Time for some Newman Nostalgia!
Delighted to show you this gorgeous photo of a Holy Communion at St Joseph’s Brigidine School, Wembley, from Jon Carrano (1971). The priest is Father Foley who, Jon says, might’ve had a brother Brian, who played football for West Perth.
Jon is in the middle row on the left “in a purpose-tailored white suit (as is the Italian tradition) ”. He says it was taken in either Year 1, 1960 (with Mother Patrick); Year 2, 1961 (with Mother James) or Year 3, 1962.
In recognition of their 50th Reunion, Jon and some of his 1971 Marist College classmates recently got together via Zoom (one lives in Sydney, another lives in Melbourne, two live in Perth and two in the UK). In between sharing memories of good times past, the group managed to identify a few names in this photo (below)!
Can you identify any of the rest of these angelic faces? They all look quite serious, don’t they, except for Gary Gleeson (1971) smack bang in the middle!
If you can identify anyone, please tag, or comment below, or email archives@newman.wa.edu.au.
Back, L-R: unknown, Wayne Jermy, unknown, unknown, John Edwards, rest unknown
Fourth row: unknown, Mark Francas, unknown, unknown, Michael Lyons, Luciano Bogdanich, Robert Emrose
Third row: Jon Carrano, Gary Gleeson
Second row: unknown, unknown, unknown, Christine Daniels?, unknown
Front: unknown, unknown, unknown, Maria Capolingua, unknown, Rosemary Rechichi, unknown
