CATHEDRAL PREP

Celebrating 100 Years Of Catholic Academic Excellence & Forming Men for Greatness

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CATHEDRAL PREP


Celebrating 125 YearsThe Name Remains the Same

Best Wishes to the

Kiwanis Club of Middle VillageOn Their

1st Annual Awards Dinner

Honoring

Anthony CalabreseThomas Clark

&Samuel Oryson

Congratulations

Cathedral PreparatorySchool and Seminary

On the hosting of itsGala Dinner

Celebrating 100 Years of Catholic Academic Excellence

79-21 Metropolitan AvenueMiddle Village, NY 11379

Reinvesting in our Community


“What Better or More Blessed Investment”

The History of Cathedral Preparatory School and Seminary

1914-2015

Patrick J. McNamara, Ph.D.Class of 1986

Charles Edward McDonnell, Brooklyn’s second Bishop, was a man who talked little but did much. During his twenty-nine years as Bishop (1892-1921), McDonnell dedicated hundreds of churches, schools, and hospitals across Long Island. He founded Catholic Charities, started the diocesan newspaper, The Tablet, and welcomed many religious communities to the Diocese. As the Catholic population grew, Bishop McDonnell was concerned about further cultivating vocations to the priesthood. In the pages of The Tablet, he wrote:

All of us are agreed, I believe, that we must take special measures if we would shelter those among our Catholic boys, whom their pastors and confessors would choose as probably called to the priesthood, and protect them from the modern materialistic spirit that pervades the very atmosphere… by placing them apart, educating them with those only who look forward to that same great work in life, the priestly field of labor…

In 1891, Brooklyn’s first Bishop, John Loughlin, founded St. John’s Seminary in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Bishop McDonnell saw the need for a minor seminary to nurture vocations at an earlier stage. In 1913, then, he asked Auxiliary Bishop George W. Mundelein, to work on starting such a school. (In 1563, the Council of Trent decreed that every diocese was “bound to support, to rear in piety, and to train in ecclesiastical discipline a certain number of youths, in a college to be chosen by the bishop for that purpose.”)

A capable administrator and fundraiser, Bishop Mundelein persuaded Mr. George Logan Duval, a successful businessman and a devout Catholic, to help. On June 2, 1914, he purchased the S.A.R. Moses estate on the corner of Brooklyn’s Washington and Atlantic Avenues for fifty-thousand dollars. The site was chosen for its accessibility to trains and buses. Duval has been called “Cathedral’s greatest lay benefactor.” In July 1914, Bishop Mundelein wrote to the priests of the Diocese:

Rarely has a diocese undertaken a work of greater importance and of more splendid promise… Long after we have been called to receive the vineyard laborer’s wages, may it be a source of blessings to this Diocese…

Even if all of its students did not become priests, Bishop Mundelein insisted, the school would still produce committed laymen loyal to the Church. Furthermore, he wrote, the school’s very insistence symbolized the Diocese’s commitment to fostering vocations.

On the morning of September 7, 1914, 8:30 a.m., at St. John’s Chapel in Fort Greene, 85 young men gathered from all corners of Long Island for the school’s opening Mass. Bishop Mundelein who asked the students:

Why are you here? Why have we begun this college? The answer is to be found in the fact that the army of peace must have officers as well as the army of war. You have been selected to fill the officers’ posts and you have come here to be trained for that work. Yours is to be a more vigorous course of training than that of other colleges, for yours is a higher work.


God willing, he said, one day “you will find yourselves at the altar of your ordination.” It all depended on whether they answered two questions: “(1)Is God calling you? (2) Are you listening to the call?” Then and now, Cathedral was a place where young men could discern that call, to determine where God was calling them and to listen what God was saying to them. What made the school unique was its focus on preparing young men for the priesthood.

The new school was named Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception, since it was the Bishop’s own school for future priests. The Tablet enthusiastically endorsed the work of Cathedral:

What better or more blessed investment could possibly be conceived than that whereby some worthy boy is enabled to realize his pious ambition of becoming a priest of God.

Classes at Cathedral started on September 14, 1914. The Washington Avenue school was dedicated on December 8th, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. In the tradition of Roman seminaries, the students had Thursday off and attended school on Saturdays. Students spent six years at Washington Avenue, where they completed two years of college. If they went on to the major seminary, they would spend six years in the major seminary for further college as well as theological studies. (This was known as the “six and six” system. It lasted until 1967, when a separate college seminary was built in Douglaston, Cathedral College.) On September 8, 1915, Cathedral College’s new building, created in the style of Flemish Gothic architecture, was dedicated. It soon became known as “one of Brooklyn’s famous Catholic landmarks.” Shortly thereafter, Bishop Mundelein was named Archbishop of Chicago. (He was named a Cardinal in 1924.)

Bishop McDonnell picked a group of capable and enthusiastic young priests for the faculty, including Father Thomas E. Molloy, future Bishop of Brooklyn, who served as the first Spiritual Director. Father James J. Higgins, Cathedral’s second Rector, wrote Bishop McDonnell in September 1917: “When one is in love with a cause or a work he is encouraged to use every lawful means to advance it. I am in love with the Cathedral College and its work.” Higgins’s successor, Father Anthony Reichert (for whom the first alumni association was named), wrote that the faculty was anxious to “make Cathedral College the first in the nation.”

Cathedral College’s first commencement exercises took place in February 1919. Of the 34 graduates in that class, 25 became priests in the Diocese of Brooklyn. Over the next 40 years, the Diocese would ordain an average of 35 priests per year. (Between 1931 and 1933, an incredible 97 priests were ordained!) The majority of these priests were graduates of Cathedral. Over the years, certain families gave their sons to the Church in large numbers: the Holzheimers, Pfundsteins Grahams, Puricks, Crawfords, Regulskis, and Arceses. (Today over one half of the Brooklyn presbyterate is composed of Cathedral alumni.)

Up to the present day, Cathedral alumni have also contributed significantly to the ranks of the hierarchy, both in Brooklyn and abroad. The first alumnus to be named a bishop (and Cardinal Archbishop of St Louis) was John J. Carberry, of the Class of 1924. (In 1978, he was the first Cathedral graduate to vote in a papal election.) He was later followed into the College of Cardinals by Anthony J. Bevilacqua, Class of 1943, who became Archbishop of Philadelphia in 1988. (One 1927 graduate, William Kupfer, became a Maryknoll Bishop in China.) In more recent years, Bishops Gerald Barbarito ’67, Raymond Chappetto ’65, Peter Libasci ’69, Paul Sanchez ’66, and Edward Scharfenberger ’65, were ordained to the episcopate.

The lay alumni, one graduate stated, “remained devoted to God’s service, but now they would serve in a different way.” Speaking at Cathedral’s fiftieth anniversary in 1964, Mr. George Williams (1924) said that his experience at Cathedral “nurtured and strengthened my Catholic faith as a layman.” Football great Vince Lombardi, who attended the school in the early 1930’s, called Cathedral “the best school in the city.” Asked where he got his considerable energy from, Lombardi best recounted Cathedral’s influence when he said: “I derive my strength from daily Mass.”


Under Archbishop Thomas E. Molloy (1922-1956), Cathedral acquired one of the finest seminary faculties in the nation. Young priest-professors like George Fogarty, Thomas Gradilone, Eugene Molloy and George Deas were sent to graduate school at Fordham, Notre Dame, Columbia, NYU and Johns Hopkins. One the baseball field and the basketball court, Phil Reilly, Marty Bannan, and Howie Basler made Cathedral a force to be reckoned with. For over thirty years, the Father Ryan Players put on a variety of plays, including Stalag 17 in 1964. In addition to the numerous priest-faculty, dedicated lay teachers like John F. (“Jocko”) Crane and Francis X. McDermott contributed richly to the life of the school.

Although Cathedral was originally built to hold 250 students, by 1960 the numbers were more than double that. Annex classes were held in St. Joseph’s Parochial School on Pacific Street. In November 1961, Molloy’s successor, Archbishop Bryan J. McEntegart, announced plans to establish a Queens division. In the fall of 1963, Cathedral Preparatory Seminary opened up on 92nd Street in Elmhurst. The site, located near several subway lines, was chosen for its accessibility from most parts of Queens. A statue of Our Lady, a duplicate of that in the lobby of the Brooklyn school, was placed in the new school’s lobby. (Interestingly, one of the alternative sites that had been proposed was used for Archbishop Molloy High School.)

One observer noted that its dedication represented “a growing and vibrant Catholicism in the diocese.” Monsignor Robert E. Welsh served as Rector for both the Brooklyn and the Queens schools, while Father George V. Fogarty was named Vice-Rector for the Queens school. In 1967, when Father Daniel O’Connell was named Principal in Brooklyn and Father John Egan in Queens. Tablet Editor Ed Wilkinson (Class of 1965) recalls of the faculty: “They continue to be our heroes and are spoken of in reverential terms.”

At the time of the 50th anniversary in 1964, Archbishop McEntegart said of the Cathedral experience:

By its very nature, Cathedral College looks to the future. It exists for the future because it is both a seminary and a school. As a seminary, it receives the seedling vocation, planted and watered by the heirs of Paul and Apollo, while God alone, slowly and gradually, gives the increase. As a school, it admits young men, not fully formed in body or mind or will, in order to direct and develop them into mature young men.

Amid the tumult of the 1960’s, a new program was started in the Queens school to address the challenges of the day. Father Edward W. Troike, a math teacher and track coach, started the Summer Leadership Program to prepare young men for high school in the summer before eighth grade. Today the program, directed by Father James Kuroly (Class of 1998), is entering its 49th year. Hundreds of young men have passed through Cathedral’s doors in the years since the program was opened.

As demographic shifts occurred in Brooklyn, and Cathedral experienced declining numbers at the Brooklyn school, diocesan authorities began to consider whether it was feasible to continue operating two preparatory seminaries. In April 1985, Bishop Francis J. Mugavero (Class of 1934) announced that Brooklyn Cathedral would graduate its last class that June. In a later interview with Ed Wilkinson, Bishop Mugavero said it was the hardest decision he had had to make in his 22 years as Bishop of Brooklyn.

On December 8, 1985, Bishop Mugavero visited Cathedral in Queens, now the sole prep seminary for the Brooklyn Diocese, to bless the statue of Our Lady that had formerly stood in the lobby of the Brooklyn school. Placed in front of the 92nd Street entrance, the relocated statue symbolized the union of the two schools.

Throughout the years, Cathedral has remained faithful to its mission of opening the minds of students to knowledge and truth. Under the leadership of Monsignors Philip Reilly, Ignatius Catanello, Richard Marchese, Joseph Calise


and Father Fred Marano, the school achieved nationwide recognition for its academic excellence and commitment to the spiritual formation of its students. The graduation rate has been 100%, with students going on to college, professional studies and military service.

In recent years, Cathedral has continued to upgrade and make improvements to its building, with a new science lab, studio, smartboards in all classrooms, and a media center This has been in large part due to gifts given by alumni and friends of Cathedral, thereby placing the school in a better position for continued success in the future. Cathedral continues to build on its foundation to ensure continued success in and out outside the classroom.

In 2011, Cathedral felt a great loss when Mr. James G. Dilg retired after 46 years of teaching at Cathedral. Like Brooklyn’s “Jocko” Crane before him, Mr. Dilg formed hundreds of young men in a spirit of faithful manhood. Father Fred Marano, the Rector at the time, called him “the model of a Catholic Christian gentleman for us here at Cathedral.”

In 2013, under the leadership of Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, Cathedral underwent a structural change, being renamed Cathedral Preparatory School and Seminary. Father Joseph G. Fonti (Class of 1984) was appointed Rector-President, while for the first time in Cathedral’s history, a lay principal, Mr. Richie Diaz (Class of 1996), was appointed. Today Cathedral is a school open to all Catholic young men serious about their faith and serious about learning. While daily Mass and spiritual exercises such as a Holy Hour are required for all, the seminary component provides an environment where young men can discern a possible vocation to the diocesan priesthood. Over the last ten years, eleven Cathedral alumni have been ordained to the priesthood.

As Archbishop McEntegart stated at the time of Cathedral’s 50th anniversary, Cathedral looks to the future. Cathedral alumni continue to be ordained to the episcopate, priesthood and permanent diaconate. What makes Cathedral so special to its students and alumni? Dr. Philip Franco (Class of 1993), who was recently ordained a Permanent Deacon, aptly says:

I would not trade my years at Cathedral for any amount of money, because they were and remain priceless. At Cathedral Prep I made lifelong friendships, grew as a person… and came closer to Our Lord and the Church. All of this was on top of a great education.

Father Christopher Bethge (Class of 2007), one of three Cathedral alumni ordained to the priesthood this past June, recalled that it was at Cathedral Prep that Father John Cush challenged him to seriously consider a priestly vocation.

Father Bethge said:

Father Cush took the time every day to ask, not in a generic way, but very specifically, ‘Are you thinking about the priesthood? Could God be calling you? If that question doesn’t get asked, the call can’t be answered.

For Father Fonti, the Cathedral experience is:

A superior education in an environment where each man is known, loved, respected and challenged to grow in wisdom, maturity and faith.

In this celebration of Cathedral Prep’s 100th year, may the Lord continue to bless the Cathedral experience, as we all remain confident in its illustrious history and its future grounded in the respect and challenge of each young man who enters its doors.


100th Anniversay GalaCathedral Preparatory School and Seminary

Sunday, October 4, 2015Gargiulo’s Restaurant

Program3:00pm – 4:00pm Cocktail Reception

4:00pm – 4:30pm Opening Grace - Rev. James Kuroly ’98 Champagne Toast - Bishop Paul Sanchez ’66 Video Presentation Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio

4:30pm – 6:00pm Dinner

6:00pm – 7:00pm Dessert

Alumni Testimonials: Rev. Chris Bethge ’07 Mr. Steve Somers ’78 Very Rev. Joseph Fonti ’84 Awards Presentation Salve Regina

Please Support Our Silent Auction - Open Throughout The Dinner


"God's flock is in your midst; give it a shepherd's care"(1 Peter 5:2)

Bishops of Brooklyn1914 - 2015

Most ReverendThomas Edmund Molloy

(1922 - 1956)

Most ReverendBryan Joseph McEntegart

(1957 - 1968)

Most ReverendNicholas DiMarzio

(2003 - Present)

Most ReverendThomas Vose Daily

(1990 - 2003)

Most ReverendFrancis J. Mugavero

(1968 - 1990)

Most ReverendCharles Edward McDonnell

(1892 - 1921)






Cathedral Prep Past and Present FacultyRev. Kevin Abels '94 Rev. Thomas Ahern '81Rev. Richard Ahlemeyer '68Ms. Rose-Marie Alvarez-Dominique Mr. Frank AmatrudoMs. Kathleen Amendola Mrs. Carolyn AnnucciMsgr. Gerard Arella '48 Mr. John AriasRev. John AskinRev. John BalsMsgr. Patrick Barry Mr. David Baskin Msgr. Howard Basler '52 Cardinal Anthony Bevilaqua '43Sister Eileen BirminghamRev. Robert BlauveltMsgr. Charles Bleilevens '44Msgr. Thomas Brady '53Msgr. Edward Breen '52Rev. Charles BreslinSister Shelia Brown Rev. William Buckley Rev. John BuckleyMr. Richard Burkard Rev. Edward Burkey Rev. Dawson Byrne Rev. Joseph Calise '72Rev. John CallahanMsgr. Raymond CampionMr. Tim Carroll '76Rev. Charles CarrowMr. John Caruana '65HSMsgr. John Casey '48Bishop Ignatius Catanello '60Dr. Joseph CatanelloMr. Mark CauspianMr. Neil Cawley '87Dr. Francesco Cesareo '77 Rev. James Chiaro Mr. Vincent CirasoleMr. Vincent Ciraulo '65HSMr. Edward CondonMsgr. James CooneyVery Rev. Dennis Corrado '64 Rev. Joseph CorriganMr. Anthony Costa Mr. Francis CostelloMiss Vera Coutard Rev. James CoxRev. Eugene CoyleMr. Matthew Coyne Mrs. Lois CrabillMr. John Crane Rev. Joseph Crisafulli

Rev. Joseph Cunningham '57Rev. Edward CurranRev. John Cush '90Mr. Louis D'Amico '82Rev. Thomas DarraghSister Marie De GraceMsgr. George Deas '45Mr. Sean DeBiase '08Mr. Allen DeitchMr. Anthony DeNardo '94Bishop Joseph DenningRev. George Denzer Mr. Richie Diaz '96Mr. Joseph Dibs '92Msgr. Conrad DietzMr. Jim DilgMr. Louis DiMauroMrs. Eleanor DiMichaelMr. Nicholas DiMichaelMr. Henry Doherty '54Mr. Brendan DonohueRev. Cyril Doody '51Mr. Charles DoorlyMsgr. Francis DowningMr. Donald Doyle Mrs. Elena Drangel Rev. William Dulaney '65HSMr. Seamus Dunbar Rev. William DunnRev. John DwyerRev. John EganMr. Jeffrey Eisenberg Mr. Werner Eisezopf Mr. Vincent Euk Rev. Francis FaheyRev. John Fecher '45Rev. John FeeMsgr. Eugene Feldhaus '40Rev. Fernado Ferrarese '68Rev. John FinnMsgr. Edmund FitzgeraldRev. Franklin Fitzpatrick '41Rev. George Fleck '50Msgr. William Flood Mr. John FogartyRev. George Fogarty '40Rev. John FolchettiVery Rev. Joseph Fonti '84Mr. John Fornabaio Mr. Jacob ForystekRev. Thomas Fox '53 Mr. Neil FrancisRev. John FullumRev. Vincent GalloMr. Bruce Gerkin

Mrs. Cecilia GiannasioRev. Joseph Gibino Mr. Brian GillenMrs. Elna GillenRev. Ambrose GilmartinMr. Daniel GlatzerMrs. Kathy GluszakMsgr. James Gotimer '47 Msgr. Thomas Gradilone '44 Mr. Dominick Grieco Mr. Reinhard GriesmerMsgr. James GriffinMr. Robert GugliaraRev. Marion Gural Mr. Charles Haggarty Msgr. Henry Hald Rev. Luke Hallenback Mrs. Cindy Halpern Miss Kathleen Hanley Rev. James Hannan '71 Mr. John Hansen Miss Judith HawkinsRev. John HealeyRev. Francis Healy Miss Nancy Hecker Sister Catherine Henrietta Msgr. Denis Herron '65HS Rev. James Higgins Mr. Patrick Higgins '84 Msgr. Edward HoarMrs. Euridice Horowitz Rev. Francis Hughes '72 Msgr. James Hunt '49 Rev. Joseph Hyland Rev. Paul Jervis Mr. William Judge Mr. James KaneRev. Thaddeus Kazanecki '68Rev. Joseph Keane '43 Msgr. Vincent Keane '52Mr. Timothy Keiley '84Rev. Brian Keller Msgr. Thomas Kelly Msgr. James KeltyRev. John Kennedy Msgr. Patrick Kinsella Rev. James Kirrane '40Rev. A. Francis Klarmann Rev. Adolfo KlimanskisMr. Waldemar Klimek '92 Rev. Stanislaus Kowalski Mr. Terrence Kumar '05Rev. James Kuroly '98 Rev. William Lanahan Mr. Kenneth Larkin '51


Cathedral Prep Past and Present FacultyMsgr. Vincent LaRocca '43 Mr. Francis Lawlor '52 Rev. Thomas Leach '65 Mr. Francesco LindiaMr. Joseph Lods Rev. Joaquin Longres '66 Miss Jean Looney Mr. Rolando Lopez Mrs. Kathleen Luhr Rev. David Lynch Mr. Francis LynchRev. Francis Lynch '51Mr. James LynchMrs. Susan Madorma Msgr. John Mahoney '66 Msgr. John Maksymowicz '65 Ms. Lilia Manalang Mr. 'Socrates 'Manolopoulos Rev. Francis Manzo Rev. Fred Marano '82Msgr. Richard Marchese '65Sister Alexis Marie Mr. Salvatore MarinoMsgr. Joseph Martusciello '48Rev. Charles Matonti '54 Miss Arlena Maurino Mr. Andrew McArdle Mr. Thomas McBride Rev. Kevin McBrien '78 Mr. Augustine McCarthyMr. Timothy McCleary Rev. Eugene McCloskey Msgr. John McCoyMr. Francis McDermott Mr. Steve McDonald Ms. Erin McDonoughMs. Ann McDougall Mr. Thomas McFadden '55 Rev. Thomas McGann '53Rev. Joseph McGoldrick Bro. Hugh McGrathMsgr. Richard McHughMsgr. Archibald McLeesRev. John McLoughlin Msgr. James McMahon '47 Rev. Garvey Meade Mr. Larry MedinaRev. Eugene Milmoe Rev. Anthony Minielli Mr. James Mitchell Bishop Thomas Molloy Very Rev. Eugene Molloy Mr. Edward Moore Rev. George MorrowMr. Christopher Mullaney '89

Sister Barbara Anne MullenBishop Charles Mulrooney Mr. Mark Mulvanerty Cardinal George Mundelein Mr. John Murphy Msgr. Walter Murphy '49 Mr. Vincent Murphy '56 Rev. Ralph Nelson Mr. John O'Brien '01Mr. Patrick O'Brien Rev. Daniel O'ConnellSister Christine O'Connor Mr. James O'Connor Mr. LawrenceO'Donnell '55Msgr. Francis Oechsler Msgr. Sean Ogle '68Mr. Dan O'KeefeSister Denise O'Neill Rev. Thomas O'Rourke Mr. Robert Pape '68 Mr. Thomas Parish Mr. Thomas ParisiBro. John Joseph PavinMr. Brian Payne Mr. Gerald Peace Mr. Joseph PerilloMiss Roseanne Perrone Msgr. Adam Pfundstein Rev. Geoge Pfundstein '57 Rev. John PfundsteinMr. James Phillips Rev. Peter Polo Msgr. Myron Purick Mrs. Elisa RamaMs. Diana RaschellaMr. Robert Reggio Rev. Anthony Reichert Msgr. Philip Reilly '54Mr. Joseph Rella '68 Mr. Jeremy Reyes Mr. James Reynolds Rev. James Rodriguez Rev. James Rogers Rev. Kevin Rooney '56 Mrs. Marie Rosa Rev. Martin Rushford Mr. Joseph Russo '79Rev. John RyanSister Josephine Ryan Rev. Daniel Sabatos '56Mr. John Saffian Sister Blanche Saladyga Ms. Angela SammarcoMr. Peter Sammarco Ms. Shelley Santos

Mr. Victor SantosRev. Cosmo SaporitoRev. Leo Saunders Mrs. Maureen Schaffer Mr. William Scharen Rev. Ronald Schulz Mr. Vincent Scotti Mr. Charles Shannon Msgr. John Sharp Rev. Donald Shea '51 Rev. George Shreck '54 Mr. Joseph Sica Rev. James SmithRev. John Soister '67 Rev. George Stack '55Sister Catherine Stafford Msgr. Joseph Stafford '51Sister Jean-Baptiste SteinbuglerSister Eileen StephensRev. John Stolz Sister Catherine Sullivan Mrs. Margaret Sullivan Rev. Marc Swartvagher '86 Msgr. Joseph Sweeney Msgr. Edward SweeneyRev. Michael Tedone '74 Rev. Joseph Tennant Rev. James Tighe '64 Sister Mary Ann Tirelli Dr. J.B.Tomlinson Mr. Richard Toth Rev. Edward Troike Mr. Michael Tully Rev. Christopher Turczany Sister Annunciata Uribe Msgr. Andrew Vaccari '76 Mr. Mark Van Schenkof Bro. Ferdinand Vogrin Msgr. George Voiland '44Mr. Matthew WalshSister Alice WardRev. Alfred Weinlich Mrs. Jean Weiss Mr. Frank Weldon Msgr. Robert Welsh Rev. Robert Whelan '74 Rev. Greg Wielunski '69 Mr. Brett Wierzbicki '03 Very Rev. John WiestRev. Matthias Wolf Rev. Francis Woods Msgr. John Wynne Rev. George Zatarga '62 Mr. Brian Zuar '75


Musings of a Cathedral Alumnus

As Cathedral celebrates its 100 wonderful years as truly a school of excellence I was thinking, as I and my very distinguished classmates who are approaching our 50th anniversary of graduating the six year school next year, about our years there. They were memorable and remarkable in so many ways, the golden anniversary of the school merely being one of them. My gosh, I guess we are truly becoming “elders.” I hope some wisdom comes along with that.

The education itself stands out, of course, as being incomparable along with the wonderful and dedicated teachers and staff who led us (from the Latin, “educare,” “lead out” – see, I remember) to learning and growing into the well rounded priests and laymen we became to take our places in the Church and society. I was so positively influenced and inspired by my English teachers that I went on to become one myself. Teachers like Fathers Hunt, Breslin, Deas, and Feldhaus made me look forward eagerly to every new book or topic we covered.

I need to point out a few highlights of our tenure there beginning with the very first day of our showing up at 555 Washington Avenue. Monday, September 12, 1960, hurricane Donna hit New York and we started Cathedral. There were 120 of us freshmen, so many of us that three of our four classes went to school in the “Annex” which was the top floor of St. Joseph’s Elementary School two blocks away. How can any of us forget carrying armfuls of textbooks across Washington and Atlantic Avenues in the wind and the rain to our new classrooms led by the undaunted Fr. James Hunt. I was a kid from Queens to whom Brooklyn was a foreign country so the future Bishop Ray Chappetto, a sophomore from my parish, OLMC in Astoria, and another sophomore kindly met me on the train and took me to school. However classes were dismissed early and at different times so it was the first miracle of my high school life that I found my way home back to Astoria that day.

It was a time of big changes, social unrest and new awakenings. The Church was not immune to these. Pope John XXIII declared an “aggiornamento” and announced that there was going to be a Second Vatican Council. Bishops from all over the globe met with him, and after he died met with Pope Paul VI, in a surprising exercise of the Church’s Magisterium to bring the Roman Church into the Twentieth Century including inviting the laity to take their rightful place instead of being silent onlookers. Our Ordinary at the time was Archbishop Bryan McIntegart. When he returned from one of his trips there, we as a student body filed into St. Joseph’s Church on Pacific St. It was the only place all the students from the six years of the school could assemble comfortably. We listened excitedly and with great hope and dreams as our Bishop told us personally about what was going on in Rome. We were wide eyed with anticipation about what was happening in the Church.

Meanwhile the student body continued to grow and it was decided to build a second high school for Queens and ground was broken for a four year college in Douglaston. In September 1963 half of us who lived in Queens were assigned to the Elmhurst building to finish high school and the Brooklyn half of our class stayed at 555. I, being from Astoria, went to Elmhurst, a beautiful new building but not quite complete. The gym wasn’t ready so we had Health for a number of months. The chapel was not complete either so our temporary chapel was what eventually became the language lab on the third flour in the chapel hallway.

Not everything was wonderful, however. On the morning on Friday, November 22, 1963 the student body attended Mass together in Queen of all Saints Church in Brooklyn to remember the deceased members and benefactors of our Cathedral family, an annual tradition, and we were free the rest of the day. Later that afternoon as I sat doing homework I learned that our President, John Kennedy, had been shot and killed in Dallas, Texas. The memory is still so clear to me because, as one of the first sacristans in the Queens building, I remember laying out black vestments for the celebrant to wear as we met as a student body again in the temporary chapel in the Queens building to attend a memorial Mass for our slain president the next day (we still were attending school on Saturdays in those days).


So many memories. It would take more than a few paragraphs to do them justice - the neighborhoods and settings themselves, for example. I recently attended both celebrations of “Where It Continues,” commemorating 100 years of Cathedral’s legacy. I could not believe how the neighborhoods have evolved. Leaving the A or GG trains at the Clinton-Washington Station was a scary affair at 8:15 on a Saturday morning for a kid from Queens in the 1960’s. Broken cheap wine bottles littered the station entrances. I kept my head down, looked straight and quickly walked a deserted street to school. When I was there in the fall it was a bustling, exciting, obviously newly enlivened and growing place. When I went to Elmhurst in the spring I found myself among thousands of shoppers in a mall that popped up where empty lots existed in my memory. New York – someone said a great city if they ever finish it!

Nearly 70 of us graduated the six year Cathedral College Preparatory Seminary and over twenty were eventually ordained in 1971 and 1972. I have lifelong friendships with some classmates that I treasure and have re-connected with dozens of my classmates over the years that we have been getting together at the Immaculata Dinners, and I am constantly impressed with the doctors, lawyers, teachers, executives, theologians and many other roles besides the priests - and bishop - we have all become. The one common denominator I know we would all agree upon is the outstanding education and foundation with which Cathedral nurtured each one of us over 50 years ago. When we sing the Salve Regina, we do not need to look at the words!

Anthony J. Sucich ‘66


Thank You To All Who HelpMake This Gala Event Possible

Steve Somers, ‘78

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Yashain

Mrs. Patricia Dillon

Ron Russo, ‘66

Vinny LaPuma, ‘01

Saint Augustine RC Church

The Buckley Family

Gargiulo's Restaurant

Tim Harfmann, ‘10


"The very life of priests, their unconditional dedication to God's flock, their witness of loving service to the Lord and to his Church - a witness marked by free acceptance of the Cross in the spirit of hope and Easter joy - their fraternal unity and zeal for the evangelization of the world are the first and most convincing factor inthe growth of

vocations” (PastoresDaboVobis # 41)

In Recognition of All Formators and Promoters of Priestly Vocations in the Diocese of Brooklyn

Whose Generous Labors and Sacrifices have given the Church these past 100 Years Shepherds after His Own Heart

Cardinal Edwin Frederick O’Brien

Grand Master Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

Vatican City

"The very life of priests, their unconditional dedication to God's flock, their witness ofloving service to the Lord and to his Church - a witness marked by free acceptance ofthe Cross in the spirit of hope and Easter joy - their fraternal unity and zeal for theevangelization of the world are the first and most convincing factor inthe growth of

vocations” (PastoresDaboVobis # 41)

In Recognition ofAll Formators and Promoters of Priestly Vocations in the Diocese of Brooklyn

Whose Generous Labors and Sacrifices have given the Church these past 100 YearsShepherds after His Own Heart

Cardinal Edwin Frederick O’Brien

Grand Master Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

Vatican City


THE BROOKLYN PARISH COMMUNITIES OF

THE SHRINE CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL

&ANNUNCIATION

The Current Home of a Former Rector&

Former Home of the Current Rector

CONGRATULATE

CATHEDRAL PREP

WITH PRAYERFUL WISHES FOR MANY MORE YEARS


CONGRATULATIONS ON 100 YEARS

OF FAITHFUL SERVICE

MAY THE LIGHT OF CHRIST

CONTINUE TO GUIDE YOU

IN ALL YOU DO

St. Francis de Sales ParishBelle Harbor, NY

Rev. Msgr. John J. BrackenAdministrator


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Congratulations on 100 Yearsof Forming Men for Greatness and

Providing Us With A Great Education!

Thank You to Our Past Faculty,Current Faculty, and All of

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Steve Somers '78Immaculata Honoree 2012

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CongratulationsCathedral Prep


Congratulations to Cathedral Prep

100th Anniversary

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In Loving Memory of John Podzius, ’65


Congratulations on Providing theCatholic Church with Great Leaders Men

for 100 Years!

Best Wishes To Cathedral,Faculty, Staff,

and the Young Men StrivingFor Greatness!

Ad Multos Annos

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Dinner Gala

from the people ofSaint Finbar Catholic Church

The Mother Church of Bensonhurst/Bath BeachFounded 1880 - www.StFinbarBrooklyn.orgRev. Father Michael Louis Gelfant, Pastor



Congratulations!

Best Wishesto

Cathedral Prepand

the Class of 1966

Fernando Pacifico, M.D., '66


Congratulations Cathedral on 100 Years

Of

Staying Faithful to your Mission

And

Forming Men for Greatness

Saint Paul the Apostle Church

Corona, New York

“We are committed to rendering

service to all - children, youth, adults,

seniors, the sick, the disabled, the needy - in

areas of prayer, sacraments, education, and

social services and activities.”


E & J Securities would like to

Congratulate

Cathedral Prep School and Seminary

For 100 years of academic excellence

And

Forming Men for Greatness.

Edward Curran




We salute Alma Mater With deep and abiding

Affection and Gratitude For the Greatest of Gifts

The Finest Classical Education That Any Student could Ever Receive

And the Finest Preparation for a Lifetime

Ad Multos Annos

Ronald G. Russo, ESQ. and Diane Russo

Class of 1966


Congratulations on 100 Years

Thank you to the Former and Present

Rectors, Priests, Faculty, and Staff whom

Formed Us for Greatness!

Cathedral Prep Alumni Association

Executive Board Members

Vincent LaPuma, '01

Ken Engesser, '74

Deacon Phil Franco, '93

Paul Morisi, '02

Tim McCleary



With great gratitude, love, and support to Cathedral Preparatory School and Seminary

in your 100th year ~

You provided me with some of the most formative years of my life in high school,

and you continue to prove daily to me and all your students the realities of greatness, hard work, and support.

I am truly humbled and proud

to help lead you today.

In honor and memory of all of the outstanding priests, teachers, colleagues, and mentors whose

great shoulders we stand on today and with whom I have worked ~

I thank you sincerely for your example, love, and support.

- Mr. Richie Diaz - Class of 1996

Principal


With my love, support, and thanks to the faculty, staff and students of Cathedral Prep School and

Seminary who have been a source of priestly joy.

And in memory and honor of the priests who have been my “teachers" over the years. Their priestly

zeal and example inspires me each day.

Father James J. MullerFather James K. Cunnningham

Monsignor Thomas HealyFather Fred Marano

Father Joseph G. FontiMonsignor Anthony Hernandez

-Father James Kuroly-Class of 1998

Assistant Principal


Congratulations and Prayerful Best Wishes toAll the Honorees!

“Ad Multos Annos”

Rev. Msgr. Michael J. Hardiman

Class of 1969


Congratulations to

Cathedral Preparatory School & Seminary


Compliments

of

Saint Thomas Aquinas - Flatlands




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On behalf of the faculty, staff, and students of Good Shepherd Catholic Academy, along with our mutual alumni, congratulations to Cathedral Prep on 100

years of forming Men for Greatness!

John O’Brien ’01 – Principal

Good Shepherd Catholic Academy

1943 Brown Street

Brooklyn, NY 11229

www.goodshepherdbklyn.org

John O’Brien ’01 – Principal



Congratulations and Happy Anniversary

to

Cathedral Prep

Our Lady of the Snows Church

Floral Park, New York

Rev. Kevin F. McBrien, Pastor, ‘78B

Rev. Jeremy Canna, Parochial Vicar, ‘04

Assumption CollegecongratulatesCathedral Prep

on its Centennial Year

and commends its success in

forming young faith-filled men

for greatness in service

to the Church and the world.

Through the intercession

of the Immaculate Virgin Mary,

may God continue to bless

the good work of Cathedral Prep.

FRANCESCO C. CESAREO, PH.D.

CLASS OF 1977

PRESIDENT, ASSUMPTION COLLEGE

500 Salisbury Street | Worcester, MA 01609-1296 | 508.767.7000 | www.assumption.edu



Congratulations toour friend Father Fonti

& the Cathedral Community!

Love Your Friends at

Buckley’s RestaurantBrooklyn, New York



We wish Cathedral The Best of Luck for the Next 100 Years!

We thank Cathedral for Our Education but most importantly For Our Brotherhood!

Most people call it a High School Seminary whereas we call it a Family.

From Members of the Class of 2011

Alex DeLeon

Brendan Dolan

Matthew Dybus

Christopher Keller

Patrick McCague



With Warmest Regards & Congratulations on Your 100 Years of Service to our Diocese

The People of Divine Mercy Parish

Rev. Thomas Vassalotti, Pastor Divine Mercy Parish

St. Cecilia/St. Francis of Paola/St. Nicholas 219 Conselyea Street Brooklyn, NY 11211


"The ways of the Lord are not easy,but we were not created for an easy life,

but for great things,for goodness."

Pope Benedict XVI


Father Marcel TaillonSaint Thomas More Catholic Church

Narragansett, Rhode Island


Congratulations on 100 years of service to the Diocese of Brooklyn

and

Thank you for the superb education you gave me, and the values you instilled in me.

They have been the foundation stonesof my entire life.

~Frank C. Razzano~‘65HS



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Congratulations and God’s Continued Blessing on

Cathedral Prep School and Seminary as you celebrate

the 100th Anniversary of being a beacon of hope for the

Church in the Metropolitan Area!

Felicidades!

Reverend James Kuroly ‘98

Deacon Carlos Garcia

&

The Jornada Movement


OUR LADY OF THE

BLESSED SACRAMENT CHURCH

CONGRATULATES CATHEDRAL PREPARATORY

SCHOOL AND SEMINARY AND

FATHER JOE FONTI, HIS FACULTY, STUDENT BODY

AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ON

100 YEARS OF FORMING PRIESTS AND LAY LEADERS FOR THE CHURCH

Rev. Robert J. Whelan, Pastor Class of ‘74/Counselor//Board Member


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Congratulations on 100 Years of Greatness!


“Best Wishes from the Class of 1950”


On the 100th Anniversary ofCathedral Prep School & Seminary

With gratitude to those whobrought us this far…

With love for those whoare part of the school today…

With hope and prayers for those whoare yet to come…

Love,The Students, Faculty,

Counselors, & Staff of theFather Edward TroikeLeadership Program


Prayerful Congratulations

Our Lady of Angels Parish

Rev. Msgr. Kevin B. Noonepastor

Brooklyn, NY



In Memory of

“Bishop Iggy”

Most Reverend Bishop Ignatius Catanello, Ph.D. , D.D.

Former Rector


Saint Paul and St. Agnes Church

Coble Hill and Carroll Gardens

Reverend Monsignor Joseph A. Nugent

Parish Priest


To Our Dear FriendFather Fonti

CongratulationsCathedral

On 100 Years ofAcademic & Spiritual

Success

Andrew and Nancy Anastasio and Family


The Mary Louis Academy

Congratulates

Cathedral Preparatory School

and Seminary

On Their Celebration

Of 100 Years of Catholic

Academic Excellence

176-21 Wexford Terrace, Mother Mary Louis WayJamaica Estates, N.Y. 11432

718-297-2120 fax 718-739-0037e-mail: [email protected]

web: www.tmla.org


Cathedral Seminary House of Formation

gratefully salutes


as it celebrates

100 years of Catholic Academic Excellence.

May you continue

your glorious tradition

of preparing candidates

for further Seminary formation

as well as education young men

for future leadership in society at large.

AD MULTOS ANNOS!


CONGRATULATIONSTO

CATHEDRAL PREPARATORY SCHOOLAND SEMINARY

CELEBRATING 100 YEARS

+

PRIESTLY FORMATIONCATHOLIC FAITH

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

+

ST. ROBERT BELLARMINE PARISHBAYSIDE HILLS, NY

Msgr. Martin Geraghty '59Pastor and Alumnus






Congratulations & Best Wishes

Cathedral PreparatorySchool & Seminary

as you celebrate your100th Anniversary

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In all things give thanks… Thessalonians 5:16-18

Congratulations and Best Wishes to

Fr. Joseph Fonti Fr. James Kuroly

Fr. James Rodriguez and Faculty past and present

on your

100th Anniversary

Continued Success Preparing Young Catholic Men

For our Church and for the World

Rev. Gerard J. Sauer and the Parish Family

St. Mel’s Church


The Present Faculty

Of

Cathedral Prep

Joins all Former

Faculty

In

Celebrating 100 Years

Of

Greatness.


Father Raymond P. Roden,Father Walter Lawson,Father Hernan Loaiza,

&

the People ofOur Lady of Sorrows

in Corona, NYsend our prayersand well wishes

to

Cathedral Prep School and Seminary

during this timeof Celebration.




Congrats to Cathedral!

The Knights of Columbus Champlain/ Saint Joan of Arc Council #441

Jerry Connoly President


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Best Wishesfrom

Bishop Ray ChappettoClass of 1965

With Gratitude to AllFaculty MembersPast and Present


IN DEDICATION TOAND GRATITUDE FOR

MY CLASSMATESCLASS OF 1966

CATHEDRAL PREP

MOST REV. PAUL R. SANCHEZOUR LADY QUEEN OF MARTYRS

FOREST HILLS, NEW YORK


CongratulationsTo


OnYour Hundred Years

of Spiritual, Academic, and AthleticExcellence.

"CATHEdrAl PrEPMEN FOr GrEATNESS"

Continued success and blessingsfrom

Saint Margaret Church and SchoolMsgr. Steve J. AguggiaBoard Member, Pastor


Congratulations to Cathedral Prep


With our gratitude to Faculty and

Staff – Past and Present

*************** From the

Class of 1974 Queens ***************

In Loving Memory of

Our Deceased Classmates Charlie Scheidt & Frank Pfeifer


Congratulations to Cathedral Prep School & Seminary 100 Years of Excellence!

Msgr. Sherman Council No. 5103The Knights of Columbus

Glendale, NY

Chaplain Rev. John Fullum – Former Faculty Grand Knight Bill Kuil (Father of Ryan Kuil ‘13)

Rev. Christopher Bethge ‘07Seminarian Michael Falce ‘10

Ken Engesser ‘74 - Alumni Assoc. TreasurerDeacon Peter Stamm ‘70


Signature Bank Congratulates

Cathedral on 100 Years of Greatness!

Gerry MagaldiClass of 1974

Board Member

www.signatureny.com Member FDIC


Congratulations and Thank You!

All Alumni, Students, Faculty, Staff, Parents and Benefactors of Cathedral,who have made 100 years of success possible.

I am grateful for the 35+ years that I have been part of the Cathedral Family,as a student, an alum, faculty member, and business manager.

Every student, parent, teacher and staff member has touched my life in a significant way!

Special recognition to my classmates, from the class of 1982.

My love and prayers for the continued prosperityof the entire Cathedral Family!

Louis D’Amico ‘82

Alphonse Austriadouglas BoyleKevin Brady

William Brodericklouis d’Amico

Stephen delpercioJoseph deVittorioFr. Brian dowdPatrick FlynnJohn Fruner

Hector GonzalezGregory HagartyPaul Hernandez

Phil HernandezJohn Javis

Harry KeileyMichael KerriganEugene Kwiecinskilawrence MaddenFr. Fred Marano

Stephen MarkowskiMichael Martinkat

Joseph Missreggy MonsantoMichael Pastore

Martin PenaPeter rufolo

Michael russoJoseph Sangesrobert Scharf

Frank SchmidbergerJeffrey SmithAlbert Soto

Albert StabileStephen StavolaSteve SumberazHerbert Tracy

Michael Vekassy


In Gratitude

for an Excellent Education

at Cathedral Prep Brooklyn

and with Fond Memories of

the Faculty, Staff

and All My Classmates

Along the Way

Bob Walsh

Class of 1964


We Congratulate Father Joseph Fonti and the Cathedral Preparatory School & Seminary for reaching 100 Years of Accomplishments and Service both in the Church and beyond!!

“Every person should have, now more than ever, a chance to participate honorably in the banquet of

life”.

John Paul II, January 16, 1993

Robert and Mari Auricchio


Alexandra & Vincent LaPuma, ’01

Congrats to Cathedral, Administration, Faculty, and Students

On100 Years

ofForming Men For Greatness.


CongratulationsAnd

Thank You Cathedral For The Brotherhood that is ours,

The Memories that have,And

For the memories thatwe will continue to make.

Love,The Student Body

Class of 2016Class of 2017Class of 2018Class of 2019


Congratulations Cathedral Prep On Your 100th Anniversary

Under The Leadership Of Our Dear Friend

Father Joseph G. Fonti

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Celebrating Our 70th Anniversary (1945 -2015)

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Congratulations to Father Fonti, Tim,our son, staff and the faculty

of Cathedral Prep.

We wish you 100 more yearsof success as ambassadors of Christ.

Keep up the good work.

Best wishes and Prayers

Helen and Ray McCleary

Congratulations and Thank You!Former and Present Rectors,

Principals, Faculty, Staff, Parents,Alumni and Benefactors

Best Wishes for continuedAcademic Excellence

Trevor, Brogan, Juli, and Tim McCleary

Congratulations Cathedral for 100 Yearsof

Academic Success and Greatness!Monsignor William FloodFormer Spiritual Director

Best of Luck to Cathedral Prep School

and Seminary & Father Joseph G. Fonti.

We wish you continued success!

Love,

Mrs. Teresa Ruggiero & Family

St. Gabriel

congratulates

Cathedral Preparatory

School and Seminary

for having been delivering

100 years of

Academic Excellence and

having been ranked #7 for

ALL-BOYS HIGH SCHOOLS

IN THE

STATE OF NEW YORK

Congratulations

Cathedral PreParatory SChool

and Seminary

For

100 years of Forming men for Greatness!

the Barbaro Family

Ad Multos Annosto my Alma Mater

thatForms Men For Greatness

Vincent F. Martusciello Esq.Class of 1967

Best Wishes to Cathedral Prep,Father Fonti, & Staff on100 Years of Greatness

Father John AmannClass of 1960

God Bless the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of

Cathedral Preparatory School and Seminary.

You are a treasure in our Diocese!

Most Reverend James Massa Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn

God Bless the students, faculty, staff, and alumni ofCathedral Preparatory School and Seminary.

You are a treasure in our Diocese!

Most Reverend James MassaAuxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn

In Gratitude to God for Cathedral Prep and for the gift of Christ’s priesthood, discovered as a student (1986-1990) and lived as faculty member (2004-2012).

REVEREND JOHN P. CUSH, S.T.L. ASSISTANT VICE RECTOR

PONTIFICAL NORTH AMERICAN COLLEGE VATICAN CITY-STATE, EUROPE

Congratulations

Father Fonti, Mr. Diaz, Faculty, Staff &

Your Cathedral Men for Greatness

D’Arienzo Funeral Home, Inc.104 Skillman AvenueBrooklyn, NY 11211

Congratulations on 100 Years of Preparing Men For Greatness!

Thank you for everythingyou did for our son

Matthew '11Associate Development Officer of Cathedral Prep

Love the Dybus FamilyGlenn, Denise, Jessica



Reverend William Dulaney, '65Adjunct Spiritual Director

In Loving Memory

Of

Reverend Charles J. Breslin

Cathedral College Class of 1952

Faculty Member 1958-1963

From An Eternally Grateful Student

Happy 100th Anniversary!


Msgr. Peter G. FinnPastor

Blessed Sacrament ParishStaten Island, NY

Happy100th Anniversary Cathedral Preparatory School and Seminary

Congratulations to all Honorees for their faithful service andspecial recognition to

The Very Reverend Joseph G. Fonti Rector-President

A True Spiritual Leader

~Ex Animo~

Marianne and Tony Vastola



Father Robert Mason

CONGRATULATIONSOn Your

100th Anniversary&

Thanks for a Great Education-George F. Hundt ‘55-

Congratulations on 100 Years of Educational Excellence!

Jim DonnellyClass of 1985



J.C. Landscaping & Design54-14 74th street Suite 3310

Maspeth, NY 11378

Our %ady of Presenta0on1Our %ady of Mer3y Congratulates

Cathedral Prep On it’s

100th Anniversary of forming our

Pastors and Priests

Rev. Edward Mason ’76B, Pastor

“Life is changed, not ended”

In Loving Memory of My Son

Edward O’Doherty

Love Your Mother,Maura


MBM General Contracting, Inc.54-27 73rd street

Maspeth, NY 11378

83-53 Manton StreetBriarwood, NY 11435-1697

www.molloyhs.orgTwitter: @MolloyHS

Archbishop Molloy High School congratulates


On 100 Years of Catholic Academic Excellence!

Thank You Cathedral

Monsignor Kevin Noone '64Brian Noone '67

THE OFFICE OF PRIESTLY VOCATIONS~ARCHDIOCEASE OF DETROIT~

PROUDLY SUPPORTS AND CONGRATULATESCATHEDRAL PREP SCHOOL AND SEMINARY

ON 100 YEARS OF FROMING YOUNG MENTO BE DISCIPLES OF JESUS

Reverend Tim BirneyDirector of Priestly Vocations

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Congratulations on 100 Years of Preparing Men For Greatness!


Reverend Vincentius T. DoSt. Agatha R.C. Church

Brooklyn, NY

Congratulations to

CATHEDRAL PREP & SEMINARY

on its

100th ANNIVERSARY Let us continue to pray for

VOCATIONS

and especially for the faculty,staff and young men of this school

VOCATION OFFICE

Reverend Sean M. Suckiel'03Director of Vocations

341 Highland Boulevard Brooklyn, New York

Complimentsof

St. Athanasius Church

Msgr. David L. CassatoPastor

2154 61st StreetBrooklyn, NY 11204

Congratulations on your 100 years!

MICHAEL NIHILL

CLASS OF 2009

CONGRATUATIONS ON 100 YEARS

OF CATHOLIC ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

Congratulations and Prayerful best wishes to all in the Cathedral Community for your steadfast commitment and faithfulness in forming the mind of young men in the ways of academic excellence and the heart and soul in the ways

of heroic virtue and belief.

With gratitude,Michael and Marija Wierzbicki,

parents of Bryan ’02, Bradd ’03 and Brett ’03

Gerard J. Neufeld, Inc.Funeral Home

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- Donald Barclay, ’71 Brooklyn -

Congratulations on 100 Years!- The Britto Family -

- Francis P. Donnelly, ’58 -

“To 100 more years of Greatness”- Crossbay Travel Service of Howard Beach -

- Gary Posner, Inc. -

“Ad Multos Anno”- St. Mary Gate of Heaven Academy -

UPK-8th grade

Our Lady of Grace Church- Deacon Philip J. Siani -

We take Pleasure in Congratulating Cathedral on 100 years of Catholic Academic Excellence

- Msgr. Cassato & Saint Dominic Church -

- James Howard, ’56 -

- Vickie and Charlie Marano -

- John J. Schilling, ’81 -

- Joseph Canepa ’78 -

Keep up the great work- Fr. Tim Hirten -

- Mr. & Mrs. Lawerence Gabriel -

- Joseph Saladino, ’70 -

Boosters

Reverend Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello

Vicar for Development

R.C. Diocese of Brooklyn

And the Staff of

Catholic Foundation for Brooklyn and Queens

Futures in Education

And

Office of parish giving & annual catholic appeal

Are proud to support

The 100th anniversary gala for

Cathedral Preparatory

school and seminary

Celebrating 100 Years of Catholic Academic Excellence!

CATHEDRAL PREP

100 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE!

WITH THANKS TO THE DEDICATED

PRIESTS & LAY FACULTY

AND

FOND REMEMBRANCE OFMONSIGNOR THOMAS F. BRADY

RAYMOND COURTIEN - CLASS OF 1972FRANK PALOMBO - CLASS OF 1973

MICHAEL P. COURTIEN - CLASS OF 1975ANTHONY PALOMBO - CLASS OF 2004

MICHAEL C. COURTIEN - CLASS OF 2007

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