CHRISTMAS 2024

Joan REYNOLDS Fogarty and friends had their Christmas gathering on 5 December.  They enjoyed each other's company and lunch at Moxies.  This wonderful group of friends have been together since Kindergarten and still meet up about three times a year.  That's real friendship!  

Joan has sent a photo and a video of the friends.  Joan told me that the video was meant to be just a photo.  I guess somebody in the group is like me - often pushing the wrong button! 😄 However, at the moment, I cannot get the video to open but I will keep trying. If I have any success with that, I will add it to this post.

Betty (Fitzgerald) Pye, Rosemary (Ashley) Healy, Rita Kielley, Eleanor (Sears ) Vatcher, Joan (Connolly) Alston, Mary (Bulger) Corcoran, Kathleen (Dobbin) Benson. Brenda (Casey ) Grouchy, Judy (Fitzgerald) Squires, Catherine (Corbett) Stanley, Joan (Reynolds) Fogarty. Missing Patricia (Connolly) Leonard.

Thanks Joan for all your support.  May all of you wonderful girls and your loved ones have a very Merry Christmas followed by a year of blessings galore. Keep the get togethers going!

AN EXTRA SPECIAL LADY

As we are all aware, every St Patrick's girl is special. 😉 Today I am posting about an extra special St Patrick's girl, Helen Gushue Mallard.

Helen Gushue is a second generation St Patrick's Girl.  Her late mother, Molly Flynn Gushue, also attended St Patrick's Convent Schools.

Helen married Tom Mallard and together they raised a beautiful family of eight daughters and five sons. Helen sent her eight girls to St Patrick's.  Her daughters were being educated at the best girls' school so, of course, her sons had to be enrolled at the best boys' school, Holy Cross!

The Mallards are a very talented family. They have been blessed with good singing voices and the ability to play many musical instruments. The girls all sang in classroom choirs and several, including Liz, Louie, Cathy and Brenda, sang in Sr Brendan's award winning Glee Clubs. 

Helen was born to Bill and Molly Flynn Gushue on 24th October 1928.  This year Helen celebrated her 96th Birthday. Helen's daughter, Mary Lou (Louie) Tucker, sent a couple of pictures of Helen and her girls.

Top: Chrissy, Louie, Sue
Middle: Tish, Geri, Brenda
Helen
Bottom: Liz, Cathy

Top: Sue, Chrissy, Louie
Middle: Helen, Cathy, Tish
Bottom: Geri, Liz, Brenda

Thanks Louie for sharing such a wonderful occasion.  It is a delight to see your dear mother and her daughters. Helen, you really are an extra special lady.  May God bless you and keep you safe.