A.M.D.G.
St. Bridget of Sweden
born: 1303 - passed: 1373 Upland, Sweden
About the Saint

Elementary School & Roman Catholic Parish
7120 Whitaker Avenue & 16711 Gault Street
Van Nuys, California 91406
School: 818-785-4422   Rectory: 818-782-7180

• New church & school, 1957 photo
  4.8 acres fronting Whitaker Avenue between Sherman Way & Gault Street
  & bounded by Bull Creek wash on the east; 2006 aerial view of school & church
• Parish property donators, Mr & Mrs Gast
• Church & School Dedication Booklet, March 2, 1958
  
• Entrances: school & parish hall
• established. June, 1955; Mass initially held in the "Guest House" aka "Gast House"
• historical photos from school archives
• blank slate        framed church 7100 Whitaker
• parish formed by division of two parishes: St Catherine, Reseda & St Elisabeth, Van Nuys
• Founding Pastor: Rev Patrick Joseph McGoldrick
• First Assistant Pastor: Thomas Acton of Downpatrick, Ireland
• Sister Kathleen Newell, St. Bridget's First Principal: Mother Francis Paul passed 2021, age 100
  
• Teachers: originally nuns of the Religious Sisters of Charity & lay instructors
• Parish 50th Anniversary September, 2004: Parish Bulletin Retrospective
• Official Catholic Code Words
• Church 1977
• Parish staff & family booklet, 1977

Terri Brash Class of 1965 pass 7 July 2024 dear classmate

 

Classes by Graduation Year
1962      St. Bridget's first graduates		1963		1964
1965 first class to attend all eight years		1966		1967
1968		1969		1970
1971		1972		1973
1974		1975		1976
1977		1978		1979
1980		1981		1982
1983		1984		1985
1986		1987		1988
1989		1990		1991
1992		1993		1994
1995		1996		1997
1998		1999		2000
2001		2002		2003
2004		2005		2006
2007 please send photo		2008 please send photo		2009 please send photo
2010 please send photo		2011 please send photo		2012 please send photo
2013 please send photo		2014 please send photo		2015 please send photo
Do you have class photos, student & family photos, names & e-mail addresses you would like added? Please send files to Derrick Garbell as a message attachment. Also, if you wish to be notified of updates to any of these pages, please send Derrick your e-mail address.

Our appreciation to:  Paulette Napoleone, Byrne Miller, Bill Tanner, Terry Malouf, Brian Martinez, and James Brown
for providing the impetus to launch this page, and for their ingenious efforts contacting our classmates.
Special thanks to Jack Klosterman for his many image scans & continual assistance in tracking students.

"It is a glorious thing to live and labor for God"
-- Mary Aikenhead (1787-1858), Founder of Religious Sisters of Charity  

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St. Bridget Grade School Website Updated 5 August 2024