Newsletter for
alumni of The Abbey School, Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
Caracas,
1 of June 2021 No.1019
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Dear
Friends,
The first issue of the Month, hope you would join the
select group of collaborators.
Thanks to you I have material for a couple of
additional issues, but unfortunately, we have had a couple of farewells.
I always cross my fingers with the hope that the
Circular gets contacted with good news much before the sad departure.
I thank those that have asked and have send in funds
anonymously.
At the end of this issue, you will find the
instructions to send funds, I know your limitations.
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On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 8:33 AM
GEORGE MICKIEWICZ <amickiew@att.net> wrote:
Sharing some photos that I came across this morning about St Benet’s
Hall…and a specific memory.
During my GCEs in December 1962,
remember going up and studying there for the next test on those steps to the
“picture theater”…..silence…peace….quiet…..with no one around.
Complained then…but the Abbey School
monks and teachers prepared me spiritually and academically for the rest of my
life.
I recognize and thank my parents for
their love and their personal financial sacrifices that they made to send me
there.
And…last but not least…very grateful for
you and the friendships that we established ….especially to my classmates as
many of us spent those 6 years together...
A correction in the attached picture of
our class: Number 9 is actually my good
friend …and we are still in touch after 59 years…PETER DE MORVAY …… the listed
name of Ladislao Grossman is incorrect.
MAY GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU & YOURS
IN THESE CHALLENGING TIMES
Please be extra careful and stay
healthy, safe and sound,
George Mickiewicz (AS-MSB 1956-1962)
(Dear friends, I have close to 4000 photos, those that have been sent
are catalogued with a short NUMBER, please use it when requesting corrections,
memory fading, EDITOR)
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From: GEORGE MICKIEWICZ
Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2021 5:15 AM
Subject: 2 "OLD" ARTICLES ABOUT
OUR SCHOOL
Sharing in case you have not seen/read before……came across these 2 this
past week (Ed).
School throws out 100 students
SUNDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2003
The Education Ministry’s tardiness in making
proper arrangements with St Bede Vocational School, Mt St Benedict, has left approximately
100 students shut out for the rest of the new school term.
Parents and
students were shocked to learn via a letter last Friday that they (the
students) had only three days left at the school.
The letter from the
Abbot of Mount St Benedict, Rt Rev Francis Alleyne stated: “To date, proper
arrangements between the Ministry and St Bede have not been finalised, that is,
no formal contract has been signed and nothing has been paid to the school.
The students, who
previously attended Curepe and Mt Hope Junior Secondary Schools, were supposed
to sit the 14-plus exam this year.
However, an
assessment was done at their respective schools last year and they were
assigned to St Bede’s in November.
Alleyne informed
parents that the school did not have proper authority to have the students in
the school and also could not meet its financial commitments for example,
salary for staff, maintenance, equipment and material.
He said the school
finished the last school year by taking a “substantial loan” from the Abbey
with the expectation, each day, that the matter would be rectified.
Alleyne said at
present the school did not have a legal agreement with the Ministry nor
finances but it did have a “big loan” to pay.
Parents were told
that from September 17 their children could no longer be accommodated, and St
Bede will only accommodate its private students.
Alleyne referred
them to the Ministry for clarification of their children’s future.
Lorencia Ballack,
whose sons Michael and Matthew are students of St Bede’s said: “The children
were getting their things for school and to get a letter like this, saying they
are no longer accommodated, this brings them down.”
She too is hurt and
disappointed.
Ballack said she
has purchased shirts costing $35 each, a steel tip shoe costing $250, an
overall costing $150, welding jacket and goggles.
Ballack said the
parents have been also paying $20 for a security guard.
She said when the
students were sent to St Bede’s the Ministry was supposed to assign more
teachers, but this never happened, and the students had many free periods.
“Some of them run away from school, they would rather go home than stay in
school doing nothing, some end up fighting or stealing from other students.”
She said the Curepe
and Mt Hope Junior Secondary School students were sent to St Bede’s as part of
a project to send some students to vocational schools.
They were allowed
to wear their secondary school uniforms until they purchased the new uniform.
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A bit of history about Abbott Alleyne
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OUR CONGRATULATIONS TO HARRY LAUGHLIN –
Trini-born dancer choreographs Olympic volleyball entertainment
SATURDAY 25 AUGUST 2012
The 26-year-old daughter of Harry and Dale
Laughlin of Haleland Park completed the CXC exams at Providence, and “A” Levels
at St Joseph’s Convent.
Always in love with
dance, she first danced with Caribbean School of Dance and then became a member
of the Metamorphosis Dance Company.
She obtained a
Bachelor of Fine Arts, majoring in Dance from Marymount Manhattan College, New
York, and a Master’s in Public Relations from University of The Arts, London.
Laughlin is
currently employed as a dancer/choreographer by AMCK Management Ltd.
“Steph”, as she is
fondly called, has pioneering in her DNA.
Her father is
reportedly the first person in this country to have achieved the President’s
Gold Award in 1967, while at The Abbey School in Mount St Benedict.
He completed the
bronze and silver in this multidisciplinary programme, which is diverse in its
activities so that participants get a wide range of experiences and knowledge
that they would not have gotten in the classroom.
This is the information about Harry Laughlin in
our database
Nicknames: "Big Mouth",
"Mice" Vice-President of the "MOLDS' (Mount Outside Literary and
Debating Society 1964. Scout - Scouts. PL of the "Robert Falcon Scott Patrol for
senior boys. President's Trophy for Best
All-Round Student 1967. Victor Ludorum
prize one year. Older brother of
Michael, in Trinidad 678-4514(Cell)
Please share with
other old boys as appropriate
Please be extra careful and stay
healthy, safe and sound,
George Mickiewicz (AS-MSB 1956-1962)
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From: GEORGE MICKIEWICZ
Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2021 7:57 AM
Subject: OUR FATHER AUGUSTINE & THE
MOUNT TODAY
Dom Augustine Schreurs, O.S.B.,
Celebrated his ninety-sixth birthday in
grand style.
The Ambassador of the Kingdom of the
Netherlands His Excellency Raphael Varga van Kibed visited Dom Augustine this
morning and spent time with him.
It was a beautiful sight to behold...
Father Harold communicated last year
that Father Augustine’s mind and memory are sharp, physically well but his
eyesight has failed.
Also Came across this video produced on
4th November 2020……enjoy:
Inside The Monastery - YouTube
Please be extra careful and stay
healthy, safe and sound,
George
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Enviado: martes, 16 de marzo de 2021 11:55 a. m.
pedro jesus castro
<pedrojcastro1939@hotmail.com>
ALABANZAS A TODAS LAS MUJERES…
Me gusta concebir a toda mujer como ubicada en
la cúspide de una pirámide humana…y como contrapartida ver al hombre
ubicado a la mitad de la misma. Hay que considerar a la Mujer como una fuente
primigenia y cuna del máximo amor…definitivamente se puede considerar como el
regalo más bello y sublime de la creación hecha a toda la humanidad.
Me gusta contemplar a toda mujer como el más bello y
sublime regalo de la creación hecha a la humanidad, dotada de una sensibilidad
insuperable y saber que todos sus actos los hace con un profundo amor y
desinterés…tomando en cuenta que los mismos los hace en forma continua, con
total desprendimiento. Mediante su presencia se hace sentir que
está en todas partes y con una dedicación muy particular es el pivote que
mantiene contra todos los obstáculos el núcleo familiar…incluso con el regalo
divino que de su propio vientre llega a procrear como regalo divino al hombre,
como su amorosa fuerza protectora y aún más como sostén de la misma y no como
amo, dueño y señor, para ser su esclava y ser sometida a sus caprichos, e
inconfesables deseos, que por los siglos ha generado infinitos conflictos
de guerra, que ha llevado a hundir y afectar permanentemente la llama del amor
de la mujer y toda su prole.
La mujer
por excelencia es la diosa del amor…no hay acto, gesto, acción u expresión que
no tenga la doble huella de su infinito amor. El hombre debe dejar de
esconder su complejo de inferioridad ante la mujer, cuando conoce toda la
maravilla que es y desprenderse de su arrogante preponderancia de superioridad
y apreciar así en toda su magnitud la excelsa presencia de la mujer, para que
así en forma permanente llegue a poder seguir enriqueciendo…seguir creando y
llegar a formar para poder cuidar a un mundo que sea mejor para la
humanidad…sin conflictos y sin esas interminables guerras. Nuestro deseo al
final del camino seria el amor y la paz, que sea impulsado…motivados por la
mujer…y personalmente creo que es la clave del Siglo XXI.
Concluyo que la MUJER (EN MAYUSCULA) seguirá siendo lo
más grande, maravilloso y sublime regalo de Dios a la raza humana y por
medio de ELLAS, tener a todos los niños que al nacer resalten su divina
presencia. Nuestro deber será en amar, proteger y cuidarlos a ellos y
nunca permitir ningún abuso físico, verbal o agresión alguna a estos
seres inocentes.
COLOFÓN…Definitivamente amar a la mujer es como un
roció al amanecer. AMAR A LA MUJER DEFINITIVAMENTE ES TENER DEL UNIVERSO EL
REGALO MAS PRECIADO.
PEDRO J. CASTRO.
PRAISES TO ALL THE WOMEN ...
I like to conceive of every woman as located on the top of a human
pyramid… and as a counterpart to see the man located in the middle of it. Women
must be considered as a primeval source and cradle of the greatest love ... it
can definitely be considered as the most beautiful and sublime gift of creation
made to all humanity.
I like to contemplate every woman as the
most beautiful and sublime gift of creation made to humanity, endowed with an
insurmountable sensitivity and knowing that she does all her acts with deep
love and selflessness ... taking into account that she does them in
continuously, with total detachment. Through his presence, he makes himself
feel that he is everywhere and with a very particular dedication he is the
pivot that maintains the family nucleus against all obstacles ... even with the
divine gift that from his own womb comes to procreate as a divine gift to man,
such as its loving protective force and even more as its support and not as its
master, owner and lord, to be its slave and be subjected to its whims, and
unspeakable desires, which for centuries has generated infinite conflicts of
war, which has led to sink and permanently affect the flame of love for women
and all their offspring.
The woman par excellence is the goddess
of love ... there is no act, gesture, action, or expression that does not have
the double imprint of her infinite love. The man must stop hiding his
inferiority complex from the woman, when he knows all the wonder that is and
let go of his arrogant preponderance of superiority and thus appreciate in all
its magnitude the exalted presence of the woman, so that this way permanently
arrives to be able to continue enriching ... continue creating and training to
be able to take care of a world that is better for humanity ... without
conflicts and without those endless wars. Our wish at the end of the road would
be love and peace, that it be driven ... motivated by women ... and I
personally believe that it is the key to the 21st century.
I conclude that the WOMAN (IN CAPITAL
LETTERS) will continue to be the greatest, most wonderful and sublime gift of
God to the human race and through THEM, to have all the children who at birth
highlight his divine presence. Our duty will be to love, protect and care for
them and never allow any physical, verbal or aggression against these innocent
beings.
ROSIN ... Definitely loving women is
like a dew at dawn. TO LOVE A WOMAN DEFINITELY IS TO HAVE THE MOST PRECIOUS
GIFT OF THE UNIVERSE.
PEDRO J. CASTRO
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Glen
Evelyn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_DZeKa8h4A
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Arthur
Reid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1KEKp3tN8o
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The Exorcisms and minor exorcisms(deliverances)
Father Harold Imamshah
Dec 21, 2013
The Exorcisms and minor exorcisms (deliverances)
continued in my days as a monk, and I did witness one or 2 episodes when asked
to be part of the Prayer team.
I learnt much from Fr. Leo Van Lleuwen
before he died and put much of his advice (and that of Bishop John Mendes who
was trained by him) in later years in this Exorcism/Deliverance Ministry in
Ohio, Louisiana, Michigan, and Mexico and in one case in Haiti.
Guys, let me invite you this Christmas
to put aside 10 minutes starting from the time you read this email, each day
for the next 9 days at Noon or 6pm to pray for an increase in vocations to the
Monastic Life, so that our dear Monastery could continue to be a Centre for
prayer for the Trinidad and Tobago and the rest of the Caribbean.
God bless you and your families this
Christmas; I will remember you in my Christmas Masses at the Church of the
Nativity, Crystal Stream and St. Anthony's, Petit Valley.
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EDITED by Ladislao Kertesz, kertesz11@yahoo.com, if you would like to subscribe for
a whole year and be in the circular’s mailing list or if you would like to
mention any old boy that you would like to include, write to me.
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Photos:
02LK0100FAUGRP, Fr. Augustine and group
2002
17LK1893FBARE, Arthur Reid
20LK9324FBPGI, Peter Girod
15LK4921FBJDA, John Davenport
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