Who We Are
The St. Joseph Preparatory School Alumni Association is alive and well in Bardstown, Kentucky. St. Joe has been closed since 1968. That's almost 40 years without any new alumni for us, but we're far from finished. We plan to be around at least 40 more. The association was revitalized in 1991 and has grown since then into a very active group.
We have twice yearly "cook-ins" at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Bardstown and send out one or two newsletters each year. We also have our annual all-classes homecoming the last weekend of June each year on the old St. Joe Prep grounds in Bardstown. Xavier Hall, Spalding Hall and Flaget Hall, along with the old gymnasium building have had much renovation on the inside since 1968, but on the outside they all appear pretty much the same today as they did four decades ago.
   

Today Xavier Hall serves as City Hall and as the fire department for the City of Bardstown. Flaget Hall houses a private business and rental apartments. Spalding Hall is the home of the St. Joe Prep Alumni Room, as well as the Oscar Getz Museum of Bourbon Whiskey and Xavier's Restaurant. The current curator for Spalding Hall is Mary Ellen Hamilton, wife of Larry Hamilton '65.

Our St. Joe Prep Alumni Room is housed in Spalding Hall. It has much memorabilia from St. Joe's glory days, including most of the old athletic trophies from over the years, and much, much more. If anyone has yearbooks or mementos from 1947 and earlier, we would love to give them a new 'old' home.

Distinguished St. Joe Graduates
Each year we name distinguished St. Joe graduates to our Hall of Fame. Listed below is information on all of our Hall of Famers. Click each name for a complete biography.

Past inductees include:

 James C. (Jim) Talbott Rapier Smith
Jude Talbott William E. (Bill) Jones
Richard S. Hamilton Thomas J. Gibbons
   

1995

  
Harry Bowling Jeff Van Note
Harold Gregory Moore, Jr. Ivan Flaherty
Father Harry David Hurst  
   

1996

  
Edward Cornelius "Nappy" Doherty William Donald Keene
Booker Noe  
   

1997

  
Kenny Rapier William Pike Conway
Brother Thomas W. Spalding, CFX  
   

1998

  
William Harry Hagan John L. Newcomb
John A. Hillenbrand  
   

1999

  
Rev. Ivo Edward Cecil Dr. Charles B. Spalding
Charles D. Willett  

2000

  
Toddy Beam Joseph Ron Greenwell

2001

  
   
   

2002

  
William D. (Bill) Houston Joseph P. (Joe Paul) Clayton

2003

 
John Pat Clements James William Moore
Joe Wycoff  

2004

  
Jodie Hayden  

2005 

 
Dr. Harry Spalding Sam K. Cecil

2006 

 
Gene Kenny George Boone
Preston Whalen  

                                                         2007 

 
Dr. Larry Nally George Ballard

2008

  
Thomas R. Hamilton J. C. Moraja

2009

  
Gene Blair Ken Sympson
Ballard Moore Bernie Keene

2010

  
Jimmy Reed Max Howard
   
   

One of our St. Joe Prep Graduates has had a Hollywood movie made about him. General Harold Moore '40 holds this celebrity distinction. The movie 'We Were Soldiers' is riveting, real, tough and unbelievable. We should be proud to 
have graduated from the same prep school as General Harold Moore.