(Article from the 1970-1971 Annual Report of St. John’s School of Alberta)
St. John’s School of Alberta urgently needs a chapel and has no money to buy one. A chapel was not included in the original construction of the school as it was expected that the boys could worship in classrooms or the library until a proper chapel could be built. This has proved a delusion. Attendance at religious services in the Manitoba school has quadrupled since an abandoned church was brought onto the site to serve as a chapel two years ago. Last summer, the Alberta chaplain, Rev. Stanley Isherwood, examined three abandoned churches in the school’s vicinity. Two were too small, one too expensive to move. With a clampdown on all capital spending a new one cannot now be erected and paid for.
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Quite suddenly, on Saturday January 21, 2012 alumnus Stephen Whistance-Smith (laundry # 408) passed away. Stephen was a student at St. John’s from 1973 – 1975. Notification of his passing came from his brother Douglas (1980-1983 laundry #798). We express our condolences to the family as they grieve their loss.
We received some great old photos from an alumni. They include pictures from the 1967 Grande Portage canoe trip; as well as the student body photos from the years 1964 through to 1969. They are posted on our Picasa page at this link: Or you can scroll to the bottom of any page on this [...]
On November 19, 2011 Rodrigo Anaya (SJSA 92-95) wed his fiancee Alejandra in San Juan Cosala (a small town south of Guadalajara located on Lake Chapala). The service took place in a beautiful church built in 1740. From the church the reception moved east to Ajijic, the venue was located on a hill overlooking Lake [...]
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