BLESSED TRINITY SCHOOL 1908 – 1975
Blessed Trinity School graduated its first class in 1909, consisting of six children. Over the years of its existence, more than 2,300 students were educated by the Sisters of St. Joseph at Blessed Trinity. The school closed in 1975. For additional information about the school, see our parish History elsewhere on this site.
In 2006, a reunion of graduates was held with over four hundred fifty people in attendance. Responding to the success of that reunion, an alumni committee has continued to keep an updated list of graduates that now includes contact information for more than five hundred alumni.
Following the 2006 Reunion, it was suggested that the alumni meet annually at Blessed Trinity for a Mass in memory of all deceased graduates, and the first Memorial Mass was celebrated in 2007. The tradition continued through October 6, 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic forced cancellation of the gathering in 2020, but relaxed restrictions on social gatherings and social distancing have allowed us to reinstitute our joyful reunion on Sunday, September 19, 2021, beginning with Mass at 10am. A “hard copy” newsletter with complete details will be mailed in August to alumni and friends on the Alumni Committee’s mailing list. In the interim, additional information will be posted on this page and on the Blessed Trinity School Alumni Facebook page.
We encourage all alumni to keep the committee advised of your latest contact information, including e-mail addresses. Please help us reach additional graduates by providing contact information for them or putting them in touch with us. You may reach us by using the contact form below. Referencing “School Alumni” at the beginning of your message will help speed the process.
HELP WANTED
The alumni committee is an all-volunteer group, composed primarily of graduates from the 1950s. Although we do maintain a database of approximately 700 graduates, we are entirely dependent on former students to supply us with up-to-date contact information for themselves and their classmates. We are especially in need of information for graduates from the 1960s and 1970s.
Can you help us by acting as a representative of your class? If so, we would provide you with whatever contact information we have for your classmates. In return, we would ask that you contact them and work together to locate additional class members to supplement our database.
Be assured that the alumni committee uses such information solely for purposes of keeping graduates of Blessed Trinity in touch with each other and the Catholic community at Blessed Trinity Church. We do not share or sell this information for other purposes. For example, if you received any letters of introduction or solicitation from the Catholic Alumni Partnership on behalf of Western New York’s Catholic elementary schools, they did not receive your contact information from us.
Alumni News, Photos, In Memoriam
2022 Alumni Gathering, Sept. 25
CALLING ALL SCHOOL ALUMNI ~ Sunday, September 25, has been chosen for the 2022 Alumni Memorial Mass and all-class reception. Please mark your calendar and plan to join us for 10 A.M. Mass at Blessed Trinity Church. During the Mass, all recently deceased school...
In Memoriam, 2022
Ann E. Slomba Kowalczyk, '53 January 10, 1940 - February 8, 2022 John LaMonte, '54 April 3, 1941 - April 9, 2022 Catherine H. Loder Hinckley, '53 1937 - May 21, 2022
Annual Alumni Mass and Reception Set for Sept 19, 2021
Alumni Mass – This year’s Annual Alumni Mass will be held at Blessed Trinity Church on Sunday, September 19, 2021 at 10:00 AM. Following last year’s COVID cancellation, we are so looking forward to welcoming back alumni from all classes and their families. A reception...
Annual Alumni Gathering Returns on Sept 19, 2021
Although The COVID-19 pandemic forced cancellation of our 2020 Memorial Mass and all-class reception, relaxed restrictions on social gatherings and social distancing have allowed us to reinstitute our joyful reunion on Sunday, September 19, 2021, beginning with Mass...
In Memoriam, 2021
Deborah M. Besch Patti, '63 September 15, 1949 - January 3, 2021 MaryAnn McPartland Tole, '57 June 22, 1942 - January 6, 2021 Jean C. Marien Heubusch, '39 January 14, 2021 Richard I. MacVittie, Sr., '43 April 25, 1927 - January 28, 2021...
COVID Cancellation: Oct 4, 2020 Alumni Mass and Reunion
When the coronavirus pandemic forced the suspension of church services in March 2020, none of us could have imagined that its long-term effects would persist into the fall and threaten the alumni's fourteen year tradition. Although Sunday Mass has resumed at BT,...