• The last pastor of St. Boniface

• The last deacon of St. Boniface. Currently serving the pastor of St. Stephen Protomartyr parish, in which St. Boniface was merged.

Track 3 - Irish vs. Germans

Harry Keough

• Member of St. Columbkille parish, frequent visitor and friend of St. Boniface parish. Harry was a member of the 1950 US world cup soccer team featured in the 2005 movie, "The Game of their Lives" and longtime letter carrier and St. Louis University soccer coach.

• Longtime member of St. Boniface and alumna of St. Boniface School.

• Member of Our Lady of Covadonga (Spanish mission) which merged into St. Boniface parish. Longtime Carondelet resident.

• Forty-five year parish members. The Guzman family was noted for having the best (and largest) family attendance at the early Masses (6, 7, or later 9AM) and fixing whatever Father asked.

• Members of St. Boniface for more than 35 years, the entire Ceriotti family was very active in many functions of the parish from fund raising to liturgical participation, as lectors and eucharistic ministers.

• Pat served as a lector for several years at St. Boniface

• Mike came as youngster with his mother, a friend of Fr. Bob Samson, from St. Margaret Mary Alacoque parish. Little did he know that he would keep coming later as an adult. Mike was one of the male voices that sang in the choir during the 1990s until the closing in 2005.
• Mary Toomey was a member of St. Columbkille parish and came to St. Boniface in 1950 when it closed. Mary worked at many parish functions and wherever needed.

• Jenni, Terri and Diane are all alumnae of St. Boniface School. Jenni and Terri were classmates and Terri and Diane are niece and aunt. All three are members of families with deep roots in Carondelet and St. Boniface parish.

• Helen Petrillo was a longtime member of St. Boniface and played the organ when regular organist, Doris Schmidt, was out or on vacation. She was also a member of the choir and eucharistic minister with her late husband, Mike.

• Colleen Berding, webmaster of this site, was a lifelong parish member of St. Boniface, from a family which lived in the parish and area on the same corner (Davis St. and Virginia Ave.) for nearly 80 years. Colleen's dad, George Berding, provided the flower box outside the rectory prior to his retirement. One of her favorite memories was being on the playground as Dad repaired some of the glass block windows in the back of church one day.

Karen Hunter and Joyce Woods

• Karen Hunter was a longtime teacher at St. Boniface. She now teaches at St. Stephen Protomartyr.
• Joyce Woods also taught several years at St. Boniface and now teaches at St. Francis of Assisi in South County.

• Fr. Tom grew up one block south of St. Boniface and went to St. Columbkille, until its closure. Father is a graduate of Kenrick Seminary and currently is teaching for the Vincentian order in Kenya, Africa.

Father Bob Samson

• Fr. Bob was one of the pastors of St. Boniface during the 1990s. This interview took place immediately after the last Mass on June 26, 2005.

• Earl and Anita Doggendorf are longtime parishioners and residents of Carondelet.

Monsignor Norb Ernst

• Msgr. Ernst grew up one block west of St. Boniface. In this January 2006 interview, he discusses what it was like growing up in St. Boniface parish in the 1950s. Msgr. Norb is currently serving as the pastor of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque in South County.

Sister Mary Ann Eultgen, SCC

• Sister Mary Ann was a sixth grade teacher and later, principal at St. Boniface School from the late 1970s until the early 1990s. Sister talks about her time at St. Boniface and how her career has progressed since her departure. Sister is currently a part-time pastoral associate at St. Anthony's Hospital in South County.

Father Dennis Port

• Father Port served as an associate pastor at St. Boniface from 1974 until 1976. In this October 2007 interview, Father Port discusses his first reactions on driving through the parish after a major hail storm, and other notes about his life at the rectory. Father is currently the pastor of St. Matthias parish in Mehlville.

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