2008 Woodie Awards
A Spiritual Journey
Bill Silvestri Web Editor
Issue date: 4/21/05 Section: Features
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Bob Sizemore has devoted much of his life to educating himself and everyone that he comes into contact with. At Sacred Heart University students have taken his introduction to religion class, but few people know that he has been on an ongoing spiritual journey through life.
"I grew up in Hamden, and went to St. Mary's High School in New Haven, when it was still in existence, with the Dominican sisters, and then I followed the Dominicans to Providence College," said Sizemore.
Saint Dominic founded the Dominican order in the 13th century, the Dominicans are also known as friars and they revolutionized religious life in Europe during the middle ages.
"I graduated in 1964 with a degree in general studies and a major in sociology with a minor in history and English. I really got in touch with not only a Dominican education but also a Dominican tradition. After attending a number of different Catholic Churches I have now returned to St. Mary's Church in New Haven, which is also Dominican. I was a History major, I still have an interest in History but I switched to Sociology. I wanted to teach and so in the summer of 1964 I entered an intensive program at Southern Connecticut State University. Essentially I stayed at Southern from the summer of '64 until the summer of '83 earning three masters degrees, one in education, one in sociology, and one in counseling with a gestalt concentration," said Sizemore.
After a long and rewarding collegiate education, Bob Sizemore began his teaching career here in the Connecticut school system.
"I started teaching in a public school in Seymour in January of 1965 and eventually switched over to East Haven middle school where I retired after a total of 28 years teaching, at the same time I also taught at Southern Connecticut State University in sociology. Since I retired in 1992 I started teaching at Quinnipiac University, I have been doing that for thirteen years and I also have a background in sales, I sold various types of products while I was teaching and I really enjoy that aspect of the business world," said Sizemore.
The Order of Friars commonly called the Franciscans is a religious order of men whom trace their origin back to Francis of Assisi and follow the Rule of St. Francis.