Newsletter
for alumni of The Abbey School, Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
Caracas, 12 October 2013 No. 623
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Dear
Friends,
Here is
the rundown of the expenses paid by the Abbey School Alumni Association.
This was
for the promised Fr. Cuthbert trip to Holland.
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From: Joseph Berment-McDowald <bermentmcdowald@yahoo.com>
Date: 23 September 2013 10:45
Subject: Contribution to Fr. Cuthbert's
travel expenses
The Abbey School Alumni Association
C/o Dennis Adrian Gurley, S.C
J.D. Sellier + Co.
129-131 Abercromby Street
Port-of-Spain
Monday, September
23, 2013
Abbot John Pereira
The Abbey Mount St.
Benedict
St. Augustine
Trinidad
Dear Abbot Pereira,
Consistent with the decisions of the association, it is my
pleasure to confirm our contribution in the sum of twenty eight thousand two
hundred and seventeen dollars and forty cents to the cost of Fr. Cuthbert’s
travel. This sum has been calculated as follows:
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Business class
ticket Port of Spain/London
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$15,000.00
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Business class
ticket London/Amsterdam
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$3,000.00
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Upgrade Port of
Spain/London, Maximine DeComarmond
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$1,795.00
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Spending money
(equivalent of €1000 EUR)
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$8,422.40
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Total ASAA contribution
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$28,217.40
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Made up as
follows:
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|
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Money on deposit
with Gabe Faria (equivalent of $3810.38US)
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$24,576.95
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Roger Juman
(Advance Foam)
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$2,000.00
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ASAA
cheque
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$1,640.45
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Total
disbursements to be made
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$28,217.40
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Please make receipts to each respective entity: It would be
helpful if you would have same delivered to my office, for further
distribution.
Please forgive me for the delay in settling the matter of our
contribution. It has taken longer than it should have because of illness,
workload and the ready unavailability of the information which we used to
calculate the costs initially. I didn’t rush to expedite it either, as you
yourself indicated that there was no rush. It would have been quickly settled
(possibly at a much lower cost) if the arrangements which we made several
months ago, which we were led to believe were being pursued (even up to two
weeks before we were informed otherwise) would have been kept to or
alternatively if we were told of the possibility of other arrangements being
made early enough.
I am including the text of our exchange of correspondence below,
for the information of the alumni.
Yours Sincerely,
Abbey School Alumni Association
Joseph Berment-McDowald
President
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John Pereira
Aug 21
Dear Joe,
All arrangements have already been made for Fr Cuthbert's travels.
We do not expect the old boys to pay for all the expenses.
That is not our intention.
Whatever you can contribute will be appreciated.
Gary Matthews told me that he is in charge of all arrangements
for payments so I told him as much.
Please do not feel obliged to pay for the entire cost.
Whatever the old boys can afford will be welcome.
Payment to the airline has already been made by the
monastery.
Whatever you would like to contribute will be deposited in the
account of the monastery to defray expenses.
However, as I mentioned, we do not expect you to pay for the
total expenses.
If the old boys would like to contribute that would be welcome.
Fr John
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Subject: Fr Cuthbert's travel
To: jaebp@live.com
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 14:26:27 +0000
Dear Fr. Abbot,
I called and left a message with Helen for you this morning.
Please call me so that arrangements for paying to Fr. Cuthbert's
travel can be finalised.
Is it possible that the cost could be lowered if we were to pay
in US dollars directly to the airline or travel agency?
One of the old boys will only be able to contribute if he gets a
vat invoice and receipt from either the airline or the travel agency: can that
be arranged?
By way of explanation, we had no idea that you had been making
arrangements for Fr. Cuthbert's travel yourselves.
I had a few discussions with Max on the subject and he promised
to get back to me with the required documents by different dates but never did.
Many of my follow up phone calls and messages were never
returned.
We Old Boys wanted to make arrangements ourselves which promised
to be more economical and flexible and have the pleasure of presenting the
ticket and pocket money to Fr. Cuthbert ourselves.
Possibly, we can have a photo op when we present the cheque.
Yours sincerely,
Joe
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RE: Contribution to Fr. Cuthbert's travel
expenses
From: Glen
Mckoy
My Dear Joe,
Thank you for your blessings.
It’s been a long and winding road, but it’s good to know we are
still here with our Alumni.
I recognize your great efforts in keeping things together for so
long, on the home front, so many events etc. over so many years.
I hope there were more good times than bad.
You said you were ill, I pray everything is O.K now.
Joe, I know you are very busy with life.
Just want you to know, please feel free, to contact me anytime,
if I can be of service in any way.
We must open up our hearts to the universe, and the universe will
open up to us.
Best regards, take care my brother,
Cheers Glen.
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Subject: Re: Contribution to Fr. Cuthbert's
travel expenses
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 12:08:46 +0000
Dear Glen,
My pleasure. Thank you for your kind words.
Although I don't respond, I recognise the valuable contribution
that you make to our fraternity and salute your efforts.
Be good to yourself.
I wish you happiness, good health, luck and that your needs will
be amply supplied by the Lord.
Love and Best Wishes,
Joe
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From: Glen Mckoy <mckoy43glen@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 09:06:54 +0000
Dear Joe,
Thank you very much for this copy of Fr. Cuthbert's travel
expenses, I will pass this along to the many who did contribute.
Hope all is well my brother.
Please keep us informed about Fr. Odo, also, please give him our
best wishes and do tell him we send our love.
Wishing you and all our brothers at home the best.
Take care, have a good day my friend, God Bless.
Adios Glen McKoy.
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From: John Pereira jaebp@live.com
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 12:47:04 PM
Dear Mr Berment-McDowald,
Thanks for your email.
I am in Rome at present attending an International Benedictine
Conference.
I am therefore not now in a position to attend to this matter.
Please direct the contents of this email to our Prior, Fr Odo van
der Heijdt.
As Prior, he has the full responsibility of the monastery in the
absence of the abbot.
Fr Odo does not have access to email communication.
Kindly therefore direct the contents of this email to him
personally at the Mount.
Please note that he is due for surgery on Thursday 26 September
2013, so you should try to deliver a hard copy of this email to him on Tuesday
24 or Wednesday 25 September.
If he is unable to deal with this before his surgery, he will
delegate this matter to a monk of his choice.
Yours in Christ,
Abbot John Pereira, OSB
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Dennis DuBoulay
From: Nigel P. Boos (nigelboos@eagles-wings.ca)
Sent: Fri 2/19/10 12:48 PM
Well done, Salvador.
Now, you see why i call you "The Ambassador" . . . .
You've done a fine job and it seems that Dennis was happy to hear
from you.
When you see him, you might want to mention some of these names,
to elicit some sort of reaction from him and to collect memories:
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RE: Dennis DuBoulay
From: Glen Mckoy (mckoy43glen@hotmail.com)
Sent: Fri 2/19/10 11:28 AM
Excellent Salvador, you amaze me every day, thanks for the email,
your deeds will always be remembered my brother, another one on The
List,
Glen.
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Subject: RE: Dennis DuBoulay
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:07:49 -0600
Hello Nigel.
Well, I found Mr. Dennis duBoulay.
I spoke with his wife Edna this morning and introduced myself and
left my cell number for Mr. Dennis to call me if he didn't mind.
I told his wife I was an old Abbey Boy from Mount Saint Benedict
and we talked a little bit.
Later this afternoon, Mr. Dennis called me and we talked a little
bit to kinda break the ice.
It just so happened that as we talked I mentioned some of the old
boys, and Stanley and Peter Ferguson are his cousins, so we started on the
right foot and now I will arrange a reunion with then, and will try to get his
live history.
He told me that his brother Arthur has died a while back and was
older than him. Dennis is now 78 years old.
I will bring the photos from the reunion in Ajax since there were
some guys from his time 1945 to 1950.
As soon as I make that reunion and take photos I will send them
to you and Ladislao.
It is always a great pleasure to meet new old boys from the Abbey
School, regardless of the era.
Go, go old boys.....best wishes. Salvador
PS: He is a mechanical
engineer and still working part time.
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From: nigelboos@eagles-wings.ca
Subject: Dennis DuBoulay
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:18:25 -0500
Laz,
We've just found another OB - Denis Du Boulay, who lives in
Louisiana.
Data herein, Salvador - you might wish to contact him.
I have no idea when he went to MSB.
Nigel
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From: "Nigel P. Boos" <nigelboos@eagles-wings.ca>
Date: February 16, 2010 7:13:26 PM EST
Thanks, Janice.
Arthur had been looking for Denis, and I felt that one of you
Stodart girls would have the answer he was looking for.
Thanks for your kind help.
So, Carnival is over, or will be soon, and we're into Lent.
God bless you and yours.
Nigel
P.S. Where is Pat living now? I don't recognize her
"Deacon" name.
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On 2010-02-16, at 5:45 PM,
Janice Potter wrote: Arthur/Nigel –
How are you both?
Denis DuBoulay is alive and well!
He is Arthur’s younger brother and also went to Mt. St. Benedict
with Arthur.
This is his address:
Denis & Edna DuBoulay
2405 Palmland Blvd.,
New Iberia,
LA 70560.
Tel: 1-337-367-0882
Denis does not have email.
Best wishes to all,
Janice Potter (nee Stodart and was married to Arthur DuBoulay)
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Ladislao Kertesz at kertesz11@yahoo.com,
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Photos:
MSBAP14MI6512, Mount Inside
70WD45862FB, Wbladimiro´s photos
70WD45862FBA, Wbladimiro´s photos
09LK1906TTVISITJDM, Jean de Meillac and
Ladislao Kertesz
