The Big L: Nativity BVM Class of 1968 Reunion

The Nativity B.V.M. High School Class of 1968 would be honored by your presence at its Fifty-year Reunion

•  Date:   Saturday, September 15, 2018    
• Location: Schuylkill Country Club,  877 West Market St., Orwigsburg

•  Time:  cocktails 6:00 P.M. dinner 7:00 P.M., followed by live music
•   Attire: dressy festive casual
•   Cost: $50 per person

Optional Weekend Activities

Friday Sept.14^th: 7-10 P.M. Ice-breaker informal get together at Roma, 116 W. Market St., Pottsville
(note the time change as the written invitation states 8 to 10)

Saturday Sept. 15^th Schuylkill County Historical Society Museum:  Tour 10 AM

Yuengling Brewery: Tour 11:30 AM 

Pottsville will be holding a downtown coal festival on Saturday!

Nativity High School: Tour 2 p.m., followed by Mass in Chapel 

Sunday September 16^th : brunch at Blu Tavern, Route 901 Llewellyn  9:00 – 12 noon

 Golf, tennis, hikes, and other activities can be arranged upon advance notice during your stay either on Friday, Saturday or Sunday

                          RSVP by September  7, 2018 with payment  to

Larry Lonergan. Please write “Nativity ‘68” in the memo 

 130 S. 25^th Street, Pottsville, PA 17901

                    Consider adding a donation to defray expenses!

Greetings Classmates of 1968!

It’s Time for Our L Class Reunion! You remember from Latin Class…L…the big 5-0!

This class reunion will be a great way for all of us to get together and catch up and celebrate. It will be a real Classic rewind.  The main event will be Saturday evening starting at 6 pm at the Schuylkill Country Club, Orwigsburg – dinner with music to follow. While there will be music, there will be places to talk and reminisce, including the picturesque patio.  No need to shout!

Registration is now open so please send in your reservations, but no later than September 7th.  Early response provides the Committee with a cash flow to continue to plan this event.  We are hoping for a great turnout and look forward to a wonderful class reunion.  We look forward to seeing you and I suggest you contact a classmate or two and promote a big turnout. 

                                                                       Create the Buzz!

You can periodically check the class website at www.nativitybvm.blogspot.com for updates. See who won the raffle prize of two registrations.

A prize will be awarded to one lucky classmate who adds a nice comment to the blog.

The dinner will be a great buffet featuring beef, chicken, fish, and vegetarian:  

Please! Bring along any and all memorabilia, photographs, etc. from your school days as there will be a table set up for display.  There will be a video presentation to rekindle some memories.  There will be prizes awarded!  Remember one prize is for the first reservation received, so get your checkbook out now! 

 For information on places to stay visit the Schuylkill County Visitors Bureau Web Page

                                                                 www.schuylkill.org

Directions to the Schuylkill Country Club: about one mile west of Orwigsburg on Route 443. 

                                                                    www.schuylkillcc.com

Remember even if you are unable to attend, please send in your response with updated information for our records. 

                                                                                                                        Hope to see you soon,

 Larry Lonergan & the Committee,

                                                                           The BIG L

                                                           “Ut natus esse bestiis”

Nativity BVM Class of 1968 50^th Class Reunion

Response  Form

      to be mailed to

Nativity BVM Class of 1968

% Larry Lonergan

                              130 South 25^th Street

Pottsville, PA 17901

 Your Current Name:    ______________________________________________

High School Name (if different)  :___________________________________

address       street____________________________________________________

                      city___________________________________ state _________ zip__________________

Phone          ________________________________  email         ________________________________

______  Yes! 😊 I will attend the 50^th Nativity BVM class reunion:

and I will bring the following guest(s) _______________________________________________________

_____ Sorry ☹ I regret that I will be unable to attend.

                        Number of persons attending x $50 per person    $ _______   

                                 Optional contribution to help defray costs. *                      $ _______

                                                            TOTAL                                             $_______
*Even if you cannot attend!

Any interest in golf, tennis, hiking, spelunking, etc. while you are in the area?

Any comments, questions or special requests (speak up or forever hold your peace): 

        P.S. A classmate who enters a normal comment to this blog may be eligible for a nifty prize!  

50th Anniversary Reunion September 15, 2018

The 50th Anniversary Class Reunion of Nativity BVM H.S. plans 

activities for the entire weekend in mid-September 2018

On Friday September 14th there will be an ice-breaker informal gathering at a local 

pub/restaurant (location to be announced later).  

Saturday September 15th there will be a selection of activities including a tour of Yuengling Brewery, The Schuylkill County Historical Museum, a tour of Nativity High School, with the Reunion beginning at 6 PM with cocktail hour followed by dinner at 7 PM.

Sunday there will be a brunch at The Blu Tavern.

Golf can be arranged as well as well as bowling,

hiking and tennis. Pioneer Tunnel in Ashland is a great attraction and highly recommended for those who may never have been there. 

http://www.pioneertunnel.com/

For those who experienced Roadside America as a child, the fabled attraction is now up for sale!  No closing date has been announced.  Consider investing your 401(k) in this iconic piece of history!

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/roadside-america-model-railroad-a-tiny-slice-of-americana/

Other ideas are welcomed.  

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Nativity B.V.M. Class of 1968 50th Anniversary Class Reunion

                                                            

                                                                                      

                          Nativity B.V.M. Class of 1968

                50th Anniversary Class Reunion 

                                                 When: Saturday September 15, 2018

                                Where: the Schuylkill County Country Club, Orwigsburg

                                                           more details will follow

                                   keep that entire weekend free to hang out with old friends
                                            

                                       and even make new friends :) it is never too late you know

  I have been informed there is a Facebook Page for the Class of 1968 but so far I have been
unable to find it.  Perhaps it is my eyesight. Maybe it is like a leprechaun - we know it exists but rarely ever see it.
     
                    Whether I find it is irrelevant, it is the search that is important.

So far we have contact from classmates living far away such as Mexico and California indicating attendance.  This means turnout may be large. A good omen.  If you have questions let me know.  Pass the word.

                                             

the 1993 coffee mug

 

 

The above depicts the coffee mug given out as an attendance souvenir at the 1993 Class Reunion commemorating the 25th year graduation anniversary. The reunion was held at Rick-Ann Hall in Primrose.  Not much coffee was consumed at that reunion ironically.

 

Someone told me that the mug was recently featured on Antique Roadhouse, a PBS station.  It was described as follows: STUNNING! GORGEOUS! VERY RARE! HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE! IT IS A STUNNING DISPLAY OF CERAMIC WORKMANSHIP  DURING THE LATE 20th CENTURY PERIOD! ONE OF THE FEW COFFEE MUGS EXISTING FROM THE  FIRST GULF WAR! AWESOME!

 

 

 

 

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Father McKenna

The Reverend F. Charles McKenna

The Reverend F. Charles McKenna died on Saturday, 4 January 2014, at Holy Family Villa

for Priests, Bethlehem, PA, at the age of 79.Born in Allentown, Father McKenna was the only child of the late Francis Charles and Ouida M. (Petit) McKenna.Father McKenna attended Thirteenth and Union Grade School, North East Junior High School, and Reading Central Catholic High School, Reading. He received his Masters Degree in American History from Villanova University, Philadelphia, PA. He studied for the Priesthood at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary, Overbrook, PA.Father McKenna was ordained to the Priesthood on 14 May 1960 by The Most Reverend J. Carroll McCormick, D.D., at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, Philadelphia.His first Priestly assignment was Parochial Vicar, former Saint Canicus Church, Mahanoy City, followed by Parochial Vicar, Saint Anthony of Padua Church, Easton; Parochial Vicar, Saint Joseph Church, Summit Hill; Parochial Vicar, Saint Joseph Church, Girardville; Professor, Nativity High School, Pottsville; Professor, Marian High School, Hometown; Vice Principal, Pius X High School, Roseto; Professor, Holy Name High School, Reading; Professor and Chaplain, Alvernia College, Reading; Parochial Vicar, Saint Patrick Church, Pottsville; Parochial Vicar, Holy Infancy Church, Bethlehem, and Parochial Vicar, Saint Joseph Church, Reading. Father McKenna retired in 1992.During the course of his Priestly Ministry, Father McKenna also served as Berks County Clergy Representative, Diocesan Board of Education.

 

Services: A Mass of Christian Burial for Father McKenna will be celebrated at Saint Joseph Church, 1022 North Eighth Street, Reading, Pennsylvania, by His Excellency, the Most Reverend John O. Barres, Bishop of Allentown, on Friday, 10 January 2014, at 11:00 AM. The Reverend E. Michael Camilli, M.S.C., will be the Homilist.Main Concelebrants will be Reverend Monsignor Gerald E. Gobitas, Secretary for Clergy, Chancellor, and Rector, Holy Family Villa for Priests; Reverend George R. Winne, Pastor, Saint Joseph Church and Saint Paul Church, Reading, and Reverend E. Michael Camilli, M.S.C.  Calling Hours will be held on Friday, 10 January 2014, in Saint Joseph Church, Reading, from 9 to 11 a.m.Interment will take place at Gethsemane Cemetery and Mausoleum, 3139 Kutztown Road, Laureldale, PA.

 

 

Published in Morning Call on Jan. 8, 2014