ConnectionsA NEWSLETTER FOR BISHOP GUERTIN ALUMNI

Footprints Around

the World

Profiles of BG Alumni

Living Abroad

Summer 2013

ConnectionsA NEWSLETTER FOR

BISHOP GUERTIN ALUMNI

Editor: Michele Alafat

Contributing Writers:Michele Alafat

Corey Genest ’98Robert Goyette

Br. Mark Hilton SCMichael Voute ’97

Photography:Br. Ralph Lebel SC

Neil Pare

Layout & Design: Michele Alafat

Board of DirectorsBr. Robert Croteau SC

Br. Mark Hilton SCBr. Clifford King SC

Br. Daniel St. Jacques SCBr. Roger Lemoyne SC

Bishop Guertin High SchoolAdvisory School Board

2012-2013Lisa Georgalas Blanchard, Esq. ’96

Br. Robert Breault SCBr. Robert Gagne SC

Joseph W. Kenny, Esq.Patricia Laliberte

Sarah Smith McDowell ’96Bruce F. Mante

Michael A. Morin ’71, ChairBradley PoznanskiJoseph Raczka ’02

Ed Smith ’91Timothy J. Wholey

Executive Secretary to the BoardBr. Mark Hilton SC

Ex Officio MembersLinda Brodeur M ’78

PrincipalRebecca MacLennanDirector of FinanceMichael Voute ’97

Director of Institutional Advancement

Br. Mark Hilton SC

Friends, The theme of this edition of Connections ties closely with a text found at the beginning of the Brothers’ Rule of Life. In trying to describe our ministry of education, it speaks of “rescuing the young from ignorance, preparing them for life, and giving them a knowledge and love of religion.” The goal of a BG education is far more than simply learning stuff to repeat on a test and then get into college, a good one hopefully. None of those things is bad but none of them are good enough. Yes, it so much more about the formation of well-rounded students with a variety of experiences which better prepare them for the life before them. Developing self-confidence and skills, organization, trust in others, an ability to work with others effectively, and a genuine interest in learning are things for life, not just for today. Hopefully through the course of the pages of this edition, you will have the chance to glimpse that in action in a few of our alumni and in their widely diverse career choices but as much in the class notes as well. For our students today, we continue to challenge them to be involved in all sorts of things, to travel widely, to serve others, and to see their areas of interest in the wider perspective of the world. I hope though, maybe more importantly, that this edition enables you to see how much the experience of BG has touched all aspects of your life and helped form the person you are today. Because no matter the era, be it 50 years ago as the doors opened or as they will open this August to the Class of 2017, our task has always been the formation of young people so that they can transform the world they encounter.

And that journey is never done!

A Message from the President

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In this edition:

Some alumni may have a vague remembrance that during their Baccalaureate Liturgy, it is always noted that the chalice being used is that of Bishop Guertin. After the creation of the Bishop Guertin High School, some personal effects of Bishop Georges-Albert Guertin were made available to the school by the Diocese of Manchester and by his immediate family. The chalice we now have is engraved to “the Right Reverend Monsignor George Guertin DD” and dated, Rome 1929. This gift of a solid silver chalice, engraved and gold plated, was made ten years before Bishop Guertin’s death in 1939, probably on his ad limina visit to Rome. It is an ornate example of the silver and goldsmith’s art. The entire chalice is engraved

A Chalice Restored

– the cup shows Christ in glory surrounded by the twelve apostles, while the base has the saints worshipping the Blessed Sacrament. The base of the paten has a detailed representation of the Last Supper. The restoration of the chalice was recently completed with a gift from the Alumni Fund.

CoverTop image - Eliza Gettel '08walks throughs the Wadi desert Bottom image - Nicki Boisvert '05 with group of Cambodian children

We want to know where you are and what is going on in your life. New job, marriage, baby, recent travels, projects, etc.? Tell us about it! Contact us by email at alumni1@bghs.org to share your news. Or, please visit www.bghs.org/alumni to update your information. We look forward to hearing from you!

While it may not come as a surprise to learn that the majority of BG alumni reside in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, you may not know that BG alumni are living and working all over the world. As technology and media continue to make the world a smaller place, Bishop Guertin graduates are spreading their wings to take on new challenges and explore new opportunities throughout the United States and around the globe. In this issue, we profile four alumni who are working internationally. As a parallel we explore the many programs BG’s students participate in today that introduce them to foreign cultures, languages, and life outside the USA. You will also see a tribute to two legendary BG faculty who retired at the end of the 2013 school year: Louise Elkaloiuby

and Kathy Dinan. The alumni and faculty featured in these pages show just what BG is all about; “promoting life-long learning and preparing young people for life in a diverse

and rapidly changing world.” As we begin the 2013-2014 school year, Bishop Guertin celebrates an important milestone – it’s 50th Anniversary! We are planning many special events to mark the occasion and hope that you will join us. And we may even be coming to a city

near you, as Br. Mark Hilton, BG’s President, hits the road to meet and connect with alumni around the country. Please check BG’s website (www.bghs.org) or your email inbox for details and dates on BG’s 50th Anniversary Celebration!

Welcome

Michael Voute ’97Director of Institutional Advancement

f Anniversary Kickoff – Wednesday, September 4, 2013f Homecoming (BG vs. Nashua - Friday, October 25 @6pm) Stellos Stadium, Nashuaf New York Reception, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2014 f Reunion Weekend & Alumni Memorial Mass– November 29 & December 1, 2013 f Holly Day Fair – Saturday, December 7, 2013f Alumni Day -Friday, January 10, 2014f Midwest & West Coast Receptions – February 2014f Boston Reception – March 2014f Career Day – Friday, March 28, 2014f Legacy Gala – Saturday, April 12, 2014f Alumni Sports Dinner – May, 2014f Baccaluareate – Friday, June 6, 2014f Graduation – Sunday, June 8, 2014f Griffin Memorial Golf Tournament – Friday, August 15, 2014f Anniversary Closing & Mass – September 2014

50th Anniversary Schedule of Events

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Patrick Darling ’84 – Perth, Australia & Indonesia Upon graduating from BG, Patrick Darling studied management at UVM and began his career as a recruiter in the Boston area. When his brother, Michael finished his studies at Boston College, he embarked on a year long journey around the world. Bitten by the travel bug, Patrick soon began looking for ways to work overseas. In 1990, Patrick landed a job in Indonesia sourcing goods for a New York importer. Over time and with considerable study, he managed to learn the language and could communicate freely. It was during this time that he struck out on his own and started working for himself. He started a small furniture factory and five years later was employing 550 people in three Indonesian factories, with three retail stores, and exporting silver jewelry. By the mid-nineties, Patrick had a thriving business, was recently married, and was expecting his first child. But with significant political upheaval in Indonesia, he and his wife began to look for alternative places to live. Perth, Australia became their new home thanks to its greater stability, a thriving economy, and relative proximity to Patrick’s business interests in Indonesia. Looking back on his days at BG, Patrick remembers “often thinking of Br. Mark Hilton, an Australian, whom I met as a sophomore. At 16 years old, I thought my chances of visiting Australia were pretty remote, never expecting I would one day live there.” Darling now has two children, his oldest is a sophomore at Hale School in Perth. He operates three retail stores in Perth in addition to selling and sailing Catamarans for Seawind Catamarans, and travels monthly to his remaining factory in Indonesia. Looking back at how he came to live on the other side of the world, Patrick says “I really planned almost nothing in my life but I jumped at most opportunities that came my way and by and large they worked out wonderfully. Don’t be afraid to take chances and I suggest learning another language as a fantastic lifelong skill.”

Brian Pierce ’87 – Abu Dhabi, UAE Brian Pierce, an attorney in Abu Dhabi, part of the United Arab Emirates, has now lived in five countries and spent much of his legal career outside of the USA. He says it all began with a fascination he developed in Richard-Philippe Breton’s French class at BG, learning about French history and culture. While a student, he dreamt that one day he would live in Paris. That dream came true. After college, law school, and a year in Jordan studying Arabic on a Fulbright Scholarship, Brian moved to Paris and worked there for eight years as a lawyer in the offices of a US-based international law firm. He then spent seven years in London in a similar role. Brian was married in 2008 to a French woman, and they had their first child last year while living in London. In January, they all moved to Abu Dhabi where Brian works in the law office of a Washington D.C. based firm. In his work as an advisor to clients related to the development and financing of energy and infrastructure projects throughout the Middle East and Africa,

Brian shared that the most interesting aspect of an international job and lifestyle is “the daily interaction not only with the locals, but also with other ‘expats’ from all over the world, who have an astounding diversity of cultural backgrounds.” And, while Brian has spent most of his adult life living abroad, he still considers New Hampshire as home. Looking back on his time at BG, Brian can’t help but remember Mr. Breton teaching the class to sing French Christmas carols and leading the class around the school to perform in every classroom. And while the details of his time at BG may be a little fuzzy, the lyrics to “Cantiques de Noel” are still fresh and Brian “enthusiastically belts them out every Christmas for [his] wife and her family.” Brian’s advice to young alumni with an interest in working internationally, who are just starting their career is to “work for at least a few years in the US before taking a job abroad. If you are determined and resourceful, the right international opportunity will present itself in the fullness of time, when you are in the best position to make the most of it.”

What do four people, working in widely different fields, in four different continents have in common? A Bishop Guertin education. The following article profiles four BG alumni who pursued a career abroad. While their experiences and interests differ, an underlying point of commonality is that they all had a common starting point on Lund Road in Nashua. And interestingly, three of them won prestigious Fulbright Scholarships, as well.

Alumni Profiles from Around the World

The Darling family

The Pierce Family

Nicki Boisvert ’05 – Cambodia, Trinidad, & Georgetown

Nicki’s international experience came quickly after graduating from Marist College. She had applied for a Fulbright Scholarship to study cultural competency in medicine related to HIV treatment, but was unsure she would be awarded the scholarship. So she also applied for work on a medical ship in Cambodia as a “back-up plan.” As fate would have it, she won the Fulbright and the timing made it so that she could spend the summer in Cambodia before starting her studies and work in Trinidad. While cruising up and down the Mekong River in Cambodia, Nicki’s ship would spend a week at villages along the river bank, offering medical care and treatment. Each doctor on the ship would see about eighty patients a day and Nicki would do anything she could to be helpful. She worked in the Pharmacy, ran diagnostic tests, and got to know the locals the ship was serving.

At the end of the summer, Nicki then went to Trinidad to begin her Fulbright year “serving the underserved” at local HIV clinics, counseling patients, getting to know them, and studying the different approaches to treating HIV and how culture plays a role. Having been so deeply impacted by her time in Trinidad and her work in Cambodia, Nicki signed up for one more summer on the Mekong working long hours to bring medical treatment to those with little or no access to basic medical care. While Nicki is not currently living abroad, she is currently a 3rd Year Medical Student at Georgetown University School of Medicine, and she fully expects to return to South East Asia or head to Africa where she can take the skills she will acquire at medical school and put them to work in a remote local clinic serving those with little access to medical care. Nicki credits Bishop Guertin with putting her on the path to where she is today. Teachers like Linda Brodeur, who re-ignited her passion for science after a less exciting science class experi-ence in junior high and Ms. O’Neil who guided her through the college application process and directed her to Marist College, truly made a difference in her life. When you speak with Nicki, you are left feeling like you have spoken with someone who is truly living for the betterment of others. Her humble, infectious enthusiasm is inspiring. As Nicki says, “Every day I am working with people is a total gift.”

Nicki working with medical staff in a Cambodian village.

Nicki spending some down time learning dance moves from local village children.

Eliza Gettel ’08 – Southampton, England

Eliza’s passion is for Ancient History but she has also lived through modern history. She dug in the Jor-danian desert, while listening to loud blasts from the Israeli border. She walked through clouds of tear gas in Athens and saw protestors hurl Molotov cocktails at policemen behind riot shields. Last summer, when she was again in Athens, her director informed her group that he could not guarantee that their pay would be in euros by the end of the summer if the pro-EU New Democracy party did not win the pivotal elec-tion. Why did Eliza experience these events? For two of the past three years, she has lived abroad studying the ancient world and working as a classical archaeolo-gist. After graduating from BG in 2008, Eliza attended College of the Holy Cross as a fully-funded Henry Bean, S.J. Scholar in Classics. She fully intended to become a classical philologist – someone who studies the ancient languages. Then, in her sophomore year, the archaeology bug bit. Eliza randomly emailed her mother a picture of the Wadi Araba desert in Jordan and told her that she was planning to dig a Roman fort there that summer. Eliza found funding through the American Center for Oriental Research and spent three weeks digging among poisonous snakes that could kill a person in thirty minutes. For the rest of the summer and the fall, Eliza traveled to Greece to study. This is where Eliza considers her home away from home. She has since returned for two summers to excavate at the Athenian Agora, the ancient mar-ketplace at the base of the Acropolis. Eliza also spent a semester studying in Rome with thirty-five other Classics “nerds” from across America. She returned to Worcester for her senior year of college, but itched to be back across the Atlantic. Fortunately, Eliza won a

Fulbright award to fund a year of Master’s study in the UK, and is currently settled at the University of Southampton studying for an MA in social archaeology. What have these experiences taught Eliza? Firstly, she no longer trusts the news. “They may show you the heart of the riot in Syntagma Square, but they do not show you

that two streets away Athenians are sipping espresso freddo with their gas masks around their necks. They do not show you that even if there is a finan-cial crisis, new shops are opening in resilient areas of Athens and the Greeks are still overflowing with hospitality. Secondly, an American passport is a powerful thing. While even Canadians get pulled off a bus and questioned at a Jordanian roadblock, an American passport keeps you peacefully settled in your seat. Likewise, with the help of a pink polka dot shirt and a kind grandfatherly bureaucrat can help you overstay your visa. Nevertheless, a smile and a laugh are even more powerful, especially when crossing lan-guage barriers.” Eliza wishes to share her gratitude with Mrs. DeBlasio for sparking her love affair with Europe and introducing her to a program that convinced her to devote her career to studying Classics. She also sends a special thank you to Mr. Gioffre, who helped her fully embrace her love for the ancient world. When Eliza left BG, she was determined to eventually get her Ph.D. in Clas-sics at Harvard. Guess, where her Ph.D. in ancient history is going to be next fall? Harvard. She sends a big “Thank you!” to everyone at BG for helping her achieve that goal.

Eliza Gettel '08 working at an archaeological dig.

Eliza on camelback in the Wadi Desert.

Throughout Bishop Guertin’s Mission and Vision statements one will find a recurring theme of forming the whole student in preparation for the world beyond the walls of BG. These themes can be seen in action through several academic and extra-curricular programs available at BG. The most obvious way that we prepare our students for life in the outside world is through a number of courses which are offered to all of our students. For example, our students enroll in World Religions, World Literature, Geography and World Cultures, World History, and World Languages. These courses provide our students with an academic understanding and appreciation for diverse cultures, languages, customs, faiths and governments, from historical, economic, literature and religious perspectives. As our Mission states it is certainly our hope that these types of courses will form our students and help prepare them to succeed in “a diverse and rapidly changing world.” However, many of our students supplement their academic formation by participating in one or more of what we call, our “Learning Abroad” opportunities. Although there is no official “Study Abroad” program at Bishop Guertin, it is fair to say that BG students have had and continue to have plenty of opportunities to experience foreign cultures and languages first-hand through a variety of our school-affiliated travel programs. In all cases, many of our students travel at their own expense every year to various locations, and although they receive no academic credit for their experiences, they do receive countless intangible benefits along the way. All of our programs involve an application and selection process, to ensure that students are both qualified and eligible to participate in the respective program. Our oldest travel opportunities were started by the Foreign Language Department, with a French Student Exchange program to France, that has now been running for over

twenty years. For the BG students enrolled in mid to upper level French courses, the French Exchange has proven to be the ideal low-cost immersion opportunity to experience the culture, the language and as an added bonus, the roots of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart, which was founded in Lyon, France in 1821. Additionally, students have the opportunity to explore the city and culture of Quebec through an annual three-day weekend excursion. For those students who are unable to travel to France, the Quebec weekend has proven to be a good opportunity to obtain a good sampling of another franco-phone culture, its foods, its customs and its people and all less than 400 miles from home. Soon after BG began its French Exchange program, the Social Studies Department began sponsoring annual trips to other parts of the world. These trips are usually taken during the Winter or Spring break and are extremely popular by both students and the faculty chaperones. Students returning from these educational opportunities routinely rave and

rave about their experiences and are often able to integrate what they have learned into a social studies class, paper or report. Over the years, students have travelled to Egypt, Greece, Turkey, Ireland and Scotland, Sicily and Italy, Germany and Austria, Central Europe, and Vietnam. This year the group, which usually averages approximately twenty-five students and adults will be travelling to Spain and Portugal. It is fair to say that through the years over five hundred BG students have travelled on one or more of the Social Studies

annual trips. This year, the science department has followed suit, by sending a group of students and two faculty members to the Peruvian Amazon to assist a team of scientists from Operation Wallacea conducting biological and environmental studies at the Pacaya-Samiria Reserve. Our most service-oriented learning abroad program began in the summer of 2008. It is the Bishop Guertin Mission Trip to Zambia, which is described as a “service trip providing the participants with a life-changing third world experience.” Clearly this trip is first and foremost a service program to assist Saint Francis High School. The school is a Brothers of the Sacred Heart School located in a very remote area of the Northern Province of Zambia. The trip involves two full weeks of service at the school and approximately one week of travel and limited touring in London, Zambia and Botswana. By this summer, approximately one hundred BG students will have participated in the BG Mission Trip to Zambia. What impact the trip has and/or will have on their lives may never be known, but for sure the trip is indeed a “life-changing” experience, and one which prepares our students in ways that we could never do solely in the classroom. In addition to the above opportunities, many of our students also travel with their church groups on mission trips, most often to Latin America. We wholeheartedly support and encourage any student who is involved with such worthwhile causes and certainly appreciate the benefits involved. What the ultimate measure is of how successful we have been in preparing our students for life beyond BG may be near impossible to ever determine. Yet, we are confident that the travel abroad opportunities coupled with exposure to Global issues and perspectives in the classroom have enriched hundreds of students along the way.

BG Students Learning Abroad - Robert Goyette

BG Students in Spain.

Students have leisure time at a recent African Mission Trip.

Kathy Dinan began her forty-two year teaching career at Immaculate Heart Academy in New Jersey. She decided at the age of five that she wanted to teach art when she grew up and was only further encouraged in the fifth grade when referred to as “a bold little girl” by one of the nuns at school. In a peculiar foreshadowing, that sentiment illuminates a career that questioned the established way of doing things, expanded an art program, and encouraged students to channel creative energies in a positive manner that can benefit others. After moving around the northeast for a bit, Mrs. Dinan and her husband, Bill, a high school physics teacher made their way to New Hampshire. Mrs. Dinan spent a number of years at the Mount and when the merger took place, she moved to Bishop Guertin. Upon her arrival she found an art program tucked away at one end of the building and set out to make it something more. During her twenty years at BG, she has done nothing but expand it and make it substantial. Arts Spectrum (her favorite course) was added, along with Pottery, renovations, musicals, performance art, hand-stitched dresses, and gingerbread boats. So much of what she has given the Guertin community reveals her belief that art should be outward – that it provides an opportunity for people to channel their energies in a manner that benefits others. The hand-stitched dresses, made by BG students and sent to Africa with Br. Don on the annual mission trip, exemplify this mindset. In her own words, she “begged for a musical” in 2008 and got what she asked for, Grease. She worked very hard with Mr. Peter Champagne and recalls how hard students Amy Flynn ’08 and Michaela Paulson ’08 worked to make the show a reality. She is happy that the tradition has continued since then and looks forward to more opportunities like this for our students in the future. One of her favorite memories is from the Annual Legacy Gala. One year, she and her Arts Spectrum students reenacted Renoir’s Garden Party. The painting came to life as students were in full costume, the table was set, and the canopy was lifted. Mrs. Dinan loves performance art and it had been a dream of

hers to reenact a painting. She also loves what art can do not only for others, but for the artist themselves. She fondly refers to the art room as a home base, as a place where students can go to create, to work, to feel safe and wanted.

Part of the mission of Bishop Guertin High School is to create a sanctuary – a place where the individual can feel safe and be given the opportunity to become their full self. Mrs. Dinan, ever available to students and always ready to help, embodies this aspect of the BG mission. This past spring, as students rummaged for mementos in the art room, Mrs. Dinan packed

up art supplies and shared observations from her forty-two years teaching. Many students were able to take pieces of Sweet Thunder (the pink bicycle) or small objects and artifacts from the art room that she helped build. They were all able to say goodbye and thank you in their own creative way. In retirement, Mrs. Dinan looks forward to the “opportunity to be an artist.” When asked why she chose to retire at this time (a decision she made at the start of the school year) she indicated, “It’s time.” She also shared two pearls of wisdom. She believes that anything worth doing is worth over-doing. Upon examining her long career and her time at Bishop Guertin, her work and effort indicate these are words she lives by. And with a gleam in her eye she claims that only the boring get bored. It is doubtful she will have trouble keeping busy.

Mrs. Dinan's love of art enriched BG students over the past twenty years.

“I am seeking. I am striving. I am in it with all my heart.” Vincent van Gogh

- Corey Genest '98

Mrs. Kathlyn (Kathy) Dinan

Mrs. Dinan dresses up for a "Swing" theme Gala.

Mrs. Dinan always made time for the BG Students!

in 1992 to teach at a high school that was abandoning the all-boys model. Mrs. Elkaliouby went on to teach and minister at Bishop Guertin High School for over twenty years and during that time taught such courses as Death and Dying, Faith and the Believer, Christian Living, Social Justice, Catholicism, The Old Testament, and Ethics. From 2000 to 2009 she was the campus minister, and then returned to the classroom to teach for four more years. Outside of the classroom she served as the Senior Class Moderator (with longtime colleague Mrs. Mary Starratt), she moderated Cornerstone, started the Boston Field Study, organized BG Kares (a fundraiser for Kosovo), started Mrs. Perling’s Kids, and helped Mrs. Linda Fletcher organize the Empty Bowls meals in the cafeteria. Naturally, there are also lighthearted memories of the time students spent in her classroom. The fact that each of her classes had a designated “Technology Person” to help her navigate rapidly changing technologies still amuses her. “Mrs. E” thoughtfully points

out that when she began her career, people used shorthand and typewriters. As she was reviewing for final exams with her freshmen this past year, one student was unable to write down all of the information from the whiteboard by the time the bell rang. Rather than stay and complete notes, the young man snapped a picture of it with his Smartphone – she simply shook her head. She chuckles when she admits that she has a crush on Denzel Washington, a fact that her students always point out as they

claim she only used examples from films in which he starred. Behind her endearing personality, the fact that all of her colleagues admire her deeply, and all of the lighthearted moments, Mrs. Elkaliouby is a serious person. Quiet and private at times, she remembers most the “grace moments” her students would experience every so often. The moments when a student was struggling with faith or some other personal issue and then experienced a breakthrough and shared it with her are the moments she holds most dear. These grace moments indicated her life’s work was not for naught and she pressed on with smiles, lessons, and prayers. She says, “We all have suffering in our life, God leads us to the next step.” There were many prayers along the way as well. Colleagues turned to Mrs. Elkaliouby when they needed prayers. For many a BG faculty or staff member, she was the “go to” person for prayer. Despite being in high demand, she indicates that she prayed for her students every morning during the drive into school. Considering the impression she made on so many young people during her lengthy career in Catholic education, it seems those prayers did not go unanswered.

Louise Elkaliouby was inspired by the nuns in her high school in South Boston. As a young, Italian girl in an Irish town, Mrs. Elkaliouby grew up in a unique environment and no doubt her experiences in such a storied town shaped her perspective on communities and people. She indicates that the manner in which the Sisters of Notre Dame cared for the students in their charge, yet simultaneously set such high standards greatly impacted her. The exposure to art, culture, and social justice that the nuns provided set her on a life path that would in large part be devoted to exposing others to those same things. At the age of seventeen, young Miss DiFrumolo entered the novitiate in Ipswich, Massachusetts. The next thirteen years would bring her to various parts of New Hampshire and Massachusetts, but wherever she was, she continued the mission she chose for herself when in high school. In what is purely coincidental, Mrs. Elkaliouby left an all-boys preparatory academy

Teaching with GraceMrs. Elkaliouby retires after 20+ years

in Catholic education- Corey Genest '98

Students surprise Mrs. Elkaliouby with a birthday party.

Mrs. Louise Elkaliouby

BG & MSM CLaSS noteS

1967Adrien Labrie has a grandson, Jack, 10 years old and a granddaughter, Alana, 6 years old.

1970Jay Cormier is an adjunct professor of Humanities & Communications at St. Anselm College; editor/publisher of the Homiletics Resource Connections.

1971Ron Dupont and Gerry Dupont M’73, owners of Red Oak Apartment Homes in Manchester, NH send greetings to everyone.

1972Peter Labombarde is Director of Estate and Gift Planning at the American Cancer Society, based in Bedford and covering planned giving efforts in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.

1974Frank Stanley is a regular guest on Tasty Trade discussing human performance and neuro feedback and completing two books.

1979Br. Shawn McEnany SC began in August, 2012 working in a group home with 16 clients diagnosed with severe and persistent mental illness and substance abuse issues. He is the master level therapist, running groups daily and seeing the clients in individual counseling weekly.

1984Alan W. Holt II recently retired after a distinguished 24-year career in the US Navy. He served on board four submarines during his time in the navy and commanded the USS Kentucky from 2006-09. He was awarded the Legion Merit in November, 2012 at his retirement.

1987Tim ‘Fitz’ Fitzpatrick is currently assigned to the Combat Air Branch at the Joint Air Power Competence Centre in Kalkar, Germany as the maritime, Carrier Ops and FAC(A) Subject Matter Expert. Commander Fitzpatrick is an F-14 Tomcat Naval Flight Officer and a 21 year Veteran of

the United States Navy, having flown over 2,500 hours and 80 combat missions. Commander Fitzpatrick is a graduate of the US Naval Fighter Weapons School (TopGun) and served as a Strike Fighter Weapons Tactics Instructor, Forward Air Controller Airborne Instructor and Carrier Airwing Strike Lead for US Naval Air Forces, Atlantic Fleet.

1989Cort Roussel is living and writing the Dream in and around Franconia Notch still. Look me up, I’ll hook you up. Cheers!

1990 William Sullivan went on to graduate from the Air Force Academy in 1994 and will be finishing a 20 year active duty career as a pilot next year. He has spent the majority of his career flying combat rescue missions in a modified version of the Blackhawk helicopter.  The Air Force has afforded him the opportunity to travel to all 50 states and 37 countries, including four combat tours in the Middle East, and the chance to make some awesome friends.  His wife, Talia, his boys, Christian (9) and Liam (6), will be retiring to his wife’s home near Bondi Beach, Australia in August, 2014.

1993Priscilla Dinan McGinty participated in the annual Penguin Plunge for Special Olympics on 2/3/13 in the frigid Atlantic. A Guidance Counselor at McKelvie Middle School in Bedford she is very active in Special Olympics and has coached both basketball and outdoor track teams for several years.

1998Kristin Denner Hort with their third child James, she and her husband decided it was time for a bigger house. They sold their home in Waltham, and are looking for a home in Westford. She is staying home with the kids for a few years, but helps with admissions for the Air Force Academy and AF ROTC part-time as a reserve officer.

1999Steve Burtman was recently promoted to General Manager of Margaritas in Lexington, Mass. Garrett R. Hedstrom graduated in 2003 from Colgate University and was awarded a Grammy in 2011 for “Best Live Televised Sports

Event” for coverage of the 2010 FIFA Final Game Spain vs. the Netherlands. He is an associate producer at ESPN in Bristol, CT. He accepted the award along with his team. Brett Sayer spent 6 years coaching women’s college and club volleyball throughout the Midwest. While in Indiana, he coached the Dunes Volleyball Club 17-Black team to the 2007 Asics National Championship and the 2007 Junior Olympic National Championship. In 2009, he accepted the Head Volleyball Coaching/Assistant Sports Information job at Colby-Sawyer College. The past two seasons we have posted perfect conference records, won the North Atlantic Conference Tournament Championship and he was named North Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year for the past two seasons.

2003Alison Mueller graduated with her MBA from Champlain College in Dec. 2012, began working as Director of Admission for BG in August 2012 and welcomed her second child, a daughter, Paige Evelyn on December 20, 2012.

2004Ryan Dobens left working for Feeley & Driscoll, P.C. where he was practicing as a certified public accountant. He finished his masters degree at Northeastern University in Taxation Class of 2012. He began his Juris Doctor at Northeastern University School of Law and is expected to graduate in 2015. Molly Vaughan ’04 will marry Michael McTague on August 17, 2013 in Falmouth, Massachusetts. Serving as bridesmaids will be her sisters, Emily ’06 and Julia ’09, and her closest friends from BG, Mary Costa ’04, Jacquelyn Lachance ’04, Alyssa Loring ’04, and Heather Mustone ’04.

2005Kristina Dupont has started a job as a physical therapist at the Perkins School for the blind in Watertown, MA. Eric Maxwell’s son, Jameson Jeffrey Maxwell just turned one. His baby sister, Alanna Marie Maxwell, is expected in April 2013.

Duane M. Dixon ’84 – June 14, 2012Scott P. McDuffee ’80 – November 23, 2012Richard D. Tremblay ’68 – December 26, 2012David A. Dionne ’67 – January 10, 2013Jeffrey M. Kerouac ’70 – January 10, 2013Stephen F. Mosefski ’68 – January 27, 2013

A son, James Hort, to Kristin Denner Hort ’98 and Joshua Hort, Summer of 2012.A daughter, Paige Evelyn Mueller, to Alison Poirier Mueller ’03 and Thomas Mueller, December 20, 2012.A daughter, Anais Marie Raymond, to Beth Schulz Raymond ’94 and Benjamin Raymond, March 21, 2013.

2006Dan Lampke and Sarah Gilkey were married on January 10th, 2013 in St. Thomas, USVI. A cruising time was had by all.

2008Kimberley Howe is working full-time on the Burn Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Her little sister, Emily, just started freshman year at BG. James McInnis is currently living in Newport Beach, CA. He works part-time, attending Orange County College and coaching the girls JV Lacrosse team at Newport Harbor High School. He is having lots of fun and missing all my buds from BG!

2010Katherine Labombarde is a junior at University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, VA. She is studying abroad for the spring semester at the American University Center of Provence in Marseille, France.  The program, with only 15 students enrolled, is a French immersion experience, but focused on the Arabic language and North African and Middle Eastern cultural and political affairs. Marseille has been designated by the European Union as the European Cultural Capital for 2013. Nicholas Phillips has been selected as a captain of the United States Coast Guard Academy football team for next season.

2011Matt Croke is in the USAF and presently deployed to Afghanistan. Stephen Lajoie has been staying in Rome this semester and making various trips. He ended up being right up close to Benedict XVI on February 28th and got a special blessing for us from him, also. March 13th he was returning from Poland wondering if he could make it to St. Peter’s for the new Pope. WELL- He got off the plane from Poland and ended up FRONT AND CENTER - and I mean FRONT AND CENTER - to see the white smoke and EVERYthing. Argentinians were all around him - they went CRAZY from the beginning, understanding who it was. Columbians nearby were celebrating, a latino papa and a sister behind him were able to translate the whole thing as it happened! He was on EWTN being interviewed along with four other Thomas More College students (on the teen show, “Life on the Rock”). They all acquitted themselves extremely well (especially Stephen, of course; these are exceptional people). They described their education, their trip to Poland, and the excitement of how close they got to the new Pope. It aired on the 10 PM show March 14, 2013. They usually repeat these and you can get them on the free EWTN app. Jennica McInnis is currently living in Newport Beach, CA working PT and attending Orange County College, coaching the girls JV Lacrosse Team at Newport Harbor HS. Having lots of fun and missing all her buds from BG!

1964Lucy Hurley went to Clark University for BA in German Language & Literature. She also received a MEd. at Fitchburg State College along with a BS Special Education and Mercy College for Music (flute).

1973Gerry Dupont and her husband, Ron ’71, are the owners of Red Oak Apartment Homes in Manchester, NH and send greetings to everyone.

NEW ARRIVALS

IN MEMORIAM

MSM CLASS NOTES

November 29th & December 1st

remember reconnect rediscover

Classes of 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008The 2013 Alumni weekend will be held on November 29th and December 1st. During the day on Friday, November 29th, alumni can return to the BG campus to play flag football, soccer and basketball while hockey is played at Skate III. Tours of the school are also available. That night , the Reunion celebration continues with dinner and dancing right here on campus! Check the website for futher details and to register at www.bghs.org/reunion.

Interested in helping with Class outreach? Contact Corey Genest '98 at genestc@bghs.org for more information.

BG Cardinals ... it's time to

Office of Institutional AdvancementBishop Guertin High School194 Lund RoadNashua, NH 03060

Dick Lavoie ’67 has a deep appreciation for his years at Bishop Guertin. Coming in with the founding class of 1967, he remembers well how Br. Beaumont looked out for him and the other “pioneers” in the beginning years of the school. Inspired by feelings of gratitude to Br. Beaumont for what BG did for him as a student, and

through his involvement on the School Advisory Board and as an active alumni volunteer, Dick hopes to help the school however he can. To this end, he has generously chosen to remember Bishop Guertin High School in his estate plans through a Bequest.

As Dick says, “BG teaches students how to learn and how to reach their goals.” He hopes that by leaving a bequest to Bishop Guertin, future generations of students will benefit from a BG education as well.

Please let us know if you would like more information about including Bishop Guertin High School in your will or estate plans. Contact Mike Voute ’97, Director of Advancement at 603-889-4107, ext. 4346 or voutem@bghs.org.

Dick Lavoie '67 - A Pioneer Paying It Forward

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