This month, in which occurs the feast day of a good man—St. Joseph—several names have come up in conversation, belonging to other good men to whom students at St. Joseph/St. Mary Catholic School (SJSM) owe a debt of gratitude for enabling us on our journey. Music has always been part
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At this year’s Christmas parade, Krista LaRocque (née Rini), whom I haven’t seen in thirty years, was greeting the crowd, me included, along the route. Recognition dawned simultaneously: we hugged and agreed to meet for coffee. She’s brought several mementoes with her, including a t-shirt that bears our school’s simple
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It’s baffling. Standing beneath the St. Joseph/St. Mary (SJ/SM) Catholic school office window, I’m eyeballing the ledge, more than six feet above the ground. This is how my nine-year-old tomboy self climbed to the roof in search of lost balls. I couldn’t manage it now, so how did I do
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There is an unpretentious building at the corner of Brock and Napier Streets. It’s a small, red brick schoolhouse, which offers classes to elementary-grade children. The history of this building is gentle and happy and, as with all things in life, it is taking the natural course of things: St.
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