Posted by Rt Rev Mgr F J McGuiness on November 13, 2001 at 16:02:31:

My dear boys

It was with great sadness that I took the decision not to attend your reunion last weekend.
Matters of considerable import occupy me in no small way in these times and you will forgive me if I no longer render unto Caesar but to a much higher power.
I trust that you upheld the traditions we set forth in your years at St Augustine's Grammar School,and I know that many of you tred the paths of honesty and decency upon which, I hope, we set you those long years past.
You, my dear boys, were an elite of your time,quite literally the "electi" from your generation; you, each of you, held the potential for great achievement, and I am warmed by your successes, your ambition and your continuing confidence within the world.
Think of me from time to time in your busy lives, as I pray for you all.
It is of course traditional at this season to wish you and your families the blessings and felicitations of the time of our saviour's birth, and I do so now.
I also invite you to submit to me your accounts of the reunion, your impressions of your colleagues and your valued suggestions for future events - I will on this occasion do no more than remind you of the required format, which I am quite sure you will recall.

With you in the inheritance of the angels

Francis J McGuiness, Headmaster