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Sacred Heart outstanding alumni honored
by Joe Kohn of The Michigan Catholic
Published February 22, 2008
Detroit — Four men were honored last weekend at the 31st annual alumni day celebration at Sacred Heart Major Seminary.
Each year, Sacred Heart celebrates the contributions of its alumni through four awards, named after four people who distinguished themselves in their ministry and profession. Selection criteria include the person’s commitment to Christian life, scholarship, professional recognition, a public discernable ministry, creativity, and history of mission activity.
Fr. Arthur Baranowski was selected for the Bishop Henry Donnelly Award for outstanding clergy alumnus. Since his earliest days in parish life, Fr. Baranowski, a 1964 graduate, has used small faith communities as a method of renewing parish life.
In 1990, he founded the National Alliance of Parishes Restructuring into Communities, an association of parishes and people with the mission of “Ordinary people helping each other to connect to life and faith regularly.” He was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Detroit in 1968. Since 1996, he has been pastor of St. Christopher Parish, Marysville, and previously served the archdiocese in five other parishes.
Thomas Gaspard was selected for the Walter Romig Award for outstanding lay alumnus. A 1962 Sacred Heart Seminary High School graduate and 1966 seminary graduate, he holds two advanced degrees, including an MBA from Harvard University. At the time of his 1991 retirement, he was senior manager for Citigroup Inc., the world’s largest financial services corporation, for 30 years.
He was founder and CEO of Citibank in Washington, D.C., and president of Citicorp subsidiary Transaction Technology Inc. in Santa Monica, Calif. In 1991 he joined the Order of Malta, a Catholic lay organization that seeks to glorify God through work with the sick and poor. He is parish coordinator for the order in his home parish of Our Lady of Mercy, Potomac, Md.
Msgr. Robert Monticello was selected for the Msgr. Albert Matyn Award, for outstanding senior clergy. Msgr. Monticello, a 1947 graduate, was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Detroit in 1951. He holds a master’s degree in social work and in sociology.
His past assignments include Archdiocesan Director of Catholic Social Services, sociology instructor at Sacred Heart, and associate general secretary of the United States Catholic Conference in Washington, D.C. He served as pastor of St. Frances Cabrini, Allen Park, and St. Clare of Assisi, Farmington Hills, and as weekend associate at St. Owen, Franklin, and Our Lady of Sorrows, Farmington. He attained senior clergy status in 1999.
John Goyette, Ph.D., was selected for the Msgr. Daniel Ryan Award, for outstanding former faculty. Goyette, who taught at Sacred Heart from 1994-2002, was responsible for revamping the philosophy program into one that reflected a “Great Books” approach to the curriculum. Goyette also organized a successful conference on St. Thomas Aquinas’ natural law theory, from which a book was published based on the proceedings, which he co-edited.
He has published widely and now teaches in the Great Books program at Thomas Aquinas College in California, from where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree. He also serves as the college’s dean of students. He earned an MA and Ph.D. in philosophy from The Catholic University of America, and is father to eight children.
To submit a nominee for next year, call the Alumni Relations Office at (313) 883-8533, e-mail bua.kathryn@shms.edu, or mail in the nominating form in the upcoming issues of seminary publication Mosaic.
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