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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
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S E N A T 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 | |
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Introduced By: Senators F Lombardi, Coyne, and Lawson | |
Date Introduced: March 17, 2022 | |
Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar | |
1 | WHEREAS, It is with utmost sadness that this Senate has learned of the passing of |
2 | Christine Dwyer Kavanagh, the beloved wife of Donald Kavanagh, cherished mother of Matthew |
3 | Kavanagh and his wife, Alexandra, and Patrick Kavanagh and his wife, Lindsay, and the doting |
4 | grandmother of Eloise Kavanagh; and |
5 | WHEREAS, Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Mrs. Kavanagh was a daughter of the |
6 | late Joseph and Margaret Dwyer, and the sister of the late Ann Maffry. In addition to her |
7 | immediate family, she is also survived by two nieces, Caroline and Alison; and |
8 | WHEREAS, Mrs. Kavanagh was a graduate from Rosary Academy, Manhattanville |
9 | College with a Bachelor's degree in Music Education, and Boston University where she earned a |
10 | Master's degree in Vocal Performance; and |
11 | WHEREAS, From 1975 through 1983, Mrs. Kavanagh taught music, choral, and theater |
12 | at St. Xavier Academy. In 1983, to the immense good fortune of the students at St. Mary |
13 | Academy Bay View, she joined the school's faculty and over the next thirty-nine years became an |
14 | invaluable asset and mentor as the caring Director of the Performing Arts program, teaching |
15 | music, choral, and theater to generations of students; and |
16 | WHEREAS, During her tenure at St. Mary's – Bay View, Mrs. Cavanagh had directed |
17 | award-winning cabaret-style performances that were renowned and performed both across New |
18 | England and internationally. She had received the St. Mary Academy Bay View Faculty |
19 | Catherine McAuley Award in 2003 for her ability to engender her students with the conviction |
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1 | that their talents are God-given and that they "have an obligation to nurture and develop these |
2 | talents and share them with all humankind"; and |
3 | WHEREAS, Mrs. Cavanagh inspired her students to envision and develop their potential, |
4 | to have confidence in themselves and their abilities, and to believe in a future full of promise and |
5 | success not only on stage but in their future careers and in their family life; and |
6 | WHEREAS, In addition to her family and teaching, Mrs. Cavanagh was a communicant |
7 | of St. Luke Church in Barrington, a summer resident of Roy Carpenter's Beach in Matunuck, and |
8 | an avid reader, who loved music and Broadway musicals; and |
9 | WHEREAS, Christine Cananagh's passing is an "immense loss" to her family, friends |
10 | and the students at St. Mary Academy Bay View. She has inspired and touched the lives of so |
11 | many and she will be dearly missed; now, therefore be it |
12 | RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby extends deepest |
13 | sympathy on the passing of Christine Dwyer Kavanagh; and be it further |
14 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
15 | transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Donald Kavanagh and Family. |
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