REST IN PEACE HELEN

We have just lost another of our St Patrick's Graduates, Helen Molloy.  Helen was a larger than life character who, over the years, contributed greatly to St Patrick's Parish life.  Who could forget her spirited performances in the St Patrick's Day Plays?  Always so  full of life and fun, just thinking of those plays brings a smile to my face.  

L-R: Tom Price, Mary Gosse, Doreen Healey,
Shannon McAllister, Frank Newman,
HELEN MOLLOY, Joe newman,
Gerry Costello, Mary Downey

I am pleased to post a picture of Helen and some of the other performers who gladdened our Irish hearts with their wonderful performances under the guiding hand of Miss Kathleen Hayes.
https://stpatricksconventschool.blogspot.com/2015/03/happy-st-patricks-day-2015.html

https://www.cauls.ca/obituary/helen-molloy

To the Molloy Family, we extend our sincere sympathy on the loss of your vibrant and well loved family member. 

HAPPY 2020

Because I was unable to blog for quite awhile, I am afraid I will be doing a bit of apologising for the next couple of posts - starting with this one! I am sorry that it is a bit on the late side, but, because I believe good times make good news anytime, I am posting it so that all of us can share in the joy of Christmas and the joy of true friendship.

My very loyal supporter and helper, Joan Reynolds Fogarty, sent us this photo with news of her amazing classmates.  Surely this group must be the most dedicated group of classmates and friends anywhere.  

The friends met on 4 December 2019 at P J Billingtons at Ramada.  Joan described their room as "lovely" and "decked out with Christmas trees, decorations, and a fireplace."  They had the use of this room for three hours, which, said Joan, "made for a relaxing time." 

Christmas Get Together, 2019

The wonderful ladies are:

ROW 1: Kathleen Dobbin Benson, Mary Fitzgerald, Catherine Corbett Stanley,

ROW 2:  Mary Farrell O'Keefe, Joan Ryan Cobb, Patricia Connolly Leonard, Brenda Casey Grouchy, Madeline Adams Thomson, Eleanor Sears Vatcher, Mary Bulger Corcoran, Judy Fitzgerald Squires, 

ROW 3:  Joan Reynolds Fogarty, Betty Fitzgerald Pye,

Thank you Joan.  You are such a great group of friends and an inspiration to  all.  I hope you will be celebrating together for many, many years to come.

Joan sent wishes for a "Happy 2020 to all" and I join her in that wish.  May 2020 be filled with God's blessings for all of us and those we hold dear -  family and friends!

ANNA HAMLYN McCARTHY

I begin the New Year of 2020 with a sad post.  On 9th December 2019 we lost a loved St Patrick's Graduate, Anna Hamlyn McCarthy.  From a large and well respected West End family, Anna Hamlyn grew up on Shaw St and she and her sisters all attended St Patrick's Convent Schools.  

Anna Hamlyn McCarthy

After Graduation, Anna turned her many talents to teaching and for a time, returned to her Alma Mater where she became a popular teacher, loved and respected by pupils and colleagues alike.  Later, the students of St Peter's School had the great benefit of Anna's dedicated and loving instruction.

Anna married Mike McCarthy and they became the parents of a beautiful daughter, Karen, and a fine son, Michael. They and the rest of Anna's family must be feeling her loss deeply and we offer them our heartfelt condolences.  But, like all of us who had the pleasure of knowing Anna, they must also be finding comfort in the joy of having had such a person in their lives.

Rest in peace, Anna Hamlyn McCarthy.

https://www.barretts.ca/obituaries/Anna-Mary-McCarthy?obId=9505601#/obituaryInfo