1987: ST. ANTHONY HIGH SCHOOL

Today it's called the Trenton Catholic Academy, McCorristin Campus. The younger generation who took over the school when the change was made chose to use the above name rather than the name most of us who were parishioners at St. Anthony Church preferred, namely McCorristin Catholic High School, Trenton Catholic Campus. Old timers in the parish were very aware of the back-breaking labor Monsignor McCorristin and his volunteer workers expended in order to build that school which was to be called St. Anthony High School. I was at the dedication of the field on which the new high school was to be constructed. At the time, there were still corn stalks sticking up from the ground.

1986: Sister Marguerite - McCorristin Catholic High School

She was one of my favorite Sisters during my years at St. Anthony Parish. In an era when most nuns have opted to wear "civilian" (or is it "secular"?) clothing, it is so refreshing to see that many have opted to wear the habit of their particular order. Sister Marguerite is a member of the Phildadlphia Franciscans.

1987: MCCORRISTIN CELEBRATES 25 YEARS

THERE IS AN EARLIER POST RELATING TO MCCORRISTIN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL POSTED ON THIS SITE A FEW DAYS AGO. IT DETAILS THE FOUNDING OF THE SCHOOL AND IS FROM MY "THE WAY WE WERE" COLUMN IN THE MERCER MESSENGER. TO FIND IT, GO TO THE UPPER LEFT OF THIS PAGE, TYPE MCCORRISTIN IN THE
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1987: MCCORRISTIN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL - IN THE BEGINNING

Today it's known as Trenton Catholic Academy, McCorristin Campus. Perhaps many of the folks who re-named it probably weren't around in 1961 when the "Iron Mike," Monsignor Michael P. McCorristin and a small but valiant crew of St. Anthony parish volunteers exerted back-breaking labor in the nearly impossible effort to build a high school to replace Trenton Catholic High School in Chambersburg. My choice for a name for the new school would have been, "McCorristin Catholic High School."

1988: MCCORRISTIN CLASS OF '88 20 YEARS AND COUNTING

WITH THE BACK BREAKING LABOR MONSIGNOR MICHAEL P. MCCORRISTIN AND HIS CREW OF HARD WORKING VOLUNTEERS EXERTED TO REPLACE THE OLD TRENTON CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, I HOPED IN VAIN THAT THE POWERS THAT BE WOULD HAVE RETAINED THE NAME MCCORRISTIN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN HONOR OF THE MONSIGNOR AND HIS SMALL BUT MIGHTY VOLUNTEER WORK CREW.

1990: McCorristin Catholic High School

I was among those who didn't agree with the moniker "Trenton Catholic Academy, McCorristin Campus." To me and many of my fellow San Antonians, it is, and will always be McCorristin Catholic High School, Trenton Catholic Academy Campus. I'm sure those who chose the current name weren't around to witness the back breaking labor the late Msgr. McCorristin and his cadre of volunteer Saint Anthony Parish men exerted in what we all thought was a nearly impossible undertaking.

The graphic above pictures young journalists from the high school staff of "The Antonian;" the school newspaper.

1984: ST. PATRICK'S DAY AT MCCORRISTIN H.S.

HERE'S A PHOTO WHICH WILL WARM THE HEART OF ST. ANTHONY/MCCORRISTIN OLD TIMERS. MANY OF US MISS THE "OLD" ST. ANTHONY CHURCH WHEN THE "IRON MIKE" MSGR. MCCORRISTIN WAS AT THE HELM AND WORKED WITH ST. ANTHONY LEGENDS FATHER DANNY CAHILL AND SISTER MARGUERITE O'BEIRNE. THEY WERE GOOD YEARS.

1988: McCorristin's "Oliver"

Back then it was McCorristin Catholic High school. Here's a clipping detailing their presentation of "OLIVER."

1987 McCorristin High School

Here's a photo of the recipients of the "Distinguished Honors" award at Hamilton's McCorristin Catholic High School.

Ray Kuser, Pilot

Did you know that the property now occupied by "Trenton Catholic Academy," or as it should be called, "Monsignor McCorristin High School, Trenton Catholic Campus" was once the landing field for Ray Kuser's Waco biplane? In fact, that whole parcel of land from Kuser Road to the McCorristin Square housing unit was part of the field. It was later converted into a corn field, and a sizeable area for tomatoes. They were sold by the farmer to the Stokeley plant in Trenton, and the Campbell Soup Co. in Camden.
One of the largest folders in the Library collection is the "KUSER FAMILY" folder. There will be many future posts relating to Kuser Farm and the Kuser Family.