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O’Dowd’s Spring Musical Sister Act opens May 1st and runs until May 10th! Don’t miss it, tickets are on sale now! By: Ocian Floyd-Haskell ’26, Editor-In-Chief for The Crozier Bless you! And no, not because you sneezed. As members of a sisterhood, the nuns of Sister Act: The Musical say blessings before each performance, blessing the soundboard, footlights, choreography, and everything that makes putting on a production possible. Even you, a future audience member! Rehearsal

For 75 years, Bishop O’Dowd High School has shaped generations of students who carry the lessons, friendships, and spirit of the school far beyond graduation. As O’Dowd celebrates 75 Years of Excellence, one tradition remains strong: our alumni stay connected to the community that helped shape them. That connection is captured in a phrase many graduates know well: Forever a Dragon. Across generations, O’Dowd alumni remain involved in many ways. Showing Up for the O’Dowd Commu

By Kathy Canty Brown ’84 | O’Dowd Senior Director of Development Daughter of Tim Canty ’58, Parent of Joshua Brown ’12 & Rebecca Brown ’18 I’ve walked these halls as a student. I’ve stood on the sidelines as a parent. I’ve shown up each day as a staff member, first as a math teacher and later in the development office, committed to giving back to a place that gave so much to me. I’m one of many in a three-generation O’Dowd family - and I know I’m not alone. Over the past 75

Ava Bright ’28,   Tony Varni ’57, Sara Varni Bright ’96. Tony Varni ’57 traveled from Hayward each day to attend Bishop O’Dowd High School. A graduate of All Saints Catholic School, he and his family were committed to continuing his Catholic education. “O’Dowd was the new Catholic high school,” says his grandson Graham Ramiza ’17, “and was a natural landing place with our family’s roots in the East Bay.” That legacy drew in Tony’s daughter, Sara Varni Bright ’96, who also

The Beito Family poses on the O’Dowd football field. L-R bottom : Asziyah Sapp-Beito ’24 , Jay Beito ’92, Drew Beito ’03 . L-R top: Xzavier Sapp-Beito ’21 , Diane Beito ’66 . Diane Radich Beito ’66 was one of nine children in a devout Catholic family. “We followed our faith, and it was expected that we would go to Catholic school from kindergarten through high school,” she says. When she started at O’Dowd in 1962, the school was still relatively new—but for the Beitos, it wa

When Bishop O’Dowd High School opened in 1951, it didn’t yet have a campus of its own. Classes were held at St. Louis Bertrand in Oakland, where eighth graders Joyce Allencastre and Frank Souza (both Class of ’57) were already “going steady.” “O’Dowd was co-ed, whereas St. Joe’s and St. Mary’s were all-boys,” Joyce recalls with a smile. “That’s why I wanted to go there.” Her family’s commitment to Catholic education ran deep. “I babysat and cleaned houses all four years to