Dear Saint John’s School Families,
I would like to dedicate this week’s Chronicle to a very special staff member, Roberto Lopez. Since today is his birthday, all of us here at Saint John’s School decided to celebrate and honor this important man.
This morning after Mass, more than 200 Saint John’s students and staff gathered in the gym and surprised Mr. Lopez. Mr. Bradberry led us in singing “Happy Birthday”. He was presented with his birthday cake with many candles, some which he had a difficult time blowing out. All of the students and staff enjoyed his birthday cake as their luncheon treat.
Who is Roberto Lopez? What does he do at Saint John’s School and Parish? What doesn’t he do for us? He is the humble, quiet man who always wears a smile and never, ever complains. Just what is his title? Maintenance? Surely the school and parish could not “maintain” without him. He wears so many hats.
You might not recognize him, as could be the man wearing the big straw hat repairing a broken sprinkler or riding the lawn mower during 100 degree weather. Or, he could be the Eskimo looking man shoveling snow from our walks when the thermometer reads –minus 3 degrees. Perhaps he looks like a doctor wearing blue examining gloves as cleans up a body spill after a sick child. Sometimes, he is a carpenter with a hammer and an electric drill. What? Who is the man on the roof fixing a leak or is he working on our air conditioning system. Did you know he also is our plumber we call when the sewer backs up? He has been our key man when we have had problems with bats, mice or an occasional raccoon. Roberto also can be found on the computer which controls our gym temperatures.
Roberto was born in the state of Zacatecas, Mexico, and grew up in Juarez. He has three brothers and two sisters. He is so happy when he can travel back home to visit his mother. Twenty-seven years ago he married his lovely wife. Irma. Irma says, he is a wonderful husband and father. “Dulce”, you were a lucky child, to be adopted by Roberto and Irma when you were just a newborn baby.
Please join me in thanking Roberto for all he does for us here at Saint John’s parish/school.
Shalom, Mrs. Schmitt
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