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Catholic San Francisco
September 9, 2005
On The
Soon to be donning their uniforms as 4th graders is last year’s 3rd Grade basketball team at St. Cecilia Parish, San Francisco who went 8 and 0 on the season to become CYO Division 5 champs. Front from left: Isabella Fong, Claudia Fong, Florence Fong, Viviane Nguyen, Kelly Wong. Back from left: Nichole McManus, Brigid O’Brien, Mary Driscoll, Sophie Napoli Kudos to coaches, too. From left: George Salfiti, Willie Durkin and Mara Durkin Thanks to Kelly Wong’s folks, Victor and Jenny for the good news.
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Students from St. Finn Barr Elementary School led song at Most Holy Redeemer Parish in June. Back from left: Marietta Mendoza, mom of 6th grader Christopher and Geraldine, an upcoming freshman at St. Ignatius College Preparatory, Dominican Sisters Esther Pedgato and Imelda Sorianosos, Peter Smith, dad of 4th grader, Clayton, Father Steven Meriwether, Most Holy Redeemer pastor, Tom Dooher, St. Finn Barr principal. Members of the choir included 3rd graders, Reyana Maguad, left, and Rebecca Stapleton.
The artwork of Holy Angels 5th grader Natalie Gomez took first place in February’s Black History Month celebration sponsored by the Daly City Park and Recreation office. Natalie’s winning poster depicted civil rights hero, Rosa Parks. Natalie’s teacher last year was Joan Roensch. This school year she is under the tutelage of Laura Nordman….Rose Franco, a mainstay of San Mateo’s St. Bartholomew Parish, celebrated her 100th birthday with family and friends June 5th at St. Bart’s Parish Center. At her mother’s side for the festivities was Rose’s daughter. Lorraine Carmassi, who with her husband, Angelo, celebrated 50 years of marriage in August. Also sending along best wishes to the new centenarian were President George Bush and First Lady Laura Bush. Everyone enjoyed Amazing Grace as performed by Vanessa Ament, now studying music at Seattle’s Cornish Music College. Thanks for the good news to Marie Ament, Vanessa’s grandma and also of St. Bart’s. “Rose was certainly perky,”
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Marie said. “She blew out all the candles on her cake.” The party was part of a Bingo Luncheon held twice a month at St. Bart’s with the help of volunteers including Trudy Huygen, Louise Molinelli, Joan S c h a u g h n e s s y, Ursula Esteves, and Gloria D’Angelo. Also remembered was Rose’s husband, Dennis, who died in 1958. Dennis was the first manager of the Westlake Natalie Gomez with Holy Angels branch of Bank of vice-principal, Kathi Lee. America and actually learned the banking business at the knee of B of A founder, A.P. Giannini….Happy to run into Msgr. John Foudy, retired pastor, St. Anne of the Sunset Parish and who at 91 says he’s in the top tier of aging for a man. “There are three stages,” the former Superintendent of Schools told me. “Boyhood, middle age and ‘Gee, you look great’.”…Happy birthday to Father Gerry O’Rourke who turned 80 years old May 27th. “For the 80th, you get to celebrate the whole year long,” the Director Emeritus of Ecumenical and Interfaith Affairs for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, said…. Thanks and congrats at St. Timothy Parish to Irl Tessari Bolin who has retired after
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40 years in Religious Education – 20 at St. Tim’s. “I am the most fortunate of persons to have been involved in the faith formation of thousands of children over the years,” Irl said in a farewell message. “Thank you everyone for making my time here the best I could have wished for.”…Hats off and thanks to Alberta Hare, longtime sacristan at St. Rita Parish in Fairfax, and who is retiring at age 75….Thanks to Mary Rose Whelan retiring Coordinator of Lectors at St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish in Sausalito. Lloyd Dulbecco will be taking over the worthy chore. Personally and from all of us may I cheer the good work and generosity of Irl, Alberta and Mary Rose as well as Lloyd in their shadow. It is their labors and the labors of so many other behind the scenes brothers and sisters in the faith that support so much of what we do ritually as Catholics. Thanks, again, to all of you!!!…R e m e m b e r this is an empty space without ya’!! The email address for Street is burket@sfarchdiocese.org. Mailed items should be sent to “Street,” One Peter Yorke Way, SF 94109. Pix should be hard Rose Franco copy or electronic jpeg at 300 dpi. Don’t forget to include a follow-up phone number. You can reach me at (415) 614-5634.
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