Catholic Memorial School's e-Knightline

Catholic Memorial School e-Knightline December 15, 2010

The spirit of the season
Brian Scott, Vice Principal of Student Affairs

On behalf of everyone at Catholic Memorial School, we want to wish your family a wonderful Christmas season. As you wrestle with the pressing issues of the Christmas season, like how early is too early to get the tree and what to get the person who has everything, take a moment and reflect, not on the Christmas season commercialized, but on the incredible irony of the Christmas celebration.

A couple of thousand years ago a woman had a baby in essentially a cave next to farm animals. The couple had little money and neither had done anything remarkable. The child himself was born into a world where his pregnant mother was refused shelter. And as the child grew he was ridiculed and beaten by the government and eventually executed, having to carry the instrument of his own torture. These are the events that surround our celebration. Why do we celebrate? Because despite these circumstances, God worked through this family to change the lives of billions of people.

God came into the world not through some magical divine apparition but through the choice of a human being - Mary. Approached by the angel Gabriel she could have no idea what God was asking of her...[read more]

NHS organizes annual Blood Drive

This past Friday, students and faculty donated over sixty pints of blood to the American Red Cross. The annual drive, organized by Mr. Rob Croteau '93 and the National Honor Society, is just one way students are involved in generous acts during the holiday season.

Nolan Powers '11, Dom Montalbano '11 and John Gaffney '11.

Campus Ministry's successful Gift Drive this year will benefit Christmas in the City, an organization that links service efforts to needy families. And the Latin Club, organized by Ms. Karen Hynes, has been working with The Salvation Army to ring the bells in front of Roche Brothers this month...[read more]

Three tournaments in a day for Speech teams

Twenty-one Middle School Program students, along with eight pairs of parent judges and Coach Ellen Eberly, attended the Nashoba Brooks Middle School Speech Competition on December 5. Almost all who performed felt they did a personal best for at least one of their two rounds of competition. Kevin Lynch '15, Paul Sinno '15, Kevin O'Toole '15 and Ryan Nelson '15 (pictured below) earned trophies.

On December 4, the high school speech and debate team attended two tournaments: the Lincoln Sudbury Showdown, where they earned a fourth place team trophy, and George Mason University's 7th Annual Patriot Games in Fairfax, VA...[read more]

Welcome, Ms. Jiang

Ms. Yi Jiang joined the foreign language department this fall. She is teaching Mandarin Chinese to students in grades eight through twelve.

Ms. Jiang joins CM through the College Board's Guest Teacher Program which partners with China's Han Ban (Ministry of Culture and Education) to start programs in Mandarin Chinese at high schools throughout the U.S. This is CM's sixth year in the College Board program.

CM Alumni: News and Notes

Bill Bracket '67 organized his two annual Class of '67 gatherings this fall. Jim Murphy, Paul Chisholm, John Mackin, Paul Crespi, Joe Flannery, Joe Griffin, Mike Costello, Bob Clark, Jay Brien, John Glancy, Dave Harrison, Gerry Hartigan, Joe Hayes, Mike Savage, Paul Scanlon, Ed Hurley and Bill Brackett attended. This year Dan Sullivan also joined in for the first time, in September. "Participation in oth events is not mandatory," Bill says. "If any other "Boyz of '67" would like to join us in 2011, as we reminisce about Brother Ford, Brother O'Donnell, Brother Conway, Brother Newman and others, contact me at wb449@comcast.net."

Frank Klemas '78 recently ran the Hampton Beach Half Marathon. Frank finished in 2:19:56 - "not bad for an old geezer!" he says.

Chris Maloney '84, after serving for seven years as the Chief United States Probation Officer in New Jersey, was recently selected as the Chief United States Probation Officer in the District of Massachusetts. He will return home in January.

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Corey Quirk '04 (above) is currently playing professional hockey for the Worcester Sharks in the AHL.

Join CM Alumni from the New York area at this February's NYC Alumni Reception. Learn more...

Kurtis Buczynski '09 was elected captain of the

Framingham State rugby team this year. Kurtis is still a senator in student government, a member of Women Empowerment, and a DJ with the university's radio program, WDJM.

CM Magazine's fall issue is en route faith

to your doorstep. In the meantime, you can read its digital edition online. The 2010 Annual Report is also now on the CM website - click here to read it.

Christmas Concert brings glad tidings

CM's eighth grade class put a smile on everyone's face as they took to the altar at Holy Name Church on December 7 for the annual Christmas Concert.

Angelo Conti '15

Along with talents from the high school's jazz band, chamber ensemble, choir and alumni musicians, director Mr. Spaner gave the audience plenty to enjoy and reflect upon in the Christmas season. See more photos.

Business Club starts year on Fidelity's Trading Floor

When he's older, Victor Rho '11 hopes to found and manage his own Fortune 500 company. He's gotten his start by founding CM's Business Club, which took its first field trip on December 7 to Fidelity's trading headquarters in Boston.