Supporting Organizations

The administration and students of St. Charles are supported by the volunteer service and guidance of several groups, including:
-The St. Charles Advisory Board
-The St. Charles Alumni Association
-The St. Charles Mothers Club

Read more about these groups and their members below

The St. Charles Advisory Board serves the school and its principal in an advisory role

Saint Charles Preparatory School
Advisory Board Membership- Winter 2010

Robert W. Horner III ’79, Chairman
Timothy M. Kelley ’76, Vice Chairman

Albert J. Bell '78; James P. Finn ’65; Paul G. Heller ’82;
Thomas L. Horvath ’65; Joseph M. Isbell ’83;
Rev. Michael J. Lumpe ’78; Thomas J. Mackessy ’77;
Patricia McJoynt-Griffith; David L. Pemberton Jr. ’79;
Michael J. Rankin, M.D. ’77; Thomas N. Ryan, D.D.S. ’58;
T. Jay Ryan III ’76; Press C. Southworth III ’65; Msgr. David V. Sorohan ’59 (College) and George G. Vargo ’58

Requiescat in Pace: John L. Sauter ’58, November 25, 2009

Emeritus Members

Rev. William L. Arnold ’70; Rev. Thomas J. Brosmer ’61;
Hugh J. Dorrian ’53; Msgr. William A. Dunn ’57;
Louis V. Fabro ’49; James T. Foley Jr.;
Charles W. Gehring Sr. ’74; Matthew A. Howard ’58;
Mrs. Patricia D. Kletzly; Thomas M. O’Leary ’64;
Daniel L. Rankin III ’53; John J. Ritz ’47;
Richard R. Stedman ’54; Henry J. Sherowski
and Michael M. Sullivan ’58.

Requiescant in Pace
Leonard J. lannarino Jr. ’58, january 17, 2010
F. W. “Bill” Sullivan Jr., April 9, 2009

The St. Charles Alumni Association offers graduates a great opportunity to share some of their time and talents with the Cardinal community and the school. The Association organizes and sponsors events such as the annual Spaghetti Dinner, Alumni Golf Outing and Homecoming.

If you would like to learn more about the St. Charles Alumni Association, attend a meeting or become a member of the group's Governing Board, or to volunteer your time and energy
at one of the group’s community events, please contact Louis J. Fabro ’83, Director of Alumni Affairs & Communications, by e-mail at lfabro@cdeducation.org or call him at 614-252-9288 ext. 21

Get reacquainted with St. Charles and the great things its students and alumni are accomplishing!

St. Charles Alumni Association
Governing Board Membership

Gerard M. Barrow, Sr. ’72, President
Andrew V. Piccolantonio ’97, Vice President
Sean A. Whalen ’99, Secretary

Homer V. Beard ’46; Philip C. Caito ’72;
Damion M. Clifford ’95; Joseph M. Gruber '04
John F. "Jack" Gibbons, Jr. ’81; Michael J. Jarosi '85;
Zachary A. Pavol ’00; Michael S. Probst ’89;
William H. Prophater, Jr. ’86; Robert S. Ryan ’89;
Robert L. Selhorst ’74; Deacon Marion E. Smithberger ’72
and Matthew Weger ’89.

Ex-Officio:

-Dominic J. Cavello '64, Principal
-Michael H. Duffy, Director of Development
-Louis J. Fabro ’83, Director of Alumni Affairs & Communications

Upcoming Alumni Events

The 2009-2010 Alumni Association Meeting Schedule:

All alumni are invited to attend St. Charles Alumni Association meetings! They are held on the second Thursday of August, November, February and May in the Advisory Board Emeritus Conference Room in our Student Services & Fine Arts Center starting at 6:30 p.m.

Upcoming meeting date: February 11, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. in the Student Service Center's conferecne room

This is a great opportunity for you to share some of your time and talents with the St. Charles community. The Alumni Association also sponsors events like the St. Charles Spaghetti Dinner, Father/Son Mass and Breakfast , Alumni Golf Outing and Homecoming. Get reacquainted with St. Charles and the great things its students and alumni are accomplishing!

--Homecoming Tailgate Party and post-game Pizza Party, to be held on Friday, September 18, 2009. The tailgate party takes place just outside the main entrance to the Robert C. Walter Student Commons and the Pizza Party will be held in the Campus Theater's Cavello Center.

-The St. Charles Alumni Golf Outing, to be held on Sunday, September 27, 2009.

--The St. Charles Spaghetti Dinner: Sunday, February 21, 2010

--The Father/Son Mass and Breakfast, scheduled for a Saturday March 20, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. The event is free of charge but we ask for your reservation to help us prepare to have enough food on hand. Mass will be held in Mother of Mercy Chapel and breakfast in the Robert C. Walter Student Commons.

For more information on these or any other alumni event, please contact the school's alumni director Louis J. Fabro '83 by e-mail at lfabro@cdeducation.org or by phone at 614-252-9288 (ext. 21).

All alumni of St. Charles Preparatory School are deemed members of the "Association" which provides service to St. Charles by helping the school in four essential areas:

A. Ambassadorial service: Members of the Association promote the school to friends, neighbors, and their colleagues. This includes opportunities to speak to parents and young men about the wonderful opportunities available at St. Charles.

B. Social Activities: The Association fosters goodwill among all alumni of St. Charles Preparatory School by volunteering at school functions and organizing alumni social events, with special emphasis on encouraging alumni to become re-acquainted with their alma mater. Such activities would include Homecoming, the St. Charles Spaghetti Dinner, the Father/Son Mass and Breakfast, and the annual Alumni Open golf outing.

C. Financial support: The Association supports the mission of Bishop James Hartley, that any boy wishing to attend St. Charles should be admitted regardless of his family’s ability to pay. The Association and all its members are encouraged to support the school financially during each Annual and Capital Campaigns; to help build endowments; donate a gift from your company to our annual Silent Auction or other charity event.

D. Support the school administration: To provide guidance from an alumni perspective on relevant school issues; to help maintain the alumni database and leadership rosters by creating instruments to collect updated alumni information; to contribute to school publications, like the Cardinal magazine, by contributing articles and information to update alumni and friends of Association events and activities.

--The St. Charles Mothers Club:Long-time contributors to St. Charles Success

Student and alumni mothers have contributed in many ways
to the success of St. Charles since the school's establishment
in 1923. The first women's organization at St. Charles was the Stagecrafters Mothers' Club, which was known originally as the "Stagecrafters Associates." It was organized in 1945 in support
of the school's theatrical productions by Monsignor Joseph A. Cousins, four years after the Campus Theater was completed.

Today, the Mothers Club remains involved in many important activities at St. Charles. One of those is the school's annual Cardinal Christmas Silent Auction and Dinner. Several others include: two "faculty appreciation" luncheons, the annual Open House each November, putting on a '"Craft Night" and the Mother & Son Dinner Dance.