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Celebration Photos ~ Class of 2011 & 1961

Registration and Social

Welcome and Introductions - Rae Nelson, '98, President, Alumni Association

Invocation - Reverend P. J. Curley, Pastor of St. Michael's Parish

Dinner

Charitable Trust Presentation - Rob Sadler, '98, Vice President, Alumni Association

Election of Officers - Rae Nelson, '98

Roll Call of Classes - Christin Flowers Matthews, '99, Secretary/Treasurer, Alumni Association

Introduction of the Class of 2011 - Michele Connelly, Principal of St. Aloysius High School

Response from the Class of 2011 - Jana McAlpin, 2011 Class President

Response from the Class of  1961 - Lucy Canizaro Williams & Danny Setaro

Benediction - Reverend Patrick Farrell, Pastor of St. Paul's Parish

2011 St. Aloysius/St. Francis Alumni Banquet.

Pam Mahoney Cook (Class of 1960)

Bill Lauderdale and Joe Loviza checking out the guest as they arrive for the alumni banquet.  

Linda Harwood Oakley (Class of 1961)

Mrs. Anna Mae Mahoney

Patty Mekus, Development & Alumni Affairs Director, talking to Mary Jane Lauderdale.

My sister, Laura Love Ables (Class of 1961) and Reverend P. J. Curley, Pastor of St. Michael's Parish, who gave the Invocation.

Marianne Neal Walley (Class of 1961) and husband, Bobby.

Mary Carol McNamara Lundberg (Class of 1961) with husband, Jack.

Myra Coccaro Logue 

Linda Ann Muffuletto (Class of 1961)

Patricia Hebler Gray (Class of 1961)

Bobby Walley and my sister, Laura Love Ables (Class of 1961).

Myself, Marian Love Phillips (Class of 1959) with Bobby Walley, my date to my Junior Prom and a graduate of Redwood High School.  

Lucy Canizaro William (Class of 1961), Sue McNamara Fowler and Ina Lott Whittington (Class of 1959).

  

Vera Marshall Brown (Class of 1959) with her husband, George.

My sister, Laura Love Ables, (Class of 1961) and myself, Marian Love Phillips (Class of 1959).

  

Pat Downey and wife, Cathy Barnes Downey (Class of 1961) and Nina Coccaro Buell (Class of 1961) with her husband, Jimmy.

Roy "Skeeter" (Class of 1959) with his wife, Katherine Meyers Turcotte (Class of 1959).

Laura Evelyn Love Ables (Class of 1961) with her husband, my brother-in-law, Joseph Christopher "Chris" Ables.

Judy James Youngblood (Class of 1961) with her husband.

George Bragg (Class of 1961) with Lucy Canizaro Williams (Class of 1961), Vera Marshall Brown and Ina Lott Whittington (Class of 1959). 

Myrtle Loviza Curro Alvarado (Class of 1959) with her husband, Bobby Alvarado.

Sue McNamara Fowler (Class of 1959) and Anita Zorn Hossley (Class of 1958).

Lucy Canizaro Williams responding for St. Francis Xavier/Class of 1961.

Danny Setaro responding for St. Aloysius/Class of 1961.

Laura giving gifts to 16 of her classmates attending their 50th year class reunion!  In attendance was: Judy James Youngblood, Helen Melsheimer Gordon, Marianne Neal Walley, Patricia Hebler Gray, Joan Kinnebrew Reynolds. Linda Ann Muffuletto, Lucy Canizaro Williams, Deborah Miao Waggoner, Barbara Montgomery Melton, Sandra Jabour Harvey, Susan Taylor Yerger, Catherine Barnes Downey, Mary Carol McNamara Lundberg, Linda Harwood Oakley, Nina Coccaro Buell and herself, Laura Evelyn Love Ables.

SISTER FOLK (nun) from Abbey Press.

Benediction given by Reverend Patrick Farrell, Pastor of St. Paul's Parish.

In loving memory of the deceased ~

+Rachel Hunt Mills

+Mary Grace Tuccio

+Rosemary Woodbury Brown

+John Lee Cunningham

Class of 1961

My sister, Laura Evelyn Love Ables, will be celebrating her 50th Class Reunion tomorrow night at the Parish Hall at St. Michael Catholic Church.  I look forward to celebrating and attending the Alumni Banquet and seeing her classmates again after all these years.  Below is a picture of her class in the 10th grade in 1959 and was also the year I graduated from S.F.X.A.

Laura is on the second row in the very back.  Sister Mary Romuald, R.S.M. standing.  (Click on picture for a better view)

Happy Easter ~ 2011

May all your prayers be answered and that you feel the Good Lord's presence...not only at Easter but always!


Wishing everyone a peaceful and Blessed Easter!

Sprucing Old S.F.X.A.

The Southern Cultural Heritage Center (formally S.F.X.A) is getting a facelift.  Workers with Willmer Painting of Greenville scraped paint form the window frames of the complex this past week.  Repairs, overseen by David Smith Construction of Inverness, are to cost $188.000 and are being funded through a $150,000 grant from the Department of Archives and History.  The SCHC is seeking donations to cover the rest of the work, which will include roof and brick repairs, said Annette Kirklin, executive director.  Names of donors who give $50 will be placed on a plaque at the SCHC.  Call 601-631-2997 or e-mail info@southernculture.org.  The SCHC is comprised of five buildings built between 1830 and 1955.  The center is used for cultural programs and other events.

These two pictures were taken today around 10:40 a.m. while steam cleaning the roof.

Mark Your Calendars

Class of 2011 ~ Junior Ring Ceremony

April 13th

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Alumni Banquet

Saturday, April 30th

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PLAYADAYAWAYINMAY

May 6th & 7th

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Class of 2011 Graduation Ceremony

Saturday, May 21st

 

Rev. William "Bill" Vollor Dies

The Rev. William "Bill" Vollor of Hattiesburg died Wednesday, March 2, 1011, at Forrest General Hospital.  He was 76.

Father Vollor was ordained a priest on May 1, 1963, and served at nativity Cathedral in Biloxi, St. John's in Crystal Springs, St. Michael's in Biloxi, Sacred Heart in Hattiesburg and st. Ann's in Lizana, St. Clare in Waveland and Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Lumberton.  He was founding pastor of Sacred Heart Dedeaux and instrumental with the cooperation of WLOX television station in starting the Catholic Weekly Hour, which lasted for more than 20 years, and was a moving force in restarting the Catholic Cursillo Movement in MS more than 40 years ago.  He was pastor of Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Hattiesburg for the past 15 years.

He is preceded in death by his father, William Joseph Vollor; and a brother the Rev. John Vollor.

He is survived by his mother, Valera Vollor of Madison; two brothers, Tim Vollor of Auburn, Ala., and Frank Vollor of Vicksburg; a sister, Valera Derivaux of Huntsville, Ala.; 15 nieces and nephews; congregants of Holy Rosary Catholic Church; and the bishop and priests of the Diocese of Biloxi.

Masses of Christian Burial will be at 2 p.m. at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Hattiesburg with Bishop Roger Morin officiating and at 11:00 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul Catholic Church in Vicksburg with Bishop Joseph Latino, bishop of the Diocese of Jackson, officiating.  Bishop William Houck, retired bishop of the Diocese of Jackson, and other diocesan priests, will celebrate.  Interment will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery.  Visitation will be at St. Paul's from 10: a.m. until the Mass.

Pallbearers will be Charles Stasny, Billy Ray Dedeaux, Clifford Malley, Werlin Ladner, Fred Peterman, Joe Necaise, Frank Niemeyer Jr., Frank Gates and Arthur Walker.  Priest of the diocese will serve as honorary pallbearers.

Moore Funeral Home in Hattiesburg and Riles Funeral Home in Vicksburg are handling arrangements.

Memorials may be made to Holy Rosary Catholic Church, 900 Dabbs Street., Hattiesburg, MS  39401