AMIGOS' GATHERINGS
For the past several years there has been gatherings in the Fall and Spring attended by between twenty and forty Amigos, mostly from the SF Bay Area. The Amigos' Board of Directors meeting is held at each of these gatherings. Election of officers and board members takes place every other year. The principal business of the meeting is a report on the Fr. Joe O'Looney Scholarship Program. The report includes a review of each student's progress, the oversight of the Program, and its continued funding.
The Fall gathering is usually held at the home of an Amigo couple.
Lupe Miller hosting the Fall of 2025 gathering at her home in Walnut Creek. Lupe prepared a delicious meal and other Amigos brought the side dishes. Everyone enjoyed the friendship and sharing of information on the present scholarship students.
George and Gayle Mills hosted the well-attended gathering in the Fall of 2019 which included an early 99th birthday party for Flora Mancebo.
The highlight of the Fall 2018 gathering, hosted by Mike and Lupe Miller, was a tribute to Nacho and Coletta Estrella. Four of the Estrella's children were present to share in the tribute to their parents.
In 2020, like many others, our group met on zoom. In 2021 and 2022, we mat at the Amann's in Union City, and in 2023 Kathleen Wall hosted the Amigos in Brentwood.
The Spring gathering for several years has been held at the beginning of May at the Villa Maria del Mar retreat house overlooking the ocean in Santa Cruz. It is a three-day, two-night gathering which allows for more in-depth conversations, sharing, and discussion of current social issues. [the May 2020 and 2021 gatherings had to be cancelled due to the shelter-in-place orders related to the corona virus pandemic].
We have been able to return in person for the spring gathering. You can read an update on the 2023 gathering, and can even register to the upcoming retreat for May 2024!
During the Winters of 2015 and 2019, Amigos gathered at the Goat Hill Pizza restaurant, hosted by owners, Mike and Karen Monley. It was a wonderful social event raising significant contributions for the Scholarship Program.
Other important gatherings of Amigos were the 50th anniversary celebration which took place in April 2013 at St. Dominic's church in San Francisco, and the the reunion trip to Mexico in July of 2013.
[see the pages on this website labeled: "SF 50th" and "Mex 50th" for stories and photos of these two events].
For the past several years there has been gatherings in the Fall and Spring attended by between twenty and forty Amigos, mostly from the SF Bay Area. The Amigos' Board of Directors meeting is held at each of these gatherings. Election of officers and board members takes place every other year. The principal business of the meeting is a report on the Fr. Joe O'Looney Scholarship Program. The report includes a review of each student's progress, the oversight of the Program, and its continued funding.
The Fall gathering is usually held at the home of an Amigo couple.
Lupe Miller hosting the Fall of 2025 gathering at her home in Walnut Creek. Lupe prepared a delicious meal and other Amigos brought the side dishes. Everyone enjoyed the friendship and sharing of information on the present scholarship students.
George and Gayle Mills hosted the well-attended gathering in the Fall of 2019 which included an early 99th birthday party for Flora Mancebo.
The highlight of the Fall 2018 gathering, hosted by Mike and Lupe Miller, was a tribute to Nacho and Coletta Estrella. Four of the Estrella's children were present to share in the tribute to their parents.
In 2020, like many others, our group met on zoom. In 2021 and 2022, we mat at the Amann's in Union City, and in 2023 Kathleen Wall hosted the Amigos in Brentwood.
The Spring gathering for several years has been held at the beginning of May at the Villa Maria del Mar retreat house overlooking the ocean in Santa Cruz. It is a three-day, two-night gathering which allows for more in-depth conversations, sharing, and discussion of current social issues. [the May 2020 and 2021 gatherings had to be cancelled due to the shelter-in-place orders related to the corona virus pandemic].
We have been able to return in person for the spring gathering. You can read an update on the 2023 gathering, and can even register to the upcoming retreat for May 2024!
During the Winters of 2015 and 2019, Amigos gathered at the Goat Hill Pizza restaurant, hosted by owners, Mike and Karen Monley. It was a wonderful social event raising significant contributions for the Scholarship Program.
Other important gatherings of Amigos were the 50th anniversary celebration which took place in April 2013 at St. Dominic's church in San Francisco, and the the reunion trip to Mexico in July of 2013.
[see the pages on this website labeled: "SF 50th" and "Mex 50th" for stories and photos of these two events].