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Mileposts Engagements Joseph Guster ’03 is engaged to Melissa Drobenare. The wedding is scheduled for May 4, 2014. Patrick Herbert ’03 became engaged to Lauren Balinski on Dec. 10, 2013. John P. Murillo ’97 was engaged to Jillian L. Drucker on Aug. 30, 2013. They are planning a January 2015 wedding at St. Francis Xavier Church.
Marriages Mike Walter ’84 married Kathy O’Neil on March 30, 2013. Mark Murphy ’89 married Jessica Schoenholtz on Sept. 29, 2013 at the Richmond County Country Club in Staten Island. Jonathan Chiacchere ’98, married Colleen Keller on April 19, 2012. John Dwyer ’99 married Sarah Garvin on April 4, 2012. James Magee ’99 married Elisabeth Prael of Jackson Heights, Queens. The Mass was officiated by Rev. Kenneth Boller, S.J. Xavier classmates Matthew Strong ’99, Christopher Smith ’99 and Colin Carrihill ’99 were in attendance. John Militano ’99 married Rebecca Frissel. Former Headmaster and current Provincial Rev. David Ciancimino, S.J.,’77 officiated the ceremony. Vincent Fedders ’01 married Sofia Karikas on July 6, 2013. Jason Christopher ’02 married Jennifer Modrich on Oct. 7, 2012. James Caufield ’03 married Jenna Volpe on Sept. 21, 2013. John Czaplinski ’03 married Magdalena Rybakiewicz on June 15, 2011. Brian Lorenzen ’03 married Meredith Alcarese on July 5, 2013. Claude Vella ’03 married Christine Capetillo on July 6, 2013. TJ Gundala ’04 married Shruti Mittal on Aug. 24, 2013. Jabian Gutierrez ’04 married Julia Crowley on Aug. 17, 2013 in Worcester, Mass. James Kraft ’04 married Elizabeth Grobel on Oct. 5, 2013.
FROM SCHOOL BELLS TO WEDDING BELLS Michael Leopoldi ’04 married Erin Anderson in July 2013. Thomas Leopoldi ’12 was best man; Nick Valentino ’04, Fidel Santiago ’04 and Vincent Margiotta ’04, were groomsmen. Peter Puglisi ’04 married Lauren Tighe on Sept. 7, 2013. 2LT Carlos Galletti, USA ’08 married 2LT Vanessa Acosta, USA on May 24, 2013. LTC Roy Campbell, USA (Ret.) was in attendance.
Births Eugene Bozzo ’55 welcomed a grandson, Preston Matthew Gant. Nicholas Del Bueno ’69 and his wife, Marianne, the proud parents of Nicholas II, are now the proud grandparents of Sofia, born on July 4, 2012. Jeffrey Sciscilo ’73 and his wife, Colette, welcomed their first grandchild, Dominic, in April 2013. John Atlas, DDS ’87, and his wife, Deena, welcomed Grayson Michael on May 7, 2013. Peter M. Heidt ’87 and his wife, Jennifer, welcomed their third child, Mack Daniel Heidt, on Feb. 8, 2014. Matthew Schwimer ’94 and his wife, Jeri Ann, welcomed Lee Patrick on Sept. 4, 2013. Lee Patrick is grandson of Peter Schwimer ’63 and his wife, Patricia. Joseph Librizzi ’95 and wife Melissa welcomed a daughter in April. She is also the granddaughter of Joseph Librizzi ’62. Alexander Anastasiades ’97 welcomed Chrystalla on Aug. 24, 2012. Curtis Borgstede ’00 welcomed Caesar Anthony on May 27, 2013. Michael Petri ’02 and his wife, Lauren, welcomed Evangeline Taylor Petri on Dec. 14, 2013. Ralph Marucci ’03 and his wife, Jessica, welcomed the birth of their son, Nicholas Ralph Marucci on Aug. 24, 2013.
When Joseph A. Petriello, Ph.D., began his career at Xavier High School in 2002, he had no idea just how much his life was about to change, personally as well as professionally. At his first student orientation, he met Loredana Altamura, who was starting her third year teaching Italian at Xavier. “Slowly, over the course of my first year at the school, we became really good friends,” Dr. Petriello said. And while some close friends were aware of the budding relationship between Dr. Petriello and Ms. Altamura, it flew under the radar for the majority of their colleagues. Dr. Petriello, chair of the Religion Department, recalled the “aha” moment, shortly after the couple became engaged. “When we got back to school in September 2004, Rev. Jack Replogle, S.J. ’51 was doing the opening prayer during our faculty meeting. He was talking about all the wonderful things that had happened over the summer — this family had a new baby, someone got married. One of the last announcements was, ‘And Joe Petriello and Loredana Altamura got engaged,’ and it was like, ‘Oh, how wonderful, great!’ And he said, ‘To each other.’ And you kind of heard a gasp through the chapel, because a lot of people didn’t know that we were seeing each other.” The two were married in 2005, and now have four children — three girls and one boy. Loredana Petriello left Xavier in 2007, but she and the family remain an integral part of the Xavier community.
Kevin Pohlman ’03 and his wife, Jessica, welcomed the birth of their first child, Kaitlyn Grace on May 3, 2013. Jonathan DeCastro ’05 and his wife, Janice, welcomed their first child, Xavier Theroen Luca, on Nov. 11, 2013. The Petriello family XAVIER MAGAZINE
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