Alumni News

Catholic Schools Week Alumni Mass

Alumni fathers and grandfathers of current students joined in the traditional Celebration of the Mass during Catholic Schools Week in late January.

Class of 2015 - Current Seniors

Front row; Dr. Ray Skowronski (‘74), Ray Skowronski, Jr. (‘15), Sal Simone (‘74), Mario Simone (‘15), John Kravitz (‘81), Alex Kravitz (‘15), Joseph Caruana (‘15), Paul DiTrapani (SJ ‘55). Back row; Matt Loria (‘89), Luke Loria (‘15), Richard Muckle (‘78), Richard Muckle (‘15), Matt Jozefczk (‘15), Paul Jozefczyk (‘83), Nick Jozefcyk (‘15).

Class of 2016 - Current Juniors

Front row; Mario Izzi (‘90), Mario Izzi Jr. (‘16), Patrick Walters (‘84), Kyle Walters (‘16), David Malik (‘86), David Malik (‘16), William Prince (‘80), Michael Prince (‘16), John Miscavich (‘80), Jonathan Miscavich (‘16). Back row; Paul Wilk (‘85), Josh Wilk (‘16), Joe Hallman (‘88), Joey Hallman (‘16), Craig Griffin (‘87), Harrison Griffin (‘16), Joe LoGrasso (‘84), Vincent LoGrasso (‘16), Paul Brillati (‘90), Jonathan Brillati (‘16).

Class of 2017 and Class of 2018 - Current Sophomores and Freshmen

Front row; Joe Hallman (‘88), Liam Hallman (‘18), Jamie Sciturro (‘83), Dominic Sciturro (‘17), Roger Berent (‘92), Ethan Berent (‘18), Paul DiTrapani (SJ ‘55), Michael Caruana (‘18). Back row; Jason Groth (‘91), Kenneth Morelli (‘18), Jeffrey Wiegand (‘77), Kyle Wiegand (‘17), Bill Iacona (‘88), Ben Iacona (‘18).

Alumni News

Alumnus Josh Stockton’s Gold Cash Gold Named One of Detroit’s Top Ten New Restaurants

With a culinary career that has taken him all over the country for the last dozen years, Josh Stockton (‘01) recently returned to Detroit. He opened Gold Cash Gold in Corktown, in mid-December. Operating in a former pawn shop, which the building’s owners renovated over a two-year period, Gold Cash Gold has quickly become a destination spot, and was named one of the area’s Top Ten New Restaurants in February 2015. The menu is seasonal, using locally sourced, house-made, farm-to-table dishes. Josh says one of his earliest culinary influences was his grandfather’s farm in Tennessee, where he and his family went for holidays. The farm had hundreds of cattle, pigs, and turkeys, a smokehouse and canning house. “It’s where I first learned you use what’s available and what’s around you.” Josh’s father, James, a longtime chef and restaurant manager in the Detroit area, now lives in Tennessee at the farm once owned by his maternal great-grandmother. Josh gets the pigs he uses for menus at Gold Cash Gold from his father’s farm. Josh’s mother, Kathleen, recently retired from dentistry and is

working with James to get the farm going full-time. Following the reclaimed/re-use theme in the pre-20th century building, located on Wabash and Michigan, the restaurant features long wooden beams from an old warehouse for seating along the walls, as well as a wooden floor from the gymnasium of the now closed Hosmer Elementary School in Detroit. During the renovation, Josh and his partners discovered usable wood walls under years of paint and plaster. That wood has been lathed into slats for the ceiling. Josh lives in a large loft apartment above the restaurant. After high school, Josh attended the Culinary Institute of America (CIA). With that training, his career has included jobs at top restaurants and hotels in Las Vegas, and at the worldfamous Blackberry Farm in Tennessee.

Josh says many of the vendors he deals with knew his father, and many have

DLS connections.

Gold Cash Gold, at 2100 Michigan Ave., is open for lunch and dinner. Visit the website at goldcashgolddetroit.com

Alumni News

The Class of 2003, with a little help from 2002, won the 2015 Alumni Basketball Tournament. Eight teams competed in the day-long Saturday tournament in early March to kick off the state playoffs. Thanks to Joe Novak, who teaches Math at DLS and also coaches, for organizing the tournament. Photo: Dennis Czuchaj, Jeff Grauzer (‘02), Joe Novak, Jason Blickensdorf, Mike Gulewicz, Joe Colagiovani, and Joe Konrad.

The 1994-95 basketball team honored at a home basketball game in early February. Photo: Jason McGavin (‘95), Mike Martel (‘95), Michael Jolet (‘96), Jeff Graus (‘95), and Anthony Lodato (‘95). John Povlitz Jr. (‘42) recently celebrated his 90th birthday. Ron Parker (‘51) lives in Naples, FL. Ron has recently had some health issues, but is now feeling better. Dr. James Louwers (‘54) recently lost his daughter-inlaw Barbara Louwers, wife of his son Dr. Timothy Louwers, a professor at James Madison University in Virginia. John DeSmedt (‘78), son of Jim DeSmedt (‘47) is married with two children and has been living in Charlotte, North Carolina for the last seven years. His wife Judy is the niece of Ed Wojcik (‘57). John has a successful real estate business. Jared Suminski (‘10) graduated from Ferris State University in May 2014 with a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice. Jared is working as a Corrections Officer for the Macomb County Sheriff’s Department.

The Class of 1954 gathered for its 60th reunion in the fall of 2014.