HI Tim, I lived in ICA Peru from 1982-1993 and know the O'Boyle family well from that time.Their house in LIma was where Ken stayed from Mon-Thursday doing fund raising. I lived in Azpitia. I also stayed at their house in Santiago several times. I would love to communicate with Sarah. They were such a wonderful musical family. One story that I remember so clearly was Dennis saying "when I grow up I want to be an astronaut. I won't say musician because I already am one." I think he was 6 or 7. Judith Hamje On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 9:25 PM Timothy Wegner via OE < oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Sarah O'Boyle reached out to me for help contacting anyone who might have known her family in the Order. Folks can reply on the list or to me off the list, and I will forward to her and you can correspond directly. Also, is there still a second generation community active somewhere? That might be another place for her to connect. If someone can tell me how to join that group, I will pass the information on.
Sarah would also like to know the address of the "B" Street house in Lincoln.
I am attaching a picture of her family outside of the Lincoln House, singing as usual.
Tim Wegner
Here is what Sarah sent:
Greetings,
My name is Sarah O’Boyle. My parents, Robert (now deceased) and Marilyn O’Boyle, joined the Order in 1970, bringing me and my three older sisters, Maureen, Audrey and Becky, to Chicago when I was one-year-old. After two years, we moved to the Lincoln, Nebraska Religious House, where we lived from 1972-74. We moved to our own house in Lincoln shortly after my brother, Dennis, was born. “We decided that our decisions were best made in our family,” as the line from our family song says.
We continued our involvement with the Order, and I went to Mexico in 1981 for the Sixth Grade Trip. The adult guides were Joseph Mathews (Jr.), Araceli Mathews, Desmond Avery, Ann Avery and Lorena Cobio (Araceli’s sister).
My parents, Becky, Dennis, and I lived in Lima, Peru from 1982-84, during which time my parents hosted meetings and occasionally travelled to the small village of Azpitia to help. At some point, I attended an RS-I course, which was over-my-head. From 1986-89, my parents lived in Santiago, Chile and remained connected to Order people and activities.
Though it was half a century ago, I’m seeking information from anyone who may be able to give me insight into my upbringing. I have a few memories of my life in Lincoln, but I’m especially curious about what my life and schedule would have been like in Chicago as an infant and toddler. Does anyone remember my parents? I would appreciate any information, subjective or objective, about the Order in those days.
Thank you in advance, Sarah O’Boyle _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net