1,168 Comments for Salesian School

In my days ('84-'85, this was a confessional. It was under a stairwell outside the chapel.

We studens used to have to shovel that walk!

The sound of shairs sliding as everyone in the room stood to say grace...

In '84, beyond those french doors there were a couple of offices.

I went to SJS in '84. Interesting story re: this shot. The room/suite seen in this photo in themiddle of the hall on the right was where the Director (a priest) slept. When you entered from the hallway, there was a little "living room" area, for want of a better term, where he had a lounge chair & TV, a few bookcases & such, and beyond that was his bedroom. Anyway, he told me that one night he was reading late at night w/ the door to the hallway open. He saw a black hooded figure pass his doorway, stopping at his door to say "peace," then kept going.

In my days at SJS ('84), the barber shop under the stairs had been converted into a confessional.

When I went to Salesian in '84, the third floor was not used as a dormitory for seminarians. It was used occasionally, to house retreatants for weekend retreats for boys. The curtained off area was for whomever was pulling chaperone duty, sometimes a priest, or a brother, or a seminarian from the major seminary in Newton, NJ. Most of the time, though, the 3rd floor was uninhabited. Sometimes, if one of us got in trouble, we were sent to sleep up there as a punishment. Alone.

I was a student there for one year ('84, just shortly before it closed. This picture is ov where we used to sleep. I lived in the last room on the left in this particular photo. Looks different now.

Karol, your wrong, Brothers had professed vows either as a clerical brother or a corajudtor brother, and would teach clases. The clerical brothers then they would go to Columbus Ohio to the final Seminary for 4 more years, one as a Deacon and then be ordained as a priest. Most of the brothers had graduated a year before from Don Bosco College in Newton N.J. and then would come and teach for 2 years prior to Columbus.

Originally, a water tower. Later, storage. Students liked to sneek smokes in there.

No, actually, a brother is actually a monk.

OOOOO, shivers down my spine! I don't know what it is about this shot, it is very creepy indeed.

How beautiful! What brilliance! I can imagine that these pictures were calming to the persons that worshipped here. They have a calming effect on me.

Artistic masterpieces, even if part is missing.

I am impressed that this place was so multi-media enriched. It seems like they actually cared about the children's education here.