Prayer Intentions

Please remember in your prayers the special intentions from the Xavier High School community listed here:

We pray for peace in the world.

Fr. Greg Galvin, the Vocations Director for the Diocese of Norwich, continues a diocesan wide prayer campaign on behalf of the nine seminarians currently studying for the priesthood in Norwich, including Xavier's former Dean of Faculty formation Peter Langevin.

You may submit Prayer Intentions here. We will post these for at least a month.

In Memoriam

Below are the listings which we will be publishing in our next edition of Xavier Today. Please remember these deceased members of the Xavier High School community. We recognize here alumni, faculty and staff, and members of their immediate families (including grandparents). Please send us an email with news of any current deaths that you do not see listed here. Please include the date of death and where the obituary or announcement was published (newspaper or funeral home).

Salvatore “Santino “Bafumi, 69, of Middletown passed away March 24, 2013 surrounded by his loving family. Salvatore was the father of Sebastian Bafumi `89, Salvatore Bafumi `90 and Stephen Bafumi `93.

William M. Blodgett, Jr., 89, of East Hampton died April 4, 2013 at Middlesex Hospital. Bill was predeceased by his son, William M. Blodgett III `77.

Carmen Carl DelVecchio, Sr., 77, of Madison, died May 2, 2013 at the St. Raphael Campus of Yale-New Haven Hospital. He was the grandfather of Mark J. DelVecchio, Jr. `15.

Robert ("Bob") Henry Fagan, 71, of Middletown passed away in Hartford, Connecticut on Tuesday, April, 2nd, 2013, after a brief illness. Bob was the father of James Fagan `83, Kevin Fagan `85, Michael Fagan `86, Daniel Fagan `88 and William Fagan `00. He was also the grandfather of Cory Fagan `07 and Timothy Fagan `12.

Stephanie Luci "Step" Faraci, 21, of Middletown died peacefully in her sleep on February 20, 2013 at the Hospital for Special Care in New Britain after a prolonged illness. Stephanie was the daughter of David A. Faraci `80 and sister of Nathaniel A. Faraci `14.

J. Thomas Gavigan, 65, of Long Island, NY, died unexpectedly of complications from a broken femur, in La Quinta, CA, on October 23, 2012. Tom was the father of Mark-Thomas Gavigan '89, Matthew Gavigan '90 and Christopher Gavigan '92.

Mary Lou Phelan, 85, died April 22, 2013, at Palm Garden of Vero Beach. She was the grandmother of Dan Colavecchio `14 and Patrick Colavecchio `12.

Ann Stookey, 60, of Los Angeles, CA, died November 6, 2012, in Paris, France, following a brief illness. Ann was the wife of Joe Waz `71.

Stanley G. Warzecha, Jr., 86, of East Hampton died April 2, 2013, at Middlesex Hospital. He was the father of Kenneth Warzecha `71 and Stanley Warzecha III `73.

For listings from previous editions of Xavier Today, we invite you to visit our Xavier Today Magazine library and view the In Memoriam section found in each issue.