Bishop Kenrick Grads Planning '70s Reunion

According to , members of the classes of 1970 through 1979 at Bishop Kenrick will be partying it up '70s style at "That '70s Reunion" at fro 7:30 to 11:30 pm on Friday, Nov. 25.

The mega-reunion will benefit the Michael Petrone Foundation, a nonprofit created in 1999 by members of the Class of 1976 in honor of Michael Petrone, a classmate and friend who died undergoing a heart and kidney transplant. According to the foundation's website, it's goal is to “provide charitable funding for purposes that were important to Michael Petrone and are reflective of the way that Mike lived."

While the party's being geared towards the classes of the '70s, reunion organizer Pete Melle (Class of 1976) says that the reunion is open all Kenrick grads.

“There are no restrictions, and we’re gearing it to the classes of the '70s, but I know some people of the pre-’70s era who are going,” Melle told The Herald.

Tickets are $50 and need to be bought in advance.You can purchase tickets on the Michael Petrone Foundation website or you can send a check to MPF, PO Box 242, Kulpsville, PA 19443.

Read more about the reunion here.