The event at Juniors Frascati, Apr 2009

During our stay at Wernersville, on Saturday afternoon our group of former Jesuits had an outing at the Junior’s Frascati. This rustic site is located at the far corner of the Jesuit Center’s property about as far from the monastery as you can get and still remain on the property. Back in the day when Wernersville was still known as “The Novitiate of St Issac Jogues” this facility was used as an R&R site for both Novices and Juniors, but Juniors most often. The Novices had their own place, a log cabin that dated from colonial times which unfortunately burned to the ground. It was located where one of the parking lots is now. In the vicinity were several other funky sites notably an 8 room 2 story house known as “Brossman’s”, and a skating rink used in the winter. I have no idea who Brossman was but the rumor is that the first Jesuits on the site lived there while the novitiate was being built.

The first picture just below is of a reservoir located at State Hill, a few miles away. If it were not on the property, it should have been. The other photographs are a sampling of attendees at the Frascati event.

These pictures were shot with an older Canon EOS650 35mm film camera with Auto-focus and a Zoom Lens. The negatives were digitized by the camera shop that did the development.

Figure 1:  State Hill Reservoir

Figure 2:  Juniors Frascati

Figure 3:  Jim Haggerty and his Transverse Flute

Figure 4: Jean Haggerty

Figure 5: Ron Bowers (slightly out-of-focus … he moved)

Figure 6: Vic Alessi (he didn’t move)

Figure 7: Steve McClure

Figure 8: The Prayer Group in session

Figure 9: The Rustic Fireplace

Figure 10: On the Porch with Fang

Figure 11:  Bart Sullivan

Figure 12: Joe Dermont

Figure 13:  Joanne Dermont

Figure 14: Joe and Marlene McCarthy

Figure 15: Jim and Barbara Fitzpatrick

Figure 16: Chris McManus

Figure 17: Ed Plocha

Figure 18: Diane and Tom Palmeri, Helen Plocha

Figure 19: Ed & Jean Haggerty

Figure 20: Tyler Przybylek, Dave Mulrooney, George Williams SJ

Figure 21: Michael and Kimberley Marsh

Figure 22: Bob Krasnansky … dueling cameras

Figure 23: Joe Reardon