The rescheduled 2023 Alumni Dinner and Awards is taking place on Tuesday, May 14th - just two weeks away!

We will honour 2023 Alumnus of the Year Recipient – William Cahill  and 2023 Magis Award for Young Alumni Recipient – Anna James '19. 

To learn more about William click HERE and To learn more about Anna click HERE.

The evening will begin at 6:00pm with a Mass in Our Lady's Oratory at St. Bonaventure's College. The Mass will be live streamed in the Learning Commons for those who may not be able to reach the third floor. A reception in the Aula Maxima will follow, with drinks available for purchase at a cash bar, followed by a delicious meal served in the gym. Following dinner, Mr. William Cahill and Ms. Anna James '19 will receive their awards and deliver their remarks.

Tickets on Sale Now

Ticket price has been reduced from $60 to $50 each and can be purchased online HERE or through the President's Office located in Mullock Hall. If you already purchased your ticket for $60 you can request a $10 refund. To do so please contact Dana Norman at dnorman@stbons.ca

Please note: Ticket purchases through the President's Office will be available Monday to Friday from 8:00am-4:00pm. Also important to note, the President's Office will be closed from Friday, March 29th - Friday, April 15th for Easter break.

Previously purchased tickets for the originally scheduled date will be honoured on May 14th.

Sponsorship

The success of our Alumni Dinner and Awards will be greatly enhanced by the support of generous sponsors. By sponsoring you are supporting the mission of St. Bonaventure's College in preparing young men and women of competence, conscience, compassion, and commitment. To view the sponsorship opportunities available click HERE.

For more information or to become a sponsor email Dana Norman at dnorman@stbons.ca

Table Reservations

The dinner is open seating; however, if you would like to arrange a group of 8 (a full table), we can reserve a table for your party. Please contact Dana Norman at dnorman@stbons.ca or 709-726-0024 ext. 228 to make arrangements. 

Milestone Graduation Anniversaries



Are you a St. Bon's graduate of a year that ends in 4? If so, we encourage you to attend and celebrate your milestone anniversary! We will be celebrating the class of 2004, 2014, 1994, 1984, 1974, 1964 and 1954.

2024 Alumnus of the Year & Magis Award for Young Alumni Nominations

We are seeking nominations for the 2024 Alumnus of the Year and the 2024 Magis Award for Young Alumni. The deadline for nominations is Wednesday, July 31, 2024.

The St. Bonaventure’s College Alumnus of the Year Award recognizes an outstanding graduate whose contributions have notably improved both their profession and community. The recipient is a well-rounded person who is intellectually competent, open to growth, religious, loving and committed to justice in the generous service to the people of God.

The Magis Award for Young Alumni honours a young alumnus with a record of extraordinary professional, community or academic achievement. The recipient is a young adult who has continued to include religion in their lives, is intellectually competent, loving and open to growth. Following the teachings of St. Bonaventure’s College these alumni remain committed to justice in the generous service of the people of God. Recipients of the award will be 30 years of age or younger as of the close of nominations for the Awards.

If you know someone deserving of one of these titles and would like to nominate them, the nomination forms are linked below:

Alumnus of the Year Nomination Form

Magis Award for Young Alumni Nomination Form

50th Reunion - Class of 1974

Calling all St. Bon's Graduates of 1974! A guided tour of St. Bon's has been booked for Friday, August 2, 2024 at 4:00pm.

After the tour of the school, graduates will have dinner and catch up at the Courtyard Marriott on Duckworth Street.  

Stay tuned for further details, which will be shared in the space, next month.

50th Reunion - Class of 1975

Calling all St. Bon's Grade 9 Graduates of 1975! From July 31st - August 3rd, 2025 there will be a 50th Reunion for the 1975 Graduating Class, including those who were in our class along the way!

The organizing committee are hoping to get in touch with as many of the boys as possible!

If you are reading this and want to be included in communications and details of events, please email st.bons50threunion@gmail.com

Each month, in this space, there will be further communication with updated details on the 50th Reunion.

We are looking forward to hearing from you and hopefully seeing you next year!

Your organizing committee,

Paul (Pots) Porter - 9 Gold - pgrporter@gmail.com

Paul (Oscar) Cowan - 9 BlueGold - cowanpf@gmail.com

Brian (Mags) Foley - 9 BlueGold - bfoley1010@gmail.com

Jerry (Bairdo) Baird - 9 Gold - bairdosan@yahoo.com

Rick Hollihan - BlueGold - rickhollihan@me.com

* We need Blue representation on our committee! Let us know if you would like to join us.

Recycling

A great way to support the school is by recycling your beverage containers. Bring your items to the local EverGreen depot and enter the school phone number (709-726-0024) on the self-serve screen, obtain stickers for your bags and pass them in. 

For more information, please click HERE.

What's Happening at St. Bon's?

We've been busy learning, traveling, exploring and making memories during and since returning from Easter break - here are some of the highlights from the last month that we would love to share:

• During Easter break, our Music Department was very excited to resume its biennial European performance tours. They travelled to beautiful Portugal with a contingent of 95 students, teachers, alumni and family members. This was the eighth European country that our Music Department has had the privilege of visiting since starting our European performance tours fourteen years ago. In Portugal, they visited Lisbon, Cascais, Sintra, Aveiro, Fatima and Porto. Our Wind Ensemble, Traditional Jazz Combo and Madrigal Choir had the amazing experience of participating in three school exchanges and even had the opportunity to perform combined pieces with two of the schools. Students particularly enjoyed connecting with the Portuguese students during the school exchanges. A visit to the shrine in Fatima was a very powerful one for all of the travellers. They also had a traditional Portuguese Fado dinner in a palace built in the 1600’s and a Brazilian evening complete with music and dancing!

• Our SBC Hockey Team took their love of the game overseas to the Czech Republic. Live streamed games were available so loved ones and fans back home could cheer them on as they battled their competitors!

• St. Bon's received a visit from Darin King and Victoria Battcock of Trades NL who presented our school with the Education School Grant to support our Learning Commons. A big thank you to Trades NL!

• April 22nd was the 54th celebration of Earth Day. As part of the SBC celebration our student EcoSchool Committee led a school and community clean-up. The Grade 8 Socials class dove in (almost literally) to clean up a section of Kelly's Brook- including a shopping cart in the watercourse!

• We held an Oratorical Showcase, which featured amazing work by our Junior and Senior High students who choose great topics and presented strong speeches. Well done to all involved!

• Our Traditional Jazz Combo, Wind Ensemble, Concert Band and Symphonic Band took part in the Rotary Music Festival at MUN School of Music D.F. Cook Recital Hall this week. Their performances were wonderful. Check out a little sample of our Phoenix Jazz Band HERE. Bravo to all our performers and their teachers!

• We have some budding engineers in Grade 3. Students came up with some incredible designs for a bridge building competition. A special thank you going out to Grade 6 students for joining in the excitement to judge the final products.

• Grade 8 Student, Gabriella K., took home first place in her age category at the NL Science Fair for the best biochemistry, nutrition or food science projects for her project entitled, "How Sweet It Is: The Scientific Truth about the Healthy Policy for Retail". The Memorial University Department of Biology also awarded Grade 8 students, Ryan P. and Eloise L. for their project entitled, "What's Your Vocal Range". Great job to all!

Our St. Bon’s group of 95 students,

teachers and family members visiting

the Belem Tower in Lisbon

St. Bon's music students performing to a full house at the Jesuit School

in Lisbon

St. Bon’s music students and teachers in front of a palace in Sintra

St. Bon’s representing Canada in Hradec Kravlova, Czechia for a game against Mountfield. The boys got to meet the Canadian Ambassador, EmilyMcLaw - who also watched the game!

Darrin King of Trades NL presents Mr. Hayward and Mr. Butt with an Education School Grant for our Learning Commons

Happy Earth Day! Small actions go a long way to preserve our beautiful planet

Some of our wonderful speakers at this year's Oratorical Showcase

Gr 11 bassist, Furey S., was the recipient of the ⁦Rotary Music Festival Honour Award for the St. Bon’s Phoenix Jazz Band. Furey only started playing bass

last year! Congratulations to her and all the members of the Phoenix Jazz Band

on a great performance

Bridge building fun for these Grade 3s

Alumni News

If you have any announcements (such as weddings, births, achievements, notable anniversaries, deaths, etc) please email Dana Norman at dnorman@stbons.ca or call 726-0024 ext 228.