Siena Mantooth’s Valedictory

Good evening, Reverend Fathers, Dr. Cuddeback, Mrs. Carroll, Seton faculty, parents, family

members, friends, distinguished guests, and of course, members of the Class of 2015. I also

Better Late than Never?

Monday of Holy Week I gave a talk at the PRO (Parents’ Resource Organization) Meeting in Faustina, which is the cafeteria and all purpose room in the Corpus Christi building.

Overworked

How many snow days and delayed openings have there been since January 23rd? Is the # to be blamed for being way behind in classes? Time management has been a downfall so far.

The Return

Flew into National Airport on the Eve of the March for Life.   Met at the airport by Dick Pennefather and his oldest daughter Ann who is a senior at Seton.   It was 2 a.m.

Category: Ironic

Family went to out to eat tonight. Restaurant name was Home Plate. Some very dumb show (there are some of those out there) on TV.

Coffin Maker on EWTN

Marcus Daly, Mom's coffin maker, will be on EWTN's "The Journey Home"this coming Monday, October 6th at 8 p.m. Eastern, 7 Central, 6 Mountain, 5 Pacific Time.

Eulogy Final Part

Mom was emptied of so many abilities, but she faced those losses, not by a daring choice of fortitude, but by an abiding endurance of what she suffered.

Eulogy * Part 7

This next example could as easily go under the category of Mom's toughness, but here the toughness that she demonstrated was of the will and intellect — the two powers of the soul, powers that

Eulogy * Part 6

We are now going to concentrate on Mom's later life and the Alzheimer's that she had for more than a dozen years.  

VFW Speeches and the Cold War

The results are in from the local VFW Post for the Voice of Democracy Speech Contest, and Seton did very well: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and two honorable mentions. Four of the winners have recent Seton alumni siblings; Orr, Gonzalez, Aveni, Murray. We'll get the results from...

VFW’s VOD

Voice of Democracy Speech Contest – many of you may remember this annual event which in the earlier years all sophomores took part in, and recently all juniors. It’s a contest that has been around for a long time. I entered in 1974, purely for financial reasons. There...

Ignatius and Perry: Accentuate the positive!

Here’s a passage from the writing of a religious that I found much to my liking: “St. Ignatius says that the greater part of the daily examen is to be used in thanksgiving: Thanking God for every blessing increases our capacity for gratitude and our ability to see Him...

Off and running and dancing

School’s off to a great start. St. Michael is joining the angelic fresco crowd in the chapel.

Senior Banquet 2016

Senior Parents. There are so many things that the faculty is indebted to you for and thank you for – at the top of the list is that you have given to Seton the Class of 2016.

“Lent” with a whole new meaning

You might find this interesting.

Venice, anyone?

Memorizing the names of the books of the New Testament seems as if it would be an error free exercise.

4 Lent or IV Lent

During Lent I am going to blog once per week – starting today. It isn’t that it is penance for me to write, but writing for this is not necessary, and there are always things to be done for/at school. While it is true that there is always something to be done in...

Catching up

I wanted to be sure that all within the Seton community had heard the news that the abortion clinic in Manassas has closed, and the property has been sold to pro-lifers.

9-11: A Typical Day at Seton

Today is the feast of the Holy Name of Mary. It is also the first anniversary of Mom’s death.