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on the Cover: Spring blooms in the monastery courtyard. (Photo by Br. Isaiah Lord, OSB)

The Corbie ChronicleSpring 2016 • Volume 24, Number 2

A Message from the President 3 Fr. Peter Weigand, OSB

Reflections from the Headmaster 5 Mr. Bill Crittenberger

Campus News 7

Panther Sports 12

All-Alumni Reunion 14

Class Notes/Alumni News 15

In Memoriam 18

Above: The Priory Players staged a production of Twelve Angry Men in March under the direction of Mr. Phil Dickerson. From left: Noah Fuller (Form VI), Jonah Barrón (Form V), Will Stubner (Form III), Jimmy Duke (Form III), Michael Libanati (Form V), Anthony Pairo (Form VI), Patrick Sansone (Form V), Patrick Maco (Form III), Michael Gerrety (Form III), and Will Muoio (Form II).

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from the President: our 75th anniversaryChrist has confidence in young people and entrusts them with the very future of His mission, “Go and make disciples.” Go beyond the confines of what is humanly possible and create a world of brothers and sisters! Through your education and service, help to build a civilization of love. Show, by your life, that it is worth giving your time and talents in order to attain high academic ideals, it is worth recognizing the dignity of each human person, and it is worth taking risks for Christ and His Gospel.

Pope Francis

Dear Alumni, Students, Members of the Board of Trustees, Faculty and Staff, Past and Present Parents, Benefactors, and Friends of St. Anselm’s Abbey School,

us in 1980, they best would be in a position to expedite a revised plan. This will be a three-month study on their part, which in-cludes interviewing many of our constituencies.

Sasaki will include the school’s need for more teaching class-rooms, especially more space for the performing and fine arts— our orchestra, choral, and studio art programs. We also require suitable teaching space for our robotics and engineering courses, and would like to move the Admissions Department to the ac-ademic building to share the support staff in the main office.

We must retire our 30-year-old faculty lounge/office trailer, and thus we need replacement space. With a teaching staff of 50, the school never has enough office space for monks, lay teachers, and staff. Furthermore, the second, smaller trailer must go—

When is a 75th Anniversary really a 75th Anniversary? The idea of a school had been broached by our founder, Fr. Thomas Verner Moore, OSB, with the abbot of our mother house, Fort Augustus in Scotland, and the Abbot President several times between 1939 and 1941. On October 20, 1941, the Conven-tual Chapter at Fort Augustus formally approved the request of St. Anselm’s to open The Priory School and to borrow up to $125,000 for construction, provided Fort Augustus would not be liable for the debt! Then the organizational preparations for the new school began back in Washington during Decem-ber of 1941. After much debate, the prior appointed Fr. Austin McNamee, OSB, as Headmaster and Fr. Edward Rauth, OSB, as Assistant to the Headmaster. Based on the approval, perhaps October 2016 is one mark of our 75th Anniversary.

On the other hand, does The Priory School only start when the first students arrived in September of 1942? To avoid this 75th monastic-semantic problem, the School has decided to start celebrating its 75th Anniversary when St. Anselm’s Abbey School opens its doors for the Fall Term of 2016. The official kickoff for this extended celebration will take place with great joy at the Fall Scholarship Gala on Saturday, October 29th, and will culminate in the Vespers of Graduation in 2018.

To anticipate the 75th Anniversary, Abbot James Wiseman, OSB, and the monastic community have commissioned Sasaki Asso-ciates, Inc. to develop a comprehensive Master Plan to artic-ulate and formulate the building needs of both the abbey and school for the next 25 years. Since Sasaki Associates are familiar with the abbey and the monastic grounds from their work with

At the beginning of 2016, Fr. Peter Weigand, OSB, traveled to Philadelphia and Boston to visit alumni. Left: Philadelphia-area alumni gathered at the home of Joseph Zorc, ’84, and his wife. Center: In Boston, alumni and their spouses met at the home of Michael Mariani, ’88, and Annette McKee. Right: Fr. Peter with members of the St. Anselm’s Model United Nations team and Harvard freshman Jack Clark, ’15, in Cambridge, Mass.

Students of the first class at The Priory School in September 1942.

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the Campus Ministry offices must be moved into suitable new quarters. The abbey will explain its needs in a future publication, once the Master Plan is completed.

My 2016 “Alumni Gatherings” as president of the school be-gan with trips to Philadelphia, Boston, and New York City. Our alumni continue to stress to me—over and over again—how for-mative their days at St. Anselm’s had been, and that they would not be where they are today without the education and love for learning that they obtained while studying at our school.

In Philadelphia, I met with Wickham Kraemer, ’92, Robert Bond, ’01, Joseph Zorc, ’84, John Corrigan, ’83, Paul Nyirjesy, ’77, Stephen Castellan, ’75, Paul Bloomfield, ’81, Alexander Grimaldi, ’14, Douglas Hill, ’90, Peter Keszler, ’05, and Mat-thew Hallam, ’05.

The Boston-area alumni gathered at the Somerville home of Michael Mariani, ’88, and his wife Annette McKee on Friday evening, January 29th, for drinks and hors d’oeuvres. Attending were: Hugo Owen, ’71, Greg de Groot, ’70, Catherine McClel-lan and Luke Whitesell, ’76, Theodore Stocker, ’94, and Court-ney Humphries, Hanna and Joseph Mariani, ’02, and Frank Horton, ’00. I also had two other smaller evenings with alumni on January 28th and 30th.

While attending the Model United Nations conference in Bos-ton with eight of our students and Assistant Headmaster Kirk Otterson, I was able to have an evening dinner with our young men. Joining us for a true tuck-in at the California Kitchen was Jack Clark, ’15, a freshman at Harvard.

At noon on February 18th, Mr. Crittenberger and I traveled to New York. The New York City-area alumni had been invited to a reception at The River Club, which was hosted by Rich-ard Stafford, ’53. In attendance were: James P. Lucier, Jr, ’82, Lawrence P. Lucier, ’86, David B. Lischer, ’93, Carl A. Morales, ’94, Loren Smith, Jr, ’94, Patrick B. Resing, ’97, Jack Shepherd, ’97, Patrick A. Thrasher, ’97, Michael Modisett, ’98, Timothy D. Taylor, ’04, Andrew L. Nellis, ’06, Scott R. Salandy-DeFour, ’06, Kyle A. McAndrews, ’07, Daniel W. Quasney, ’07, Solomon Brown, ’10, José Gutierrez, ’10, James Anderson, ’13, and, Pe-ter Anthony Cruz, ’14.

As I said before, all these graduates reminisced on their Abbey School days and specified that they would not be in the positions they hold today without the education they received at their alma

mater. Not only were they extremely well-prepared for college, but they also continue to have an everlasting commitment to academic excellence.

In last Spring’s issue of the Corbie Chronicle, I wrote a brief history of Benedictine monasticism and monastic schools. In this issue, I should like to give some basic facts of our own school’s beginnings. As you know, St. Anselm’s Priory was founded by Fr. Thomas Verner Moore, OSB, under the auspices of Fort Augustus Abbey in Scotland in 1923, and the first monks arrived in Washington in September 1924. These St. Anselm’s monks were members of the English Benedictine Congregation, with sister abbeys in Portsmouth, R.I., and St. Louis, Mo. We became an independent Priory in 1949.

The Priory School opened its doors in September 1942 with 18 freshman enrolled by our first Headmaster, Fr. Austin Mc-Namee, OSB. Four years later, five of the original 18 graduated with eight others who joined the class as transfers. The gradu-ates were: John Burke, Joseph Cahill, Francis Callahan, John Jay Daly, Edmund Duchesne, Dennis Gallagher, Cecil Gibson, Edward Hickey, John Hurley, John Hyland, Donald McIntyre, Frank Quinn, and Lawrence Peters.

It was not until 1955, after classes were moved from a wing of the monastery to the just-built academ-ic building, that en-rollment expanded to include Forms I and II. (Form A became a part of our middle school in 1990.) The most dramatic change occurred in 1961, when the school offi-cially changed its name from The Priory School to St. Anselm’s Abbey School in hon-or of the monastery’s elevation from a priory to an abbey by His Holiness Pope John XXIII. This renaming caused a few problems: the public knew the ‘Priory School’ name, few peo-ple could correctly pronounce the word ‘Anselm’s,’ and most Washingtonians confused St. Anselm’s School with St. Albans School across town.

And so, here we are today, 75 years later, with a name change and no longer just a high school. Yet, throughout these decades, we have been faithful to our Benedictine tradition of Ora et Lab-ora, and St. Anselm’s Priory-Abbey School continues to be an outstanding school of the Lord’s service, true to our founder’s vision, a haven where prayer, academic rigor, and love of learning flourish among our monks, lay teachers, students, and alumni.

Pax in Sapientia,

Fr. Peter Weigand, OSBPresident

The first graduating class of The Priory School in 1946.

New York City-area alumni gathered with Fr. Peter and Mr. Crittenberger at The River Club in February.

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reflections from the Headmaster

Dear Friends of St. Anselm’s Abbey School,

Tuesday, April 5th, Ora et Labora Day, was one happy and productive day at St. Anselm’s, a day that many of our students and faculty and staff will fondly, and long, remember.

Research shows that important and meaningful days in the life, and experience, of a student typically come in the form of days of an atypical nature—be that field trips, class retreats, an especially captivating guest speaker, etc.—and oftentimes, a day of this sort has such a significant impact on a youngster’s outlook that he or she, in looking back over the year, would delightedly describe it as a tippy-top highlight. This sentiment was supported strongly by many of the current parents in responding to a survey question last spring about “two or three highlights of your son’s experience this past year,” as parents went on to describe meaningful extra-curricular activities, sports teams, music concerts, play productions, etc. So, yes, while we do academics exceptionally well here at St. Anselm’s, the non-academic moments matter to our students every bit as much, as they (among other activities) provide a healthy and creative outlet, an important pressure release, loads of fun and an opportunity to expand one’s friend group, and a lot of variety, which, as we know, is the spice of life.

St. Anselm’s has a number of these “atypical” days on its calendar—House Day, Field Day, and Renaissance Day being the most prominent—but one particular “type” of day that we haven’t had in place—that is, until this year—is a day of on-campus community service. All that changed on April 5th when the inaugural “Ora et Labora” Day was rolled out as a cornerstone to the (third annual) Benedictine Heritage Week, a week of mostly ordinary school days in which activities, speakers, and opportunities for reflection about what it means to be Benedictine are interwoven into the week’s schedule and into the consciousness of the community.

Courtesy of the leadership, vision, and shepherding of Fr. Michael Hall, OSB, Tom Mehigan, and the other members of the Benedictine Ethos Committee—and the many other dedicated faculty and staff members who lent their expertise and energy in helping to shape and support Ora et Labora Day—the School took a big step forward in actualizing something that until now has only been aspirational.

The day began in the most lovely, uplifting, and serene manner, with the celebration of Mass and the life of Saint Benedict, a most-appropriate tone-setter for a day of service. Being a Tuesday, and, hence, not wishing to allow the natives to become

overly restless or, for that matter, mutinous, Fr. Michael okayed Ms. Pelosi’s wheeling out the world’s most massive doughnuts according to weekly ritual, which provided the youngsters (and let’s be honest, lots of adults, too) the weekly sugar-high that this generation of Abbey Boy has come to crave…and, perhaps of concern, “need.”

As the day unfurled, boys heard from and interacted with guest speakers from the St. Ann’s Center for Children, Youth and Families, Catholic Charities, and the Youth Service Opportunities Project, who spoke from experience on various aspects of what it means to serve others. They pitched in to help others, with Middle Schoolers assembling sack breakfasts with encouraging notes for local homeless shelters, and our community, via cleaning up the grounds and re-mulching bare patches of the cross country course, the task of a number of the boys in Forms III and IV. I found myself marveling during this portion of the mid-to-late morning at how happy and fully engaged all of the boys seemed to be, not because they weren’t in class (we do like school a lot around here, after all) but because they were doing something different. They were kinesthetically involved, and they were doing something that was both fun and that made them feel contributory.

The rest of the day was filled with other community-building activities, including a crazy good high-calorie, high-carb lunch, just perfect for boys; a crazy interesting and inspiring movie about the Benedictine ethos and heritage; a crazy exciting faculty/staff vs. grade 12 basketball game—won, for the first time in recent memory, by the seniors, courtesy of a buzzer-beater by Inter-

Mr. Crittenberger, with, from the right, Mr. Chris Battle, Mr. Jonathan Vaile, Ms. Stacey Marnell, Mr. Tom Mehigan and, in the back row, Mr. Bryan Taylor, Ms. Janine Dunne, Mr. Alex Morse, Mrs. Kay Kalhorn, and Ms. Sean Lane, in the stands on February 27. during the St. Anselm’s Invitational Basketball Tournament.

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House Council Vice President and seriously charged-particle, Cameron Underwood; and a crazy great way to finish the day: our typical ice cream pig-out. One happy, happy day, to be sure; a day that students and adults alike continued recounting and talking about—almost regaling—throughout the remainder of the week, much like the fun one has talking about a great party the next day.

There are loads of good and exciting things for me to report in addition to the inaugural Ora et Labora Day, as this year, in my view, has been the happiest, most successful, and most unified year of the four happy, successful, and unified years that I’ve been at the St. Anselm’s. I’ll stick to but one topic: the senior class and what a wonderful and tone-setting year they’ve had and have helped to establish and maintain.

As the senior class goes, so goes the school, so it can’t be much of a surprise to anyone who knows the 34 members of Form VI—a group known for its cohesion, low-to-no drama, dedication to any and all things SAAS (including their studies), and a talent base that’s off the charts. Wait till you see the college acceptance list of these young men, and the merit scholarships that have been extended to them! Marked by a strikingly melodious and

sweet 34-part harmony, in the end the Class of 2016 always speaks, or sings, as it were with one voice. Non-judgmental and as supportive of one another as any senior class that I’ve seen in my 31 years in the profession, the bulk of this group’s most obvious leaders and high-profile members are also among its most humble and deferential, and (whew!) there’s no alpha male trying to rule the roost or dictate to others on his terms alone. Of note especially in this community is my sense that humility and love are jointly at the top of this group’s greatest gifts.

It continues to be a pleasure and a joy to serve St. Anselm’s students, and their parents, and to be a colleague of the men and women who make up the School’s staff. As always, always we begin again.

God’s Peace,

Bill Crittenberger Headmaster

Left: Form I students assemble breakfast bags for the residents of local shelters managed by Catholic Charities on Ora et Labora Day. Right: Students from Forms III and IV help to level the cross country trail, guided by Form VI students who have performed environmental service on campus throughout the year. Other students help to clean up areas around the campus, especially around its perimeter fence and the sidewalks of bordering streets.

Campus NewsContinuing a Tradition of Service to the Community

Seabury Names School Volunteer Group of the Year

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Since the early 1980s, students in Form V and VI have dedicated one morning each week to volunteering with a local organization. This year one of our partners, Seabury Resources for Aging, selected St. Anselm’s Abbey School to win their Community Partner Award for 18 years of faithful service to the Age-In-Place program. Every Tuesday, a group of students are shuttled to the homes of seniors in need to provide free yard work and house cleaning. Their initiative contributes to the wider goal of enabling older adults to stay in their homes longer. Seabury estimates that, last year alone, St. Anselm’s students provided 254 hours of service to area seniors.

On May 22, Fr. Michael Hall, OSB, who coordinates community service at the school, along with Headmaster Bill Crittenberger and a group of this year’s student volun-teering for Age-In-Place, will be presented with the award at Seabury’s Leadership in Aging Ceremony at the National Press Club.

St. Anselm’s currently also sends juniors and seniors to do service at several area DC public schools, St. Ann’s Center for Children, Youth and Families, The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, the Spanish Education Development Center, and Carroll Manor at Providence Hospital.

Before Spring Break, Latin Club members Brendan Grau, Forest Miller, and Jesse Broderick-Sokoi helped Ms. Delora Pelosi to deliver Easter Baskets Bags to Head Start and Kindergarten students at Cesar Chavez Elementary School students in Prince George’s County. Money was raised throughout the year to purchase toys and candy for the bags, which were then assembled by club members.

The beginning of the school year marked the inauguration of the Environmen-tal Stewardship Service Group (ESSG), comprised of 10 Form V & VI students who, during Tuesday community service hours, labor on campus to restore and preserve its natural environment. The extensive woods that extend from the southern end of the Abbey to the north-ern edge of the property have grown untended for decades. Many trees have been shrouded by invasive vines, among many native and non-native plants. The understory provides similar challenges; bamboo and other fast growing plants have crowded out the native vegetation.

Over the course of the year, the group has cleared a large smilax (deerthorn) in-

festation from the stand of trees next to the upper parking lot, freed a tall beech from a wild grape vine, planted ten do-nated yellowwoods next to the gym with the guidance of Casey Trees, and cleared numerous plants and vines from smaller areas around campus.

Although the scope of work that lay ahead was truly endless, the students eagerly returned to their post each week. They bring a sense that this work is not im-portant for their own well-being as much as it is a gift back to the school they call home, and one knows future generations of the community will enjoy that gift in the form of shade, clean air, and natural beauty. By Peter Young, ’01, Director of Admissions and ESSG faculty moderator.

Annual Easter Basket Donation

Stewardship in Action: First Year for Environmental Service on Campus

Clay Rosica (Form VI) and Nishant Carr (Form V) help plant yellowwoods near the gym building.

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Campus News

For the past ten years, the Modern Lan-guage Department has sponsored trips to Spain, Peru, Ecuador, and the Galapagos Islands during Spring Break. This year, Modern Language Department chair Mrs. Hajnalka Enzel teamed up with Fine Arts Department chair and Humanities teacher Dr. Charles Downey to travel with 13 intrepid Abbey Boys to explore in a new region: Greece and Turkey.

One rarely hears about springtime in Greece, but let me assure you that it is absolutely wonderful. Small crowds and cool temperatures greet the visitor. Upon our arrival in Athens, our first stop was the ethereal temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion. From there, we drove up the coast to Piraeus and then back to Athens. We went to the Plaka district for dinner and finally reached our rooms some 24 hours after leaving home. Insomnia was nowhere to be found.

We next journeyed to Delphi to see what the Oracle might have in store. Wild-flowers bloomed along the roadside and everything was fresh and green. In the distance, we could see snow-covered Mt. Parnassus in one direction, and a snow-covered mountain range located in the Peloponnese in the other. We didn’t encounter the legendary Oracle or her priests as we toured their ancient home at the temple of Apollo and visited the nearby museum with its treasures from Delphi. Sweet dogs now roam the ruins and poppies bloom in the crevices. A spe-cial spirit still inhabits the ruins at Delphi, evoking the splendors of the past.

The next day, bright and early, we set off for Eleusis, which still retains traces of a past as a center of religious devotion. Some lovely statues can be seen in the museum overlooking Piraeus. Next, we drove south to the Corinth Canal. Much deeper than one is led to believe from photographs, the canal is quite a spectac-ular engineering feat, constructed before heavy machinery was invented. We drove through dry, mountainous terrain which soon gave way to orange groves, climbing up through a valley to reach Mycenae.

The remains of another fabled city, My-cenae, the home of Agamemnon and the beautiful Helen, easily conjure up the imposing fortress that it once was. Our guide explained the function of each wall and cave with great knowledge and en-thusiasm, bringing to life the pillars and stones now covered in blooming blue wildflowers. From above, we saw the val-ley ringed by mountains. Approaching friend or foe could easily be spotted from a great distance while off to the left, the sea glittered in the spring sunshine.

We returned to Athens and prepared for the next day’s Aegean cruise aboard the Celestyal Olympia early in the morning. The sea was calm all the way to Mykonos, another bonus to visiting Greece in the spring. After a stroll around Mykonos, we set sail for Turkey and Ephesus.

Ancient Ephesus and the lovely “house of the Virgin Mary” on the ridge above did not disappoint. We lunched on board during the brief trip to the Holy Island of Patmos, where we were almost run over in the narrow street leading up to the monastery by a bishop in a red car driven by a nun. The tiny monastery on Patmos houses an ornate Orthodox church and a small

Immersed in the Ancient World: Students Travel to Greece, Turkey

museum that contains an El Greco icon painted by the master while he was a student. We even climbed down to the cave where St. John the Apostle is said to have written the Book of Revelation.

Our next stop was Crete and the col-orful ruins of Knossos. Large peacocks screeched in the tall trees as we entered the site. No Minotaur, no King Midas, just groups of students with their guides moving through, taking photographs of every stone, pillar, and vase. Back in near-by Heraklion, we spent some free time visiting the archeological museum and the treasures that had been unearthed at Knossos. Page after page from Marilyn

At the House of the Virgin Mary. Standing L-R: Andre Le Van (Form V), Fred Buchanan (IV), Ryan Torpey (IV), Patrick Sansone (V), Garry Simms (VI), Jonah Barrón (VI), Justin Williams (IV), Nathaniel Monahan (IV), Philip Flannery (IV), James Englander (IV), Dr. Downey, Mrs. Enzel, and Adam Wasserman (VI). In front: Marcus Domson (IV) and Tyler Pirovic (V).

View of the coast on the island of Mykonos.

The Parthenon at the Acropolic of Athens.

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Campus News

On March 22, the Form A students spent the day walking Wash-ington. Accompanied by their English teacher Mr. Hal DeLuca, their Geography teacher Mr. Jeff Harwood, and Form Advisors Ms. Sean Lane and Ms. Kailey Gotta, the class took the Metro to Union Station and walked to the Folger Shakespeare Library.

The boys were met by docents Mr. Ian Bannon and Mrs. Lau-ra Donnelly, the mother of Justin, ’98, and Andrew, ’03. They guided the students on a tour of the exhibition Shakespeare: Life of an Icon, commemorating the 400th anniversary of his death in 1616. The program built on the boys’ study of Shakespeare’s bi-ography, the Globe Theater, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Students observed and discussed primary source materials relat-ed to Shakespeare’s life, such as a manuscript known to be the only surviving document written in the Bard’s own hand, his will, and records related to his family coat-of-arms. The boys especially enjoyed their experience in the Folger Theater, which resembles the Globe Theater, where they delighted at hurling Elizabethan insults extrapolated from Shakespearean plays.

The class walked to Capitol South Metro, stopping along the way to share facts about the Library of Congress and the construction of the Capitol dome during the Civil War.

After a quick lunch at the National Air and Space Museum, the boys concluded their itinerary at the Smith-sonian’s National Mu-seum of African Art.

The purpose of this visit was for the boys to be introduced to African art and to observe the global dimension of art gallery resources in the Nation’s Capital. The tour guides were St. An-selm’s Sixth Former Nick Stewart and his museum mentor, Ms. Alison Hartley. Nick chose “African journeys” as the overall theme for his tour, and he engaged the boys in a discussion of several works of mostly contemporary art in different media—painting, sculpture, and photography. The last piece he chose was unique: an entire room full of painted hubcaps displayed amidst the recorded cacophony from the streets of Lagos, Nige-ria. The tour complemented the A Formers’ intensive study of the African continent in their world geography class.

Nick currently serves as a Teen Ambassador at the museum, where he and several other ambassadors recently conducted a tour for the U.S. Attorney General, Loretta Lynch. Nick will continue with his work at the Museum during his college years at the University of Maryland, College Park. By Mr. Hal Deluca and Mr. Jeff Harwood.

Exclusive Tours of the Shakespeare Library, African Art Museum

Stokstad’s Art History, used in our Hu-manities class, came to life.

We boarded our ship once again and sailed for Santorini, shaped by a spectac-ular volcanic eruption over 3,500 years ago. After visiting the principle towns of Oia and Fira, we slept fitfully during the overnight crossing back to Athens. We were greeted by our guide and went directly to the National Archeological Museum, where, mysteriously, we were the only people there and were able to approach the exhibits without hindrance. We were treated to room after room of priceless statues, vases, gold masks, and shining jewels found in ancient ruins throughout Greece. From the muse-

um, we went to the Acropolis to see the Parthenon and tour the site. We walked down the back way to the Agora and vis-ited the well-preserved temple of Rome and Augustus.

After lunch, we bought fragrant fresh strawberries from the street vendors, picked up a few final souvenirs and re-turned to our hotel to pack. That night we had our farewell dinner in a restaurant with authentic Greek folklore dancers. Most of our students happily joined in the dancing. It was a fantastic trip, especially since our boys already knew so much about ancient Greece and Greek mythology. I know these memories will last a lifetime. By Mrs. Hajnalka Enzel Nathaniel Monahan (Form IV) in ancient Ephesus.

Nick Stewart (Form VI) with Ms. Alison Hartly, Youth Engagement Coordinator at the National Museum of African Art.

Form A, Mrs. Laura Donnelly, and Mr. Ian Brennan at the Folger Library.

Abbott Handerson Thayer’s The An-gel of Dawn is a mysterious painting and has been hanging in the library of St. Anselm’s Abbey School for 30 years, inspiring and watching over the minds and hearts of youth.

This year, however, it is a copy of the original watching over the librarian and students. The Williams College Museum of Art has borrowed the original painting for the exhibition “Not Theories, But Revelations: The Art and Science of Abbott Hander-son Thayer,” which runs until Au-gust 21, 2016. Kevin Murphy, the Eugénie Prendergast Curator of American Art at the Williams muse-um organized the exhibition, and Fr. Peter Weigand, OSB, accepted his invitation to attend the opening in early March 2016.

The painting was donated to St. Anselm’s Abbey School by Jean and Charles Plunket in December 1986. Jean is now 92. Charles died on May 16, 1996, at age 86 with Abbot Aidan Shea, OSB, at his side, and he was remembered at a service in the St. An-selm’s Abbey chapel.

An education achieved through the spoken language that is found in books and in the schooling process is strengthened by an education enhanced by the silent language of the visual arts.

Saint Anselm of Canterbury teaches that Faith Seeking Understanding leads ultimately to Absolute Knowl-edge, to the Goodness of God, which is the most precious Good of all—Truth.

Thayer prophetically wrote: “The cry today for truth is merely the sin-cere cry of a world that is having its investigation period: and in as much as a part can never understand the whole, the world will again realize this impossibility, and again become relevant, and again have Art and Re-ligion.”

St. Anselm’s Abbey School previ-ously lent The Angel of Dawn to the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 1999 for an exhibition organized by Richard Murray, then Curator of American Art.

Any friends of St. Anselm’s Abbey School visiting the exhi-bition are asked to contact the curator, Kevin Murphy, to contact him know beforehand so that he might walk them through the show personally, if at all possible.

Also, any Alumni who matriculated at Williams College and have read this issue of the Corbie Chronicle, please let Fr. Pe-ter know by e-mail at pweigand@saintanselms.org.

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The Angel of Dawn (1918) by Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849-1921) and Fr. Peter Weigand, OSB, Jean Plunket, and her son John Plunket, ’73, at Williams College.

An Angel on Loan: Thayer Painting on DisplayCampus News

Faculty Notes

English teacher Dr. Michael Manglitz, ’00, was recently awarded his Ph.D. in English Language and Literature, though he has asked his students to continue to call him Mr. Manglitz. His studies focused on 20th century American poetry. He will continue teaching English, World History I, and coaching bas-ketball next year.

School counselor Ms. Stacey Marnell recently finished her first experience working on an accreditation team with the Association of Independent Schools in Maryland (AIMS). She helped to review Loyola Blakefield school in Towson. She is also thrilled to announce the birth of her first grand-child, Lila, who was born on February 24!

On March 17, Religion Department Chair Mr. Robert Alspaugh and his wife Michelle welcomed their son, Benedict Patrick. Their chil-dren Gregory (10) and Catherine (6) were happy to meet their baby brother.

Just after Spring Break, music teacher Mr. Michael Lodico and his wife Priya celebrated the birth of their second child, Michael Ravi Desai. He was born on the evening of April 11. The newest addition to the fam-ily is pictured here with his dad and big sister, Asha.

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Campus News

Certamen Latin CompetitionsThis year, St. Anselm’s Certamen teams placed well in competitions at the BA-SIS School in Washington, D.C. and at Thomas Jefferson High School in Alex-andria, Va.

L-R: Level 1 team William Stubner, Hammat Babin, CJ Velez, and Jesse Broderick-Sokoi took first place at BASIS and placed second at Thomas Jefferson.

L-R: Level I team Forest Miller, Ian Conrad, Nicholas Sansone, and Thom-as Duggan placed second in the prelimi-nary rounds at BASIS.

L-R: Level II team Kyle Whitlock, Pe-ter Clark, Ryan Fennelly, and Ryan McFeeters (missing from photo) placed third at BASIS.

At Thomas Jefferson, both the Level II team of Kevin Clark, Ryan Fennelly, and Darius Kuddo, and the Advanced team of Ben Mirvish, Brendan Kane, Bryant Raisch, and Mark Hornyak placed fifth.

HSPA SymposiumTim Pecoraro (Form VI) and Thomas Fahey (Form V) both participated in the annual symposium hosted by the High School Principals’ Association (HSPA) in March at the Catholic University of America. Tim spoke about his summer internship at Children’s hospital, where he helped to research Aicardi Goutieres syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disor-der that affects young children.

Thomas presented a textbook he is writ-ing, which aims to solve the core prob-lems with English education in Japan.

International Peace SymposiumOn April 24, Abbas Ali (Form IV) was invited to speak at the International Peace Symposium hosted by the Universal Peace Federation and The Commongrounds USA at The Washington Times offices. Though Abbas follows the Jewish faith passed down by his mother, he also has family ties to Islam and Christianity. He spoke about how he has learned to understand different faiths and how religions can work together.

Middle School Quiz Bowl NationalsFor the first time, a team from St. An-selm’s competed in the national Middle School Quiz Bowl Tournament. Form II students Will Monahan, Frank Da-ley-Young, and Joseph Paci faced off against 144 teams from across the coun-try during the competition in Atlanta, Ga. from May 6-8. The team qualified by placing first in the tournament hosted by Longfellow Middle School in February.

National Merit Finalist WinnerThe official announcement came this Spring that Form VI student Ryan Mon-tesi was named a National Merit Finalist. Poetry Out LoudJohn Richardson (Form VI) placed sec-ond in the annual DC Poetry Out Loud competition in March. Ayinde Grimes, ’14, currently a sophomore at Morehouse College, appeared as a featured spoken word performer during the event.

Telluride Sophomore SeminarDaniel Geda is our first sophomore to be accepted into the prestigious Telluride Association Sophomore Seminar (TASS). Daniel will spend 6 weeks at Cornell Uni-versity, studying social issues related to cultural identity. The program is taught by college professors and will include stu-dents from all over the country.

Vagelos Scholars Program at U PennNathan Dangle (Form VI) was admit-ted at the University of Pennsylvania and was selected to participate in the Vagelos Scholars Program in the Molecular Life Sciences. Through the program, he will have two research internships after his first two years of college, and the oppor-tunity of dual enrollment to finish both B.A. and M.A. degrees in four years.

Student awards and achievements

Panther SportsAbbey Wrestlers Enjoy Best Season in a Decade With a strong base of seniors, the wrestling team gave some of its best performances in over a decade. The Varsity team’s record was 14 wins, 6 losses, and 1 tie.

The team defeated all seven of the MAWL (Mid-Atlantic Wres-tling League) teams throughout the year, in addition to Maret, St. James Episcopal, Potomac, St. Andrew’s, Washington Latin, Jewish Day and Georgetown Day. Their only losses were to far larger schools: Episcopal High School, St. John’s College (twice), Bullis, The Hill School of Pottstown, Penn., and one loss to Potomac. They tied Boy’s Latin of Baltimore. Over the course of the season the team traveled to tournaments at Bishop Ireton, Randolph-Macon Academy, Bullis, St. John’s, and Sid-well Friends.

Once again in February, St. Anselm’s hosted the MAWL tour-nament. They entered 12 wrestlers into the tournament’s 14 weight classes and earned 11 medals, which earned the school its fifth championship in 11 years. Aidan Dwyer (Form V) and Pablo Ruiz (Form VI) both earned gold medals; Hollis Howe (Form III), Matt Borden (Form VI), Clay Rosica (Form VI), Harrison Howe (Form VI), and Nathan Dangle (Form VI) all earned silver medals; and Ryan McFeeters (Form III), Gary Simms (Form VI), Cuatro Johnston (Form VI), and Josh Pa-niagua (Form III) all earned bronze medals.

Coming off the winning season, the wrestlers gave an energet-ic performance at the DC State Wrestling Tournament at the

end of February and placed higher than the team has in the last 16 years. With seven medals, the Panthers took fourth place, coming in above St. Albans, Wilson, Georgetown Day, Washington Latin, Model, and Maret. Ryan Mc-Feeters (Form III), Cuatro Johnston (Form VI), and Sam Joyce (Form V) all placed fourth; Har-rison Howe (Form VI) earned a third place finish; Bryant Raisch (Form VI), and Pablo Ruiz (Form VI) each earned sec-ond place and Nathan Dangle (Form VI) won a championship.

Dangle earned an invitation to the National Prep Wrestling Championship, where he competed on February 26 in Bethle-hem, PA. On a national level, he was ranked among the top 32 wrestlers in the U.S.

In the words of Coach Steve Roush at the end-of-season team get-together, “This is the finest team I have ever coached.”

Nathan Dangle (Form VI) works to gain the advantage during the MAWL tourna-ment, going on to earn a silver medal.

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In front, L-R: Jesse Broderick-Sokol, (Form III), Matthew Borden (VI), Ian Conrad (III), Quinn McFeeters (VI), Ryan McFeeters (III), Nathan Dangle (VI), Angus MacDougall (VI), and Pablo Ruiz (VI). Standing, L-R: Hollis Howe (III), Sheran Perera (IV), Harrison Howe (VI), Cuatro Johnston (VI), Clay Rosica (VI), Assistant Coach Mike Howe, Nathan Gifford (VI), Michael Libanati (V), Coach Steve Roush, Chadin Rangel (III), Assistant Coach Rory Mase, Yves Eisenberg (III), Quinten Howe (IV), John Conrad (VI), Gary Simms (VI), Hammat Babin (III), Aidan Dwyer (V), and David Terry (III).

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SPRING SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS

LACROSSE

Lacrosse has had its best season ever, finishing the Washington Independent Lacrosse League (WILL) in first place under the guidance of their coach, Blake Hollinger. Finals were after the date of publication, but this could be the first banner year for Abbey lacrosse!

FENCING

BASEBALL

Overall, our baseball teams are having their best season since 2012. The Middle School baseball team, coached by Mark Dean, entered the PVAC(Potomac Valley Athletic Conference) Playoffs as the league leaders. They did not lose a single game in the PVAC and are in a great position to defend the PVAC championship clinched in 2015.

The Varsity baseball team, coached by Paul Wofsy, entered the week before the PVAC playoffs in third place. At the time this Corbie went to press, they had moved into second place.

Our fencing program continues to grow stronger. The team defeated much larger schools Georgetown Prep (twice!) and Landon at the Varsity, Junior Varsity and Junior Varsity (2) levels. Their only losses this year were to Gonzaga. The team is pictured with coach Janusz Smolenski.

Photo by Dina Borzekowski

Photo by Dina Borzekowski

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EIGHTH ANNUAL ALL-ALUMNI

REUNION WEEKEND APRIL 22-24, 2016

True Terror*The eighth annual All-Alumni Weekend was a resounding success.

As is tradition, a member of the class celebrating its 50th reunion kicked things off with the Distinguished Alumnus Address to the entire school community in the Divine Performing Arts Center on Friday afternoon. This year, Andrew Szegedy-Maszak, ’66, Professor of Classical Studies at Wesleyan University, shared his insights on the benefits of “liberal learning”—and the value of classical studies in particular—with monks, faculty, students, and many of his classmates and their wives. Afterwards, Mr. Szegedy-Maszak and the Class of 1966 entourage were hosted at a reception in the Abbey’s calefactory and given a brief tour of the monastery by Fr. Peter Weigand, OSB.

Friday afternoon’s Welcome Back reception in “the 1955 building” was well attended by young and not-so-young alumni alike. This is the one occasion during the weekend when returning alumni are able to walk the halls of academe once again. Several anniversary classes held informal get-togethers on Friday evening following the Welcome Back reception at area restaurants. The Class of 1966 held a privately-catered dinner party in the school library that was, by all accounts, a very enjoyable reunion.

The sixth annual St. Anselm’s 5K Run/Walk in memory of Peter Samp, ’08, was spared the worst of the rain Saturday morning. Like the Distinguished Alumnus Address, the 5K Run/Walk brings the entire school community together—current and past students, their families, the faculty and monks. It also raises money—approximately $6,000 this year—for the scholarship endowment. After the awards ceremony, the Alumni Barbecue, moved inside to the all-purpose room because of the weather, kept the socializing going full-steam for another hour and a half.

The highlight of the weekend was, as always, the All-Alumni Banquet on Saturday night at which the major anniversary classes are recognized. Alumni from as long ago as the Class of 1956 and as far away as Scotland returned to celebrate their graduation anniversaries. This year, five monks joined Bill and Tracy Crittenberger and 140 alumni and guests in an exciting and enthusiastic evening of reconnecting and reminiscing.

* “True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.” Unsourced but attributed to Kurt Vonnegut.

Top: Following his Distinguished Alumni Address, Andrew Szegedy-Maszak, ’66, carries on a lively exchange with current students.Middle: Paul Martin-Foss, ’98, and his guest, Jennifer Piraino, enjoy the cocktail hour before the big Banquet. Bottom: In the first lap of Saturday’s 5K, A Former Gus Nicholson stays a pace ahead of Christian Barry, ’85, Adrian Rankine-Galloway, ’00, and Matthew Moniz, ’08.Right: Ten of the 18 living alumni from the Class of 1966 were present to receive their 50th anniversary medals from Fr. Peter Weigand, OSB.

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Class Notes1987Thomas Lee recently joined the New York office of Hughes Hubbard & Reed. In January, the LA Times printed an Op-Ed he wrote on constitutional originalism. Lee is also the Leitner Family Professor of International Law at Fordham Law School in New York.

1995Phil Walsh is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Washington College in Chestertown, Md. He teaches a wide range of classes, including an ancient literature survey and the classical languages. Phil is current-ly editing Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Aristophanes, forth-coming in 2016.

2005After completing his doctorate in economics at the University of Chicago in 2015, Xan Vongsathorn is now living in Clare-mont, Ca. with his wife, guitars, and collection of John Mon-troll origami books. He is an adjunct professor of economics at Pomona College.

2012Jacob Wasserman, a senior at Yale University, was presented an Ivy Award by Yale University President Peter Salovey and New Haven Mayor Toni Harp for his engagement in the New Haven community, especially as coordinator of the campaign for sustainable transportation, Go New Haven Go.

2013Joseph Nahra is finishing his junior studying Physics at the University of Pennsylvania. He interns for FactCheck.org, “A Project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center” at UPenn. An article he wrote about a speech by Bill Clinton was picked up by USA Today online in April.

For Benedictine Heritage Week, five alumni spoke to students about faith and service in their lives since high school. L-R: Marco Cerritelli, ’11, is currently a FOCUS missionary; Thomas La Voy, ’09, spent a year with Americorps; Allen La Grenade-Finch , ’09, works with City Year in DC; Adrian Dhanaraj teaches through Teach for America in Pine Bluff, Ark., and Richard Pera,’10, serves on the Alumni Association Board.

Say Fromage! Tenth and fifteenth anniversary revelers (L-R): Matthew Brooks, ’01, Shamika Brooks, Alexandra Zeigler, Anderson Plunket, ’01, Eleanor Edelin, Michael Edelin, ’06.

Members of the Class of 2011 have graduated from college and attained the age of majority. Many were back in town to celebrate their fifth anniversary reunion. Standing (L-R): Kelly Kennedy, Christopher Bragale, Joseph Breslin, Thomas Hansen, Marco Cerritelli, Tomas Husted, Alexander Jankovic; seated (L-R): William Harris, Joseph Downs, Amanda Sheehan, Farrell Sheehan.

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The following is adopted from a blog post by Patrick Granfield, ’99. Patrick grad-uated from Dartmouth College with a degree in history in 2003, taught history at St. Anselm’s from 2004 to 2007, and then moved to Abu Dhabi to help launch The National, an English-language news-paper aimed at strengthening connections between the Arabian Gulf region and the world. After four years in the Middle East, he returned to the U.S. to serve as Rahm Emanuel’s chief speechwriter during his

first two years as Chicago’s Mayor. In 2013 Patrick joined the Obama Administration, where he has served on the policy planning and speechwriting team for Secretary of State John Kerry, as an aide to General John Allen, and, currently, as a speechwriter to Secretary of Defense Ash Carter.

Individuals and timeless valuesWhen I think about St. Anselm’s, two things come to mind. The first is the small class size. Every student is known by every teacher and member of the community. Fully aware of each in-dividual’s talents and idiosyncrasies, the faculty truly values the dignity and differences of each boy and is devoted to his success.

The second aspect that stays with me is the monastic influence. In D.C., so many of us live in a 24-hour news cycle; at St. An-selm’s, we were being educated amidst a 1,500-year Benedic-tine tradition. Seeing the values of Pax in Sapientia and Ora et Labora being lived out every day had a profound effect on me. It still does. I hope my time at St. Anselm’s and exposure to the Benedictine tradition has taught me to search for what is most enduring and most meaningful in each challenge I en-counter – and to see the dignity in every person I meet and work alongside. Whether I’ve been in the mountains of Kurdistan as a journalist, or traveling with Secretary Kerry or Secretary Carter, I’ve strived to keep these lessons in mind . Whenever I take the time to reflect and remember them, I’ve found them to be a deep well of inspiration.

Critical thinkingThe day-to-day exposure to big ideas and critical thinking were some of the most valuable takeaways from my St. Anselm’s ed-ucation. In English and history classes, we were imbued with a sense of skepticism, but never a sense of cynicism. We were taught to question deeply and sincerely, not simply to hear our own voices or argue with one another, but to use our gifts to make a contribution to our class, our communities, and the world.

Being yourself and learning from othersEach boy is allowed to be himself at St. Anselm’s. And the size of the classes and community mean that you run into different characters and individuals that you can’t avoid. There are few cliques: you have to learn how to interact and deal with indi-viduals from diverse background and perspectives. It’s an envi-ronment that prepares students to participate and compete in a diverse and increasingly interconnected world.

MemoriesI always enjoyed my English classes. I remember having won-derful classes with Mr. Vaile, who turned me on to Emerson,

Thoreau, and much of the American canon. I still remember certain lines of poetry and prose because of the captivating way he taught the material. Mr. Morse, another English teacher, had an uncanny ability to show us how the texts we were reading and the questions they raised had enduring relevance to the ques-tions and challenges of the present day. I also owe a lot to Mrs. Cholis, a tough English teacher who helped instill in me some much-needed discipline as a writer and thinker.

I’ll also always remember Mr. Achilles and his irreverent view of American history. His classes were entertaining, but much more than that, his creative approach to the material helped students appreciate the richness and texture of history, politics, and the figures who shape them.

I also had great religion teachers. Not only did they provide me a deeper appreciation for my own faith, they helped me under-stand different religious beliefs and what is shared by so many religious traditions. Every day, the monks also modeled for us a spiritual discipline and showed us the importance of the spiritual dimension to living a full life. In how they dedicated their lives to the Abbey, the School, and their religious vows, they showed us there was something far more powerful than the material and the here and now.

I remember vividly one Holy Thursday, the day that Christ washed the feet of his disciples, when Abbot Aidan selected 12 students and teachers and washed their feet. It was a powerful lesson about selfless service and devotion. Fr. Peter showed the same kind of humility when he was head of school, personally filling the soda machines and mowing the lawn. The dedication of the faculty, both lay and monastic, revealed the wisdom of something Mother Teresa once wrote, “That there are no great things; only small things done with great love.”

Lifelong membershipIt’s wonderful to continue to have contact with the monks and the community and to have St. Anselm’s continue to be a part of my life. And it’s an honor to give back something small by serving as a member of the Board.

The lessons St. Anselm’s teaches and the fellowship the school provides remain with you long after gradu-ation. When you join the community as a student, you’re a member for life. By staying involved with St. Anselm’s today, it’s easier for me to remember the les-sons and values I learned as a student and to find ways to apply them in my own work, community, and family.

At a time when many people struggle to find and create community, St. Anselm’s provides a community that will always be there for you.

A Reflection on Lifelong Lessons and Community

Alumni News

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With a little more than two months remaining in our fiscal year, alumni giving to the Annual Fund— always strong—is setting records for the number of givers and the amount given. So far, just over 300 alumni have contributed $180,000 to this year’s Annual Fund campaign, up from an average of $100,000 the last four years.

Part of the increase has been driven by the second annual week-long Social Media Blitz conducted in March by the Board of Directors of the Alumni Association. A total of $18,000 was donated by 101 alumni who had not yet given to this year’s Annual Fund. The new donors were re-sponding to a barrage of emails and Facebook posts from fellow alumni encouraging them to go “All In” this year in support of St. Anselm’s.

Alumni Set Records with Annual Giving

Service at Central Union Mission

On Saturday, March 19, the Alumni Association orga-nized a day of service with Central Union Mission. A group of alumni and their sons, 14 all together, met at Central Union’s men’s shelter in D.C. and helped pre-pare and serve lunch. Those who volunteered were: Dan Black, ’08, Michael Davitt, ’72, Aidan Dwyer (Form V), Ciaran Dwayer (Form II), their father Chris Dwyer, ’87, Kurt Hansen, ’83, Collin Hill, ’88, his sons Joaquin and Xavier Hill, Cameron Jacobs, ’08, Jim Leathers, ’04, Matt Lynch, ’08, Tim May, ’83, and Michael Paganelli, ’12.

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We Extend Our Deepest Sympathy to the Families of Those in Our Community Who Have Died

In Memoriam

Robertson “Bobby” BlackwellGrandmother of Martin Krafft,’ 08, and Douglas Krafft, ’11

Keith G. Britton Father of Matthew J. Britton, ’84

Daniel J. CarrollGrandfather of Sebastian Mazza, ’14

Fr. Hilary Hayden, OSBMonk of St. Anselm’s Abbey

Theodore E. KirchnerFather of John C. Kirchner, ’67, Robert E. Kirchner, ’69, Paul G. Kirchner, ’71, Ted A. Kirchner, ’72, and Bruce Kirchner, ’74 (NG)

James H. LesherClass of 1986

Paul J. Martin Class of 1995Brother of John P. Martin, ’87

Paul W. McCloskeyFather of Christopher B. McCloskey, ’69

Charles D. Missar Father of C. David Missar, ’83

Adeline J. Nolan Mother of Michael C. Nolan, ’70, Matthew M. Nolan, ’76, and John G. Nolan, Jr., ’80 (NG) †

James E. Nolan, Jr. Class of 1950

Donald E. Smith Father of Gregory A. Smith, ’68, Mark S. Smith, ’73, Jeffrey C.J. Smith, ’77

Andrew F. Tully, IIIClass of 1965

Dr. Gordon C. Vidmar Father of Gregory G. Vidmar, ’84

Frank ZorcGrandfather of Thomas C. Zorc, ’09, Chris Zorc, ’11 (NG), Peter W. Zorc (Form II), Patrick M. Zorc (Form A), and Paul Wright (Form II); cousin of Joseph J. Zorc, ’84

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Class Notes/Alumni News 15

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