Heritage Month Committee, Staff Writer for Gavel Media, and will conduct his own field research as part of the Community Research Program offered at BC. He has written two articles for Gavel Media so far on college admissions and school spirit which can be read by visiting http://bcgavel. com/author/frankie-bernard/). Frankie also operates his own blog named Bernard’s Block through WordPress.com. You can subscribe to his blog by visiting: bernardsblock.wordpress.com. Cara Esposito represented Saint Joseph’s University at the Northeast Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics held at Cornell University from January 18-20, 2013. Cara presented to fellow students in attendance. Visit http://www.news.cornell. edu/stories/Jan13/womenPhysics.html for more information.
2012
Grace Conrad competed for the St. Lawrence University Crew Team, rowing in the “Women’s Novice 4” boat that captured Liberty League and New York State Championships.
Faculty
Billy Bludgus is engaged to be married to Michelle O’Neill.
Christian Gregory completed his nearly 5,000 mile summer bike ride across the United States in an attempt to raise awareness about bullying in schools. His anti-bullying campaign ended at Loyola on August 27, 2012. Rachel Meuler’s two person show, Freedom to Live, opened at Art Connect New York on January 9, 2013 and runs through February 13, 2013. You can view an online exhibition by visiting http://freedomtolive2013. tumblr.com/. David Palladino was cast in the show, Heaven on Broadway Resurrected. The performance was on September 23, 2012 in Stamford, Connecticut. David was also in a musical revue, Showstoppers on Stage, in Norwalk, Connecticut in May 2013.
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Weddings 1980
Thomas Nemia married Linda Bertschuk on October 27, 2012.
1989
Anil Stevens married Anita Krishnan on March 16, 2013. Tony Oroszlany ’87, Sunita Stevens Meyers ’88, Peter Buchenholz, Myron Michalski, Todd Rodriguez, Carmen Fernandez Romero, Dermot Sullivan, and Christina Zaccario were in attendance. Fr. Steve Katsouros was a concelebrant.
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1991
Raul Castro married Claudia Lee on September 9, 2012 at The Ocean House in Watch Hill, Rhode Island. Ayubu Azzizi, Mauro Maccioni, Peter D’Arcy, Frances Del Valle, Jeremy Donohue, and Richard Jameson were in attendance. 3
Loyola School has an official connection to the Papacy! Faculty member, Rev. Hernán Paredes, S.J., spent time during the summer of 2012 with Pope Francis who also served as Fr. Paredes’ Jesuit Superior when he was a scholastic at Colegio Maximo in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Fr. Paredes said that Pope Francis’ influence and direction ultimately led him to life as a Jesuit.
Frances Del Valle married Bevan Versfeld on October 13, 2012 at St. Paul’s Chapel, Columbia University. Laura Angelino Noll, Laura Hollman O’Leary, Marilyn Ramirez Corson, Liza Rodriguez Albro, Goro Abe, Mauro Maccioni, Raul Castro, and Jeremy Donohue were in attendance.
1992
Douglas Borkowski married Rachel Reinhart on August 11, 2012. Fr. Curry was the celebrant.
1. Frances Del Valle ‘91 and her husband, Bevan Versfeld 2. Bobby DiTroia ‘99 and his wife, Liz Essig 3. Gillian Pensavalle ’01 and her husband, Michael Smith
1993
John O’Brien married Karyn Santora on July 13, 2013 at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola. Pat Farrell was an usher and John Smith ’94 was a reader. Also in attendance were Laura Armstrong ’94, Caragh Corsi, Michael Macaluso ’94, Maryhelen McCarthy ’94, Bran Noonan ’94, Tony Oroszlany ’87 and Joseph Tiernan ’94. LOYOLA magazine 45