Alumni Road Trip Gathers Steam!

It's fun to try new things from time to time, and that's exactly what we're up to in Alumni House these days. We've been seeing that beautiful StFX bus sitting outside the Keating Centre when our varsity teams aren't using it, and wondered: 'Why don't we use that bus for an alumni adventure?'

Then when we heard the Boston Alumni Chapter was thinking about having a St. Patrick's Day ceilidh, our adventure started to take shape.

Tickets went on sale Monday and our bus is nearly half-full now. We're going to stop over one night in Bangor and have dinner with our Maine alumni. Then it's off to Bean Town where we'll enjoy a St. Patrick's Day ceilidh with our Boston alumni and take in the St. Patrick's Day parade. On Monday we'll head back to the Maritimes, staying overnight in Saint John and having an Irish supper with our Saint John alumni.

My colleague Maria Hartery '87 and I are very excited about co-hosting the trip.

This is a first for Alumni Affairs, but we're confident things will fall into place and we'll have lots of fun. I'm sure that bus will see many more alumni road trips. We're looking into maybe having an Alumni tour to Celtic Colours in Cape Breton next fall.

Happy trails,

Helen

A beautiful farewell for Fr. Gerald Power

A lovely funeral mass was celebrated at the StFX Chapel this past Wednesday for Fr. Gerry Power '47. Many alumni, faculty and staff gathered to remember the brilliant priest-professor who inspired students in the classics. This past week Fr. Gerry was being remembered by many alumni as an intellectual giant -- a brilliant man with a terrific sense of humour and caring nature. The legacy of former priest-professors like Fr. Gerry contributes much to the unique character of today's StFX. Helen