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Reverend Patrick Kalich, far left, elevates the host at a Centennial Mass for the Bishop Noll Institute on Sunday at the Noll softball field. The Revs. Frank Stodola, center, and Dominic Bertino. All three of the clergy attended Noll or were part of his faculty. The Catholic high school opened in September 1921.
Deacon Martin Brown, a 1979 graduate of the Bishop Noll Institute, proclaims the gospel on Sunday at Centennial Mass on the Noll softball field. Mass and picnic concluded a weekend of activities at Hammond Catholic High School which opened in 1921.
Bishop Noll Institute President Paul Mullaney, who graduated from the school in 1977, delivers a reading on Sunday at Centennial Mass on the Noll softball field.
Reverend Patrick Kalich, a 1967 alumnus and former guidance counselor at the Bishop Noll Institute, delivers the homily Sunday at the Centennial Mass at the Noll softball field.
Volunteers serve food at a picnic after the Bishop Noll Institute Centennial Mass at the Noll Softball Field. The mass and picnic were part of a weekend of the school’s 100th anniversary activities.
HAMMOND – Back in the halls of the Bishop Noll Institute, Pat (Kors) Mistak and Karen (Saliga) Garcia couldn’t help but remember.
“It was a really interesting place,†said Mistak, a 1968 BNI alumnus, recalling a prank in which students placed a toy car on the roof of the school. “I remember playing in musicals like ‘My Fair Lady’ and ‘West Side Story’. I also remember the friends I made here and still have.
Garcia, who graduated from Noll in 1983, also remembered the school’s musicals and Reverend Jack Winterlin, musical director. “He was the best,†Garcia said.
The two women were in the choir for the outdoor mass celebrating Noll’s centenary. The mass and the picnic that followed were part of a centenary weekend in Noll. Other events included a gala and fireworks on September 15, a tailgate party on September 17, and a tea party on September 18. An outdoor concert followed Sunday afternoon in the Highland Main Square Lookout.
Noll Principal Lorenza Jara Pastrick, a 2001 alumna, said the gala was an opportunity to announce a $ 4.2 million investment project that includes improvements to outdoor facilities, including the soccer field , the stands and the track.
Two years ago, Pastrick noted, the school completed a $ 1.4 million project that included the development of a STREAM (science, technology, religion, engineering, arts and math) lab at the site of the old Noll swimming pool. Through the laboratory, the school offers programs in biomedicine, engineering and computer programming.
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