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Alumni Stories

If you would like to share stories or memories from your time at St Mary's, or news of more recent activities, please email alumni@stmarys.ac.uk.


Janine van Someren PhD

I've always loved being a Simmarian, it's shaped my life in every way possible! Read the article...


Calling 1980s Simmarians

Were you at St Mary’s in the 1980s? Join our Facebok group to share memories, photographs and news. Read the article...

 


St Mary’s Stories – share your experience!

More than 30 St Mary’s alumni who graduated from the University between 1961 up to the present day have taken the time to share their story about their time at St Mary’s. Read the article...


49 years of the London Simmarian Football Cup

Congratulations to St Charles Catholic Sixth Form College, winners of the 49th London Simmarian Lou Irwin Football Cup. Read the article...


Strawberry Hill Overseas and Community Concern (SHOCC): reflections on the April 2019 Central American migrant caravan

SHOCC received this moving account from Alumna and Maryknoll Sister Dee Smith (1972-1975). It reports on the current migration on its way to the US. Read the article...


Alumnus and British light-heavyweight champion – Joshua Buatsi

2019 was quite a year for Joshua Buatsi. In March, alumnus Buatsi beat Liam Conroy to take the British light-heavyweight title, and in June he climbed into the ring in Maddison Square Garden to win against Mexican Periban in his US debut. Read the article...


Memories of an old Simmarian: Prof George Brown (1956-58)

"My memories of my time at St Mary’s from 1956-8 are firmly embedded and too many to relate in this article." Read the article...


Gibraltar alumni reunite with St Mary's staff

St Mary’s Institute of Education staff boarded the London flight to Gibraltar in sleet and rain in February and arrived to find blue skies and warmth... Read the article...


A salue to St Mary's - 50 years later

Recently the Tablet quoted Anthony McClaran, the incoming Chancellor of St Mary’s University as stating that “Catholic universities should be defined by service”. Read the article...

Simmarian Fr Seán Hyland introduces his recently published book, Whisperings of My Soul

I first saw the love of my life across the crowded Dreamland ballroom in Athy, Co Kildare in 1966. Once my gaze met Liz Myron's striking blue eyes, you could say I'd found my first calling. Read the article...