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re: St. Paul's alum - Brother Ray has passed away
Posted on 4/24/23 at 4:10 pm to GEAUXT
Posted on 4/24/23 at 4:10 pm to GEAUXT
He gave me my first "adult" job and that's probably the least of what he did for me or anyone else.
There's a tree I helped my father plant on campus many years ago in honor of Bro. Ray's own father after his passing. Looks like I need to go get one more to plant.
A couple happy memories:
-Him literally jumping up and down next to Bro. Ken as we beat Covington High in football for the first time in quite some time (Bro. Ray held his emotions, especially regarding sports, well in check). St Paul's has since done better than just that in football, but it was more meaningful back then and his joy was unmistakable.
-"Pip's Moral Decline" and basically teaching me what literature was capable of.
Thanks Brother, we'll miss you.
There's a tree I helped my father plant on campus many years ago in honor of Bro. Ray's own father after his passing. Looks like I need to go get one more to plant.
A couple happy memories:
-Him literally jumping up and down next to Bro. Ken as we beat Covington High in football for the first time in quite some time (Bro. Ray held his emotions, especially regarding sports, well in check). St Paul's has since done better than just that in football, but it was more meaningful back then and his joy was unmistakable.
-"Pip's Moral Decline" and basically teaching me what literature was capable of.
Thanks Brother, we'll miss you.
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Posted on 4/24/23 at 4:21 pm to SpyBoy
I’ll never forget this exchange with Bro Ray.
I was in his class freshman year and played on our golf team. It went something like this.
“Brother, I forgot my assignment can I bring it to you first thing tomorrow morning.”
“Sure ——, but I doubt you forgot your golf clubs for the match this afternoon.”
I’m such a subtle way that did not involve him being rude or a disciplinarian, he reminded me to get my priorities right and make sure my business is handled. He let me skip assignment hall and go play for the Wolves that afternoon, a real awesome man. That moment stays with me to this day as I’ll sometimes think about it when I “forget my assignment.”
I was in his class freshman year and played on our golf team. It went something like this.
“Brother, I forgot my assignment can I bring it to you first thing tomorrow morning.”
“Sure ——, but I doubt you forgot your golf clubs for the match this afternoon.”
I’m such a subtle way that did not involve him being rude or a disciplinarian, he reminded me to get my priorities right and make sure my business is handled. He let me skip assignment hall and go play for the Wolves that afternoon, a real awesome man. That moment stays with me to this day as I’ll sometimes think about it when I “forget my assignment.”
This post was edited on 4/24/23 at 4:22 pm
Posted on 4/24/23 at 5:04 pm to Tigerbait1998
I guarantee I know many of you all in this thread. I was at St. Paul's mid 90's. I went jogging around Covington around 2020 when I was home for Christmas and went through campus and saw Brother Ray. He remembered my name as well as my parents. He was a really good person. I will never forget his look of disgust whenever he heard talking during school assemblies, then of course Mauldin ripping someone a new arse when it was all said and done.
Posted on 4/24/23 at 5:11 pm to SpyBoy
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Him literally jumping up and down next to Bro. Ken as we beat Covington High in football for the first time in quite some time
2005??
Posted on 4/24/23 at 5:13 pm to GEAUXT
Yes
Posted on 4/24/23 at 5:13 pm to GEAUXT
Incredible man who loved his school and its students. I’ll never forget the look of disappointment he gave me when I walked into assignment hall one afternoon. Never went back after that.
Posted on 4/24/23 at 5:22 pm to Tigerbait1998
Awesome
When I saw him in October, I guess he was already sick. I didn't know. I hadn't seen him in years. Towards the end of our conversation, I said Brother Ray you're slipping, and he looked at me puzzled. I said, you didn't ask me what the definition of "plot" was. He laughed and said he would never do that, and I reminded him that he threatened us with that back in 8th grade if he ever saw us in public as an adult. For posterity's sake, I rattled it off and he got a kick out of that.
When I saw him in October, I guess he was already sick. I didn't know. I hadn't seen him in years. Towards the end of our conversation, I said Brother Ray you're slipping, and he looked at me puzzled. I said, you didn't ask me what the definition of "plot" was. He laughed and said he would never do that, and I reminded him that he threatened us with that back in 8th grade if he ever saw us in public as an adult. For posterity's sake, I rattled it off and he got a kick out of that.
Posted on 4/24/23 at 5:28 pm to WylieTiger
I was just talking to my brother and he mentioned that no matter how many years went by, if he ran into my parents he’d ask how my brother was doing by name. The man must have had an extraordinary memory.
Posted on 4/24/23 at 6:02 pm to When in Rome
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SSA did not ever quite have the same spirit because it didn’t have an administrator like him.
SSA has always been arse-backwards.
Posted on 4/24/23 at 6:04 pm to When in Rome
I had Brother Ray for English Media at De La Salle back in the mid '70s. We had to do a media project in the class that was a big percentage of our final grade. I won't bore you with the details, but I thought up an idea for it and after plenty trips to the library and a lot of trial and error with the visual part, I gave the presentation to the class and afterward he praised my idea and execution of it and gave me an A.
Fast forward 30 years and I saw him standing at the bar in Mandina's while waiting for a table. And he remembered my last name and admitted that he couldn't recall my first name. And he remembered the media project I had done 30 years previous and mentioned that I did a great job on that project.
RIP Brother Ray.
Fast forward 30 years and I saw him standing at the bar in Mandina's while waiting for a table. And he remembered my last name and admitted that he couldn't recall my first name. And he remembered the media project I had done 30 years previous and mentioned that I did a great job on that project.
RIP Brother Ray.
Posted on 4/24/23 at 6:10 pm to Hopeful Doc
quote:I just laughed way too hard at that lame joke lol
SSA has always been arse-backwards.
Posted on 4/24/23 at 6:25 pm to Hopeful Doc
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SSA
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arse
Posted on 4/24/23 at 6:29 pm to WylieTiger
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I said, you didn't ask me what the definition of "plot" was.
Two things I will never forget in this life thanks to Bro Ray: the definition of plot and how to spell denouement.
Posted on 4/24/23 at 8:01 pm to GEAUXT
He would chuckle at getting a 3 page thread on the OT.
Posted on 4/24/23 at 8:14 pm to SloaneRanger
Chuckle at the shite grammar we use maybe.
Man he was good and did a lot of good. But I always felt his one downfall was planning for expansion of the school. St. Paul’s expanded so quick without infrastructure to handle the student population. I think he handled it better after say, 2005. But the boom of the northshore in the 90’s was probably hard for anyone to anticipate and help grow. Rip brother ray.
Man he was good and did a lot of good. But I always felt his one downfall was planning for expansion of the school. St. Paul’s expanded so quick without infrastructure to handle the student population. I think he handled it better after say, 2005. But the boom of the northshore in the 90’s was probably hard for anyone to anticipate and help grow. Rip brother ray.
Posted on 4/24/23 at 8:25 pm to GEAUXT
He's gone to that great Maranatha in the sky.
Posted on 4/24/23 at 8:50 pm to GEAUXT
this man saved the lives of countless young men
Posted on 4/24/23 at 8:57 pm to GEAUXT
His impact on the community was massive. He was truly a pillar of faith, who inspired generations in the region. He will be missed.
Posted on 4/24/23 at 9:07 pm to jimmy the leg
Thanks to Bro Ray freshman year and Bro Bill senior year I was able to breeze through every English/Literature class at LSU with great ease.
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