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Every young man will be known and loved and called to greatness.
![Tim Doherty speaks at the Senior Class-Alumni Breakfast]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1591040499/stsebs/qz5inacrxo4ak0euf4bb/SeniorAlumniBreakfast_TimDoherty.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1591040499/stsebs/qz5inacrxo4ak0euf4bb/SeniorAlumniBreakfast_TimDoherty.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1591040499/stsebs/qz5inacrxo4ak0euf4bb/SeniorAlumniBreakfast_TimDoherty.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1591040499/stsebs/qz5inacrxo4ak0euf4bb/SeniorAlumniBreakfast_TimDoherty.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1591040499/stsebs/qz5inacrxo4ak0euf4bb/SeniorAlumniBreakfast_TimDoherty.png","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1591040499/stsebs/qz5inacrxo4ak0euf4bb/SeniorAlumniBreakfast_TimDoherty.png","width":2200}])
Alumni members of the Board of Trustees and the Alumni Board gathered virtually with the seniors on May 28.
![Dr. Ryan Patrico presents during Faculty Zoom Seminar]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1590779069/stsebs/twjtaulkbsjermxyesg4/Ryan_Patrico_facultyzoom.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1590779069/stsebs/twjtaulkbsjermxyesg4/Ryan_Patrico_facultyzoom.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1590779069/stsebs/twjtaulkbsjermxyesg4/Ryan_Patrico_facultyzoom.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1590779069/stsebs/twjtaulkbsjermxyesg4/Ryan_Patrico_facultyzoom.jpg","width":922}])
On May 26, Dr. Ryan Patrico presented “Aquinas on Morality and Happiness” in the fourth and final installment of St. Sebastian’s Faculty Zoom Seminars.
![Class of 2016 Career Seminar]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1590778203/stsebs/by2ngx3m8tczto9f241j/2016CareerSeminarscreenshot_final.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1590778203/stsebs/by2ngx3m8tczto9f241j/2016CareerSeminarscreenshot_final.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1590778203/stsebs/by2ngx3m8tczto9f241j/2016CareerSeminarscreenshot_final.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1590778203/stsebs/by2ngx3m8tczto9f241j/2016CareerSeminarscreenshot_final.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1590778203/stsebs/by2ngx3m8tczto9f241j/2016CareerSeminarscreenshot_final.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1590778203/stsebs/by2ngx3m8tczto9f241j/2016CareerSeminarscreenshot_final.jpg","width":2133}])
On May 27, Tim Sullivan ’65, President at Wellesley Partners, and Alex Cook ’91, Partner at Seaview Global Advisors, hosted a Zoom seminar for the Class of 2016.
![Alessandro Barbiellini ’21 and Max Samulka ’21]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1590686880/stsebs/ffvimsjdwnxaega9c23f/VergilianAward.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1590686880/stsebs/ffvimsjdwnxaega9c23f/VergilianAward.jpg","width":376}])
Alessandro Barbiellini ’21 and Max Samulka ’21 have been commended by the Vergilian Society for their performances on the annual Vergil Translation Contest. Only thirty students nationwide received such recognition.
![National Latin Exam logo]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1590686584/stsebs/x4winw2ntuzwjjiosijo/NationalLatinExam_logo.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1590686584/stsebs/x4winw2ntuzwjjiosijo/NationalLatinExam_logo.jpg","width":376}]){kind=logo}
Congratulations to Deven Carkner ’24, Liam Cunjak ’25, Maxim Kalinichenko ’25, Michael Kalinichenko ’23, Chase McCann ’24, and Cormac Walsh ‘24 for receiving perfect scores on this challenging exam.
![Seniors deliver food collected for Food Drive]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1590158006/stsebs/elw4j9fsvvfafxo3ngjd/SeniorService_FoodDrive_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1590158006/stsebs/elw4j9fsvvfafxo3ngjd/SeniorService_FoodDrive_1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1590158006/stsebs/elw4j9fsvvfafxo3ngjd/SeniorService_FoodDrive_1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1590158006/stsebs/elw4j9fsvvfafxo3ngjd/SeniorService_FoodDrive_1.jpg","width":1180}])
For their final service project, the seniors organized a food drive to benefit Catholic Charities of Boston, collecting donations from St. Sebastian's families all over Massachusetts.
![Dave Wilbur leads Faculty Zoom Seminar]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1590156698/stsebs/hzdmrialvcxl3iydtpag/Dave_Wilbur.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1590156698/stsebs/hzdmrialvcxl3iydtpag/Dave_Wilbur.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1590156698/stsebs/hzdmrialvcxl3iydtpag/Dave_Wilbur.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1590156698/stsebs/hzdmrialvcxl3iydtpag/Dave_Wilbur.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1590156698/stsebs/hzdmrialvcxl3iydtpag/Dave_Wilbur.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1590156698/stsebs/hzdmrialvcxl3iydtpag/Dave_Wilbur.jpg","width":2200}])
The Chair of the Science Department led a seminar on “The Wave-Particle Duality of Light," discussing how our understanding of the nature of light broke physics and brought it back stronger.
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On Saturday, May 16, St. Sebastian’s alumni gathered for the first, and hopefully last, Virtual Reunion in our School’s history.
![Face shields made in the Innovation Lab]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1589908012/stsebs/ciz7hveqbk9dqatlxett/20200519_025110.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1589908012/stsebs/ciz7hveqbk9dqatlxett/20200519_025110.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1589908012/stsebs/ciz7hveqbk9dqatlxett/20200519_025110.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1589908012/stsebs/ciz7hveqbk9dqatlxett/20200519_025110.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1589908012/stsebs/ciz7hveqbk9dqatlxett/20200519_025110.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1589908012/stsebs/ciz7hveqbk9dqatlxett/20200519_025110.jpg","width":2200}])
The safety devices created in the Lab - an idea suggested by seniors Aidan Garrity and Luke McKenzie - were donated to supermarket workers at Sudbury Farms in Needham.
![Chris Lynch, English Department Chair, leads a Faculty Zoom Seminar]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1589489803/stsebs/g3iwtp1lstvjx5jqunen/Chris_Lynch_facultyzoom.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1589489803/stsebs/g3iwtp1lstvjx5jqunen/Chris_Lynch_facultyzoom.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1589489803/stsebs/g3iwtp1lstvjx5jqunen/Chris_Lynch_facultyzoom.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1589489803/stsebs/g3iwtp1lstvjx5jqunen/Chris_Lynch_facultyzoom.jpg","width":1200}])
As part of St. Sebastian’s ongoing Faculty Zoom Seminars, English Department Chair, Chris Lynch, hosted over 125 people on Tuesday night, May 12, for a broad discussion on Fyodor Dostoyevsky and The Brothers Karamazov.
![Senior moms and their sons participate in the Guild of St. Irene's Fashion Show]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1589478311/stsebs/b2496foxixllnq6hkevp/VirtualFashionShow.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1589478311/stsebs/b2496foxixllnq6hkevp/VirtualFashionShow.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1589478311/stsebs/b2496foxixllnq6hkevp/VirtualFashionShow.jpg","width":587}])
St. Sebastian's mothers gathered virtually on the evening of May 12 for the Guild of St. Irene's annual Closing Event & Fashion Show.
![Dr. Edward Ryan P'23, Director of Infectious Diseases at MGH, gives talk about COVID-19 to the Guild]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1589310842/stsebs/lbph7x5w9a3mxa0mca2u/041120_DrEdwardRyan.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1589310842/stsebs/lbph7x5w9a3mxa0mca2u/041120_DrEdwardRyan.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1589310842/stsebs/lbph7x5w9a3mxa0mca2u/041120_DrEdwardRyan.jpg","width":691}])
Over 140 St. Sebastian’s community members participated in an informative talk given by Dr. Edward Ryan, Director of Global Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital.
![Fr. Joe Keefe presides over the Zoom funeral of his grandmother during the pandemic]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1589200342/stsebs/bix0ujxoqdzhfmubml5u/screenshot_Funeral_Keefe.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1589200342/stsebs/bix0ujxoqdzhfmubml5u/screenshot_Funeral_Keefe.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1589200342/stsebs/bix0ujxoqdzhfmubml5u/screenshot_Funeral_Keefe.jpg","width":669}])
Fr. Joe Keefe '00 shares a story of faith and hope in uncertain times.
![Denis Cleary leads a Faculty Zoom Seminar]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1588873064/stsebs/f54mtg8tsh1zitbnjs9p/Denis_Cleary_facultyzoom.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1588873064/stsebs/f54mtg8tsh1zitbnjs9p/Denis_Cleary_facultyzoom.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1588873064/stsebs/f54mtg8tsh1zitbnjs9p/Denis_Cleary_facultyzoom.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1588873064/stsebs/f54mtg8tsh1zitbnjs9p/Denis_Cleary_facultyzoom.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1588873064/stsebs/f54mtg8tsh1zitbnjs9p/Denis_Cleary_facultyzoom.jpg","width":1600}])
On the evening of May 5, History Department Chair Denis Cleary led a discussion titled, “Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin” during our inaugural Faculty Zoom Seminar.
![Finance Academy]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1588787936/stsebs/hmm5zcb0hwkkhokgwuue/FinanceAcademy_PiperSandler.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1588787936/stsebs/hmm5zcb0hwkkhokgwuue/FinanceAcademy_PiperSandler.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1588787936/stsebs/hmm5zcb0hwkkhokgwuue/FinanceAcademy_PiperSandler.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1588787936/stsebs/hmm5zcb0hwkkhokgwuue/FinanceAcademy_PiperSandler.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1588787936/stsebs/hmm5zcb0hwkkhokgwuue/FinanceAcademy_PiperSandler.jpg","width":1479}])
Mr. Arevian and Mr. Connolly, both employees at Piper Sandler, gave insight into the field of investment banking.
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OUR COMMUNITY
“The time and devotion given to every student by every teacher is incredible to say the least.”
“Once in. Never Out. It’s resoundingly true. Alums are always coming back as though they never left.”
“St. Sebastian’s is more than a school or a community. It is a family.”
SPIRIT & PEOPLE CAMPAIGN
The $55 million Spirit & People Campaign to build the West Campus Center and grow our endowment is an exciting chapter in St. Sebastian’s story of continuing transformation.
