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I started this website in 2005 following the death of one of our most animated classmates who I hadn't seen in 40 years. John Leslie's passing motivated me to locate and to reconnect with former classmates now spread all over the US and overseas. This site is foremost a venue for us to share our life stories with each other, to let one another know what became of the awkward youngster they knew fifty years before, and what he had done with his life. This site is secondarily for those who may stumble here and wonder what it was like for normal young men to be in a seminary in the sixties and seventies when the country and the Catholic Church was going through such turbulent times and challenging changes. And how it was like to change from medieval times to modernity. It has been a vehicle for small reunions for those who knew and wanted to attend, and for renewed friendships. Some of us were ordained priests, one a deacon, and another a bishop; but most of us moved on to different walks of life. Most all of us were, however, influened in some way by the experiences we had at St. Joseph's and/or St. Patrick's seminaries. More importantly, we have moved on to be leaders and helpers in our own various vocations. Herein are some of those stories, in photos or word, of what we went through and how we grew up, and influenced those around us. I read and re-read these stories, and I marvel. I hope you will also. -Joe Barile, July 11, 2015	Our Time at St. Joseph's College, Mountain View, CA., 1961-1967 and later at St. Patrick's Seminary Menlo Park, CA., 1968-72 A View of St. Joseph's College from Campus Hill scanned from The Cupertinian, our student newspaper. The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake toppled the tower, fortunately the high school had been closed for years and the building was mostly empty. After that the grounds were sold to a housing development, an assisted living center (The Forum), and Rancho San Antonio Open Space Park. From 1924 to 1989 the minor seminary trained some 5,000 boys to men. Since that time most all seminaries only admit college level or higher. Both the college and the post grads (theology) are now at Saint Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, California. But St. Joe's in Mountain View left most of us, if not all, with many fond memories. Then, too, there were the challenges of growing up in a unique setting.	Home Intro Bio Links PHOTOS: St.Joe's St.Pat's REUNIONS: 2008 *2015* *2017* REFLECTIONS FULL CLASS LIST

I started this website in 2005 following the death of one of our most animated classmates who I hadn't seen in 40 years. John Leslie's passing motivated me to locate and to reconnect with former classmates now spread all over the US and overseas.

This site is foremost a venue for us to share our life stories with each other, to let one another know what became of the awkward youngster they knew fifty years before, and what he had done with his life. This site is secondarily for those who may stumble here and wonder what it was like for normal young men to be in a seminary in the sixties and seventies when the country and the Catholic Church was going through such turbulent times and challenging changes. And how it was like to change from medieval times to modernity.

It has been a vehicle for small reunions for those who knew and wanted to attend, and for renewed friendships.

Some of us were ordained priests, one a deacon, and another a bishop; but most of us moved on to different walks of life. Most all of us were, however, influened in some way by the experiences we had at St. Joseph's and/or St. Patrick's seminaries.

More importantly, we have moved on to be leaders and helpers in our own various vocations. Herein are some of those stories, in photos or word, of what we went through and how we grew up, and influenced those around us. I read and re-read these stories, and I marvel. I hope you will also.

-Joe Barile, July 11, 2015

Our Time at St. Joseph's College, Mountain View, CA., 1961-1967
and later at St. Patrick's Seminary Menlo Park, CA., 1968-72

A View of St. Joseph's College from Campus Hill scanned from The Cupertinian, our student newspaper. The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake toppled the tower, fortunately the high school had been closed for years and the building was mostly empty. After that the grounds were sold to a housing development, an assisted living center (The Forum), and Rancho San Antonio Open Space Park. From 1924 to 1989 the minor seminary trained some 5,000 boys to men. Since that time most all seminaries only admit college level or higher. Both the college and the post grads (theology) are now at Saint Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, California. But St. Joe's in Mountain View left most of us, if not all, with many fond memories. Then, too, there were the challenges of growing up in a unique setting.

Home

    Intro

    Bio Links

PHOTOS:

     St.Joe's

     St.Pat's

REUNIONS:

    2008

2015

    2017

REFLECTIONS

FULL CLASS LIST