St Marys Lacrosse Guide Boys 2024

ST. MARY’S LACROSSE

2024

Fr. Patrick Woods, C.Ss.R. | St. Mary’s Pastor Father Patrick Woods is a native of Brooklyn, New York, raised in the parish of the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. After making his first vows as a Redemptorist in 1968, Father Woods attended St. Alphonsus College in Suffield, Connecticut, majoring in philosophy, and received his final four years of seminary training at Mount Saint Alphonsus Seminary in Esopus, New York where he received a Master of Divinity and a Master of Religious Education. Father Woods was ordained as a priest in June 1975 and then, after earning a master’s degree in English at Fordham University, taught for ten years at the same high school seminary he had attended near Erie, Pennsylvania. During his time teaching, Father Woods also earned a Master of Science in Guidance and Counseling from Gannon University. Father Woods previously served as the Director of Formation at Holy Redeemer College in Washington, D.C. and was elected Provincial Vicar of the Baltimore Province, a position he held for twelve years, before serving as Provincial Superior for six years. Father Woods served as pastor at St. Martin of Tours in Bethpage, Long Island for eight years before coming to St. Mary’s. Father Woods is an avid St. Mary’s sports fan and rejoices in saying “Once a Saint, Always a Saint!” Joe Keenan | Interim Principal As a former football and lacrosse player at St. Mary’s High School, and proud alumnus of the class of 1994, I can attest to the formative power of our athletic program. Our coaches then, as now, helped good players become great and great players become the best. Our teams have always been competitive at the highest levels, even when our opponents had twice the number of students. We intend to keep that winning tradition at St. Mary’s High School today and into the future. Go Saints!

Tom Smith | Athletic Director Welcome to St. Mary’s lacrosse! The athletic landscape of St. Mary’s continues to commence at the intersection of sport, our parish and our student-athletes. I can’t tell you how excited and honored I am to keep driving forward to ensure St. Mary’s maintains its position as a preeminent athletic department. At St. Mary’s, our commitment is providing our student-athletes an unrivaled experience. Development spiritually, academically, athletically and personally, is the foundation of the Saint’s experience. We believe this experience affords a great education and competition at the highest level that ensures success of our student athletes. Excellence in sport equates to values and leadership skills that will last the rest of their lives. Our lacrosse programs are led by St. Mary’s alumni and former Division 1 lacrosse players. Coach Victor Lilly played at Towson University and is in his ninth season at the helm of our boys program. Last year’s squad saw 19 seniors continue their athletic careers at the college level, 18 for lacrosse and 1 for football. Our lacrosse programs compete in the highly competitive MIAA and IAAM A Conference, arguably the best lacrosse conferences in the country. We are looking forward to hosting you and your family, while supporting our teams this season.

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