Newsletter for past alumni of The Abbey School, Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
Caracas, 12 July 2003. Circular No. 88
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Dear Friends,
Thank you for those that inquired on Circulars 80 and 81, these shall be sent out to those that did not get it, since I presume the rest of you have read them. I am sorry that the delivery is poor.
From the answers that I have received from TT oldboys regarding the AUGUST SCHOOL REUNION.
I can inform that it is not an open affair, it is by invitation only to a select group? No details are available for me to re-transmit, but as soon as I get further details from my informant, you will be advised. Maybe you can sneak in???
Here are some additional emails from your friends.
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From: "Laszlo Kertesz" <lkertesz3@icqmail.com>
To: <johnsonjb@candw.lc>
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 6:04 PM
Caracas, 21 of February 2003.
Caracas, 12 July 2003. Circular No. 88
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Dear Friends,
Thank you for those that inquired on Circulars 80 and 81, these shall be sent out to those that did not get it, since I presume the rest of you have read them. I am sorry that the delivery is poor.
From the answers that I have received from TT oldboys regarding the AUGUST SCHOOL REUNION.
I can inform that it is not an open affair, it is by invitation only to a select group? No details are available for me to re-transmit, but as soon as I get further details from my informant, you will be advised. Maybe you can sneak in???
Here are some additional emails from your friends.
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From: "Laszlo Kertesz" <lkertesz3@icqmail.com>
To: <johnsonjb@candw.lc>
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 6:04 PM
Caracas, 21 of February 2003.
Dear Bernard,
Please can you call Tony Floissac in my name and could you ask him how can I send him an email??? Sorry for the trouble.
God Bless
Ladislao
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From:"joyce johnson" <johnsonjb@candw.lc>
Date: 10 Mar 10:14 (PST)
Dear Ladislao,
I tried several times to call Tony Floissac but was unable to get a reply. His daughter, Antonia, has a beauty salon right next to his house though so you could perhaps email her & she can tell you his email address if he has one. Her address is beautyspa@hotmail.com
Kind regards,
Joyce Johnson
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From: "Salvador Coscarart" <salborbolla@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 15:36:31 -0500
Hola Ladislao,
Como están por allá. Espero que hayas recibido la información que te mande de Tony. No e recibido mas circulares y espero que todo este bien, por fin va haber school reunion en agosto. Bueno saludos de mi parte salvador.
Keep me posted. bye.
How are your there, I hope that you have received the information that I sent you regarding Tony. I have not received anymore circulars and I hope all is all right, at last there is going to be a school reunion in August. Well, regards from Salvador, keep me posted. Bye.
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From: "Don Mitchell, QC" <idmitch@candw.ag>
Subject: Circular Nos. 80 and 81. The Abbey School MSB
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 11:15:57 -0300
Hello Ladislao,
I am missing Circulars 80 and 81 and anything after 82.
Hope you are keeping well.
Don
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From: "Don Mitchell, QC" <idmitch@candw.ag>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 5:15 AM
Subject: Circular Nos. 80 and 81. The Abbey School MSB
Hi Ladislao,
Many thanks for No 82 safely received. I hope you have a response from a willing retiree. (Web page genius, Maroth de Marothy! Ed.) I am missing Nos. 80 and 81. Could I please have them at your convenience?
All the best,
Don
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From: Daniel de Verteuil <deverted@renc.igs.net>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 09:57:54 -0500
Ladislao,
Thanks for the circulars. It is so much fun to hear about the Mount boys, especially the ones we knew as youngsters. I still worry about you in Caracas and hope the political mess gets resolved quickly.
God Bless.
Regards,
Daniel de Verteuil
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From: "Robert de Verteuil" <bobdev@tstt.net.tt>
Date: 23 May 07:27 (PDT)
Hi Ladislao,
I have a new address for Email at my home. It is bobdev@tstt.net.tt. Please forward any mail / circulars to this address.
I will drop you a line soon.
Please acknowledge confirming receipt.
Best regards
Robert deVerteuil
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So here we have another circular. Please send additional information, photos etc. so that you may get response from your friends when they read about you.
God Bless
Ladislao
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Listado: C88.xls
Photo: yankee gone
Fr. Michael de Verteuil
ST_BENEDICT_07
Wayne Vincent Brown's column can be seen at www.Jamaicaobserver.com,
Column: dbratt -Sorry Davis but the Express does not have a search machine that can be used to find your articles, please send me your latest for the next issue.
Article: From Michael de Verteuil - Racism not a Christian thing
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Look us up at http://www.theabbeyschool.com, an all class msb web site.
Send information to: Ladislaokertesz@hotmail.com, if you would like to be in the circular's mailing list or any old boy that you would like to include.
Telf. 0(212) 263.5346 Caracas.
Use Lkertesz2@icqmail.com for photos as I leave enough storage space for these.
Please note: you may have missed some of the circulars, if you have not received one every week, do not hesitate to ask for the missing number.
For those that would like to contact me here I include my telephones:
Telf.Office: 58 (212) 263.5346, 267.2416, From: 11:00GMT to 22:00GMT
FAX: 58 (212) 261.0829,
Home: 58 (212) 238.4084. From: 00:00 GMT to 04:00 GMT
Cellphone: 58 (0416) 612.5696
ICQ# 158597413
Remember that Venezuela's time is the same as Trinidad's, -04:00 GMT.
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ATTACHMENTS
Listado C88.xls| Names | Form V | Contact | nickname | business address | Phone | |
| Driver, Richard | 1954 | lk | whg | ca | rdriver37@yahoo.com | |
| Du Boulay, Arthur | jon | rip | ||||
| Du Coudray, Frederick | roge | Toey | TT | (868) 623 2576 | ||
| Dulieu, John | 1966 | gabby | pilot | sallop@isla.net | ||
| Dvorak, Carlos | glen | YV | cedvorak@cantv.net | |||
| Dvorak, Guillermo | glen | YV | (212) 543 2643 | |||
| Dvorak, Miguel | glen | YV | ||||
| Echeverria, Gustavo | glen | YV | ||||
| Echeverria, Rafael | 1967 | pablo | Cheche | Maracaibo, Venezuela | (0261) 792 9794 | reglaw@iamnet.com reglaw@convergence.com.ve |
| Echeverria, Xavier | glen | YV | Javier??? Cosca | xavi@telcel.net | ||
| Edward Watson | (868) 622 2679 | |||||
| Elias, Luis | glen | YV | (0212) 576 4429 | luiselias@cantv.net | ||
| Elias, Robert | 1962 | Mighty Trini | (868) 628 2757 | |||
| Escobar, Jorge O. | 1973 | glen | whg | YV | (0212) 941 2939 | rasa@cantv.net.ve |
Racism not a Christian thing
September 20, 2000
A Catholic priest has sounded a warning to certain groups of people inTrinidad that they should be aware of the dangers of isolation which gives rise to racism and prejudice.
Father Michael De Verteuil, Rector of the Regional Seminary of St John Vianney and Uganda Martyr, pointed to the Syrian Lebanese community. He said while what the Syrian Lebanese people have brought toTrinidad and Tobago
He said: “Some things I admire about a community like that. Their sense of community support, sense of belonging and identity is remarkable.” But De Verteuil also remarked that they have to be careful with the dangers of isolation and separation from the general society. He said: “They must be aware that racial prejudice is not present while trying to preserve their traditions and culture.
“They must not do that at the expense of looking down on other races,” he said. The 52 year-old priest recognises that the Syrian Lebanese women have made strides in their attempt to be part of society and make valuable contributions. He drew reference to recent charity work by the women and cultural programmes they have hosted in the past.
He said: “I won't question or doubt their motives as they have done very good things.” He also admitted that he was hesitant to speak about the Syrian /Lebanese community because he did not know enough about their cultural practices.
Fr De Verteuil said this applied to any race in which members seek to cut themselves off from society at large as a result of trying to preserve the race. He said the Roman Catholic Church does not tolerate any type of prejudice, especially racial. “It is simply not a Christian thing to do.”
He said in the perfect Christian life there would be no racism, but the reality is far from the ideal. “God had no favourites and we should not. If he chose the Israelites it is because he could not find a weaker people. They were chosen as servants and not to be arrogant. From time to time the issue of race crops up in the church with congregation members, the Mt St Benedict priest admitted.
He remembers one case that turned out to be a bitter feud which still has not been resolved after many years. “It was an African guy and Indian girl. The parents tried to stop the marriage and they still went ahead and got married. They are happy in the relationship, but her family has stood their ground and will not have anything to do with the couple,” he said. The man's family did not have a problem with the union.
De Verteuil firmly believes that the public's general acceptance of mixed marriages is even greater today. “I have seen other attempts to stop relationships in the early stages before the idea of marriage comes up. But once it gets to stage of marriage, families tend to accept it more easily.”
He also disclosed that his own brother married an Indian woman and there were never any objections from either family. “My sister-in-law is a much loved member of the family.” He applauded the racial tolerance in this country, referring to the horrors of ethnic cleansing in other places likeBosnia and Rwanda
He genuinely believes that the level of racial tolerance in this country is outstanding. “As Christians we cannot be a part of what is happening inRwanda and Bosnia and Ireland
A Catholic priest has sounded a warning to certain groups of people in
Father Michael De Verteuil, Rector of the Regional Seminary of St John Vianney and Uganda Martyr, pointed to the Syrian Lebanese community. He said while what the Syrian Lebanese people have brought to
He said: “Some things I admire about a community like that. Their sense of community support, sense of belonging and identity is remarkable.” But De Verteuil also remarked that they have to be careful with the dangers of isolation and separation from the general society. He said: “They must be aware that racial prejudice is not present while trying to preserve their traditions and culture.
“They must not do that at the expense of looking down on other races,” he said. The 52 year-old priest recognises that the Syrian Lebanese women have made strides in their attempt to be part of society and make valuable contributions. He drew reference to recent charity work by the women and cultural programmes they have hosted in the past.
He said: “I won't question or doubt their motives as they have done very good things.” He also admitted that he was hesitant to speak about the Syrian /Lebanese community because he did not know enough about their cultural practices.
Fr De Verteuil said this applied to any race in which members seek to cut themselves off from society at large as a result of trying to preserve the race. He said the Roman Catholic Church does not tolerate any type of prejudice, especially racial. “It is simply not a Christian thing to do.”
He said in the perfect Christian life there would be no racism, but the reality is far from the ideal. “God had no favourites and we should not. If he chose the Israelites it is because he could not find a weaker people. They were chosen as servants and not to be arrogant. From time to time the issue of race crops up in the church with congregation members, the Mt St Benedict priest admitted.
He remembers one case that turned out to be a bitter feud which still has not been resolved after many years. “It was an African guy and Indian girl. The parents tried to stop the marriage and they still went ahead and got married. They are happy in the relationship, but her family has stood their ground and will not have anything to do with the couple,” he said. The man's family did not have a problem with the union.
De Verteuil firmly believes that the public's general acceptance of mixed marriages is even greater today. “I have seen other attempts to stop relationships in the early stages before the idea of marriage comes up. But once it gets to stage of marriage, families tend to accept it more easily.”
He also disclosed that his own brother married an Indian woman and there were never any objections from either family. “My sister-in-law is a much loved member of the family.” He applauded the racial tolerance in this country, referring to the horrors of ethnic cleansing in other places like
He genuinely believes that the level of racial tolerance in this country is outstanding. “As Christians we cannot be a part of what is happening in
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