Welcome Back, Alumni
Kate Bua, Director of Marketing MOSAIC, Summer 2007
Alumni award winners Fr. Thomas Lumpkin, left, Ms. Beryl Harriott and Fr. Kevin O'brien | As the guests entered the gym for the thirtieth annual Alumni Day Celebration on February 18, 2007, they heard the lyrics from the popular 70s TV show "Welcome Back Kotter" ring out: "Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back." With 350 alumni attending, this year's Alumni Day was the largest gathering in many years. As always, there was a sense of camaraderie, brotherhood and reconnection with the institution and with fellow students, classmates and faculty.
The 2007 alumni award winners honored that evening, who distinguished themselves in their ministry and profession, are:
Fr. Thomas Lumpkin, who received the Bishop Henry Donnelly Award for Outstanding Clergy Alumnus. Father Tom's ministry is within the framework of Day House, a Catholic Worker community he co-founded in 1976 that offers hospitality to homeless women and families. He co-manages Manna Community Meal, a Catholic Worker soup kitchen, and celebrates Mass and visits inmates at the Wayne County Jail.
Ms. Beryl Harriott, who received the Walter Romig Award for Outstanding Lay Alumnus. She has worked in the dietetics field at two New York hospitals and at Henry Ford Health System for twenty-three years. She has served in many parish roles, including pastoral associate, and is a certified spiritual director and an Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters Associate since 1996.
Fr. Kevin O'Brien, who received the Msgr. Albert Matyn Award for Outstanding Senior Clergy. Father Kevin has served at several parishes and was assigned by Cardinal John Dearden to be chaplin at St. Francis Home for Boys and to work in the Poverty Program of the State of Michigan. He has been a member of the Priest Pension Board, the AOD Presbyteral Council and the College of Consultors.
Award winner Dr. William Riordan was unable to attend the celebration. |
Dr. William Riordan, who received the Msgr. Daniel Ryan Award for Outstanding Former Faculty. Unfortunately, Dr. Riordan could not be present due to commitments at Ave Maria University, Naples, Florida, where he is professor of theology and dean of faculty. He previously taught philosophy at the University of San Francisco and systematic theology at Sacred Heart (1990-1998). His specialties include the areas of metaphysics and Trinitarian theology.
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