Lets keep in touch. I  said it and heard it many times Saturday night. I hope we all foroow through. I don't do sappy very well, but I am honored to be part of our class. What a great group of people. Then and now.Thanks to Leslie for having the forthought  for putting this event together. Thanks to all for coming, Thanks to Kirk Bradley for ordering pizza.I am in Washington DC, come down and visit!

I have posted some pics http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5339524359

Leslie; Congrats on a job very well done!! It never could have happened without your tireless efforts. We are all in your debt. What a pleasure to 'reconnect" with so many after such a long time. I wish everyone my very best on a very happy and prosperous future with the hope that that connections re-established won't be connections lost yet again. Cheers to all.

WOW!!!!  Brilliant evening.It was great seeing everyone again.  Good to reconnect with old friends I haven't seen in a long time and good to connect with good friends I don't see enough!!!  Leslie, you did a marvelous job bringing us all together again.  Thank you!!!Everyone looks great as we all continue to age very well, lol.  Who will carry the torch to arrange our next gathering????

OMG!!  What fun.  It was such a great evening.  Leslie, you might be getting tired of hearing this but, we are forever indebted to you for your selfless efforts in putting this together.  Thank you.  To everyone,...it was great to see you again.   Unfortunately,  we did not talk to everyone we wanted to - too many, too little time.  So, we obviously need another one!Our very best wishes to you all.

Thanks to Leslie and her family for all their hard work and time spent to make Saturday's reunion such a success!It was wonderful to see so many people from such a long time ago. Hope everyone stays in touch with each other so our next reunion will be just as good!Patti

Hello Everyone,It was truly memorable to see you all on saturday night, all the old friends, acquaintances, and even we who just shared some classes and the atmosphere of the school during those 5 golden years of our youth.  Thank you Leslie and Jeff for that great effort, and for this website, which allowed us to break the ice a bit after all of those years, and to prepare for the reunion.For me, the reunion was bittersweet in some ways, as I reminisce here in the middle of the night in a hotel in Milano.  After not hearing or contacting any of you for 30 years, except a handful, and most of those in the early 80s, it was great to see you, shake your hand, see your smile, hear about your life.  We had a chance to meet again, like we did at school once, but then we go our own ways again to face the challenges of life, and that's the sad part for me.  We're like ships who pass each other in the night in way, but I don't want to sound too morose.  It definitely was great seeing and chatting with many, even those I didn't have a chance to talk to.We should do this again sometime soon.  One day we hope to have that great runion in the sky with the Lord, though that still seems far off for many of us.  From my perspective as a doctor who sees death frequently, I know that it's not far off, a heartbeat away really.  But until then, as our teachers instructed us, may the Good Lord bless you and keep you, may he make these years of the second half of your life even more fruitful, satisfying, happy, joyful, and a blessing to others around you as you seek His will for your lives!If any of you are passing through Grande Prairie, Alberta, as you may be while on the highway to Alaska (and physics was phun too), please look me up by calling the hospital there or visiting.  Would there be a way of keeping a website going somehow? I'd like to donate to the Kevin Phillips hair fund for cancer research too Mark.A big hug to all, a big Michael Power St. Joe's cheer!  Thank you to all who came out for the reunion,Hugo Bertozzi780-532-1966

Leslie and Jeff;thank you for all the work you must of done, to get this together.I will always remember this time, as we were all  able to talk to people that we  have missed,  as life can get busy, as we all know.I couldn't believe all the people that were there, it was a large room, just full of great people, the old times, and laughter..I laughed most of the night, just about things that went on in our high school days, and even in grade school.I finally found out the real story of the barn thing, from Steve, and man I had a great laugh, about that one...Well, too all, thank you for coming and enjoying this event, that was available to us, because of Leslie.So, let's all keep the ball rolling, so to speak, and email each other to keep in comtact.There was a lot of  people to talk, to  but I think that we all got around, to say hello,  so to all,good luck in the future.One last think. Debbie G you are still a hot babe.....Live, love and laughKevin

The pics are great. Thanks Leslie and Patti.  WTF?  I didn't see John McCloskey there.  Guess I got sidetracked. I think the guys should have their own 'boys-night-out'.

Yet another successful evening!!   It was great to catch up with everyone.  Leslie, your  continued hard work  to keep our year  together is appreciated.  Thank you again. 

Wow!  Leslie...great  job!  I can't believe how much you have accomplished.  I am enjoying reading all the comments and I too can't wait to see everyone again.  High School was so much fun that I never left!  I've been teaching at Power since 1984/85.  It was fantastic to see so many of you at the Power 50 event and I look forward to another fun evening on the 6th of September.

I forgot one thing Karen Macintosh where ever you are please email me!!! I didn't get to say goodbye last night!

Congratulations Leslie for one AWESOME reunion.  You really out did yourself and I know what a great risk you took taking on this endeavor.  I was so pleased to see how everyone got on board and supported you on this.Great to see many of you and hope we can stay in touch.  Coryna,  I arrived late to the party, and I saw you from accross the room but by the time I went to find you, I think you were gone.  Bummer!Dunny,  Mary Beth, Drew and Lou..........you still all the still bring so much light and joy everywhere you go.   Great seeing you guys as well the many I got to say hello to.   I must hunt down and find the desigher for St. Joes uniforms.   She must be working now somewhere in Milan as a prestigous designer.  Hmmmm...Looking forward to seeing you all at our 50th high school reunion.   No problem.Dean Barreca  

Enjoyed the evening and did not get a chance to thank Leslie.  Way to put yourself out there.  Saw many people I have long wanted to reconnect with.  (Kinger, Randy, Kathy McG etc. etc.)Let's get something going for when Kevin Phillips donates his hair to cancer research.  I am in for $20.  We have lost too many classmates already.

I want to thank Leslie's husband Jeff as well.  I know he has been a big help and source of support for Leslie while was putting this together.Thanks Jeff!!!

How do you thank a lady on a great reunion party absolutely awesome! I got to see all my school friends after 30yrs incrediable. Kirk Bradley I'm so happy we crossed paths up north! because without you I would have not known about this wonderful party! I love you Kirk and I love you Leslie. P.S. Mark Drury I'll see your $20.00 and double it!!!

Hi All  I am turning 50 this week .I would love to attend the birthday bash. See you there. Great Web site . Im confused though,I thought we hated high school.

Thanks Leslie for putting together another successful event for the MPSJ grads!  Too bad that more couldn't join us.....they missed a nice evening. Until we meet again......stay healthy and keep smiling. Patti Conderan

I thought it was wonderful that you have a page dedicated to our classmates that are no longer with us.I recently drove past the original location of MPSJ (nothing but condos), and the memories came flooding back.Thanks for all the work putting this together Les, the night will be a memorable one.

Looking forward to seeing everybody tonight.

Also looking forward to seeing you all tonight!  I met with Joe Muccilli, Wally Bonchar at Sherway Gardens yesterday.  Lots of fun and memories.  Wally asked me if that pig dissection was the highlight of the Grade 11 biology course, and I had to say yes!  Some students couldn't stomach this though.  Now I attend autopsies and can say I had my start in Mr. Bonchar's class!I hope to see lots of old friends and acquaintances tonight, so please come on out!  God Bless,Hugo

Well our BIG DAY has finally arrived CLASS OF 1978,and we're going back....way back(30 years or so).So you all get ready to have one BIG .......hell of a blast from the past....so get ready to....                   PARTY!!!!!!!!!I hope to see that MPSJ spirit LIVE.....WELL....                  & KICKING!!!!!!We were the CLASS with the mostest...lets see if we still GOT IT?????I'm sure we could show our kids a thing or two!!! So lets PARTY, lets ROCK or is that DISCO????See you all tonight, thanks to the MPSJ spirit of Leslie & her gang. God Bless.

I'm really looking forward to re-connecting with everyone to-night.I've been married for the last 17 years to my lovely wife, Anne, and we have two wonderful children - a 14 year old boy and an 11 year old girl. I'm lucky enough to have been able to keep in touch with a number of MPSJ grads over the years. Leslie, thanks for all of your time and effort in organizing this event.

I was just looking through the photos from the reunion, smiling and laughing.  It was great to see everyone again, I must say again.  In the photos I recognized people that I had wanted to see but missed that night.  The trip to Italy after the reunion was very fun, seeing cousins I hadn't seen in 25 years.  I'm now back in Grande Prairie, Alberta where we're having a nice fall (meaning it hasn't snowed yet), dealing with my teenagers, back at work and on call.I sure do feel like "semi-retiring"!!!  What do people think would be a good age for retirement?  What would you do when you retire?  Found any nice places to retire to?Hugo

Oh the party was great.  I had such a good time.  Thanks to Leslie for organizing. I know it can be a pain and very stressfull. I organize my family golf tournament and one could go crazy trying to get an advanced commitment out of people.  Then there's all the sujestions for improvements and changes from fence sitters, OH MAN!!        Hope to see you all again soon                                               GILK   

The birthday party was great, although a little more intimate than the last one so I heard.  I had not seen some people in 30 years and they didn't change much.  Too bad for those that couldn't make it. Maybe next time.

Just wanted to say that the evening was just superb..... Leslie outdid herself & Jeff has the patience of a saint! Thoroughly enjoyed the evening, the venue, the food but most of all the company. For those of you who couldn't make it you missed out, BIG TIME!!! I look forward to our next get -together, & I understand that the guys( Randy Wilson, Pat Egan & John McCloskey) are taking on the challenge. Let's see what they come up with.... Until then, you all take care.

Thanks Leslie for all your hard work!! Hope that there is great turn out, sounds like it will be. Looking forward to re-connecting with  old friends and just having fun catching up with everyone. I'm sure there will be loads of stories and tons of laughter. Here's to good times!

Wish your class a joyful reunion, with many contact years to come. It was wonderful to recognize so many of you at  Power50 events last fall, also a weekend to remember.You & I started at MPSJ together and I am still wandering the halls, travelling the world. Will be taking a group to Germany & France March '09.It has been a pleasure to have taught so many grads and their children.Health and happiness to all - God Bless!

Just counting the days to what will certainly be a Great Night. Looking forward to seeing everyone!Great work Leslie!!

Leslie, You have done an amazing job.  I can't believe it has been 30 yrs since we walked the halls of MPSJ.  Looking forward to seeing everyone on Sept 6th

"Wow",it seems like not to long ago,we were the ones going off to High School, graduating and moving on. Now our kids are doing the same. I'm married(20 yrs.) to a great guy Ron who lived in the the same area but we didn't meet until I was finished school and working. We have two children Rob, 18 off to Trent University this week,and Kristi, 15 Grade 10 at St. Martin in Mississauga. We're very excited about the "SOCIAL EVENT OF THE SEASON" ,we wouldn't miss it for the world. Looking forward to catching up with everyone. Thank You to Leslie and her helpers for making this happen. Kathy Patava nickname was Roz 2 from the old Borough of Etobicoke Aquatic Days.

Its amazing to read all the names in the Guest Book and realize how quickly the past 30 years have flown by.  It will be great to reconnect with many from those special 5 years.  Looking forward to Saturday ! 

Wow - finding this is a time warp - wonderfull journey through photos and memories.You all look great,Cheers,Mark.

Hello to allWhere have the years gone, even the school is no longer there. A toast to the memories...

What a great site and moreso what a great event!! MPSJ spirit lives forever!!Your names sure brought back a lot of great  memories.After 15 yrs at MPSJ, 3 yrs in Germany, 19 yrs at Fr. John Redmond, I retired in 2004 and then did 3 more half yrs back at MPSJ!!Still live in Etob. and have become my wife's wife!!Thank you all!!

Leslie, what a great job in putting this together.  Looking forward to seeing everyone on Saturday.  How can 30 years go by so quickly.  I have been happily married to Glenda for 15 years and have two great children.........Riley who is 14 and Alison who just turned 13.  We have lived in London, ON for the past 12 years and get back to Toronto/Mississauga to visit family and friends.  See you Saturday.

Thanks Mary Beth for letting me know about the reunion . I managed to get  a few last minute tickets  .  Scott and I have been away most of the summer and this  fall has been pretty hectic with  five kids going to five different schools.Looking forward to seeing everyone , especially  Our Lady Of Sorrows Grads

It's great to see so many turning out for the party!See you Saturday.

Hi all! Thanks Leslie for organizing another big event for us. Unfortunately, I cannot attend the 50th birthday bash, but I do want to wish everyone who will be participating in the event a very happy and fun evening. They say 1959 was a good year: Kennedy was on his way to the Presidency; Pope John XXIII announced the convening of the Second Vatican Council; Ben Hur was the top film of the year; the Montreal Canadians won the Stanley Cup and the great majority of our MPSJ 78 grads made a screaming entry into the world! Happy 50th to each and all! Peter

We, students and staff,were privileged to be there during a "Golden Age". Congratulations on a wonderful website. Tim

Looking forward to seeing everyone on Saturday.  Wow--30 years!!!!  I'm sure we all look the same!!!  Thanks Leslie

Hi All and a big thank you to Leslie!!!  Chris Bannon tracked me down via my brother Peter. Thanks Chris!! I have been married now for 18 years. We have two boys Dustin (16) and Blake (13) and live in Calgary. I completely missed the other reunions, as I did not know about them.  I will be flying in for the reunion.  I can't believe we have empty nestors AND grandparents. Way to go team! Can't wait to reconnect with the group. Love the pictures on the Remember site.  Bye for now. Ann  xoxox 

Leslie you did it.  Thank you so much for bringiing us all together again.Steve & I just celebrated our 29th anniversary.My 28 year old daughter Rebecca is an teacher in Brampton (Drama & English), My son Robert  (25) got his teaching degree as well, but opted out of the profession and is an Assistant Buyer with the Bay and my baby Katie (19) just left home to attend Sheridan for  Musical Theater.There is grease paint in my blood.Looking foward to seeing you all Saturday. Debbie

Like Kirk, I occasionally drive past the old MPSJ site. I can still see it as if it was yesterday. I can also remember some of the other "landmarks" no longer with us: Freddy’s, Maria’s and of course the I. Thinking back, it certainly was a special place. I’m looking forward to connecting with the grads I see on a regular basis and the rest of you I have not seen in so many years. Finally, my sincere thanks to Leslie. I can only image how much time you have put into this. See you all in a few days!

Its a blast from the past.  My old grade 2 buddy Marc Hamel calls me up and says heh, lets go to a Power reunion.  Wow, 30 years ago.  I just went to my 25th reunion for university just last summer, just celebrated my 25th wedding anniversary and now this.Looking forward to seeing some old faces.Thanks to all the organizers.

Thanks Mark for the kind words.  If anyone needs a stress test before signing up, I\'d be glad to help out here in Grande Prairie.  Today we had minus 38 degrees on the drive to work and dropping the kids off, but it should warm up and you can go for a ski at the nordic centre near our house after your exercise test!  Hey, it\'s a start.  These silly reminiscences of high school come from deep impressions of our youth, and we are all so busy with our families and lives, of course.  But somehow God brought us all together for 5 seminal years, for a purpose in His great Plan, and it doesn\'t have to end in 1978.  This website let\'s us continue those relationships to some extent.I challenge Lou Battista to the 200 metres, and I\'ll give him 25 metres head start.  (Having twisted my possibly arthritic knee 2 weeks ago on the ski course, and freezing my feet last weekend using my son\'s tight knee braces!)Love to All,Hugo

Hi guys, I graduated in 77 but remember quite a few of you!!!If anyone comes to southern Italy give me a call, I\'m living in an ancient city which is 400 yrs. older than Rome called     Lucera  I\'d be more than happy to show you around.Matthew Melillo

Hi everyone, Wish I could be there but I am flying to the US with my 2 sons for the weekend to catch an NFL home opener. Great job organizing everything Leslie. Hope everyone has fun. Looking forward to the pictures....

Hello all.  Looking forward to seeing everyone on Saturday.  Many thanks to Scott McNally who tracked me down (no doubt from a wanted poster in the post office).  And thanks to Leslie for all her hard work and commitment.