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Past Events
2009 Gala Tremendous Success!
On October 9, 2009, approximately 250 guests gathered at The Newark Club to honor basketball legend, Georgetown and Olympic Coach, John R. Thompson, Jr. and Founding Christ the King Prep President, Rev. Edward Glynn, S.J. for their contributions to urban education.
Thanks to the genorosity of hundreds of benefactors and supporters, we raised well over $100,000! Thanks to all who made this event such a trendous success! To schedule a visit or for more information on how you can support Newark's Cristo Rey High School, contact Anthony Nicotera, Director of Development:anicotera@ctkprep.org; 973-483-0033, x305. Thanks again!
See photo album: CTK Gala 10/9/09
(special thanks to photographer: Mark Wyville: www.markwyville.com
Information About Our Honorees
Coach John R. Thompson, Jr. was head coach of the Georgetown University men’s basketball team from 1972 until 1998. Mr. Thompson was head coach of the 1988 United States Olympic basketball team. He hosts The John Thompson Show, a sports talk show on ESPN 980, Clear Channel Radio, in Washington, D.C.. He is a nationally broadcast sports analyst for the NBA on Turner Network Television (TNT) and the NCAA on the Westwood One, Inc. radio network. He serves as Assistant to the President of Georgetown for Urban Affairs, and he is a past President of the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
Rev. Edward Glynn, SJ, prior to taking the helm of Christ the King Prep, attended the University of Scranton and earned additional degrees at Fordham University, Woodstock College, Yale Divinity School, and the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He has enjoyed a wide-ranging career in teaching, writing and administration. Father Glynn has served at Gonzaga High School in Washington, D.C., Georgetown University, America Magazine, Woodstock Theological Center, and as president of Gonzaga University, St. Peter's College, and John Carroll University.
Honorary Committee Chairpersons
Hon. Cory Booker, Mayor, City of Newark
John J. DeGioia, Ph.D., President, Georgetown University
Most Rev. John J. Myers, J.C.D., D.D., Archbishop of Newark
Honorary Committee Members & Emcee
Adrian Foley, Jr., Esq. • Hon. John J. Gibbons • Michael Gilfillan
Br. John W. Klein, F.M.S. • Lou Lamoriello • William J. Marino;
Clement A. Price & Mary Sue Sweeney Price • William Raftery • Francis X. Rienzo;
Sr. Dominica Rocchio, S.C. • Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Ryan • William A. Stein
Bill Raftery of CBS Sports, Emcee
CTK Prep Names New President
Christ the King Preparatory School names Fr. Robert Sandoz, OFM President
Newark Archbishop John J. Myers has appointed Rev. Robert J. Sandoz, OFM, to serve as President of Newark’s Cristo Rey high school, Christ the King Prep, effective August 1, 2009.
Christ the King Prep, which is now entering its third year of operation, is one of twenty-four Cristo Rey schools around the country that seeks to offer a quality, Catholic, college preparatory education to urban young people with limited financial resources. Christ the King’s unique program combines four days a week of rigorous academics with an innovative Corporate Internship Program that allows students to earn a portion of their tuition by working in an entry level office job one day a week.
One of Fr. Sandoz’s priorities at Christ the King will be to ensure the vitality of the Corporate Internship Program, which is the lifeblood of the school. Even though Christ the King already has strong support from such Greater Newark corporations as Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, Gibbons PC law firm, Broadway House for Continuing Care, and the Office of the Mayor of the City of Newark, to name just a few, Fr. Sandoz is looking to expand that base of corporate and government partnership. “One of my first tasks will be to work with our CIP Director, Mrs. Sandra Lerner, to identify new possibilities for support.” He added, “While this is always a challenge, it is a bit more so in this economic climate.”
Still, Fr. Sandoz is confident that once people hear and understand the “Cristo Rey Message” they will want to be part of that vision. “From the business sector, through government and various service agencies, they all know the transformative power of this vision,” said Fr. Sandoz. He added, “For today, it is a noble undertaking; for tomorrow, it is a formula for success.”
Beginning in September, nearly 250 promising, motivated young people will be living that vision at Christ the King Prep as members of the freshman, sophomore, and junior classes. In 2011, Christ the King Prep will graduate its first class of seniors from a program that, nationally, sends more than 95% of its graduating classes to colleges and universities.
Fr. Sandoz, who has served as pastor of both St. Joseph Parish in East Rutherford and Our Lady of the Holy Angels in Little Falls, has an M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction from St. Louis University and an M. Div from Catholic Theological Union in Hyde Park, IL. He has also served as an administrator at Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood, MA, an instructor at the Graduate School at Holy Trinity College in Harare, Zimbabwe, and as chaplain in the death row unit of the federal prison in Raleigh, NC. He will succeed founding President Rev. Edward Glynn, S.J., who stepped down last March.
