Newsletter
for alumni of The Abbey School, Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
Caracas, 9 November 2019 No. 940
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Dear Friends,
Waiting for some news to publish.
Please send in your latest short story of your
vacations, help me with the Circular.
Meanwhile here is some music.
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Dear Salvador,
Thank you for
your kind words and for the memories.
I agree, our days
at MSB were special, although perhaps we didn't think so at the time.
It is wonderful
to see how Ladislao has been able to bring so many of us together through the
use of the computer.
The record you're
referring to was made back in 1970 and it seems to have become a sort of
rallying point for the teenagers of those days, who are getting together again
next month in Trinidad to celebrate their "Group Age 50" since so
many of them are turning 50 either last year, this year or next year.
Thanks also for
the invitation to contact you in Louisiana.
May I extend the
same courtesy to you if you should happen to pass through Ajax, Ontario.
God bless, and
keep the faith.
Nigel
(Nigel, send me the
https// for your choir, EDITOR)
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Salco56@cs.com,
wrote:
Hello Nigel, it
has been a very long time.
My name is,
Salvador Coscarart and my brother Pedro, we both went to the Abbey School in 67
to 75.
We are from
Venezuela, two years ago we went to visit our sisters and she gave us back a
recorded disc, that I had purchased in Trinidad, it was one of your records and
your Choir,
I also found a
picture taken at the abbey refectory during a mass with the boy scouts and your
Choir,
Father Cuthbert
was saying the mass and you were standing behind him.
Just wanted to
tell you hello and I’m glad to know you have done good for yourself,
I have been in
contact with, Tony Johnson and Ladislao, it is also nice to have met new oldboys
from Mount,
I live in the USA
now in Louisiana, Lafayette.
If you ever come
around this way you are welcome, my phone and address are in the Abbey School
Web, best wishes God bless
Salvador
Coscarart Msb Old Boy.
(For those that like to collect Choir music, please
contact either Nigel or Salvador. CDs are part of our history, EDITOR)
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SCOUTING OR NO SCOUTING.
There is a lack of news on scouting activity.
I cannot believe that this activity did not leave a
mark on its members.
How about the yearly trek to the North coast??, for
those wanting the badge (called the Breaking out badge, Or was it something
else?), maybe someone can tell me the badge’s name??,
And the other badges, can anyone remember at least
some of the names??
Those that were the Queen’s Scouts???, can you raise
your hands??
And better yet, those that were King’s Scouts?? Any
alive??
I would like to include your names in the big list,
for posterity!!!!
What did you do to get them??,
I cannot believe that all of you threw the badges away
as soon you left the school, as something without value!!!.
What about the structures that were built for the
annual competition???,
I only got photos for two, the watchtower at the
swimming pool site built in 1956, and the Caura river camp.
But I know that every year something new was built,
can any one help.???
Non scouts please help our scouting brethren with a
line or two!!!.
Why were they built?? for what??? competition against
whom??
I can write about the scouts as I saw them from the
outside but that is not fair.
I cannot conceive that the continuous practice of:
flag
waving,
construction,
cooking
delicious chicken,
making
dozens of knots,
memorizing
booklets,
wonderful
camping,
sightseeing
trips by WV bus,
taking
the oath
Fr.Ildefonse tutoring,
There must be a story.
I still have my Royal Lifesaving medallion and cross
and still remember how I got them, but that is for another story.
I still buy sew on badges for both, from RLSS in UK.
for use in my bathing suit., when they get old!!, it helps to create
conversation with children and friends.
(Maybe Issais Farcheg with his mighty pen can help us
out, EDITOR)
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Nigel
Boos
Fri,
18 Oct, 16:08
Guess I’m late to
the party.
Was busy with
medical matters, but I’m home again.
Just found Don’s
msg re. Fr. Augustine’s 95th birthday.
Please accept on
his behalf, my sincere congratulations and good wishes for a happy belated
birthday and a very special wish that he’ll make it to the hundred.
May Almighty God
bless him and grant him a peaceful and pain-free last few years before they
meet in heaven.
Nigel
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Dear Bro Paschal,
Please pass on to
Fr Augustine my best wishes on his 95th birthday.
What a truly
remarkable achievement.
Please let him
know that I am thinking of him today.
He honoured me
during the years 1960-1964 by allowing me to act on his behalf as school
librarian, issuing books to the students, receiving them when they were
returned, putting them back on the shelves, and generally keeping the library
tidy.
He trusted me
with the library key, so that I was free to spend as much time as I wished
there outside library hours in peace and quiet, while the other boys were
running about on the basketball court making noisy nuisances of themselves.
It was under his
patient eye that I read most of its contents and developed my life-long love of
literature and reading, to which I attribute any success I have enjoyed as an
adult.
Best wishes to Fr
Augustine, and all the Monks.
Sincerely,
Don Mitchell (Big Boxhead)
Anguilla
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Empower
With Art <empowerwithart@gmail.com>
Tue,
15 Oct, 14:18
Yes, Happy
Birthday to Fr. Augustine.
Abbot John posted
a photo of Fr. Augustine today which I shared on our MSB Facebook group.
Blessings to all,
Kaz
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Tue,
15 Oct, 14:50
Dearest Father
Augustine
95 years young
and counting.
On your way to
joining all those centenarians and outliving many of the students that you
taught decades ago.
Sharing these
wishes in the name of the thousands of students whom you taught:
We thank God for
giving you patience, love and wisdom of understanding.
You are an exemplary
and visionary teacher who has dedicated his life to Jesus and to expand the
visions and knowledge of all of us who attended your classes.
Father, as you
mark your 95th birthday, we wish you good health, happiness, and lots of
beautiful things in this world and hereafter.
Een liedje bij je
verjaardagstaart
With Love
Abbey School
Alumni
Thanks, Don, for
reminding us of this glorious day.
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idmitch@anguillanet.com
Mon, 4 Nov, 05:04 (13
days ago)
Thanks, Tim,
It is good to
hear from you.
I’ll post your
identification as a “comment” on the Blog, and by copy to Ladislao I’m letting
him know.
Best,
Don
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Sent: Monday, 4
November 2019 00:06
Hi Don,
Marcel Gomes
Guyana, possibly a Gonsalves from Trinidad and Luciano Savornan {do not think
this is spelt correctly] but – you or Ladislao may know.
Cheers Tim
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From:
idmitch@anguillanet.com
Sent: Monday, 4
November 2019 2:20 AM
Dear Alumnus,
Don’t forget to
visit the Blog from time to time to see whether there is any new Circular
posted:
I don’t always
remember to circulate you with a notice.
Best,
Don
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EDITED by Ladislao Kertesz, kertesz11@yahoo.com,
if you would like to be in the circular’s mailing list or any old boy that you
would like to include.
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Photos:
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Bodington and Pablo Castellani
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Knaggs and family
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Morvay, Kendrik Allum and UNKNOWN
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