Please pass the word that while the Class of 1974 Reunion has been cancelled, it appears there is a “grassroots effort” underway to hold a gathering anyway! Please check out the Cardinal Mooney High School Facebook page on this blog site for the specifics. Thanks again to the Class of ‘74 Committee for all their hard work! We realize you put in a great deal of time and energy and hope you know we ALL appreciate it!
Laurie Schickler Benjamin, Class of ‘74
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Cardinal Mooney Class of 1969! It’s been 15 years since our last reunion!
We’re planning a casual affair with sixties music, hors d’oeurves, cash bar and three grazing stations. Pat is compiling a slide show of photos; send him yours by snail mail or to buttsy50@mac.com. Price per person is $35. Attire is country club casual (no jeans or sneakers, please). Make checks payable to Patrick Butler and mail to Pat by Oct. 1: 24 Oak Bridge Way, Rochester, NY 14612.
Questions? Email Mary Lou Studley Newstead, Communications Chair, at ML.Newstead@gmail.com. RSVP for free at Classmates.com and please forward this web page to as many classmates as possible.
Hope to see you in November!!!
Your 40th Reunion Committee,
Pat Butler, Charlie Manel, Carol Cox Gursslin, Dick Marion, Dan McBridek Karen Pellett, Mary Lou Studley Newstead
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Hi All,
Since it appears Facebook changed their policy on Groups (they now charge to promote a Group) I’ve created a NEW Facebook PAGE for Rochester NY Cardinal Mooney High School. You can find it HERE as well as a link located in the sidebar of this blog. Bear with me while I get the settings in order.
Please tell your friends. If you’re one of the 490+ members on the previous Cardinal Mooney HS Group I started a year or so ago, please follow us on over to the new Facebook Page. I’ll change the settings to include video, audio and links. For a while I’ll have to approve members one by one, but hopefully we can loosen that up if we can avoid the unscrupulous types who try to phish or spam. The previous group has been really good about managing the conversations and keeping things “ship shape”. Thank you for that!
Also, is anyone interested in helping out with this blog? I think it deserves more attention than I have time for and also more content/articles too. Please call me at 719-266-8088 or send me a note at laura at laura benjamin dot com at your convenience if you are interested! We can figure out together how best to manage it going forward. I’ve been thinking about moving it out from under WordPress and setting it up on its own hosted site using a WordPress template (Thesis). All ideas and recommendations are welcomed!
Happy Mother’s Day!
Your Editor, Laura Benjamin (Laurie Schickler)
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Alan Mueller, Town of Greece Historian, has been so generous with his time! Look what he dug out of the archives….
Perhaps I was absent that day, but would someone please tell me – what were Mooney Mania Days?
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Hi folks! Here are updates on beloved faculty from dear old CM…
First, from Charlie Yanaitis, Class of ‘74
“Laurie, I found this great webpage with a picture and write-up on Mr. Merola, on his induction into the Section V Hall of Fame. I thought you may be interested in posting this. Go Cardinals! (remember that!)”
Tony Merola Section V Hall of Fame inductee
Anthony Merola split his nearly four-decade coaching career evenly between varsity head coach and program assistant responsibilities, registering nearly unprecedented success at both levels. The Caledonia native (CMCS Class of 1952), a 4-year starter in football (24-6 record), baseball, and basketball for his hometown high school, began as a freshman coach at Mt. Morris and then took the varsity from 0-7 in 1959 to 7-0 in 1962 for the only undefeated mark in school history. That was followed by 10 winning seasons in 13 years at Cardinal Mooney in Greece, with the highlight coming in 1972 as the Cardinals won their only outright City-Catholic League championship.
For the “rest of the story” (as Paul Harvey would say) on Mr. Merola, please visit this page
Next, from Mary Lou (Boehm) Cooper (Class of ‘73?) regarding “Where in the world is Sister Lisette?”
“I saw Sr. Lisette a couple of years ago at something at Mercy H.S. I think at that time she was living out in the community somewhere with other sisters. If you called the Sisters of Mercy Motherhouse, I’m sure they could connect you with her.”
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Hi all,
Here’s a “p.s.” from the good folks who are organizing the Class of 1974 reunion. Please forward this blog post to anyone you know who has “fallen through the cracks” so to speak!
Laurie Schickler / Laura Benjamin
“Just like the Class of 73, we’re trying to get updated locations on classmates. Can you add a message for all ‘74 classmates to email mooney74@rochester.rr.com with their current email & snail mail addresses, along with contact information on anyone they keep in contact with? Thanks again. Love the blog!”
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We have another reunion announcement:
There will be a 35 Year Reunion for the Class of 1974. It will be Saturday Sept 5, 2009 at the Barnard Exempts Club, right up the street from our old high school. More information forthcoming after the New Year.
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Hi folks,
We’ve hit the mother lode! Many thanks to Alan Mueller, Town of Greece Historian for the photos, newspaper articles and letters on our new History Page! He says there’s more coming and I say I’ll keep posting!
If you get a chance, please send your thanks to The Historian’s Office of the Town of Greece at the Greece Historical Society.
Enjoy!
Laura
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It’s snowing like crazy here in Colorado and the weather brings back fond memories of Rochester’s lake affect snow (is that affect or effect?). So I thought I’d slog down memory lane and list a few of the great things I remember about Cardinal Mooney. Please add to the list by posting a comment!
CARDINAL MOONEY MEMORIES:
Swain ski resort in Upstate New York
Ahhh, the good old days!
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Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Please forward this post to anyone who graduated in 1973. I’d like to help the 1973 Class Reunion Committee get wider distribution. They’ve been hard at work on this for quite some time! (I love the “Cardinally yours” close!)
Laura
“…we need your email addresses and any other known classmate addresses. Contact us at cm73reunion@gmail.com with any suggestions and updates. Tracking 360+ people is quite a challenge, but with your help we can do it! Stay tuned for more info and fun photos. This reunion will be worth waiting 35 years for! –Cardinally yours, cm73reunion committee”
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