Page 17 - Priorities #31 2005-July

Alumni
Summertime! And the
reunion is by the pool.
More than 100 alumni, spouses, children, significant others, friends and pets enjoyed perfect weather and the companionship of monks and several faculty members on Saturday, June 4. It began with a lively pickup soccer match. After cooling off, Rob Hammond 1988, Mario Liszka 1976 and Dave Arnold 1984 grilled hot dogs for one and all. The group applauded Juliana Szekely, whose birthday and silver anniversary of joining the Priory community both coincided with the reunion.
Classes from the 1970s through 2002 came from New Mexico, Texas, Florida, Mexico and Taiwan to see Priory friends and the campus. The class of 1995 had
a dozen people celebrating their 10th reunion around the pool with many alumni from the class of 2000 joining in the festivities as well. Dan Begin, class of 1985, organized a special 20th reunion dinner for about 20 classmates and their families on Saturday night at the home of Chris Pieper’s parents, Oscar and Jan Pieper. The Piepers hosted the class of 1985 graduation party 20 years ago and generously offered their hospitality for this event again this year, which featured a special PowerPoint slide presentation by Father Martin.
More photos and information are available on the Online Community. Go to www.woodsidepriory.com and click on Alumni, then on Online Community.
Mike McCrady, 1985, and son, Chris, enjoy the Priory pool.
Father Pius checks out the day’s events with a former student. Most of the monks attended, as did many members of the faculty.
—Judy Noice
Rob Hammond, 1988, flips
a burger for Michael Fariss, 1995. The cook behind Rob is Mario Liszka, 1976.