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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF CHRISTINE DWYER

KAVANAGH, THE LONGTIME AND HIGHLY-REGARDED DIRECTOR OF THE

PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAM AT ST. MARY ACADEMY BAY VIEW

     Introduced By: Representatives Kazarian, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Cassar, Knight,
Filippi, Fogarty, and Shallcross Smith

     Date Introduced: January 11, 2022

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, It is with utmost sadness that this House has learned of the passing of

Christine Dwyer Kavanagh, the beloved wife of Donald Kavanagh, cherished mother of Matthew

Kavanagh and his wife, Alexandra, and Patrick Kavanagh and his wife, Lindsay, and the doting

grandmother of Eloise Kavanagh; and

     WHEREAS, Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Mrs. Kavanagh was a daughter of the

late Joseph and Margaret Dwyer, and the sister of the late Ann Maffry. In addition to her

immediate family, she is also survived by two nieces, Caroline and Alison; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Kavanagh was a graduate from Rosary Academy, Manhattanville

College with a Bachelor's degree in Music Education, and Boston University where she earned a

Master's degree in Vocal Performance; and

     WHEREAS, From 1975 through 1983, Mrs. Kavanagh taught music, choral, and theater

at St. Xavier Academy. In 1983, to the immense good fortune of the students at St. Mary

Academy Bay View, she joined the school's faculty and over the next thirty-nine years became an

invaluable asset and mentor as the caring Director of the Performing Arts program, teaching

music, choral, and theater to generations of students; and

     WHEREAS, During her tenure at St. Mary's – Bay View, Mrs. Cavanagh had directed

award-winning cabaret-style performances that were renowned and performed both across New

England and internationally. She had received the St. Mary Academy Bay View Faculty

Catherine McAuley Award in 2003 for her ability to engender her students with the conviction

that their talents are God-given and that they "have an obligation to nurture and develop these

talents and share them with all humankind"; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Cavanagh inspired her students to envision and develop their potential,

to have confidence in themselves and their abilities, and to believe in a future full of promise and

success not only on stage but in their future careers and in their family life; and

     WHEREAS, In addition to her family and teaching, Mrs. Cavanagh was a communicant

of St. Luke Church in Barrington, a summer resident of Roy Carpenter's Beach in Matunuck, and

an avid reader, who loved music and Broadway musicals; and

     WHEREAS, Christine Cananagh's passing is an "immense loss" to her family, friends

and the students at St. Mary Academy Bay View. She has inspired and touched the lives of so

many and she will be dearly missed; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

extends deepest sympathy on the passing of Christine Dwyer Kavanagh; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Donald Kavanagh and Family.

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