Celebrating 80 years of Educational Excellence in

VOL. XX NO. 1 SPRING 2012
C R Y S TA L
HI-LITES
Celebrating 80 years of
Educational Excellence in
the Xaverian Tradition
m a l de n c at hol ic hig h s c ho ol m a g a z ine
Today’s Outstanding Students…Tomorrow’s Outstanding Leaders
CRYSTAL HI-LITES
Headmaster
Mr. Edward C. Tyrrell
Principal
Brother Thomas Puccio, C.F.X.
Director of Institutional Advancement
Mr. Robert J. McCarthy, P 2007
Director of Advancement Operations
and Constituent Relations
Mrs. Jean Campbell
Assistant Director of Advancement
for Annual Giving
Ms. Carolyn Rolfe
Archivist/Editor
Brother Edward Bozzo, C.F.X.
Advancement Office Assistant
Ms. Lisa Schlosberg
Advancement Office Volunteers
Ms. Patricia Chisholm 1965
Brother Robert J. Green, C.F.X. 1964
Mrs. Nicole O’Callaghan, P 2014, 2015
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HEADMASTER’S LETTER
Dear Alumni and Friends of Malden Catholic,
TABLE OF CONTENTS
With this first 2012 edition of Crystal Hi-Lites, we proudly announce that Malden Catholic is embarking on a period of growth and renewal. Much has changed in the eighty years since the Xaverian
Brothers arrived in Malden to teach local boys, and yet much has stayed the same. As they did then,
our young men need an environment that challenges them to reach their potential, stretch for new
heights, and assume a mantle of respect and responsibility to others. As we celebrate our 80-year
anniversary, we are grateful for God’s continued blessings on our school community.
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Moving forward, being mindful of our Catholic, Xaverian mission, we have announced a Strategic Plan to provide our students an updated facility and enhanced academic program designed
to respond to the world’s need for young men of character, intellectual excellence and faith. We
are making solid progress on our plan, having secured essential, sufficient funding to completely
upgrade our outdated heating and cooling system, which had been originally installed when the
building was built in 1968. You may also have seen the architectural renderings of the re-development plan we are pursuing jointly with the City of Malden for South Broadway Park. Viewed
as part of our campus, the park is set to open September 2013. It will include tennis courts and
additional soccer, lacrosse and baseball fields. As you may realize, this is only the first step toward
campus enhancements designed to significantly improve the Malden Catholic educational environment. Our plan also provides for a secure future, building an endowment that will solidify Malden
Catholic’s excellence in faculty, scholarship, program, and the ongoing maintenance of facilities.
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Office News
13 On Crystal Street
17 Alumni News
22 Acknowledgements
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Across the United States, educators and students celebrated Catholic Schools Week during the
last week of January and beginning of February. This year’s theme, “Catholic Schools: Faith.
Academics. Service,” was a particularly appropriate one for us as we reflected on the impact that
Malden Catholic has had in providing a values-added education for young men during the past
eight decades. By attending to the needs of our students in that “familial” atmosphere which
we recognize as MC and by demonstrating the value of our interpersonal relationships, Malden
Catholic faculty and staff members have always been the most significant ingredient in the successful formula of an MC Education.
In addition to the popular feature known as “Class Notes,” this edition of Crystal Hi-Lites will
give you the opportunity to take a look back over the past eighty years and then to see where
Malden Catholic is today. The “history” will highlight some of the events and activities of those
decades and will attempt to include the names of many of those faculty and staff members who
shared their energies and talents with MC boys. We hope that the account will trigger memories
of your Malden Catholic years, and allow you to formulate the only true history of our school,
the history that you lived and “wrote.” Certainly, your own story-telling will include some of the
events and the characters mentioned.
Students light candles at Mass
As appealing as the nostalgic past can be, our school is committed to uncompromising excellence now and in the future. Our Strategic Plan is our roadmap to “future excellence.” As part of
the Plan, we launched a program to introduce MC students to the future of engineering and are
adding two new courses for the coming school year: Engineering Design Concepts and Robotics.
The Xaverian Brothers say, Concordia Parvae Res Crescunt, or “In Harmony Small Things Grow.”
Each step forward in our plan, including the new Engineering Program, is a small step toward
making Malden Catholic a harmonious school of uncompromising excellence, a school whose
students contribute to the fabric of Boston, of Massachusetts and beyond. As you’ll read in this
issue, Malden Catholic continues to provide our country and our world with men of skill, energy,
faith and compassion: it is a legacy developed and nurtured since 1932.
This winter has generated considerable energy in the classrooms and athletic facilities of Malden
Catholic, and we are already eager for the events of spring. We will have the honor of acknowledging the accomplishments of Dick Connolly, class of 1957, at the 80th Anniversary Gala to be
held in Boston at the Sheraton on April 26. We encourage you to attend this important event
for Malden Catholic. Visit our website at www.maldencatholic.org for details or contact Jean
Campbell at 781.475.5331. Cardinal Sean O’Malley, OFM CAP will be the main celebrant of our
annual Baccalaureate Liturgy on Friday, May 18, and the next day we will welcome another class
to the ranks of Malden Catholic Alumni.
Principal Br. Thomas Puccio, CFX, Bishop
Peter J. Uglietto, and Headmaster Ed Tyrrell
Thank you for your continued support of the work my colleagues and I strive to do on behalf of
the current generation of Malden Catholic students. It is our honor and our pleasure to do so.
Sincerely,
Edward C. Tyrrell
An Engineering student nears completion on
his project
Headmaster
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This year, Malden Catholic High School will complete
eighty years of service to the young men of Malden and
many other cities and towns north of Boston. This article is
designed to inform readers about the major events of the
school’s eight decades and to remind alumni and friends
about some of the adults who established relationships of
care and challenge with the students entrusted by parents to them. These mentors and friends encouraged each
student to contribute to the development of the fraternal
community sometimes called the Malden Catholic Family.
The story actually began a century earlier in the Netherlands where a young man named Theodore James Ryken
experienced some kind of humiliation which encouraged
him “to turn to God, to fall in love with God, and then to
place myself in God’s service.” After a decade of seeking
just what God wanted of him, Ryken found himself in
the 1830s as a volunteer teacher of Christian doctrine and
trades to Native Americans in several states of the eastern half of the United States. Seeing the needs of both the
young people of America’s forests and those in the fastdeveloping immigrant neighborhoods of its cities, he felt
that God wanted him to organize a community of vowed
laymen who would dedicate their lives and their talents
to God as trained missionary educators in service to these
often marginalized boys.
THEODORE JAMES RYKEN
BROTHER FRANCIS XAVIER, C.F.X.
In Bruges, Belgium, in 1839, Ryken and a small number
of colleagues established a group that would be called
the Brothers of St. Francis Xavier, or Xaverian Brothers.
Despite numerous financial and other setbacks, by the
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mid-1840s the Brothers had opened their doors to the
children of their local parish, the poorest in Bruges, a city
whose population in those years numbered 46% receiving
some kind of welfare aid. One or two other Belgian schools
followed. Then, in 1848, an opportunity arose to serve the
children of the industrialized slums of England.
The first group of Brothers came to the United States in
1854. The Xaverian pioneers in America opened Catholic
elementary schools for German and Irish immigrant boys
in Louisville, Kentucky, and in that century other schools
and childcare institutions in the eastern part of the United
States. American Catholic Bishops had determined that
parishes needed to establish grade schools in order to protect the Catholic faith in the hostile environment of public
education of the time. The Brothers’ first school in New
England was established in St. Patrick’s Parish in Lowell
in 1881, with other schools following in Lawrence, Somerville, East Boston, Worcester and Danvers.
Before the late 1920s, most of the Xaverian schools were
grade schools for young men who would likely be required to find employment after finishing the eighth
grade. There was a real sense of providing all the essential
knowledge and skills for a Catholic male citizen of the
United States. By the end of the first quarter of that century, it became clear that more and more youngsters would
be able to continue their formal education beyond grade
eight, and secondary schools (like Malden Catholic) began
to be opened. During the second half of the century, the
parish secondary schools became new institutions owned
and incorporated separately by the Brothers.
By the end of the twentieth century, the picture of Xaverian
Brothers’ education had changed significantly. The number
of new members in Europe and America had decreased
markedly, and the institutions that remained needed the
enthusiasm and expertise of lay men and women who
chose to add new luster to Xaverian Brothers’ schools. In
the early 1980s, therefore, a program known as “sponsorship” was developed as a way to prepare to shift the
responsibility for the administration of their schools to lay
Board and staffs.
There are few Brothers serving as teachers or administrators in Xaverian schools today. The Brothers feel that they
have successfully passed on the spirit and mission sense
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of Theodore James Ryken and his followers to the faculties
of the twenty-first century schools. Meanwhile, in Africa,
young Congolese and Kenyan Xaverians are conducting
schools and childcare institutions as did their predecessors
elsewhere. There are also Xaverian Brothers serving the
peoples of Bolivia, Haiti, South Sudan and Lithuania.
The Malden story is an important chapter in Xaverian
history, as the eighty year heritage takes on new life and
energy with every person who chooses to identify himself
or herself as a part of the Malden Catholic Family that
started in 1932.
This article will attempt to relate Malden Catholic’s story
chronologically, according to the person who was head of
school in the years discussed. Until the school’s move to
Crystal Street in 1968, this person was always a Xaverian
Brother with the title of Principal. Since then, “Headmaster” has been the title used by the Brothers and laymen
dedicating their lives to the school during their tenure.
Although the names of many faculty and staff persons
have been provided to “nudge” the memories of the readers, the name of every significant person cannot be listed.
Also, although many athletic events will be related, there
are many more of them still living in the memories of MC
players and fans.
Monsignor Richard Neagle of the Immaculate Conception Parish of Malden and Medford had been hoping to
open a high school for boys to continue the wonderful
work of Catholic Education which the School Sisters of
Notre Dame had been doing in the grammar school since
1881 and in the girls’ high school since 1908. Having
heard about the Xaverian Brothers, he contacted Provincial Superior Brother Osmund in Baltimore, requesting
Brothers to open a school for parish boys. When Brother
Osmund agreed to send two Brothers, Monsignor Neagle
took the chance of asking for Brother Gilbert to be the first
principal. Everyone knew of Brother Gilbert because of his
long-time connection with Babe Ruth and, recently, since
he had served as the founding principal at the new Mission High School in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in
Roxbury. Brother Osmund agreed to this second request,
and Immaculate Conception Boys’ High School opened its
doors to seventy-eight freshmen on September 13, 1932.
Brother Gilbert served as principal and taught half the students; Brother Baptist was his entire faculty, and would be
a significant contributor to the life of the school, both academically and athletically, for six years. The Brothers took
up residence in the former convent at 597 Pleasant Street,
directly across from the Church of the Immaculate Conception. As grades were added to an eventual four-year
enrollment, Brothers were also added to increase the staff,
with Brother Donald, Brother George, Brother Ricardus
and Brother Vincent arriving the second and third year.
Early on, Catholic High began to let its presence be felt in the
area with both scholastic and extracurricular successes. A glee
club was begun, and programs in debate, oratory, drama and
newspaper began a history which lasts until today.
In addition, Brother Baptist had immediately begun a
football program; in his six years, the Blue Jackets earned
a record of 51-10, playing and practicing at a variety of
sites in the area. In 1934, an organization was begun which
would play an essential role in assisting the school to provide athletic programs. The West Side Athletic Association
started as a small group of gentlemen who drove athletes
to away games; before long, they organized themselves,
and the parish purchased a war surplus site on the Malden
River at the corner of Medford and Commercial Streets for
what would be named Brother Gilbert Memorial Stadium,
Home of the Blue Jackets, in 1938. For about forty years,
the West Side A.A. underwrote Malden Catholic’s athletic expenses. The dedicated members of the West Side
maintained Brother Gilbert Memorial Stadium until 1974;
MC football moved first to Macdonald Stadium on Pearl
Street in Malden, then to the new Brother Gilbert Stadium
on Crystal Street in 1987. In 2003, several loyal alumni
and friends of the school allowed the school to rededicate
Brother Gilbert Memorial Stadium with Donovan Field
and Brother Myles McManus Memorial Track.
Malden Catholic’s football team won the Greater Boston
Catholic High School League Championships from 1934
through 1937; the Blue Jackets were League Champions for
the twelve seasons between 1938 and 1949.
MC’s basketball program also started in the 30s, teams
playing at local junior high schools for years, then at the
Malden Armory on Mountain Avenue until the Crystal
Street building was opened in 1968. The official opening
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basketball game was held on January 8, 1935, at St. Joseph’s in Manchester, New Hampshire, where the Malden
Catholic team won, 31-15.
Founding principal Brother Gilbert himself was the first
coach of the Blue Sox, the team playing at Riverside Park
in Medford. The first game was a 13-1 win against Boston College High School. The Blue Sox won the Catholic
League Championships eight times in twenty-five years,
from 1936 to 1961. Hockey also began at a variety of sites
in 1937; Mr. Francis Parrell coached to an 11-4-2 season
that first year. There was some inconsistency in the program until the 1943-1944 season, when Brother Aquinas
brought the Bluestreaks into the Catholic High School
Hockey League. Using such sites as the Lynn Arena and
Boston Arena, the MC players were the League Champions from the 1943-1944 season to the 1951-1952, except for
1946-1947. In 1945 a twenty-three year hockey program
was inaugurated with Bert Kenty as coach, scoring 235
goals and allowing only 59 during his first five years.
Besides the wonderful support from parents and teachers
and the members of the West Side, Boys’ Catholic athletics
found loyal and vocal fans on Charles Street. Girls’ Catholic cheerleaders shared victories and defeats until their
school was closed in 1992. Some of these girls were sisters
and cousins of the boys, later girlfriends, wives, mothers
and grandmothers. Girls’ Catholic alumnae remain among
the most faithful supporters of Malden Catholic programs
and activities.
By the time that Brother Gilbert’s tenure ended in 1938
and Brother Leonard Francis took over as principal,
the school was already a well-established institution in
the area. Parish boys were not the only ones enrolled;
the school always found some room for students from
other parishes. Non-parish boys paid a modest tuition
to augment parish funding, but all students received an
education which enabled them to accomplish things that
people might have considered beyond the capabilities
of young men from such a humble background. Parish
support, decades of the contributed services of the Brothers and funds received from tuitions provided significant scholarship assistance that can never be accurately
measured. Brother Carl, Brother Francis Jerome, Brother
Pastor and Brother Albeus were among faculty members
of the 1930s. On October 30, 1939, Brother DeSales became the first Xaverian to die while in service to the boys
of Malden Catholic. The year before, Brother Donald’s
health required him to be transferred from Malden; he
died at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Brighton.
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Brother Charles replaced Brother Leonard Francis in 1941.
The War Years were hard on everyone, and each family
knew someone who died. Some Boys’ Catholic students
enlisted before graduation in order to serve our country, as
teachers and coaches tried to keep school as normal as possible. The MC faculty during these years included Brothers
Anton, Cyril, Aquinas, Michael, Aubertus, Quentin, Victor
and Alexius Joseph. When Brother Charles left Malden, he
became the final Superintendent of St. Mary’s Industrial
School in Baltimore, the school where the Brothers taught
Babe Ruth how to play baseball.
MALDEN CATHOLIC ORCHESTRA, 1940s
Brother John Edward became Boys’ Catholic’s fourth
principal in 1947. Among his faculty members were Brothers Evangelus, Servanus, Valens, Simeon and Nelson. The
Blue Jackets were the Class B Champs in football in 1948,
the Outdoor Track Team won the State Catholic League
Championship in 1952, and the Blue Blades won the New
England High School Hockey Championship in 1953. Many
events of these years were recorded on film by the everpresent Brother Evangelus whom students affectionately
called “Brother Click”. Brother Evangelus also led an unofficial band called the Vagabonds which performed at games
and rallies. Brother Quentin began a science club during
these years, a track program was started in the 1940s, and
a tennis program was inaugurated in 1952 with Brother
Marshall as coach.
Brother Lambert was appointed principal in 1953. Additions to the faculty during Brother Lambert’s time included Brothers Simeon, Firmin and Earl. In 1956, Brother
Evangelus became MC’s first golf coach, leading the team
to a 7-1-2 record that year. Eastern Mass. Hockey League
Championships were earned in in 1954, 1956 and 1957,
and the Malden Catholic Blue Sox were Catholic League
Baseball Champions from 1953 to 1956.
ROSARY 1950s
Brother Charles Borromeo became the school’s sixth
principal in 1956. Some teachers new to the school in the
mid-late 50s were Brothers Bede, Hubert, Emmanuel,
Barry, Frederick, More, and Dennis Joseph. The Golf Team
won the Catholic Conference title twice in these years, in
1957 and 1959.
Former Medford resident Brother Joseph (Smithers) became
principal in 1959 and, as a historian, was able to contextualize for MC students the major changes going on in the
world. Space travel began, a Catholic was elected President
of the United States, and the Church convened an ecumenical council in Rome. Some of Brother Joseph’s co-workers
included Brothers James, Colum, Brice, Lorenzo, Thomas,
Urban, Rayner, Constant and Martel. The Brother Constant
who was a teacher and track coach on Highland Avenue returned to M.C. on Crystal Street to serve from the seventies
and into the nineties as teacher, track coach and freshman
counselor; in those years he was known as Brother Myles
McManus. The school track is dedicated to his memory.
The Malden Catholic Indoor Track Team won the Metropolitan League Championship in 1960, and the Blue Blades
won the State Hockey Championship in 1960, then the
Class A Championships for the Catholic Conference six
times in the 1960s, missing it only in 1965, 1967 and 1968.
The MC Baseball team won the New England Catholic
Championship in 1961 and the football teams won the
Catholic Conference in 1959 and 1965; the 1965 they also
won the Class B Football Championship. MC was the
Northeast Division Hockey Champs in 1960, 1961, 1963
and 1968. Cross Country Teams were the Champs of the
Metropolitan League from 1964 through 1967, and the MC
Golf Team won the Catholic Conference Championships in
1960 and 1962. A physically busy and successful decade!
In 1965, Brother Robertus was appointed as the last
principal of Immaculate Conception Boys’ Catholic High
School. It would be his challenge to relocate the school
to another site in Malden and to found a larger school to
serve the needs of young men beyond the original parish.
New faculty members during those final parish years
included Brothers Luke, Canice, Fidelis, Aubertus, Donal
and Louis Charles. The school often had dedicated and
talented lay men who collaborated with the Brothers. Mr.
John Carroll of the MC Class of 1961 began a tenure that
lasted for forty years.
Special mention must be made of a Xaverian who made an
impact even beyond the significant impact he made as a
classroom teacher. Brother Plunket assisted Brother Robertus and professional architects in planning and constructing
a school that continues to reflect the care with which it was
built. Once the operation moved into the new school, Brother Plunket established maintenance policies and directed a
legion of dedicated students who worked to help pay their
tuition. Students who worked for Brother Plunket learned
lessons in responsibility and carefulness, as well as a sense
of pride in their accomplishments.
The year 1968 brought MC boys across Malden to their
new school. Cardinal Richard Cushing had encouraged the
Brothers to relocate the school, and on August 22, 1968, in
the Suffolk Square area of Malden, the school became officially known as Malden Catholic High School.
PART OF THE MALDEN CATHOLIC MEN’S CHOIR, 1950s
The “new MC” dazzled those who made the move across
town; not only were there bright new classrooms, labs and
a library, but also had fields for physical education, an
auditorium, a television studio, a gymnasium and even a
cafeteria. Crystal Street MC-men would be deprived of the
experience of getting lunch in the school’s boiler room and
eating either in the stairwell or in the paved schoolyard.
Brother Robertus became known as the Headmaster, as in
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MALDEN CATHOLIC’S FIRST TELEVISION STUDIO
other New England schools, and Brother Paul Cullen was
his first Assistant.
Parental involvement in the life of Malden Catholic had
been a “given” during the parish years, although it had
never been formalized except for that of the energetic
members of the West Side A.A. The move to Crystal Street
encouraged Brother Robertus to inaugurate a group
known as the Malden Catholic Associates who would
spend many hours in service to the needs of the students
and others in the MC Family. Another group, known as
the Lancers, soon developed to follow in the footsteps
of the West Side. Something of a fathers’ club, the Lancers specialized in activities to assist and promote the
ever-growing athletic programs of the school. A weekly
Bingo/Beano program began in these early 70s as an
activity specifically designed to increase the funds available for Malden Catholic programs. In its heyday twice a
week, the Malden Catholic Beano program was the most
successful in Massachusetts, providing significant funds
for financial aid to MC families.
By 1990, the MCA and the Lancers Club had united to
form the Malden Catholic Lancers Association, with Mrs.
Rosalie Sullivan as its first president and Brothers D.
Stephen O’Donnell, Class of 1950, and Thomas Puccio as
moderators. Principal Brother Puccio continues in this
service to Malden Catholic parents. By any name, the parents’ organizations have provided immeasurable hours of
service for the young men of Malden Catholic. They have
run the refreshment stand at athletic events, indoors and
outdoors, and have hosted/sponsored faculty Christmas parties, run tuition raffles, National Honor Society
receptions, Women’s Days of Recollection and Father-Son
Communion Breakfasts. Knowing of the value of parents
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supporting one another in the care of their children, the
MCLA has also conducted fun-and-fundraiser events
like Las Vegas Nights, Wine-Tastings, and parent dances.
Having assisted in such admissions work as parent phonathons to eighth grade families, open houses, and high
school fairs, the MCLA hosts the first official gathering for
ninth graders and their families in September’s Freshman
Family Cookout. Perhaps the most outstanding event
realized by the MCLA is the impressive reception for
graduating seniors and their families held in the cafeteria following the Baccalaureate liturgy in May. Besides
providing a significant array of food for the soon-to-be
young alumni of the school, the reception allows senior
parents the opportunity one more time to support each
another as parents of those who began their MC relationship four short years earlier.
The impressive Xaverian faculty and staff of Highland
Avenue and of today had a similar representation in the
early 1970s, including Brothers Anthony, Marcellus, John
Carpenter, Paul Murray, Malcolm, William Lyons, James
Mahoney, John Doyle, Frederick Codair, Mark, Timothy
Skala, Joseph Britt, Philip White, David Creedon, Lawrence Dunn, William Hannagan, Daniel Skala, Robert
Green and Kevin Kenney. In 1971, Mr. Ralph Carvalho
began the school’s first lay administrator and Mrs. Rose
Davey became the first woman to teach at Malden Catholic. Other laypersons who began decades of outstanding
service in the early 70s were Mrs. Helen Bockley, Mr.
Thomas Arria, Mrs. Jane Vozzella, and Mr. Francis Halas.
The Lancer Hockey team won North Shore League
Championships in 1969, 1971, 1973 and 1974; they were
also the Essex County League Hockey champs in 1971
and 1973. In the 1974 hockey season MC won the Eastern
Mass State Championship, and the Catholic Conference
champs in 1974 and 1975. In 1971, the football team was
co-champion in the Catholic Central League. MC’s Indoor
Track Team won the State Championship in 1968, the
Outdoor Track Championship in Class D in 1971, and
then the Indoor Track Team won Division II Championships in 1971, 1973, 1974 and 1975. In 1973, the Golf Team
won the Catholic Conference title.
In 1972, Brother James Malone inaugurated a new sport
for Malden Catholic students, and soccer began to draw
many talented players to its teams. Manny Costa was a
longtime coach for the soccer players.
Although not faculty members, at this time, two other
men helped Malden Catholic to grow by providing quality extracurricular programs for its students. MC graduate
Lou Ruggiero, Class of 1966, started then as an assistant
track coach for Brother Myles McManus and continued
to serve for many years. Another personality was that of
Mr. Joseph Hayes. Joe Hayes was a professional actor who
directed large-scale musical productions which brought
hundreds of MC boys and local girls new and exciting
experiences in shows such as Sights and Sounds, Razz-matazz, and Red, White and Brassy. His sudden death in 1977
was a great sadness for the school community, and Brother
Robertus dedicated the school auditorium as the Joseph
Hayes Theater in his memory.
PROM 1970s
Malden Catholic’s librarian, Brother Frederick Codair,
was appointed Headmaster to replace Brother Robertus
in 1977. The school continued to attract faculty and staff
members who would give themselves to the service of its
students, such as Brother Kevin McLean, Mrs. Christine
Johnson, Brother Matthias, Brother Daniel Cremin, Mr.
Alan Kaufman, Brother Frederick Eid, Mr. Joseph Lang,
Mrs. Kay Maher, Mr. Richard Mazzei, Brother Louis
Marek, Brother Jeremiah O’Leary, Sister Norma Alexander,
Mr. Martin Ammer and Brother John O’Brien.
The MC Lancer Basketball Team won the Catholic Central
League Championship in 1979, and the Golf Team won the
Catholic Conference Championship. Among the other athletic events of Brother Frederick’s tenure as Headmaster
was the addition of swimming as a varsity sport, coached
by Brother Daniel Cremin.
In 1980, Brother Thomas Mulloy of the Class of 1947
became the first graduate to be appointed as Malden
Catholic’s Headmaster. During his six-year tenure, MC
celebrated its fiftieth anniversary at the Palace in Saugus
and attained its highest enrollment of over eight hundred
students. Computers began to be more and more essential
for learning, and Brother Tom arranged for the former
television studio to become the computer center which still
serves the needs of MC students rather well.
During Brother Tom’s tenure, Malden Catholic was able
to attract new members to the faculty and staff, including Brother David Wiggin, Mr. Robert Bucchino, Ms.
Angela Lee, Brother James Field, Brother Jean Meaney,
Mr. Anthony McDowell, Ms. Martha McGuane, Brother
David Cichon, Mrs. Judith Imondi, Brother D. Stephen O’Donnell, Sister Joanne Gallagher, Mr. Nicholas
Dell’arcipreti, Ms. Patricia Grondin, and Brother John Sullivan. In 1983, the Lancer Baseball Team was a co-champion in the Catholic Conference, and in 1984 MC was victorious in the Catholic Conference Football Championship.
ATHLETIC AWARDS NIGHT 1980s
Brother Robert Sullivan of the Class of 1945 was appointed Headmaster in 1986 and directed the school through
the late eighties into the early nineties. During his tenure
MC continued to attract faculty and staff of superior
quality. These included Brother Thomas Puccio, Brother
Timothy Hoey, Mrs. Maureen Longo, Brother Leo Gillis,
Brother Edward Bozzo, Mr. William Johnson, Mr. Stephen
Linde, Mr. Robert Quist, Sister Maureen Croak, Brother
Joseph Glebas, Mr. Mark Tarmey, Mr. John Piantedosi,
Mr. Neil Belliveau and Mr. James Flanagan. During the
time that Brother Sullivan served as Headmaster, the
field next to the school was dedicated as a new Brother
Gilbert Stadium, to replace the original one lost to urban
renewal. The preparations for the new stadium took several years of efforts by a number of extremely loyal MC
graduates and friends.
In 1990, the Lancer Cross Country Team broke the 43 meet
unbeaten streak of Xaverian Brothers High School with a
convincing eleven point victory on their home course, thus
winning the State Catholic title. The Lancers were also the
State Class A Relay Champs in 1987, and the Indoor Track
Team won the Championship of the Tri-County League
Division in 1988. In 1993, the Lancer Basketball Team was
the Catholic Conference Champion. To honor those who
distinguished themselves in Malden Catholic athletics,
Brother Sullivan and Joe McGonagle of the Class of 1947
were instrumental in inaugurating the MC Hall of Fame.
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A sad event during these years was the closing of Girls’
Catholic High School in 1992.
In 1992, Brother Richard Cook was appointed as the twelfth
Headmaster of Malden Catholic. Senior Christian Service
began to play an important role in the school’s programs
at this time. Among those who began serving MC students
during these years were Mr. Alessandro Martignetti, Ms.
Melanie Leonard, Brother Thomas Petitte, Mr. William
Lanagan, Ms. Margaret Fay, Mr. Richard Hickey, Brother
Henry Marino, Mrs. Diane Connelly, Mr. Joseph McGourty,
Mr. David Murray, Mrs. Rose DiRuzza, Mrs. Elizabeth Valeriani, Brother Edward Rice, and Mr. Robert Dysard.
During Brother Richard’s tenure, Malden Catholic added
two additional sports to its already impressive athletic program. Long-time teacher Mr. Richard Mazzei of the Class
of 1974 became the coach of the varsity lacrosse team, and
Mr. Guy Prescott began the wrestling program. The Lancer
Basketball Team earned the Catholic Conference Championship in 1996. During these years, the school community was
able to acknowledge significant people from the school’s
history. The outdoor track was dedicated in memory of
Brother Myles McManus (known at Highland Avenue as
Brother Constant), long-time teacher, track coach, guidance
counselor and care-giver to MC boys. In 1997, the school
gymnasium was dedicated in honor of Gerard and Marilyn
Doherty. Gerard is a member of the Class of 1946; both he
and his wife Marilyn have been impressively supportive
of Catholic Education at Malden Catholic and elsewhere.
When the gymnasium was renovated in 2001, Gerard and
Marilyn were able to join in the rededication ceremony.
Adjustments to the Brothers Residence wing of the building
enabled the school to relocate guidance and development
offices, as well as open a needed meeting area, the Brother
Gilbert Center. A highpoint of Brother Richard Cook’s years
as Headmaster was the announcement in the U.S. News and
World Report that Malden Catholic was “one of America’s
outstanding high schools.” MC principal, Brother Thomas
Puccio, was responsible for the paperwork resulting in the
magazine’s attention. The school’s freshman class the next
year showed an increase of one hundred students, largely
due to the publicity received.
The Lancer Indoor Track team won the Tri-Country League
Championship in 1995, and the Cross Country Team was
Tri-Champions in 1996. In 1997, the Lancer Hockey Team
won the Division I North State Hockey Championship.
In 1999, Malden Catholic’s Board of Trustees appointed
Brother Robert Green of the Class of 1964 to be the
school’s Headmaster. This appointment was the first one
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not made by religious superiors of the Xaverian Brothers and showed a new, more active role for the Board in
the on-going life of the school. In 2000, the Lacrosse team
became the Catholic Conference Undefeated Champions;
in 2001, the Lacrosse Team was again the Undefeated
Catholic Conference Champions, as well as undefeated in
the M.I.A.A. regular season. The team was a semifinalist
in the 2001 Division I Eastern Mass Lacrosse Tournament.
The school community was honored in the 2002 winter
season when wrestling team received Team Sportsmanship
and Professionalism Award for 2001-2002 from the Massachusetts Interscholastic Wrestling Officials Association. In
2003, Lancer Baseball won the Division I Championship,
preceding by a year the long-awaited Red Sox World Series victory over the New York Yankees. A friendly wager
that fall brought a vanload of students from Xaverian High
School in Brooklyn to Malden Catholic to serve Fenway
Franks to MC’s Red Sox fans on November 9.
COMPUTERS IN USE 1990s
The first decade of the twenty-first century saw some
significant improvements to the school and campus. The
Doherty Gymnasium was renovated and, then, rededicated on October 21, 2001. Thanks to the great generosity of
some Malden Catholic alumni and friends, a groundbreaking was held on Thanksgiving Eve, 2002, for the major
renovation of the Brother Gilbert Stadium, and on November 14, 2003, the Stadium with Donovan Field (in memory
of James Donovan ’37) and the Brother Myles McManus
Track was rededicated. Another important renovation
took place in 2006, with a new cafeteria, kitchen and main
entrance for the school.
In the last twenty years, the Xaverian Brothers Sponsored
Schools network developed into a significant source of
growth for Malden Catholic and the other dozen or so
schools sponsored by the Congregation. With offices in
Baltimore, the XBSS has sponsored workshops for board
members, administrators, development personnel, new
teachers, campus ministers and extracurricular staff mem-
bers to allow the schools to remain faithful to the founding
principles which the Brothers have brought to their American schools since they arrived from Belgium in 1854. The
XBSS encourages the schools to develop the unique character of each one while retaining the essential elements
of a Xaverian Brothers’ education. A spring retreat brings
selected eleventh grade students from all the American
schools together to learn about the history and heritage of
the Brothers and to strengthen the fraternal bonds among
the school communities. For the past ten years, Malden
Catholic has developed a full four-year service requirement to supplement classroom activities, school liturgical
events and many charitable programs available to the
students and faculty and to fulfill the mission of Xaverian
Brothers Sponsored Schools as a network and as individual school communities.
Some of the professionals who joined Brother Robert as
faculty and staff members in these years included Mr. Dennis Gleason, Ms. Cindy Jacobs, Brother Brian Davis, Mrs.
Maria Crotty, Mr. Paul Solano, Mrs. Elizabeth Paquette,
Mr. Brian O’Donnell, Mrs. Mary Driscoll, Mrs. Phyllis
Morrison, Ms. MaryAnn LaCarubba, Mr. Patrick Driscoll,
Mr. Michael Valeras, Mr. Eamonn Casey, Mrs. Sherry Endicott, Mr. John Nott, Mr. Kenneth Nestor, Sister Catherine
Reidy, Mr. James Pelosi, Mr. Timothy Breslin, Mr. Steven
Ultrino, Brother Paul LaBelle, Mr. Daniel Iascone, Brother
Thomas Lydon, Mrs. Kathleen Pokorny, Mr. Lawrence
Storace, Mr. John Ruelle and Mr. Michael O’Connor.
In 2005, the Malden Catholic Board of Trustees appointed
longtime (1974-2001) MC faculty member Mr. Thomas Arria as the school’s first lay Headmaster. The cafeteria and
school entrance renovation was done during Mr. Arria’s
tenure, and MC began a more formal program to serve the
needs of international students. In addition, a long-desired
program was established with the name “Brother Kevin
Program” (named after guidance counselor Brother Kevin
Kenney who died in 1990). This program was designed to
support college-bound students who would benefit from
extra academic structure and study skills development in
their freshman year and support in later years. Mrs. Lisa
Cenca was hired as Literacy Specialist to assist them and
the international students. Mr. Junwen Zhou introduced a
program in Mandarin Chinese, adding to the high quality
education provided by the school for eight decades.
During these years, the Saint Francis Xavier Scholars
Program was developed for students in the top ten percent
of the class. Beginning in their freshman year, the Program
provides Scholars with academic enrichment opportunities
through lectures, activities, and field trips. It creates a more
focused structure for students that nurtures academic enhancement, promotes intellectual challenges, and provides
a forum for students to meet and discuss their ideas, under
the leadership of veteran English teacher David Murray.
The renovation of the cafeteria, kitchen and school entry was completed in 2006, and Bishop Francis X. Irwin
blessed the dining hall and entry on September 30.
Malden Catholic celebrated its 75th anniversary, and
Headmaster Arria hosted a gala at the Sheraton Colonial on
April 27, 2007, with Bishop Francis X. Irwin the celebrant
of the liturgy on another day. Some of the faculty and staff
members who joined the MC community during Mr. Arria’s
tenure included Mrs. Jean Campbell, Brother John McDonald, Ms. Susan Silkes, Mr. Angelo Bosco, Mr. Frank Kivell,
Dr. David Chuckran, Mrs. Hazel Kochocki, Mr. Jesus Tejada,
Mr. Joseph Amari, Mrs. Marie Mattera, Mr. Christie Serino,
Mr. James Pokorny, Mr. Frank Polak, Ms. Lisa Schlosberg,
Mr. Craig White, Mr. William Black, Mr. Alexander Kissel and Ms. Karen Davidson-Heller. Plyometrics, robotics
and three levels of club rugby were added to the array of
student-oriented activities at this time.
Long-serving principal Brother Thomas Puccio became
interim Headmaster, with Brother Brian Davis as acting principal, during the 2008-2009 academic year. Former teacher
and alumnus Mr. Jeffrey Smith returned to MC as assistant
principal that year.
The Board of Trustees appointed Mr. Edward Tyrrell as
Malden Catholic’s sixteenth Headmaster in 2009. Mrs. Cathleen Landry, Mrs. Danielle Lockhart, Mr. James Grocki and
Ms. Carolyn Rolfe joined the staff that year, as Mr. Eamonn
Casey’s drama club put on a two-act play based on Nathaniel
Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter” that November. During
this time Mr. Tyrrell began to re-engage increased numbers
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of alumni who began to meet for the purposes of reactivating
the Malden Catholic Alumni Association. The group hosted
a successful Inaugural Event which brought together alumni
from every decade of the school.
An exciting experience on March 20, 2011, was the Malden
Catholic hockey team defeat of a powerful St. John’s Prep
team in overtime, 4-3, to win the Super Eight Championship. In addition, MC wrestlers placed first and second in
the All State Wrestling Tournament. Later in the spring, the
Robotics Team competed in the Botball Educational Robotics Program at the University of Massachusetts in Lowell,
winning a first in the seeded competition and second
overall before heading to the National Botball Competition in California in July. One of the Malden Catholic team
members was named to the inaugural National Botball
Advisory Council.
Malden Catholic’s most recent graduating class (2011) continued the school’s tradition of excellence, with successes
in extracurricular activities as mentioned and, certainly, in
the academic recognition and college acceptances from an
impressive list of universities. When senior Rudy Favard received local and even national attention for acts of kindness
to a local family, he was invited to be the student speaker at
the annual Inner City Scholarship Fund Dinner in March,
a dinner which helped to raise $2.4 million in scholarship
support for students attending Catholic schools in the
Greater Boston area. As proud as the school community was
with Rudy’s fast and generous response to the request from
school nurse Elizabeth Paquette to assist this family, all recognize his behavior as quite typical of an MC student whose
family provided him with the foundation onto which the
Xaverian values of humility, simplicity, compassion, trust
and zeal could develop so well.
A Strategic Plan for Malden Catholic had been “in the
works” over the past decade and the Self-Study Task Force
for the 2005 Report to the New England Association of
Schools and Colleges provided significant inspiration for
the Board of Trustees and faculty to apply greater focus
to the collaborative effort of many dedicated members of
the Malden Catholic Community. The renovations to the
cafeteria, kitchen, foyer and main entrance in 2006 were
a physical example of research and planning going on
among many committees and task forces. By 2011, Headmaster Edward Tyrrell and Board Chair Edward Legasey
’63 were able to present a dynamic and well-researched list
of eight strategic goals for 2011-2016.
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THE MALDEN CATHOLIC 2011 SUPER EIGHT HOCKEY CHAMPIONS
Recognizable in the Strategic Plan can be an adherence to
MC’s motto, “Plus Ultra” or “More Beyond.” From the early
days of the school on Highland Avenue, students were challenged and assisted to improve themselves by an energetic
approach to become better and stronger in all aspects of
their lives each day. Students were warned not to “settle”
for yesterday’s success, whether that was a mathematical
equation mastered, a hockey victory or a drama presentation that left the audience standing to applaud.
For eighty years, teachers, coaches and counselors have
helped students to achieve self-confidence and to master
necessary life skills, continuing their parents’ lessons in
how to deal with life when things do not go well. Students
knew that the love and respect of the adult community
was always theirs, whether or not the scoreboard or report
card fully reflected their hard work. They would be standing by the boys’ side the next day, refusing to allow them
to blame someone else or to wallow in self-pity. Parents at
home and the Brothers, teachers, counselors and coaches at
school could always be depended on to laugh with students when things were going well, and then to help them
to hold one another up in sad times.
“Enduring personal relationships” is one of the descriptions of a school sponsored by the Xaverian Brothers.
These relationships have cemented a fraternity of persons
who can feel at home with one another. Each MC graduate has been encouraged to accept the challenge of making
the world a better place for others by the way in which he
lives his life, by trying to be a loving husband and father,
son, brother and friend, and then to enlarge his vision and
see that God has given him many wonderful, unique gifts
to be shared with others. This, again, is the meaning of
“Plus Ultra”, “More Beyond”.
ON CRYSTAL STREET
MC Introduces “Introduction to
Engineering” Course
Shortly after the president’s 2011 State of the Union
Address, in which he stressed the need for America to
“out-innovate, out-educate and out-build the rest of
the world,” Danielle Merfeld, GE Global Research’s
Solar Technology Platform Leader was interviewed by
CNNMoney.Com. In the interview, Dr. Merfeld stated,
“There’s just such a need for scientists and engineers and
technologists in this country. I wish people were more
aware of the opportunities that are out there … especially
for American citizens, because there’s really not a lot
of people going into this space.” When asked what she
thought the country should be doing about it, she replied,
“I think a big part of it is focusing on kids, especially
middle school and high school; (it is) letting them see that
you can have a successful, fun life as a grown up if you go
into these kinds of fields.”
engineering departments (most notably, Tufts University,
the University of Notre Dame, Carnegie Mellon University
and its associated National Robotics Engineering Center
and The University of Massachusetts - Lowell), a decision
was made to design an elective course which could provide
an introduction to technology to a range of MC students.
With primary goals to provide effective experience to
students to explore these interests, while at the same
time making these students potentially more attractive to
top tier baccalaureate programs, Malden Catholic High
School launched a new “Introduction to Engineering”
semester-long elective course in the fall of 2011. This
course allows students to explore several engineering
disciplines, become familiar with the engineering design
process, problem-solving methodology, physical and virtual
modeling, and approaches to “open-ended” problems.
Thanks to a generous grant from the Malden Industrial
Aid Society, equipment was procured to provide students
with real “hands on” experience in designing, building
and testing model wind turbines to achieve maximum
average power at three different wind speeds, while using
NASA educational software to evaluate airfoil designs;
designing electronic control circuits and programming
microprocessors to accomplish various robotic tasks,
creating performance models for desk-top catapults to result
in “hits” on a target placed in random positions, and other
similar activities.
The program generated significant student interest in its
pilot year, with 39 students enrolled in the course, filling
two sections in the first semester and an additional 24
students enrolled for the second semester.
DENNIS GLEASON WITH STUDENTS IN THE LAB
Recognizing this need, and following some discussions
between Headmaster Edward Tyrrell and some members
of MC’s Board of Trustees, former math teacher Dennis
Gleason was hired as a consultant in 2011 to investigate
the potential for a program to help Malden Catholic
students see that careers in engineering and technology
can be fun, worthwhile and successful, and to allow them
to explore their interest in these arenas. After considerable
review of offerings at other high schools, both regionally
and nationally, and consultation with various university
The need for many more students to enter the engineering/
science/technology field is well documented, yet the
path to such a career is not clear to many students,
and it is a path that requires significant commitment
and study. The motivation needed to persist, not only
through a rigorous college curriculum but also through a
challenging high school preparatory curriculum can best
be provided by helping students to “see and feel” what
engineers/scientists/technologists do. The “Introduction
to Engineering” elective at Malden Catholic (along with the
potential for additional “follow-on” courses in the future)
is a good step toward providing that vision; enhancing
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the “hands-on, real-world” aspects of the course can only
help further that mission. Generating increased student
interest in these fields is a significant societal need, and
will ultimately help local communities, as graduates return
to address problems such as aging infrastructure, climate
change challenges, energy dependence and cost, etc.
The course is taught by Dennis Gleason who arrived
at Malden Catholic in the fall of 1999 after a successful
executive management career that followed bachelor’s and
master’s degrees from the University of Notre Dame and
service in the Nuclear Submarine Officer Program of the
United States Navy. His last two years in the Navy were as
Radiological Officer at the Naval Submarine Base at Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii.
Mr. Gleason’s business career began in positions of increasing
responsibility in the Electro Optical Sensors Division of
Varian Associates, followed by eight years as Assistant
General Manager and then Vice President and General
Manager for the Beverly Microwave Division of Varian. The
four years prior to his arrival at Malden Catholic were spent
as Division President forming Communications Programs
Industries from the Varian company and serving as a
member of the corporate senior management team of this
international defense electronics business.
Beginning at Malden Catholic as a teacher of mathematics
at all levels of instruction, Mr. Gleason played a
significant role in the implementation of the Geometer’s
Sketchpad software and lead resource and facilitator
for Mimio blackboard technology. In addition, he was
enthusiastically involved in several extracurricular
programs with MC students such as the Math Team,
the West Point Computer Bridge Design Contest,
robotics and botball. Mr. Gleason’s service in curriculum
development provided direction in the revision of
student technology courses and, most recently, in the
creation of the Engineering and Technology courses.
Among Mr. Gleason’s achievements was the reception of
the University of Notre Dame Alumni Association 2006
Outstanding Teacher Award.
Students Achieve
Academic Distinction
Congratulations to seniors Alex Iascone, Cameron Neville,
and Sam Rossi for their performance on the Junioryear PSAT/NMSQT, which earned them Semi-Finalist
status, placing them among an elite group of 16,000
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ALUMNUS STEVE O’NEILL 1978 WITH STUDENT ARCHIE TRAM
students nationally (less than 1% of high school students).
Massachusetts (along with NJ and DC, this year) has the
highest Selection Index (cumulative score needed to qualify)
in the nation. Massachusetts had 351 semi-finalists from 114
of the State’s 300+ high schools. Congratulations to these
talented students, their parents, and teachers who have
helped shape their academic careers!
Congratulations also to Guichard Sebastien Volcy of Malden
who was named a semifinalist in the 48th annual National
Achievement Scholarship Program. Volcy was selected based on his score on the Preliminary
SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/
NMSQT). He is now eligible to compete for a $2,500
National Achievement Scholarship and/or a corporatesponsored Achievement Scholarship.
“We are extremely proud of Sebastien’s achievement,” said
Edward C. Tyrrell, Malden Catholic Headmaster. “He is a
diligent student whose work ethic is demonstrated by his
ability to maintain honor roll status while participating in
school activities ranging from basketball and tennis to Mock
Trial. We know Sebastien has a strong future ahead of him.”
Freshman Spirit Day
The Malden Catholic Class of 2015 enjoyed a day of team
building activities, speeches from students and faculty,
reflection and outdoor games in the Brother Gilbert
Stadium last fall.
The freshmen, including 160 students from 40 local towns
and five from China, were led in their activities by Malden
Catholic seniors. The day was organized by Malden
Catholic Director of Campus Ministry, Mrs. Mary Driscoll.
Despite slightly damp weather, the enthusiasm of the
group made the day a memorable experience for everyone.
Faculty/Staff Accomplishments
Congratulations to this year’s winner of the Theodore
James Ryken Award, presented at our Feast of St. Francis
Xavier Mass, December 2nd: Mrs. Elizabeth Paquette,
School Nurse; and congratulations to those celebrating
anniversaries at Malden Catholic: Ms. Angela Lee (English
Department Chair), 30 years; Brother Timothy Hoey
(Social Studies Chair), 25 years.
MC COMMUNITY SHOWS ITS COLORS ON WEAR PINK DAY
160 calendars were purchased as Christmas gifts for the
clients of the Riverside Mental Health Clinic in Wakefield;
Lancers in Action wrapped and delivered them along with
bags of candy they prepared.
20 boxes of baby clothing items were delivered in October to
“The Children’s Closet” by a group of Lancers-in-Action.
ELIZABETH PAQUETTE ACCEPTS HER AWARD
FROM HEADMASTER TYRRELL
Students, faculty and staff took a bus trip to the Greater
Boston Food Bank in January to volunteer to sort food for
hungry families.
Teen Read Week
The MC Library celebrated Teen Read Week. 80 students
participated in completing a questionnaire asking about
the reading they did over the summer. Students were also
asked about their favorite authors and whether or not they
had an e-reader at home. Three students had e-readers. A
colorful arrangement of the students’ index cards was on
display for Open House.
Campus Ministry
“Wear Pink Day to End Breast Cancer” was successful
in raising money and consciousness about breast cancer;
for the Day, 400 pieces of cake were sold to benefit Dana
Farber Hospital.
Eighty cards were sent to military personnel to thank
them for their service; 50 bags of used clothing and new
white socks were collected to help homeless Veterans
during November.
Our Lancer Toy Drive provided hundreds of toys to local
agencies: Children’s Closet (St. Thomas Parish, Peabody),
Malden Office for Children and Families, and Toys for Tots.
STUDENTS AND FACULTY AT THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK
Athletics Roundup
The Athletic Department has begun a project to update
and consolidate Team Championship banners in the
Doherty Gymnasium. A large, multi-year, single banner
now represents each team. Stop by the gym soon to see
these beautiful new displays.
The 2010-11 Hockey Super 8 State Championship banner
was raised during the Thanksgiving prayer service. Team
members from last year and their families were on hand.
Also on that day, we awarded Malden Mayor Richard
Howard a Malden Catholic Adult Athletic Service Award
for his support of Malden Catholic athletic interests during
his 16 years in office.
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Varsity Soccer finished 4-11-3; Catholic Conference AllStars: Thales Brito, Nolan Alberghini
Varsity Golf finished 9-9, qualifying for the State
Tournament. Senior Michael Cole qualified for the State
Finals. Catholic Conference All-Star: Mike Cole
Varsity X-Country finished 3rd in the Catholic Conference
Championship, qualifying for the North Sectionals.
Catholic Conference All-Star: Andrew Krause
Brother John Sullivan
Among Honorees
Longtime MC faculty member, Brother John Sullivan,
will be among eight persons honored at the St. John’s
High School (Shrewsbury, MA) 10th Annual Gala on
March 31 at St. John’s. Honorees demonstrate dedication
to education and to the Xaverian values of humility,
simplicity, compassion, trust and zeal. This year, St. John’s
is celebrating fifty years at the Shrewsbury campus, having
moved from its original foundation (1894) in downtown
Worcester in 1962. Brother Sullivan is currently teaching at
Xavier High School in Middletown, CT.
Xaverian Jubilarians
Several Brothers with Malden Catholic connections
celebrate anniversaries as Xaverian Brothers.
Brother Peter Walsh, known in the 1950s as Brother Valens,
celebrated 70 years as a Brother in February. Brother Peter
lives at Ryken House in Louisville, Kentucky.
CROSS COUNTRY TEAM MEMBERS
Varsity Football finished 3-7. With 100 student-athletes in
the program, football fielded 4 separate teams: Freshmen,
Sophomore, JV, and Varsity. First year Head Coach Jeff
Smith ‘95 has laid a sound groundwork for future growth.
Catholic Conference All-Stars: Scott Layton, Anthony
Libby, Jordan Noone, Joe Penta, Kevin Roche.
Former librarian and Headmaster [1977-1980] Brother
Frederick Codair celebrates sixty years as a Xaverian
on September 19. Brother John Doyle, French teacher in
the 1970s, celebrates the same anniversary. Both are in
residence at Xaverian House in Danvers.
MC’s artist-in-residence Brother Edward Rice celebrates
fifty years as a Xaverian Brother in July. Also celebrating
this golden jubilee is Crystal Street resident Brother
James Eckert.
Prayerful congratulations and thanks to all the Jubilarians!
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ALUMNI NEWS NOTES
1950s
John Duffy ’52 was the Chief Marshal of the 2011
Battle of Bunker Hill Parade in Charlestown. A lifelong
resident of Charlestown, Jack and his late wife, Dorothy
(McCormack), raised five children, four girls and a boy.
They have ten grandchildren and one great grandchild.
He served in the US Air Force during the Korean
War. Retired from the US Postal Service, Jack is a past
Commander of Bunker Hill Post 26, American Legion,
a member of the Korean War Veterans of MA and the
Disabled American Veterans and an active member of the
Charlestown Lions Club.
Richard Connolly ’57 was the subject of a highly
laudatory profile in the Boston Business Journal
(7/15/2011), praising him as one of the nation’s top
producing brokers since the 1970s. On April 26th the
MC Community will present Dick with the Lifetime
Achievement Award at the 80th Anniversary Gala.
Fr. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy ’58, will be offering a
retreat at the Marie Joseph Spiritual Center in Biddeford,
Maine, June 11 – 15. His topic is: “A Call to the Church/
On the Nonviolent Jesus and His Way of Nonviolent Love
of Friends and Enemies.”
1960s
Congressman Edward Markey ’64 was honored at
center court of the Boston Garden on January 23rd by
the Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation and Perkins
School for the Blind. He was honored as a “Hero Among
Us” for a lifetime of fighting for the rights of those with
disabilities, most recently in his authoring the 21st Century
Communications and Video Accessibility Act.
Robert Conceison ’69, hockey coach of Burlington HS ,
reached a milestone with his 300th win at the helm of the
Red Devils since he took over in the 1986-87 season. Bob
was also a coach of MC hockey for years in the ’70s, and
served as head coach from about 1978-80.
Loney Sparrow, Jr., ‘69, was featured in an article in the
Boston Globe Magazine for March 4 called “Class Acts.”
The article presents four adults who returned to school in
later years and found inspiration in their studies. Loney is
now a certified nursing assistant.
1970s
Stephen V. Masse ’71 has recently published a new
children’s novel, The Taste of Snow.
Robert Buckley ’77 ran as a candidate for Malden City
Councilor, Ward 3 in November.
Vincent “Chip” Sullivan ’77 is now the head of publicity at
DreamWorks. He was acknowledged during an acceptance
speech for the movie “The Help” at the Golden Globe
awards in January. Another Lancer makes it big!
Peter Endicott ’78 is author of a newly published novel
Ripples. It was selected for discussion at the MC Book Club
meeting in March, at which Peter was a guest.
1980s
Kevin Duffy ’86 is the Strategy and Business
Development Officer for the City of Malden, under its
newly elected Mayor Gary Christenson.
Michael Keefe ’86, currently in transition, is
networking with alums about career opportunities
in the biotech/pharmacology sector, having worked
previously as operations manager in the manufacture
of diagnostic products.
Joseph Crowley ’87 was honored at Malden High School’s
Golden Tornado Hall of Fame dinner on November 19, 2011.
The 2011 Distinguished Service Award was presented to
Joe, owner-operator of the local Pisa Pizza restaurant and
delivery outlet, who has been an outstanding supporter of
Malden High School athletics and teams for many years.
Brian Devine ’88 was recently elected to serve as vice
President of the National Association of State Directors of
Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC). He will
serve in this role for one year and then become the President
of the association also for a term of one year.
Matthew Pescatore ’88, a financial planner, along with family
and friends, was featured in the Boston Globe food section
(9/14/2011) for the summer end, tomato canning sessions at
his homestead in Tewksbury. Matt is also an accomplished
wine maker whose Merlot 2008 won first prize at the 2009
Topsfield Fair. He also coaches youth hockey.
1990s
Neil McCole ’90 launched his own Marketing Company
- Shop Online New England. SONE provides Web,
E-Commerce, and Social Media solutions for business
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partners and non-profit organizations. SONE also offers
online shopping discounts and rewards programs at over
3,000 retailers and travel brands nationwide. The address:
www.ShopOnlineNewEngland.com
Keith Tkachuk ’90, nineteen year veteran of the NHL and
one of only four American born players to score 500 career
NHL goals, has been selected to the U.S. Hockey Hall of
Fame. Keith is a five-time NHL All-Star and four- time
Olympian (1992, 1998, 2002, 2006). He helped the US win
the 1996 World Cup of Hockey and earned a silver medal
at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City. His
induction took place in November in Chicago.
Sal Melillo ’91 and wife Kim welcomed their first child,
Giovanni Salvatore Melillo on January 1, 2012.
Craig Spadafora’91, in the November elections in Malden,
retained his seat as City Councilor at Large. In January he
joined the Malden City Council as well.
Jason Smith ’92, a senior master sergeant in the US
Air Force (439th aero-medical evacuation squadron)
has returned from Afghanistan to his regular job as a
firefighter in Billerica. He had been in the Air Force
since graduation, and also served in Bosnia. His whole
extended family is proud of him for serving his country
and community and all are grateful that he is safely
home. A Senior Master Sergeant, Jason was also named
Superintendant of Communications at Westover Air Force
Base in Chicopee. Jason is the brother of Jarod ’95.
Steven Geddry ’93, on New Year’s Eve, welcomed his
second child into the world, Isabella Katherine, sister of
future MC student Brian Geddry, class of 2023.
Steven Ultrino ’94 ran as a candidate for Malden City
Councilor Ward 2 in November and won.
James Pollard ’95 and his wife welcomed the birth of their
first child, Maggie, on July 7, 2011.
Rocco DiRico ’97 and his wife Christina (Malone) DiRico
welcomed baby boy Joseph John in February. Joseph joins
big sister Ella Grace.
Joseph Palazzo ’97 is with the Department of Justice.
Patrick Jordan ’98 was recently named First Secretary on
the executive board of the Council of Arts and Humanities
on Staten Island, NY.
2000s
Brendan Pollard ’00 married Stephanie Maniscalo at the
Holy Trinity Greek Church in Lowell on July 9, 2011.
Paul Driscoll ’01 was sworn in as a Stoneham Firefighter
in early June, 2011.
Stephen Morganto ’01, is employed as a lineman for
NSTAR. He is engaged to Rachel Noyes Holland, a
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graduate of Salem State University and a nuclear medicine
technologist at Union Hospital, Lynn.
Greg Saulnier ’01 and his wife Erin welcomed the birth
of their first child, a son named Cameron, on May 5, 2011,
weighing in at 7 lbs, 6 ounces.
Michael Terry ’02 is to marry Michelle Jaruse, his fiancée
of six years, at St. Mary’s Church in Hanover, MA on
Sunday July 22, 2012.
Douglas Hammond ’03 married Elizabeth Preston at Le
Moyne College Chapel, Syracuse NY, on October 1, 2011. They
met as freshmen at Williams College and now live in Chicago
where Doug works as an option trader and Elizabeth as a
magazine editor. At the wedding, Justin Boudrow ’03 was a
groomsman and Trevor Cruikshank ’03 a guest.
Erik Melanson ’03 has been promoted to the rank of
captain in the US Marine Corps.
Jason Parajeckas ’03 was profiled in a Boston Globe article
(8/4/2011), “Chip off the old Block” on how Jason is
making a name for himself at professional golf in wake
of his father’s success. In 2010 Jason shot a closing
round 64 to win the New England Open by one stroke.
In mid-September he shot an 8-under-par 64 to win the
36th annual NEPGA New England Open at the Mount
Washington Course in Bretton Woods, NH.
Michael McDuffee ’04 married Alexis Antolini on October
16, 2011 at St. Patrick’s in Stoneham, MA.
Matthew Shapanka ’05, in July, left his job as Research
Analyst with the Mass. Recovery and Reinvestment Office
to attend law school at George Washington University, in
Washington, DC.
Peter Copa ’07, who graduated UMass-Amherst in May,
signed a free agent contract with the Los Angeles Angels
of Anaheim on July 6.
Michael DiSalvatore ’07 is finishing graduate school at
Wentworth in May and is in search of alums in architecture
out there.
Anthony Moreschi ’09 is interning at the Medford District
office of Congressman Ed Markey this semester. Anthony
is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Political
Science with a minor in History at Boston University.
Dario Pizzano ’09, a junior at Columbia University, played
with distinction for the North Shore Navigators for the
summer of 2011, finishing second in the league with 54 hits
and fourth with a .365 average. He had an 18 game hitting
streak during the season, scored 29 runs and had a 27 RBI.
He was voted Most Improved Player and was the lone
Navigator named to the All-NECBL first team.
Nathan Witkowski ’09, former MC All-Scholastic right
hander and second baseman, has signed on to play in the
inaugural season of the Myrtle Beach Collegiate Summer
Baseball League which begins operating on June 1, 2012, in
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Prior to that, in the spring of
2012, he will be playing for the Bentley University Falcons
baseball squad.
Richard Tarby ’10, now a sophomore at Assumption
College, was recently selected to intern at the State House
for State Rep. James Dwyer. Richard hopes eventually to
pursue a law degree. His younger brother Ryan is in the
MC class of 2014.
Robert Troisi ’11 is currently an honors student in the
Radiation Biology Program at Suffolk University.
THE MISSION OF
MALDEN CATHOLIC
Malden Catholic High School is a private
Catholic School sponsored by the Xaverian
Brothers. Its mission is to create a community
of faith that promotes the dignity of all
through Gospel values and an environment
that fosters the love of God, of self and of
others. Dedicated to the spiritual, intellectual,
creative, social and physical development of
its students, Malden Catholic offers a college
preparatory curriculum, sensitive to individual
needs, in a Catholic familial atmosphere.
MC VETS ON
OUR WEBSITE
The list of MC alumni who served our country in
various branches of the United States military is now
posted on the alumni section of our website. As of this
writing we have 979 listed. If you know anyone who
should be on it and isn’t, please let us know. We also
welcome the names of veterans from Girls Catholic.
FUND FOR
MALDEN CATHOLIC
Alumni, parents and friends of MC who make gifts to
the Fund for Malden Catholic on an annual basis make
a powerful and lasting statement about investing in the
value of the MC experience and in the preservation of
Xaverian education. These unrestricted dollars are put to
work immediately and provide an academic environment
that fosters excellence at all levels and is deeply rooted in
the traditions of the Xaverian Brothers.
The MC experience is structured both to build a solid
foundation of knowledge and skills within a given discipline
and to allow students to explore areas of academics,
spirituality and athletics that engage and excite their
individual interests. As we move through our 80th year and
beyond, the young men with whose care we have been
entrusted, will be challenged to learn the essential lessons
of a Christian life in the classroom, on the athletic fields and
through the many service opportunities with which they will
be presented.
Support of the Fund for Malden Catholic ensures that things
like curriculum development library acquisitions, technology
updates and more remain a top priority so that our students
receive the best educational opportunities our dedicated
faculty and staff can provide. Malden Catholic students
represent over forty communities and come from a broad
spectrum of academic, religious, and socio-economic diversity
with over 50% of students receiving some sort of financial
assistance to attend MC. It is gifts from people like you that
help us maintain this competitive edge.
As alumni, parents and friends of MC it is a privilege and
responsibility to support the Fund for Malden Catholic and
to help ensure an affordable and quality Xaverian education
for the motivated and intelligent young men who attend
Malden Catholic High School each year. Please join the
hundreds of people who have already supported Malden
Catholic this year by making your gift today!
Gifts to the 2011-2012 Fund for Malden Catholic can be
made by credit card, check, or by transferring stock. To
make your gift today you can visit our website at www.
maldencatholic.org and click on “Donate to the Annual
Fund.” You can also contact Carolyn Rolfe, Assistant
Director of Institutional Advancement at 781-475-5332
or at [email protected] to learn more about our
giving opportunities.
Contact: Br. Edward Bozzo, CFX, Malden Catholic
Alumni Office, 99 Crystal St. Malden MA 02148. Email: [email protected]
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ADVANCEMENT OFFICE NEWS
In September, the 25th Annual MC Golf Classic was held at Black
Swan Country Club in Georgetown. Despite a somewhat soggy
afternoon, nearly 100 golfers played the newly refurbished course
and enjoyed a wonderful meal in the elegant function room. Prizes
were awarded to the winning teams. The committee did a great job
organizing this event that raised more than $25,000 for programs
at Malden Catholic. If you would like to get involved in the golf
tournament, please contact Jean Campbell at 781.475.5331.
Freshmen grandparents were invited in October to visit the school,
enjoy lunch and ice cream sundaes with their grandsons. About
150 grandparents attended this special event.
THE GUINEE FAMILY AT GRANDPARENTS’ DAY
THE CARTS WERE READY TO ROLL AT THE GOLF CLASSIC
On September 27th members of the SFX Society gathered at MC
for a reception and dinner to acknowledge their generosity to
Malden Catholic. SFX Society members are those who annually
make a gift of $1,000 or more. Senior Alex O’Donovan spoke to the
crowd about the impact their gift makes to the current students of
Malden Catholic. SFX Chairman Joe O’Donnell 1962 thanked all
SFX members for the important role they play in the future of MC.
JOE ALBERT 1958 WITH HIS GRANDSON RYAN CRISTIANO 2015 AND
JOHN KEOHANE 2015 AND HIS GRANDFATHER JAMES KEOHANE 1953
The Malden Catholic Alumni Association hosted its inaugural
event on October 20th. Over 90 alumni from various decades attended the cocktail reception. Current students were on hand to
provide tours for those who have not been back to campus in a
few years.
JIM DONOVAN, ALEX O’DONOVAN 2012 AND JOE O’DONNELL 1962
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The Annual Memorial Mass was celebrated by Jesuit Fr. John
Wronski ’84 in November. This beautiful Mass brings the community together to honor those who have gone on to enjoy a closer
presence with God.
In November, the Annual Scholarship Breakfast brought recipients
and donors together to get a chance to know each other. At MC,
more than $1,333,400 is given out annually in scholarships.
THE MARGIN
OF EXCELLENCE
Did you know that tuition covers only
80% of the actual cost to educate a
young man at Malden Catholic?
ATTENDEES AT THE ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP BREAKFAST
Recent graduates from the classes of 2011, 2010, 2009, and 2008
gathered in the Brother Gilbert Center in January for an afternoon of reminiscing and pizza. Members of the Malden Catholic
Alumni Association Rich LeBranti 1994 and Chris Caprio 1995
spoke to the young audience about the importance of networking
and internships.
Gifts to the Fund for Malden Catholic help to
bridge the gap; that means that every student
attending MC receives a “silent scholarship.”
Donors provide the margin of excellence that
makes an MC education exceptional while
keeping it accessible to the many deserving
young men who wish to attend. Malden
Catholic teaches young men to become
leaders in the world and do the best they can
in whatever they do. With your continued
support, current and future students will
have the opportunity to receive an education
rooted in the values of the Xaverian Brothers.
For information on ways to give please
contact Carolyn Rolfe, Assistant Director of
Institutional Advancement at 781-475-5332
or [email protected]. To make a gift
today, please visit our secure website at www.
maldencatholic.org and click on “Donate to the
Annual Fund”.
MEMBERS OF THE YOUNG ALUMNI
ATTENTION
GOLFERS
The 26th Annual Golf Classic will be held on Friday,
September 21, 2012 at Black Swan Country Club in
Georgetown. The committee is seeking new members
to help recruit players and sponsors.
If you would like to get involved in the golf tournament, please contact Jean Campbell at 781.475.5331
or [email protected].
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RIP
John E. Quigley 1936, brother
of Christopher (D) ’42, and
the late Robert ’45
Walter J. Carroll 1937
James J. O’Brien 1938
Fr. Francis J. Nicholson SJ
1938, brother of James (D)
’40, John (D) ’42, Rosemary
GC ’42, uncle of William ’71
John M. Mulcahy 1940,
brother of Sr. Christine SSND
GC ’47, Elizabeth McKeon
GC ’49, William ’49, Edward
(D) ’39, Robert (D) ’43,
Joan Hutson(D) GC’ 41,
grandfather of
Patrick DeVito 2006
Albert F. Welch 1940
Robert W. MacNamara 1941
Christopher P. Quigley 1942,
brother of John (D) ’36 and
Robert (D) ’45
John J. Skerry 1942, brother of
Peter ’43, father of John ’66
and James ’66
E. Dorothy Edeman GC 1943,
wife of Henry B. Edeman ’38,
mother of Sharon (Edeman)
DeSimone GC ’69
Robert J. McBride 1943,
brother of Daniel ’36, Charles
’37, Thomas ’39, Howard ’43
all deceased
John F. McCallan 1943
Mildred (O’Brien) Scaramuzzo
GC 1944
John J. Herbert 1945, brother
of Paul ’62, Eileen Hugo GC
’63, Thomas ’67
Paul G. LaVasseur 1945,
brother of Robert (D ) ’41
and Ralph (D) ’50, uncle of
Robert ’67, Paul ’68 and
John ’76, great uncle of Chris
Costello ’91
Sarah ‘Sally’ Anne (Nealon)
Plummer GC 1945, sister
of Walter Nealon (D) ’41,
William Nealon ’43, George
Nealon ’53, aunt of George
Nealon ’80, Patrick Nealon
’82 and Craig Nealon ’92
Thomas E. Convery 1946,
brother of the late Mary
(Convery) Young, GC’52
Thomas J. Hannon 1946,
brother of Paul ’44
William R. Sullivan, Sr. 1946
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George T. Duffy 1947
John E. Clancy 1948, brother
of William ’47, James ’50 and
the late Patrick ’46
James J. Cullen 1948, father of
Mark ’75, Daniel ’81, brother
of Dorothy Casper GC ’47,
Paul ’50, William ’51, uncle of
William ’89
William L. Kierstead 1948,
brother of Edward ’42
James A. Lynch 1948, brother
of Gregory ’51, father of
James ’74
Richard F. Curran 1949
Rosemary (Sullivan) Grygo GC
1949
Fr. Robert N. Kelleher 1951
William C. Anderson 1953
Edward J. McMellen 1953
Benjamin E. Pike 1953, brother
of Betsy Pike Moreira GC ’53
and Constance Pike Turner
GC ‘54
Daniel S. Enwright 1954
John J. Hannon 1954, brother
of Kevin ’57 and Maureen
Roach GC ’60
Edward J. Basinski 1955
Edward F. Mulrenan 1956,
brother of Robert (D) ’46, Fr.
Richard ’51, Kenneth ’54
Joseph L. Santoro 1956,
brother of Louise (Santoro)
O’Connor GC ’59
Thomas A. Crosby 1958
Kenneth G. Dorrance 1958
Catherine (Rufo) Foley GC
1958, sister of Betty (Rufo)
Tricca GC ’57 & sister-in-law
of Carl Tricca ’58
Margaret T. “Peg”
(McGaffigan) Burns GC 1959
William F. Clement 1959
John B. Ford 1960
Arthur E. Kierstead 1960
Judith M. (Hanlon) Brown
GC 1961, sister of Pauline
McLaughlin GC ’50
Anthony D. Camerlengo 1961
Leo Sciaudone 1962, father of
Michael ’93
Thomas J. Cox 1963
Michael B. Slattery 1963,
father of Michael ’87 and
Jason ’91
Natale C. Caruso 1964, brother
of Frank ’70
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Nancy (Buckley) Fogarty GC
1964, wife of John Fogarty
’59, sister of Debra Cody GC
’62, Julia O’Brien GC ’65,
Elaine Lemire GC ’74.
Thomas E. Coleman 1968
Richard J. Cullen 1971
Frederick J. Wheeler 1976,
brother of Edward ’71 and
Stephen ’73
Barry J. Shea 1981, brother of
Brendan ’78 and Sr. Patricia,
SND. GC ’82
Sean E. Lucey 1982
Eric M. Tempesta 1990
Sean D. Boyland 1997
Pasquale Nappi, 2000
Joseph Mac Farlane 2004
Albert Aversa, father of
Leonard ’72, Albert ’74, and
Richard ’77
Thomas J. Amoroso, father of
Thomas ’77
Joseph H. Ardizzoni, uncle of
Aaron 2000 and Joshua 2005
Elizabeth A. Bailey,
grandmother of Jeffrey
Dineen ’92 and Christopher
Dineen ’96
Robert J. Bushee, grandfather
of Robert Bialock 2012 and
Brian Bialock 2014
Joseph Cardarelli, brother
of John ’59, Antoinette
Mahoney GC ’56
Roy B. Coffin, father of Col.
William J. Coffin ’83
John J. Conlon, former faculty
member, taught at MC, from
1968-1970
Gary D. Cronin, father of
Gary ’82
Dianne M. Dingolo, former
MC trustee
William F. Donovan, father of
William, Jr. 1985 and Brian
1992
Darol V. Duca, grandfather of
Zachary Duca 2010
Raymond W. Dunback, father
of Raymond ’81 and the late
David ’85
John Gaff, father of MC swim
coach Joe
Robert P. Fitzmaurice, assistant
MC football coach from
1985-1990
Albert Franzese, father of
William E.’81
Hubert P. Hanlon, father of
Hubert, Jr. ’86
George A. Hindy, father of
Carl ’75
Brother James M. Kelly, CFX,
former MC Trustee. Late
President of Mt. St. Joseph
High School in Baltimore, MD.
Patricia Kelley, wife of Charles
D. Kelley Sr. ’43 (D), mother
of Charles Jr. ’79
Richard Lee, father of
Andrew 2006
Salvatore S. Mandracchia,
father of Stephan ’75
Mary Marchese, mother of
John ’87 and Michael ’89
Robert A. Marques, father of
Robert ’85
Ralph H. McGaffigan, husband
of the late Ann (Devir)
McGaffigan GC ’46, father
of Richard ’69, brother-inlaw of John Devir ’38, uncle
and grand-uncle of many
Endicotts who attended MC
Douglas F. Palazzo, father of
Anthony 2014
Robert T. Parow, grandfather of
Brian 2004
Bruce Polak, father of MC
Facility Manager, Frank Polak
Philip Puopolo Sr., father of
Philip ’74, grandfather of
Gino ’97
Randall L. Rideout, father of
Michael 2003
Diane M. Rivers, mother of
Robert ’84
Robert J. Rivers, father of
Robert ’84
Paul F. Robblee, father of
Patrick ’89
Joseph N. Rooney, father of
Patrick ’85
William Scanlan, former MC
Trustee, father of Timothy ’88
Louise Shapanka, mother
of Matthew 2005, Jeffrey
2008 and Alexander 2009,
daughter of Helen Bockley
who helped generations of
MC students with college
applications
Julia M. Seide, sister of Zachary
Duca 2010
Raymond L. White, Jr., father
of Raymond ’74
Acknowledgements
CALL FOR
VOLUNTEERS
Annual Giving is a concerted effort here at Malden
Catholic. Personal interactions from generous volunteers who donate their time and resources help
strengthen the bond alumni and parents have with
each other, our school, and the extended MC Family.
The monies received through annual giving are an essential element in keeping MC strong.
We are always looking for volunteers who can help
in our fundraising efforts by making phone calls
and writing notes to encourage donors to contribute
unrestricted gifts to provide student financial aid,
faculty support, and so much more.
To learn more about volunteering for the Fund for
Malden Catholic contact Carolyn Rolfe, Assistant Director of Institutional Advancement at 781-475-5332
or at [email protected].
Bingo continues to be an important income source
to support all of Malden Catholic. Volunteers are the
engine that drives this, the most successful bingo in
the Commonwealth. Join other parents, have fun,
and give back to support the education you want for
your sons and grandsons. It takes a few hours on a
few Sundays each year. Please contact 781.475.5338.
Many thanks to Mary (Sullivan) Kelly GC 1943 for the
November and December 1942 issues of the Ricardian. Thanks to Sr. Mary Earle (Agnes) Doohan, SSND
GC 1946 for a bonanza: issues of the Ricardian and the
Hi-Lite, and assorted group photos from the 1940s and
a composite grad picture of the Girls Catholic Class of
1946, all valuable additions to our collection.
Thanks to James B. Keogh ’50 for sending a 1949
Sports Banquet Program, one of those we’ve been
hunting for for years.
Thanks to Francis E. Sensale ’43 for a number of
contributions, especially a panoramic sports banquet
photo of 1946 and a full page from the May 6, 1939
Malden Evening News, recapping early MC history on
the occasion of the Xaverian Brothers Centennial.
Needs
The Alumni Office still needs issues of the
Hi-Lite, covering:
- May 1954 and December 1954 issues
- May/June 1965 to May/June 1968
We are also interested in sports banquet programs. In
the 30s they were titled Football Banquet Programs.
We are interested in:
1941, 1943 to 1948, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1957,
1968 to 1971 inclusive, 1973, 1974, 1979
If you wish to donate, or to lend us for copying, any of
the missing publications specified, please send them to:
Malden Catholic High School
99 Crystal Street
Malden, MA 02148
Attn: Br. Edward G. Bozzo, C.F.X.
Girls Catholic Yearbooks needed are listed on our
website. Our most notable gaps are from 1931-1938
and 1942-1947, years for which we have no yearbooks
(assuming they were issued).
Class Graduation Pictures
Please join our online community at
Facebook and Linkedin under
“Malden Catholic Alumni Association”
for more information about our group and
upcoming events.
We have a display of composite class photos of each
of the classes from 1936 onward on the walls of the
stairwell to the development offices. We are missing
these nine classes:
1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1965, 1966
If you have a copy of the composite graduation class
photo for any one of these years to donate, or to lend
us for scanning, we would appreciate hearing from
you. When we first published this request, we were
missing 26 photos. We are grateful to the 17 alumni
who contributed to this project.
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SAVE THE DATE
2012 Events
Wednesday, January 4.............Young Alumni Lunch
Monday, March 12..................Red Sox Spring Training Game
Thursday, April 26....................80th Anniversary Gala
Thursday, April 26, 2012
80th
Anniversary
Gala
Honoring Richard
Connolly, Jr. 1957
Sheraton Hotel,
Boston
Monday, May 14.....................Senior Breakfast
Wednesday, May 16................Senior Awards Banquet
Friday, May 18.........................Baccalaureate Mass
Class of 1962
Golden Jubilee Reception
Saturday, May 19....................Commencement
Class of 1962
Golden Jubilee Dinner
Wednesday, June 13................Golden Plus Luncheon
Friday, September 21...............26th Annual Golf Classic
Today’s Outstanding Students…
Tomorrow’s Outstanding Leaders
A Xaverian Brothers Sponsored School Since 1932