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in memoriam
By ginny prior
“Dominic was truly Lasallian in his embodiment of the virtue of hospitality. He was the official greeter at the College and showed up...at the front door at almost every event.” — Brother ron gallagher
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Saint Mary’s magazine
Teacher, greeter, leader. Brother Dominic Berardelli FSC, who died Dec. 28, 2017, embodied the spirit of John Baptist de La Salle. “He was a force,” said Brother Michael Meister, who added that when Brother Dom was healthy, they would tease “there wasn’t a thing that he wasn’t involved in at the College. His energy, his devotion,” Brother Michael quipped, “if he grabbed onto God, he—and those of us who knew him—would be in for the ride of our life.” Brother Dom was born in Pittsburgh (to parents Charles Berardelli and Carmella Manfredi) on Jan. 6, 1938, and entered the novitiate in 1955, taking his final vows in Manila, choosing
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