Page 2 - Priorities #24 2003-October

Woodside Priory School
A Learning Community for the New Century
In This Issue
Co-education is coming to the boarding program...classes from Differential Equations
to Musical Theater were added to the curriculum...a three-dimensional model of the Priory’s long-range master plan is on display in the Founders Hall lobby. This and more in Headmaster’s Letter, page 3.
Family Barbecue, Page 4
Board of Directors
Abbott Matthew Leavy, OSB Father Mark Cooper, OSB Brother Edward Englund, OSB Father Martin Mager, OSB Father William Sullivan, OSB
Board of
Trustees
Mr. Dave Arnold
Dr. Kristen Brew
Mr. Peter Campagna* Mrs. Liz Cirino
Mr. Al Ebneter
Ms. Betsy Haehl
Mrs. Anne Hannigan
Mrs. Dotty Hayes
Fr. Eric Hollas, OSB
Mr. George Huertas
Mr. Craig Johnson
Mrs. Virginia Kavanaugh Mr. Steven Krausz
Mrs. Mary Lemuth
Mr. Alfred Li*
Fr. Maurus Nemeth, OSB Mrs. Janiece Bacon Oblak Mr. Bill Roberts
Ms. Alicia Rodriguez
Mr. Ray Rothrock
Mr. Andy Schilling
Mr. Bob Simon
Dr. Stuart Young
* Special Representative
Priorities magazine is published in October, January, April and July by Woodside Priory School for its alumni, parents, students, neighbors and friends. Contact the Communications Office at 650-851-6193 or the school at 650-851-8221.
Editor: Carolyn Dobervich
Design: Jim Kirkland, Copperline Multimedia
Contributing Writers:
Martin Mager, OSB and Gwynne Young Photos: Carolyn Dobervich, Father Martin Mager, Jim Kirkland, Peggy Schmidt.
Chapel Services
Masses at 7:15 a.m. Monday-Saturday
9:30 a.m. Sunday
11:00 a.m. Sunday Hungarian service
8 p.m. third Friday (Taize) ecumenical service
Summer music brought neighbors to the Priory Chapel, summer classes brought some bright youngsters to the classrooms, and a long-standing summer camp program kept even more children entertained on the Priory grounds. In addition, a book fund will honor an old friend, Leonard Koppett. Training has the entire adult community ready to give first aid assistance, and golf provided another kind of aid to the scholarship fund. This and more in Summer and Fall at A Glance, pages 4-5.
St. John’s Boys Choir, Page 4
Why does Father Pius, who perfected his English in the United States, speak with a Hungarian accent? This and other mysteries about the beloved man known for his computer jokes and baseball caps are revealed in a special interview honoring him on the Golden Anniversary of his ordination as a Benedictine monk. Pages 6-8.
The Priory was a smaller, quieter place when the Davisons enrolled their sixth grader, Amanda, some 10 years ago. But they saw a school on the move and quickly became a part of that moving force themselves. Wayne is stepping down after two terms as chair of the Board of Trustees and he takes this opportunity to reflect on a few successes. He also introduces the new chair, Ray Rothrock. Page 9.
Father Pius interview, Page 6
Flight of the Eye: The Photographic Journey of Two Monks is a gallery showing of the work of Father Martin Mager of Woodside Priory and Brother Paul Diveny of St. Mary’s Abbey and the DelBarton School in Morristown, NJ. A sampling of Father Martin’s work—some from the show and some from his private collection—is on pages 10-11.
With an $8.5 million operating budget and progress towards a capital campaign goal
of $15.9 million, the Priory had a robust year in 2002-3. Auction income of almost $354,000 topped the previous year’s by $9,000. The Annual Fund was also up. In challenging economic times, the Priory is especially grateful to parents who are choosing to send their children to this school and to the long list of contributors who continue to support it. Pages 12-27.
Cover: The entire Woodside Priory community and another community in Hungary all celebrated Father Pius’s Golden Anniversary— it was 50 years ago this past June that he became a Benedictine monk. Read his story on Page 6.
Maas Family Commons, Page 28