Community Information

This page contains information about
communities aided by a presence on the web. 

1. Manhattan College

   1. Attended the Manhattan College Alumni Men's Retreat
           Friday, Sept. 19, 2003 to Sunday, Sept. 21 (click here for outline of retreat)
           Passionist Spiritual Center, 5801 Palisade Avenue, Riverdale, NY, 10471,
           Phone 718-549-6500, website www.passionists.org (good info).
           For information about future retreats call:
                 Joe Gunn '76 - 914-693-7542  or  Kevin Dolan '68 - 718-432-8714.

   2. Attended the Manhattan College Alumni Men's Retreat
           Friday, Sept. 20, 2002 to Sunday, Sept. 22 (click here for outline of retreat), 
           Passionist Spiritual Center, 5801 Palisade Avenue, Riverdale, NY, 10471.

   3. Attended the Manhattan College Alumni Men's Retreat
           Friday, Sept. 21, 2001 to Sunday, Sept. 23 (click here for outline of retreat), Passionist Spiritual Center.

   4. Attended the Manhattan College Alumni Men's Retreat
           Friday, Sept. 22, 2000 to Sunday, Sept. 24 (click here for outline of retreat), Passionist Spiritual Center.

   5. Attended the Manhattan College Alumni Men's Retreat
           Friday, Sept. 24, 1999 to Sunday, Sept. 26, Passionist Spiritual Center.
           The theme of the retreat was serenity. Click here for the Serenity Prayer.

   6. Attended 35^th Reunion on June 3, 2000
        Enjoyed hearing updates from the following people:
      1. Greg D'Alessio - encouraged me to come to the reunion, physicist for DOE, email  gregdalessio@hotmail.com (just click the link to send email)
      2. Bob Faass - now a grandfather who designs transmissions for helicopters,  robert.faass@trw.com
      3. Jay Devey - retired ("Did I mention, retried"), devey@prodigy.net 
      4. Steve Dorrler - has his own environmental crisis management firm, sdorrler@rcn.com 
      5. Richard Gerrard - an attorney, living in New Hyde Park (?)
      6. Ed Huth - works for NY State, Department of Education
      7. Ernie Mahler - an attorney in Patchogue, NY (?).
      8. John Wallach - an attorney in Biddeford, Maine, wallaw@abanet.org 

   7. Alumni Website - the college has an informative website for alumni

      1. Start at www.manhattan.edu, then click Alumni on left-hand margin, scroll down, click on Alumni Online Directory, click on Online Community and Directory.
      2. Note (2004June4): This did lead to www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/MCM/. Discontinued??
      3. Register and update your entry.
      4. Search by using 1965 for Preferred Class and the first letter of the last name.

   8. Jasper Jottings - www.jasperjottings.com - compiled by John Reinke '68E - weekly info about Manhattan

2. Sacred Heart Church, Bayside, NY 11361

   1. Outline of Baptism Talk

3. Miscellaneous
   1. Psalm 23

   2. Walk to St. Anne's of Shandon, Ireland
      Shandon History - www.activate.ie/sites/corkcitylib/ - created by Cork City Library
      St. Anne's Church - www.activate.ie/sites/corkcitylib/ecclesiastical/stannesshandon/st_annes_shandon.htm
      Bells of Shandon - www.activate.ie/sites/corkcitylib/ecclesiastical/stannesshandon/st_annes_fatherprout_bellsofshandon.htm
            poem written by Father Prout (the Rev. Francis Mahoney) and recited by my Grandmother.

   3. Ellis Island - www.ellisislandrecords.org 
   4. FXM - www.FXMLib.org - religious education

(This page was last edited on July 24, 2005 .)