Dr. and Mrs. Constantine Athanasopoulos Mr. and Mrs. Hedley Auld Dr. Brian Ayotte '58 Mr. John Bachmann '66 Mr. Jeff Baigrie '81 Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Baldevas Ms. Renee Baldwin Mr. Cameron Baldwin and Ms. Colleen Grant Mr. Scott Baldwin '78 Mrs. Marisol Barajas Mr. and Mrs. Robert Baril '66 Mr. Vincent Barletta Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Barrientos Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Bars Mr. and Mrs. Mehmood Batla Mr. Garry Smith and Mrs. Colleen Battigelli Smith Mr. and Mrs. Noel Bautista Mr. David Baxter '76 Mr. Douglas Baxter Dr. Donald Beach Mr. Jean-Paul (JP) Beaubien '89 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Beaudoin Mr. and Mrs. David Beeston '76 Mr. and Mrs. Marcel Belanger Mr. Jon Bemister '64 Mr. and Ms. Brian Benedictson Mrs. and Mr. Carol Bergeron Mr. and Mrs. Arsenio Bernardo Dr. Swee Lee Teo and Mrs. Renee Bertrand-Teo Mr. and Mrs. Brian Beveridge Mr. Bogdan Bezna '08 Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Bidinosti '55 Mr. and Mrs. Mark Bilan Mrs. Tanys Bjornson BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. Mr. Allan Bodnarchuk '59 Mr. and Ms. Andreas Boersch Mr. Gregory Bohonos '56 Dr. and Ms. Brian Book Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Booth '78 Mr. and Mrs. Paulo Borges Mr. and Mrs. Donald Boulet Rev. Denis Bourbonnais, OMI '47 Mr. Philippe Bourbonnais '48 Mr. and Ms. Trevor Bowden Mr. and Mrs. Keith Boyd Mr. and Mrs. Anders Brandstrom Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Braun
Mr. Thomas Breen '65 Mr. Jason Brennan '88 and Ms. Donna Sikorsky Mrs. Barbara Brewer Mr. and Mrs. Daryl Brigg Mr. Gary Brownstone '76 Mr. David Bueti '98 Mr. and Mrs. David Burdz Mr. Brandt Butt '08 Mr. and Ms. William Byers Ms. Lucy Byzio Mr. John Caci and Mrs. Rosemary St Laurent Mr. and Mrs. Dominic Caligiuri Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Calista Ms. Amanda Camara Mr. and Mrs. Kim Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Alessandro Campomanes '88 Mr. and Mrs. Dominic Cantafio '76 Mr. Robert Cantafio '89 Mr. and Mrs. Virgilio Caparas Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Carlow Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Caron '72 Mr. Ryan Casson '98 Mr. and Mrs. Tony Catanese '79 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Cattani Ceratec Inc Mr. and Mrs. Tony Cerminara Mr. Gilles Chabot Dr. Jennifer Chan Mr. and Mrs. David Chaze Dr. Daniel Chenier '93 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cholakis '46 Mr. and Mrs. Elias Cholakis '87 Mr. and Ms. Kevin Chorney Mr. and Mrs. John Chua Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Chugunov Mr. and Mrs. Mario Cianflone Anonymous Dr. and Ms. Nestor Cisneros City Of Winnipeg Classic Cafe and Billards Clearview Windows Mr. and Mrs. Damiano Coniglio Mr. Joseph Constant '71 Mr. and Mrs. George Constantinides Mr. Carlos Cordeiro '93 Mr. Vincent Cordova '99 Mr. and Mrs. Eduardo Cornejo Mr. and Mrs. Allan Corpuz Mr. and Mrs. Antoine Coudière Mr. Roger Coutu '60 Dr. and Mrs. Jerome Cranston Mr. Thomas Crew '74 and Mrs. Stephanie Dmyterko Mrs. Mercedes Cruz Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Cudmore Mr. Jay Lev and Ms. Julie Cullen Ms. Rosanna Cuthbert Mr. Jason Cyr '89 Mr. Stacy Dainard '88 and Ms. Jennifer Rattray Mr. and Mrs. Titus Dano Mr. and Mrs. James Danylishin Mr. Hart Dashevsky '85 Mr. Connor Davies '15 Mr. Christopher Davies '90 Mr. Troy Davis and Mrs. Fatma Cetinyay-Davis Mr. Bradley Havixbeck '89 and Mrs. Virginie deVisscher Mr. and Mrs. Kevin DeBlaere '86 Mr. Bradley Debroni '81 Mr. George Deegan '53 Mr. Theodore Deezar '12 Mr. Randall Demchuk and Mrs. Jacqueline Morrison Demchuk Ms. Shannon Dennehy Mrs. Lena DeRosa Ms. Nella DeRosa Mr. Manni Dhaliwal and Mrs. Carmen Cacea Mr. Julio Diaz and Ms. Michelle Hammond Ms. Bienvenida Dizon-Valencia Dr. John Doering Mrs. Marnie Donaldson Dr. and Dr. Paul Dowhanik Mr. Barney Dram '48 Mr. and Mrs. Brent Dreger '87 Mr. and Mrs. Chandrajeet D'Souza Mr. and Mrs. Heiko Duehrsen Mrs. Joan Duerksen Mr. John Duggan '53 Mr. and Mrs. Emeric Duha '78
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thank you for your generosity GIFTS UNDER $500 CONT'D Ms. Mia Dunn Ms. Pamela Dupuis Ms. Cheryl Dyck Dr. and Mrs. Lyle Eide Mr. and Mrs. Robert Eilers Mr. and Mrs. Brad Elkie Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Ellement Dr. Wael Elmatary and Mrs. Amany Ezow Mr. David Elvers '08 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Emms Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Enns Mr. Mohammad Mehr Bakhsh and Mrs. Samineh Erami Aval Mr. Ian Garcia and Ms. Teresa Espinosa Mr. Geoffrey Meadows and Mrs. Carolyn Eva - Meadows Mr. Shawn MacDonald and Ms. Tara Everard Mr. Leonid Korenbaum and Ms. Rino Falkovich Mr. and Mrs. James Ferguson Mr. Elias Fiebelkorn '09 Mrs. Catherine Filmon Mr. David Filmon '84 Mr. Timothy Scott and Mrs. Shauna Filuk Mr. Joseph Fiorino '00 Mr. Ken Foran '59 Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Forest FCA '47 Mr. and Mrs. Ken Foubert Mr. Robert Francis and Mrs. Mary Sorour Mr. and Mrs. Larry Franz Mr. Fabrizio Franz and Mrs. Angie Stabene-Franz Mr. and Mrs. Paul Franzmann Mr. Mark Frederick '80 Mr. William French '75 Mr. Ryan French '88 Ms. Selena Friesen Ms. Jackie Fritz Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Frizzell '90 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Froese Mr. Louis Furlan '68 Mr. and Mrs. Alan Fustey '81 Mr. and Mrs. Asitha Gajaweera Mr. David Galbraith '77 Ms. Rhonda Gardner Mr. Rob Gardner and Ms. Annalee Lawrence Mr. Simon Garfinkel '13 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Garlinski '80 Mr. and Mrs. Murray Gartner Ms. Darla Gauthier Mr. Michael George and Ms. Janet Racz Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Gibson Mr. Shael Glesby '76 Mrs. Holly Glew Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Gorenstein Mr. William Gould '06 Mr. Joseph Goulet '57 Mr. and Mrs. George Goulet '51 Ms. Patricia Gray Green Brand Inc. Mr. and Mrs. William Gribben '71 Mr. Keith T Griffin '56 Mr. and Ms. William Griffiths Mr. Andre Lewis and Ms. Caroline Gruber Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Halayko Ms. Nadia Hanesiak Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Hanna Mr. and Mrs. Jed Hansen Mrs. Hanne Hansen Mr. Brian Harack Ms. Eileen Harrison Mr. Malcolm Harwood '73 Mr. and Mrs. Troy Haugen Mr. Bradley Havixbeck '89 and Mrs. Virginie deVisscher Mr. Will Hazell Mr. Dave Hebert and Ms. Christy Perreaux Mr. David Henderson '88 Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay Henderson Mrs. Molly Henderson Mr. and Mrs. Dale Hendry Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hirst Mr. Brian Hodge and Ms. Marcia McKenzie-Hodge Mr. Daniel Hodgert and Ms. Rachael Andrew Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Hoe Mr. and Mrs. Blair Holden Mrs. and Mr. Karen Holden
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Mr. Eric Holle '11 Mrs. and Mr. Ilene Holmes Mr. YunSung Pyo and Mrs. EunJin Hong Ms. Darla Hooker Mr. Stephen Hope '73 Ms. Kristen Hordyk Mr. and Mrs. Alastair Houston Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Houvardas Mr. Samson Hu and Mrs. Amy Gu Mr. Emmanuel Huletey and Mrs. Juanita DesouzaHuletey Mr. and Mrs. Shaun Humphries Dr. Lorne Hurst '76 Mr. and Mrs. Vladimir Hutsulak Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Hutter Mr. Kenneth Huyghe '63 Icetime Sports Inc Mr. and Mrs. Tarsis Ilyas Ms. Andrea Jackson Mr. Patrick Jackson '12 Mr. Christopher Jacyk '86 Mrs. Vera Jasenovec JLC Electronics Mr. and Mrs. Grant Johnson Mr. and Mrs. William Johnston Mrs. Meaghen Johnston Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Jones Ms. Tamara Jordan Mr. Prince Joseph and Dr. Shiby Kuriakose Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Juras Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Kaiser '88 Dr. and Mrs. Mark Karpa Mr. Erhard Kasper '69 Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Fulcher Mr. and Mrs. Anil Kaul Mr. and Mrs. Barry Keast Mr. and Mrs. Donald Keatch Mr. Joseph Keenan '61 Mr. Tyler Kerslake '04 Mr. and Mrs. Kadir Khalei Dr. Mohsen Khoshnam and Dr. Katayoon Khosravi Mr. Gary Kincaid Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Kirby '70 Mr. Gary Kirkpatrick '63 Dr. and Mrs. Larry Klassen Mrs. Judy Klassen Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kleysen '76 Mr. Gordon Klimenko and Mrs. Hannya Bryl-Klimenko Ms. Ashley Klimpke Ms. Elaine Knight Mr. Bruce Knoll '82 Mr. and Mrs. Kerry Knudsen '78 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kochan Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Kolt '82 Mr. Benoit Kolt '14 Mr. Robert Kolt '68 Mr. James Komishon '76 Mr. Jason Kopytko '88 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Koshowski Mr. Jose Pereira and Ms. Edith Kovacs Mr. Evan Wilcosh and Ms. Andrea Kowal Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kratt Mr. Roger Krawzuk '63 Mr. and Mrs. Gestur Kristjansson '86 Mr. and Mrs. Glen Krush '85 Ms. Tracey Kucheravy Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kukelko Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kulyk Mr. Chuck Lafleche Mr. and Mrs. Michael Lagace '76 Ms. Janine Lambert Mr. and Mrs. Mark Lamont Hon. Otto Lang Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery Laping '89 Mrs. Bev Laping Mr. and Mrs. Bill Latimer Mrs. Bonnie Lawson Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lee Ms. Catherine Leiendecker Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Leong Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lewin Dr. Brian Lim '86 Dr. and Mrs. Jack Lipkin Mr. Nicholas Louizos '97 Mr. Jeffrey Gerwing and Mrs. Nicky Louizos Gerwing
Mr. Daniel Lussier '00 Mr. Guoxiang Ma and Ms. Li Yin Mr. and Mrs. Gennaro Macchia '88 Mr. Luca Macchia '89 Mr. Sean MacDonald '81 Mr. and Mrs. Miles Macdonell '90 Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Macdonell '92 Mr. and Mrs. Douglas MacInnes '89 Mr. and Mrs. Keith MacLaren Mr. William MacMillan and Ms. Monique Marcker Mr. and Ms. Peter Maconachie '83 Mr. and Mrs. Jon Madden Mr. Myron Majcher '90 Mr. and Mrs. Non Marana Mr. J. Lindsay Marrin '49 Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Martens Mr. and Ms. Delfin Martin Dr. Eddsel Martinez '95 Mr. Keith Swinton and Mrs. Patricia Maruschak Mr. Oscar Marx '76 Mr. and Mrs. John Mascarenhas Mr. and Mrs. Tomas Masi Mr. Tomas Masi '02 Mr. Wadim Matochko '02 Mr. Christopher Mattern '97 Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Mattes Mr. and Mrs. Greg Matthew '72 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Maurice Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mayda '54 Mr. Shaun McCaffrey '78 Ms. Dawne McCance Mr. and Mrs. William McCance '61 McCor Management Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Ryan McCullough Mr. Scott McDonald '87 Mrs. Laura McDonald Mr. and Mrs. Keith McDowell Mr. and Mrs. Randy McElhoes Mr. Kevin McGarry '70 Ms. Linda McGarva-Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Dan McInnis '76 Mr. Blaine McKillip '80 Mr. Lucas McKim '09 Mr. and Mrs. Craig McLean Mr. and Mrs. Christopher McLeod Mr. Shawn McLeod and Ms. Darcy Dansereau Ms. Darlene Meakin Mr. Yohannes Ghebregiorgis and Mrs. Akberet Mebrahtu Mr. John Menary '68 The Hon. and Mrs. Gerald Mercier '59 Mr. Robert Merello '89 and Ms. Erin McCance Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Mesman '62 Mr. Jorge Esteves and Ms. Rosa Militano Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Miller Ms. Cressida Mills Mr. Robert Miln '88 Mr. Michael Misener '86 Mr. Steve Miville '73 M.L.A. - Tuxedo Mr. Faiz Mohy Ud Din and Mrs. Kashfeen Faiz Ms. Rebecca Mollard Mr. and Ms. Phillip Mollot Mr. and Mrs. Alan Monasterski Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Moore Ms. Kerri Moore Mr. Frank Morrison Mrs. Shawn Morrison Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Morton Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Mota Mr. and Mrs. Ajay Moudgil Prof. George Murphy '47 Mr. and Mrs. Ray Muzychuk Mr. and Mrs. William Myers Mr. Gary Timlick and Mrs. Aideen Nash Mr. and Mrs. Karl Nekrep '66 Mr. Garth Nemy '78 Mrs. Carol Neufeld Dr. Nicholas Newman '72 Mr. David Guberman and Mrs. Joni Nikolov Mr. and Mrs. Emeka Nnadi Mr. and Mrs. Heinrich Nolting Mr. and Mrs. Patrick O'Connor '58 Mr. Jeffrey O'Driscoll '86 Mr. Joseph Ogoms and Ms. Laura Kwiatkowski Mr. and Dr. Don O'Hara
your support changes lives Mr. Leslie Oliver '57 Mr. and Mrs. Sean Olson Dr. John and Dr. Chukwudumebi Onyiuke Mr. and Mrs. Darren Ostapovich Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ostermann '57 Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Ostermann '58 Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ostermann '56 Mr. and Mrs. John Ostermann Mr. Pat O'Toole '71 Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church and Catholic Women's League Dr. and Mrs. Richard Palahniuk Mrs. Francine Panagapko Mr. Dillon Panagapko '00 Mr. Byungtaek Park and Mrs. Hyunju Son Mr. Steven Pataki '77 Mr. and Mrs. Russell Patterson Mr. Thomas Patterson '78 Mrs. Marcia Pawlyshyn Mr. Brian Payne '63 Mr. Neil Payne '56 Mr. Warren Peabody '09 Mr. Richard Pelda '69 and Ms. Mary Louise Bemister Ms. Audrey Penner Mr. Joe Grande and Mrs. Elvira Pepe Mr. Dennis Perko '72 Mr. and Mrs. Jean-Pierre Perron Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Peterson '65 Mrs. Leigh-Anne Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Gary Petrie Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Piche Mr. and Mrs. Ken Pidhirniak Mr. John McGoey '69 and Ms. Celma Pinto Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pisa '60 Dr. Jan Plaizier and Dr. Paula Azevedo Mr. Clifford Poirier '54 Ms. Flora Poirier Mr. and Mrs. Chris Polakoff Rev. Robert Polz '80 Mr. Gilles Ponsin and Mrs. Celine Malawski-Ponsin Mr. and Mrs. Jim Prendergast Mr. Aidan Prenovault '14 Mr. Paul Prenovault '79 Mr. and Ms. Douglas Proven Mr. and Mrs. Greg Psooy '81 Mr. and Ms. Peter Pura '86 Mr. and Mrs. Kuldip Rai Mr. Maurice Ratte '55 Mr. and Mrs. Chris Regehr Mr. and Mrs. John Restall Mr. Michael Richard Mrs. Yolanta Riel Dr. Ken Ringaert '74 Mr. Richard Rino '13 Mr. and Mrs. R. Robert Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roblin Mrs. Susan Robson Mr. J. M. Rochon '65 Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Rodrigue '67 Mr. Derek Rolstone '86 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Romani Ms. Lesley Romanyshyn Mr. and Mrs. Geronimo Romero Mrs. Sherri Ross Mr. Anthony Rowan '78 Royal LePage Dynamic Real Estate Mr. and Mrs. Colin Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sabourin Mr. and Mrs. David Sachvie Mr. and Ms. Felix Sandron '74 Mr. and Mrs. Purna Satpathy Mr. and Mrs. Jean-Paul Savoie Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schlingerman '62 Mr. and Mrs. James Schroeder Dr. Frank Schweizer and Dr. Teruka Nishikawa Mr. James Scollan '59 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Scott '85 Mr. Marius Scott '02 Mr. Simon Scott '10 Ms. Kristine Seier Mr. and Ms. Robert Semchyshyn Mr. Matthew Semchyshyn '09 Mr. and Mrs. Len Seredynski '59 Mr. and Mrs. Al Seredynski '63 Mr. Ian Shannon '79 and Mrs. Kora Otto-Shannon
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Diversifying the School Community new era, new challenges by johnston smith '67
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n the last issue, I traced the history around the financial crisis which St. Paul’s faced from roughly 1964-1977. This crisis was rooted in the school’s not in a timely way realizing the full gain from the sale of its old property at Memorial and Ellice and was exacerbated by low enrolments. The debt and revenue problem was stabilized and then eliminated through the efforts of a group of dedicated supporters of St. Paul’s under the dogged leadership of Rev. Joseph Driscoll, S.J., head of school from 1966-1972. The story of how the school grew its enrolment continues here.
committee on change In 1967 the school graduated 59 students. Only a handful of these were not Catholic (I know this because this was my year!) and the class included the only visible minority student in the whole school. In 1975, of the 66 graduates 7 were visible minorities. By the 1980s, the “face” of the student body had changed considerably. Why this change? Just as the drive to make the school financially solvent was driven by the local community (with the support, of course, of Fr. Driscoll and the Principal, Fr. St. Clare A. Monaghan, S.J.) so was the drive to increase enrolment. The first initiative involved the Winnipeg-area Catholic elementary students. Lay teachers such as Nick Laping and George Dawson in 1968 began visiting Catholic grade eight classes to talk about the benefits of a SPHS education. They were soon joined by committed parents such as Lorne and Martha Evans as the program expanded to actual parishes, including those without schools. On a Sunday, one of the Jesuits would say Mass and a parent or teacher would talk about the school to mass attenders. George Dawson recalls, “Athletics were a great attraction. We even let students who had not yet reapplied attend Crusader football tryouts before school opened and Fr. Monaghan would come out and encourage them to re-enroll.” Another change started in 1970 with the arrival of Asian students, mostly from Hong Kong but latterly from Korea and Malaysia. It seems that there was no active recruitment on the school’s part of these students, who mostly came for Grade 11 and 12, but some students of the day believe that it was word-of-mouth from local people of Asian background encouraging their relatives to send their older sons here for a good education that would improve their English skills. But one of the greatest contributions to the school’s growing diversity came from the support of Winnipeg’s Jewish community. On the school’s Board in that crucial Driscoll period were Jerry Feigelman, a noted businessman and Sol Kanee, a prominent lawyer and president of the Canadian Jewish Congress. Fr. Obrigewitsch observes, “The Jewish
community connected with the Catholic community over their common desire for some measure of provincial support for their faith-based schools.” Another probable factor was that, at that time, Tuxedo was the neighbourhood of many Jewish families. Stephen Rosenfield ’72 believes that there were two kinds of Jewish boys attracted to St. Paul’s. “The first were the very bright guys attracted by the first-class education. For example, my friend Peter Druxerman won the Governor-General’s Gold Medal in 1971.” With a wry smile, he continued, “I was one of the other sort: guys for whom the public schools were just not working. For me, St. Paul’s was a place I felt I truly belonged. I was a person at St. Paul’s while at my old public school I had felt like a number.” The advent of more non-Catholic students spurred the school to look at its curriculum. The school’s religion program had remained much the same as it had been for the decades when the school was overwhelmingly Catholic. Rev. Eric Jensen, S.J., taught English and religion during the seventies and early eighties. He recalls, “When I arrived in 1974, only the Catholic students took it [religion] and were seen as using it to pull up their marks. The nonCatholic students did not take it and so got free study periods (which the others saw as helping them pull up their marks). I believe it was Pedro Arrupe (then the General Superior of the Jesuits) who suggested to the principal that we focus on values. Thus, was born the Values Department, with courses which everyone had to take and for which they got not marks but a letter grade (without that grade they could not get a report card or graduate). The courses involved Old Testament stories in Grade 9 (Joseph and his brothers, etc.), New Testament (Gospels and Acts) in Grade 10, and moral and social values courses in 11 and 12. The lay staff were also involved in the teaching, and not just the Jesuits.” This created a program which all students could take, a program which was responsive to the spirit of the Vatican Council’s stress on interfaith dialogue. It also removed a very visible division between the schools Catholic and non-Catholic students. This innovation also saw the beginning of the Christian Service Program which over the ensuring decades grew to be a fundamental and compulsory aspect of the school’s goal to create “Men for and with Others.” But in 1973, enrolment was still “touch-and-go.” With the decline in Jesuit vocations, the school increasingly was being staffed by lay people and lay teachers cost more than did Jesuits! The school created a “Committee on Change” whose mandate was to explore ways of increasing applications, especially among the Catholic community. This committee considered having the school go co-ed and/or having the school add Grades 7 and 8. However, these options were rejected because at their root they were a sort of “beggar-your-neighbour” strategy which could have weakened St. Mary’s Academy and also the parochial schools.
"the Jesuits recognized the importance of collaboration with the lay people in the St. Paul’s mission. the Jesuit approach was to empower others to find solutions and to welcome the expertise"
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Larry Franz, teacher through the seventies and principal during the midto-late eighties comments, “I was glad that we rose above this temptation and instead decided to focus on altering our own approaches to reflect ‘the Spirit of the Times.’” A third change started to make itself felt during the late seventies. The Filipino community had been growing in Winnipeg yet it was until 1974 that the first Filipino student attended the school. Beginning in the late seventies more and more Filipino faces start appearing in yearbooks. Fr. Sam Argenziano, pastor of St. Edward’s Parish during the eighties, reflects on this change in the school’s population: “The Filipino community is very much like the Southern Italian community: there is a huge stress on religion, family and education. Parents sacrifice anything to get their kids well educated.” Initially, the students were sons of professionals but soon this changed. With the school’s new financial stability, priorities were adapting. Fr. David Creamer, SJ, who became head of school in 1982, was a powerful advocate for promoting the school’s bursary program in order to accommodate students of more modest means. Together with Board Chair Michael Leipsic, he made bursaries more available and members of the Catholic Filipino community were the principal beneficiaries.
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Paths of discovery Fr. Creamer was also able to focus on improvement of the school’s facilities. Under his leadership, the school launched its “Paths of Discovery” initiative whose goal was to raise funds to improve the outdated science labs and to convert the now close-to-empty Jesuit residence to school use. With the improvement in enrolment, the school needed increased instructional space. Four new classrooms (including a biology lab) plus preparation space for the growing lay faculty were achieved. The eighties created the moment for Joe Stangl’s vision of a redress of the injustice perpetrated on Catholic schools by the infamous Manitoba School’s Question. But that story must wait for another time!
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reflection As I reviewed the documents of this era and spoke with a number of the people who lived through it, what impressed me most was how thoroughly and completely the Jesuits recognized the importance of collaboration with the lay people in the St. Paul’s mission. Constantly, the Jesuit approach was to empower others to find solutions and to welcome the expertise which the Society might have lacked. St. Ignatius Loyola was very concerned that “his men,” with their hyper-education and extensive formation, ran the risk of becoming puffed up with pride and so the saint insisted that an essential aspect of their formation was the imitation of the total humility of Christ Our Lord, who, although being God, did not cling to his divinity but, rather, taking the form of a slave, entered into the weakness of our humanity. It has been this humility of our SPHS Jesuits which has enabled and empowered our school’s transformation into an institution operated almost entirely by lay people. Let us pray that in this new era of lay leadership of St. Paul’s we might imitate the humility and devotion to mission of our Jesuit predecessors. AMDG
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5 1 Fr. Arrupe S.J. & Student 2 Lay Teachers with Fr. Paul Crouch S.J. 3 Science Lab Architectural Rendering, Pathways of Discovery, 1988 4 Larry Franz, c. 1980 5 Fr. David Creamer, S.J. c. 1980 Photos: St. Paul's High School Yearbooks & Archive
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Congratulations to Len Sitter ’61 on being inducted into the Football Manitoba Hall of Fame! Randy Van de Mosselaer ’86, Alumni Affairs Manager, interviewed Len to discuss the sacrifices made, the plays planned, and the students impacted. Len was a mentor, coach, teacher, and friend. View the full interview on the St. Paul’s YouTube channel.
Mark Corbett ’77 has retired after many years with Great-West Financial in Denver, CO. Mark oversaw corporate investment strategy worldwide. Congratulations!
George Goulet ’51 and his wife Terry are authors, historians, and public speakers on the subject of the Canadian aboriginal group, the Metis. They have spoken across Canada, the United States, at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Cambridge. Together, they have authored over nine books. Copies of their books can be found at all Winnipeg Public Libraries and Winnipeg Universities. George is particularly proud that he “scored the only touchdowns in the November 1949 Provincial High School football championship in which St. Paul’s defeated the defending champion Daniel Mac 13-0. Go, Crusaders Go!”
Jim Egan ’77 currently resides in Toronto, ON after many years with Ernst Young in London, England. Jim recently got together with the Class of ’77 for Christmas Eve; Bayne Robertson, Don Gosselin, Dickson Gould, Andre Bosc, Joe Carey, Steve Pataki, David Galbraith and Jim are pictured below.
1968 Lou Furlan ‘68 is pictured (sporting jersey #27) with his teammates at the U of M Homecoming as the 1969/1970 Bison Vanier Cup team is inducted into the Canada West University’s Hall of Fame.
1954 Clifford Poirier ‘54 and his wife Donalee celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary on June 13, 2019. They are enjoying retirement in East St. Paul, MB. They are the proud Grandparents of Cole Lysak '20, who is in his final year at St. Paul’s. Clifford was employed in the Grain Industry for 38 years.
1976 Dr. Peter MacDonald ’76 pictured with Winnipeg Blue Bomber’s Chris Streveler and Michael Couture after the Grey Cup Victory.
Andrew Mikolajewski ’77 retired from the Winnipeg Police Service. In his retirement, Andrew wrote the book, “Stoppel,” which explores what went wrong in the investigation of one of Manitoba’s most notorious murder cases, Barbara Stoppel. Andrew had a considerable hand in the correction of injustice, and the exoneration of Thomas Sophonow. Major Christopher J. Pybus, CD ‘77, currently resides in Ottawa, ON and retired from Her Majesty’s Canadian Armed Forces in November 2019. He has served the Queen and country with the Royal Canadian Logistics Service for the past 32+ years. Chris started a new job with Veterans Affairs Canada as an administration services officer in October.
1982 Charles Scerbo ‘76, Guy Bourbonniere '79 are pictured with Brian Bowman at the Grey Cup in Calgary, AB.
1960 Thomas P. Dooley ’60 (SPC ’65, ’69) was honoured with the inaugural Magis Prize for Influence and Leadership by St. Paul’s College. Dooley was selected for his participation and passion in his area of expertise and for serving the community in various leadership capacities. Dooley is an active leader in the Manitoba community.
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Alexander Du ’82 currently resides in Toronto, Ontario. He left Bell TV as in-house legal counsel in 2014 and is now working for Salt and Light TV as their Chief Operating Officer. He is married with two boys, ages 18 & 19.
1986 After 18 years with Richardson International, Paul Beaudry ’86 co-founded ourCIO, which provides organizations with IT management, leadership and strategy.
1988 Last year, Farmery Estate Brewing (owned by Lawrence Warwaruk ’88) was designated as a star attraction by Travel Manitoba and now hosts 20,000 visitors annually through its Neepawa, MB farm/brewery.
2000 Matthew Stanicky ’00 and his wife Trish welcomed a beautiful baby boy into the world last July. Luke Joseph George Stanicky was born on July 18 in Calgary, AB, at 7 lbs and 5 ounces. Craig White ’00 and his wife Kathryn gave birth to their first child Rowan on March 24, 2020. All are doing well!
2007 Tom Barnicki ’07 married Kelsey Pooles in October 2019 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Pictured Brian Hodge ’07, Scott Greenhalgh ’06, Quinn Castlelane ’13, Dom Guertin ’13, Ryan Coates ’07, Brett Castlelane ’10, Thomas Barnicki ’07, Anthony Del Vecchio ’07, Mike Guertin ’76, Dan Vis ’07, Sam Guertin ’11, Nirbir Grewal ’07.
Al Turnbull ’09 recently graduated from the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law and was hired by Aird & Berlis LLP in Toronto. Before coming to Ontario for law school, he graduated with Distinction from the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics and Political Studies.
2010 Kole Knudsen ’10 graduated with a Juris Doctor from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 2018 and is articling with Cassidy Ramsay Law in Winnipeg and will be called to the bar in June 2020.
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Congratulations to Jess Neufeld ’11, who will be competing in the Four Continents Speed Skating Championships on behalf of Team Canada.
Jessey Camara ’91, currently resides in Tsawwassen, BC with his wife Natalie and daughter Madelyn. Jessey recently started a business, BMI Advisory Services which offers an innovative way for Mortgage Brokers to offer their clients level-term insurance solutions. Jessey also sits on the board of directors for the Canadian Mortgage Brokers Association of British Columbia.
2009 Nicholas Gladu ’09 currently resides in Galiano Island, BC. Nicholas is opening a restaurant focused on sharing the best produce from the West Coast.
1995 Artist Pat Lazo ’95 is the artistic director for Graffiti Art Programming; taking his cues from the Winnipeg Window Gallery Project, Pat stapled 15 metres of white house wrap to his exterior fence and over the course of several days painted a mural. His community art installation titled “this too shall pass” shares a colourful message of hope with his neighbourhood during COVID-19.
Kirk Knudsen ’09 graduated with a Juris Doctor from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 2016 and is currently articling with Pinx & Co. in Winnipeg. Kirk will be called to the bar in June. Gabe McKenty ’09 is a welder and is currently attending school for Occupational Health & Safety. Gabe & Ashley are expecting their first child in October 2020. Steve Setka ’09 has been selected as a member of the Canadian Men’s Aussie Rules Football team travelling to Australia to play in the International World Cup of Australian Football. Steve is the president of AFL Manitoba and has created a program for schools, community groups, adults, and children alike.
Rambel Palsis ’11 is an occupational therapist for the Rehabilitation Centre for Children. He currently runs programming for children and families who are impacted by fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. He is also working with the University of Manitoba, researching accessibility within our communities. Mike St. Croix ’11, has partnered with a Covello Financial Group in Toronto, Ontario. In his free time, he is involved in a tech start-up and manages a few rental properties in Winnipeg. Nick Yogendran ’11 is currently pursuing a career in movie making. Nick is currently working on a film with Liam Neeson.
2012 Vilok Guliani ’12 currently resides in Montreal, QC and is an Actuarial Analyst for The Co-operators Insurance Company.
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Owen Black ’14 is working towards his Creative Communications designation at Red River College.
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2015 Luke Sperry ’15, just completed his BSc in mechanical engineering and is commencing his MSc. Luke currently resides in Edmonton, AB.
In Memoriam
Paul Vincent Adams ’37, father of Paul '72, Mark ’75, Christopher ’78, and David ’80, grandfather of Jordan ’03, Matthew ’07 and Oliver '14 Benjamin Bieber, father of John ’79 and David ’85
2020 Congratulations to Calvin Sun ’20, who received the Queen's University Chancellor’s Scholarship, and Robbie Gerstner ’20, who received the Western University President’s Entrance Scholarship! Collectively, they were awarded over $100,000 in scholarship funding.
Lance Bourgeois ’78 Ivano Buccini ’66 Armando Camara, father of George ’88 and Jessey ’91, and Amanda, Director of Admissions & Marketing, grandfather of Austin Tavares ’21 Paul Cholakis ’46, brother of John ’45, Harry ’46 and Chris ’49, father of Ernest ’80, Costa ’85 and Elias ’87, grandfather of Alexander ’21 Eduardo Cornejo, father of Paulo Cornejo '20 Edmund Coughlin ’49, father-in-law of Bob Thiessen ’76, grandfather of Cooper Thiessen '09 Grant Davis ‘94 Victor Ferrier ‘65 Norman Walter Fox Decent, father of Evan ’85 and Chris '87
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n celebration of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ 2019 Grey Cup championship, this article will explore the early relationship between the CFL team and our St. Paul’s Crusaders.
Blue Bomber legacy at st. paul's The organization of the St. Paul's Crusaders during the 1931-1932 school year coincided with the formation of the Winnipeg Football Club, or the ‘Pegs, in the early 1930s. The development of the club - which was renamed the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 1936 - attracted many skilled rugby-football players to Winnipeg. With their dedication to the sport, several of these early players became involved with local high school teams, including the St. Paul's Crusaders
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According to our archival sources, the relationship officially began in 1932 when the high school team was coached by 'Pegs player, Francis ‘Toots’ Wiggins. Following Wiggins’s short stint as coach, the team was taken over by revered footballer, Greg Kabat. Kabat coached the Crusaders from 1933 to 1940, with a short break in 1936 to coach the younger teams. Under Kabat’s guidance, the Crusaders won the Manitoba Schools Rugby League championship title six times. This success was complemented by the 'Pegs' own, as the team won their first official Grey Cup in 1935. With Kabat’s departure from both teams, several Blue Bomber players succeeded him, serving in the role of coach and assistant coach. Counted amongst these ranks were Wayne Sheley (coached 1941-1942), Ches McCance (1943), Cam Doherty (1934-1935, 1946-1947), Harry Fitzgibbons (1948), Dean Bandiera (1951-1952), and Joe Zaleski (1954). A number of these coaches had a history as both a Blue Bomber and Crusaders player, including Steve Shiska ’33 (1936), Larry Desjardins ‘41 (1945, 1947-1950), Kas Vidruk ’42 (1944), and George Depres ’46 (19471950). The long-term relationship lasted until the mid-1950s when Joe Zaleski was picked up by the Montreal Alouettes. Since then, Crusaders coaches have been chosen from amongst faculty, alumni, and community members. Recently, this historic connection was revived as former Blue Bombers defensive back, Kevin Fogg, served as an assistant coach during the 2017-2018 season.
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The early history of the St. Paul’s Crusaders football team will be explored in a new display in the Paul Albrechtsen MultiPlex, opening in the Spring of 2020. Please direct any inquiries to the St. Paul’s High School Archive via email at sphsarchives@stpauls.mb.ca.
1.Late 1940s Crusaders with coach, c. 1947 2. Coach Wayne Sheley with Ted Korenko and Freddie Miller, c. 1942 3. Coach ‘Toots’ Wiggins, c. 1932-1933 4. Coach Greg Kabat, c. 1930s 5. Coach Larry Desjardins, Photo Courtesy of the Winnipeg Tribune Fonds, University of Manitoba Archives
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