John D. MacGillis

Un excelente profesor. De los mejores hermanos marianistas que tuvimos en el colegio San José Obrero de Trujillo. !!! Qué descanse en paz el popular y querido "Bugui Bugui"
Christian Arbaiza Mendoza
VIII Promoción SJO 1968

Mr. MacGillis was such an endearing soul and a masterful teacher. I know he certainly touched my life in a profound and meaningful way.

I have such fond memories of him - even the times when he would playfully call me a scallawag or a recalcitrant when I would get a little sassy in Spanish class. Or the time when he promised to bring in the shrunken head if we behaved for the rest of the school year. The days in class seemed to slip away when he would relive trips to other...

To the MacGillis Family I want you to know that Mr. MacGillis was a wonderful man. He was a fantastic spanish teacher who always inspired me to travel and never settle. May God bless you all.

To the MacGillis Family,

Thank you so much for allowing all of us at MHSA to have gotten the chance to have gotten to know your dad and to have him as a teacher there. For he truly was one of a kind and will always be remembered by all that he know and whose lives that he touched thoughout his lifetime.

There's just so much a lot of us really didn't know about him and I for one, am Gald to see what kind of a person he was before I had him as a teacher at MHSA.

I was a Marianist Brother a year ahead of John. I am not surprised at all the nice things I read in this guest book. I have had no contact with him for at least 50 years but was so happy Alex emailed me when he passed. I still have fond memories of him. I remember he came to the Novitiate with Tom Egolf and Jim Facette from Don Bosco. I look forward to meeting up with John in the next life.

With all my sympathy to your family and friends....thank you for being the way you were.One anecdote I remember was a time in school when a classmate, "Chango" Calderon, liked to comb his long hair during class. Brother John took away his comb and said, "You come to class to learn, not to look good."
Carlos Bueno Promo.`64 -San Jose Obrero
TRUJILLO PERÙ

Thank you to the many who have taken a moment to share a memory about my dad. Recollections from friends and former students of my dad have helped us, his family, smile through the tears at losing a wonderful husband, father, grandfather and brother. John would have been pleased that the luncheon following his funeral was a celebration of his spirit, wit and kindness. ** Gracias a los muchos que han tomado un momento para compartir un recuerdo de mi papá. Recuerdos de amigos y antiguos...

To the family of John D. Macgillis, please accept my Deepest Sympathy on your loss. You have lost a "Great Man". He was always a pleasure to talk with, and I am a fomer St. Matthew Grade, Cousin of Tom Waier. John touched many lives, and I will remember him always.
You are in my thoughts and prayers.
Judy (Waier) Woods

Brother MacGillis we remenber always ,a great teacher in the first years of primary education, in S.J.O. de Trujillo . Perú .
siempre agradecidos por tus sabias enseñanzas.