Page 21 - Priorities #19 2002-July

Michael Mastman, class of 1999, was home for a few weeks to relax after spending six months in Guatemala, Nicaragua and Cuba. He liked Cuba the best. Now he is in Oberlin working for a non-profit company that specializes in helping Latin American agricultural workers with problems associated with changing cultures and learning English. Last fall he taught classes in English for this group.
James Cirino, class of 2000, has earned his FAA Private Pilot’s license from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and is on the honor roll in the Aeronautical Science degree program. He will be traveling with his family this summer to Hong Kong, England and Italy and will be continuing in his position as resident advisor in his junior year starting in August.
Alexandra Rochele DeMartini, class of 2000, will transfer from Regis University in Denver, Colorado, to Santa Clara University in the fall of 2002. She plans to pursue a liberal studies degree so she can become an elementary school teacher in California.
Tina Lally, class of 2000, is attending Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. She will be a junior and is majoring in communications. She is a member of Alpha Phi sorority and also does charity work with Ignatians.
Lisel Yost, class of 2001, just completed her first year at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana. She is still an intended theater major, was in five plays her first year, and is looking forward to next year. Early in March she was elected as SMC’s first co-president of FlipSide, one of the largest student-run clubs, which serves Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s and Holy Cross. She is working as a lifeguard/swimming instructor this summer.
Priory Friends
Rob Dixon, a former student, is serving in the U.S. Army in Afghanistan and says that the work in Kabul is neverending. However, despite the poverty, lack of food, and political unrest, the Afghan people are cordial and polite and are a proud and dignified race. He asks your prayers for his safe return to his family.
—P. Reed
Reunion ’02!
More than 60 alumni and guests plus some two dozen kids enjoyed the sun and games at the Priory Reunion on June 8. The usual events— soccer, lunch, ponies and special activities for the kids, banquet and Sunday morning Mass and brunch with the monks—were offset with plenty of time to relax, converse, and stroll the grounds.
The next reunion will be for alums in college, held in the Father Christopher Room over winter break. Next spring, alumni with graduation years ending in 3 and 8 will be specially featured.
For more reunion news and pictures, check the Online Community Web site. You can reach it from the home page of the school site--www. woodsidepriory.com
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