The prospect of reconnecting with friends from such a carefree time & place is fantastic . Thank you Leslie for taking the time to make it happen!

I am counting the days... I saw a lot of people at the reunion last year and it seemed like no time had passed at all.

It has been a long time. I am looking forward to meeting  old friends

G'day all. Long time no see for many of us. Cudos to Leslie for the monumental effort.  I'll see you all there. We might not recognise each other; but then 30 years can also do a lot to change the face of a stone in a stream.

Leslie, thanks for all the work you are putting into this.  Joan and I are looking forward to seeing everyone again.

My name is now Shanahan not because I got married but because I decided to take my grandmother's name 25 years ago. I'm a lesbian feminist, living in the east end of Toronto with my 6' 4" 16 year old son and my partner. I'm an underpaid writer. Check out my obituary essays in the Globe and Mail. Any other queers or feminists or some such going to the reunion? Thanks, Leslie, for the great work.Noreen Shanahan

Wow Leslie, I can't believe it was last September when you first said you'd like to plan something for our 30th year and now look at all that you've done!  Great job - thanks for all of your hard work and I'm really looking forward to seeing everyone!

Nice work. I'll pass along the link.

Great work Leslie ! I'm looking forward to it. Kev.

Dear Leslie,Thanks for all your wonderful  hard work in getting us all together for a"Night To Remember", most definitely so!!!!! I look forward to seeing everyone.

Having been involved in many school anniversaries and special events over the past 28 years (due to working for the TCDSB) I can really appreciate the amount of work done so far for this event.Way to go Leslie!

All the best to all fellow 1978 grads. May 2013 be filled with lots of love, laughter and many blessings!Leslie:)

All right.  I've finally purchased my ticket for the 60th grad birthday bash on June 7th at Gabriel's Restaurant.  This will be my 3rd 60th birthday celebration this year.  Please, no gifts :p P.S.  Don't forget to help out with this site.

Just purchased my ticket (& encouraged others to attend).  Looking forward to the 40th re-union for a happy occasion.  RIP to  all our dearly departed on the memorial page herein, but they will be there in spirit and in our hearts.    

To all of alumni who attended the 50th Birthday Bash in June, if you have pictures, could you please post them?  What a great time was had by all!  Wishing you all a very Merry Xmas and a Healthy and Wealthy New Year.  (Slainte!)  (Cheers is Irish) 

Hello Everyone, I hope that everyone is coping the best way they can under this pandemic period.  I trust that together we can get through this unprecedented time of our generation. Funny how on reflection, even though we may have been grateful for our blessings, NOW even more so, we are ever so grateful for so very much!!!! The people whom we've loved & love still. The  times we've shared. The smallest of things that have brought us so much joy. Please reach out, take the time to make a call, reminisce and have a laugh or two, with someone.  It might make a difference in their day, and I am certain it will make a difference in yours. Many people are lonely, messed up or could really use a pick me up...so pick someone up! During our time in highschool, as I recall, there were families who had parents, siblings, aunts/uncles, cousins etc. who attended MPSJ.  My four children are MPSJ grads & so this tradition continues. It is with this in mind I am asking all of you to help out one of ours,  who has written in our guest book, Mike Semchison. Maybe, if a parent/ uncle/cousin attended he remembers Mike. Of course there was a St.Joe's connection. Mike attended MP for 2 years, let's say 58/59 then transferred to Mimico in 1960. Any one out there who recalls this time? Any yearbooks from this period? Any photos from this period? Maybe via Mimico neighborhood as well. Mike mentioned  classmates Bruce Penny,  Ron Polionous, Peter Dowdall, Denis Bertrand, Brian Corbett, Michael Cleary, Michael O'Reilly. etc. Fr. Ted Mclean homeroom teacher, gym coach and mentor. His uncle started a swingband under the Music Dept. at Mimico Highschool  and performed under the stage name of Johnny Lindon, a rising star on the Canadian Music scene. Johnny Lindon performed with Gino Silvi(CBC, the Silvi Singers etc)whose son Ron(passed)was best friends with Mike.  The Silvis were very close.  ANY information is welcome and most appreciated.  Please contact Mike through our guest book /or myself & I will pass the information forward. God Bless & keep well Carmen 

Happy New Year to the half-century club members,     I hope your Christmas was Mary and holy and I wish 2010 will be fulfilling--it's all that you make it--(doesn't that sound like a guidance counsellor?)  Congrats to Msgr. Petar (Peter '78) Rajic. Leslie has placed my noteto her and you under "grad news"---just one clarification--Peter will be the Apostolic Nuncio (Pope's Rep.) to Kuwait,Bahrein,Qatar and Delegate to the Arabian Peninsula. The UAE and Yemen do not yet have diplomatic relations with Vatican City. Peter will be ordained an Archbishop in Mostar on January 23/10. God's blessings and graces be with you in this new pastoral ministry,Peter.                                                JV

Just checking in again.  I stay in touch with a few of you via my Facebook.  Got an email from Leslie to chip in to support this site.  Looks like another re-union is in the works for next year.  Stay healthy and happy.  Best wishes to all. Remember our dearly departed brothers and sisters too, all of them much too young.  Ciao for now. Gerry Simone :D

Class of '94 Just had a nostalgic memory of high school and looking online for any info or photos to now show my kids who will soon attend high shcool.  Unfortunately i can not find any pics online of the old site on Dundas/Bloor.  Those were the good old days.  You are forever in my heart Michael Power / St. Joe's  

Hello! Sorry I missed the 50th birthday party.  It would have been nice to share some of the pains of getting older with you all!  Teen trouble, wife weight, arthritis and stiffness......but there are also some satisfactions that go along with a few more grey hairs. Hey, I want to remind you that the Arctic Winter Games go on in Grande Prairie in March, for teens ages 12-17!  After the Vancouver Olympics, this is next dude!  If anyone might be interested in visiting, I extend this invitation, even if just to get away for a while to a place out of the way and reeelax. So what do you guys think of this new Camaro?  Reminds of the old days with those guys parked in front of St. Joe's trying to impress the girls, and it's a pretty nice car too. It just snowed here today unfortunately, and I just flew back from Toronto's weather last night from the Critical Care Forum!  Make sure you all get the H1N1 vaccine because it has the potential to be very serious for our age group too.  I'm getting my whole family vaccinated.  With Love and Blessings, Hugo Bertozzi

To all the gang from both St. Joes & Michael Power Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year!!! From Ross DiChiara.

Wow, names from the past.  Remos place in rexdale, sounds like a plan.  I would be great if you can email me, so I can meet you guys there.  Hope to see you soon.Mark Tierneygreensbee@hotmail.com

It is with deepest regrets that I inform my MPSJ Family that our former principal, Sister Imelda Cahill has passed away. Would everyone be so kind as to remember her in their prayers. May she rest in peace.

Thank you Leslie and team for yet another wonderful reunion evening.  The venue was perfect and the opportunity to reconnect with so many, priceless. Your hard work Leslie is so very much appreciated. We had a wonderful time.  Kathy and Greg 

Hi there Leslie, looks like you pulled it off again and I missed it again. Judging by the photos, you all had a good time. You all look great btw. There's always the 60th next year. 60.... really? Talk soon. Mary....up here in Wiarton.

Hi all, we're looking forward to the reunion.  I'm married to fellow grad Kevin Shanahan (another wedding officiated by Fr. Vetere).  We are 'almost' empty nesters; two of our three children have flown the coop.  After 30 years I could probably still belt out a Power cheer...but you can forget about the jumps.  And yet...lets hear three cheers for Leslie!!! (leaps into air...oww, crick in back...help me out here Maggie!).

Those 5 years were indeed special, the atmosphere of the school was great, upbeat, positive.  A large part of that was due to the teachers like Fr. Vetere, Wally Bonchar, Muccilli, Father Kelly.  I want to thank them all again and hope to see them at the reunion.  Looking forward to seeing everyone again soon, flying in to Toronto on the thursday from Alberta.  Someone call Emil Schemitsh and invite him out, and Martin Carraciolo, Peter Wuebbolt, Mark Hamel, and ......

Hi Everyone and a special thanks to Leslie. I have been married to Glenn for 25 years and have a beautiful 12 year old daughter, Jennifer. After 16 years at Ontario Hydro, as a computer analyst, I took a package and decided to start a home day care business. I now watch 4 toddlers, 2 cats, 1 hamster and 1 puppy (the animals are ours). I guess I finally have that large family I always wanted. I can hardly wait to see friends from the past and return to those carefree days...even for a few hours. See you on the 6th.

Looking forward to seeing everyone. Way to go Leslie!

So I'm here in Toronto now... I can't believe you wouldn't change the date! Do you believe it? Anyway, way to go Leslie.Heading home tomorrow (Florida) going to miss you all especially you Kevin, you Angel!!

I've been lurking for months on this site, enjoying the lead up to the event, reading postings and watching involvement grow. Long past time to sign in. I've been married to Vickie Rzadki (MPSJ 1981) for over 21 years; this makes me Joanne Rzadki's ('78) brother-in-law and cousin-in-law to a dozen or more MPSJ grads. Fr. John Vetere officiated at our wedding. Three kids (Stephen - 20, Emily - 18, James - 15.) U of T Commerce led to Chartered Accountancy, which led to databases, which has led to 14 years of independent SAP consulting. I'm fortunate to have a long list of great personal friends who are MPSJ grads: one best man (with a nod to Drury), a godfather (hey, Denis Gubert); four of my closest musical friends on the planet are Power grads from near years (Stanowski, Corcoran, Telewiak (also a godfather), Antonacci.) Vacation buddies over the years: Cachia, Baldanza, Cooper, all 78. Then there's all the 78 guys who get together at the Crooked Cue every year on Dec 23rd; come on out this year. A bunch of us have been doing this since about 1983. All in all, my Power connections have been terribly important to me. My memories of all years are vivid. I'm grateful for them. I'm even more grateful for being able to renew many friendships through re-unions over the years and one or two phone conversations with grads leading up to this event. Thanks, Leslie, for taking the bull by the horns. See y'all there.

I am older and think of teachers from high school I realize how fortunate I was to be taught by such a dedicated faculty and classmates You are all in my prayers Mr. Muccilli Sister Elizabeth Father Kelly Father Johnston Mr Teriney Father Redmond Ms Edgar Ms Poole Mr Oleary Thank You

I didn't quite make it to graduation. I guess that's what happens when you're 17 and offered a good job. I actually worked for that company fo 21 years, so maybe it was a good move. Looking forward to seeing everyone.

Found this while looking for someone. So here I am. Semi retired, on my own, one awesome daughter and two grands. And laughing now because Sister Virginia is having the last laugh. I have been working the past 14 years in the Great White North, nursing the First Nations. All those comics I drew of our dear sister lassoing fellow students for retreats. And her entreaty to me and others in Grade 13 to accompany her to volunteer in our Northern Reserves. Hell no, said I, if I volunteer anywhere I will go around the world blah blah blah. And here I am so many years later working with those I never thought to serve. God has a sense of humour. I have also served as Director of Operations in Mexico for medical missions, and have been volunteering my time around the world as well. Have I mentioned that I became a nurse...? So while I kept myself happy, I think Sr. V had the final laugh. Praise be to God.

Unfortunately I won't be able to attend on the 6th. Hope everyone has a great time re-connecting and rekindling friendships. Kudos to Leslie for the awesome job of coordinating the event.I've been married for 19 years to a wonderful lady, Michele, and have three terrific kids (12,15,16). Living and working in Guelph for the past 12 years (management at the WSIB) - you can't beat a 5-minute commute to the office! Cheers.

As we get closer to the reunion I find I'm logging in more often just to see who has signed in, what you have all been up to and who will be attending. It's been really great to read about everyones lives to date. And as always Kevin, you are an entertainer. Some things never change. I think that's the best part. Looking forward to the 6th.

I will be missing a great time to be sure but a quick trip to the reunion is a bit of a journey.  I make my home in Honolulu Hawaii these days (last 14 years-3 girls).  My eldest daughter's HS colours were maroon and gold and a day didn't go by in those 4 years that I wasn't reminded of many of you and the great times spent at MPSJ.  Enjoy reconnecting with your friends.  Drop me an e-mail if any of you come to the islands....a few mini reunions have already taken place here over a few Mai Tai's.  Aloha

Looking forward to seeing everyone at this Galla event.Thanks Leslie for all your hard workP.  Carey

I would love to attend but I will be away.  Are you sure it has been 30 years?  I thought I was only turning 40 this year!  I will say a great big hello to everyone and I know you will enjoy yourselves.  Take care and health and happiness to all of you!

Looking back on a 31 year teaching career (after 4 years of retirement), I realize that the late 70's at Power/St.Joe's were indeed golden years. My fellow retirees, Joe Muccilli, Bob Amaolo, Joseph Pastor, Ed D'Andrea, Chet Dziuba and Anna DeVito (who all became staff at Father John Redmond in 1985) agree that the years your graduating class spent at MPSJ were among the most special to us in our years as instructors there. By the way, Muccilli, Pastor, Amaolo and I would love to have any of you join us for coffee at Timothy's Sherway Gardens any Friday afternoon around 3 pm. We will try to make an appearance at the reunion to say hi. If not, all the best to you and God bless! 

Hello gang!  I hope you are all well and settling in to spring in Toronto and wherever Providence has scattered us like seed from those formative years at MPSJ.  Those years were certainly memorable!  Makes me almost want to buy a new Camaro, or Mustang, or Challenger, but those buildings are now gone, and we are all 32 years older.  We can\'t recapture our youth, but we\'re not really that old yet, and there are still a lot of healthy roots in that MPSJ community, and lots of fruit from the grads of our year and the years around ours, what some term the Golden Years of our school.  What our teachers and parents, family and friends invested into our lives has produced a tremendous harvest, as we see classmates working in charities to help the needy all over the world and at home, others working in various businesses, professions, governments, education, both here and abroad.  Many stories we haven\'t heard, but would be inspired and lifted up to hear.  The teachers, the spirit, the students - they all had a "just right" quality.  Looking back now, even sharing those lockers wasn\'t so bad - I got to know Kevin Shanahan better!Here in Grande Prairie, Alberta spring has finally arrived also and we put our cross country skis away.  There goes my 15 year old down the driveway on his unicycle.  I will be coming to Toronto on thursday with my daughter who will celebrate her 12th birthday in T.O.  I\'ll be in Toronto from April 29 until May 8, and can be contacted on my cell 780-933-1763, or email.  I might rent a fun car and we could come by and say hello, maybe meet together around the old neighbourhood.  We\'re planning to go to Science Centre, and drive around southern Ontario a bit too, go to some outdoor cafes, so if you have some time and want to go together with your kids, give me a call.  I\'ll be staying at mom\'s house in Etobicoke.More news to follow before our summer vacation in Ontario.  Please share your news also on this website, and even share some of your stories.  It\'s kind of like speaking in front of the class, I guess  We can make it a way of keeping a bit in touch.  Best Wishes to All,Hugo

Looks like I missed out on a fun night!  Hopefully I'll be able to attend next time around.  Hey..I want to send a shout out to Sharon Bell!!  Great seeing the photos of you from the 50th party - you haven't changed much from high school! Still looking good.  (and of course, everyone else too!) Your friend, Audrey

Wishing everyone a wonderful Christmas with family and friends and a New Year filled with good health and much happiness!

Hi Everyone,   Even though I've seen many of you over the years around the Etobicoke area, it will be fun to gather on Sept. 6th just to see if you atheletes have put on any pounds over these past thirty years. I hope you've become  great parents like your parents. Everyone seems to agree that those were great years--lots of activities and learning. Thanks Leslie for organizing the event. I remember how much work it was to coordinate your Graduation. See you soon. (Fr.) John Vetere---"Johnny V"965F

I hope everyone is staying safe and healthy with this insane virus this year. I love looking back at the photos and comments from classmates, and I'm always sad to see who's passed away. If anyone has Instagram my page is Roxyru. It's private but request access and I'll add you.  Stay well everyone. Audrey

Greetings to all my fellow graduates. I truly wanted to attend, but this little job as Mother of the Bride got in the way after three date changes. My buds Deirdre, Debbie and Eunice will have to fill you in on the details as they are having their cake and eating it too - my daughter's wedding followed by the reunion. I am currently nursing in the aboriginal reserves, followed by travel wherever I please, which at this point is Guatemala for a medical mission in October preceded by  a hike to the Mayan ruins, I hope, at El Mirador. Enjoy and God bless all.

Thanks for keeping this wonderful site going with memories and pictures of the "golden years" Am very grateful to be a part of it.Looking forward to the 2018 reunion......cheers....      Dave

Happy Easter everyone,Its nice to hear that some of us have become famous over the years.  Just remember that we are all heroes in our own right.  Enjoy the holiday.Mark

Hello Classmates, friends.  It\'s been over a year since I posted a note on the website, as Leslie reminded me.  I am on the largest island of Hawaii at Echo Hawaii, a Mayo Clinic conference, at a beautiful setting, and have time to reflect again.  Like many of us, our kids are growing or are already adults, going through life stages that we remember so well from high school and beyond.  Our high school years were like in Happy Days, each with our little social circles.  (I wear the collar of my leather jacket up and pretend to be the Fonz sometimes with my kids, but they don\'t seem to appreciate it!)  When we left those final Grade 13 grad events, we couldn\'t have appreciated the finality of those innocent high school days, and the transition into university, college, and adulthood, as we do now.  As I reminisce, I look at my small social circle of Emil Schemitsch, the chess club guys (John Lucki, Ed Wren, Mike the junior chess champion of Canada, Frank), Peter Rajec, Grant Hansen, Mark, and so many others who spent minutes, hours, days together in classes, at lunch, wrestling or cross country running, houseleague football, gym class, social events, the awkward dances in the gym.  Or the many girls who I admired from afar, who were friendly to that shy teenage boy. Thank you for those years.I have one son at U. of T. now, and the second will probably be there next year.  Two daughters, ages 10 and 14 here with me, on the cusp of womanhood, and I am happy for the opportunity to show them that i love them, that i am their father who admires and cares for them deeply, to help them on a steady path through adolescence.  The wider church family is also important for them, in the Christian sense and also socially, where they can meet respectful peers that will help them become well rounded adults.And my wife of course, who God has given me to round me out!  Sometimes it isn\'t easy, but as men we need to be faithful to our spouses and work out our marriage relationship, again with the wider support of our church body.  We attend a Life Group at church, which is a couples group that meets monthly, about 6 or 7 couples meeting once a month on sunday night at our homes.  Our kids went to school together often, and we go through a lesson each month on parenting or marriage or sex or anything interesting from the Christian perspective.  It\'s a way to keep accountable, to sharpen each other, and has been a support to us.As a doctor, the responsibilty also brings an appreciation for the frailty of life, as I mentioned in past posts here, and the reality of life and death.  They prepare us for life in high school and adolescence, but we don\'t have much preparation for crossing the Jordan one day, which we all will have to face soon.  We can draw comfort that Christ will receive us on the other side of that deep river, and welcome us to Himself, to a place where he will wipe away every tear.Meanwhile, let us enjoy life with the families we have been blessed with, and do the work He has assigned to us, faithfully and wholeheartedly, knowing He will reward us for it soon.I live in Grande Prairie, Alberta, and we have cross country skiing here just 2 km from our house, 6 months of the year, at the beautiful Wapiti Nordic Ski Club, in the river valley.  I would be glad to host classmates for a visit, and post our experiences to the website later.  (I\'m not much of a Facebook guy, but plan to use it more in the future somehow in a private way.  Planning on getting the new Blackberry phone and keeping in touch socially more through Blackberry Hub.  Have avoided the iPhone, which wife and kids have!)Greetings to all!Hugo BertozziAssociate Clinical Professor of MedicineUniversity of AlbertaGeneral Internal MedicineGrande Prairie, Alberta, Canada

I returned from Toronto this week after accompanying my son to the U. of T. residence on Chestnut Street.  We toured the downtown campus, bought him a shirt, books, and bedsheets.  Although he\'s not an emotionally expressive son, like many of his contemporaries, our time together brought both of us some joy, and I know he appreciated it, as he gave me a goodbye hug at the Queen\'s Park subway.  This was time well spent for me.I look back at my high school and university years, and those of my classmates.  My own father was immersed in keeping his own business going, and academia was beyond him.  He encouraged me, but little time was shared.  (Credit to him for always being home for supper.) I also never knew my grandfathers, one having died in Dachau, and the other I saw briefly in Italy for a month when I was 3 years old.  It\'s only now that I realize the lack of manly confidence and direction that resulted from this lack of closer mentoring.  I hope I can spend some time with my children now and impart this fatherly attention and guidance to help their focus and confidence in their manhood and womanhood, and help them to see their life\'s purpose clearly.Our post-WWII generation probably suffered widely from this lack of mentoring, of sons especially, as many mothers stayed home to work.  Grandfathers may not have survived the war, or stayed in Europe, and our fathers were too busy carving out a niche as immigrants in English Canada.  So some of us grew up without that fatherly confidence handed down.  I knew only a few of the students at MPSJ, of course, but I would guess that there were many like this, many who were desperately trying to find their way, hurting and unsure inside, some evidently lessening their pain with alcohol, and a few with other drugs (some of whom have sadly departed).These reflections I am grateful to be able to share on this website, and thank Leslie again for it.  Maybe they will benefit some classmates and their relationships with their own children.  With Best Wishes to All again,Hugo BertozziGrande Prairie, AB