Newsletter
for alumni of The Abbey School, Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and
Tobago, W.I.
Caracas,
30 June 2012 No.556
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Dear
Friends,
Two
news items to report, the addition of Giacomo
Tomaselli to the list and the non stop emails inquiring about The
Abbey Schools photos, taken by Fr. Benedict.
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SALUDOS
DESDE Mallorca
Giacomo
Tomaselli captaingiaco@hotmail.com
18
Jun (13 days ago)
Estimados
Amigos y Hermanos
Super
asombrado por la unión y hermandad del Abbey School Old Boys... keep
it up.
Te
resumo un poco de mi vida... Al marcharme de Trinidad me marche para
Inglaterra y realice estudios en administración de empresas, y me
enamore de mi fallecida esposa y nos casamos en Ecuador, su país de
residencia, el cual tuvimos 3 hijos en Venezuela, vivimos allí por
28 años. Monte varias empresas, pero siempre fue el deseo de mi
mujer de vivir en otro país, el cual escogimos Mallorca, España.
Tengo 9 años en esta preciosa isla, de verdad que la calidad de vida
es muy superior a la de muchos otros países, lo siento mucho por la
gente que vive en Venezuela, pero veo que existe una paranoia
colectiva de los atracos y robos y otras cosas que es mejor no
mencionar. Lo que me dejo super impresionado fue la cantidad de
pájaros y animales que se acercan a mi casa de Caraballeda.. desde
guacamayos hasta iguanas y todos en estado salvaje. Después de haber
trabajado pare el dinero he decidido de dar un cambio espiritual y de
trabajo, al cual me lleva al mar, mi pasión.. navegar (FORCED TO
WORK.. borne TO SAIL) CUANDO TRABAJAS EN TU PASIÓN YA NO ES TRABAJO.
Tengo un pequeño Ciber Cafe en Playa de Palma, Mallorca el cual
cierro cuando salgo a navegar. La Pizzeria y Heladería de
Caraballeda, lastimosamente fue cerrada ya que mis padres estaban
mayores y ninguno de nosotros quiso seguir la tradición al ser un
trabajo muy comprometido de muchas horas y días. Como dice nuestro
hermano Alfredo fue un punto de encuentro de los Caraqueños, y por
mucho tiempo estuve en contacto con muchos de ustedes que se pararon
para saludar, pero gracias a Dios ahora tenemos a internet.
Espero
que mis grandes amigos como Emoffie, Mezzana, Assam se pongan en
contacto.
Un
fuerte abrazo, y muchos lindos recuerdos
Dear
Friends and Brothers
Super
amazed by the unity and brotherhood of the Abbey School Old Boys ...
keep it up.
I
will try to summarize some of my life ... As I left Trinidad, I went
to England I did studies in business administration, and I fell in
love with my late wife and got married in Ecuador, her country of
residence, which we had 3 children in Venezuela, lived there for 28
years.
Opened
a few companies, through the years, but it was always the desire of
my late wife to live in another country, we chose Mallorca, Spain.
I
have 9 years in this beautiful island, true that the quality of life
is far superior to many other countries,
I'm
sorry for the people who live in Venezuela, but I see that there is a
collective paranoia muggings and robberies and other things are
better left unmentioned.
What
left me super impressed was the amount of birds and animals that come
to my house ..
Caraballeda
from parrots to iguanas and all in the wild.
Having
worked many years for the money I decided to take a spiritual change
and work, which brings me to the sea, my passion .. sail (FORCED TO
WORK .. borne TO SAIL) WHEN ONE WORKS IN YOUR PASSION, IS NO LONGER
WORK.
I
have a small Cyber Cafe in Playa de Palma, Mallorca which I close
when I go sailing.
The
Pizzeria and Ice Cream Caraballeda, unfortunately was closed because
my parents were older and none of us wanted to continue the tradition
by being a very committed, many hours and days.
As
our brother Alfredo was saying to me. It was a meeting place for the
people of Caracas, I would like to thank those of you that came to
contact and stopped to say hello, but thank God we now have internet
access.
I
hope my friends like Emoffie, Mezzana, Assam and others will contact
soon
Many
greetings
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Date:
11 January 2012 22:57
Hi
Nigel,
Michael
asked me to forward this to you, he thought you might be
interested...
If
I may add, I am extremely interested in what is going to take place
with respect to the 100th. Anniversary, but is it the Abbey School or
the monastery?
Also
the store re: The elusive vault of pictures that Father Benedict
(RIP) left.
Someone
has got to know about this.
I
have asked questions before, and I am sure that knowing Father
Benedict and how organized he was, were he still alive, I think I can
state that he probably would have given us access to them, or at
least an opportunity to copy them, as KaZim has suggested.
Do
you have any Idea why (based on what I've been hearing) the Old Boys
in Trinidad are not "communicating" more with the MSB
Brothers outside in other countries?
One
last thing, for a long time now I have not received the "Circular".
Is
it no longer being circulated?
Regards,
Cornel
Date:
8 January 2012 14:49
...
Once again an "EXCELLENT IDEA" surfaces ...
According
to the Good Book (and it would be nice) "... give and you will
receive a thousand fold ..."
I'm
probably misquoting some verse or another..
I
am sure the Good Sheppard at the Abbey on Mount St. Benedict could
use an injection of funds.
But
as a good return Gesture, we could receive access to that "Illusive
Archive of Photographs "of"A Lifetime of Memories" of
ALL of the Alumni, in photographs, taken by our beloved Father
Benedict,
At
all events, sports and activities that took place at "The Abbey
School, Mount St. Benedict”, that WE were ALL part of.
I
don't know, maybe I am using the 'wrong' words, maybe, there are the
'correct' words,
But:
"A Journey Begins with the First Step..."
How
I wish now I only purchased more and not just the ones of myself and
those of friends ..........
AND,
I also believe/feel, that a Plaque is a great idea to mark an
anniversary of "ONE HUNDRED YEARS".
I
can see no reason, or should I say "No Reasonable Reason",
why "We”, the Fruits" of The Abbey School Mount St
Benedict, could be denied this.
But
I am no authority on these matters, maybe our learned "Brother
Lawyers" may be able to shed some light, and possibly, find a
path that would lead to this?
I
Love you All, my Brothers,
Have
a Great New Year,
Packed
with Beautiful Memories and Good Health.
Cornel
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From:
mckoy43glen@hotmail.com
Subject:
FW: Over One Hundred Years.
Date:
Thu, 5 Jan 2012 14:07:58 +0000
Sarkis,
Mi Hermano,
What
a collection of history, I knew many of the faces, but many I don't
know, some of the older brothers
May
know all the faces ??, Thank you,
Funny
eh!, How we can get almost anything, anywhere in this world, and we
still can't get one single photo album from the Abbey School, of all
the great events the students took part in, I could remember Voosh,
always taking lots of photos and for so many years, I do hope one
day, that these collections, will appear thru the proper channels.
I
believe that with the 100th year Celebrations coming up in just a few
months, we must officially part take, in some form or the other, just
out of respect if you need a reason.
Now
what I am suggesting is just an idea, in order to receive we must
give.
This
is the perfect year as an Entire Alumni, to make an offering to the
Church, in making this offering; we will have to have, a private
meeting, with the Father Abbot.
In
this meeting we can only hope, some of our questions will be
addressed, as we make our humble donation of whatever we can collect,
I
will give USD$100.oo for the cause, the celebration, if others can
give only $10, there are many of us, our donations should be well
received.
This
is our year to make peace, with all our brothers.
Glen
Evelyn, had an idea of a Plaque, which could be placed on the Castle,
or down by the church, still a good idea, but the only way, any of
these ideas will happen, is thru the good Father on the hill.
Our
roads leed to him.
I
hope all are reading the Circular, this is my feed back.
Best
regards, have good year mi amigos,
Adios,
Glen McKoy.
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From:
Cornel de Freitas <corneldefreitas@hotmail.com>
Date:
28 December 2011 02:42
Hello
Nigel and Glen,
I
recently communicated with Kazim and inquired if it would be possible
to create an album of photographs of (if possible) of all the years
at the, The Abbey School.
I
know that this sounds like an enormous undertaking but any journey
begins with the first step, or idea;
I
did not know about any archive of Father Benedict’s pictures,
But
I do know that while I was at the Mount He pretty much was the self
appointed school photographer.
It
would be nice to bounce some ideas around.
Cornel
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Date:
Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:26:52 -0500
From:
kazim.asaatt@gmail.com
Hi
Cornel,
So
great to hear from you. I enjoy all the things you share and
appreciate you.
Yes,
I am the person facilitating the MSB Old Boys website.
Let
me know more of your idea. I am always open to serving, and once all
the other major participants know that this a project and I have the
okay, sure, why not.
At
present I am in New York/New Jersey.
Looking
forward to hearing more from you....Kazim
PS.
I just read in one of the recent newsletters that Fr Benedict left an
archive, but we do not have access to it. The question is how can we
get permission to scan the photos on site so the photos remain the
property of the holders.
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On
Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 12:15 AM, Cornel de Freitas
<corneldefreitas@hotmail.com> wrote:
Hi
Kazim,
Thank
you for your kind words and well wishes.
Can
you tell me, are you the brother that is "running" a
website for the MSB Old Boys?
I
was entertaining the thought, that if it is possible, can someone or
group, find a way of compiling an album of all of the pictures of the
ones taken in all of the years during our attendance and time at The
Abbey School?
I
am sure that that would be quite and undertaking, there has got to be
someone that has a collection of a lot of the pictures.
I
know that during my time, father Benedict took most all of the
pictures and made them available to the boys.
He
would number them. and you could order them by number every time he
posted, for all kinds of occasions and Sport activities.
Like
I said, that would probably be quite an undertaking.
Do
you reside in Trinidad?
Cornel
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Attila
GYURIS <gyuris@yahoo.com>
Sunday,
April 26, 2009 6:18:48 PM
Hi
Cornel:
I
remember you as a "big boy" (compared to me) when you were
at the Mount.
You
were one of the boys engaged in building the dens in the bush weren't
you?
You
and I didn't hang out together at the Mount probably due to our age
difference, so probably you don' t remember me, as a " small
boy" from Venezuela.
I
was good friends with Jan " Dutch" Koenraadt, a Dutch boy
from Surinam, if you remember him.
I
was there 5 years from 1964 to 1969.
I
started in Prep " A" in 1964, and I left Form V in 1969.
So,
as you can see much of my formative years were spend at the Mount
also.
I
remember all those names you mention below, plus Mr. Basanta, Spanish
teacher, Mr Chow Fatt, Math Teacher and great ping-pong player, Mr
Yip Chuck, always smoking, was my biology teacher, Also Fr. Gregory's
(the Duck) brother, who was Fr Augustine ("Rughead") was my
French teacher. Bro. Rupert was in charge of our swim team the
Aqualads.
Mr
Carter was also my teacher, but I forget what subject.
I
remember Cecil Camacho, and Phillip Laughlin, he ended up graduating
with me in Form V, I think he had to repeat a year.
He
was also the singer for the school rock-and-roll band.
Then
I remember Rafael "Cheche" Echeverria, who was in your
class.
I
recently met up with him in Florida.
Strangely
enough, I basically remember almost everybody in your class also
(from that picture) , as I looked up to all of you guys as the"
big boys" to learn all the tricks from.... and I learned well I
think.
And
a bunch of other names, too numerous to mention.
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Photos:
12LK6274RJUDMI,
Roger Juman and Don Mitchell looking for natives.
12LK6279JBEFISH,
Joseph Berment with his fish.
12LK6290FISHCAUGHT,
Joseph Berment still holding his fish.
12LK6324UNIONTWR,
A photo taken from the last floor
