St. Bonaventure is celebrating it's 50th anniversary during the 2006-2007 school year. 

For further details and news - click on the 50th Anniversary link on the left. 

Biography
James T. Mulligan, CSC

Father James T. Mulligan is a member of the English Canadian Province of the Congregation of Holy Cross. Father Mulligan is from Welland, Ontario. He studied at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, (Philosophy) and at the Gregorian University in Rome (Theology). He was ordained to the priesthood in 1968. Father Mulligan has a Matrîse in Catechetics from the Institut Catholique in Paris and a Doctor of Ministry from the University of Toronto. His ministry as a Holy Cross Father has largely focused on Catholic education. He taught religious education at the secondary level for twenty-five years and has extensive background in working in faith formation with teachers in Ontario’s Catholic school system.

Father Mulligan has written four books on Catholic education, all published by Novalis: Evangelization and the Catholic High School – 1990; Formation for Evangelization – 1994; Catholic Education: The Future Is Now, 1999; and Catholic Education: Ensuring a Future, 2005. He has collaborated on a number of Catholic education endeavours in Ontario and has lectured on Catholic education and evangelization in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland.

From December 2000 to September 2004, Father Mulligan served on the General Administration of the Congregation of Holy Cross in Rome where he had responsibility for the education and social justice portfolios for his congregation. Since November 2004 Father Mulligan has been ministering as Pastor of St. Kevin’s Parish, Welland, ON.

Check out page 2 of the SCi-TECH Scene newsletter to see how the St. Bonaventure Grade 7 class combine math, science and language skills to create JK playground equipment. 

"And it was fun!"