Category: Reunions

Summer 2024: 55 Years since Form 5

It’s been an eventful summer in Canada for alumni of the Class of 1969, a time for renewing longtime friendships and celebrating 55 years since completing Form 5 at Raimondi College. Out-of-town classmates came visiting. Everyone was looking great! The steady flow of visitors to Toronto started early in the season. June 15 Lunch Willy … Continue reading Summer 2024: 55 Years since Form 5 →

Celebrating 50 Years of Marriage

Lawrence and May celebrate their 50th anniversary. I once read the following message, attributed to 19th Century author James Terry White in a commemorative verse entitled “Golden Wedding”: These wedding bells for fifty years Have rung alternate joys and knells. Till now our deepened love endears These wedding bells. These fifty years, dear wife, have … Continue reading Celebrating 50 Years of Marriage →

Bouncing back from Pandemic

RC Thursday Dinners Group set up when restrictions ease COVID-19 has affected most of our lives. The situation in first few months of this year was especially serious. Wave after wave of the outbreak caused the Hong Kong government to implement various kinds of social distancing, interrupting our normal daily activities in very noticeable ways. … Continue reading Bouncing back from Pandemic →

Raimondians worldwide chat with RAA as New Year begins

The New Year got off to a promising start when representatives of the Raimondi Alumni Association reached out to old boys scattered around the globe. James H.G. Wong 黄漢根, who has stayed in touch with many Raimondian schoolmates over the years, explained: “Raimondi Alumni Association (RAA) would like to establish a strong connection with as … Continue reading Raimondians worldwide chat with RAA as New Year begins →

Dancing the night away with songs from younger days

50th anniversary dinner in Toronto. Two summers ago, Raimondians danced the evening away in Toronto to familiar tunes played on stage by a few former schoolmates. The pandemic had not yet begun on July 7, 2019, when we celebrated the 50th anniversary of our Form 5 graduation from Raimondi College. The world has changed so … Continue reading Dancing the night away with songs from younger days →

Famous scholar, respected teacher turns out to be classmate’s father

Most of us who were young men in the 1960s and '70s knew his name: 司馬長風 was one of the best-known intellectual figures in Hong Kong. He is fondly remembered by 梁立勳 as an inspiring teacher who guided younger generations to appreciate the splendid literature and culture of China. Forty years after the famous scholar … Continue reading Famous scholar, respected teacher turns out to be classmate’s father →

Facing the challenge of the Pandemic, Life goes on, fun still possible

By now we are into the dreaded “Second Wave” of the COVID-19 pandemic, and if we have learned anything in the past six months it is that we are a resourceful and resilient bunch. Life goes on, pandemic or no pandemic. Old boys from the Class of ’69 and their former schoolmates have been anything … Continue reading Facing the challenge of the Pandemic, Life goes on, fun still possible →