A Reminder...Just In Case You Don't Receive E-Mails From Father Ryan

You're Invited to the Father Ryan Alumni Reception!

Please join us Friday, June 5 to kick off the 2009 Reunion Weekend!

Who: All Father Ryan Alumni, no matter what your class year

What: A casual evening of live music, drinks and light appetizers

When: Friday, June 5th--6:00 PM until 8:00PM

Where: The Father Ryan Arts Center, 700 Norwood Drive

We look forward to seeing you there!

For more information, visit the alumni webpage, www.fatherryan.org or call the FRHS Advancement Office at (615) 269-RYAN (7926).

For members of the Class of 1969, here are a few more reasons to come by the reception Friday evening (especially if you've never been to Father Ryan's campus in Oak Hill).

First, do it to honor the two gentlemen pictured below who played such a major role in our lives while we attended Father Ryan:

Our Principal, Father James Hitchcock

Our Assistant Principal, Father Edward Arnold

Both these men have left us since the last time we gathered together as a class five years ago in 2004. The front doors of the old Father Ryan High School on Elliston Place have been preserved at the new campus and are now the entrance to the beautiful Father Ryan Library, which is right next to the Center for the Arts. The doors are also dedicated in the memory of Fathers Hitchcock and Arnold.


Dropping by here to honor their memory and say a little prayer would be a good thing to do.

Then continue your walk around to the back and you will see something under construction, you may have thought you'd never live to behold at Father Ryan: The Jim Carell Alumni Athletic Complex. That's right an on-campus football facility for the Irish!

What you see above is a scale model. What you can see if you come to the reception is a stadium project well along the way to completion. You can get a glimpse of how far along things are by going to the Father Ryan web site (www.fatherryan.org) and clicking on the Athletic Complex webcam that updates with a new photo of the construction site every 15 seconds.

By the way, an Open House for the Carell Complex is set for August 8with the first home football game (that's right, a real home game in our own stadium) scheduled against Hillwood on August 28.

There's one final reason, the members of the Father Class of 1969 should drop by the Friday evening reception. It's a great way for us to hook up, visit a bit, and then go out for dinner or drinks.

Several of us did it last time in 2004 and had a great time.

See you Friday, if you can make it!