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St. Xavier High School
Class of 1976
Fifty years later, the Long Blue Line remains as strong as ever.
This site is our digital gathering place to share memories, reconnect with old friends, and stay updated on all the details for our landmark 50th reunion celebration. Visit this site often for information on the 50th reunion, to engage in discussions with our classmates, get involved in contests, and to share funny and perhaps not so funny stories.
STOTM
Join us for the Second Tuesday Of The Month gatherings at various establishments in the Cincinnati area. Click Here for information on the May 12 STOTM.
If you are not on the STOTM mailing list and wish to be added, please send an email to orestm@gmail.com
50th Reunion
If you didn’t make it to any of the reunion activities, you missed some great events. Our next reunion activity will be the football game against Moeller on September 18. Stay tuned for more details later.
Class Gift
Amount pledged as of 7/27/26: $503,276
70 of 230 classmates (30%) have pledged so far. We are at 50% of our $1 million goal. This is fantastic but we still need help from the 70% who have not pledged. Please help us by encouraging your friends to pledge and be included on our list of donors.
Our class gift to the school will be split between a Bomber Life Endowment and support of the capital campaign to replace the 1960’s era buildings. See the class gift blog for details.
Other Links
† In Memoriam †
Click here to view photos of our deceased classmates. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
Please register and post your comments and reactions to our blog posts! Use the Register link on the top menu to register.
Please join our 70 donors to the class gift. You can make a difference. Don’t miss out on being recognized as we formally announce the campaign.
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Fr. O’Malley’s Commencement Address
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Are you joining us? It’s a must do reunion weekend!
Registrations are starting to roll in! Register as early as possible so we can plan the event. You don’t want to miss out on the golf and pickleball events which will be limited due to venue restrictions.
See the link to the left for the most up to date attendee list.
Don’t miss out on the opportunity!
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Class Gift – 1976 Bicentennial Class
Earlier this month, the reunion committee met with Tim Reilly ’76, Kathryn Dierckes, and Mike Mullally, at St. X, to agree that our Class Gift would support endowment of the newly established “Bomber Life Fund”. The annual revenue of the endowed fund will be available to Tim Reilly, and successive St. X presidents, to use for the unforeseen financial needs of St. X students and their families, that arise from time to time due to death or disability (e.g., of a parent), divorce, illness, job loss, casualty events, etc. Programs exist to help low income students while those from the highest income families are typically able to handle unexpected situations themselves. The middle group of students may not have the resources when unexpected situations arise and may need support which has not been budgeted. Rather than rely on the President personally soliciting generous alumni who graciously agree to cover unexpected, unbudgeted expenses for students, the Bomber Life Fund will provide an ongoing source of funds.
The Bomber Life Fund also is available for the President to tap for unbudgeted expenditures (e.g., for a faculty or staff to attend an unplanned conference or career development opportunity).
A larger portion of our Class Gift will be designated to support the St. Xavier 200 Campaign (i.e., to celebrate the school’s 200th anniversary in 2031), which will invest substantial and very much needed capital improvements and replacements of well-worn original 1960’s construction, which is now beyond its useful life. So much of the original mechanical construction (e.g., electrical conduit and circuitry, plumbing, HVAC, windows, etc.) of 600 North Bend Road is the same today as it was at opening in 1960. It simply is time to replace it. As part of the 200th anniversary project, this portion of our Class Gift is planned to fund a new main entrance monument (with digital signage) on North Bend Road, as well as similar markers at the other entry points from North Bend Road and View Place.
View our memoriam to deceased faculty and staff here.
Recent Comments
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Hal Franke February 27, 2026 It’s been a number of years since I last read Fr. O’Malley’s Commencement address (I…
Harry, I didn’t have the good fortune to converse with Fr. O’Malley but he certainly spoke to me. For most…
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