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Cotter and Barry Keogh. To each and everyone on the committee my
very sincere personal thanks.
Now let me turn for a moment to what many of us past pupils regard
as the single most important development for the school, namely the
appointment for the first time of a lay Headmaster this year. This
development reflects the changes and challenges in modern education.
After we were notified of the appointment of Mr Patrick Potts, Roderic
Ensor and I invited him to join us for dinner so that we could personally
extend to him the Union's welcome and support in his new job as
Headmaster. We spent a very pleasant evening with Mr Potts and we
assured him that he would always find the Union approachable and
availabfe to help the school in whatever ways we can.
The Union will continue also to support and encourage the Jesuit
community at Gonzaga. As past pupils we have an interest in helping
to preserve the best traditions of a Jesuit education. The Jesuit tradition
is long and enduring. 1990 will mark the 500th anniversary of the birth
of Ignatius Loyola and the 450th anniversary of the founding of the Jesuit
Order. We will lend our support to the celebrations marking the Ignatian
Centenary Year.
So we look forward to the future into the 1990s. My very best wishes
go to Roderic Ensor, who I know will be an excellent President of the
Union. My best wishes also go to Patrick Potts, the school's new
headmaster, the staff of Gonzaga and also the Rector and members of
the Jesuit community as well as to the School.
Peter Mathews
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very sincere personal thanks.
Now let me turn for a moment to what many of us past pupils regard
as the single most important development for the school, namely the
appointment for the first time of a lay Headmaster this year. This
development reflects the changes and challenges in modern education.
After we were notified of the appointment of Mr Patrick Potts, Roderic
Ensor and I invited him to join us for dinner so that we could personally
extend to him the Union's welcome and support in his new job as
Headmaster. We spent a very pleasant evening with Mr Potts and we
assured him that he would always find the Union approachable and
availabfe to help the school in whatever ways we can.
The Union will continue also to support and encourage the Jesuit
community at Gonzaga. As past pupils we have an interest in helping
to preserve the best traditions of a Jesuit education. The Jesuit tradition
is long and enduring. 1990 will mark the 500th anniversary of the birth
of Ignatius Loyola and the 450th anniversary of the founding of the Jesuit
Order. We will lend our support to the celebrations marking the Ignatian
Centenary Year.
So we look forward to the future into the 1990s. My very best wishes
go to Roderic Ensor, who I know will be an excellent President of the
Union. My best wishes also go to Patrick Potts, the school's new
headmaster, the staff of Gonzaga and also the Rector and members of
the Jesuit community as well as to the School.
Peter Mathews
104
