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H o m e l e s s i n H a i t i • Th e E m p e r o r o f M o r e h o u s e • C h i c a g o
St.Michael’s
Volume 49 Number 2 Fall 2010
www.utoronto.ca/stmikes
University of St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto Alumni Magazine
The good lovelies
A winning trio hits the road
St.Michael’s
The University of St. Michael’s
College Alumni Magazine
Publisher
Office of Alumni Affairs
and Development
EDITOR
Mechtild Hoppenrath
copy editors
J. Barrett Healy
Fr. Robert Madden
Betty Noakes
CAMPUS NOTES
Francesca Imbrogno 1T0
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Ghada Al-Hussani
J.P. Antonacci 0T7
Daniel Donovan 5T8,
Mario O. D’Souza CSB
Sami Emami, Paul Krzyzanowski 0T4
Esther Marie Jackson 0T9
Andy Lubinsky 7T9
Cynthia MacDonald 8T6
Graham F. Scott
Matthew Willis 0T8
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PHOTOGRAPHY
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COVER
The Good Lovelies,
photo by Matt Barnes
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Contents
05
10
Campus Notes
The Good Lovelies
Christmas made them find their voices
By J.P. Antonacci 0T7
12
The Emperor of More House
A former SMC resident builds his realm in telecommunications
By Graham F. Scott
16
Homeless in Haiti
A conference saved Sr. Mary Alban CSJ 6T2 from the earthquake
By Cynthia Macdonald 8T6
20
The Donovan Collection
To live and learn surrounded by art on campus
By Daniel Donovan 5T8
24
Lost and Found on the Road to Istanbul
A recent grad’s bicycle odyssey across Europe
By Matthew Willis 0T8
26
Milestones to Federation
28
29
St. Michael’s College celebrates 100 years
of federation with the University of Toronto
Honours
Bulletin Board
03
Columns
Commitment to Community
04
Zeitgeist
Academic Freedom and Catholicism
08
Giving
15
The View from elmsley place
Paying Back to Pay Forward
snapshot
At the Kelly Café with Marilyn Elphick
23
Alumni Association
Be Part of the Vision
34
The View from SMCSU
Chicago
35
Art on campus
Cheek
The view from elmsley place
Commitment to Community
O
ur students are remarkable young men and women!
For me, undergraduate student life is a rather distant
memory. I do remember working hard and trying to balance academics, social life, and other interests. However, it seems
to me that the biggest motivators for my generation were achieving
good grades and staying out of trouble. Not so for today’s students,
who are expected not only to achieve academic excellence, but also
to demonstrate high levels of community service and involvement,
athletic achievement and participation in student government. Are we
asking too much, imposing what is
possible for a few to achieve as the
standard to measure all, or are students today just more committed to
giving back to the community? Are
they stepping up to fill a void created
by a reduction of the social safety net
of Church, government and family that existed when my generation
went to university?
Just one example of one of our outstanding undergraduates is a young
man, Adel Mian, who received considerable attention at this year’s graduation
awards ceremony. Adel was awarded
the W.B. Dunphy Medal, Governor
General’s Certificate, Gold Medal
and a Father Madden Award. What did he do to receive all this attention? His academics did not suffer; he maintained a 3.96 CGPA
in Arts/Social Sciences while being an active and responsible member at St. Michael’s and in the wider community. He was a member
of the College intramural basketball and volleyball teams, president
of the Debating Team, and a UofT Pre-Law Society member. Off
campus, he has volunteered at the Mounties Dining Lounge, providing meals for the homeless and needy, at the Daily Bread Food
Bank in MP Bob Rae’s constituency, and at the Lakeview Manor
home for the elderly.
Graduate students in the Faculty of Theology are equally impressive in what they achieve academically and what they give back to the
community. Take PhD candidate Diane Janisse, for example. Diane
was already an impressive undergrad at Trent University (’92) on the
Dean’s Honour list, and took first place in the intercollegiate debating tournament. She then went on to law school at the University of
Windsor (‘95), where she was awarded the McCarthy Tétrault prize,
earned an LL.M degree from Osgoode Hall Law School (‘99) and
earlier this year, an M. Div from the University of St. Michael’s College. Diane continues to work for Legal Aid Ontario in the Clinic
Resource Office. She has been volunteering at St. Michael’s Cathedral since 2000, first as a sponsor with the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, then as team member
and catechist, an ongoing initiative.
She has also facilitated Bible study and
given lectures on Catholic social teaching. She continues to support young
people, working with the Chaplaincy
Program at Ryerson University.
The Ontario government’s introduction of community service requirements
for high school graduation has filtered
into the university community. Students
arrive at St. Michael’s with a developed
sense of social responsibility and a track
record of getting involved. But the
commitment of our students goes far
beyond this. As a College, we continue
to support faith-based community service: our Out of the Cold program feeds
the hungry and displaced; the USMC
Campus Ministry Centre for Social Justice promotes awareness and
participation in many areas of community need. Intercordia Canada
is a program for our students that provides a combination of experience, service and education in social justice and international development in one overseas, student-selected destination.
For USMC, an environment that supports and nurtures a commitment to give back to the community is nothing new—our Faith
Tradition reminds us, “Whatever you do to the least of these, you
do to me” Matt.25:40.
Thanksgiving Blessings and Gratitude to each of you from all of
us at USMC! F
Prof. Anne Anderson csj, President and Vice-Chancellor
St. Michael’s Fall 2010 3
Zeitgeist
Academic Freedom and Catholicism
Keeping faith traditions true today with Creative Fidelity
By Mario D’Souza CSB
Illustration: Anson Liaw
A
cademic freedom should be close to the heart of any
university. For the Catholic university, academic freedom
pertains to how such an institution remains faithful to the
call of Christ in relation to knowing and learning, which serve the
common good and human freedom. But knowing and learning are
also in service of greater ends and goods that rise above our earthly
existence. It is this relational aspect of knowing and learning, relational to God, oneself, and others, that must lead the reflection on
the Catholic university and academic freedom.
The Catholic university has been examined
through various lenses, including that of French
philosopher and former St. Michael’s teacher
Etienne Gilson, in his 1939 essay The Intelligence in the Service of Christ the King, a title
that sums up the intellectual mission of the
Catholic university. Apart from historical
analysis, these examinations largely concern
the nature of knowledge and its influence
on learning, or how advances in knowledge
and learning are shaping learning.
Catholic education is anchored in fundamental principles: the unity of knowledge and truth; human nature and dignity;
the moral and intellectual virtues; religious
belief; social justice, etc. These principles
presuppose the freedom of the human person,
of both teachers and students, and Catholic education—school or
university—can never be effective unless it outlines how it enhances
and contributes to human freedom, which is, ultimately, one of its
fundamental goals.
Academic freedom is essential to the mission of the university, Catholic or otherwise, and the university suffers when it is compromised.
It also suffers, though, when freedom becomes detached and narrow,
claiming to be an end in itself, unrelated to tradition and history, and
more critically, unrelated to the freedom of the person to grow, flourish,
and be faithful through knowing. Education is a philosophical activity
as it is based on conception of life and a system of values. However,
freedom of inquiry, by nature, involves risk and uncertainty as it occurs
in a particular time and place; but such an inquiry is also humanized
through innovation, discernment, and intellectual faithfulness.
In the Catholic university, academic freedom cannot be isolated
from human freedom, and human freedom, educationally considered, can never be isolated from choices, decisions, and ends or
goals. In the midst of our cultural and religious diversity, theological education must remain ever faithful to the Catholic intellectual
tradition, realized in faith and culture. Theologians have a special
responsibility in drawing attention to both the challenges and opportunities of living out that Catholic faith.
Faithfulness to the Catholic intellectual tradition consists in saying
what has been said through the ages as well as saying what
needs to be said in our time, particularly in the light of
new knowledge and its implications for learning and
for human freedom. At a recent USMC Faculty of
Theology colloquium on The Catholic University and Academic Freedom, one participant
accurately framed this responsibility as “creative fidelity,” summing up the dual though
unified nature and responsibility of the Catholic university and its teaching staff.
While litmus tests as to whether academic
freedom is exercised responsibly or violated
have their place, they often distract attention,
particularly when placed in the knowledge-forknowledge’s sake frame. Knowledge is always
for the person’s sake, and ultimately for the person’s freedom. In the Catholic tradition, knowledge is
also an essential component on the road to salvation. For the Catholic university, human knowing should finally be in service of Christ.
Sometimes that service must respond to questions and issues that
challenge us and can seem threatening, often because there is no historical precedent. Faithfulness to the Church and its teachings must,
undoubtedly, be a pillar of the Catholic university, but creative fidelity can ensure that this faithfulness serves the truth without which
human freedom would be meaningless and education futile. F
Fr. Mario O. D’Souza CSB is USMC Dean of Theology. At the
April 29 to 30 USMC colloquium, theology academics and scholars
presenting their papers included Lee Cormie, Mario D’Souza, Christian
McConnell, John McLaughlin, Margaret O’Gara, Dennis O’Hara
and Colleen Shantz.
Campus Notes
Intramural mauls,
tucks, tackles and
scrums—SMC’s rugby
gentlemen emerged
victorious once more
Intramurals Winning Five
Photo: Courtesy Duane Rendle
St. Mike’s intramurals scored big time this
year, earning five championships in total.
• It appeared the Men’s Outdoor Soccer
Div2 was going to lose the final when a
last minute self-goal by the other team
tied the game at 1-1. The team joked
that St. Michael the Archangel himself
scored it, for it came in their moment
of need. The men persevered to win 2-1
Darwinism, Religion
and Music
On Tuesday, March 2, the
Christianity and Culture Program sponsored “Darwinism,
against the Chestnut Residence team.
• Undefeated the entire season, Women’s
Indoor Soccer Div2, led by veteran captain Deanna Carino, beat the School of
Graduate Studies 3-0 in the final game.
• Men’s Flag Football Div1 played
Scarborough in the finals. Their offence
was not working in the first half; so
they put in quarterback Josh Bauer as
receiver, who went on to make a 70-yard
Religion and Music,” a lecture
by Prof. Bennett Zon, the
Music Department Chair at
Durham University, UK. He
explored the contribution
touchdown on his first play—taking out
a cameraman in the process. The SMC
boys defeated Scarborough in a final
13-7 score.
• Co-ed Volleyball Div2 defeated UTCCF in a 25-17 and 25-13 set of games.
• The Men’s Rugby team was hungry
for the win and cinched the championship against the Engineers with an epic
27-0 win.
of England’s leading music
philosopher, Joseph Goddard
(1833–1911), and through
debate, a vision of naturalspiritual selection unfolded
where music, “emotion’s natural form,” serves as a sacred
bridge to another world, the
final step in human evolution.
The lecture focused on the
Campus Notes
Spring Reunion
often-dynamic relationship
between religion and science
during the Victorian period.
Students and USMC faculty
came to the event, and so did
members from UofT’s Faculty
of Music and Regis College.
Hoser Cup
Andrew Angelo Iacobelli 0T0 and Fiorina Pollicciardi
Iacobelli at the Saturday night Honoured Years’ reception
The annual SMC student
hockey Hoser Cup is one of
UofT’s oldest continuing tournaments. Held on March 11, it
saw six SMC teams of amateur
hockey players compete this
year, including members of
the non-contact and contact
intramural hockey teams as
well as some SMC men who
play on the Varsity team. Each
year, the Hoser Cup gathers the
College hockey community as
one group, keeping the SMC
tradition strong and growing.
Gossip Anyone?
Remembering the 6T0 SMC graduation days, back row,
L to R, Brian Sheedy 5T8 and Maureen Kelly Sheedy,
Ena Thomas and husband Roy Thomas. Front row, L to R,
Norma Torresin Morassutti, Loretta Healey McDonald,
Agnes Foley Samson and Fr. Rudolf (Rolf) Hasenack
Another annual SMC event,
“Dinner with Father Jim,” was
a complete sell-out this year.
With more than 80 people in
attendance, it was held January
28 in Charbonnel Lounge in
conjunction with the Religious & Community Affairs
Commission’s “Spare Change
for Haiti” campaign. SMC
students, alumni, faculty and
Archbishop Thomas Collins
listened to SMC Chaplain
James Murray’s address on the
topic of gossip and how detrimental it can be to society and
the SMC community itself.
Celtic Studies
Speakers Series
Funded by the Irish Cultural
Society of Toronto, the Celtic
Studies Speakers Series has
been taking place for the past
ten years, usually on Thursday nights, and once again
was held throughout the
past academic year. Notable
speakers included filmmaker
Maurice Fitzpatrick, who
spoke about his film The
Boys of St. Columb’s, followed
by Q&A. Writer and one of
Ireland’s rising literary stars,
Kevin Barry was an honoured
guest and speaker, as were
William Gillies, professor of
Scottish Studies in Edinburgh,
Alumni Connections Garden Tour
Fr. James McConica CSB, Life Chair of the USMC Garden
Committee and past USMC President, on his well-attended
June 15 guided tour of the campus gardens
Eugene Hynes from Kettering
University in Flint, Michigan,
and SMC’s artist-in-residence,
renowned Irish poet Paul
Durcan. Evenings are free and
open to all. This time approximately 80 interested people
attended, generally students
and members from the university and Irish communities
at large.
SMC Soccer Tournament
The first ever SMC soccer
tournament took place September 28, 2009, at Varsity Field.
UofT’s biggest single college
tournament last year, it included
more than 120 players—a large
majority from St. Mike’s—and
counted 170 spectators. On an
unusually warm autumn day,
the meet saw teams of six players each compete for five hours.
The tournament proved such a
success it was scheduled again
for this September to become
an annual event.
Kudos
• Dr. Colleen Shantz has received the F. W. Beare Award,
for 20092010, from
the Canadian Society
of Biblical
Studies for
her book
Paul in Ecstasy: The Neurobiology of the Apostle’s Life and
Thought, Cambridge University Press 2009. This award
recognizes an outstanding
book in the areas of Christian
Origins, Post-Biblical Judaism and/or Graeco-Roman
Religions written by a member
of the CSBS.
• On May 6, the University
of Toronto Student Union
bestowed an Award of Excellence in teaching, 2009-2010,
upon SMC Principal Dr.
Mark McGowan. Students in
his class SMC313: Catholic
Education in Ontario had
nominated him for this
honour. Previously at U of
Ottawa’s History Department,
McGowan came to Toronto
in 1991 to teach history in
St. Mike’s Christianity and
Culture Program. Since then,
he has also taught in Celtic
Studies, Book and Media
Studies, and Religion. He
is currently officially cross
appointed in UofT’s Department of History, the academic
home of most of his twelve
PhD candidates. McGowan has
been Principal of St. Michael’s
College since 2002.
• At a March 27 ceremony in
Ottawa, the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and
Social Sciences awarded the
2010 Raymond Klibansky
prize for best English-language
scholarly work in the humanities to David Wilson, Professor
of History and Celtic Studies at St. Michael’s College.
This is the second prestigious
honour garnered by Wilson’s
Thomas D’Arcy McGee, Volume
1: Passion, Reason, and Politics,
1825-1857, McGill-Queen’s
University Press 2008, adding
to last year’s James S. Donnelly
prize (see SMM Fall ’09.) The
book looks at Thomas D’Arcy
McGee’s life and the turbulent
times that shaped the Canadian icon’s early political years.
March 2010 Confederation Birthday Bash
Celebrating 100 years of federation between St. Michael’s College and the University
of Toronto, L to R, Jo Godfrey, Ann Dooley, Mark McGowan,
Edward Monahan, R. Craig Brown, Elizabeth Smyth (see also p.26)
APPOINTMENTS
• The USMC Faculty of
Theology has appointed
a new Assistant Professor in Religion and
Education. A priest of
the Diocese of Awgu,
Enugu State, Nigeria, Fr.
Stan Chu Ilo has lived in
Canada for seven years
and holds a Bachelor of
Philosophy and Bachelor
of Divinity from Nigeria;
a USMC Master of Theology; a Licentiate in Sacred Theology from Regis
College, and a Master of
Arts in Educational and
Pastoral Studies from
the UK’s Maryvale Institute, Birmingham, and
the Open University.
His publications include
The Face of Africa:
Looking Beyond the
Shadows, AuthorHouse
2006. He is presently
writing his doctoral
thesis at USMC.
• At its June 28 meeting,
the Collegium named
Professor Mario D’Souza
CSB as the first holder
of the Basilian Chair in
Religion and Education
at the USMC Faculty of
Theology, effective July
1, 2010. He was also
appointed to the Board
of Directors of the Association of Theological
Schools during its 47th
Biennial Meeting, held in
Montreal June 22 to 25,
2010. (See also
“Zeitgeist,” p.4.) F
Giving
Paying Back to Pay Forward
Financial needs can get in the way of student life at the College.
An alumni couple wants to make sure that doesn’t happen
By Paul Krzyzanowski 0T4
MY
We believe that students willing to enrich
life is filled with pressures to balance courseM elissa 0T6,
the traditions of an SMC education should
and I chose to attend work, commitments to student community,
be enabled to do so, especially when their
volunteering and, quite often, earning monSt. Mike’s because of
its reputation as a place where students ey from part-time work throughout the aca- resources limit them through no fault of
their own. We hope that alumni who
become part of a genuine community.
received student bursaries are now
We both knew former graduates who
able to repay the favour by helping
had a great time at St. Michael’s, incurrent students in situations similar
cluding Dan O’Connor 8T1, Angela
to their own.
Colantonio 7T8, Barbara Galecka
We started to donate to St. Mike’s
7T4 and John McHugh 8T0, and we
immediately
after graduation. Our
knew we wanted to be part of the rich
decision to do so was largely based on
history at the College. From orientaour experiences through St. Mike’s—
tion to graduation, we spent our years
both of us were recipients of bursaries
at St. Mike’s contributing to the many
throughout our time at the College—
facets of student life: Chaplaincy;
and we realized this would not have
SMCSU; several Frosh Weeks; The
been possible without the generosity
Mike newspaper, and several clubs. In
of alumni before us. In recognition of
fact, we met at a Chaplaincy retreat in
this, we specified that our donations go
2003 and married at St. Basil’s a few
back into funds dedicated for students
years after we graduated. Today we
in financial need.
participate in student life, in a small
Since we began, we’ve managed
way, through our alumni donations.
to
increase our support gradually
We feel that our donations keep
each year. In our case, the University
us connected to the College. At such
of Toronto and the Ontario governrecent events as the President’s Circle
ment have matched our contribuGarden Party and the reception at
tions, so that by now more money
the Bank of Montreal, we’ve had the
has gone to the student bursary
opportunity to meet a few current
funds than we ever received from
students, including several SMCSU
them during our university years at
members, and to reconnect with some
Melissa
and
Paul
Krzyzanowski
at
the
President’s
St. Michael’s College—as far as we’re
old friends like Alex Zhang Kjorven
Circle
Garden
Party
for
alumni
and
friends
concerned, a fine return on a much
0T6, and Jerome McGrath 0T4.
appreciated initial investment. F
During our student days, we learned
the importance of generosity and comdemic year. This will probably always be the
munity, but most importantly, that many case. Completing one’s degree is the number Melissa Battersby Krzyzanowski is an elementary
one priority (for most people), paying for teacher with the Toronto Catholic District School
students who’d be able to contribute to the
it follows and sadly, participating in student Board. Paul Krzyzanowski is a Post-Doctoral
St. Mike’s community, at times lack the reFellow at the Ontario Cancer Institute.
life comes in at a distant third.
sources to remain fully involved. A student’s
wife ,
Giving
2010 Golf
Tournament
The spirit was as bright as the sunshine on
July 20 for the 11th Annual St. Michael’s
Golf Tournament, which brought out 130
alumni and friends. They were joined by
representatives from Campus Ministry, the
Bursar’s Office and SMCSU to celebrate
years of camaraderie, golf and a grand tradition of supporting the best and the brightest
of St. Michael’s students. The tournament,
in support of The President’s Fund for Excellence in Research and Scholarship at
St. Mike’s, raised $163,000 this year, bringing the total to date to $1,731,865—well
on target to the goal of $2 million by 2012.
The New Millennium Golf Classic Cup with, L to R, Bill Love and Philip Horgan 8T4, both
part of the winning foursome; the evening’s MC, Andy Brethour, and Golf Committee
co-chair Edward Cattana, also representing the event’s top sponsor, the Sorbara Group
U p c o m i ng A l u m n i E v e n t s
The Warrior Emperor and China’s
Terracotta Army
Guided Tour of the Exhibit at the
Royal Ontario Museum
Friday, October 15, 5:45 pm; $25 p. p.
Reception to follow at St. Mike’s
To register, call 416 926-7260 or
email [email protected]
St. Michael’s Game
and Family Day
Saturday, October 16, 2010
12 pm – 2 pm
Arts and Crafts Projects for Kids
12 noon
Charbonnel Lounge, 81 St. Mary St.
Complimentary Lunch
41st Anniversary Boozer Brown
Touch Football Game
12:30 pm
Alumni vs. Students
Margaret Addison Field at Victoria
College, 140 Charles St. West
To join the game, call 416-926-7260
Annual Book Sale
Tuesday – Saturday,
October 26 – October 30, 2010
Reading Room, Kelly Library
Tuesday, October 26, 6 pm – 9 pm
(Reception and Preview)
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
8:30 am – 8 pm
Saturday, October 30 10 am – 2 pm
For more details,
email usmc.booksale@
utoronto.ca
Santa Claus Parade & Party
Sunday, November 21, 2010
11:30 pm – 2:30 pm
The COOP, Brennan Hall
Christmas Tea
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
2 pm – 4:30 pm
Charbonnel Lounge, Elmsley Hall
Annual Lenten Twilight Retreat
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
5:30 pm Dinner
Charbonnel Lounge,
7 pm Retreat, College Chapel
Christianity & the Arts
Annual Lecture
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
(details to be announced in
Spring ’11 issue)
Alumni Hall, Room 400
121 St. Joseph St.
All welcome
2011 Spring Reunion
May 26 – May 29
Honouring years ending in ‘1’ and ‘6’
Friday, May 27, 7 pm
St. Michael’s Alumni Association
Annual General Meeting
Sam Sorbara Auditorium, Room 200
Brennan Hall
Friday, May 27, 8 pm
All Alumni Reception
Odette Student Lounge,
Brennan Hall
Saturday, May 28, 6:30 pm
Honoured Years’ Reception
and Dinner
Sam Sorbara Auditorium, Room 200
Brennan Hall
Sunday, May 29, 11:30 am
All Alumni Mass & Brunch
College Chapel
For details on events, contact 416-926-7260 or [email protected]
cover story
Good
The
Lovelies
How Christmas made magic for an alumna
singer-songwriter and her musical friends
By J.P. Antonacci 0T7
Left to right:
Sue Passmore,
Caroline
Brooks and
Kerri Ough
So
you sing in a folk/roots group whose music
sounds like what would happen if the Andrews
Sisters wandered into a barnyard jamboree. You’ve
just won a Juno, and your profile in the niche folk world has never
been greater. What’s your next move? If you’re the Good Lovelies, a
Toronto-based trio featuring SMC grad Caroline Brooks 0T4, you
release a Christmas album.
A Christmas album?
“We get that question a lot: ‘How dare you? What were you thinking?”
laughs Brooks, bursting with energy as she totes an antique mandolin
in a bright red case around Queen West during a spring stopover in
Toronto. “[But] we really do have this rootedness in Christmastime.”
The album, Under the Mistletoe, harkens back to the group’s serendipitous beginning, to a folk show
on a late December night in 2006
at Toronto’s Gladstone Hotel. Kerri
Ough, of Port Hope, and Sue Passmore, of Cobourg, sat in with Brooks,
and it being close to Christmas, the
three friends decided to sing a carol.
After a few bars of God Rest Ye Merry
Gentlemen, everyone knew they’d hit
upon something special. “We just
started singing in harmony, and it
was so natural,” Brooks remembers.
“There’s a special blend that happens
with certain voices, and it was so easy
[with ours.] We thought, wow, this
is pretty crazy.” After a year of wellreceived test runs at Toronto-area venues, the newly-minted Good Lovelies
quit their day jobs and hit the road to
see if the country liked their upbeat brand of what they’ve termed
“old-timey western swing.”
As it turns out, lots of people did, to the tune of a New Emerging
Artist award at the 2009 Folk Music Awards and, last April, the Juno
Award for Roots and Traditional Album of the Year for their eponymous debut record. On stage, the Lovelies seamlessly swap guitar,
bass, banjo, mandolin, and wisecracks. “As much as our harmonies
fit together, we fit together too,” smiles the Whitby-born daughter
of folk musicians whose crib, according to bandmate Ough, was
basically a guitar case.
The St. Mike’s grad learned a lot about show business by performing at Kelly’s Korner and singer-songwriter nights Brooks
hosted while an English and Environmental Studies major at the
College. “[Playing at SMC] was really formative, trying to understand that performing isn’t just music, it’s [also] stage presence. I’m
still learning,” says the alumna, whose upbeat personality drives the
band’s witty onstage rapport.
She also found an unexpected source of inspiration. “Possibly the
person at SMC who had the most influence on me musically was
caretaker Miguel Reymundo,” she says. “We would share our favourite tunes with one another; he opened my ears to a lot of world
music that I’d never listened to before.”
Working with College administration on the student union
taught Brooks the business skills she now uses to promote the band,
and she loved her subsequent job with UofT recruitment. But everyone there understood when she left. Says SMCSU colleague Christina Wong 0T3, “I’m not surprised that Caroline won the Juno. I
always knew she was talented musically. It was great to watch her
grow from first year to where she is now.”
A meandering road took the trio from tiny bars and house
concerts to opening for Bruce Cockburn and playing alongside
folk luminaries Sarah Harmer and The Wailin’ Jennys. Their song
Sleepwalkin’ quickly became a favourite on CBC radio, and last March,
the Lovelies fulfilled a dream by touring the Prairies and Northern Ontario with Stuart McLean’s Vinyl Café.
Along the way they have been bowled
over by the kindness of friends and
strangers from one coast to the other
who welcomed the musicians into
their homes—and barns—at all hours
of the night.
Levity is the key to survival on the
road, away from loved ones, including
husband Colin Love 0T4, Brooks explains. Having two close friends along
makes the long drives easier to bear:
“You saw us skipping rope [on YouTube]? We actually own skipping ropes.
When we’re annoyed in the car, we stop
and do double-dutch. We recently did it in Saskatoon. It was a Sunday
afternoon; lots of families were out, and we made so many friends—
all these girls coming over and jumping with us! We have our quiet
moments, but we’re goofy by nature, and we like it that way.”
By design their overall image is family-friendly. “We want to be
good role models—being self-aware, and respectful, and friendly,”
Brooks explains. “A lot of mainstream culture has this chip-on-yourshoulder kind of cool, and we don’t identify with it.” Little girls often
come up after a show to ask them questions. “My advice is always:
practice your instrument, not just your voice,” she says, glad to challenge the “girls sing, boys play” stereotype.
The band that loves meeting fans and making friends won’t let
the Juno get to its head. For one thing, no one in the States has heard
of it. “The Juno gives you credibility—we’re being recognized by
our peers. But three weeks after we won, we toured the U.S., and a
few nights there were only four people in the audience. So you stay
humble,” she adds. “We’re extremely blessed to be doing this for
a living. We’re very serious about the business side of it, but when
we’re on stage, it’s the most fun you can ever have.” F
PHOTO: Ted Passmore, opposite page: Matt Barnes
“There’s a special blend that
happens with certain voices,
and it was so easy with ours”
Portrait
of
The Emperor
More House
Goading Canada’s telecom giants with his 2009 launch of Wind Mobile,
former SMC resident Tony Lacavera aims to expand his realm
By Graham F. Scott
‘‘T
ony’s residence don, back when he was living at
St. Mike’s,” says Duane Rendle, St. Michael’s College’s Dean of Students, a 1990s SMC resident himself, “described him as ‘a great guy, but essentially ungovernable.’”
Anthony Lacavera —Tony to his friends—smiles and shakes his
head sheepishly. “I nicknamed myself ‘The Emperor,’” he says with
a laugh. “I declared myself emperor of More House. Isn’t that what
emperors do? Declare themselves?”
Sitting with Lacavera and Rendle on a 12th floor rooftop patio
in the heart of Toronto’s financial district, the headquarters of Lacavera’s ambitious telecommunications company, Globalive, it’s hard
to argue with his results.
From the basement workout room at St. Michael’s College where
Lacavera spent countless hours during his undergrad years, to the
penthouse office suite from which he plots his multimillion-dollar
business deals as chairman of the board, his Napoleonic ambition has
served him well. And his “ungovernability”—his refusal to do business
as it’s been done, to the endless consternation of his competitors—is
the key to Globalive’s success: the company has cracked open Canada’s notoriously insular telecommunicatons and wireless business, and
now threatens to take a bite out of the cozy profits of three of the cor12 Fall 2010 St. Michael’s
porations Canadians most love to hate—Bell, Telus and Rogers.
“We started this business in 1998, and we’ve been competing
with the Big Three in businesses that are lower-capital, that require
less investment,” says Lacavera. That meant nibbling around the
edges of the phone market in side businesses like bargain-bin longdistance services (“LooneyCall,” for instance, offering 100 minutes
of long distance for $1), providing wireless internet access in hotels
and discount home phone service. All in, it was a tidy little business:
profitable, growing steadily and with low barriers to entry. But that
changed in May 2008, when Globalive announced it was jumping
into the mobile phone business, buying up $442 million worth of
the airwaves in a CRTC spectrum auction and starting construction
on the first new wireless network to be built in North America in
almost 25 years. In the Canadian telecom business, that’s the equivalent of sauntering in and declaring yourself emperor.
“We’d always been kind of picking at the Big Three and been a
thorn in their side,” Lacavera says, “but now this is like a full-frontal
assault. We obviously want to make sure we have a sustainable profitable business for the long term—but for the short term, it’s really
all about shaking the tree a bit.” That meant that Wind Mobile,
the cellular phone brand the company launched with a splashy ad
Reunited on the rooftop patio of Globealive’s Toronto headquarters, L to R, Mark Palma, Tony Lacavera and Duane Rendle
campaign in December 2009, drastically undercut the established
players with its debut: cheap phones, cheap plans, unlimited minutes and texting—the works.
Critics say it’s reckless, that Globalive isn’t big enough to compete
in an extremely complex business, and even that their backing financier (an Egyptian telecom company) threatens the sovereignty of the
Canadian airwaves. Lacavera brushes these concerns aside.
“We’ve been around for 12 years, we’ve always been competing
and we’ve always built profitable businesses,” says Lacavera. “This
is definitely our biggest venture yet, but we’re taking the same approach.” That means that Wind Mobile started locally, launching
first in Toronto and gradually rolling out to other areas as construction proceeds—Lacavera was off to Vancouver that evening
for the following day’s West Coast launch. “Everyone at the airport
knows my name,” he groans with the trademark disaffection of the
veteran frequent flier.
Lacavera says he’s happy so far with Wind Mobile’s freshman
year, and he deftly wields a collection of stories of grateful customers
fleeing the Big Three wireless companies with horror stories of lousy
customer service, surprise fees and monopoly pricing. “Everyone has
a nightmare story from Bell or Telus or Rogers,” he says. (His own
such story dates from the mid-’90s: $50 in unexpected charges for a
handful of calls from his parents’ St. Catharines home.)
Globalive’s bench of boardroom talent is impressive; many of the
company’s top executives whom Lacavera recruited to help grow the
business lived in residence at St. Mike’s. Anthony Cozzi, Globalive’s
Director of Data Technology, graduated from UofT’s Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, and so did Mark Palma, Manager of
Enterprise Solutions for OneConnect, a Globalive subsidiary. Both of
them lived in More House—under the reign of Emperor Lacavera.
They know each other through SMC, through the engineering
department, but also through Lacavera’s other preoccupation, fitness.
When he wasn’t sleeping, eating or studying during his St. Michael’s
days, he could most often be found in the men’s residence weight
room. In fact, that’s how he was first introduced to Duane Rendle,
who was doing his Master’s degree in Industrial Relations at the time
and was also a fitness buff. When they meet again, along with Palma,
on the company’s patio, the conversation picks right up where it left
off. Their easy banter about the old days still echoes that friendly
locker-room joshing as they compare current waistlines, what they
each used to be able to bench press and Palma’s transformation into
a greyhoundesque triathlete.
Tony Lacavera, front row, 3rd fr. L, and his 1995 fellow SMC residents in front of the arch between More and Fisher Houses
“When Mark gets into something, he has to be the absolute best
at it,” says Lacavera, jabbing a thumb at Palma. He concedes with a
laugh: “I was up in Orillia a few years ago out for a jog. I accidentally
got mixed up with the local triathlon,” he says. He just kept running
with the group and ended up crossing the finish line near the front
of the pack. Lacavera admits he doesn’t quite compare with that level
of commitment any more. “My absolute favourite thing to do is just
go out for a jog,” he adds. “But the kind of jogging I’m doing, you
could kind of drink a beer while you’re doing it.” He got more into
outdoor exercise, he says, because he’s on the road a lot—he took
280 flights in 365 days last year—and he can do it anywhere.
For Lacavera the discipline, self-worth and camaraderie he found
in the workout room is the reason he’s looking at how he can help
the College spruce up its aging fitness facilities. Both of UofT’s big
gyms are on the west side of campus, at Hart House and the Athletic
Centre, and having something closer to St. Mike’s would be a huge
window at all.” That technology is actually being tested right now
by energy experts at UofT’s engineering department, and Lacavera,
the born salesman, half-jokingly tells Rendle the technology could
reduce energy costs at St. Mike’s.
That combination—the engineer’s rigor and the hustler’s nose
for a sale—is one of the things that Lacavera feels needs to be taught
to engineering students as part of a well-rounded education.
“The economy now is so reliant on information technology and
software, and engineers are becoming more prominent in corporate settings,” he says. Engineering degrees currently turn out grads
who can expertly etch a microchip or write flawless code, but most
get little or no training in business or entrepreneurship; many have
trouble adjusting to corporate work, he adds, or feel pigeonholed
as propellerheads in the basement while the MBAs are out shaking hands and making deals. By contrast, Globalive is stocked with
engineering grads from the Chairman on down, from the board-
“We obviously want to make sure we have a sustainable profitable business for
the long term – but for the short term, it’s really all about shaking the tree a bit”
benefit to students, he says. There aren’t any concrete plans yet, but
he talks about it as a matter of when, not if.
Today, the expansion of Globalive continues apace, and Lacavera
is dabbling in new fields, particularly environmental technologies.
He’s made recent investments in renewable wind power and in a
new kind of glass coating that prevents heat loss and improves buildings’ energy efficiency. “If the sun’s shining through the window,”
he says, “it’s bright, but you don’t feel any heat coming through the
room to the server farm. Lacavera has spoken with UofT’s Dean of
Applied Science and Engineering about his wish for some business
training in the engineering curriculum. “We had professors—great
professors—for whom the be-all and end-all of being an engineer
was designing microchips at, say, Nortel,” he says, “but not everyone has to do that. There are so many other options,” Lacavera’s
own career—from Emperor of More House to Bay Street titan-inwaiting— being living proof. F
Snapshot
A Cup of Joe…
…with Marilyn Elphick
M
inistering to both
body and soul, Marilyn Elphick was
a nurse before she became St. Michael’s Director of Campus
Ministry and Campus Minister
in August 2002. Leading extracurricular Bible and faith studies,
or in worship services, she often
sees more of many St. Mike’s students than other College staff.
St. Michael’s: What made you
leave nursing to come to St. Mike’s?
Marilyn Elphick: I was a nurse
for 35 years, but at the same time,
I had a strong calling to study theology; I wasn’t sure why. I worked
full-time while I studied for the MDiv degree in the St. Michael’s
Faculty of Theology. A year before graduating, I was asked to consider working here. I prayed, thought it over, and said yes. But until
I retired recently, I still worked every weekend as a nurse. I’m currently studying for a PhD in theology. My focus is illness narratives,
which combines my knowledge of nursing and theology.
SM: What do you like doing when you’re not working?
ME: I enjoy long-distance walking. I completed a half-marathon
walk; I almost died, but I made it! I love cooking, but most people
at St. Mike’s already know that. I also love to write; I’ve actually been
published. I wrote a chapter called “Mary’s Journey of Love” in a
book titled Mary’s Journey of Faith and Belief.
SM: What has changed since you started to work here?
ME: I find that students are searching much more. They are very
inquisitive about spiritual things
and interested in scripture. They
also enjoy sharing their faith and
their stories. For example, many
students come to Women’s Faith
Sharing, which takes place every
Monday in Chaplaincy.
SM: Do you have a favourite
memory from your first eight years
at the College?
ME: Actually, there’s one that
stands out. It happened in my
first week here at orientation:
a student fainted. People here
knew I was a nurse and brought
her right to me while someone called her brother, a doctor. She was
most likely dehydrated, so I gave her some orange juice. That year,
she was on campus every Thursday, and each time, she came to
thank me.
SM: What makes St. Mike’s special to you?
ME: The students. They’ve been so affectionate. They showed a lot of
love and care when I was sick. One student came in every day just to
give me a hug and check on me. I’ve had many students like that.
SM: Do you ever wish you were a student right now at SMC?
ME: But I am a student! During frosh week I wish I were an
undergrad, although I don’t think I could keep up! I love frosh week;
I can’t stop smiling the entire week!
SM: Finally, how do you take your coffee?
ME: Decaf solo non-fat latte, or a “why bother?” as some people
would call it. F
DOSSIER
F
or days after the earthquake in Haiti,
nobody knew whether Sister Mary Alban
Bouchard was dead or alive. It seemed reasonable to fear the worst: the building where she
lived had been destroyed. Phones were still dead.
And nobody could find her.
But on Sunday, seven days after the devastating
tremors that left so many others dead or injured,
two Canadian journalists spied the tiny 79-yearold nun singing hymns at an outdoor mass. They
Illustration including photos by John Rennison, The Hamilton Spectator
Homeless in H
approached her, hugged her—and put her on the
front page of the next day’s Globe and Mail. “That
relieved a lot of people,” smiles Sr. Mary Alban at
the recollection. “Especially people here who could
say, well, she’s alive. And she’s singing!”
Although the earthquake was the worst crisis Sr.
Mary Alban has witnessed while living in Haiti,
there have certainly been many others. Poverty, political instability, violence and hurricanes are just
some of the afflictions the country has endured in
the 22 years since the Sister of St. Joseph first began
doing social justice work there. In what is, by most
measures, the poorest country in the Americas, she
has dedicated herself in countless ways, whether by
helping women to start their own businesses, or
building houses to empower them with ownership.
She has also taught people to read, conducted a
countrywide peace program on behalf of the UN,
and helped to arrange medical care and education,
both of which cost money in Haiti.
But on the afternoon of January 12, so much
of this good work looked as if it might vanish in
an instant.
On that day, Sr. Mary Alban had decided to attend a conference outside of Port-au-Prince. It was
a choice that saved her life. “We were having a late
coffee break and suddenly there was a rumble that
threw us all over,” she remembers. “Coffee went
A conference kept her away and safe the day of the
earthquake. Regardless, though, life took a radical
turn for Sr. Mary Alban CSJ 6T2 in Port-au-Prince
By Cynthia Macdonald 8T6
aiti
Sr. Mary Alban Bouchard CSJ 6T2
Photo: courtesy sr. Mary alban CSJ 6T2
“We were having a late
coffee break and suddenly
there was a rumble that
threw us all over. Coffee
went everywhere. I backed
up against the door frame
and just held on….The
building had cracks in it.
And we kept getting shocks
and shocks all night”
everywhere. I backed up against the door frame and just held on.”
Miraculously, the building didn’t collapse, and the inhabitants were
able to crawl out on their hands and knees. But later, “we had to
sleep on the ground because the building had cracks in it. And we
kept getting shocks and shocks all night.”
To be in Haiti over the next days was to witness death and destruction on an unimaginable scale. The recollections from Sr. Mary
Alban’s diary are poignant, sometimes gut-wrenching. She writes
of many friends lost or buried in the rubble, of a young friend, a
child who spent his days running and playing, lying untended after
his foot was severed. Another Sister she knew, a school principal,
was “practically catatonic. She just sat in her chair and could hardly
speak...the shock was just so bad for her, and I guess she was thinking of all it meant for the future.”
The aftershocks kept coming, and Sr. Mary Alban’s survival even
after the quake was by no means assured. Fortunately, she found
nourishment: cooking in Haiti is traditionally done outside, and
stores of rice and beans were mercifully unburied. Trucks came by
with water. Still, there was nowhere to stay. When the Globe and
Mail found her almost a week later, this self-described “runt” (she
is a former teacher who left the profession after a constant run of
health problems) had become accustomed to spending each night
on the cold ground outside. She had no money, no passport, and no
means of leaving the country. “I was poor among the poor, homeless
among the homeless,” she says.
On January 23, dressed in summer clothes and bereft of resources,
Sr. Mary Alban was finally evacuated on a military airplane to Montreal. There she and others were met by a battalion of Red Cross volunteers, bearing food, blankets and mukluks. “That was the first time
tears came to my eyes,” she recalls. “We hadn’t had the luxury of thinking about it hardly. But when I landed and knew I was safe, and saw all
the people who were there to help...it was so beautiful.”
That Sr. Mary Alban can see beauty in the midst of squalor has
no doubt been helpful to her in her life of service. Her diary makes
note of the wailing cries that filled each terrible night after the quake,
but she also notes small, heaven-sent gifts: a child banging joyfully
on a foam lid, or a beautiful orange moon overhead.
Her love of literature was nurtured at St. Michael’s, she says,
where she completed an honours degree in English Language and
Literature in 1962. She also had a passion for philosophy and remembers classes taught by Marshall McLuhan, whose daughters she
would later go on to teach. “He was entertaining, witty, friendly, and
profoundly religious. St. Mike’s was a growthful campus to inhabit!”
she adds. “I have kept a journal all my life and written continually. I
can’t help myself!” she exclaims, going on to note: “I am always happiest when the product is a poem.” She has in fact published much
poetry, in addition to articles and books on a diverse array of topics,
including nuclear disarmament.
In the years before she took up work in Haiti, disarmament was
but one of Sr. Mary Alban’s myriad concerns. After leaving teaching,
she lived and worked with recovering alcoholics, and established the
Sisters of Saint Joseph as an NGO at the United Nations in New
York City. It was while there that she fell in love with the Haitian liturgy. “They bring their kids, and they sing and dance, you know?”
She had always prayed to be sent to work with the poor. Increasingly, Haiti looked like the best place to do that. “I started thinking,
it’s crazy; I’ll probably get sick the first week I’m there. But the urge
was there; it wouldn’t go away.” On January 25, 1989, she arrived
for the first time, speaking rudimentary French and no Kreyol (the
local languages).
In many ways, she has never left—and in any case, she always
returns. In March, Sr. Mary Alban was back in Port-au-Prince, bearing powdered milk, flip-flops, and a substantial housing grant from
the Hilton Foundation. This August, after a rest in Toronto, she returned again. She considers her vocation “a call and a grace given.
But it is also a choice. It was a good choice I made.” F
Trees for Haiti
Dinner with Father Jim
earthquake, donated dollars, equipment and
Students from St. Michael’s participated in this
Each year, USMC Chaplain Fr. Jim Murphy
expertise went to these hospitals, the institu-
initiative as part of a nation-wide effort by the
presents a philosophical talk on a sub-
tions receiving pharmaceuticals, sterilizing
Canadian Catholic Students’ Association. Two
ject germane to students; examples have
and radiology equipment as well as ongoing
bake sales were held—one on Valentine’s Day,
included gossip, the Internet, student life.
support from teams of Canadian health care
one on Earth Day—to raise money so that
On January 27 of this year, he encouraged
providers, allied personnel and structural
trees could be planted in Haiti. Each tree cost
the student body to reflect on how they
engineers, who will remain in place for the
two dollars, and a total of $600 was raised.
might contribute to the betterment of Haiti
foreseeable future. Sr. Anne, who had visited
after the earthquake. A small fundraising
in early December 2009 to open the first-
GORDON CRESSY LEADERSHIP AWARD
drive grew out of this. “It’s amazing how
ever commercial kitchen to service patients,
This year, SMC student Claire-Helene Heese-
generous our students are,” says Fr. Murphy.
staff and families at the Hôpital Universitaire
Boutin received an award for her efforts toward
“For some of them, five or ten dollars can be
de l’État d’Haïti, returned shortly after the
international and environmental change. She
quite significant.”
earthquake. She assured the Haïtian Minister
is currently an executive member of Students
of Health that the International Outreach
in Solidarity with Haiti, an action-based group
St. Joseph’s Health System –
Program of St. Joseph’s Health System will
that provides advocacy for students and youth
International Outreach Program
remain a committed partner in providing
living in the country.
In addition to being President of USMC,
compassionate care and technical support to
Sr. Anne Anderson CSJ chairs the Board of
the people of Haiti for the long term.
Directors of St. Joseph’s
Organized by the Arts and Theatre Commission
Health System (Hamilton).
of SMCSU, this charity fundraiser was held on
The system operates a
March 10 at Hart House. More than 40 models
remarkable international aid
presented designs from participating local bou-
program, and has been ac-
tiques: 69 Vintage, Over the Rainbow, Shkank.
tive in Haiti for more than 20
The event raised some $800.
years. The Government of
Photos: John Rennison, The Hamilton Spectator
Senso Fashion Show
Haiti requested that the sysChange for Haiti
tem, which has NGO status
Immediately after the earthquake, a change
in Haiti, co-manage L’Hôpital
station was set up in Brennan Hall, where
de la Paix in Delmas, a
it stayed until the end of the exam period.
suburb of Port au Prince, and
Student passersby were encouraged to part
maintain its support for the
with their spare change—another successful
Hôpital Universitaire de l’État
fundraising effort.
d’Haïti. In the wake of the
in print
The
D oCollection
no va n
To live and learn surrounded by art on campus
By Daniel Donovan 5T8
O
ver the past 30 years, what began as a private quest has gained a reputation in the Canadian art world that reaches far beyond the boundaries of St. Michael’s College. Including 336 works by 154 artists, and counting, Fr. Dan Donovan’s personally selected collection of
mainly Canadian contemporary art makes its home not in a museum, but in seven College buildings, where students live with them day in and out.
In the following excerpt, Donovan tells about the beginnings of his personal passion-turned-lifetime mission.
…One of the things that has most surprised me about my life is the
role that the visual arts have come to play in it. They were not part
of my family background, or of the education that was meant to
prepare me to be a priest and theologian. My undergraduate studies were in the liberal arts, especially in philosophy and English literature, while my graduate work focused on theology and biblical
scholarship. It was only during the four years I spent in Europe in
the mid 1960s as a graduate student that I began to discover and to
be fascinated by the great works of Western art and architecture.
…When I returned to Canada in 1967 I brought with me as
souvenirs of my stay in Europe two woodcuts by a German Jew,
Jakob Steinhardt. Active in Berlin in the 1910s and 20s, he emigrated to Palestine in the early 30s. The works I chose reflected the
interests of a young priest and biblical student. Both are figurative
and portray biblical characters, one, Job, and the other, Habakkuk. The latter is one of the so-called Minor Prophets or, as the
Jewish tradition puts it, one of the twelve. The former is much
better known. The book that bears his name is primarily taken up
with a theological/philosophical debate about suffering, especially
innocent suffering. Steinhardt’s work evokes the end of the story.
Angela Leach, A. R. Loop, 2007, acrylic on paper
Everything is in ruins, the clouds are parting, the sun is still there,
and Job talks to God. What he says is basically “I still don’t get it. I
don’t understand why innocent people suffer. But I believe in you,
I believe in life, I am going on.”
…Steinhardt’s woodcuts are expressionist in style, biblical in content, and universal in their emotional and human implications. I
was struck initially by their strength and directness. With time I
came to appreciate the way in which they permit biblical figures
to break out of their historical contexts and speak to contemporary
issues and concerns, including and especially the Holocaust.
In 1971 I returned to St. Michael’s College, where I had completed my undergraduate work in 1958, and began teaching in its
faculty of theology. Later I would also teach in the College’s undergraduate Christianity and Culture program. Although I continued
throughout the 1970s to develop my interest and knowledge of art
by visits to Europe and then increasingly to New York and other
major American cities, it was only in 1980 that I began to collect art in any kind of serious way. That year, a Russian-born Jew,
Kosso Eloul, had a show in Toronto which included a large photograph of a work that had won a sculptural competition in Japan,
where it was then installed. On learning that the piece, entitled
Zen West, existed in an edition of two, I decided to purchase it for
St. Michael’s. It struck me that its geometric form and metal material would both contrast with, and give a focus to, a small park on
the College property. In spite of its size, the work suggests a delicately balanced forward movement thus creating a bridge between
the city and the College, between Bay Street and the church that
stands in the middle of St. Michael’s campus.
In contrast with Steinhardt’s woodcuts, Zen West is not in any
obvious sense a religious work. It is, however, striking and, in a cerSt. Michael’s Fall 2010 21
John Clark, Untitled, 1988, watercolour on paper
tain way, elegant and even beautiful. It clearly adds something to its
surroundings even while being at home within them. This is another
function or role of art which has become increasingly evident in the
collection over the years.
…Some works in the collection evoke traditional religious images and stories and in doing so give expression to some form of
religious concern or question. The presence of such content, at least
when it is not used to mock religious hypocrisy or other failings, underlines the seriousness of whatever it is the artist is trying to express.
A painter once told me that he falls back on images relating to Christ
and especially to his suffering and death when he wants to say something profound about human life. That same artist expressed a desire
to paint the crucifixion. Another painter, ordinarily not identified as
a religious artist, declared his longstanding desire to do a painting of
the agony in the garden.
None of the explicitly religious works in the collection were commissioned. Artists have recourse to such imagery because it continues to have a capacity to evoke and give expression to deep human
concerns and longings.
The collection, as a whole and in the kind of differentiated
way that I have suggested, reflects the continuing presence and
vitality of the spiritual in contemporary art. In doing so it suggests a possible bridge between our secular culture and the long
and rich religious tradition out of which it has come and against
which at different times and in different ways it has reacted. Many
of the works function as points of contact, as possibilities of conversation, between the two. It is this that gives the collection as a
whole its distinctive character and that relates it in a special way to
St. Michael’s and its traditions. F
Fr. Daniel Donovan is USMC Professor Emeritus of Theology and
continues to teach in the College’s Christianity and Culture Program.
The above excerpt is reprinted from The Donovan Collection catalogue,
University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto 2010.
Jakob Steinhardt (1887-1968), Habakkuk,
1957, woodcut
Lois Andison, Crown of Thorns,
1992, watercolour on paper
Harold Klunder, The Home of Conjecture,
1997-99, oil on canvas
Alumni Association
Be Part of the Vision
Be a Friend Raiser • Make Things Happen • Make a Difference
By Andy Lubinsky 7T9, President, USMC Alumni Association Board
In
our last issue we told you about our strategic
planning process and provided some highlights
from the research we conducted. Here now is the
final USMC Alumni Association Board of Directors Strategic Plan
and some initiatives planned for the coming months. We invite all
who are interested to join and help shape St. Mike’s future.
WHAT WE WANT
Our mission is twofold:
• To create and nurture the best possible relationships between
USMC and the alumni and among alumni
• To represent and communicate the alumni perspective on
decisions that affect the future of USMC
Our four guiding principles are:
• We act in accordance with the mission and vision of USMC and
with the core values of the Board
• We are primarily focused on relationship building and influencing
the future of USMC
• We ensure that the constitution, policies and practices of the Board
support the vision and mission for the long term
• We work collaboratively with all stakeholders and resources to
create the best possible outcomes for all concerned
WHAT WE DO
• We create, support and help publicize events that appeal to the
best alumni memories of student life as well as to their current
interests and needs
• We work with members of the Collegiums, Senate, College of
Electors, College Council and with the Department of Alumni
Affairs to help shape the future of USMC
WHAT WE’VE PLANNED
Overall, the research we conducted last year indicated that our
events need to be relevant to the stage in life of our alumni community, leading us to a number of new initiatives that include
the following:
1. The Alumni Connection Series: Educational offers that reflect the
unique intellectual resources at St. Mike’s. This program began
with the June 15 Garden Tour led by Father James McConica
CSB (see Campus Notes, p.6), and will continue with three additional events:
• Corporate Social Responsibility Lecture
Date: Wednesday, October 13, 7 – 9:30 am
Location: RBC Dominion Securities Inc.
Royal Bank Plaza, South Tower, 39th Fl., 200 Bay St.
Speaker: Dr. M.J. (Mimi) Marrocco, Continuing Education
Division, University of St. Michael’s College
Please join us for a discussion where strategies and practical case
studies will be highlighted, while looking at trends, policies
and programs that are advancing business practice. To register,
call 416-926-7260 or email: [email protected].
• Faith in Film: Catholicism and Classic Hollywood Cinema
Date, Location and Speaker: TBA
• How to Get the Most Out of Your Book Club
Date, Location and Speaker: TBA
2. Targeted Reunion Events, which will include a Residence Reunion
3. The Career Mentorship Program, which offers a unique opportunity for St. Michael’s students and recent alumni who are about to
enter the workforce. The resources available through the College
and the Alumni Association will provide a high level of career
guidance, designed to assist in the development and enhancement
of St. Michael’s students’ and graduates’ future careers
4. Enhanced Communications, which will include refreshed alumni
web pages and the development of an online community of alumni for those who wish to participate
HOW YOU CAN HELP
• if you have a passion for St. Mike’s
• if you have a desire to give back to the College that helped shape
who you are today
• if you are interested to help with any of the above initiatives
• if you think there are even better ideas that we should pursue then
please talk to us about how you might get involved
At this writing, we have several openings for Board members,
marketing support volunteers, event planners and organizers. Let’s
discuss what role best fits your interests and availability. F
Andy Lubinsky 7T9
President, Alumni Association
Board of Directors
905-330-1954
Steve Williams 9T4
Past President, Membership
Committee Chairman
416-363-8704
[email protected]
FIRST FLIGHT
London, England
Lost and Found on the Road to Istanbul
A recent grad navigates his way on a bicycle odyssey across Europe
By Matthew Willis 0T8
On
Photos: courtesy Matthew Willis; Clockwise from top left: Czech Republic, Serbia, Germany, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Turkey
a recent cycling trip from London to Istanbul,
I was never more than one wrong turn away
from ending up somewhere entirely different
from where I’d envisaged. The trip was always meant to be an adventure, but until I actually began to experience the variety of ways
in which the unexpected could occur, getting lost didn’t strike me
as the sort of thing that would contribute much to the experience.
In fact, it proved the source of some of my favourite memories. All
along the way, I met the most hospitable people, some of whom
went well out of their way to help me.
I chose London as my starting point because after graduating
from St. Mike’s in 2008, I had just completed my Masters there,
and Istanbul as my destination because it was at the very other end
of Europe. I liked the idea of starting in one iconic city and ending
in another. In total, I spent 70 days on the road and about 50 on the
bike, covering close to 4400 kilometres across eleven countries—or
twelve, counting Belgium, which I entered by mistake en route from
France to Luxembourg.
The thing about getting lost on a bike is that, while one usually doesn’t go a huge way before realizing that something is amiss,
it can take quite a while to recover even short distances. Reading
one’s map correctly is thus imperative, and I was continually checking mine against road-signs and other features of the landscape to
avoid unintended detours. Of course, things went awry even when
I made a point of being vigilant, as on the afternoon I left Verdun,
France, with Luxembourg City and dinner at friends’ as my destination. I had been enjoying a long, fast descent for several minutes
when it occurred to me that the right-hand turn I was anticipating
hadn’t materialized. In fact, I couldn’t remember seeing any righthand turns. Except (uh-oh...) for that one several kilometres back
that I hadn’t been able to place on the map. That particular error
cost me an hour’s extra riding—mainly uphill and into a moderate
wind—but otherwise, no harm done: my dinner and friends were
still waiting at the end.
There is, of course, one sure way to avoid misreading a map. At
Dover, I met Scott, from Edinburgh, who was doing Calais-Barcelona for his first trip. When I asked him what scale maps he was
using, he replied that he didn’t have any. “How are you going to get
to Barcelona then?” I burst out laughing. “Well, I was just going to
follow the roads that went south,” came the earnest reply. (Scott
would text me almost exactly a month later to say he’d made it and
was enjoying the Spanish sun. At the time, I was hunkered down in
my tent 30 kilometres from the German-Czech border, eating a cold
supper in the middle of a thunderstorm. So it goes.)
Even when things were going according to plan, it could be hard
to know. I frequently had to pedal several kilometres down a road I
wasn’t sure was the right one before coming across anything I could
use to confirm where I was. The sense of solitude was never greater
than on such occasions, when the sheer vastness of the unknown was
magnified by my own uncertainty.
Nevertheless, to travel any distance by bike one must accept that
getting lost is as much a part of the experience as the beautiful vistas
and flat tires, and it can even be a significant positive. It forced this
traveller out of his shell and into interactions with people he would
otherwise never have met.
It first happened in France, en route to Versailles, as I negotiated the urban sprawl of Pontoise using a map utterly unfit for the
purpose. The maze of high-speed roads and access ramps I’d become
mired in had ceased to bear any resemblance to the impressionistic lines on my paper, and with cars whizzing by and no shoulders
to speak of, I was loathe to continue on instinct alone. There was
a Citroën dealership nearby. I leaned my bike against the window
and went in. The salesman, Gilles, was astonished to hear where I
was going. He bought me a can of orange juice from the vending
machine, and we soon got into a lengthy conversation on all things
cycling. At last he sent me off with great directions— and a brandnew dealership flag to take to Turkey.
On other occasions, I shook hands with old French gentlemen
who told me stories of their cycling youths, received food and maps
from a cyclist in Prague I flagged down on his way to work, and had
a beer with a Czech couple near Plzeň who invited me to use their
son’s bed for the night. I was astonished at how time and again,
a simple request for directions—at the lights ahead, left or right?
which way to Smederevo?—led to effusive displays of helpfulness.
From the cable haulers in Rochester, England, who let me pitch my
tent in their backyard, to the grape vendor outside Plovdiv, in Bulgaria, who gave me more grapes than I could carry, nearly everyone
with whom I had more than passing contact left me re-energized
and motivated to continue.
Over time, and as the mental strain of the ride began to wear
on me, even brief, impromptu exchanges I would have missed had
I known the route became the highlights of my day. People like
to help, I came to understand, and given the opportunity and the
choice to do so, they almost always will. This proved as common
in western as in eastern Europe, in urban settings as in rural ones,
in English as in sign language. The realization that, with the right
approach, the good can be tapped in almost anyone was one of the
most valuable discoveries I made on my road to Istanbul. F
Istanbul, Turkey
Celebration
Milestones to
Federation
St. Michael’s College celebrates 100 years of federation with the University of Toronto
Timeline adapted from a speech entitled “The Roots of the Federation” by Dr. R.
Craig Brown, Professor Emeritus, Department of History, University of Toronto. He
delivered it earlier this year in Charbonnel Lounge during the Centennial Celebration
of St. Michael’s federation with the University of Toronto. The speech will be published
in its entirety soon, edited by Dr. Mark G. McGowan, Principal, St. Michael’s College.
1792
John Graves Simcoe arrives in Upper Canada with ambitions to found a “college of a
higher class.” Though he becomes the first
Lieutenant Governor of the province, his
English superiors quash the idea.
1890
funded, it becomes explicitly secular, which
a horrified Strachan condemns as “moral
degradation.” He starts over, establishing
Trinity College in 1852 as a strictly Anglican institution.
1826
1856
The government of Upper Canada sends the
Arch-deacon of York, Rev. John Strachan,
to London to secure a University Charter.
Strachan returns triumphant a year later;
the new King’s College would, significantly,
not require a religious test for admission, as
colleges did back ‘home’ in England.
Founded four years earlier at the Bishop’s
Palace on Queen St. East, St. Michael’s
College moves uptown. With the addition
of St. Basil’s Church, it now stands on Clover Hill. St. Michael’s seeks affiliation with
the University, but is refused, due partly
to its status as primarily a boys’ secondary
school. Also to blame is the anti-Catholic
sentiment of some UofT senators.
1842
Construction of King’s College begins at
Queen’s Park in Toronto, a town of 6,000
citizens. Rev. Strachan is its first president.
1850
The provincial legislature transforms King’s
into the University of Toronto. Publicly
1881
Father Teefy persuades UofT Vice-Chancellor William Mulock to support St. Michael’s
affiliation. The College’s own curriculum
is preserved in two areas: medieval and
modern history and in “Mental and Moral
Science and Civil Polity.”
After years of negotiation complicated by
sectarian disagreements, the Federation
Act unites University, Victoria, and St.
Michael’s colleges under the umbrella of
UofT. St. Michael’s retains responsibility
for teaching history and philosophy, but
cannot yet issue an arts degree.
1910
The University of Toronto board of
governors officially declares St. Michael’s
an Arts college, meaning it will teach
philosophy and theology. The agreement
completes the federated relationship
between university and college that still
persists today.
Presences along the way to federation,
clockwise from top L, SMC teacher and,
later, Superior Henry Carr CSB, UofT
Vice-Chancellor William Mulock, Superior
Daniel Cushing CSB, university math graduate and Superior John Teefy CSB and, at
centre, Archbishop John Joseph Lynch
Photos: courtesy USMC Archives
Honours
2010 Student Leadership Awards
Peer Mentor. Mena has served
Cressy Awards
at Mount Sinai Hospital as a
Established in 1994 by UofT’s
language interpreter, a heart
Alumni Association and the
function clinic volunteer and
Division of University Ada volunteer research assistant
vancement, the Gordon Cressy
at the Laboratory for Funcaward recognizes student leadtional Tissue Engineering. For
ership in fundraising and comthe UofT’s Faculty of Arts
munity service. This year, five
and Science, Mena has held
St. Michael’s students were
positions on the Curriculum
among the winners.
Review and Renewal ComFrancesca Imbrogno is a
mittee and the External Reresidence don and the former
view
Committee.
president of SMCSU. She was
Claire-Helene Heese-Boua Frosh leader and member of
tin
is an External Affairs Liaithe Frosh Week Orientation
Left to right: Claire-Helene Heese-Boutin, Carolyn Kim Ibana,
son
volunteer for the CaribExecutive Committee. She
Gordon Cressy, Tania Lukacsovics and Francesca Imbrogno
bean
Studies Student Union
has participated in various
College social events, clubs and athletic activities, including coach- and an Executive Member of the Students in Solidarity with Haiti
Committee. She has participated in the Jamaica Forest Conservaing the Women’s Outdoor Soccer Team. She also volunteers with the
tion Fund, the Environmental Justice Organizing Institute, and
Canadian Cancer Society and in many Toronto school classrooms.
Tania Lukacsovics served a three-month placement at an HIV has volunteered with Engineers without Borders. Claire was also
clinic in Swaziland, helping treat and teach people living with AIDS. one of 12 UofT student delegates attending the December 2009
United Nations Framework on Climate Change Conference of the
A former residence don, Tania has been a volunteer for the Children’s
Parties in Copenhagen. F
Wish Foundation, a tutor with UofT’s Universal Minds program
and a tutor to children of low-income families through the Working
Father Madden Awards
Women’s Community Centre. In addition to English and French,
Tanya is fluent in American Sign Language, which she used while
volunteering as a counselor at the Ontario Camp for the Deaf.
Carolyn Kim Ibana is the former president of the St. Michael’s
College Canadian Catholic Students’ Association, former treasurer
of the University of Toronto Students for Life Club and a former
Junior Executive of the Filipino Students Association of Toronto.
Carolyn has participated in SMCSU’s First-Year Mentorship Program, held the position of St. Michael’s Frosh Week Leader, and
volunteered as a student teacher for St. Andrew’s Catholic Church
Catechism classes. Also, throughout her university career, Carolyn
Fr. Robert Madden CSB 5T2 with the fourteen winners
was a member of the St. Michael’s College Chaplaincy Team.
of the Fr. Robert Madden Leadership Award, which
Mena Gewarges has participated throughout her university carecognizes significant student contribution to the life of
reer in the First-Year Learning Opportunities Program, mentoring
the St. Michael’s College community
75 Life Science students, and was a Research Opportunity Program
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By Father Robert Madden, CSB
[email protected]
Our mistake: In the announcement
Theory and Practice, the magnum
Daniel 9T6 and Kathy van Driel
Sr. Mary Alban Bouchard CSJ 6T2
of the birth of their twins in the
opus of the late Manfred Halpern,
Bader ‘01 welcomed their second
has ministered in Haiti for twenty-
spring 2010 issue, we referred to
Princeton University professor of
child, Mary Celeste Bader, 25 Oct. ‘09.
two years. She survived the recent
Mike Patullo’s wife incorrectly as
politics, and former teacher and col-
Catherine Bauman; her correct
league of David at Princeton. Know-
Robert 6T3 and Mary Catherine
and without her passport when
first name is Colleen. Apologies to
ing he was dying, Halpern entrusted
Ware Birgeneau 6T2 continue
her house fell. She was evacu-
them both.
the incomplete manuscript of the
their busy life at the University
ated to Canada by the Canadian
earthquake, but was left penniless
work to Abalos and asked him to
of California Berkeley. University
Embassy and Armed Forces, and
The Sisters of St. Joseph of
complete it, including providing the
obligations involve not only events
with the help of the Red Cross in
Toronto held their General Chap-
final chapter; thus began an eight-
in Berkeley itself, but often entail
Montreal reached the Sisters of St.
ter in Toronto 25 April to 1 May.
year editorial journey that concluded
much travel abroad. Bob, Chancel-
Joseph Mother House in Toronto.
Sr. Thérèse Meunier, MRE Theol
in fall ’09. David is a professor at
lor of Berkeley, also continues his
She is preparing to continue her
’96 was elected Congregational
Seton Hall University and visiting
academic work and recently gave
mission to the women and chil-
Leader; she succeeds Sr. Margaret
professor at Princeton. He and his
a lecture in Brussels; the trip also
dren in Haiti (see also p.18)
Myatt 7T3, who had completed
wife live in New Jersey; they have
included university events in Paris
her term of office. Others elected
three children.
and England.
to the Generalate are: Sr. Patricia
Ryan Burt 0T3, after teaching in
China, did further traveling and
Boucher 6T9, MRE Theol ’82; Sr.
Richard Alway 6T2, Praeses
also began writing and making
Jean Gove 6T7 (former Dean of
of the Pontifical Institute
short films. He is based in Toronto
St. Joseph’s College); Sr. Theresa
of Mediaeval Studies and
and works as a freelance editor,
Rodgers 6T9, MRE Theol ’88; Sr.
former President of the
writer and film print inspector. He
Annette Lacroix was elected As-
University of St. Michael’s
has published work in NOW, The
sistant Congregational Leader.
College, received the Doc-
Driver, QUILLS Poetry and Lucid
tor of Law degree honoris
Forge magazines. His short films
David Abalos 6T3, after more
causa from the University of
have been shown at local and
than eight years of editorial labour,
Toronto 10 June during the
international festivals.
manuscript collation, and writing,
St. Michael’s UofT Convocation. The honour recognizes the many
saw the result of his work published
ways and capacities in which Dr. Alway has contributed to the life
Caroline Brooks 0T4 along with
in the fall of 2009 with the appear-
of the University of Toronto, to the Province of Ontario and to the
her Good Lovelies bandmates, Kerri
ance of Transforming the Personal,
Canadian Federal Government.
Ough and Sue Passmore, won the
Political, Historical and Sacred in
Juno Award for group Roots and
Bulletin Board
Traditional Album of the year. The
Norm has turned to teaching
History and Catalogue, co-authored
Sara (Sophie) and Kate (Ellie), and
presentation was at the annual Juno
English and public speaking at Bio-
with Julijan Dobrinic (Spink, 2008),
the son (Charles) of Emily.
Awards ceremony in St. John’s, NL,
technology High School in nearby
and The Apocrypha of Adam and
17 April. For further information
Freehold, NJ. He is a marathon run-
Eve in Russia: The Forbidden Fruit,
George Fowler 7T5 has trans-
about the band and its schedule:
ner and also a motorcyclist. Their
VDM Publishing, 2010.
lated the novel Waipode Gucheng
www.goodlovelies.com.
daughter, Laura, graduated from
by Lin Zhe, famous contemporary
Princeton and from Boston College
Fr. Richard Elmer CSB 5T2 was
Chinese author. The translation,
Peter Carayiannis 9T2 and An-
and now is working in Seattle. Son
inducted into the Detroit Catholic
entitled Riddles of Belief…and
gela Nikolakakos 9T5 welcomed
Norm graduated from Fordham
League Hall of Fame (Administra-
Love: A Story, published by Dog
their second child 8 April, Thomas
University and is working for the
tor category) to recognize his con-
Ear Publishing, LLC, appeared in
Stephen Nikolakakos Carayiannis,
Director of the 911 Memorial and
tribution to sport as Principal, then
Jan.’10. George’s translation has
8 lbs 14 oz, a baby brother for
Museum in NYC.
President of Catholic Central High
received positive reviews. The
their first child, George. Angela is
School. In his retirement, Fr. Elmer
novel paints a picture of a fam-
Senior Legal Counsel, Global Asset
Victor Deyglio, MDiv Theol
lives with the Basilian community
ily, in the words of one review,
Management and Investment
‘78, Jim Elman 7T5 and Elliott
at Catholic Central and continues
“caught up in the maelstrom that
Fund, Bank of Montreal Financial
Milstein 7T6 held a mini House
his work in Catholic education.
was China’s most recent century.”
Group. Peter continues his legal
2 (McCorkell House) residents re-
practice and is also involved in the
union in early spring. Victor lives in
Rui 7T6 and JoAnn Tierney
awaiting the publication of his
development of wind energy.
Toronto and is Founding President
Figueiredo 7T5 celebrated the
translation of a classic Indonesian
of the Logistics Institute; Jim lives in
graduation of their youngest child,
Malay novel, Sitti Nurbaya. He
Norm 7T3 and Cynthia Ianessa
Rochester, NY and has had a career
Marie, from SMC/UofT 10 June.
also serves occasionally in the U.S.
Dannen 7T1 continue to live in
as a research associate with East-
Marie is the sixth of their six chil-
State Department’s International
Rumson, NJ. Cynthia has worked
man Kodak Co., Kodak Research
dren, all of whom have graduated
Visitor Program as a guide and
part time at the Rumson Library,
Labs; Elliott lives in Novi, MI, and is
from SMC/UofT: Sara (Franca)
translator for official Indonesian
sings in her parish choir and
President of an aesthetics subsidiary
0T1, Kate (Wallace) 0T2, Joe 0T4,
visitors. George and his wife, Cola,
continues to share her musical the-
of Ferndale Laboratories.
Emily (Murphy) 0T5, Steve 0T8,
live in Woodinville, WA; they have
and now Marie 1T0. There are nu-
two sons, Hillary and George.
atrical talent, enjoyed at SMC in
Working freelance, George is
her student performances in How
Fr. Martin Dimnik CSB 6T5,
merous SMC brothers, sisters, aunts,
to Succeed in Business and Three
Senior Fellow and former Praeses
uncles and at least one grandpar-
Michael and Sara Figueiredo
Penny Opera, by singing and danc-
of the Pontifical Institute of Medi-
ent from the “Figueiredo/Tierney/
Franca 0T1 welcomed their first
ing in local NJ community theatre
aeval Studies, has had two books
Milway Clan.” Rui and JoAnn have
child, Sophie Grace Franca, 7 lbs 8
musical productions. After working
recently published: Medieval Slavic
recently welcomed three new mem-
oz, 26 April ’10. Michael and Sara
for Bell Labs at AT&T for 25 years,
Coinage in the Balkans: Numismatic
bers of the family: the daughters of
live and work in Toronto.
Paul Carson 6T7 became
representative for the Vanier Cup university football championship and
the first Canadian to
media officer for the university ice hockey Championship Cup. He was the
receive the College Sports
sports information director for 27 Canadian national university champion-
Information Directors of
ships hosted by UofT and in 2001, was the sport information manager
America (CoSIDA) Lifetime
for Canada at the World University Games in Beijing. In recognition of his
Achievement Award at
service to UofT, the Paul Carson Leadership Award was created on the
the CoSIDA Convention
occasion of his retirement. Also, in July, the game operations room in the
Kickoff Luncheon, 5 July in
Varsity Centre stadium’s media box was named The Paul Carson Room.
San Francisco, CA. The award is presented to members who have served
Paul and his wife, Dawn Munday, live in London, ON.
a minimum of 25 years and have retired or left the profession. Paul served
UofT for more than 40 years, including 26 years as Sports Information
Paul Carson, at left, with his late father, James, seated on the campus
Director and 11 years as Executive Assistant to Dr. Bruce Kidd, Dean of the
bench dedicated to the memory of the late Victoria Mueller Carson,
Faculty of Physical Education and Health. His responsibilities included media
former SMC German professor
Joe Grant 8T3, MA ‘86 was induct-
Karal Ann Marling 6T7 has settled
ed into the UofT Sports Hall of Fame
into the renovated Marling family
Fr. Dan Donovan 5T8 was
27 May ’10 for his hockey exploits
home in Rochester, NY, and, she re-
joined by alumni, members
as a member of the Varsity Blues.
ports, “seems to be working harder
of the Toronto art world and
The Hall of Fame, established in ’87,
than ever” in her retirement from
other art lovers on 28 April at
“honours Varsity’s greatest athletes,
the Department of Art History at the
St. Michael’s for the launch of
builders and teams.” Joe has lived in
University of Minnesota. Recently
The Donovan Collection, an
France since ‘91 in, as he reports,
she has been working on two exhi-
illustrated catalogue and guide,
“an idyllic old farm property on a hill
bition catalogues, one on “Cowboy
overlooking the Alps and the Rhone
Culture” in the ‘50s, and one on the
lege and generously supported by Marcella Sorbara Tanzola 6T5,
Valley.” After serving as Managing
aesthetic history of circus posters.
which presents views of and comments on the works of art collected
Director of the EU and Middle East
published by St. Michael’s Col-
by Fr. Donovan for St. Michael’s (see also p. 22)
Division of a company dealing with
Fr. James McConica CSB, STB
technology for providing gas, water
Theol ’68, former President of
Former SMC resident don, Ji In
and electricity, he is now a
the University of St. Michael’s Col-
Kim 0T8, at right, is an Execu-
consultant in that field.
lege and Praeses of the Pontifical
tive Assistant at the Consulate
Institute of Mediaeval Studies,
General of the Republic of Korea
Chester 6T9 and Camilla Milton
received the Doctor of Sacred
in Toronto. Among her Consul-
Gryski 7T1 recently visited their
Letters degree honoris causa from
ate duties, she helped organize
son Mark in Vancouver, B.C.; Mark
UofT’s University of Trinity College
the G20 Summit held in Toronto
is a videographer for the CBC
11 May. The honour recognizes
last June. In her work she meets various government officials and
news. They are planning a visit
Fr. McConica’s scholarly and ad-
other visitors to the Korean Consulate. One such visitor was Korean
to son Damian and his wife, who
ministrative contributions to the
Olympian Yu-Na Kim, at left, the world’s #1 female figure skater and
have recently moved to Amster-
University of Toronto and beyond.
Vancouver Olympic champion.
dam in the Netherlands.
Donald Morrison 5T6, retired
Sr. Anne Schenk CSJ 5T2 was the recipient
Mark Hodson 9T7 and his wife,
from his position of Judge of the
of the Alumni Association’s Richard M.A.
Tracey, welcomed their first child,
Ontario Court of Justice, lives in
Alway Award at the Spring Reunion Friday
Rachel Lindsay, 8lbs 14 oz, 19
Toronto and reports: son Scott
evening reception 28 May. The award, a
Feb.’10, a granddaughter for
9T1, and his wife, Kristin (Com-
stylized crystal trophy, was established by the
Harry 7T7 and Carol Codarini
erford) 9T2, have three children
Board of Directors of the Alumni Association
Hodson 6T9. Mark, an Invest-
and live in Belleville, ON; Scott is
to honour the presidency of Richard Alway. It recognizes outstanding
ment Advisor with RBC Dominion
an anesthesiologist at the Quinte
contributions to society by an alumnus or alumna of the College. The
Securities, Tracey and Rachel live in
Regional Health Centre; daughter
award citation mentions Sr. Anne’s contribution to Catholic education,
Oshawa, ON.
Lynn McDougall 8T6, is retired
and also drew attention to her later work with refugees and to her
from a successful career in finance
pivotal role in the establishment and initial administration of The
Grace Ji-Sun Kim, PhD Theol
and is now a fulltime home-maker
Furniture Bank, which assists those in need to furnish their homes.
’01, Associate Professor of
in Toronto for her husband Craig
Doctrinal Theology at Moravian
and their four children; daughter
Lorraine O’Donnell Williams 5T3 has published
Theological Seminary in Beth-
Michelle Barnabé 8T8 is a teacher
Memories of the Beach: Reflections on a Toronto
lehem, PA, recently published a
in Toronto. Don expresses the hope
Childhood through Dundern Press, Toronto, April
chapter (“Asian American Feminist
that the SMC tradition will con-
’10. Lorraine presents the cultural, spiritual and geo-
Theology” pp.131-148) in Lib-
tinue in the new family generation!
graphical landscape of the period of her childhood.
eration Theologies in the United
The description of an incident involving Marshall
States: An Introduction, edited
Brian O’Riordan 8T0 assumed
McLuhan is a lead-in to one of the chapters. Lorraine, a member of the
by Anthony Pinn and Stacey M.
the duties of Registrar of The
Society of American Travel Writers and the Writers Union of Canada,
Floyd-Thomas (New York Univer-
College of Audiologists and
lives in Markham, ON; she and her husband, John, have five children.
sity Press, 2010.)
Speech-Language Pathologists of
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Ontario on 18 June ’10. The college
Paterson is a marker of her out-
Canada interested in becoming
St. Michael’s brought back many
is in Toronto. Brian has previously
standing leadership at Innis Col-
chartered accountants; the site has
memories of his role and work in
held administrative positions in the
lege.” Janet continues her active
been profiled in the CA Magazine.
SMC’s first production of the musi-
Ontario government and served for
interest in research and teaches
In January ’10 he was admitted to
cal in ’66. Dick has his family prac-
five years as Executive Coordinator
two graduate French courses.
the Board of Directors of kidsLINK,
tice at St. Peter’s Hospital and is
of the Health Professions Regula-
Janet and her husband, John 6T1,
a children’s mental health facility
Chief of the Department of Com-
tory Advisory Council. Brian and his
have three children, Danielle, Neil
in the Waterloo region; it was
plex Continuing Care and Aging
wife, Rina, live in Brantford, ON.
and John, and four grandchildren.
founded over a century and a half
within Hamilton Health Services,
ago by the School Sisters of Notre
concentrating on chronic and pal-
Dame in St. Agatha, ON.
liative care. He and his wife, Arlene,
Rina is the Principal of a Catholic
elementary school in Paris, ON,
Dr. James Paupst 5T8 began
and serves on the Ontario Minister
his Fellowship at Massey College
of Education’s Principals’ Advisory
this September; he was informed
Fr. J. Gareth Poupore CSB 4T8
two sons: Ryan, a teacher, married
Committee. Daughter Olivia is en-
in the spring by the Master of
received the President’s Medal for
with one child; Curtis, studying to
tering university soon; son Michael
Massey College that he had been
Service to St. John Fisher College
be a Chiropractor.
has entered Grade 8.
recommended for the fellowship.
from the President of the College
live in St. Catharines, ON; they have
during the graduation ceremonies
Cathy Shannon 6T0 continues
Phil 0T4 and Emily
8 May. Fr. Poupore joined the faculty
her work in Irish history. The
Figueiredo Murphy 0T5
of St. John Fisher College in Roches-
recently published Dictionary of
welcomed their first child,
ter, NY, in ’63 as an instructor in his-
Irish Biography, whose Canadian
Charles, 11 March; “Charlie”
tory; he retired in ’86 as Professor;
launch took place at St. Michael’s
is reported as “long and
in ‘87 he was granted the status of
25 March, contains two entries by
lean.” He is one of the three
Professor Emeritus. During his years
Cathy: John Boyle O’Reilly; Thom-
recently arrived grandchil-
at the College he served for 11
as Clarke Luby. This past April she
dren of Rui 7T6 and JoAnn
years as Chair of the Department of
was in the north of Ireland to give
Tierney Figueiredo 7T5.
History, taught a variety of courses
a lecture and to continue research.
Phil, Emily and their new son
and was a member of numerous
live in Markham, ON.
committees. In his retirement he has
Krista Slade 9T3 has left her
continued to provide assistance to
position of Executive Director with
parishes in the area.
the Council for Advancement &
At left, Ellie, daughter of Kate Figueiredo Wallace, welcomes her
new cousin, Charlie, while dad, Phil Murphy, looks on
Support of Education, Asia-Pacific
Denise Banks Savoiardo 9T4,
and on 1 August became the first
Fred Owens 6T9 has had his book,
Jim has been doing work on ‘the
her husband and their twin
Director of Advancement for the
Frog Hospital, published recently. It
eccentric as a cultural hero,’ as
daughters, Sofia and Christina,
Rhodes Trust Oxford, Oxford, UK.
deals with LaConner, WA, a small
well as on a history of pain as
continue to live in Kleinburg, ON.
She will be establishing an ad-
town on the Skagit River, where it
perceived and treated in different
The twins turned five in March
vancement office and building an
flows into Puget Sound, but also de-
cultures. He has also been invited
and have finished their first year
alumni and philanthropic program.
scribes some of Fred’s travels across
by another scholar to work with
at the French Catholic School in
the U.S. For further information, see
him on the relations between
Maple, ON. Denise, formerly Ex-
Mervyn J. Villemaire QC 5T0, is
amazon.com and bn.com.
medicine and humanities. Jim’s
ecutive Assistant to the Vice-Pres-
Counsel with the firm of Sorbara,
daughter, Elizabeth 9T2, contin-
ident of Operations and Quality
Schumacher, McCann in Kitch-
Janet Kirschbaum Paterson
ues her own medical practice in
Control at Bombardier Aerospace
ener, ON. On 12 April Mervyn was
6T4 was reappointed Principal of
Timmons, ON.
deHavilland in Downsview, ON,
honoured with the Waterloo Law
has accepted a new position with
Association’s prestigious Coulter
the City of Vaughan.
A. Osborne Award, presented an-
UofT’s Innis College for a second
term of three years, which began
Stefano Picone 0T4, a chartered
1 July. The UofT Vice-President and
accountant, in Sept.’09 launched
Provost said of the reappointment,
his CAsite.com, an online commu-
Richard Seeley MD 6T9 wrote
whose integrity, civility and benefi-
“The overwhelming support for
nity dedicated to helping university
that the West Side Story cover and
cence in professional practice and
the re-appointment of Professor
students and recent graduates in
article in the spring 2010 issue of
public life uphold the highest tra-
nually to an Association member
ditions of the profession. Mervyn
from the Association of Theologi-
and his wife, Claudette, live in
cal Schools to support a full year
Kitchener; they have five children.
sabbatical to work on her book
Mervyn also graduated from
The Bible and the Millennium
St. Michael’s College School
Development Goals. Gale is
when it was on Bay St.
Nancy King Professor of Biblical
SMCs
7th
Annual Book Sale
Studies, Episcopal Divinity School,
Caren Wu 9T0 and her husband
Cambridge, MA.
October 26-30, 2010
Kevin McLaughlin welcomed their
second child, Ben, 18 March, 7lbs
John Zutt 8T4 is the World Bank’s
3oz, a baby brother for daughter
Country Director for Kenya, Co-
Cate, 3. Caren is a general inter-
moros, Eritrea, Rwanda, Seychelles
nist at Foothills Medical Centre,
and Somalia. Previously, John was
U of Calgary; Kevin is a transplant
acting head of the World Bank’s
nephrologist at Foothills Medical
anti-fraud and anti-corruption
Centre and Assistant Dean of Un-
unit. He and his wife, Donatella
dergraduate Medical Education.
Lorch, live in Nairobi, Kenya. They
have four children; their oldest
Gale A. Yee, PhD Theol ’85
daughter, Madeline, is a first-year
received a Lilly Faculty Fellowship
student at St. Michael’s. F
Stock up on some great books at the St. Michael’s College
Sixth Annual Book Sale! Browse thousands of books at
prices starting as low as 50 cents for paperbacks. Selections
include books on theology, philosophy and literature as well
as classics, reference, dictionaries and many paperbacks.
Volunteers Welcome!
New Volunteers are always welcomed. We’ll be in touch!
http://www.utoronto.ca/stmikes/kelly/friends/friends.
html#volunteerbooksale
REST IN PEACE
On 29 Sept. ‘09, Sr. Frances Nims IBVM 3T9, RIP ’95,
Ahearn, Florence M. McCarthy
3T8
Meagher, William J.
6T4
admired and respected long-time SMC Professor of
Challoner, Mary A. Curran
6T1
Meyer, Michael C.
6T3
English, was added to the St. Michael’s College
Conlin, Mary Helen 6T7
Midghall, Raymond B.
4T6
Legacy Wall (see St. Michel’s, “Campus Notes p.5,
Cullen, Rev. Ronald J. CSB
3T8
Moher, William P. J. 4T9
Spring ‘10.) Former student of Sr. Frances, writer
D’Agostino, Patricia A. Shipton
7T8
Newton, Kevin L. J.
4T7
and poet Brigid Elson 6T1 commemorates her with
Deeney, Marshall R T. 6T8
O’Connor, William J. 4T3
this sonnet.
Dewart, Leslie S.
5T1
O’Halloran, Rev. Robert CSB
5T5
Doran, Jim J. K.
4T7
O’Neill, Rev. Bernard F.
5T5
She lived a life to measure others by
Eberle, Dorothy J.M. Doran
5T1
Osborne, Joann F.
5T2
For those who shape their lives to moral ends
The craft of life is like a sculptor’s art;
Grace the chisel, and the end the heart;
They alone to all are worthy friends.
Or, like a poem shaped by rhetoric’s rules,
The eloquence of living well persuades;
Virtue’s immortal, wisdom never fades.
Unlearned in this, we fail in all the schools.
Farano, Ronald J. V. 5T3
Pearce, Patricia M.
6T3
Femiano, Samuel D.
5T6
Quesnelle, Rev. Alfred G.
4T2
Gibbons, Gertrude
3T3
Roberts, William J. 4T2
Gunning, Marilyn Monahan
5T5
Robertson, John E.
5T1
Hanson, Walter A.
5T0
Rosati-Crisostimo, Elena
8T1
Hennessey, Timothy
4T5
Sawdon, Kathleen Frances 4T8
Holden, Richard B.
4T9
Flannery
Howe, Margaret Teresa Perdue
3T9
Scanlon, David 8T1
Kennedy, Rev. Leonard A. CSB
4T4
Schmitz, Mary J.
9T0
Lefebvre, Marc E.
4T8
Walsh, Monica M. Reynolds
3T8
Lefrancois, Paul
5T0
Zwerg, Ernest August
6T0
McDonough, Margaret J. M.
4T3
McGuigan, Leo J.
5T6
McIsaac, Rose-Marie 4T6
She lived a life to measure others by,
Embodied paradigms that will resound
After her death, and ours. Waiting we’ll all lie
Beneath a sacred soil, together bound
By knowledge of this blessed memory.
Saints trod this earth, we lived on hallowed ground.
Cunningham
the view from smcsu
Chicago
A tale of fortune, fame and all that jazz
By Ghada Al-Hussaini and Sami Emami
A
and Ghada Al-Hussaini have teamed
up with Shakir Haq, whose extensive repertoire of directing musicals
includes last year’s successful West
Side Story. Performed on New York’s
Broadway since 1975, Chicago has
received six Tony awards, two Laurence Olivier awards, a Grammy and
thousands of standing ovations, and
is sure to capture the crowds at the
UofT’s Hart House Theatre.
merican choreographer
Twyla Tharp once said “Art
is the only way to run away
without leaving home.” In a school
year where often little more than
academics fit into a full schedule,
most students look forward to moments of escape from empty cups of
caffeine and columns of books waiting to be read, to finding an outlet
for expression that counterbalances
their demanding scholarly responsibilities. This year, SMCSU’s Arts and
Theatre Commission steps up to the
plate, concentrating both on providing information about happenings in
the Toronto arts community and on
excelling in such traditional productions as our fall musical, one of SMC’s
most anticipated annual events.
This year, Chicago: the Musical
will be staged at Hart House Theatre from December 2 to 4. Set in
1920s Prohibition-era Chicago, the
musical presents a satirical account
of crime based on actual murder
trials. Dance following Bob Fosse’s
renowned choreography accompanies the
dark story along with the jazzy ballads
of Frank Kander and Fred Ebb, whose
music comes to life wound in this tale
of murderous sirens and their deceased
male counterparts.
The heart of Chicago lies in the fluid
and angular Bob Fosse dance style that rev34 Fall 2010 St. Michael’s
olutionized jazz on Broadway. This year’s
choreography aims to tackle Fosse’s signature movements: swift isolations, backward
exits, turned-in knees and the infamous
jazz hands.
Arts and Theatre is proud to announce
this, the first amateur production of Chicago in Toronto. Producers Sami Emami
Bringing Together
Two Generations
SMCSU continuously seeks to bring
together alumni and the current St.
Michael’s community with such
events as the annual Boozer Brown
game and Athletics Banquet. This
year, the SMCSU’s Arts and Theatre
Commission has organized an exclusive opportunity for alumni, Council
and cast to become acquainted at a
meet-and-greet cocktail reception following the December 2 opening night
performance of Chicago. The Commission will provide alumni with special
ticket rates and reserved seating, available at
uoftix.ca, promotion code ‘roxy’. F
Program advertisement opportunities available; please contact smctheatre.chicago@
gmail.com. For further information on other SMCSU Arts and Theatre events, please
visit www.smcsu.com
Art on Campus
Cheek
By Esther Marie Jackson 0T9
From Grammateion,
Volume XXIII,
St. Michael’s Journal
of the Arts 2009-2010
One lone
brown-tinged
leaf
in a sea of
lush
baby spinach.
Cover up
with
cowboy sauce
or
bacon bits
or cheese, cheese, cheese.
Reproduced with permission, Mie McElcheran; photo: Sheila Eaton
Sad slumped
leaf
hiding between
the forevers,
I’ll press you
just one
last time.
Veni Vidi Vici
Created by internationally renowned Canadian sculptor William
McElcherean (1927-1999), the bronze sculpture of a business man on a
horse stands nine feet tall outside Brennan Hall. Its 1996 addition to the
College was made possible thanks to a Louis L. Odette donation
Make a Bequest
Legacy gifts
What a wonderful opportunity to say Thank you, St. Mike’s, for
being such a significant force in our lives, and for reaching out to
help young people striving to participate in the College’s mission
of post-secondary Catholic education in a changing world.
Please join us in ensuring that SMC is there for future generations through a bequest in your Will to St. Michael’s College.
Mickey 6T0 & Annette 6T3 Convey Spillane
For more information, call (416) 926-7286, 1 (866) 238-3339 or email [email protected]
Office of Alumni Affairs and Development
81 St. Mary Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1J4

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