Page 3 - Priorities #36 2007-January Annual Report

This magnificent photograph of Father Egon Javor, Abbot Matthew Leavy and Father Martin Mager evokes beautifully the spirit
of Woodside Priory School and its Benedictine education. It was taken at a Nov. 11 mass celebrating Father Egon’s ninetieth birthday and the monastic community’s fiftieth anniversary.
This year, 2006-2007, we celebrate the incredible story of the monks’ arrival in Portola Valley, where they purchased land and rolled up their sleeves
to create a monastic community and a school. Throughout the school’s Golden Jubilee anniversary beginning in September 2007, we will remember and thank all of the faculty, staff, families and supporters who brought the school successfully to the 21st century.
When the Trinity Project is completed, the Priory will be ready for the new millennium. As
the Golden Jubilee campaign logo says, the “new” Priory reflects the needs of the community for “Now . . . and our next 50 years.”
We want to thank Bruce Antell, a parent with a son in the class of 2012, whose photograph captured the moment.
This annual report issue explores the power of a gift—of time, talent, or treasure. The story is told primarily through the comments of teachers and students—they reflect most succinctly the power and purpose of gifts in the educational community.
The issue is divided into five sections which explore the different aspects of giving, receiving and sharing. The impact is holistic, however; please read the lists of annual and campaign support as part of a whole upon which the Priory depends.
The purpose of this issue is to thank every individual who supports the Priory in the many ways necessary to its success. Benedictine education is pursued one day at a time, and you make a positive difference every day.
—The Editors and the Interim Director of Development
The purpose of this issue is to thank every individual who supports the Priory in the many ways necessary to its success.
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