Hey Everyone,

Summer is going well down at Loyola... I think Celeste, Anter and I are holding down the fort ok... As usual Father Jack has been impossible to find (especially considering he is in California literally every 5 minutes).

Mostly I've just been moving into my new apartment (which now has furniture! Exciting!), working on my research and doing some babysitting and Care-a-van and such.

I did get a chance to go to the shelter and to the Ark, which is one of the day cares that a lot of the kids from the shelter go to. When I showed up at the Ark both Omar and Pops were there (some of you may remember Pops), Omar was very surprised and then kindly told me I was not supposed to be at the Ark I was supposed to be at the shelter, so I told him I was going to play at the Ark that day and asked if that were ok with him, he proceeded to hand me a book and say "ok you can read me this book".... needless to say we had a great time. I'm sure by now Kyle is laughing hysterically at picturing this interaction between Omar and I. People at the shelter are doing well... a few have moved on, but most said that they miss us terribley. August and Robert are gone as well as Christopher, but Deja, Omar, Sean, London, Nic, etc are still around and getting ready for camps and things like that. At the shelter Omar proceeded to tell everyone we saw I had been at his school and we had read books together, it was very amusing.

For those of you that go to Care-a-van (Megan, Meggie, Alicia) I have seen both Tino and Mike in the past few weeks and they are both doing well with their jobs and apartments which is always good to hear!

My last update is that my Relay at home was a great success raising almost $200,000 and a ton of fun!

I hope everyone's summer is going well, if you happen to visit Loyola at all this summer let me know cause I have a pool and a spare bedroom! :)

Talk to you all soon,
Ashley

Hey All,

I have just returned from a wedding in Avalon NJ and I'm starting to get in to the groove of the summer. I (like Pat) was in England but I was Oxford visiting a friends from home. I am going to be volunteering next week with my sister in Newark. Hope everyone is doing well. God Bless AMDG

Hello from CLEVELAND!!

hey everyone!
First of all I would just like to clarify some things that have been said on this blog:
1. There is no way I went to London with mr. pat tobler, he begged me but I refused.
2. Cleveland is AMAZING!! I dont know if any of you realize but CLeveland is going to the NBA finals so Everyone is going crazy around here!! I've basically just been bearing witness to Lebron James and Daniel Gibson (my personal fave!) ...life here is awesome, so you can stop sipping on that hatorade (pat)!

Anywho, life around here has been somewhat busy. I was in Chicago one weekend to visit some friends, and then in Boston the next weekend for my brother's graduation. Then last weekend my cousin also got married, which was sooo much fun! And this weekend I've just been Rising up and watching the cavs game and such!! I have been doing a little bit of work so far babysitting, doing some park security at our city pool and doing some math tutoring. I will start teaching tennis lessons next week, so that will be exciting. As for service I was supposed to start today, doing Challenger Baseball, which is this league that is for children with mental and physical disabilities, so I will be matched up with a player and we will play for the next several weeks. The game today was rained out sadly, but I'm really excited to get started with it.

Its been soo good hearing from all you peoples who have posted so far, and I can't wait to hear from the rest of you! Keep having fun summers!!!

love, mary!

hey guys! so i had some trouble with this thing...mostly because i forgot like 4 passwords i made. oh well. i wrote it down now so we're clear. so summer has been busy already. i was in florida for a week just hanging out enjoying the weather and then i just got back from colorado. my cousin got married on the side of a mountain out there...it was amazing. we went white water rafting and hiking and enjoyed the mountains. it was a great trip! im not working until june, which is awesome, so im just hanging out and relaxing :)

I did get a chance to volunteer a few saturdays ago. my dad is the jersey chair of the arthritis foundation and they do a walk on the Cooper River (right near my high school) every year. I volunteered there, doing anything from setting up, registration, face painting and walking four miles with some kids who have juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. I had no idea how much arthritis affected young people, especially children. These kids were all less than 9 years old and already had survivor stories to tell. They were pretty incredible and i loved spending a few hours with them. Later this summer I'm looking to work on Habitat around here through a program I know. Anyone in the Philly area want to join in let me know!

Hope you guys are all having great summers! Keep in touch

wow this blog has really taken off. i have to check several times a day to keep up with all of the new posts. it is quite confusing to navigate around thought. oh well. Anyway, i have just returned from london, as Fr. John mentioned in his latest post. I don't know what his deal is suggesting that there is something going on between me and mary carney. That has no basis in fact, she just wishes that it did. Needless to say, london was awesome. I was supposed to meet up with our buddy Colin at this club called The ZOO. But i decided to go into the bar next door because it didn't have a cover, which turned out to be a gay bar. It was called "Fudge". Apparently i missed that on the way in. So, i missed out on seeing Colin, but i did manage to see Harry Potter naked in "Equus". I wasn't impressed. Not really a big deal...if you catch my drift. Hermione was in not the play :(.

I hope everyone is having a blast so far this summer. If anyone wants to invite me to their shore house, that'd be great. If anyone invites me to cleveland i'm not coming cause cleveland sucks. If anyone wants to chill this summer, we certainly can...assuming i have nothing better to do. Alright i gotta peace. More posts to come shortly.


Mazel Tov,
Pat Tobler

hola

Hello everyone!

Sorry it took me so long to log onto the blog, there were some technical difficulties involved. basically that means that i had to use the computer. and that usually doesn't end up well.

anyways, i hope everyone's summer is going well, i know i've been busy but it's been good so far. I had a wedding to go to as well but other than that just a lot of work. I've actually not had time to do any volunteer work yet, but i just talked to someone and i'm going to be going to a soup kitchen to serve lunches in Bridgeport on Mondays. I've actually never been to the site, but i'm looking forward to going. Bridgeport actually reminds me a lot of Baltimore. So we'll see :)

I'm not exactly sure how to use this blog either, hopefully i'm doing this right, but i can't wait to hear from everyone, i miss you all!

love, alicia

May 24, 2007

Hey guys,

I have no idea how to navigate this operation. I just returned this week from Los Angeles, where I spent the BEST week with friends from LMU -- and celebrating a wedding (I was the priest) -- and just enjoying everything I loved out there. I am heading to the beach with family for Memorial Day weekend today, and that should be fun. I have been working on the sophomore retreat and a bunch of weddings I have this summer -- and one baptism.

I miss seeing you guys all the time -- and the campus is empty. Even Frs. Ruff and the Chuckster, SJ are away giving a retreat. How is everyone's summer going? I know Pat is in London (tho I am not sure London is ready for Tobler!?!). Did Mary Carney go with him?

Let me hear from you guys and all my Magis guys were very interested in Ad Maiorem and asked me lots of questions. God bless. love, FJ