UC REUNION ROUNDTABLE - February 20, 2020

CLASS OF 1969 - 50 Years    

CLASS OF 1970 - 50 Years

The 50^th Graduation Anniversary celebration for the Class of 1970 will take place on Thursday May 28, 2020.  Formal invitations were mailed on January 27 to all members of the Class of 1970 for whom we have current home mailing addresses.  If you do not receive your invitation by February 10, please email alumni@unioncatholic.org.  Additionally, there are more than 70 “missing” members of the class of 1970. If you have contact information, have a lead, or can even identify a UC sibling of one of your “missing” classmates, please email alumni@unioncatholic.org.  Your 50^th Graduation Anniversary celebration is a once in a lifetime event and we would like everyone from 1970 to be there!

CLASS OF 1974 - Holiday Get Together

CLASS OF 1974 - 45 Years    

It was an amazing night when the Class of 1974 came together at the Best Western in Murray Hill for their 45-Year Reunion.  The lead committee members, Rich Fedison, Loretta Santacroce, and Michele Savage, worked non-stop to track down and personally invite their classmates, resulting in a fabulous turn out.  Other committee members added extra special touches, including illuminated centerpieces that featured yearbook pictures of every attendee.  The Class of ‘74 gifted Union Catholic with a generous donation, for which UC is incredibly grateful. It will be used to establish the Class of 1974 Endowed Scholarship, with the hopes that the scholarship will be fully funded by the time they celebrate their 50th Graduation Anniversary in 2024.  Perhaps the greatest tribute was this observation from a spouse who attended the reunion, “I am in awe of the phenomenal class spirit and loyalty that the alumni have for Union Catholic. God bless you all!”

CLASS OF 1979 - 40 Years

CLASS OF 1980      40-Year Reunion

Maryann Schiller Degnan has the ball rolling for the Class of 1980 reunion.  The committee has a meeting planned in the next few weeks, and will be contacting everyone shortly thereafter.  They intend to send a survey, so they are requesting that everyone email unioncatholic1980reunion@gmail.com with the following information: Name (including maiden name), Email, Home address, Cell.  Also, please visit the new Facebook page: Union Catholic Class of 1980 Reunion https://www.facebook.com/groups/463875767732771/ 

CLASS OF 1984 - 35 Year Reunion   

The committee (Colleen Yewaisis Mahr, Jaimie Schnitzer Westley, Kelly Waters, Geri Ricciani Beltran, Joellen Piasecki Pace and Joe Lettieri) is developing their plan and will share details next month. 

CLASS OF 1989 - 30 Years

The Class of 1989 spent many high school summer days enjoying the Jersey Shore. So, when it came time to plan their 30-year reunion, Long Beach Island was the obvious choice.  Classmates were given the date more than one year in advance, so many scheduled their family vacations in conjunction with the reunion.  Whether they stayed for the weekend, a week, or even a month, they were happy to be “down the shore” together again. The formal reunion was held on Friday night, but extended well into Saturday afternoon for many!  Their class Facebook page is filled with photos and videos, including these THEN/NOW versions. Not only did the Class of 1999 make a generous donation to UC, they also raised funds in memory of their recently deceased classmate and donated to her parish as well.  Kudos to Paul Martinho, Kristin Horan Laffey, Anne Ventola, Kathleen Karl Morgante, Trisha Murray Dulinski, Michelle Rundzieher Antonelli, and Michele Calogero-Duca for a super event.

CLASS OF 1994 - 25 Years

To be able to celebrate your 25^th Graduation Anniversary is a special occasion, and the members of the Class of 1994 who came back to their alma mater to mark 25 years truly had a special time.  As soon as they entered the front door at UC, they were hugging each other as if they had not been together since 1994 - and in many cases that was accurate!  No worries, they were instantly reunited and sharing life stories.  The current UC Student Ambassadors who were on hand to conduct building tours were touched by the camaraderie, and vowed NOT to lose touch once they graduate. The 1994 alumni visited science classrooms, lounged in the cafeteria, and posed for photos on the stage in the auditorium.  The party continued with food and drink in the library. Some members of the Class of 1994 had been together through elementary school and high school; such a strong bond. The class was happy to see a  "surprise" guest at the reunion, Mr Bruce Zehnle. A special thanks to Lauren Casa who helped coordinate this milestone event and to track down “missing” classmates. 

CLASS OF 1999 - 20 Years    

A fun time was had by all, as the Class of 1999 gathered together at Stage House Tavern in Somerset on September 14, to celebrate their 20-Year Reunion.  Of course there was food and drink, accompanied by plenty of laughs while looking through old yearbooks, and stories that began with “Remember when…”  The classmates ended the evening asking the reunion committee when they would begin planning for their milestone reunion of 25 years! Thank you to Andrea daFonseca Housel, Derrick Levine, Kathy Karasiewicz-Mendez and especially Tiana Mayes for all of their hard work.  Union Catholic gratefully thanks the "99ers" for their very generous gift back to their alma mater; may you all be blessed! 

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CLASS OF 2004 - 15 Years    

CLASS OF 2009 - 10 Years

CLASS OF 2014 - 5 Years

Five years already?  Your 5-Year Reunion will take place on Saturday November 9, 2019 beginning at 6:30pm at Darby Road in Scotch Plains. Shout out to Allison Yashay, Cristina Bonner, and Anna Zahran Salgueiro Lourenco who have been busy planning this reunion.  See below for more details and check out your class FB page to see who is going! https://www.facebook.com/groups/classof2014reunion/     

RSVP now - don’t let your UC friends get too far away.