St. Cecilia High School Englewood, NJ School History/Archives

            While searching for alumni, I've come across numerous Internet websites which list St. Cecilia High School in Englewood.  Its truly amazing as to the legacy we share.
 
Listed below are sites I've found so far.  Categories will change as new sites are found.  Also, Saints may not be the primary focus of the site, but it will be mentioned if you read through the information.

If you know of additional websites for listing, please contact me at:

St_Cecilia_Alumni@hotmail.com
John Cresseveur,  Class of 1967

Faculty/Priests/Nuns:
Cavalucci's Clubs Wasted No Time  Supplied by George Van Haasteren, Class of 1971 - Thanks George!
Father Tom Butler  
Sisters of Charity Mother House, Convent Station, NJ   
Many alumni have contacted me regarding information as to our teachers.  The hyperlink above may help as to finding them.  An e-mail address at the bottom of the page, EScharity@aol.com , will place you in contact with the Director of Communications Office.

Miscellaneous:
1943 $5,000 Yearbook
Dr. Andrew Sauchelli, DMD  
Dr. George E. Boyle  
Bishop John J. Burke    Class of 1952
Julio Varela   Class of 1977
Letter from Larry Purcell, Class of 1953   A letter written by Larry Purcell, Class of 1953, on a flight returning from a 40th reunion for the Class of 1953.  It qualifies perfectly my reason for creating this website and Larry has been gracious enough to allow me to publish it.
Teaneck Oral History: Louis DiBella
Teaneck Oral History: Martial Kilmurray
What happened to St. Cecilia?  Many alumni have asked what happened to St. Cecilia High School after it closed in 1986.  I recently came across the following posting from 1999 on the St. Joseph's Parish, Bogota, NJ website.

Music:
The Bon-Aires  
Nice music from the late 1950's and early 1960's.  See "The Princetones" for mention as to St. Cecilia.

Obituaries:
Cardino, Dr. John
Dembow, Rev. Leonard E.
Favire, Tom
Grady, Sister Maria Harold
Kentz, Sister Maria Regis
McCloskey, Sister Jean de Paul
McGuire, Bernard Clarance, O. Carm.
Moore, Timothy, O. Carm
Werling, Norman, O.Carm
Class of 1947:   Joseph Lombardi     
Class of 1961:   Kathleen (Dowling) Arment  
Class of 1966:   James "Jim" Berhalter   
Class of 1978:   Mary Mornhineway
Class of 1980:   Eileen Piper

Reunion Photographs:
Class of 1956:
2001 -    1956 Reunion Photo
Class of 1967:
1987 -   1987 Reunion   1987 Photos Pg #1  and   1987 Photos Pg #2
1992 -   1992 Reunion
1999 -   1999 Dinner  
2002 -    2002 Reunion 
Class of 1970:
2001 -   1970 Reunion Photo
Class of 1974:
2001 -   1974 Reunion

Sports:
Mickey Corcoran  Played basketball for Lombardi and then coached Bill Parcells.
Mickey Ryan: Lombardi Era
Andy Palau  Professional baseball player, teacher at Saints, hired Vince Lombardi.

Vince Lombardi:
I started to list websites for Lombardi, but quickly came to realize that there are simply too many.  Listed below are those I started with.  For others, simply pick a search engine and type in his name.
Lombardi - Official Homepage  
St. Cecilia located in New York City?  
Vince Lombardi #1 
Vince Lombardi #2   
Vince Lombardi #3  

Vietnam War:
William C. Ryan  The site includes a tribute to 1st Lt. William C. Ryan, Jr., an alumnus from Saints who was killed in action in the Vietnam War.    Peter Ahearn (Class of 1972) has informed me that he was a recipient  of a scholarship established in the honor of Lt. Ryan.   If any of you were also a recipient of the scholarship, or know of someone who was, please contact Mike Daven at: daven@msmc.edu  I'd also appreciate being notified so that your name may be listed on the history page.  Mike has created a great tribute to an alumnus, please help him as you can.

World War II:
Teaneck, NJ, Website Listing of residents serving in World War II, several references to Saints, other names listed which I remember from the "Alumni - All Years" page.
Chuck Leighton   
Lt. Robert J. Ruddy  

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