SHC Magazine Spring 2023

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APRIL

21, 22 Spring Choral Concert

2 Irish Factoids

3 News & Notes ON CAMPUS

Heart of the City Sister Caroline Collins, DC, Theater

28 Spring Instrumental Music Concert

Maddan’s Corner

Movie Night Sister Caroline Collins, DC, Theater

4 Home Is Where the Heart Is

10 Sr. Joan (Audrey) Gibson, DC

13 Family Affair FEATURES

29 Class of 1973 Gold Diploma Celebration Sister Teresa Piro, DC, Student Life Center

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18 A Constant Commitment

5 Dance Showcase

IN-DEPTH

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i2 Scholar Activities

SHC ROUNDTABLE

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Artificially Intelligent?

From the Pages!

Sister Caroline Collins, DC, Theater

6 Gold Club Luncheon Sister Teresa Piro, DC, Student Life Center

22 45th Annual Irish Invitational Golf Tournament

20 Winter Sports Recap

23 All Grown Up SPORTING GREEN

24 Stepping Up for Freedom

26 Gold Diploma

34 Celebratory Giving ALUMNI NEWS

Sonoma Golf Club

25 Class of 2023 Baccalaureate Mass

27 Class of 2023 Commencement Ceremony

JUNE

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sacred heart cathedral preparatory Enter to Learn; Leave to Serve Inspired by the Daughters of Charity and the De La Salle Christian Brothers, in partnership with families, Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory’s mission is to provide the finest education in an inclusive Catholic community of faith.

We prepare our students to become service-oriented leaders with a commitment to living the Gospel.

A Message from Dr. Skrade This spring, we enter into our school’s 171st year of existence, filled with both pride and awe as we continue the legacy the Daughters and Brothers started so long ago educating the finest students in San Francisco.

Through earthquakes, war, and pandemic, our Lasallian Vincentian foundation has held firm, nourishing the mind, soul, and heart. As Pope Francis recently said, “The head, the hands and the heart is a circle that must always be kept open and dynamic and must always interact in the school, as they are connected in the person, in the journey of life.” It has been a time of celebration and reflection, and now we move forward as we look ahead to the upcoming Easter resurrection and the renewal of our faith.

The academic year has been a time of renewal on campus as well, our frosh in the Class of 2026 settling easily into their new school home, while our Class of 2023 seniors look toward a life beyond the walls of Sacred Heart Cathedral. Eager eighth graders around the Bay Area have received their acceptance letters to become members of the Class of 2027. With gratitude in our hearts, we continue to be inspired by our community’s blessings.

As this issue of SHC Magazine goes to print, our student performers prepare fervently for the spring production of the classic comedy Sister Act, our outstanding athletic teams bring pride to our school community, and all the while elite colleges and universities compete for our seniors. It is truly humbling to “connect the dots,” from the school we experience either as parents, students or alumni today, back to the humble beginnings of both the Daughters and Brothers in the City, fulfilling a pressing need to educate those youth who needed the help most.

So, it is with great joy that I present to you this issue of SHC Magazine. Within these pages we harken back to the history of the Christian Brothers in San Francisco, the SHC Brothers’ House and its future. We celebrate one of the giants of the school’s history, Sr. Joan (Audrey) Gibson, D.C., and hold dear her memory. We profile the work and gifts given to the school by the Gellert Foundation and Executive Director Jack Fitzpatrick as they sunset their organization. Finally, we take a look at the emergence of artificial intelligence in education and its implications through the eyes of our faculty and students. As we will see, the educational and spiritual mission of SHC has never been more vital.

magazine OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING Mark Pardini ’88 Creative Director

Giselle Palacios-Delmundo ’94

Communications & Marketing Graphic Designer

Lucie Duffort

Communications & Marketing Associate

Thai Chu

Photography Manager

CONTRIBUTORS Kevin Buckley ’13; Madison Cashin ’24; Thai Chu; Club Soda Productions; Lucie Duffort; Mona Fowler; Jorge Guerzon (jGuerzonPictorials); HKit Architects; Chelsea Kwan ’24; Library of Congress; Brian Ong; Orange Photography; Giselle Palacios-Delmundo ’94; Mark Pardini ’88; Prestige Photography; Isabella Rinaldi ’24; Sergio Sazo ’18; Dabney Standley; Jennifer Sturm, De La Salle District Archives; United States Geological Survey; Lauren Wild ’99

FRONT COVER:

Brian Ong

BACK COVER:

Mona Fowler

Please enjoy this issue of SHC Magazine.

Sincerely,

Melinda Lawlor Skrade, PhD President

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ON CAMPUS

irish factoids Former SHC Alumni Director and Warriors Hype Man Franco Finn ’95 was chosen to host some of the festivities at this year’s NBA All Star Game in Salt Lake City. Go to bit.ly/FrancoFinn to read more about this honor.

Way to go, Franco!

SHC Principal Gary Cannon, EdD took a break from his busy schedule this winter to coach two CYO basketball teams to their championship games! This picture is after his son’s Notre Dame de Victoires 8th grade team unfortunately lost in the final at SHC’s Brother Arnold Stewart Gymnasium. His other NDV 8th grade team won the championship! Can’t win ’em all, but great try, Dr. Cannon!

SHC alum Katie McFadden ’19 was selected the “San Francisco Rose of Tralee” this January. An extraordinary honor, Katie earned the title “The 2023 San Francisco Rose" and will be flown to Ireland to participate in the Rose of Tralee International Festival, which features Roses from all over the world.

Congratulations, Katie!

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For the second consecutive year, SHC took over Chase Center as the Irish community assembled to watch the Warriors take on the L.A. Clippers.

The band played outside the arena, the choral group sang the national anthem, our Dance Team took the floor, and hundreds of SHC families enjoyed the NBA experience to the fullest. Go Dubs, and Go Irish!

news, notes, etc.

SHC Celebrates at the Palace Hotel Sacred Heart Cathedral gathered in force on January 14 at the Palace Hotel to celebrate the close of the school’s 170th Anniversary celebrations. Over 230 guests dined on filet mignon, Pacific Northwest Steelhead, kabocha squash and rainbow chard tamale as SHC announced a major gift from the Gellert Foundation as well as the establishment of an endowment in the name of former Principal and President Br. Chris Brady ’70, FSC.

MADDAN’S CORNER The feeling of floating — of my body disappearing, of having a tranquil mind, and being completely at peace — is a practice I learned in high school. I first experienced the power of meditation as a student at SHC. On a retreat, we were guided through a breathing and grounding exercise that gave way to a deep sense of relaxation. The ability to slip into a calm state has been invaluable throughout my life.

Meditation has been around for thousands of years, but it has become increasingly popular in the United States as people seek relief from the stresses of life.

It is optimal for teenagers because it is a free, simple practice that can be done anywhere. All it requires is the ability to be still, focus on the breath, and reflect.

Ethics Hosts Symposium on Death Penalty SHC marked the halfway point of Catholic Schools Week on February 1 by hosting Archbishop Cordileone on campus for a panel discussion on the death penalty with 11th grade Ethics classes.

“Meditation is offered during finals week and incorporated in the yoga classes that we have every other Monday afternoon,” said Nathan Villanueva ’06, who is Wellness Department chair at SHC. Composed of eight teachers, the Wellness Department’s curriculum includes physical education and a health course that focuses on mental well-being, drugs and alcohol, and sex education. Meditation is also infused in spiritual wellness offerings from religion classes to campus ministry programming, which includes Kairos, a multiple day off-campus retreat on spiritual grounds in Sacramento.

“I view SHC from a different lens,” Villanueva said. “I relate to the kids because I’ve been there. I’m passionate about teaching students healthy practices that they can take with them.”

Heather Maddan-Dowdell ’95 is a fifth-generation San Franciscan. She met her husband, Dan, at a high school party. They have three children — Sicily ’22, Asher ’25, and Jackson, 12.

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FEATURES Parlor of the previous Brothers' residence, 1920

By Mark Pardini ’88

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hen the various administration offices of Sacred Heart Cathedral move into the Brothers’ House at some point in the near future, it will mark only the latest transformation of the SHC campus. In addition to the new structures built and added via the merger, the agreement between the Christian Brothers and SHC to move professional school offices into the bottom two floors of the residence is only the latest change in the surprisingly malleable physical footprint of the school, particularly, the Sacred Heart side. Those who know both their San Francisco history as well as the history of the Brothers in the City will be familiar with the journey that they have taken to Ellis Street, but a good story is always worth retelling. Regardless, this recent development signals only the latest chapter in the story of the Brothers, a mission now being reimagined for the 21st Century.

HISTORY LESSON Due to the resounding success of the work of the Brothers at the old Saint Mary’s College site on Mission Street, the people in San Francisco were interested in expanding this relationship to educate the City’s youth: “So effective for good among their pupils had been the work of the Brothers at St. Mary’s College, then situated in an outlying district of the City, that in 1871, scarcely three years after the Brothers had come to California, the people of San Francisco petitioned the late Archbishop Alemany and Brother Justin to establish day schools nearer the center of population, where Catholic boys could more readily take advantage of the educational methods that were producing such note-worthy results at St. Mary’s.”

Aerial of City Hall, 1906. Courtesy of the Library of Congress

Looking northeast from City Hall, 1906. Courtesy USGS

On December 15, 1872, a cornerstone was laid at Eddy and Larkin Streets marking the spot for the construction of the first Sacred Heart College, a combined grammar and high school for boys. The lot itself cost $25,000, the building $85,000, and the “furnishings” for faculty and staff $10,000. On the school’s first day in 1874, there were over 700 students, and a faculty of 15 Christian Brothers and four lay teachers. It’s unclear from the archival records whether the Brothers were living at the facility at this point or were coming in from Saint Mary’s but, regardless, the Brothers had made their initial beachhead in downtown San Francisco, spreading the Catholic faith and teachings of St. John Baptiste De La Salle.

Over the next 30 plus years, SH thrived at this Courtesy of the SFNO District location. On April 18, 1906, however, the earth Archives of the De La Salle Institute shook and the sky burned, engulfing much of San Francisco in flame, including Sacred

SH Picture Day, 1912

Heart’s school building the day after the quake. Within a year, though, the Brothers reached an agreement with the old Sacred Heart parish on the south side of Fell between Fillmore & Webster (later location of Sacred Heart Grammar School and now home to the San Francisco Schoolhouse & the Church Of 8 Wheels) to resume school operations in their facility. This arrangement proved only temporary, however, as the building proved too small to even accommodate a reduced student body of 300, and the Brothers had to look elsewhere.

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brothers’ house (cont.)

Sacred Heart chemistry lab, 1923

Working in conjunction with Archbishop Riordan, the property at Franklin & Ellis was purchased from the mesdames of the Sacred Heart for $85k in 1914. The building on the corner formerly used as the schoolhouse by the mesdames was turned into the Brothers’ House and a new three-story school building was built next to the residence for $150k. Due to the popularity of the school and soaring enrollment, a fourth story was added to the school building in 1919, a period coinciding with the school becoming solely a high school.

The campus remained unchanged until 1952 when the Brothers’ House was demolished, the site becoming the current gym, with a cafeteria, classrooms and a wood shop, and the current Brothers’ House was built to the west of the then school building, now the Student Life Center.

For the last 70 years, the Brothers’ House has served not only as a home for countless Christian Brothers teaching at SH and then SHC, but also as an integral outpost in the District of San Francisco New Orleans for visiting Brothers. Despite its significance, though, times have changed. As numbers of religious across all orders have declined over the years, spaces such as the Brothers’ House, which once housed up to 20 men, are increasingly becoming repurposed to meet the needs of their respective school communities. The House on campus currently houses only four Brothers, and the student space issues identified in the 2017 Master Plan (more meeting space, study/ conference rooms, etc.) have only become more acute as enrollment has grown. Two of the past four freshmen classes have been the largest in school history.

The agreement reached recently between the Brothers and the school transforms the residence into a dual-use space: the bottom two floors will be converted into SHC offices, conference rooms, and event and meeting space to support the Office of the President, including the Offices of Advancement and Development, Communications and Marketing, and Finance and Business. The move of these administrative school offices to the Residence

will open up campus spaces to be reconfigured into innovative learning spaces and classrooms, expanded spaces for student services, and collaborative spaces for faculty and students. The Brothers will continue to occupy the top two floors of the building, with cooking and laundry facilities added as well. “The Brothers know all too well how ever-increasing enrollment is impacting available educational space at Sacred Heart Cathedral,” reflected Brother Director V. Kenneth, who also serves in the school’s Religious Studies Department as a teacher of Scripture and Ethics.

Longtime SHC faculty member Brother Joseph Fabiano, FSC, agreed. “For the Brothers, the dedication to the presence of God in the house and school is a cultivated preoccupation and an alive issue. Continuity in our Mission has its roots in this perspective, while Sisters, Brothers, and our Lasallian Vincentian colleagues operate to touch the hearts and minds of the students.”

Brothers' House demolition, 1952

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GET IRISH LAY PARTNERS & THE LASALLIAN CHARISM

the Brothers have invited these Partners to share responsibility for the mission and charism.

This “partnership” with lay Still, given these new realities of Lasallians, exemplified in the decreasing numbers and resharing of the physical space duced spaces, it may lead some of the SHC Brothers’ House, to envision a pessimistic future acknowledges recent demoahead for the Christian Brothers graphic trends while at the same and the Lasallian charisms. To time ensuring that the Lasallian the contrary, though, this change teachings continue into the fuat SHC only mirrors the moveture. The Brothers’ House at 1075 ment in Lasallian education that Ellis Street will always stand as a is prioritizing the partnership symbol of education, mentorship, with lay teachers and administra- and friendship to thousands of tors to continue the work of the alumni of Sacred Heart and SHC, Brothers. This work takes place and incorporating some school in the cohorts of the Brother John functions within its walls seems Johnston Institute of Contemto be an organic fit. porary Lasallian Practice (JJI), a two-year Regional formation program focusing on deepening the participants’ understanding of Saint John Baptist de La Salle’s story and vision, Lasallian pedagogy, and the Lasallian promotion of justice and Lasallian spirituality.

Named for Brother John Johnston, FSC (1933-2007), this program is designed for Lasallians (Brothers and Partners) who exercise mission influence and/ or show potential for such in the future. “Partners” are defined by the program as people who are dedicated to serving alongside the Christian Brothers in the Lasallian mission. In recent decades and with an eye toward the future and sustainability of the mission and charism,

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IN-DEPTH

i2 Scholars & Their Activities

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The i2 Scholar Program at SHC isn't just all robots, STEM, and STEAM. This infographic shows the myriad activities outside i2 that these scholars participate in at school. From clubs to VPA to Athletics, this program is characterized by a diversity of interests and passions, and the number of participants in each group is impressive as well. NOTE: Relative sizes of circles below correspond with numbers of participants.

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SPORTING FEATURES GREEN

Sr. Joan (Audrey) Gibson, DC Audrey's Angels 1982

“ What made Sr. Joan special in my eyes was her great way of relating to people ... she was a compassionate, kind, and caring individual.”

CAROL CARNEY COLLINS ’86 FORMER SHC REGISTRAR

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By Mark Pardini ’88

Sr. Joan (Audrey) Gibson, DC was born outside Chicago in Oak Park, Illinois in 1935 and passed away on August 19, 2022 in Los Altos Hills, California. In the 87 years lived in between, this incredible woman of faith transformed the lives of countless young men and women, through both teaching and school administration, during her almost 70 years as a Daughter of Charity. “Sister Joan was a woman of simple but deep prayer which enabled her to relate to the many levels of humanity she came in contact with,” shared Sr. Frances Meyer, DC, a friend for 70 years. Carol Carney Collins ’86 remembers “What made Sr. Joan special in my eyes was her great way of relating to people … she was a compassionate, kind, and caring individual. She took the time to not only talk to you but to listen to you.”

Br. Chris Brady ’70, FSC recalling her unique qualities, said she “evidenced those qualities specific to a Daughter of Charity: her genuine concern for those who are marginalized by our society and not seen by others, her love for her religious life vocation and the women with whom she lived and worked, and finally, her openness to forgive others because of their weaknesses and human transgressions.”

Joan went to high school at St. Vincent School in Perryville, Missouri, and got her BA in Social Studies and History from Marillac College in St. Louis, MO. She would later travel west to Mount Saint Mary’s College in Los Angeles to attain an MS in Education and Supervision and later, an MA in Religious Studies from Immaculate Heart College in Southern California. She would then follow her immense faith and enter the Community of the Daughters of Charity in 1954, also in St. Louis.

Despite her advanced education, Joan stayed humble. “Sister Joan was one of the most down to earth people I have ever met,” Sr. Frances continued. “There was no air of superiority about her. She told it like it was … and helped others to see things like they were.”

An Appreciation Former SHC Principal and long-time English Instructor Ken Hogarty ’66, EdD shares some personal reflections on Sr. Joan (Audrey) Gibson, DC. Though they flocked uncaged around her office, nobody can ever claim that what Sister Audrey Gibson did for Sacred Heart Cathedral was for the birds.

She and Brother Philip Clarke made the ideal leadership team as Cathedral and Sacred Heart merged to become the first San Francisco co-ed Catholic high school.

Philip was a visionary, Audrey a grounded, practical person; Philip was a cheerleader, Audrey a nurturer; Philip was an institutional risk-taker, Audrey a people risk-taker. Both had big hearts and touched the lives of all with whom they had contact.

Ken Hogarty ’66

They set the model for all future collaboration between the Daughters and Brothers that resulted in miracles such as the creation of De Marillac Academy in the Tenderloin. Further, they modeled for the school’s administration, faculty, staff, students, alums, and families the collaboration that would make their reimagined school the jewel in the Archdiocesan, Lasallian, and Vincentian crowns.

A very patriarchal view of the Daughters and Sister Audrey among some males at the time of the merger would have branded their world-view as “simple.” In fact, Sister Audrey and the Daughters saw simplicity, in the best sense of the word, as a virtue, and taught others, including me, to embrace it too.

The purpose in life, the purpose of a school, the workings of a school were all simple. Surely, “the charity of Jesus crucified compelled Audrey.” All purpose, all workings, all decisions emanated from the motto of the Daughters for her and for those she led.

My favorite educational theorist, the Brazilian Paulo Freire who railed against the banking system of education where teachers make deposits of knowledge and students are expected to spit them back out like ATM machines, emboldened teachers to believe that “everyday in the classroom has the possibility of Easter Sunday.”

Audrey saw the SHC community she helped fashion as holding within it a continual possibility of Easter Sunday for all, and especially the poor.

A Vincentian at a workshop meaningfully characterized an ideal school community for me: It should be relational, service-oriented, and joyful. Those characteristics, all with underpinnings in the New Testament, epitomize Audrey’s school culture creation and even Audrey herself.

In sharing those three points, I’ve always added one more. A community should also be narrative-rich.

Certainly, Sister Audrey enriched the narrative of all of us whose hearts she touched. Wonderfully, and a bit like a glimpse of eternity, she is even now touching the hearts and minds of students, administrators, staff, and families now part of the school community, even if they didn’t know her.

Modeling Audrey’s actions and persona, I often repeated a mantra to myself when things ate at me as principal: “It’s not about me; it’s about the students.”

Audrey was the living embodiment of that mantra. For her, it was always about others.

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sister joan (cont.)

Philip Clark

A true “teacher’s teacher,” Joan taught at Vincentian schools in New Orleans, Dallas, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, St. Louis, Carson City, Los Angeles, and finally at San Francisco’s Cathedral High School. From 1982 to 1983, Sr. Joan taught religion, becoming Principal in 1984.

Collins remembers “Her belief and faith in humankind was certainly evident in how she treated us girls at Cathedral High. She kept a pulse of what was going on and would check in on some of us who were dealing with challenges, or not.” She would meander through the groups of girls during lunch and say, ‘hey!’ She tried to connect with us in different ways and approaching us from a teenager's point of view was valuable.”

During this time, Cathedral and Sacred Heart students from across the intersection began having more and more classes together, sharing resources, faculty, and ideas, and this cross-pollination triggered discussions between Sr. Joan and Br. Philip Clarke, FSC, her counterpart at SH. “Sr. Joan was absolutely pivotal in the merger between Sacred Heart and Cathedral High Carol Carney Collins ’86 Schools,” Clarke shared. “She saw that the future of both schools was precarious in a time of declining enrollment but very solid if they merged into one school. She saw that the centuries-old legacies of the Daughters of Charity and the Christian Brothers was a determining element in receiving Archdiocesan support.” In addition, Clarke said, the school achieved a unique “marketing niche” as the only co-educational Catholic high school in the City, a path soon followed by other schools. Sr. Frances added, “If she saw a difficulty that needed a remedy, she would Sr. Frances Meyer, DC work tirelessly to make it become a positive outcome.

When the student bodies of Cathedral High School and Sacred Heart High School were declining in enrollment, she worked with Brother Philip Clarke to seek a remedy for the situation, resulting in the merger of the two schools. What we see today is the fruit of their labor.”

After the merger and creation of SHC in 1987, Sr. Joan first became Vice Principal with Principal Br. Chris, then continued as Assistant Principal for Mission Effectiveness until leaving the school after the 1997 school year. Brother Chris shared, “As the Assistant Principal for Mission, Sr. Joan believed that the charisms of both the Daughters of Charity and the De La Salle Christian Brothers should be visually present and a focus of teacher and staff formation programs. She took a particular interest in the Religion Department course offerings and in our Campus Ministry Program. She was an active

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Br. Chris Brady ’70 and Sr. Joan

proponent of our student retreats! She was practical, in a very real sense, when a challenging decision needed to be made by reminding us that we needed to do what we believed to be best for the student, regardless of what others may think, including faculty, staff, students or others."

She would later serve the Daughters on their Provincial Council as both counsellor and Assistant Provincial. In many ways, Sr. Joan’s kind, authentic personality has become that of the school she helped found. “She brought her natural warmth and personality to the new school,” Clarke summarized. “The result was a stronger and more confident SHC with a joint mission that was authentic and visionary. Her place in history is assured.”

AMILY AFFAI

By Lucie Duffort

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o hear Instructor of Religion Julia Rinaldi tell it, TeeJay Miller Church ’11 walked into this year’s Block 2 Search for Human Meaning class with a 5,000-watt smile. She and her husband Kyle Church ’11 were there to share their stories about their relationship, lives, and faith journeys during and after their time at SHC. “I brought them in as they are authentic faith-filled changemakers and soul-searching alum who have a gift of inspiring and connecting people,” Rinaldi says.

They also brought evidence of how relationships can build and grow beyond high school, proof of connection to service, family legacy, and also a reminder of SHC’s powerhouse athletic tradition.

TeeJay was a core member of the 2007-08 National Champion girls basketball team. She and Kyle met as friends in their first year and Kyle went on to excel in football. They started dating before attending college, where they both continued to play. TeeJay later returned to our campus to help Coach LyRyan Russell ’97 lead SHC’s Girls’ Basketball to another state title as Program Assistant from 2015-17. The first of three siblings at SHC, TeeJay was followed by her sister Jerzee Breiz ’21, a talented dancer and choreographer, and now the youngest Miller, RL ’23, is finishing his senior year. RL is co-San Francisco Player of the Year (along with SHC teammate Jerry Mixon, Jr. ’23), an all WCAL linebacker, and Fresno State signee. The day TeeJay and Kyle spoke to Ms. Rinaldi’s class, students responded not only to their story, but also to the fact that RL was in the room, and he showed obvious pride and appreciation for his sister and brother-in-law.

Kyle, RL, and TeeJay

the motto ‘Enter to learn, leave to serve’, and here we’re living it! Kyle is a member of the SFPD, so he’s doing his service as a police officer. I’m an accountant and a mother.”

“The reason for my service here is that I love my community. SHC is literally my family. Why not give back and continue what I started?” For TeeJay, “community” didn’t stop on her and Kyle’s graduation day. “Our three year old was at the Bruce-Mahoney game the other day, cheering on the girls team. Sister Frances, my number one fan, was there. She waved us over for a picture. It’s a family atmosphere. Once Irish, forever Irish.”

Teejay credits the foundation provided by SHC for fostering relationships that have developed and created an ongoing network of support for her and her family to this day. The friends she met every day in the cafeteria are the same that she saw at her and Kyle’s wedding, and continues to see at holiday celebrations and in group texts today.

Connection and preparation for life, she points out, goes beyond grades and scoreboards. “There were times in high school where I didn’t get an A on the test, or I didn’t have a good game. Faculty members would help you focus on how you were going to respond. Do you cry about it or do you study harder, go back and get that A, or make more shots so you can get that win? That’s about life. At times in life, you may not be satisfied.

You think you’re working hard, but someone else is working just as hard to get that promotion. Sacred Heart Cathedral teaches you that your current situation is not your permanent situation. Your future is up to you. What are you going to do to fix it?”

Whether due to the spirit of sportsmanship, of family, or the community-minded atmosphere she experienced, TeeJay says that it just feels natural to come back and continue to participate, to speak to a new generation of students. She told SHC Magazine, “It’s funny, when we were in high school we were taught

Teachers and staff played a key role. They “prepared us for facing adversity, and kept it real. Even now, I’ll say to myself, Oh, I remember when Ms. (Erin Diner) Kayser ’93 told me this in history, or when Mr. (Pete) Gresh ’72 told me this in my algebra class.” Through the years, TeeJay continues to ask herself, “How do I use those qualities that they showed me in college and at work and being a mom and being a wife and all those amazing things?”

TeeJay and Kyle speak to students

For current students, being able to interact and connect with alumni like TeeJay and Kyle gives them another tool for shaping their perspectives. It is a true vision into how their lives will carry forward after graduation. In Rinaldi’s class, their visit prompted one student to write, “I loved hearing from an alum as I think about leaving the safety nest of SHC. I know I can do it too!” For another, it was comforting and inspiring to hear about “their focus and love of family, and how much SHC is still a part of their family.” Modeling these ongoing connections and the gift of service and return is part of the cycle that makes the idea of community at Sacred Heart Cathedral so strong.

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SHC ROUNDTABLE

Artificially Intelligent?

Note from SHC Magazine: In this expanded version of SHC Roundtable, faculty and staff members address the topic of artificial intelligence (AI) in academics. From the development in 2021 of DALL-E, an open access, algorithm-based image creation platform to the release last year of ChatGPT, a model producing arguably human-level writing, SHC teachers are confronting the intersections not only of education and technology, but of morality, human thought, and the increasing power of machines in our daily lives. Responses were shortened in some cases for brevity.

Let’s listen in!

The Roundtable brings together a cross-section of SHC community members to offer their perspectives on compelling issues. In this edition, we ask SHC faculty & staff to reflect on the emergence of artificial intelligence in academia.

it gave me the name of a book that didn't exist. When I told ChatGPT that the book doesn't exist, it apologized and referred me to a library. It’s a useful thought partner but is by no means a substitute for finding primary sources of information and judging the validity and authority of the source.

ARE YOU INCORPORATING AI IN YOUR CURRICULUM?

O’Neill: ChatGPT was released just before a fellow teacher and I assigned the final essay for Senior Seminar. The prompt asked the seniors to use readings from WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS the semester along with the Declarations ABOUT AI AS A TEACHING TOOL? on the Lasallian Mission to explore what Joan O’Neill: SHC faculty and students should constitute the work of human life. are already exploring what they can create Mr. Nick Hren and I introduced the aswith AI and, by recognizing what AI cannot signment by asking the students about the do, understanding how AI can help us “de- pros and the cons of using ChatGPT to fine what is so cool about being human,” write their final essay—and about the pros in the words of author Austin Kleon, a and cons of our using ChatGPT to assess recent speaker at SHC. Our teachers are their essays. Our seniors quickly identified discovering how to create lessons with the convenience and speed of using AI to AI and imagining ways for students to write or to assess their essays, remarking use AI effectively and ethically. They are on the quantity of data that a chatbot also talking with our students about the could search. After a bit of discussion, temptation to overvalue the efficiency of however, they also noted that AI could not machine learning at the cost of developing share a personal experience, evaluate the their own thinking skills. truth of an argument, or create a relationship with a classmate or teacher.

Spenser Morris: I think AI technology is not something we should fear, but rather Mariflor Medrano: Right now, I'm not explore … if we don't incorporate it at all, planning to incorporate ChatGPT in my then we miss out on the opportunities this classroom. However, I’m thinking it might technology might create. Also, it's not gobe great to use it to see if students really ing anywhere, so we might as well embrace truly understand the material. From what what it's able to do.

I understand, the AI is great at giving generalized answers. It is not that great at Alicia Tapia: Having played around being specific. Students can “correct” an with some of our junior ethics research AI’s work to make it better. prompts, I can say that ChatGPT proves to be a useful research assistant. Like any assistant though, we should check their “work.” ChatGPT is useful in conveying points to consider, but often misconstrues statistics and can't name the source of the information they're delivering. For example, when I asked where it got a claim from,

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Morris: I have used AI technology to help generate short scripts for small activities and exercises in the theater classroom.

There are pros and cons to the scripts it creates, but it helps to create basic content we can adapt for deeper-level arts exploration.

Marty Joyce: I don't yet see how AI can be used as a teaching tool and don't plan to incorporate it into any of my lessons.

Brian McHugh: It does fold into the educational process, but what I don’t want it to do is to become something that inhibits students from finding their own path and their own voice. Using reference material is unavoidable, we are always taking in material from all different sources. At the same time, though, I think it’s so directed.

You are going to choose from six options [provided by a system like Dall-E for visual art], and that may seem like a lot of options to a student, and you are going to think that’s it, there are no other options.

IN WHAT WAY ARE STUDENTS RESPONDING TO AI AS A TOOL? O’Neill: Busy, resourceful students appreciate its speed and the amount of data AI can process at the stroke of a key. At the same time, they care about grades and are tempted by the seeming-perfection of a machine-built essay. They are wrestling with the difference between using AI and any other digital resource, such as spell checkers or search engines, IXL or AP Classroom. They are curious about how AI works, aware of biases built into AI code, and worried about competing with students here or in college “if everyone else is using AI.” Students drawn to programming are playing with the open source sites, and all of us in the Bay Area are aware of the generative power of technology as well as its uneven distribution in the world.

Medrano: For all I know, they could be using it to complete their homework.

However, I haven't seen it do any graphing or analyzing of data yet.

Morris: Students in my class are seeing the faults within AI as it pertains to the arts. While it can do specific things like “create a one-page horror script with three characters who have equal lines,” students have found that the scripts can read like an afterschool special for middle schoolers.

OUR PANEL:

The AI provides a nice skeleton for students to build from. They noticed the scripts don't push any new boundaries as far as content because the ideas it generates all come from things that already exist.

HOW DO YOU SEE AI BEING INCORPORATED INTO THE WORLD OUR STUDENTS WILL GROW INTO? Lauren Murray: This generation is already using AI technology such as Siri on their phones or Google Home or Alexa at home to accomplish basic, daily life functions. It’s very likely that the professional world our students enter after their time at SHC will require them to continue to carefully navigate the world of AI. Whether it's preparing for integration into workplace technology, or ways to improve their work proficiency, many professionals are currently grappling with the potential of AI, and our students have the potential to enter the workforce with the advantage of experience with this technology if we work with them to use it as a tool.

Morris: I think we are going to start seeing more AI-written content all over the place.

From directions of a project/task to more nonfiction-based work where the content is based on facts. Even though AI can create fictional stories, it currently lacks the capacity to generate deep new or original ideas. Even the AI art that is being created can't really stand alone just yet. I use AI art images in some of the publicity material I create, but it still takes an artistic eye to design the overall structure and visual content needed.

IS AI LITERACY ESSENTIAL FOR FUTURE THINKERS? Tapia: Definitely. Do we want to use the technology or be used by it? Future and present thinkers alike will have to decide if they want to be in charge, or at least critical of the technology's capabilities and cognizant of its shortcomings, or if they want to be slaves to the machine, blindly following its orders or ignorantly taking the information it's giving as truth.

Joyce: I would say that it is already a component of the AP Computer Science Principles standards, and coding is being looked at as a vital skill for future generations.

MARTIN JOYCE

BRIAN MCHUGH

Instructor of Mathematics Instructor of AP Computer Science Principles

Instructor of Visual Art

MARIFLOR MEDRANO

SPENSER MORRIS

Associate Director of the Inquiry and Innovation Program Instructor of Science

LAUREN MURRAY Director of Learning Innovation Instructor of English

Director of Dramatic Arts VPA Department Chair

JOAN O’NEILL Assistant Principal for Academics

ALICIA TAPIA Director of Library Services

O’Neill: In broad terms, yes, and SHC faculty are planning for that. We know that we need to teach our students both about AI and with AI, reinforcing our students’ sense of belonging in our classrooms and their trust that their teachers care deeply for them and their learning as we do so.

I see this happening all across the SHC campus.

WHAT MORAL AND/OR ETHICAL CONCERNS DO YOU HAVE ABOUT MACHINE LEARNING/AI? Medrano: What students find acceptable and what I find acceptable are different. Some people think that copying someone else’s work is a time-saving action, while others (myself included) find it illustrates a lack of work ethic. AI completed work could be a timesaver, but the thinking through the prompt, process, or whatever the assignment is, would be gone. I just wonder how critical thinking will evolve in a world where AI exists.

Morris: We don't exactly know where the source material is coming from [with AI]. This can create an issue. In Steal Like an Artist, author Austin Kleon mentions, “If you steal from one person, that is plagiarism, but if you steal from many, that is art.” This AI technology is simply doing that...but without the sources, it's hard to say where these ideas are coming from and what is being combined in order to create the result.

Joyce: I do have concerns about bias showing up in AI. For example, on Twitter I recently saw a post where they asked the AI to write a poem about Donald Trump's accomplishments, to which it said they do not engage in partisan discussions. They then asked the same question with Kama-

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la Harris and it did create a poem praising her accomplishments.

I think that it's dangerous that only one viewpoint was shown there.

I also saw an AP Computer Science teacher ask the bot to write an AP Create task for the course, and it talked about how that would violate cheating standards and instead gave out some guidelines and tips for doing it, which was a great response. I am glad that the creators have anticipated those types of issues.

Tapia: Misinformation and discrimination. We’ve seen how difficult it is for media platforms to control the spread of harmful rhetoric and misinformation online, we see countries around the world that limit and censor the information their citizens have access to ... if AI isn’t completely and constantly overseen by a diverse group of individuals, it will get out of control. As far as artistic creativity goes, I think it will only push humans to consider and embrace and relish in what a human can do that a machine cannot. If time is freed up thanks to machines and artificial intelligence, how will we spend that time deepening our awareness of what makes life beautiful?

OTHER COMMENTS? McHugh: The other part of the conversation about AI is about the hand, and the humanity that is a part of us, could that then become more rewarded? Cherished? Hold more weight, be more desirable? I think when you actually go up to a painting, that’s the closest you get to the hand of that artist, whether they painted it five minutes ago or a hundred years ago. Brush hairs mean so much more than 0s and 1s.

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STUDENTS TALK AI* BILL SMITH ’25 “I think that AI bots such as ChatGPT might make it harder for students to actually learn because if they rely on the bot all the time, they will never develop their own skills …

Despite how advanced the AI already is, I think it will take more time to figure out how to use it as a productive tool.”

FIG NIEMI ’24 “The reason why (AI art) creates amazing things is because it takes a bunch of art that has already been created and creating something else. If no artist had ever existed, neither would the AI art. I don’t think that’s creative as much as it is copy and pasting.”

DANIEL TABALOC ’24 “I think AI is neutral itself, and all its pros and cons come from human innovations and queries. For example, you could say a con of AI is students could have it write essays for them. But that’s not the AI’s fault, it’s the fault of the student who decided to cheat.”

ELLA HARTOGENSIS LLOYD ’23 “Although AI clearly has the frightening ability to mimic human writing, our emotional intelligence, the subjectivity of our perceptual set and our embodiment are distinctly human characteristics that give us the ability to tell compelling stories and make art. Art has always been integral to the human experience because we each have a story worth telling. AI may be able to mimic us, but it doesn’t, in itself, have a story that needs to be told.”

* Quotes courtesy of the SHC Emerald newspaper.

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BOARD OF REGENTS William D. Rauch, JD Board Chair Elizabeth Brown Parents Association President Kase Abusharkh ’00 Sr. Adella Armentrout, DC Stella Bialous, DrPH Kevin Buckley ’13 Courtney Chin ’03 Br. Victor Kenneth Curley, FSC Richard Cutler, PhD Carol Wicklund Enright Stefan Gartrell ’02 Miguel Guzman ’91 Sandra Gulli Francois Hechinger Daniel J. Holland ’79 Janet Holland ’77 Jim Jones Monica Kelly ’06 Thomas P. Mazzucco ’78 Sister Frances Meyer, DC Joey Nevin ’01 Margaret O’Driscoll Jeffrey Porter ’72 James Ryan, Jr. Stacie Solt, MD ’99 Ed Wang ’90 Harold Wong ’77 EX-OFFICIO Melinda Lawlor Skrade, PhD President Gary Cannon, EdD Principal John Gumina ’91 VP for Advancement, Communications & Enrollment Shani Mahany Director of Finance John M. Vigo ’81 Director of Stewardship and Future Giving

FEATURES

a constant commitment

The Gellert Foundation, led by Executive Director Jack Fitzpatrick, makes one final gift to SHC and cements its legacy of making a difference in our students’ lives

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By Mark Pardini ’88

ack Fitzpatrick is an unassuming man, quick to smile and soft-spoken. Fitzpatrick may not strike folks as an important figure in the history of Sacred Heart Cathedral at first glance. However, as the long-time Executive Director of the Carl Gellert and Celia Berta Gellert Foundation and a member of its board since 2001, Fitzpatrick and the Foundation’s Board have been instrumental in the development of both the SHC campus and the funding of the Carl Gellert and Celia Berta Gellert Endowed Scholarship Fund providing financial aid to hard-working and deserving students. Now, as the Gellert Foundation winds down its operations, they continue to take part in the life of the school in a meaningful way through a final gift. In a November 2022 ceremony, SHC received a $3 million gift from the foundation, not only providing additional monies for the endowed scholarship previously established at the school but also in assisting in the renovation project of the Sister Teresa Piro, DC, Student Life Center (SLC) entryway and Atrium. This extraordinary gift is the latest spearheaded by the leadership of Fitzpatrick and the Foundation, following substantial investments totaling approximately $2 million toward such projects as the SLC itself, the 2nd and 4th floor classroom renovations on the La Salle Campus and the Sister Caroline Collins, DC, Theater project. Explaining what makes SHC so special to the Foundation, Fitzpatrick shares, “Over the last 21 years, I’ve gotten to see what a unique institution you are, your diversity. It’s not just the diversity of the student body that impresses me, but when I look at my relationship, it’s the diversity of your families that is special.” SHC President Melinda Lawlor Skrade reflected, “These exceptional investments by the Foundation continue to be transformative for our students, and we are both blessed and excited for this next phase updating the Carl Gellert and Celia Berta Gellert Lobby to welcome our guests and SHC community into the best Catholic co-educational high school in the Bay Area.”

Founded in 1959, the Gellert Foundation has funded countless Catholic initiatives in the Bay Area, from schools to hospitals to other nonprofits. In San Francisco alone, numerous institutions and organizations have been the beneficiaries of its funding, affecting change in the lives of many children, families, and the underserved. As the Foundation sunsets its operations, now is an appropriate time to reflect on its impact, and Fitzpatrick is the perfect person to come to for information. Fitzpatrick graduated from USF in 1965 with a degree in accounting and retired as a tax partner. The Foundation became his client long before he retired and joined their board in fall of 2001. Carl had passed in 1974 and Celia followed in 2000, and the combination of their previous individual funds led to new challenges and opportunities for the Foundation’s Board, led at the time by Pete Brusati. In addition, SHC alums Andy Cresci ’58 and Mal Visbal ’48 were also members of the Foundation’s Board, holding the school community close to heart.

While records show the first gift from the Foundation came in 1980, their investment in SHC became truly transformational with their $1 million gift to the school in 2001 that helped fund the building of the Student Life Center. With his previous background in accounting and finance, Fitzpatrick was essential in the strategic planning and due diligence the Foundation had to adopt to maintain the level of their financial viability while at the same time continuing to fund projects in line with the Foundation’s mission. “This is what you need to do if 18

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Jack, center, with members of the Board

Gellert directors oversee plans

Dr. Skrade pointing out plan features

you’re going to run a successful business, you need to have a plan,” Fitzpatrick continued.

“You need to have input from everybody that’s on the board and make decisions looking at, and I’ve used this term before, what I consider our Foundation’s investments. That’s what I brought to our board, the idea that, “We’re investing in institutions and we need to make sure these are sustainable institutions, that they have a purpose that aligns with what the Gellerts would have wanted to have.” SHC Vice President for Advancement, Communications & Enrollment John Gumina ’91 agreed, saying “Even during the most challenging days of the pandemic, we planned for the future in order to meet the anticipated demand for a Sacred Heart Cathedral education. Jack Fitzpatrick recognized the importance of planning and encouraged us to prepare our future as educational leaders.”

While Fitzpatrick insisted on accountability and professionalism within the Foundation’s operations, there was always something different about dealing with Gellert, according to long-time SHC Director of Stewardship & Future Giving John Vigo ’81. “I never worried about reaching out to contact someone for advice or guidance at Gellert,” John says. “At other foundations, it is typically very difficult

to talk to any directors or decision makers, but we had a very direct, healthy relationship with Jack and other members of the board, which I thought was invaluable. Fitzpatrick concurred. “That’s where we were different, because our board got involved in the decision-making, as opposed to other institutions where there’s a staff that does the work and there’s a wall, and you can’t get to the directors at all.”

The renovation of the Student Life Center is a project that will not only improve accessibility, safety, and meeting space for students and families, but it will continue the transformation of the SHC campus in the eyes of the outside community, creating a more welcoming entry to the school and our campus for prospective families that don’t yet know SHC. As with the Sister Caroline Collins, DC, Theater project the Foundation helped fund, these are game-changing initiatives, seismic changes, but when asked what his favorite project at SHC was over the years, Fitzpatrick was conflicted. “That’s a tough one to answer because the Gellert Foundation has done so much for so many people … but I would think that the education side of it, the financial aid for students, for example, that’s given me the most pleasure. The capital improvement projects were great and I really enjoyed the Theater, for instance, and the new entranceway that’s coming, but those are things that will attract students and families to come to the school. I think the real impact is helping families and students afford to be able to go to the school in the first place.”

Ultimately, the legacy of the Gellert Foundation at SHC is one of generosity, undoubtedly, but a generosity without strings attached, a foundation with a soul and a personality and a true interest in improving the lives of our students and our families. Buildings are built, renovated, and torn down, campuses are re-envisioned, but the impact of SHC’s Lasallian Vincentian education and mission on the young men and women of the Bay Area is immutable, constant, and multigenerational. Thanks to the Gellert Foundation and the work of Jack Fitzpatrick, this will continue to be the case.

2nd floor of proposed SLC renovation

Reimagined Student Life Center Atrium

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By Sergio Sazo ’18

Fed Pernell ’24

boys BASKETBALL Coach Caesar Smith ’98 and his Irish boys basketball varsity squad turned a slow start into a special season, culminating with a CCS Open Division championship win. A 62-61 win in overtime over WCAL Co-Champion Archbishop Mitty flipped the script for the team, propelling the Irish to a mid-season winning streak that saw victories over Serra, Valley Christian, and Saint Francis and earned them a spot as the 7th seed in the CCS playoffs. The Irish took full advantage of the opportunity, taking down Archbishop Riordan and Menlo-Atherton on their way to the final round. The Irish capped off their championship run with a 64-59 win over Serra behind an epic 24-point performance from RL Miller ’23 and double-digit scoring efforts from season-long offensive leaders Fedrick Pernell ’24, Jerry Mixon Jr. ’23, and Michael Manfreda ’23.

The varsity basketball squad concluded the 2023 season with a 16-13 overall record, while going 7-7 in league play. Pernell led the Irish in

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Mikey Calonico ’23 drives upcourt

Jerry Mixon Jr. ’23 fights through traffic

scoring with 14.3 points per game, earning him 1st Team All-WCAL honors. The Irish 2023 assists per game leader, Mixon Jr., earned 2nd team All-WCAL, and Miller, Manfreda, and Zemaury Erfe ’24 earned All League Honorable Mention. What a season, Irish! Congratulations!

Mike Manfreda ’23 moving his feet

MILLER & MIXON: A DYNAMIC DUO Capping their remarkable high school football careers, RL Miller ’23 and Jerry Mixon, Jr. ’23 were named the San Francisco Region Co-Players of the Year by the San Francisco Chronicle. Committed to Fresno State and Oregon, respectively, both contributed significantly on both sides of the ball. Miller, who scored five defensive touchdowns including a pick-6 and a scoop and score, was the WCAL Wide Receiver of the Year and Mixon, who had a team-best 79 tackles (12 for a loss) and 321 rushing yards and five touchdowns, was the WCAL Linebacker of the Year. Both were of course integral to last season's State Title in football, and, in a fitting conclusion to the historic athletic legacy of the duo, they proceeded to help lead this year’s SHC boys basketball to the CCS Open Division championship.

Mixon and Miller celebrating girls basketball

Inez Gallegos ’24 in action

Coach Jackson makes his point

the Irish the No. 2 seed in the CCS open division playoffs where they would lose in game three of the playoffs to Pinewood School.

Team captains Leilani Blecha ’23 and Reza Po ’24 were honored for their great contributions with 1st Team AllWCAL selections. Kiana Moniz ’24 and Inez Gallegos ’24 earned 2nd Team All-WCAL honors, and Malea Scobie ’23 earned All League Honorable Mention. With a standout returning core and talented players from the lower levels moving up, Coach Jackson looks to continue the program’s return to Bay Area preeminence.

Reza Po ’24 takes a Cat off the dribble

girls BASKETBALL The Irish girls basketball program was truly dominant in 2023, with Coach Demetrius Jackson’s varsity team rolling to a 21-6 overall record and an impressive 8-2 mark in the rugged WCAL. The Irish rattled off eight straight wins to open the season, building momentum and setting the tone for league play. This streak included impressive early season victories over Carondolet and eventual Division II State Champion Central High School of Fresno.

WCAL play featured more success for the Irish, including cruising over rival Saint Ignatius 54-36 to even the Bruce-Mahoney series at 2-2.

Three straight victories to close out the season, including another victory over SI, would grant

Leilani Blecha ’23

boys SOCCER

A young varsity boys soccer team worked hard and improved throughout their first season with Coach Eric Nilius at the helm. The team finished 6th in the WCAL with two victories, including a dominant 5-0 shutout over rival Archbishop Riordan and a victory over Valley Christian. While the Irish didn’t qualify for the CCS playoffs, the record doesn’t tell the full story as they look to build towards next season with a stable of intriguing youth. Francisco Garcia ’25, Anthony Lopez ’25, Zhivan Khaleeli ’25, and Luke Pereira ’26 were young starters who proved themselves this season and will be key to the team’s continued success and development moving forward.

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Keelin Walsh ’23

Captain Keelin Walsh ’23 was rewarded for his fine defensive play this season with 1st Team All-WCAL honors.

Forwards Luke Wachowitz ’23 and Donte Yasukawa ’23 were awarded 2nd Team ALL-WCAL honors as well.

We will look forward to big things in the years to come for the boys soccer program.

girls SOCCER

Arianna Beddoes ’23

The varsity girls soccer program under Coach Jeff Wilson tallied another successful season, finishing 6-8-5 overall (3-5-2 in league play). The season included stifling wins over Presentation, Valley Christian, and Riordan. Goalkeeper

Ella Taclas ’24 showing shifty moves

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Federico Tevarotto ’23 using his head

Arianna Beddoes ’23, who had clean-sheets in each of these wins, was awarded with WCAL Goalkeeper of the Year for the second consecutive year for her tremendous play and outstanding effort, a true Irish legend in the goal. In addition to Beddoes, young defender Lucy Rios ’25 also earned a 1st Team All-WCAL selection, forward Ella Taclas ’24 and midfielder Lauren O’ Donnell ’23 were awarded 2nd Team All-WCAL honors, and midfielder Sophia Turnbull ’23 was awarded All League Honorable Mention. Great work, Irish!

WRESTLING The Irish wrestling program thrived at a historic level in the first season for Coach Jimmy Woods ’18. The team finished 6-2 (4-2 in league) over the course of the season, matching the best league record in school history. The prowess of the Irish wrestling program was showcased with their success at the WCAL finals, with 11 Irish wrestlers winning medals and five,

Logan Graves ’24 avoids a collision

Ryden Van Zandt ’23, Kai Tengco ’23, Aliana Aklilu ’24, Kate Napolitana ’23, and Naomi Van Zandt ’25, being crowned champions.

Naomi Van Zandt would go on to represent the Irish at the CIF State Wrestling Championships, where she would place top 12 in her weight class.

In addition, the team had 13 wrestlers qualify for CCS, including both Van Zandts, Tengco, Aklilu, Napolitana, Julian Arnold ’24, Daniel Harad ’23, Jared Perez ’25, Enzo Prestigiacomo ’23, Oscar Castaneda ’23, Diego Orozco ’24, Antonio Campbell ’26, and Kai HingoramiIskandar ’26. Great job, Coach Woods, on a fantastic first campaign!

Julian Arnold ’24

Isaiah Alcayde ’23 Naomi Van Zandt ’25

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SHC HELPS LEAD THE WAY WITH BOYS VOLLEYBALL IN THE CITY In the spring of 2017, CYO San Francisco offered its inaugural season of boys volleyball. In 2018, a total of 18 teams participated between the two 5th/6th grade divisions and two 7th/8th grade divisions. For a small school such as St. Monica in the outer Richmond district, always struggling to field baseball teams because of low numbers and field availability issues, this was a godsend. A school with a historically strong girls volleyball culture despite its enrollment, the offering for the boys immediately sparked interest among both student athletes and parent coaches. Two of these parents who had formerly coached their daughters at the school, Bulldog Athletic Director Sylvia Arguello and SHC Creative Director Mark Pardini ’88, now had sons interested in playing on the 5th/6th team as well. Mark, a former setter on the first boys team at SHC and one-time Sláinte Volleyball Club coach, became head coach with Sylvia as his assistant. In their first season playing the sport, the team won the division championship, and the beginnings of something special was brewing.

Fast forward to the spring of 2023, and four of the players from that St. Monica team are on the SHC varsity squad: Ethan Arguello ’24, Chamy Choi ’24, Callum McArthur ’24, and Gabe Pardini ’25. Despite missing two entire seasons due to the pandemic, CYO boys volleyball in San Francisco has exploded from its modest beginnings only five years prior, a total of 53 teams from 18 schools now participating. 5th and 7th grades have two divisions each and 8th grade has a whopping three divisions with numerous club players participating. “I am proud to have been a major influence in getting the CYO boys volleyball program off the ground,” Sylvia says. “To witness the growth and success of it has been one of my most valued accomplishments as a coach and Athletic Director.” Coinciding with this expansion in CYO has been the growth of coach Nga Tran’s SHC program, with this being the second year with three levels, a rarity in the WCAL. In addition to the above-mentioned players and coaches, Bulldog alums Luke Devine ’25 and Miles Rafloski ’26 are currently on the SHC junior varsity squad and the frosh team counts Peme Weerayutthakarn ’26 as one of its players as well. Other notable

Championship mettle

Six years later, the crew is joined by Rob McArthur (far right)

parent coaches involved in this pipeline were Joe Rafloski and Rob McArthur, a former college player at UC Davis who guided the 2019 7th/8th grade St. Monica team to a second place finish. “The best part of volleyball is the quality of people it attracts,” Rob shared. “It is a vibrant, welcoming community in which you are likely to develop life-long friendships.”

This tale mirrors the growth of youth volleyball both in North America as well as the world at large. Already extremely popular amongst girls, the boy’s game is expanding as well, fueled by the recent successes of both U.S. men’s and women’s national teams internationally, among other factors. “It makes me so proud to see these young athletes develop, to now play at such a high level and be on the frontlines growing the sport,” Rob continued. “Men’s volleyball is exploding, and not just in the big metropolitan areas in California.” With the continued efforts of families and the SHC program, the Irish look to be leading the pack in this sport in the City for the foreseeable future.

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stepping up for freedom

regime. They were able to come to the United States as political refugees in their early twenties and met in San Francisco.

Growing up, I was often reminded of how lucky I was to grow up in a city like San Francisco, a vibrant place where anyone could be whatever they dreamed of … I was surrounded by opportunities. I felt grateful for my loving, warm, and welcoming Ukrainian home where my mom and I baked syrniki (Ukrainian cheese When Russia invaded pancakes) and my dad wore a vyshyvanka (Ukrainian embroidered shirt). However, I Ukraine territory in the struggled to explain to those around me that despite speaking fluent Russian, I was acspring of 2022, the world tually Ukrainian. I was often told that “Russians and Ukrainians are the same,” and for was stunned. Here at a while, I actually believed it. The war was a huge turning point in my understanding of SHC, we have witnessed my Ukrainian identity. classroom discussions, Do you feel that your time at SHC influenced your desire to get involved in clubs coming togethservice efforts, or is this something you have always been driven to do? er to run fundraising I think that my time at SHC definitely cultivated my service efforts. Although I have events, school newsalways been passionate about helping others, SHC’s determination to teach students to paper articles, and a “enter to learn, leave to serve” has helped me to find ways to get involved in my comMarina general desire to know munity (i.e. teaching science at Up On Top or starting Ahead of the Game with Student more, to understand, Launch Initiative). Getting involved in service efforts in high school helped me underand to help those impacted. stand the impact one person’s actions can have on a community or the world, which in SHC alum Marina Mezhibovsky ’21 has had Ukraine turn motivated me to continue to do my best to help others. in her heart since childhood. Her parents are both What would you like the extended SHC community to know about the Ukrainian refugees, and Mezhibovsky grew up imsituation, and what would you recommend to those who want to help? mersed in her heritage. She is currently in London, taking advantage of a study abroad program through Ukrainians love freedom and democracy and have been fighting for it for years. Unlike UC Berkeley, where she studies architecture, but she Russia’s suppression of civil society and dissent, Ukraine has genuine political competifound time to speak to SHC Magazine about Ukraine, tion, freedom of the press, and continues to make the war, and her efforts. progress in fighting corruption. (During this cri-

By Lucie Duffort

Can you explain your current involvement in the service to the Ukrainian people?

At the start of the war, I was very involved in political activism in terms of raising awareness within my communities. I attended and spoke at a large protest in front of the San Francisco City Hall due to my mom's long involvement with Nova Ukraine (a humanitarian aid organization). I got a lot of positive feedback and encouragement from people at the protest. This motivated me to organize a show of solidarity for the people in Ukraine and to try to get UC Berkeley to release a public statement condemning the war in Ukraine. Together with other Ukrainians I met at Berkeley, we organized several fundraisers to raise funds for nonprofits providing humanitarian aid to Ukraine.

What got you involved in this effort?

Both my parents and grandparents grew up in Kyiv, Ukraine, under the Soviet Union's totalitarian

sis,) Ukraine has also taught the rest of the world what it means to love freedom, what it means to be brave in the face of danger, and what it means to be a hero. Ukrainians have made it clear that they will not give up their land or their freedom.

Although these freedoms are something many of us, as Americans, might take for granted, it is important to recognize and support those who continue to fight for them today despite all odds.

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If you would like more information about Ukraine, Mezhibovsky recommends the following organizations and resources: ENGin, a non profit pairing young Ukrainians with English speakers in an effort to improve linguistic skills and foster intercultural connection.

(Marina’s mother, Yana Rathman, works closely with this group.)

Nova Ukraine Ukrainian Catholic University Foundation At SF City Hall

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WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE IDEA OF AN ALL-DIGITAL SHC MAGAZINE? In our ongoing efforts to improve communications with Sacred Heart Cathedral families, alumni, and friends, the SHC Office of Communications & Marketing (OCM) is considering the idea of turning at least one of our three yearly editions of SHC Magazine into a digital-only version. Reasons behind this consideration are many:

• Industry-wide growth in digital publishing platforms and their sophistication

• Increased cost of paper and postage due to pandemic-related supply-chain bottlenecks

• Efforts to increase the integration of digital content into traditionally print communications

• Concern over the continued environmental effects of the lumber and paper industries and amplifying SHC efforts at environmental stewardship To help us make this decision, we are asking YOU, the SHC Magazine readership, to take a short online survey on your opinions of a digital magazine option. Please take a few minutes to scan the QR code below with your camera phone and let your feelings be known and help us make an informed and inclusive decision. Thank you, and GO IRISH!!!

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from Sonoma State University with a teaching credential after her time at Cathedral High School. Lovingly married for 49 years, Barbara and her husband Chuck have two children and three grandchildren together. Retired as an elementary school teacher, Barbara enjoys traveling with family, reading and visiting Lake Tahoe. Stemming from her love of traveling, Barbara and family will be embarking on a three month journey to Italy this upcoming spring. Words to live by: “Embrace every moment!”

2 Josephine Lucchesi is very

thankful for every day. After Cathedral High School, she went on to study at San Francisco State University and University of California Berkeley to achieve her Teaching Credential. She has been both a banker and a teacher in her career, but Josephine has had plenty of time for adventures.

She has traveled to Alaska, Italy and Canada to name a few places.

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visiting friends and family. She also volunteers her time with the Italian Community Services, specifically with tutoring in reading.

When looking back at her time as a student, Josephine recalls plenty of laughs had by the lockers with her fellow classmates. Words to live by: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.”

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(PALCO), Partners of the Americas, and Sarah's Circle. Juana retired from the Federal Reserve System in 2016. She continues her commitment to public service as a freelance consultant.

band David plan on moving to the East Coast to be closer to their two children and grandchildren. Words to live by: “A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than spent doing nothing.” — George Bernard Shaw

3 Juana Montgomery grad-

uated from University of San Francisco after her time at Cathedral. She began at KGO Newstalk Radio in 1973 as a News Administrative Assistant and in 1975 became the station’s Director of Public Affairs, a position she filled until 1986. In this position, she worked closely with San Francisco Bay Area leaders ascertaining timely, topical current events and community affairs issues. In 1980 she began hosting a television public affairs program called Viewfinder. radio station. After this, she became the first woman and non-General Manager to sit on the Board of Directors of the Northern California Broadcasters Association.

In 1985, Juana married and moved to Washington D.C. During her time in D.C., she worked closely with the League and United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Pan American Liaison Committee

4 Martha Norman is proud

to be the grandparent to six wonderful grandchildren and even a great grandson, who is one year old. She attended University of Phoenix and is a retired project manager. Martha enjoys keeping fit, line dancing and playing cards.

One of her favorite vacations was to Paris, France. When looking back on her time in Cathedral High School, Martha enjoyed fondly going on retreat and studying under Sister Juanita.

6 Lorraine “Larrie” Perez

attended City College of San Francisco following graduation from Cathedral High School. She then went on to work in Government Service for 35 years, receiving numerous employment awards from her hard work and dedication. Larrie has also dedicated much of her time to numerous charities, especially ones that work with battered women and children.

When she takes time for herself, Larrie enjoys reading and crafting.

5 Deborah Perez loves to travel, One of her favorite past trips has with some of her favorite been to the Caribbean. When remidestinations being: Italy, Central niscing on her time at Cathedral America, Puerto Rico and Canada.

High School, she recalls high After attending Cathedral High school was a time of clicks, but School, Deborah attended the despite this, she got along with evUniversity of the Pacific-Stockton, eryone, both Cathedral and Sacred earning her Bachelor’s Degree in Heart students. She still keeps conPsychology. While working as a tact with a few of those classmates, medical coding educator, Deborah some near and some far. Words to also enjoys teaching and lending live by: “Always say I love you to all a helping hand in soup kitchens. in your sphere. Forgive and move A few of her cherished Cathedral on, do not hold any grudges for life High School memories include is too short.” attending school dances, retreats, and being in her favorite teacher Sister Juanita’s class. Within this next year, Deborah and her hus-

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Bay Area resident, having graduated from San Francisco State University after her time at Cathedral High School. After 46 years in banking and fraud investigation, Linda has retired and enjoys spending her free time baking home goods, reading and visiting family members. She is also an active member of St. Paul’s Catholic Church where she is a lector, and a member of their Women’s group and the Altar Society. Recalling her time at Cathedral High School, Linda loved the home economics course where she refined her sewing skills – even sewing a dress from scratch that still hangs in her closet to this day. Words to live by: “Every day is a good day.”

8 Gloria Zamora Ruiz has

two sons, Anthony (43) and Daniel (41). Anthony has given Gloria 5 grandchildren: Christian (19), Annalysia (18); Adrien (16), Julieanna (15), and Vanessa (4).

Daniel has given her two more additional grandchildren: Aaliyah Marie (19) and Tommy (15). Gloria worked for the Treasury Department at the IRS for 38 years and retired as a Real Estate Analyst doing floor plans for IRS buildings in the Western Region area. After she retired from the IRS, she went to work for the Pittsburg Unified School District as a bi-lingual

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Gate University to gain her Masters in Public Administration and Management. At Harvard University, she completed the Executive Program for Labor Relations. Although now retired, Alice worked in various Human Resources and Labor Relations Management 9 Alberta Sevieri has been a positions. She served as the first ballroom dance instructor civilian Human Resources Director for the past 40 years, and one of of the San Francisco Police Departher favorite hobbies is putting ment. Alice received a reward for on dance shows. She also enjoys the City & County of San Francisco spending her free time gardening, Managerial Excellence, as well as sewing and singing. Alberta is a five Mayoral Certificate of Honors. cantor in her choir, helping lead Alice has traveled all around the liturgical songs. She and her husworld, from South America to th band Adriano celebrated their 50 Europe. When looking back at her wedding anniversary on February years at Cathedral High School, 5th. Together, they have two sons Alice enjoyed recitals during Book and two grandchildren. Alberta Week and learning under Sister and Adriano love cruising, and Holda, Miss Williams, Mrs. Gavin together they have traveled to Italy, and Brother Antonio. Words to live Hawaii, Mexico and Puerto Rico. by: “Be the best You.” When she was a student at Cathedral High School, Alberta enjoyed the yearly Book Week monologues and being a part of the cheerlead11 Julio Borruso is happily ing squad. Her favorite teacher retired, enjoying his wellwas Sister Colette, who happened earned free time with plenty of to be the Book Week programmer. golf. He also spends a good amount Words to live by: “Enjoy life — this of his time serving at St. Roberts is not a dress rehearsal.”

Men’s Club. Julio’s greatest achieve10 Alice Villagomez continued ment is being the best grandfather working hard after her time to his three grandsons. He has at Cathedral. She attended the traveled to Italy, Spain and New University of California, Berkeley York, and his son currently lives to earn a BA in Political Science. in Madrid, Spain. However, his faAfter this, she went on to Golden vorite trip has to be to Italy. When

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FSC attended Saint Mary’s College of California and the University of San Francisco after Sacred Heart. Br. Christopher is currently the Director of the Saint Mary’s College Brothers Community and the Auxiliary Visitor for the Lasallian San Francisco New Orleans District. While leading a life of service, Brother Christopher enjoys stamp collecting and visiting Presidential libraries and National Parks in his spare time.

One of his fondest memories at SH was the 1969 Basketball Team winning the Tournament of Champions, alongside meeting his lifelong friends. Throughout his life of service, Br. Christopher has been awarded the Assumpta Award from St. Mary’s Cathedral in 2004, the Signum Fidel Award in 2015 and the Lasallian of the Year award in 2016. He has also proudly been inducted into the Sacred Heart Cathedral Hall of Fame in 2020. Words to live by: “To touch the hearts of your students is the greatest miracle you can perform.”

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zerland, Montenegro, Dubrovnik, Monaco, Barcelona, Dubai, New Zealand and Australia, just to name a few places. He is currently building a home in Manchester by the Sea, Massachusetts. During his years at Sacred Heart High School, Anthony had many favorite teachers guide him through his lessons, but Brother Antonio’s words have stayed with him the most: “Do not find yourself naked in the forest.”

Words to live by: “Avoid Conflict at all costs, Pursue Happiness and Be Kind.”

Janet are happy grandparents, expecting their fourth grandchild in February. Now retired, he has been enjoying his time golfing and going on walks. He has received the CCS Coach of the Year award and the St. Vincent DePaul Service Award. He has volunteered at the LaSallian-Vincentian Youth. Some of Tim’s favorite vacations have been to Kauai, Colorado and Yosemite. When looking back at his time in Sacred Heart, Tim enjoyed being a member of the school’s last AAA Championship and their first WCAL Championship. Words to live by: “The glass is always full, not half empty.”

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achieved his BA in Psychology at the University of San Francisco, followed by his Master of Education from Northeastern University for College Counseling and Student Personnel. He had a 37-year career with the IRS and held positions in upper management, retiring in 2010. With his wife Loretta, he has two children and three grandchildren. Anthony volunteers his time providing technological support to Parochial Elementary School. He is also a member of the School Board of the Our Lady of the Assumption School in Lynnfield, Massachusetts. Anthony has also found time to travel throughout the United States, Italy, Swit-

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UPS worker with 30 years on the job. He has been out of San Francisco since 1974 and has four children with his wife Katherine.

They are also grandparents to nine grandchildren. He enjoys bowling and traveling on cruises and to Hawaii. When recalling this time at Sacred Heart, John favors his memory of the ’68 -’69 Varsity Basketball Championship. Words to live by: “It is what it is.”

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time golfing and coaching at his local Youth Sports Program. In his life, John has lived in many places with his wife Sandra and their kids, including California, Utah, Ohio, Texas, Colorado and even London.

He has traveled throughout the US, the UK, Europe and Middle East for both work and personal travel.

John currently lives in Southern California near his kids and grandkids, but his entire family remains loyal Giant, 49er and Warrior fans.

He frequently returns to the City for visits with friends and family.

Words to live by: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your path.”

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photographers advance their own digital printing skills. One of his favorite memories of Sacred Heart is beating St. Ignatius in baseball and winning the WCAL baseball title in 1970. Words to live by: “Hail to Sacred Heart.”

17 Michael Creedon achieved

his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at San Francisco State University after graduating from Sacred Heart. He and his wife Susan have one child Ryan. Michael is retired from the San Francisco Fire Department and was a professor 16 John Cavallero graduatof the San Francisco Art Institute ed from University of San from 2001 to 2012. Michael is very Francisco with a Bachelor’s Degree experienced with photography; his in Finance. He also went on to photographs are in the collections achieve his MBA from Amber of The Bibliotheque Nationale in University and participated in the Paris, France and the San Francisco International Energy Institute Museum of Modern Art. He enjoys Program at Oxford University. He collecting cameras as a hobby. worked at the Marathon Petroleum Michael enjoys helping other Corporation for 40 years, retiring in 2012. He enjoys spending his

18 Dan Dolan is enjoying dual

retirement from being a branch banker and state employee.

After Sacred Heart, he attended Saint Mary’s College in California.

He is also a former rotary member.

He and his wife Susan have three children and five grandchildren.

In his spare time, Dan enjoys RV camping, bike riding, and martial arts. One of his favorite vacations was heading over to Berkeley Tuolumne camp in Yosemite. Dan also looks forward to visiting other national parks. When at Sacred Heart, one of his favorite memories was fellow ’70 alumni Larry Urmini’s van, which seems like a story that’s waiting to be told!

Words to live by: “It’s later than you think!”

19 Leo Dominguez and his

spouse Gayle have been happily married for 42 years. After he graduated from Sacred Heart, Leo went on to attend City College of San Francisco and Golden Gate University. He worked as a hospital administrator at Sutter Health, but now he is retired. Leo has volunteered much of his time to the Food Bank of Contra Costa and

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Solano, SIR Branch 8, Gardens at Heather Farms and the Walden District Improvement Association. Leo has traveled all throughout Southeast Asia and Australia with hopes to go to Central and South America. When he’s home, he enjoys hiking, wine tasting, gardening and baking bread and pizza. Leo is also part of an automobile group. Words to live by: “Be respectful, acknowledge and appreciate.”

20 Geoffrey Fong has been

living overseas for the last 36 years and is sorry he missed his Gold Diploma ceremony!

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went on after Sacred Heart to graduate from Saint Mary’s College and University of California Hastings College of the Law, the latter of which has been recently renamed to University of California College of the Law, San Francisco. He has been a lawyer since 1977 with numerous successes in the courtroom. He has also donated his services to those who were in need of legal representation throughout his career. He hopes to retire this year. Matthew and his wife Mary Lisa have three daughters, and they are also grandparents to two grandsons and two granddaughters. He has volunteered his time as a coach to his daughters’ basketball, soccer and volleyball

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teams, and he volunteered at his sports such as football, basketball, local Catholic church in Berkeley. baseball, tennis, golf and even One of his fondest trips was his European soccer. Aside from that, honeymoon to London and Paris he enjoys Renaissance art, making in 1980, though Matthew has also and eating good food and wine. vacationed to Italy and AustraClaudio loves to spend time with lia. Recently, he’s come to love his family, enjoying all the trips traveling to the Pacific Northwest. they’ve been able to take together, Matthew recalls the fun he had as a from Disneyland to Italy. When general reporter and sports editor thinking back to his time at SH, for the Shamrock in his senior Claudio holds one memory every year. He was honored to receive SH student cherished: beating awards at graduation, given to him SI! Words to live by: “Consult not by votes from the faculty. Words your fears but your hopes and your to live by: “Live Jesus in our hearts, dreams. Think not about your frusforever.” trations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not 22 Mike Kerns is retired with with what you tried and failed in, 10 grandchildren. He is but with what it is still possible for currently enjoying his free time by you to do.” — Pope John XXIII traveling and playing golf. Some of his favorite travel escapes include 24 John Mattias has two sons Paris, Barcelona, Ireland and and four grandsons. He has Hawaii. Mike volunteers his time been married to his wife Diane for to Native Sons and the Olympic 50 years. After Sacred Heart High Club. When he was a student, School, John attended City College Mike enjoyed playing all the sports and joined the Coast Guard. Now offered to him from Sacred Heart retired, John spends his time High School. Words to live by: fishing and watching his grand“Live everyday to the fullest.” sons play sports. He volunteers his time coaching soccer and baseball 23 Claudio Luporini attendin Foster City and baseball and ed Golden Gate University basketball at St. Matthew's School. after SH, achieving a Bachelor of It is no surprise that John’s favorite Science Degree in Administrative memory at SH is playing football Management. He has two chilfor all four years. And, of course, dren with his wife Diane and four making friends for life. He recalls grandchildren. He is currently the his favorite teachers: Brother AntoManaging Director at C. Luporini nio and Brother Thomas. Words to & Associates/Bella Ceramica. Claulive by: “Live life the best you can dio spends his free time enjoying and don’t look back.”

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CFO, married with one child and two grandchildren. His favorite memory of Sacred Heart was returning to it after experiencing public school for the first time.

After he graduated, William graduated from the University of San Francisco with a BA in Accounting.

He volunteers his time now as an Easthaven Baptist Church men’s ministry leader, a Bible study leader, and a counselor for Hope Pregnancy Ministry. When he’s not dedicating his time to help others, William enjoys spending time skiing, mountain biking, hiking, and enjoying off-road motorcycles.

Words to live by: “This life will pass, only what's done for God will last.”

26 Laurence Urmini and his

wife Jane Ann are grandparents to four granddaughters, with ages ranging from eight to two years old. He considers himself a hammock specialist, with the love of traveling to complement it. Laurence fondly remembers his recent trip to Eastern Canada, which was the first trip he was able to do since the beginning of the pandemic. When looking back at his time at Sacred Heart High School, he enjoyed his time most playing football and learning under Brother Antonio. Words to live by: “Be strong, be helpful, take care of yourself, then you can take care of your family.”

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has also won 3rd Place Jr. National Synchronized Swimming Championship; 2nd Place Germany Invitational Synchronized Swimming Championship; 1st Place SF Invitational Synchronized Swimming Championship; National Judge-US Synchronized Swimming. Kathleen raised two wonderful sons, Edward and Steven, as a single mother and has two great-grandchildren with her husband Reverend J. Toby M. Dubon. She is now retired from the City and County of San Francisco Recreation and Park Department after 37+ years in the Aquatics Division, and volunteers as a swim instructor at Garfield Pool, and on the parent committee for 8th grade Graduation at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School. Looking back at her time at Cathedral, Kathleen enjoyed co-directing the Junior Tableau production of A Charlie Brown Christmas with Tamara Kumansky Chichkanoff, and her favorite teacher was her biology teacher Mr. Gary Brown. Words to live by: “Love is Love; treat everyone with respect “

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her husband Robert are proud parents of two children, and four grandchildren. Yvonne is now retired, and in her spare time enjoys gardening, cooking, and traveling. Her favorite escape is her home in Italy. Looking back on her days at Cathedral, Yvonne enjoyed cheerleading.

28 Lydia Hernandez Herrera

has two loving children and grandchildren. When Lydia is not working at AT&T in the communication technology department, she loves to travel. Noting that a European Cruise was one of her greatest memories. As a student at Cathedral, Lydia’s fondest memories were spending lunchtime with her friends, and being in Sr. DePaul’s classroom. Words to live by: “Pay attention to details” — Sr. DePaul

29 Kathleen Marlborough Dubon spent two years at University of San Francisco and three years at City College of San Francisco where she received the Bank of America Achievement Award in Land Surveying. She

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in her home. While Albertina has received numerous awards for her service, her greatest achievement is maintaining a loving and respectful relationship with her husband, Dave, who has been her greatest blessing. Looking back on her days at Cathedral, Albertina loved being a part of the drill team events, being in the drama club, and being in Mrs. Reed’s classroom. Words to live by: “If it is to be it is up to me.”

County. Now, in her spare time, Grace enjoys long walks, aerobic classes, and making travel photo books. Her favorite travel destination is Italy, which she’s visited four times. Grace thinks back to her Cathedral days with great fondness for her friends, for the memories made together and for her favorite teachers, Sr. DePaul, Sr. Adele, Miss Williams and Mr. Mireles. Most notably, Grace enjoyed the co-ed classes, her Sophomore Retreat, and being a cheerleader with some of her closest friends. Words to live by: “Always enjoy today, as we never know what tomorrow may bring.”

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her husband, Exiquio are the proud parents of three children, and three grandchildren. After retiring from AT&T, Martha enjoys volunteering at her grandchildren’s school, and taking family cruises in her spare time. Martha is also an avid coin collector with a neat collection. Lunchtime with friends, as Martha recalls, was her favorite during her time at Cathedral.

Martha proudly won the South San Francisco Unified District Schools Award for her service. Words to live by: “God’s love never fails.”

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graduated from San Francisco State with a bachelor’s degree in from San Francisco State UniSociology, and a master’s degree in versity with a Bachelor of Science Counseling. After serving as a prodegree. After 35 years of service, bation officer and a victim services Albertina retired from the United manager for the District Attorney’s States Postal Service. In her reOffice, Grace proudly retired after tirement, Albertina enjoys driving being awarded the 30 Years of to National Parks and gardening Service Award from San Mateo

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graduated from College of San Mateo nursing school and San Francisco State. After 40 years of service, Linda retired as a Registered Nurse in the Intensive Care Nursery at Children’s Hospital, now CPMC. Linda married Sacred Heart High School friend Kevin O’Rourke ’72 in 2006 after re-connecting with him in 2002. Linda has one son, one daughter, three stepdaughters, and four grandchildren. In her spare time, Linda enjoys painting, yoga, reading, going to the movies, and traveling. She enjoys going to Maui every March where she celebrates her birthday and wedding anniversary, and goes whale watching. Looking back on her days at Cathedral, Linda recalls

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helping in the school office withSue Elvander ’62 and Mrs. Kuhn, going to Sacred Heart games, dances, and the coed classes. She remembers fondly the retreats with Grace Rodriguez and Jackie Linich and running for Sacred Heart’s prom queen. Her favorite teachers include Mrs. Reed, Mrs. Gavin, and Mrs. Kuhn. Words to live by: “Be nice to somebody sad and treat others the way you want to be treated.”

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the US Army from 1974 to 1978. He went on to work in information technology and sales until retiring. He and his wife, Mona are grandparents to three granddaughters and one grandson. Currently, he enjoys traveling and gardening. His favorite travel locations are Italy, Spain and Portugal. When looking back at Sacred Heart, Mario enjoyed the school dances and sports games.

Words to live by: “Never point a finger at anyone as you have three pointing back at you.”

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Bernadette are parents to two SHC alumni: Connor ’10 and Cara ’11. He graduated from San Francisco State University with a BA in Radio & Television. He

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worked in office technology with Savin, TaylorMade, Ikon Office Solutions and Ricoh-USA. Joseph has received many awards and recognition for all of his work. Now retired, he spends his time playing guitar and working with computers. Of course, he also spends time with his dog, Ginger. He has spent his summers at Lakeview Haven Resort, starting in 1964. In 2021, he had a reunion with old friends who would join him in Lakeview at Pine Acres. He greatly enjoyed boating and swimming there. When looking back at Sacred Heart, Joseph liked attending all the sporting events with his lifelong friends: Rick Vallangca, Mike Roche & Rich Sayerwin. Words to live by: “Be a lifelong learner!”

36 Louis Bertolini retired from

A. Tarantino & Sons in 2021 after 18 years and from the wholesale food industry after 45 years.

He is now living in Reno, Nevada and enjoying the retired life.

37 John Centurioni graduated

from San Francisco State, joining the San Francisco Sheriff's Department from 1979-1983. He then joined the SF Police Department, staying with them until his retirement in 2014. He considers his greatest achievement was working on street patrol for the SFPD. John volunteers his time as part of his local Homeowners Association Board of Directors.

He and his wife Julie have two daughters, and one of his fondest vacations was to Hawaii. Words to live by: “Always do the right thing.”

40 years. Words to live by: “You never know what you accomplish until you try…”

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sergeant of the San Francisco Police Department. He has traveled to the Greek Islands twice in his life, both times for a month each.

Now, he spends his time enjoying antique cars, otherwise known as “hot rods.” Words to live by: “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

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executive with two patents for video content navigation under his name. He is currently on the Advisory Board of two med-tech startups and three social enterprises. During his career, Ray traveled Kevin Barrett graduated 35 and worked in 29 different counfrom San Francisco State tries, with his favorite locations Ernest Delli Gatti is a retired 38 University with a dual degree in being Italy, Switzerland and Japan.

Chief Master Sergeant of Political Science and International He spends his free time with golf, the Air Force, where he has been Relations, both with honors. He classic cars and fine wines. He is awarded various military decoserved in the army for four years, currently a Professor of Practice rations and awards for his work. two of those years in Germany.

During his time with the Air Force, teaching graduate students at Hult Kevin has also lived in Liverpool, International Business School he worked in the Rescue CoordiEngland for five years and Saudi nation Center. Later on, he worked in San Francisco and London.

Arabia for two and a half years.

Ray still remembers his first day with United Airlines as an Engine Since 2017, he has retired from Planner. Ernest also keeps aircrafts of school as a freshman and the federal government work, mainly challenges of finding classrooms, in mind during his free time. He working in IT and computers. getting his locker open and taking is most interested in solving cold He spends his time blogging and the muni back and forth to school. cases involving missing aircraft. reading, and he is trying to learn His favorite teacher was Mr. N.T. He also enjoys cooking, traveling, the guitar. When he was a student, Johnson, who apparently had quite and woodworking. When he was Kevin enjoyed participating in his the wardrobe. Words to live by: in the Air Force, Ernest lived in senior choir. Words to live by: “Be kind … mean people suck.”

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first, they surfed at Jeffrey’s Bay and then traveled on a wildlife safari.

He recalls seeing an amazing array of animals: lions, cheetahs, elephants and rhinos to name a few.

When he is in the Bay, Joe volunteers his time to helping veterans at the Palo Alto VA. Words to live by: “Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.”

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to working on his golf game and seeing his SHC Class of 1973 classmates at his Gold Diploma 50th anniversary reunion ceremony in April.

Editor-in-Chief for Sacred Heart’s Blue & White newspaper.

Now he is retired from the manager position of Maritime Marketing at the Port of Oakland. He traveled to Asia and Northern Europe for work, but his favorite vacation was Paris with his wife Gracie and their kids. Sal’s favorite school memory was a legendary basketball game during his freshman year. It was the Sacred Heart Varsity Basketball team versus Riordan, who was ranked number one in Northern California at the time. SH beat Riordan by a score of 54-52. Sal is currently enjoying his time in Napa Valley with his family and close friends. Words to live by: “Always do the best you can.”

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greatest achievement to be watching his two sons graduate from UC schools and move on to fulfilling, professional careers.

He has retired from teaching and coaching at Serra High School after 30 years, and now, Joe works as the San Francisco 49er team historian. In his spare time, Joe enjoys traveling. One of his favorite trips was to South Africa with his sons;

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in Phoenix, Arizona with his wife, Karen. Together, they have two daughters and three grandchildren. He is currently retired from the parking industry in San Francisco. Rick had the opportunity to play baseball professionally in Italy for seven years. He also played baseball for SH when he was a student. Words to live by: “Treat others like you would like to be treated.”

44 Paul Pereira recently retired from Wells Fargo after 41 + years of service, most recently as a Finance and Accounting Manager in the Asset Management (mutual funds) group, which included holding five FINRA securities licenses.

He lives in the SF outer Parkside with his wife Regina and sons, who are current SHC students: Matthew Pereira '24, and Luke Pereira '26. Paul is looking forward

45 Tom Robertson and his wife

Kathy are grandparents to seven grandchildren. Tom is retired, having worked in the Young’s Market Company as a liquor and wine wholesaler. He won the award of Salesman of the Year in both 1989 and 1990. Now retired, Tom enjoys his time golfing and fishing, and he volunteers his time at the Moraga Food Bank. When thinking about his time at Sacred Heart, Tom recalls fondly playing football with his friends and studying under Mr. Lou Myers ’55, Mr. Johnson and Mr. Luchetti. Words to live by: “Enjoy each day since tomorrow is not promised.”

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rently retired, enjoying his time since being a part of Sacred Heart Cathedral. He and his wife Judy enjoyed every moment of their time in SHC. He considers his achievement to be seeing the school continue to grow. He currently spends his time golfing and traveling, with his favorite location to visit being France. His favorite memory of Sacred Heart is the lifelong friendships he made during those four years.

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of the United States Coast Guard. He is currently a San Francisco Police Inspector. He considers his greatest achievement to be married to his wife Sue for 45 years.

Together they have traveled a lot in their RV and enjoy spending time in their home in Twain Harte. In his free time, Pete enjoys fishing and pickleball.

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high school sweetheart Anita, and they have celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary. In total, they have been together for over 50 years. He is currently retired from working at Safeway for 38 years. He spends his well deserved free time now playing cards and shooting pool.

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UC Davis with a medical degree. He is currently a practicing physician with a specialty in family medicine. He was recognized as one of America’s Best Doctors from 2009 to 2020. He was also the former Chief of Internal Medicine and Family Medicine in the Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation. In his free time, Bob enjoys playing piano and learning music theory. Words to live by: “Semper Fi.”

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50 The rain didn't stop Gary

Allen Brown, Jr. is the vice president of World Wide Tech Support in Infoblox. He owns and operates his own recording studio. Currently, Allen lives in San Jose, California. Go Irish! Go Niners!

After playing four years of Division 1 collegiate volleyball and graduating from the University of Southern California in 2019, Madison Murtagh recently graduated magna cum laude from her post-baccalaureate BSN from Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing in New York City. She will be starting her career as a Registered Nurse in NYC and hopes to pursue additional education in the coming years. Go Irish!

Vannucchi and his Class of 1967 Sacred Heart graduates from gathering at Firenze by Night in North Beach to catch up and eat good food. It was a pleasure seeing everyone who came!

1972 51 With the updated info in her Gold Alumni booklet, Irene Gillogley Carroll visits the City about once a year, reconnecting with a fellow Cathedral alumna, the “delightful!” Maria Fassio Pignati. She hope to see more of the class of 1972 next March. They'll all be nearing 70 by then!!!

1975 Mary McCarthy Morales is retired and happy!

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are in their new house in Kentucky. It's a two year-old patio home. The best part is, it's paid for. Go Irish, indeed.

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Canepa quickly catching up at the San Francisco Italian Heritage Parade, as David campaigns for a seat in Congress.

1998 54 Emily Giometti lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband and their two children, ages 8 and 13. She works as a Special Trial Attorney for the Office of Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service, where she litigates the government's largest and most complex tax disputes. Her debut novel — On Earth as it Is on Television — will be published under the pen name Emily Jane in June 2023 by Hyperion Avenue/ Disney Books.

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through strength. Jesse wanted to share his update as the faculty and staff of SHC provided him the necessary tools to be successful in life, especially being an intercity kid where sports for him were a way out of the uncertainty of his environment. Shout out the SHC Football Team. Go Irish!

2022 Jesse Murphy, III has recently begun his career as Military Police for the United States Air Force as Security Forces. Currently, he is assigned to the 343rd Security Forces Training Squadron at Joint-Base San Antonio, Lackland, Texas. Jesse's first duty station will be Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota where he?ll be assigned to the 28th Security Forces Squadron, apart of MAJCOM Global Strike Command where the Air Force’s focus is nuclear deterrence and peace

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CELEBRATORY GIVING

Celebratory Giving Program Listed on the following pages are the names of SHC community members’ family, friends and loved ones who are listed in SHC’s Book of Remembrance. Melinda Lawlor Skrade, PhD, the Christian Brothers and the Daughters of Charity offer prayers and Masses for the special intentions requested in honor of members of our school community each month. Please remember them in your prayers.

This list reflects contributions made from October 1, 2022 through February 28, 2023.

IN HONOR Class of 1970 Mike Creedon ’70 & Susan Bartholomew

Sister Frances Meyer, DC Rosie Lawlor Horan ’65 & Jim Horan

Tim Burke ’70 Kathleen & Frank Charlton, Jr.

SHC Faculty and Staff Shawn Singleton ’88

Audrey Byrne ’24 Paul Byrne

IN MEMORY

Juliet Byrne ’26 Paul Byrne Mike Hardeman Nancy & Shawn Kelly Nancy Burke McCarthy Aidan McGrath ’24 John McGrath

Harvey Anderson ’74 Bob King Winifred Anderson Bob King

Ramsey Musallam, Ed.D. Mary & Alex Petrilli, Jr.

Marge Ann Baker Tom Ivancich ’70 & Sandra Ivancich

Thomas Rowan Marty Gent ’66 & Jane Gent

Paul Arretche ’80 Mary & Jean Curutchet & Sons

John Scudder, Jr. ’73 Margaret Coyne & Tom Paoli

John Bardini ’82 Shirley Bardini Ted Cercos ’77 & Jane Cercos Brother Joseph Fabiano, FSC Patricia Hicks Daniel Kennedy ’62 & Claudia Kennedy Lisa Lindsey Frank Mazzucco ’76 & Jo Mazzucco Pat Mazzucco Tippy Mazzucco ’78 & Kathryn Mazzucco Terry Oleary Leo Patane ’76 & Marge Patane Margaret Paylow Marie & Jim Piccetti Nancy & Anthony Sorth

Brother Arnold Stewart, FSC Troy Nunley ’82 & Susan Lawrence

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Donna Gray Sheehan Barry Sheehan ’65

WELL WISHES Dolly Braida Carol Jones Hupke ’54 & Peter Hupke Helen Grima ’65 Rosie Lawlor Horan ’65 & Jim Horan

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Bob Abeling ’55 John Zeiter, Sr. ’53 & Marie Zeiter

SPRING 2023

John Barulich ’49 Nada Barulich Heidi Berke Rosie Lawlor Horan ’65 & Jim Horan Dominic Berterretche ’74 Mary & Jean Curutchet & Sons Adolph Capurro ’49 Jeanne Capurro Rochelle Celedon Kathleen & Frank Charlton, Jr. Tillie Clifford Paula & Joe McGuinness Michael Cunneen ’55 John Zeiter, Sr. ’53 & Marie Zeiter Hilbert Curran Michael Nerney ’75 & Roselle Nerney Philip Doherty ’61 Sue Walsh Kenneth Domingues ’50 Ron Domingues ’54 & Joan Domingues

Ron Gaggero ’53 John Zeiter, Sr. ’53 & Marie Zeiter James Garvey ’88 Mark Pardini ‘88 & Petra Andersson-Pardini Frank Grimley ’50 Carol Jones Hupke ’54 & Peter Hupke John Moriarty Ed Summerville ’50 Mike Hardeman Michael Nerney ’75 & Roselle Nerney Dan Ryan ’69 Patricia Hayes Kathleen & Charles White Bill Henneberry ’48 Mike Harrington ’68 & Barbara Harrington Warren Johnston ’48 & Betty Johnston Kevin McNaughton ’78 & Leslie McNaughton Andres Herrera Denise & John Branch

Lorraine Etcheverry Mary & Jean Curutchet & Sons

John Hewatt, IV Bill Powers ’69 & Diane Powers

Anna Ferrando Dennis Callaghan ’71 & Carol Callaghan

Elisabeth Hipp Warren Johnston ’48 & Betty Johnston Dom Panina ’80 & Colleen Panina

Dolores Flinn Lorraine Baptista Sean Foley ’80 John Shanley ’80 & Dawn Shanley

Clara Joost Kaaren Alvarado Rob Aveson ’74 & Cathy Aveson

Brother Joseph Fabiano, FSC Diane & Gregory Gatto Frank Joost ’81 & Sarah Joost Susan Langbehn-Ott Frank Lavin ’81 & Teresa Bondanza-Lavin Carolyn & David Ledda John Moriarty Therese Povey Janet Ruggiero John Schelling John Schoenstein Angie Karas Dom Panina ’80 & Colleen Panina Richard Keane ’44 Dick Morosi ’61 William Keith Melinda & Phil Skrade Aileen Moriarty Kelly ’47 John Moriarty Katherine King Bob King Mary Kositzin Patty Shea Diner ’65 & Chris Diner, Sr. ’65 Pierre Labat Mary & Jean Curutchet & Sons Richard Lapice ’70 Leo Dominguez ’70 & Gayle Dominguez Lynn Lee Patty Shea Diner ’65 & Chris Diner, Sr. ’65 Rosie Lawlor Horan ’65 & Jim Horan Joe Kennedy, Sr. ’65 & Clo Kennedy

Lynn Maddan Barbara O’Brien Kay Schultz Mike Maddan, Sr. Barbara O’Brien Teresa Mayes Dennis Harrington ’67 & Tina Harrington Catherine McDonagh John Kelleher ’64 & Annely Kelleher

Salvatore DiGrande ’73 & Gracie Digrande Joseph Filice Matthew Graham Rick Landucci ’73 & Karen Landucci Paul Pereira ’73 & Regina Sung Bert Rodgers, III ’73 & Maria Rodgers Thomas O’Brien Barbara O’Brien

John McLaughlin, Jr. Carol Jones Hupke ’54 & Peter Hupke Ronald Mirkovich Ron Mirkovich ’73 & Christine Mirkovich

Tim O’Brien Barbara O’Brien Tom O’Brien ’69 Barbara O’Brien

Daniel Moriarty John Moriarty

Ed O’Connor ’44 May & Thomas Barisone Joseph Corvino ’52 & Carol Corvino Tony Pulvirenti ’69 & Karen Pulvirenti Michael Richman Dan Ryan ’69 Deborah & Jerry Sullivan

Christopher Morris ’01 Joan Abate Barbara & Dennis Morris

John Palu ’65 Deborah Carlin Murphy ’71 & Eugene Murphy

Virginia Munoz Denise & John Branch

Julian Pardini ’49 Mark Pardini ‘88 & Petra Andersson-Pardini

Kevin Molinari ’77 Ted Cercos ’77 & Jane Cercos Isako Momono Margi & Doug Beima

Jim Murphy ’65 Barbara & Walter Bankovitch Nancy & Shawn Kelly Deborah Carlin Murphy ’71 & Eugene Murphy Jack Nerney Kevin Nerney ’00 Conrad Nervi Estate of Wanda E. Nervi

Cornelius Lyons ’54 Jean & Brian Wisecarver

Jack Noonan ’50 Frank Noonan ’52 & Lois Noonan

Anna Machi Peter Machi ’61 & Adrianne Machi

Gene Norgard ’73 Richard Camozzi ’73 Ray DeRenzo ’73

Linda Pedroni Bill Powers ’69 & Diane Powers Jerry Phillips Sara Graham Barbara Pulizzano James Mullane ’70 Ronald Retana ’51 Leanne Chipchase-Retana James Roddy Kathleen & Charles White

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CELEBRATORY GIVING

Mariano Rosario Kathleen & Charles White Brother Owen Rowan Nick Dawson ’72 & Elaine Dawson Tom Rowan ’55 Brother Joseph Fabiano, FSC James Mullane ’70 Tom Owen ’69 & Nancy Owen Matthew Ryan, Jr. ’39 Larry Ryan ’65 Ray Ryan ’48 Warren Johnston ’48 & Betty Johnston Rosine Ryan Kathleen & Frank Charlton, Jr. Charles Schelter Denise & John Branch Gilbert Schoenstein ’47 John Moriarty Maureen Schoenstein Therese Povey

Marian Sullivan Carol Jones Hupke ’54 & Peter Hupke

Dan Barden ’59 James Barden ’62 & Carolyn Barden

Emilio Tallerico Brother Joseph Fabiano, FSC

George Barry James Barry ’74 & Mary Ann Barry

Frank Villani-Harper ’56 Dennis Sheehy ’56 & Karen Sheehy Toni Arditi Vincenzi ’69 Dan Vincenzi ’00 & Lia Vincenzi Beverly Webb Marty Gent ’66 & Jane Gent Steve Wilson Mark Pardini ‘88 & Petra Andersson-Pardini Ernest Zeiter ’55 John Zeiter, Sr. ’53 & Marie Zeiter Jonathan Zink ’69 Maureen Zink

CHRISTMAS STARS

George Sollini ’68 Ed O’Donnell, Jr. ’69 & Donna O’Donnell

Wayne Alba Dom Panina ’80 & Colleen Panina

Sheila Sterling Mary & Jean Curutchet & Sons Joe Kennedy, Sr. ’65 & Clo Kennedy Dom Panina ’80 & Colleen Panina

Antonio Alvaro Tony Alvaro ’71 & Charlotte Alvaro Cosme and Felicia Alvaro Tony Alvaro ’71 & Charlotte Alvaro Rosalinda Alvaro Tony Alvaro ’71 & Charlotte Alvaro

“Do not have any anxiety

Agnes Anderholden Karen & Conrad Grass

about the future.

Don Anderson ’44 Carolyn Anderson

Leave everything in God’s hands for he will take care of you.”

ST. JOHN BAPTIST DE LA SALLE

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SPRING 2023

Harvey Anderson ’74 Bob King Philip Anderson Carolyn Anderson Tim Baptista ’99 George Lynch, Jr. ’67 & Sue Lynch

Jane Barry James Barry ’74 & Mary Ann Barry Frank Bozzini George Lynch, Jr. ’67 & Sue Lynch Richard Brady ’45 Gregory Porter ’78 & Kathy Brady-Porter Nicholas Calabro Pete Calabro ’64 & Victoria Calabro Alice Johnson Callagy ’53 Ginger Fontaine ’54 Jesse Callejas ’03 Sal Callejas ’73 & Lucy Callejas Marie & Daniel Sampior Leon Sorhondo ’67 & Nicole Sorhondo Charles Cherry, Jr. Jamie Cherry & David Valentine Edith Cherry Jamie Cherry & David Valentine Charles Cooley Corwin Cooley & Maria Gonzalez Con Corkery Ann Corkery Carmela Corritore Annette Wild Sam Corritore Annette Wild Danny Curran ’98 Tad Tassone ’69 & Barbara Tassone Haydee Diaz Dora Diaz & Louie Vargas Luis Diaz Dora Diaz & Louie Vargas

Jim Diggins ’44 Rob Aveson ’74 & Cathy Aveson Margaret Diggins Janet Drutz Kimberly & David Drutz Mike Dunne Laurel & Roger Bross Jim Enright Carol & Jim Enright Clara Estrada Carol & Peter Quigley Bill Farrell ’79 Annette Farrell Mary Winifred Fierro Diane O’Malley & Fran Finnegan, II Carolyn Foo Merilyn & Warren Wong Pat Forbush Rob Aveson ’74 & Cathy Aveson Bob Ford ’52 Marlene Ford Barbara Crotty Frost ’44 Mary Frost Sweeney ’75 & Jim Sweeney Brian Frost Mary Frost Sweeney ’75 & Jim Sweeney William Frost ’40 Mary Frost Sweeney ’75 & Jim Sweeney Kelly Gallagher ’95 Nancy & Lloyd Coyne Leone Fontaine Germenis ’53 Ginger Fontaine ’54 Ernie Gomes Jan & Tom Dennison Nubia Gomez Corwin Cooley & Maria Gonzalez Katie Hallisy Dom Panina ’80 & Colleen Panina

Thomas Haymond Dom Panina ’80 & Colleen Panina

Angie Karas Dom Panina ’80 & Colleen Panina

Tom Horan, Jr. ’40 Dom Panina ’80 & Colleen Panina

The Kardum & Portillo Family Kardum & Joe Portillo Adrian Kelly Maureen Kelly

Brad Humphrey Dom Panina ’80 & Colleen Panina

Mary Kelly Mary & Jean Curutchet & Sons

Kenneth Hupke ’82 Carol Jones Hupke ’54 & Peter Hupke

Rose Kelly Mary & Jean Curutchet & Sons

Dolores Jacobberger Nancy & Lloyd Coyne

Tommy Kelly Mary & Jean Curutchet & Sons

Betsy James Scott Dreier Dom Panina ’80 & Colleen Panina

Kerry Klinkhammer Natalie Klinkhammer

Bobby Jones Natalie Klinkhammer

Lena Koeppen Jim Koeppen

Jean Marie Kallus Diane O’Malley & Fran Finnegan, II

Michael Leung Lillian But ’10

Thomas Robert Rowan ’55 Also known as Brother Owen, FSC and Brother Thomas, FSC, Thomas Robert Rowan ’55 passed away peacefully on December 15, 2022 at home in San Bruno at the age of 85. Born in San Francisco he grew up with his brothers John “Jack”, James “Jim”, William “Bill”, and Gary.

Living in the City was always an adventure for them. Tom grew up being a devoted 49er and Giants fan, and summers were spent at their home at the Russian River. He was a Christian Brother for 35 years, serving first as a teacher and Vice Principal at Sacred Heart High School, returning in later years as the school’s Director of Development. Tom spent the last 15 years as teacher, administrator, and counselor at Junipero Serra High School, San Mateo. His second vocation was as a husband and father for 30 years. He is survived by his loving wife of 30 years Sarah, his son Michael as well as nieces and nephews: Annemarie (Matt), Steven, Eric (Lainie), Brian (Lori), Zackery (Erin), Ashley, Cathi, Chad, and Siobhan (Dustin).

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CELEBRATORY GIVING

Norman Lew Norene & Peter dePeñaloza Alberto Liu, Jr. Penelope Yip & Alberto Liu, Jr. Marie Liu Penelope Yip & Alberto Liu, Jr. Ann Lynch George Lynch, Jr. ’67 & Sue Lynch George Lynch, Sr. ’35 George Lynch, Jr. ’67 & Sue Lynch Lu Ann Murtha Lynch ’74 Noelle Cirimele Cruse ’74 & John Cruse Kevin Maguire Dom Panina ’80 & Colleen Panina James Mattias Cathy Mattias Jack McDonagh Donna McDonagh Ed McHugh Mary & Terry McHugh

The Deceased Members of the Quan Family Ken Quan

Ed O’Connor ’44 Tom Callen, Jr. ’65 & Lynne Callen Rae Fallon Maureen Horan Mike and Vicki O’Connor Dennis Owen ’67 & Carolynn Owen Candie Whooley

Sarah Quigley Carol & Peter Quigley

Edward O’Connor Patricia Bordin Debbie Odom Dom Panina ’80 & Colleen Panina Chizzie Omori Sharon Yasukawa Dick Omori Sharon Yasukawa Rupert Palacios Giselle Palacios-Delmundo ’94 & Tom Delmundo

Ursula McHugh Mary & Terry McHugh

Robert Panina Dom Panina ’80 & Colleen Panina

Isako Momono Jo Ann Momono

Anita Parton Annette Wild

Andrew Moore ’08 Joanne Moore

Joyce Pasero Lori Parenti

Gregory Morris ’01 Barbara & Dennis Morris

Larry Pasero ’69 Lori Parenti

Vincent Morris Florence Morris

Dolly Patt Dom Panina ’80 & Colleen Panina

Frank Nann ’50 Ray Nann ’51 & Barbara Nann

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John and Catherine O’Connell Tom O’Connell ’67 & Barbara O’Connell

Jerry Phillips Jan Phillips

George Nann ’57 Ray Nann ’51 & Barbara Nann

Merlin Porter, III ’81 Gregory Porter ’78 & Kathy Brady-Porter

Jack Noonan ’50 Frank Noonan ’52 & Lois Noonan

Merlin Porter, Jr. Gregory Porter ’78 & Kathy Brady-Porter

Barbara Quilici Frank Mazzucco ’76 & Jo Mazzucco Ronald Retana ’51 Leanne Chipchase-Retana Tony Ribera, Jr. Cathy & Tony Ribera,Ph.D Bob Roemer Jo Ann Momono Joan Roemer Jo Ann Momono Joanne Ryan Mike Johnston ’71 & Cris Johnston Warren Johnston ’48 & Betty Johnston Rosine Ryan Dan Ryan ’69 Robert Sattui ’47 Marie Sattui Rosalie Scalise Tallerico Theresa & William Bastida Louise Serafini George Lynch, Jr. ’67 & Sue Lynch Bill Shore, Jr. Bill Shore ’52 & Jeanne Shore Gene Simpson ’49 Joy & Ed Kimball Ray Sleeper George Lynch, Jr. ’67 & Sue Lynch Ruth Sleeper George Lynch, Jr. ’67 & Sue Lynch Carin Smith-Wirt Kathryn Ekegren & Phong Pham

Josephine Sowell Heather Ramsey & Daniel Sowell

Rico Tognotti Dave Tognotti ’65 & Cecilia Tognotti

Francesco Spagnoli Jamie Cherry & David Valentine

Eugene Udovich, Jr. ’63 Sharon Udovich

Albert Stipitivich Pete Calabro ’64 & Victoria Calabro

Dorothy Vanucchi George Lynch, Jr. ’67 & Sue Lynch

Mike Symkowick ’69 Jill Symkowick

Paul Vigo Dom Panina ’80 & Colleen Panina

Emilio Tallerico Theresa & William Bastida Anne Marie Tassone Tad Tassone ’69 & Barbara Tassone Mary Thiel Vido Thiel ’65 Angelina Tognotti Dave Tognotti ’65 & Cecilia Tognotti

Don Wild ’61 Rosemary & Carlos Rivas Annette Wild Madeline Wild Annette Wild Merilyn Wong Merilyn & Warren Wong

“Lord, help me to make time today to serve you in those who are most in need of encouragement or assistance.”

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL

We remember in our prayers the alumni who have recently passed away: Lloyde Appleby ’60

Philip Guelfi ’73

Noel Palacios ’62

Paul Arretche ’80

Jim Healy ’50

John Palu ’65

John Bardini ’82

Darryl Hughes ’81

Fred Pardella ’57

Dominic Berterretche ’74

Chester Jung ’61

Michael Passaglia ’76

Joseph Bruno ’73

Joseph Lagomarsino ’55

Arnold Pieri ’48

Ronald Castillon ’70

Donald Madden ’47

Michael Radmilovich ’65

Kathy De Bardeleben ’73

Kevin Molinari ’77

Luis Ramos ’52

Raoul Fanfelle ’56

Jim Murphy ’65

Tom Rowan ’55

Daniel Foley ’62

Ed O’Connor ’44

Mark Sheehan ’70

Paul Guardino ’70

George Sollini ’68

*The alumni acknowledged here are only those for whom we received notification.

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