  Pgn421 Member Username: Pgn421 Post Number: 40 Registered: 02-2005 |
Hi Anyone out there from St.Clare parish? i was there from 62-70. | |||
Drankin21 Member Username: Drankin21 Post Number: 66 Registered: 12-2003 |
I remember seeing Mike Peplowski's HUGE shoe from the eighth grade in the trophy case outside the gym at St. Clare. | |||
Harmonie Member Username: Harmonie Post Number: 681 Registered: 08-2004 |
Amen to that Drankin! It was a size 18 or something crazy like that. How about the tunnel between the main building and the church...fun but sometimes creepy! Falcon 1986 - 1995 | |||
Pgn421 Member Username: Pgn421 Post Number: 44 Registered: 02-2005 |
yes, i remember the tunnel | |||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 1994 Registered: 10-2003 |
When our Class of '71 had a reunion in November 2005, we were invited to attend All-School Mass on the Tuesday before. Afterwards we got a tour of the school, including a walk through the tunnel between the church and the school. Although the tunnel was much cleaner than I remembered, it was still so familiar:  | |||
Crash_nyc Member Username: Crash_nyc Post Number: 770 Registered: 08-2004 |
Class of '85. A few years ago I had a chance to walk the hallways there again -- a lot smaller than I remembered! Drankin21: "I remember seeing Mike Peplowski's HUGE shoe from the eighth grade in the trophy case outside the gym at St. Clare." Mike was in my class. He was a BIG guy! He had trouble fitting into some of the desks. We all knew he'd make it big in basketball. After Michigan State, he played in the NBA for a few years. | |||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 1996 Registered: 10-2003 |
I was Mike Peplowski's babysitter! His family lived two doors up from us on Three Mile Drive. When I was in 8th grade or so, I started babysitting him and his older brother Patrick. My sister and brother also babysat for them. When we were at St. Clare for the reunion, I took this photo of "the shoe":  St. Clare has cultivated a number of professional athletes! Here's the sign as of Nov. 2005:  When I was discussing the list with my brother Mike (St. Clare '73), he immediately noted that a name was missing! Chris Godfrey! After St. Clare, Chris played football for DeLaSalle and the University of Michigan, and then, after being signed and cut by several teams, played for the New York Giants the year they won the Super Bowl! I notified the school and they checked it out, and added Chris Godfrey to the list last September. It has been said that St. Clare is the only elementary school in the country to have had three NBA players among its alumni! I don't know if this is still the case, but I haven't heard that this mark has been surpassed by any other school. | |||
Taj920 Member Username: Taj920 Post Number: 188 Registered: 01-2004 |
DeBusschere also played MLB for the Chicago White Sox. | |||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2005 Registered: 10-2003 |
Thanks, Taj920! I had no idea that Dave played pro baseball. | |||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2030 Registered: 10-2003 |
Beyond the professional athletes that have graduated from St. Clare, are there other notables that we should recognize from among our alumni? I know of two published authors: Kevin Boyle ('74) who won the 2004 National Book Award for "Arc of Justice," and Ellen Slezak ('72) who has had a book of short stories and a novel published by Hyperion (http://www.hyperionbooks.com/a uthor.asp?AUTH_ID=Slezak). Any other authors? What about musicians, actors, politicians??? | |||
Kenp Member Username: Kenp Post Number: 254 Registered: 03-2006 |
Chris Godfrey also has another championship in professional football besides the Super Bowl. He was a member of our own Michigan Panthers of the USFL in 1983. The most interesting thing about Chris is that he was a star Defensive lineman at UM and was a offensive tackle in the pros. You dont see that very often. | |||
Homer Member Username: Homer Post Number: 102 Registered: 08-2004 |
Didn't attend but friends did, know the Blackwell family? They all went on to Notre Dame, er, well except Angie who went on to Regina | |||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2035 Registered: 10-2003 |
Kenp: Here's how Chris Godfrey spends time these days, in addition to be a husband and father and a lawyer: http://www.lifeathletes.org/00 08/welcome.asp | |||
Harmonie Member Username: Harmonie Post Number: 687 Registered: 08-2004 |
Homer...I'm friends with the Blackwell's from St. Clare...and Notre Dame/Regina as well. Actually, Ben Blackwell would be an answer to Kathleen's question about what musicians went to St. Clare. Ben's done pretty well in the Dirtbombs and has quite a famous uncle as well. I run into former Falcons all the time. Much more than I run into Saddlelites. St. Clare definitely produced some cool folks! | |||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2048 Registered: 10-2003 |
Who's Ben Blackwell's famous uncle? | |||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2062 Registered: 10-2003 |
St. Clare alum (class of '73) Bob Conway featured in a Detroit News sports article about refereeing "March Madness" at the high school level: http://www.detnews.com/apps/pb cs.dll/article?AID=/20070313/S PORTS05/703130351/1004/SPORTS I believe Bob is the current Athletic Director at St. Clare. | |||
Homer Member Username: Homer Post Number: 111 Registered: 08-2004 |
Ben's uncle is Jack Gillis, better known as his stage name Jack White, as in Stripes. | |||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2064 Registered: 10-2003 |
Thanks, Homer! Would not have guessed that, but not surprised. | |||
Harpernottingham Member Username: Harpernottingham Post Number: 146 Registered: 04-2006 |
Be glad your alma mater is still open and thriving. St. Matt's is long gone. As are all my old friends and neighbors. You Grosse Pointers ... I tell ya. Count your blessings. | |||
Whithorn11446 Member Username: Whithorn11446 Post Number: 24 Registered: 03-2007 |
"Be glad your alma mater is still open and thriving. St. Matt's is long gone. As are all my old friends and neighbors" Well at least St. Matthews still does function as a Catholic Church. St. David (Outer Drive and Gratiot) is a thing of the past as a Catholic Parish. St.David High School became Rosa Parks Middle School. The parishioners who were asked to "donate" funds for that project 50 odd years ago certainly didn't imagine how the neighborhood would change over the years. | |||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2136 Registered: 10-2003 |
Another St. Clare Alum in today's Detroit News: M.D.'s new career is just what the doctor ordered "For some people, slogging through the years of education and training it takes to become a doctor is the end of a long career journey. For J. Carlos Borrego [St. Clare '72] it was just the beginning. "At some point I saw myself as being at a peak in my career in medicine, and I kind of thought, 'Now what?'" the 48-year-old Grosse Pointe Park resident explains. The answer was a journey through two new careers before ultimately running his family's health club in Grosse Pointe, a career that not only puts all of his business and professional skills to use, but one that he loves, too. ..." Full article at: http://www.detnews.com/apps/pb cs.dll/article?AID=/20070326/B IZ02/703260337/1001/BIZ | |||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2161 Registered: 10-2003 |
Remember Mrs. Minkwic for your first grade teacher? Her son Paul attended St. Clare, Class of '72, I think. Sad news...she passed away last November at the age of 75. You can still access her Visitation page (with photo) at: http://www.wasikfuneralhome.co m/. Click on Visitations and search for Minkwic. | |||
Pgn421 Member Username: Pgn421 Post Number: 61 Registered: 02-2005 |
I had her! How are you Kathleen? I just got back from Florida. Think i should have stayed longer! PGN421 | |||
Carptrash Member Username: Carptrash Post Number: 1450 Registered: 10-2003 |
IS this at St. Claire?
If so, it's a rare non-architectural Parducci. eeeeeeek | |||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2183 Registered: 10-2003 |
Hi Pgn421: Welcome home!! Hi Carptrash!! Yes, that statue is at St. Clare; I took photos a couple years back when documenting details around the church. Note the spelling: St. Clare of Montefalco. | |||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2190 Registered: 10-2003 |
One of St. Clare's athlete alums is written up in today's Detroit News. Mike Peplowski ('84, De La Salle '88, MSU '92) was featured in an article with his best friend and former MSU teammate Matt Steigenga. http://www.detnews.com/apps/pb cs.dll/article?AID=/20070407/S PORTS0202/704070389/1004/SPORT S |
Parducci at St. Claire