JOIN THE ALUMNI COUNCIL! Attend any of our upcoming 2021-22 meetings to learn more about the Alumni Council. Each meeting will provide you with inside knowledge into Salpointe so you can go out into the community as an Alumni Ambassador! Meetings are at 5:30 p.m. in Salpointe’s Click Family Library. New members always welcome - we’d love to see you there! TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2021 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2021 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2021 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2022 TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2022 For more information, contact Kasey Barghout ’11 at 520-547-9365 or kbarghout@salpointe.org.
70 Years a Carmelite The Reverend Thomas “Aidan” Butler, O.Carm., is celebrating 70 years as a Carmelite priest and many of those years have been spent in support of all-things Salpointe. Fr. Tom joined the Carmelites at age 13 when he was encouraged by a nun to attend high school at the Carmelite Seminary in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Fr. Tom was ordained a priest on June 6, 1950, at the age of 24. He is the senior member of the Carmelite Province of the Most Pure Heart of Mary and turned 95 on February 17. Though not quite the oldest Carmelite, Fr. Tom has been a professed Carmelite longer than any other living member.
“I can’t tell you how moved I was to be named to the Sports Hall of Fame. I’ll never forget that experience.”
— FR. TOM BUTLER, He came to Salpointe just three years after the Carmelites O.CARM. took over running the school. He served as Salpointe’s Athletic Director from 1956 to 1962 when the Lancers also won many championships. These years were among the highlights of his life. “I had many appointments with the Carmelites,” he said, “but Salpointe was one of the best of them.”
Fr. Tom taught Geometry and Religion at Salpointe, moderated the Lettermen’s Club and coached track and cross country, often running alongside the students. Fr. Tom helped to coach the cross country team to the school’s first League and Division championships in 1956 and still receives letters from the athletes he coached over 60 years ago. Fr. Tom retired to Tucson in 1998 and, along with his friend Br. Tom Conlon, O. Carm., attended every softball game and prayed with the team before every practice. Fr. Tom was inducted into Salpointe’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1995 and remains one of the Lancers’ greatest fans. “I can’t tell you how moved I was to be named to the Sports Hall of Fame,” he said. “I’ll never forget that experience.” Twice a year, the Council beautifies our local community by removing trash from an adopted stretch of Ina Road.
Save the Date! Homecoming & Reunion Weekend October 29-31, 2021 Lancer Legacy Celebration April 29, 2022 For a complete list of upcoming Salpointe events and details, visit www.Salpointe.org/events
Confirmation Mass Eleven Lancers were confirmed by Bishop Edward Weisenburger at Salpointe’s Confirmation Mass in April. Bishop Weisenburger was assisted by Br. Stephan Rochefort, O.Carm., Fr. Emanuel Franco-Gomez, O.Carm., Fr. Paul Henson, O.Carm. and Br. Filiberto Orejel, O.Carm.
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