2020 Koinonia Academy Gala Journal

10TH A N NUA L GA LA An evening of hope

TO INSPIRE COURAGEOUS LIVES OF PERSONAL HOLINESS, VIRTUE, AND WISDOM THROUGH AUTHENTIC CATHOLIC EDUCATION

INSPIRAR VIDAS VALIENTES COMPREMETIDAS CON LA SANTIDAD PERSONAL, LA VIRTUD, Y LA SABIDURÍA A TRAVÉS DE UNA AUTÉNTICA EDUCACIÓN CATÓLICA

THE EVENING PROGRAM Master of Ceremonies Dr. Gregory Floyd (‘03) Why KA? Faith Alive on Campus Student Witness Valentina Valencia, Class of 2021 Lumen Christi Award Fr. Manoel Oliveira A Catholic Classical Liberal Arts Curriculum Alumni Legacy Award Edward Moccia (‘99) Paraclete Award Susan Minogue Messages from the KA Community School Update Allan Wright Alumni Remarks Chris D’Amato (‘20) From the President Greg Allen, Board of Trustees President

Dear Koinonia Academy Family and Guests, Tonight we celebrate God’s faithfulness to us as well as the faithfulness of so many who believe in our mission. While we adapt to the challenges of online learning and virtual teaching during this Covid-19 pandemic, know that our mission never waivers. To proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord.

Koinonia Academy changed dramatically along with the rest of the country on March 13, 2020 as we followed the local and State directives to quarantine and to stay home. These protocols forced us to scramble to teach online and virtually. That change was difficult and messy at times. Today, thanks to our “Safe Return to School” committee, we are on campus in person, growing closer to God together. We are equipped with cameras in the classrooms, set up with Google Classroom and we smoothly transition to online learning for those students who are learning at home. Families who need computers are given a laptop so they don’t miss out on school.

In addition to implementing technology improvements, KA has transitioned to a new curriculum based on the Classical education model. Our teachers worked tirelessly to learn how to implement this new, yet traditional model, of teaching our children how to think. Workshops, seminars and conventions were attended online and we are now implementing this Classical Education throughout our curriculum. Latin, Logic, Art, Forensics and Music appreciation are a few of our new offerings along with the traditional courses we now teach using the Classical method. Woven through everything we do, whether it be US History, ELA, Science and the Arts, the truth, beauty and goodness of our Catholic faith is taught as our foundation, holding everything else in place.

Our spiritual life at KA continues to ground us in our relationship with Jesus Christ and with His Blessed Mother. Our faith is a lived reality that our students participate in and assist through our daily prayer experiences. For Koinonia Academy to continue to be a ‘light to the world,’ we need your support. I’m grateful for all of you that share in our mission and give generously as the Lord calls you to support us financially and through prayer and fasting.

In Christ, Allan F. Wright, Principal, Koinonia Academy

BOARD OF Gregory Allen, President Dr. Gregory P. Floyd, Member John Camargo, Vice President Fr. John Gordon, Member Jim Keller, Secretary Marc Hudock, Member Phillip Tomasello, Treasurer Catherine Pagano, Member Lisa Clemente, Member Valerie Torkelson, Member

TRUSTEES

Dear Friends of Koinonia Academy, Who am I? Who am I meant to be? These are fundamental questions, crying out for an answer. It is the individual understanding of these questions (and their answers) that determines where we go as a culture and as a society. At KA, we seek to help families to give their children the foundation needed to answer these questions, and to withstand those many forces seeking to confuse or distract. Our new Catholic Classical curriculum is a powerful encouragement and support to allow us to fulfill this mission of authentic Catholic education.

Now more than ever we need courageous witnesses to our faith, through lived out lives of personal holiness. Our daily prayer time of worship, witness, and adoration is made more difficult by the need to socially distance, but God’s generosity cannot be outdone, as He continues to visit and sustain His people. Our children bear the fruit of receiving a solid education in a Christ-filled environment, where all the teachers and staff are true examples of this lived-out faith.

In this very challenging year, I have been so impressed by the dedication of the teachers and staff, and their willingness to put in the extraordinary effort required not just to adopt a new curriculum, but to work with all of the necessary restrictions and precautions needed to protect our school community. All have persevered and practiced patience in order to keep instructing, loving, and forming our students.

We thank our honorees tonight for their dedicated service to their families and to our faith. Each of them is an inspiration in both their personal faith and their lives of sacrificial service. May God bless them and their loved ones!

Thank you for your continued support of KA. Your prayers and your sacrificial giving of time, talent, and treasure make it possible for us to continue to fulfill our mission, through the 36 years since our founding in 1984. Much has changed over that time, but much remains the same.

We are all still called to know, love, and serve God, and to love our neighbor as ourselves. Please continue to help us to inspire the next generation to live courageous lives of personal holiness, virtue, and wisdom, so they may, in the words of St. John Paul II, “work effectively for the evangelization of culture and for the common good of society.”

Please join me in praying the St. Michael Prayer every day, for our school, our families, and our Church.

God’s Peace, Gregory Allen, President, KA Board of Trustees

PAST HONOREES The Paraclete Award honoree is recognized for personal leadership and exemplary dedication in advancing the work of the Lord at Koinonia Academy.

Paraclete Dick Birmingham, 2011 Paul Giegerich, 2012 Pat Weyand, 2013 Tom Appert, 2014 Robert Filoramo, 2015 Daniel & Helen O’Mullan, 2016 The People of Hope Community, 2017 Ginny Gallic, 2018 Patricia Kinney, 2019

Lumen Christi Fr. Mariusz Koch, 2012 Fr. Peter Cebulka, 2013 Pamela Muller Swartzberg, 2014 Sean Flanagan, 2015 Msgr. Renato Grasselli, 2016 The Most Reverend John J. Myers, JCD, DD, 2017 Chris and Joan Andrews Bell, 2018 Gregory & Maureen Floyd, 2019

The Lumen Christi honoree shares a deep concern for the interests and welfare of all people, models a genuine and virtuous Catholic life and shines as a ‘light in the darkness.’

The Alumni Legacy honoree exemplifies the virtues which Koinonia Academy aims to foster in all of its graduates: a life and vocation marked by deep faith, strong character, and dedicated service.

Alumni Legacy Joy Touhill, 2012 Jim Campbell, 2013 Therese Floyd, 2014 Anne Touhill Cantine, 2015 Jonathan Camiolo, 2016 Alicia Doman Hernon, 2017 Timothy Margiotta, 2018 Sr. Christine Quense, SJH, 2019

EDWARD MOCCIA ALUMNI LEGACY AWARD Ed Moccia (KA ’99) is a New Jersey native born in Bergen County to Carl and Therese Moccia, the fifth of their nine children. His family moved to South Orange in order to be closer to the People of Hope community and to attend Koinonia Academy.

Ed is grateful to Koinonia for the foundation that it laid in his life. Dedicated teachers, small classes, and high academic goals helped him earn an academic scholarship to attend Rutgers University. More than teachers and classes, however, the environment at Koinonia contributed greatly to his mental and spiritual formation. KA was much more of a “big family” than an “institution” for him.

And while this big family was concerned about academics, it was also concerned about his spiritual formation and growth in personal character: “Teachers and staff knew me, personally. And they actually cared about me, not just my grades.” These examples of personal concern are what have stood the test of time. This environment enabled students to cultivate deep and lasting friendships. To this day, many of Ed’s friendships from Koinonia remain a support for him.

After graduating from Koinonia and before beginning at Rutgers, Ed spent nine months serving the poor with the Missionaries of Charity in the South Bronx and Washington, D.C. After his sophomore year, Ed spent a summer doing service through the People of Hope and the Summer Internship Program (“SIP”). During that summer, he lived with the Servants of the Word brotherhood and was introduced to St. Paul’s Outreach, an Catholic outreach to university students. While in college, Ed experienced a call to ministry that led him to switch his major from Pre-Med to Nursing and to help lead the Men’s House his final two years at Rutgers. After graduating from Rutgers with a Bachelor of Science (and summa cum laude!), Ed spent two years living with the Servants of the Word and discerning his vocation. He worked with University Christian Outreach at Michigan State University his first year and with Christ’s Youth in Action, in Manila, Philippines his second.

In 2007 Ed married his beautiful bride, Daria Yacykewych. He began work as a CardioThoracic Intensive Care Unit Nurse at Newark Beth Israel hospital and together they began a family. But it wasn’t long before he heard a call to ministry again and left his fulltime job at the hospital to help bring St. Paul’s Outreach to New Jersey. Like Koinonia, SPO does not simply run programs, but works to build a Catholic culture, evangelizing through personal relationships. It’s mission is to build authentic Catholic community on college campuses in a world starving for belonging, purpose, and meaningful friendships.

Ed works as SPO’s Northeast Regional Director. He is also a leader in the People of Hope community, has appeared on EWTN’s “Sunday Night Prime”, and is a frequent quest Relevant Radio to speak about evangelization. He has served on the Newark Archdiocesan Men’s & Women’s Commission and is a regular speaker for retreats, conferences, and parish event. Amidst a full life, Ed’s favorite role, by far, is being a husband and a father raising six young children alongside Daria. Koinonia laid the foundation for both these vocations.

SUSAN MINOGUE PARACLETE AWARD Susan Minogue was born in Teaneck, NJ to Don and Evelyn Rottmann and raised in Brick, NJ with her two brothers. She graduated from Brick Township High School and attended The College of Saint Elizabeth in Convent Station, NJ where she studied Music Education.

Susan’s love for music began at an early age when her dad, a professional drummer on the weekends, taught her “Heart and Soul” on the piano before she could even read. She began piano lessons at the age of six, at ten learned to play the flute, and continued to play both flute and piccolo throughout high school in Concert Band and Marching Band. Along the way she began playing Electric Piano in Stage Band and accompanying a weekly Mass at Epiphany Parish in Brick.

When Susan was sixteen, she went through a “Life in the Spirit” seminar and surrendered her life to Jesus Christ. From then on, her love grew for Jesus and the Catholic Church. During college, she became a member of the People of Hope and met her future husband, Jim Minogue while serving together in the music ministry. Jim and Susan were married in May 1985 at Saint Vincent Martyr Church in Madison, NJ. Music has always been an important part of Minogue family life, and Jim and Sue sought to cultivate musical gifts in their children. All seven Minogue children play an instrument and sing, and two have followed Susan in studying Music Education.

Playing music together has been one of the greatest blessings in their family life.

Susan’s relationship to Koinonia is as old as the school. She accompanied Tom Appert for the first Koinonia Choir concert in 1985 and continued on intermittently as her family grew. Eventually, it became routine for her children to attend choir rehearsals with a container of cheerios and a bottle of milk. It was clear that Susan and the KA Choir were a good fit, and she began travel on the choir’s annual Tour, sometimes while pregnant or nursing a baby! As her children went to school, her involvement with the choir increased and she began leading section rehearsals, picking out music, helping plan the choir tour, and whatever else was needed.

This past May, Jim and Susan celebrated their 35th wedding Anniversary. Together they enjoy kayaking, biking, travelling, and spending time with their family— especially their two granddaughters. Susan loves dancing too—especially line dancing! Susan is the organist at St. Mary’s – Stony Hill in Watchung, NJ, where she has been for over 10 years. She is grateful to her husband for his loving support of her service to Koinonia and the Church. She is also very grateful to God for family, friends, and all the opportunities He has given her to use her musical gifts. She is often encouraged by St. Paul’s exhortation to the Philippians: “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” (Phil. 4:13)

FR. MANOEL J. OLIVEIRA LUMEN CHRISTI AWARD Rev. Manoel J. Oliveira was born on January 25, 1970 in Januaria, Brazil to Jose Santana and Terezinha Oliveira. He was born at home, two hours away from the nearest hospital and four hours away from the nearest paved road. He was eight weeks premature and was baptized on the spot by his grandmother because he was not expected to survive. At that time, it was common to name a baby boy Manoel if he was very ill and might not live. Shortly after his birth, Fr. Manoel’s family moved to Brasilia, the new capital of the country, which was only ten years-old, but already had many problems. His parents welcomed eight more children into their family, adopting the last two.

Fr. Manoel grew up in a very violent neighborhood influenced by Liberation Theology.

For a number of years, his goal in life was earn a degree and get a good job. He studied Mathematics at the University of Brasilia where he earned a BA and MA. He taught high school math for seven years and at the Catholic University of Brasilia and the University of Brasilia for a semester.

Fr. Manoel met the Neo Catechumenal Way in 1991. Curiosity brought him to the meetings. He wanted to know why so many of his friends were going to Church on Saturday evenings instead of to parties. After two years of loose affiliation, Fr. Manoel fell in love with the Way during his first experience of their all-night Easter Vigil. Two years later he entered the next stage of catechetical formation called the First Scrutiny: “I could not believe how happy the brothers and sisters of my community were at the Easter Vigil and during the agape afterwards. That was heaven!”

A few years later, he was awarded a scholarship to complete his doctorate in Manchester, England. He was offered opportunities to teach at the University of Brasilia and two high schools in Brasilia and Goiania and was also planning to get married, but the Lord had other plans! The priest in charge of the Neo Catechumenal Way in Brazil died unexpectedly in a car accident. While attending his funeral, the Lord called Fr. Manoel again: “That funeral mass was a celebration of the resurrection. I experienced the same joy there that I experienced on my first all night Easter Vigil. A few days later I met the rector of the seminary, who had preached at the funeral, and I became convinced. From there I joined the seminary.”

Fr. Manoel was at Redemptoris Mater seminary in Brasilia for 3 years before arriving to the seminary in the archdiocese of Newark on October 16, 1998. He currently serves as Pastor at St. Mary’s parish in Plainfield, NJ. “Today I am grateful to the Lord for giving me dignity as a person, for saving me from my slavery to sin and money, and for giving me my vocation and the possibility to be part of the evangelization. I thank God also for the gift of the Neocatechumenal Way, which has taught me through all these years about the faith and the essence of Christianity the way Jesus presents it in the Sermon of the Mount.”

TONIGHT’S TABLE SPONSORS GOLD Paul (‘99) and Taryn Scarfone SILVER Gregory and Marites Allen BRONZE Dick and Claire Birmingham John Camargo Mark and Anne (‘06) Cantine Dr. Joseph and Lisa Clemente Matthew (‘03) and Erin (‘02) Clemente Dr. Gregory Floyd (‘03) Patrick (‘00) and Rebecca (‘05) Gallic Marc and Dawn Hudock Brian and Theresa Murray Chris and Catherine (‘11) Pagano Michael (‘01) and Anna (‘04) Temple Phil (‘03) and Esther Tomasello Jonathan (‘98) and Joy (‘95) Touhill Chris and Valerie Torkelson Quense & Crane Associates

Thank you for supporting us this evening!

THANK YOU TO OUR TEACHERS & STAFF Allan Wright, Principal Staff Salman Al Kotich Donna Guido Micaela Lang Lara Nasser Dawn Niemeyer Joseph Roberts

Teachers Maria Allen (‘07) Jennifer Dennis (‘05) Betsy Fierro Frank Guido Elizabeth Havrilla Cristina Imparato Patricia Kinney Sarah Knob Kristine Kurian Kelly Ludena Rebecca Marchinda Sonia Masterson Francesca Merendino Susan Minogue Mary Margaret Molnar Burk Ohbayashi Catherine Ohbayashi (‘09) Abigail Petritsch Sarah Postiglione Daniel Pulido Lazara Rivero Amy Skrzyniarz Peach Smith Kathy Waraksa Pat Weyand Christopher Yacone Louna Zeifallah

ALUMNI BETH GALLIC ‘89 After graduating KA in 1989, Beth began to pursue a nursing degree and began to work as a Cardiac/telemetry nurse in the summer of 1992. Although her scope of practice has changed over the years from cardiac nursing to postpartum/newborn care she continues to work at the bedside educating and caring for every patient placed in her path.

In 1994, Beth married fellow KA graduate Shawn Gallic and so began the adventure of a lifetime. Together they have welcomed 9 beautiful children into their family and spent the last 26 years raising them to know and love Christ. Beth continues to live in NJ and is an active member of her local parish. She splits her time between caring for her home, working as an RN and homeschooling her 3 youngest children

ALEX KUBIK ‘97 After graduating KA, Alex began studies at Montclair State University in Music Education. He transferred through City University of NY, St. Francis College Brooklyn, and Mercy College, eventually completing a BA from Thomas Edison State University.

During these years, he worked as a missionary in New York with various apostolates associated with the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, including Grassroots Films and Youth 2000 NY. He also made several mission trips to Jamaica with the Missionaries of the Poor, and taught music with the Brothers of the Christian Schools (de LaSalle). In 2005, Alex left his job at Trinity Retreat House in Larchmont, NY, and moved to Connecticut, where he met his wife, Joy, who he married a year later. While in CT, Alex worked for the National Catholic Register and Our Faith in Action Magazine. In 2013 he was hired as the Campus, Youth, and Young Adult Minister at St Louis Catholic Church, and they relocated to Alexandria, VA. Nearly four years later, Alex received a phone call from EWTN’s Dr David Anders, who said that he and Bishop Baker of the Diocese of Birmingham, Alabama, were creating a new office, and they had been given his contact info regarding it. Shortly after that the Kubiks relocated once again, and Alex became the Diocesan Director of Discipleship and Mission. The work includes training and supporting parish staff and volunteers in facilitating small group ministries, community building, and discipleship-focused apostolates, as well as coordinating Young Adult and Campus Ministry efforts for the Diocese.

Alex and Joy now have five children ranging from one to thirteen years old, three girls and two boys. Their oldest daughter plays the oboe in band, and Alex fondly remembers math classes at KA as he homeschools his daughters using the familiar Saxon math textbooks. When not at work or with the family, he is completing his Masters in Catechetics and Evangelization from the Franciscan University of Steubenville. He recalls fondly both the academic and spiritual formation he received at KA, both of which he uses every day.

SPOTLIGHT LIZ RATH ‘06 Elizabeth Rath Wentzel is a K-12 Koinonia Academy Graduate (class of 2006). She went on to study nursing and graduated from Villanova University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2010. She worked for six years at the bedside in orthopedic nursing in Philadelphia while discovering a passion for healthcare Performance Improvement. She pivoted to a role in Performance Improvement and Patient Safety and achieved a Six Sigma Green Belt certification. Before leaving the city to be closer to home, she was the Entity Patient Safety Officer at Penn Medicine Pennsylvania Hospital. She is now a Quality and Patient Safety Manager at Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital. She is currently enrolled at Drexel University in a Master of Science in Nursing in Healthcare Quality, Patient Safety, and Risk Management program.

Of all her roles, her absolute favorite has been being a wife to her husband Matt and a mother to her boys, Noah and Ronan. She lives, works, and frequents the local Aldi in horse farm country: Chester County, PA.

DR. DAVID TOUHILL ‘08 Like many Koinonia Academy students, Dave Touhill always dreamed of using his life to make an impact for the Kingdom. He left equipped and empowered to make that dream a reality. Out of high school, Dave earned a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from MTSU, then a Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Life University. While in grad school he developed a company called The Digital Architect, where he helped businesses move their products online. This opened opportunities for him to work with dozens of companies with a passion for changing the world— and eventually led to a close relationship with Dr. Josh Axe of Ancient Nutrition.

Today, Dr. Dave leads a high-powered mastermind alongside Dr. Axe—during which they consult with over 30 business owners on how to understand their God-given gifts, and then leverage those gifts to become more effective in their businesses. In addition, he and Dr. Axe participate in a men’s group of high-achieving Nashville entrepreneurs, which focuses on how to have a much more powerful impact on the world around them through servant leadership and strategic planning. Dave is also privileged to work alongside the Ancient Nutrition team for the last 3 years as the Director of Strategy.

PROVIDET SERVICE ASSOCIATES CONGRATULATES THIS YEAR’S HONOREES!

FR. MANOEL J. OLIVEIRA Lumen Christi Award

SUSAN MINOGUE Paraclete Award

EDWARD MOCCIA Alumni Legacy Award

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We are all so blessed to have been under her guidance during our time in the KA choir, and benefit from her outstanding musical talent and witness of faith.

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FR. MANOEL J. OLIVEIRA SUSAN MINOGUE EDWARD MOCCIA WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. Dear Ed, The seeds of your faith were gently watered and nurtured during your years at Koinonia Academy. Persevering in your walk with the Lord on the path of evangelization, your continued desire to bring souls to Christ persists to burn in your heart.

We are so proud of you, knowing that Jesus sees your fervor and daily leads you to introduce souls to His love and healing! May you continue to be a “light in the darkness” through your work in St. Paul’s Outreach.

With much love, Your Moccia family

Congratulations, Sue, on this very well deserved recognition! We are grateful for the years of service you gave to KA, particularly through the choir: we all have many fond memories of late night laughs and counseling sessions with you on Tour.

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Susan Minogue for your many years of dedication and service to Koinonia Academy!

Thank you for having been a second mom and ‘big sister’ for so many girls over the years!

We wish you all the best, with love from the girls of the Class of 2002 (The ‘Mary’ Class :-)

Dear Mrs. Minogue, Congratulations on receiving the Paraclete award! Words cannot express our gratitude for the gift of your teaching. Looking back on our high school years, the time spent in the choir room and our adventures on tour are some of our best memories. Thank you for the role that you played in these experiences!

Amidst learning harmonies and melodies, your bright presence and encouragement started our Tuesday and Thursday mornings off right. More than just a teacher and a brilliant pianist, you were a confidante and friend. Thank you for the countless ways that you encouraged us, listened to us, lifted us, and helped us to become better versions of ourselves.

You are truly deserving of this award – and on behalf of the countless students’lives that you have touched, we congratulate you!

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Susan Minogue, Thanks for always keeping us on rhythm and encouraging us!

We would lose our “piece” without your talented fingers!

We love you!!

Love The St. Mary’s Stony-Hill Choir

Congratulations to all the honorees!

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THANK YOU